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For other uses, see Legacy (disambiguation).

Legacy, formerly known as Type 1.5, is an eternal format with a more limited card pool than Vintage.^[1]

Description

Whereas Vintage mostly only bans "dexterity cards", cards related to ante, Conspiracy-type, culturally offensive cards, or subgame cards, Legacy has a considerable number of cards banned solely due to their power. Fast mana is more difficult to generate thereby causing slightly slower games.

History

Legacy was created in July 1997 from the little-used format known as Classic-Restricted, which was simply a format where all the cards restricted in Vintage format were banned instead.^[2] In the fall of 2004, the decision was made that the format should have a Banned List separate from Vintage. An online poll to name the revamped format was held on Aaron Forsythe's Latest Developments column, with Legacy winning the 25.5% of the vote.^[3]

Around 2006, the DCI began organizing larger tournaments in the format, which caused a noticeable increase in the number of players trying Legacy. In North America, the Star City Games Open Series dramatically increased the amount of Legacy players residing there. However, in November 2015 SCG cut their Legacy support, which caused an outrage among North American Legacy players.^[4]

In 2020, SCG moved away from Legacy as an SCG Tour format totally, replacing it with Pioneer.^[5]

Deck construction

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain no more than fifteen cards.

With the exception of basic land cards, a player's combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent.

With the exception of card carrying silver border and/or having a non-Standard Magic back (other than double-faced card/meld card), all cards released in Magic: The Gathering are legal in this format as long as the card itself is not banned.

Legacy banned list

In addition to Vintage's banned cards (the ante cards, culturally offensive cards, cards with Conspiracy card type, Shahrazad, Chaos Orb, and Falling Star), the following cards are banned in Legacy tournaments.

Formerly banned cards

See also: Timeline of DCI bans and restrictions.

The following is a list of cards that are currently not banned in the format but have been banned at one point previously. This list only concerns unbans after September 2004 when the format became independent of the Vintage restricted list. For changes before this date please consult the list of Restricted cards.

Mind Over Matter (June 2007)
Replenish (June 2007)
Dream Halls (September 2009)
Entomb (September 2009)
Metalworker (September 2009)
Grim Monolith (June 2010)
Illusionary Mask (June 2010)
Time Spiral (December 2010)
Land Tax (June 2012)
Worldgorger Dragon (January 2015)
Black Vise (September 2015)

Major archetypes in Legacy

The current "Tier 1" archetypes in Legacy are Show and Tell variants, Ad Nauseam Tendrils variants, Eldrazi Stompy, Delver and Stoneblade variants.

Other major archetypes include:

Aggro Loam
Angel Stax
Burn
Death and Taxes
Dredge
Eva Green
Legacy Landstill
Legacy ANT deck
Legacy Burn deck
Legacy Conflux deck
Legacy Countertop Progenitus deck
Legacy Dirt deck
Legacy Enchantress deck
Legacy Fish deck
Legacy Goblin deck
Legacy Land deck
Legacy Meathooks deck
Legacy MUC
Legacy Painter deck
Legacy Reanimator deck
Legacy Scepter deck
Legacy Solidarity deck
Legacy Stax deck
Legacy Survival deck
Legacy The Epic Storm deck (TESS), TNT, and Doomsday
Legacy UGR Threshold deck
Legacy UGW Threshold deck
Legacy Zoo deck
Nether Void / Land Destruction deck
Reanimator
Rock
Show and Tell variants
Spiral Tide (a.k.a. High Tide)
Team America
Goblins
Painter's Servant/Grindstone variants
Aluren
Angel Stompy
Belcher and All Spells
Depths decks
Dimir Inverter
Elves
Food Chain
Grixis Control
Infect
Jund
Lands
Maverick
Merfolk
Miracles
MUD
Nic Fit
Shardless Bug
Sylvan Plug
Tin Fins

References

↑ Reid Duke (April 27, 2015). "An Introduction to the Popular Constructed Formats". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Beth Moursund. (May 1, 1997.) DCI Tournament Rules Changes, effective July 1 1997
↑ Aaron Forsythe (Friday, November 12, 2004). "Something Not In Unhinged...". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Pete Hoefling. (November 2, 2015) StarCityGames.com Organized Play Update. StarCityGames.com
↑ Ben Bleiweiss (November 8, 2019). "dditional Transparency Regarding the 2020 SCG Tour Update". Reddit.
↑ Ian Duke (March 9, 2020). "March 9, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Ian Duke (May 18, 2020). "May 18, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

