It is time to test your skill.. time to test your guts.. time to test your deck! It is time.. for a magic tournament!
At the next Gaming Extravaganza, which is currently scheduled for March 6th, there will be a Magic tournament. Ryan is trying to get this to be an official part of the Extravaganza which would mean that we'll have a prize. Even if it isn't officially part of the Extravaganza we'll still be doing the tourney. Abby and I are also working on getting the event to be DCI sanctioned; more on this later.
The tournament will likely be single-elimination using the same bracket system that is used for all of the other Extravaganza tournaments. Each round will consist of three matches; the first person to get the best of three wins the round and will continue. The last one standing wins (obviously).
The tournament will be the Legacy format. Just about all sets are allowed in this format, so you should be able to use pretty much any card that you want. No gold or silver bordered cards allowed and no proxies. Minimum deck size is sixty cards, and there is no maximum deck size. You are allowed to have a sideboard of exactly fifteen cards.
You will be allowed to change your deck, using only the cards from your sideboard, in between matches. You may not sideboard before the first match in a round. You may freely exchange cards in your deck with those in your sideboard at a 1:1 ratio. After you’ve finished exchanging cards your sideboard must contain exactly fifteen cards. The cards that you have in your deck at the start of the tournament, minus your sideboard, is your default deck list. At the beginning of each round you are required to change your deck back to the default deck list; so take out any cards from your sideboard and put back any cards you took out of your deck.
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Link to the official Wizards format/rules page.
The following cards are banned in Legacy tournaments:
- Amulet of Quoz
- Ancestral Recall
- Balance
- Bazaar of Baghdad
- Black Lotus
- Black Vise
- Bronze Tablet
- Channel
- Chaos Orb
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Demonic Attorney
- Demonic Consultation
- Demonic Tutor
- Dream Halls
- Earthcraft
- Entomb
- Falling Star
- Fastbond
- Flash
- Frantic Search
- Goblin Recruiter
- Grim Monolith
- Gush
- Hermit Druid
- Illusionary Mask
- Imperial Seal
- Jeweled Bird
- Land Tax
- Library of Alexandria
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Drain
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Metalworker
- Mind Twist
- Mind's Desire
- Mishra's Workshop
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Necropotence
- Oath of Druids
- Rebirth
- Shahrazad
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- Strip Mine
- Tempest Efreet
- Time Spiral
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Timmerian Fiends
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wheel of Fortune
- Windfall
- Worldgorger Dragon
- Yawgmoth's Bargain
- Yawgmoth's Will
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