Legacy 96 is a format created by Old School 93/94 and Premodern players who wanted to play an «Old» format without Old School’s «over-powered» cards, and play Ice Age, Homelands, Alliances and Mirage cards, which are too «modern» for Old School 93/94 and too obsolete for Premodern. If you want to know more about why you need a format like Legacy 96 click HERE.

Legacy 96 Rules

Legal Sets

Legacy 96 decks may consist of cards from these sets printed in 1993-1996:

Alpha
Beta
Unlimited
Collector’s Edition (CE)
International Collector’s Edition (IE)
Arabian Nights
Antiquities
Revised
Legends
The Dark
Fallen Empires
Harper Prism Book Promos
Fourth Edition
Chronicles
Ice Age
Homelands
Alliances
Mirage

DECK CONSTRUCTION

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of 60 cards (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 can contain up to 15 cards. With the exception of basic land cards (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, Forest), a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than 4 of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent. There are no restricted cards.

The following cards are banned in Legacy 96 tournaments

Amulet of Quoz
Ancestral Recall
Balance
Black Lotus
Black Vise
Braingeyser
Bronze Tablet
Candelabra of Tawnos
Channel
Chaos Orb
Contract from Below
Darkpact
Demonic Attorney
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Divine Intervention
Falling Star
Fastbond
Ivory Tower
Jeweled Bird
Land Tax
Library of Alexandria
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Mana Vault
Maze of Ith
Mind Twist
Mirror Universe
Mishra’s Factory
Mishra’s Workshop
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Rebirth
Regrowth
Sharazad
Sol Ring
Strip Mine
Tempest Efreet
Time Walk
Timetwister
Timmerian Fiends
Underworld Dreams
Wheel of Fortune
Zuran Orb

Notable Rules/Differences from Modern Era of Magic

• Mana Burn still happens

Reprints policy

In Legacy 96 you can play any reprint of the legal cards of these sets if they have the old frame. To maintain the flavor of the format it’s recommended that the cards have the original art of some of those editions and don’t be foil, but the only indispensable requirement is that they have the old frame.

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