Historical format

Old School

Very early cardpool from the Alpha through Fallen Empires era.

Legal cards
324
Banned
7
Restricted
1
Banned in Old School
Demonic Attorney
Sorcery
Rebirth
Sorcery
Contract from Below
Sorcery
Bronze Tablet
Artifact
Jeweled Bird
Artifact
Tempest Efreet
Creature — Efreet
Darkpact
Sorcery
Restricted in Old School
Chaos Orb
Artifact
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Creature RemovalCard DrawRampCounter SpellBoard WipeTutorToken CreationGraveyard Interaction

Old School sits alongside these in the historical group. Each links to the same legality + banned-card view, filtered to that format.

Premodern →4th Edition through Scourge. Community-run.PreDH →Commander using pre-2011 cards only.Future Standard →What Standard will look like once the current block rotates in.Duel Commander →1v1 Commander variant with its own ban list.

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