Legacy was created as a response to Vintage. Players wanted a competitive format which utilized the older cards in the set but did not have the rampant power present in the Vintage format. Enter Legacy. Legacy permits cards from all core sets, expansions and promotional cards (that utilize the standard card back) except it has no restricted list - only a banned list.

The banned cards are as follows:

• Amulet of Quoz
• Ancestral Recall
• Balance
• Bazaar of Baghdad
• Black Lotus
• Black Vise
• Bronze Tablet
• Channel
• Chaos Orb
• Contract from Below
• Darkpact
• Demonic Attorney
• Demonic Consultation
• Demonic Tutor
• Earthcraft
• Falling Star
• Fastbond
• Flash
• Frantic Search
• Goblin Recruiter
• Gush
• Hermit Druid
• Imperial Seal
• Jeweled Bird
• Land Tax
• Library of Alexandria
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Drain
• Mana Vault
• Memory Jar
• Mind Twist
• Mind’s Desire
• Mishra’s Workshop
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Mystical Tutor
• Necropotence
• Oath of Druids
• Rebirth
• Shahrazad
• Skullclamp
• Sol Ring
• Strip Mine
• Tempest Efreet
• Time Spiral
• Time Walk
• Timetwister
• Timmerian Fiends
• Tinker
• Tolarian Academy
• Vampiric Tutor
• Wheel of Fortune
• Windfall
• Worldgorger Dragon
• Yawgmoth’s Bargain
• Yawgmoth’s Will