intage Format Deck ConstructionUpdated June 1, 2007 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
exactly 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. All cards named Plains,
Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic. (The five
Ice Agesnow-covered lands -- Snow-Covered Plains, Snow-Covered Island,
Snow-Covered Swamp, Snow-Covered Mountain, and Snow-Covered Forest --
are also basic lands. Note that snow-covered lands are permitted only
in formats that allow the
Ice Age set to be used.)
The following cards are
banned in Vintage tournaments:
- Any ante card
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Chaos_Orb')]Chaos Orb[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Falling_Star')]Falling Star[/url]
The following cards are
restricted* in Vintage tournaments (Effective June 20, 2007):
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Ancestral_Recall')]Ancestral Recall[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Balance')]Balance[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Black_Lotus')]Black Lotus[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Black_Vise')]Black Vise[/url] (Unrestricted on June 20, 2007)
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Burning_Wish')]Burning Wish[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Channel')]Channel[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Chrome_Mox')]Chrome Mox[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Crop_Rotation')]Crop Rotation[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Demonic_Consultation')]Demonic Consultation[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Demonic_Tutor')]Demonic Tutor[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Dream_Halls')]Dream Halls[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Enlightened_Tutor')]Enlightened Tutor[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Entomb')]Entomb[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Fact_or_Fiction')]Fact or Fiction[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Fastbond')]Fastbond[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Frantic_Search')]Frantic Search[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Gifts_Ungiven')]Gifts Ungiven[/url] (Effective June 20, 2007)
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Grim_Monolith')]Grim Monolith[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Gush')]Gush[/url] (Unrestricted on June 20, 2007)
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Imperial_Seal')]Imperial Seal[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Library_of_Alexandria')]Library of Alexandria[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Lion[s_Eye_Diamond')]Lion’s Eye Diamond[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Lotus_Petal')]Lotus Petal[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mana_Crypt')]Mana Crypt[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mana_Vault')]Mana Vault[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Memory_Jar')]Memory Jar[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mind_Twist')]Mind Twist[/url] (Unrestricted on June 20, 2007)
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mind[s_Desire')]Mind’s Desire[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mox_Diamond')]Mox Diamond[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mox_Emerald')]Mox Emerald[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mox_Jet')]Mox Jet[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mox_Pearl')]Mox Pearl[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mox_Ruby')]Mox Ruby[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mox_Sapphire')]Mox Sapphire[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Mystical_Tutor')]Mystical Tutor[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Necropotence')]Necropotence[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Personal_Tutor')]Personal Tutor[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Regrowth')]Regrowth[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Sol_Ring')]Sol Ring[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Strip_Mine')]Strip Mine[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Time_Spiral')]Time Spiral[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Time_Walk')]Time Walk[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Timetwister')]Timetwister[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Tinker')]Tinker[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Tolarian_Academy')]Tolarian Academy[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Trinisphere')]Trinisphere[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Vampiric_Tutor')]Vampiric Tutor[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Voltaic_Key')]Voltaic Key[/url] (Unrestricted on June 20, 2007)
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Wheel_of_Fortune')]Wheel of Fortune[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Windfall')]Windfall[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Yawgmoth[s_Bargain')]Yawgmoth’s Bargain[/url]
- [url=javascript:autoCardWindow('Yawgmoth[s_Will')]Yawgmoth’s Will[/url]
Official information about Constructed formats and the Vintage format can be found in the
Magic: The Gathering Floor Rules.
*Restricted Card: A card that is limited by the DCI to one per deck
in the indicated format. For example, the card Black Lotus is
restricted in DCI-sanctioned Vintage
Magic tournaments. This means that only one Black Lotus is allowed per deck, including sideboard, in the Vintage format.