Old School
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Old School is a casual constructed Magic: The Gathering format using an older or limited card pool, or older rule sets. There are many different variations, often with different rules set regionally by a play group or a local tournament organizer.[1]
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Old School 93-94[edit | edit source]
In this format only cards that were printed in 1993 and 1994 (the first 2 years of Magic) are allowed (as are reprints of those cards, typically).[2][3]
Legal sets[edit | edit source]
- Alpha
- Beta
- Unlimited
- Arabian Nights
- Antiquities
- Legends
- The Dark
- Fallen Empires (note that not all old school events use Fallen Empires.[4])
- 1994 Book Promos (Arena and Sewers of Estark)
Reprints of cards from legal sets are allowed if their art matches the art from a version of the card in one of the legal sets listed above and as long as they use the original Magic card frame. Collectors' Edition and other gold-bordered cards are allowed (typically), but foils are not.
Old School 95[edit | edit source]
Old School 95 encapsulates all of the sets printed through the end of 1995, including Ice Age.
Old School 96[edit | edit source]
Similarly, Old School 96 features all of the sets printed through the end of 1996, including Alliances and Mirage.
Classic Magic[edit | edit source]
Classic Magic embodies the feeling of the first 10+ years of Magic, from Alpha through Scourge, before the creation of the modern card frame.
Premodern[edit | edit source]
A format that bridges the gap between Old School and Modern. From Fourth Edition to Scourge.
Middle School[edit | edit source]
Same as premodern, but also allows legality on every supplemental set / box set printed during the course of 1995 - 2003.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Old School Magic @Eternal Central
- ↑ Eric Levine (April 28, 2016), "New Format: Old School". ChannelFireball.com
- ↑ Jeremy Dezani (June 12, 2018), "The 'Old School' Format. Hareruyamtg.com
- ↑ Ban/Restriction. Old School Mtg: The Blag.
- ↑ Joe Dyer (February 27, 2019) "Kicking it like a Middle-Schooler", MTGGoldfish.
