Modified Modern Format Tournament July 2nd!

Hey everyone!

  How about for some good format news, eh?

  On July 2nd we're going to try a modified version of the proposed "Modern format".

  Modern format basically says anything released in a set from Mirrodin through the present day is legal along with cards from any Core Set from 8th Edition through the present.

  But while Wizards of the Coast's version doesn't take into account the various pre-constructed decks and promos that have been released in modern frames (think 8th Edition and Mirrodin, thus how they came at that cut-off), mine will.

So here's how we'll determine card legality: 

MODERN FORMAT CARD LEGALITY: GENERAL GUIDELINES
1) Any tournament-legal card with a copyright of 2003 starting with the Mirrodin set and 8th Edition Core Set is legal to play in our version of Modern.


2) Old versions of tournament-legal cards reprinted since 2003 in the newer frames (compared to pre-2003) are allowed as long as you can prove it has a release in the post-2003 card frames.


  "BUT," I hear, "what about stuff like Sol Ring, Demonic Tutor, etc. that are Vintage legal but are otherwise illegal in practically all other formats?"

  That's where we get to our Banned/Restricted List for our version of Modern format.

MODERN FORMAT CARD LEGALITY: BANNED/RESTRICTED LISTS

1) BANNED
In addition to any "ante" or "subgame" cards, the following will be banned in our Modern:

• Ancient Den
• Bloodbraid Elf
• Chrome Mox
• Hypergenesis
• Seat of the Synod
• Vault of Whispers
• Great Furnace
• Tree of Tales
• Dark Depths
• Sensei's Divining Top
• Skullclamp
• Sword of the Meek
• Umezawa's Jitte
• Golgari Grave-Troll

2) RESTRICTED: Follow the Vintage restricted list here: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Resources.aspx?x=judge/resources/sfrvintage

I've gone through the Restricted list and I think I've pulled out all the cards that were not reprinted in sets from 2003 onward (in other words, they were only in decks or released as Promos). Those cards are:

Balance (Judge Promo and a From the Vault set)
Brainstorm (Commander deck)
Burning Wish (Judge promo)
Channel (From the Vault set)
Demonic Tutor (Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic)
Fact or Fiction (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra and Commander deck)
Lotus Petal (From the Vault set)
Memory Jar (From the Vault set)
Mind's Desire (Judge promo)
Mystical Tutor (From the Vault set)
Necropotence (From the Vault set)
Regrowth (Judge Promo)
Sol Ring (Commander deck and various other outlets)
Strip Mine (From the Vault set)
Tinker (From the Vault set)
Wheel of Fortune (Judge Promo)
Windfall (Commander deck)

However, you are responsible for making sure your cards do fit the Vintage restricted list, regardless of what I post here. Our official Restricted list for this tournament is based on the WotC list; my mini-list above is a help guide and is not authoritative (as in, you can't come to me and say "But you didn't post [insert card name here]. I'll just say "Did you check the Vintage Restricted list?")


Entry fee will be $2, with packs of Scars of Mirrodin and/or New Phyrexia to split for prizes.

If you have any questions, feel free to E-mail me or post a comment here. We hope to see you for Modern on July 2nd! :)