Vintage

Vintage, originally known as Type I, is an eternal format that allows for the use of all cards from all sets, save Un-sets and certain cards banned for causing problems in sanctioned tournaments. Additionally, a number of cards are restricted to a maximum of one copy between a player's deck and sideboard due to their power. These include the Power Nine, which are not allowed in any other tournament format. The deck-building rules common to all Constructed formats apply in Vintage.

History

Vintage dates its existence to the 1995 separation of sanctioned constructed tournaments into "Type I" and "Type II" (the latter is now called Standard). It was sometimes called 'Classic' (a name later re-used for the Sixth Edition Core Set in 1999 and a similar constructed format in Magic Online) from 1997 until 2000, when the name Vintage was formally endorsed at the Magic Invitational. Vintage's restricted list was used as the banned list for a format called "Type 1.5" or "Classic-Restricted". In September 2004, the two lists were uncoupled, and Type 1.5's new banned list became the basis of the renamed format of Legacy. Vintage debuted in Magic Online concurrent with the release of the Vintage Masters digital compilation set in 2014, replacing Classic.

Banned cards

The following cards are banned in Vintage tournaments:

• Any card referencing ante
• Any card with Conspiracy card type
• Chaos Orb
• Falling Star
• Shahrazad

Restricted cards

The following cards are restricted in Vintage tournaments as of April 4, 2016:

• Ancestral Recall
• Balance
• Black Lotus
• Brainstorm
• Chalice of the Void
• Channel
• Demonic Consultation
• Demonic Tutor
• Dig Through Time
• Fastbond
• Flash
• Imperial Seal
• Library of Alexandria
• Lion's Eye Diamond
• Lodestone Golem
• Lotus Petal
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Vault
• Memory Jar
• Merchant Scroll
• Mind's Desire
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Mystical Tutor
• Necropotence
• Ponder
• Sol Ring
• Strip Mine
• Time Vault
• Time Walk
• Timetwister
• Tinker
• Tolarian Academy
• Treasure Cruise
• Trinisphere
• Vampiric Tutor
• Wheel of Fortune
• Windfall
• Yawgmoth's Bargain
• Yawgmoth's Will

Formerly Restricted cards

See also: Timeline of DCI bans and restrictions.

The following is a list of cards which are currently not restricted in the format, but have been restricted at one point previously. This list only concerns about cards unrestricted after September 2004 when Vintage and Legacy restrictions were separated. For reasons behind the restrictions and a list of previously restricted cards see: Restricted cards.

• Braingeyser (September 2004)
• Doomsday (September 2004)
• Earthcraft (September 2004)
• Fork (September 2004)
• Stroke of Genius (December 2004)
• Mind Over Matter (September 2005)
• Black Vise (June 2007)
• Mind Twist (June 2007)
• Voltaic Key (June 2007)
• Chrome Mox (September 2008)
• Dream Halls (September 2008)
• Mox Diamond (September 2008)
• Personal Tutor (September 2008)
• Time Spiral (September 2008)
• Crop Rotation (July 2009)
• Enlightened Tutor (July 2009)
• Entomb (July 2009)
• Grim Monolith (July 2009)
• Frantic Search (October 2010)
• Gush (October 2010)
• Fact or Fiction (October 2011)
• Burning Wish (September 2012)
• Regrowth (May 2013)
• Gifts Ungiven (January 2015)
• Thirst for Knowledge (September 2015)

Archetypes

Major archetypes include:

• Workshops
• Oath
• Dredge
• Fish (creature based tempo)
• Bomberman
• Blue Angels
• Storm Combo
• Time Vault key combo (with or without Tezzeret)

External links

• Vintage Format Deck Construction Official Page
• Mark Rosewater (July 15, 2002). "Playing to Type 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Mark Rosewater (December 15, 2003). "Type 1, Take 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Stephen Menendian (August 09, 2004). "A Player’s Guide to Type 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Stephen Menendian (January 04, 2005). "A Vintage Year in Review". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Stephen Menendian (November 20, 2006). "Ascending the Vintage Learning Curve: An Introduction to Vintage Magic". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Tom LaPille (June 26, 2009). "Crafting a Vintage". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.