External links

Gavin Verhey (May 20, 2016). "Welcome to Legacy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
MTG Salvation Legacy Forum
Star City Games Legacy forums
The Source forums

Formats

DCI
Sanctioned

Paper

Constructed	Standard Modern Pioneer Explorer

Eternal	Vintage Legacy Pauper

Limited/Draft	Sealed Deck Booster Draft Chaos Draft Rochester Draft Jumpstart

Multiplayer	Two-Headed Giant

Magic Online

Constructed	1v1 Commander Brawl Freeform Momir Penny Dreadful Prismatic Singleton Tribal Wars

Limited/Draft	4-Pack Sealed Cube Draft Kamigawa Remix Supreme Draft

Magic Arena

Constructed	Alchemy Arena Standard Artisan Gladiator Historic Mastermind Momir's Madness Momir Planeswalker Oko's Madness Sleeper Agent Standard Cascade Timeless Traditional

Limited/Draft	Jump In! Omniscience Draft

Casual

Constructed	3-Card Blind Ancient Archenemy Archon Assassin Auction Baroque Block Party Bring Your Own Block Build Your Own Standard Captain Challenge Deck Chaos Magic Commander Duel Commander Flavortown Folk Commander Forgetful Fish Frontier Gentry Highlander Judge Tower Lightning Magic Old School Oathbreaker Pauper Commander Peasant Planechase QL Magic Rainbow Stairwell Retro-Modern Solitaire Star Supervillain Rumble Tiny Leaders Vanguard

Limited/Draft	Auction Draft Back Draft Commander Draft Conspiracy Draft Continuous Draft Duplicate Sealed Fat Stack Flavor Draft Mental Magic Mini-Master Pai Gow Magic Pick-a-Pack Reject Rare Draft Rotisserie Draft Solomon Draft Type 4 Winchester Draft Winston Draft

Multiplayer	Alternating Teams Emperor Free-for-All Grand Melee Horde Magic Team vs. Team

