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Legacy is one of four eternal formats available for play inMagic: The Gathering.
An eternal format is a constructed setting where just about every set ever printed is legal for play.
Magic: The Gathering’s ever-changing Standard will say goodbye to four classic sets in 2024.
Consequently, Legacy was founded, and all cards restricted in Vintage were banned in Legacy.
Since its founding in July of 1997, Legacy has become the premier and most popular eternal format.
This could potentially result in the opponent not having the opportunity to play a single card.
Delver of Secrets by Nils Hamm
Obviously, that wouldn’t be very fun.
What Cards Are Legal?
Legacy is also home toa wide range of diverse decksdue to the sheer size of the card pool.
Delver of Secrets by Nils Hamm
You really can play just about anything and everything in this format.
In that way, some would call it a brewer’s paradise.
Sure, some absurdly degenerate lines can end a game before it truly begins.
However, matches where this doesn’t happen can often feel slower than eventhe Modern format.
The wide range of playable cards allows players answers to all kinds of strategies.
In other words, when everything is broken, nothing is.
Simian Spirit Guide by Lucas Graciano
The biggest and best creatures of Magic: The Gathering Arena are all playable in TImeless.
The deck also features several mainboard cards for countering popular Legacy strategies like combo decks.
Temur Delver
This isthe Legacy counterpart to Modern’s Murktide Regent deck.
This deck also runs a ton of hand removal to prevent opponents from winning before you.
Also, Fury still sees play here for those upset by the Modern ban.
Consequently, you win the game upon casting Thassa’s Oracle.
Up The Beanstalk by Lucas Graciano
This is the deck forthe Timmyin all of us.
Get stuck into Magic: The Gathering’s Pioneer format.