Retired	Block Constructed Classic Duo Standard Extended Kaleidoscope

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+'''Legacy''', formerly known as '''Type 1.5''', is an [[eternal format]] with a more limited card pool than [[Vintage]].<ref>{{DailyRef|level-one/introduction-popular-constructed-formats-2015-04-27|An Introduction to the Popular Constructed Formats|[[Reid Duke]]|April 27, 2015}}</ref>
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-Whereas Vintage mostly only bans "[[dexterity card]]s", cards related to [[ante]], [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracy]]-type, [[Culturally offensive|culturally offensive]] cards, or [[subgame]] cards, Legacy has a considerable number of cards banned solely due to their power. Fast [[mana]] is more difficult to generate thereby causing slightly slower games.
+Whereas Vintage mostly only bans "[[dexterity card]]s", cards related to [[ante]], [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracy]]-type, [[culturally offensive]] cards, or [[subgame]] cards, Legacy has a considerable number of cards banned solely due to their power. Fast [[mana]] is more difficult to generate thereby causing slightly slower games.
 ===History===
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 ===Legacy banned list===
-In addition to Vintage's banned cards (the [[ante]] cards, [[culturally offensive]] cards, cards with [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracy]] [[card type]], <c>Shahrazad</c>, <c>Chaos Orb</c> ,<c>Falling Star</c>, and <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c><ref name="May 2020">{{DailyRef|news/may-18-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 18, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|May 18, 2020}}</ref>), the following cards are [[banned]] in Legacy tournaments.
+In addition to Vintage's banned cards (the [[ante]] cards, [[culturally offensive]] cards, cards with [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracy]] [[card type]], <c>Shahrazad</c>, <c>Chaos Orb</c>, and <c>Falling Star</c>), the following cards are [[banned]] in Legacy tournaments.
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 *<c>Ancestral Recall</c>
+*<c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c>
 *<c>Balance</c>
 *<c>Bazaar of Baghdad</c>
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 *<c>Demonic Tutor</c>
 *<c>Dig Through Time</c>
+*<c>Dreadhorde Arcanist</c>
 *<c>Earthcraft</c>
 *<c>Fastbond</c>
@@ Line 63: / Line 65: @@
 *<c>Necropotence</c>
 *<c>Oath of Druids</c>
+*<c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>
 *<c>Sensei's Divining Top</c>
 *<c>Skullclamp</c>
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 *<c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c>
 *<c>Yawgmoth's Will</c>
-*<c>Zirda, the Dawnwaker</c><ref name="May 2020"/>
+*<c>Zirda, the Dawnwaker</c><ref name="May 2020">{{DailyRef|news/may-18-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 18, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|May 18, 2020}}</ref>
 }}
 ====Formerly banned cards====
 {{See also|Timeline of DCI bans and restrictions}}
-The following is a list of cards which are currently not banned in the format, but have been banned at one point previously. This list only concerns unbans after September 2004 when the format became independent of the [[Vintage]] restricted list. For changes before this date please consult the list of [[Restricted cards]].
+The following is a list of cards that are currently not banned in the format but have been banned at one point previously. This list only concerns unbans after September 2004 when the format became independent of the [[Vintage]] restricted list. For changes before this date please consult the list of [[Restricted cards]].
 * <c>Mind Over Matter</c> (June 2007)
 * <c>Replenish</c> (June 2007)
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 Other major archetypes include:
+{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
-* [[Legacy The Epic Storm deck|TES]], TNT, and Doomsday
+*[[Aggro Loam]]
-* Belcher and All Spells
+*[[Angel Stax]]
-* Miracles
-* [[Aggro Loam]]
+*[[Burn]]
+*[[Death and Taxes]]
-* Lands
+*[[Dredge]]
-* Depths decks
-* [[Burn]]
+*[[Eva Green]]
-* [[Death and Taxes]]
+*[[Legacy Landstill]]
+*[[Legacy ANT deck]]
-* Maverick
-* [[Dredge]]
+*[[Legacy Burn deck]]
+*[[Legacy Conflux deck]]
-* Nic Fit
+*[[Legacy Countertop Progenitus deck]]
-* Infect
+*[[Legacy Dirt deck]]
-* Shardless Bug
+*[[Legacy Enchantress deck]]
-* Jund
+*[[Legacy Fish deck]]
-* <c>Painter's Servant</c>/<c>Grindstone</c> variants
-* [[Reanimator]]
+*[[Legacy Goblin deck]]
-* [[Show and Tell]] variants
+*[[Legacy Land deck]]
+*[[Legacy Meathooks deck]]
-* [[Spiral Tide]] (a.k.a. <c>High Tide</c>)
-* [[Vial Goblins|Goblins]]
+*[[Legacy MUC]]
+*[[Legacy Painter deck]]
-* Merfolk
+*[[Legacy Reanimator deck]]
-* Elves
+*[[Legacy Scepter deck]]
-* Food Chain
+*[[Legacy Solidarity deck]]
-* Angel Stompy
+*[[Legacy Stax deck]]
-* Aluren
+*[[Legacy Survival deck]]
-* Tin Fins
+*[[Legacy The Epic Storm deck]] (TESS), TNT, and Doomsday
-* MUD
+*[[Legacy UGR Threshold deck]]
-* Sylvan Plug
+*[[Legacy UGW Threshold deck]]
+*[[Legacy Zoo deck]]
+*[[Nether Void / Land Destruction deck]]
+*[[Reanimator]]
+*[[Rock]]
+*[[Show and Tell]] variants
+*[[Spiral Tide]] (a.k.a. <c>High Tide</c>)
+*[[Team America]]
+*[[Vial Goblins|Goblins]]
+*<c>Painter's Servant</c>/<c>Grindstone</c> variants
+*Aluren
+*Angel Stompy
+*Belcher and All Spells
+*Depths decks
+*Dimir Inverter
+*Elves
+*Food Chain
 *Grixis Control
+*Infect
-*Dimir Inverter
+*Jund
+*Lands
+*Maverick
+*Merfolk
+*Miracles
+*MUD
+*Nic Fit
+*Shardless Bug
+*Sylvan Plug
+*Tin Fins
+}}
 ==References==

Changes: Legacy