I played Limited for only the second time since the last Magic Invitational this past weekend, for the Zendikar prerelease. I was not going to miss that tournament! I love prereleases, especially since Wizards decentralized them. However, the last few have fallen on bad weekends in my schedule. I was geared up for Zendikar, and hoped that someone at my local store would open some ‘priceless treasure.’
Here was my card pool:
Green:
Baloth Woodcrasher
Nissa Revane
Nissa’s Chosen
Oran-Rief Recluse
Oran-Rief Survivalist
2 Quest for the Gemblades
Relic Crush
Savage Silhouette
Tanglesap
Vines of Vastwood
Red:
Demolish
Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Goblin Shortcutter
Highland Berserker
Molten Ravager
2 Plated Geopede
Runeflare Trap
Seismic Shudder
Zektar Shrine Expedition
White:
3 Arrow Volley Trap
Caravan Hurda
2 Kor Cartographer
2 Kor Duelist
1 Kor Sanctifier
Journey to Nowhere
2 Ondu Cleric
Pillarfield Ox
Sunspring Expedition
Black:
2 Blood Seeker
Bog Tatters
2 Crypt Ripper
2 Giant Scorpion
Guul Draz Vampire
Halo Hunter
Heartstabber Mosquito
2 Hideous End
Mindless Null
Mind Sludge
Nimana Sell-Sword
Quest for the Gravelord
Soul Stair Expedition
Surrakar Marauder
Vampire’s Bite
Blue:
Aether Figment
Caller of Gales
Kraken Hatchling
2 Hedron Crab
Lethargy Trap
2 Reckless Scholar
2 Rite of Replication
Quest for Ancients
Sky Ruin Drake
Spreading Seas
Summoner’s Bane
Tempest Owl
Welkin Tern
Artifacts:
Adventuring Gear
Blazing Torch
Expedition Map
Explorer’s Scope
Spidersilk Net
Land:
Kabira Crossroads
Graypelt Refuge
Teetering Peaks
Turntimber Grove
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
With that card pool, what colors do you use? I eliminated Green as an option because I had so few Green cards, let alone playables. On the flip side, Black seemed like my strongest color, with double Hideous End, Halo Hunter, and the Mosquito, among other cards. However, White also had plenty of removal. I had three Volley Traps in White, and Journey to Nowhere. And like Black, White also had beef, although not as much. However, the more I thought about it, the less certain I was that Volley Trap would be that great. It felt mostly like a five-mana four damage spell, which isn’t bad by any means, but it’s not that exciting either.
My initial instinct was to build a R/B speedy beatdown deck. I had 2 Plated Geopede and two Goblin Shortcutter, as well as Electropotence and Zektar Shrine, all of which would support my Black creatures like Guul Draz Vampire. But then I started to think more carefully about my Blue options, and specifically the effect of Rite of Replication.
One of the things I like best about this format is that mid- and late-game land drops are never dead. With all of the landfall abilities throughout the card pool, each land drop would be meaningful. This would also support cards like Crypt Ripper. I knew that I’d be tilting my mana upward if there was a question about it.
But that also meant that Rite of Replication could actually be kickable. And then it struck me: Rite of Replication gives me inevitability in the Florian sense of Psychatog. If I could play a control deck, trading one-for-one, I would eventually win. Not to mention, Replicating Nimana Sell-Sword with kicker would be a super-game winner.
I wasn’t sure if UB was better than a fast RB deck, or even a RW or BW deck, but it seemed like a lot more fun. I had Summoner’s Bane, which was another great card, and another reason to pull me into Blue. Because I wanted to focus on avoiding quick losses, I decided not to run the Hedron Crabs, but I would run the 0/4 wall, which I was criticized for including. I reasoned that the 0/4 wall would hold off most attacks, particularly since attacking into it would mean that I could attack with other creatures unhindered, giving me the advantage. I also ran the Scorpions for the same reason. But winning the long-game is risky when you could face opponents with plenty of burn. That’s one reason I ran Vampire’s Bite: the giant growth boost is nice, but the lifelink is a huge tempo swing in your favor. That’s also another reason why I put so much of my faith in Crypt Ripper, which was rewarded.
Here was my deck:
9 Swamp
9 Island
2 Crypt Ripper
2 Giant Scorpion
Halo Hunter
Heartstabber Mosquito
2 Hideous End
Nimana Sell-Sword
Soul Stair Expedition
Surrakar Marauder
Vampire’s Bite
Kraken Hatchling
2 Reckless Scholar
2 Rite of Replication
Sky Ruin Drake
Summoner’s Bane
Welkin Tern
Adventuring Gear
Blazing Torch
Frequently Sideboarded cards:
Mind Sludge
Bog Tatters
Spidersilk Net
The deck ran very well. I won most of my games through Crypt Ripper, which was insane. It’s arguable I should have had Mind Sludge maindeck. I was concerned about aggressive Red or Green decks. Halo Hunter was hilarious in killing both the rare and the uncommon Angel during the tournament.
I went 4-1 and placed 5th of 27th (on tiebreaks), and won two packs, one of which had Scalding Tarn. Pretty sweet.
The Vintage Checklist
I was at Patrick’s place a little over a week ago, in Detroit co-teaching a class at Wayne State. When we walked into his apartment, there was a pile of old Duelists on the floor that his mother had just mailed to him. I picked them up like I’d just walked into the vault of the National Archives, scanning tattered pages of Magic history, each issue earlier than the first. I stopped at an issue that coincided with the release of Fallen Empires, both to read an interview about the origin of Magic from some of Alpha’s original test team and the errata section, which indeed included information on Transmute Artifact that confirms the claims of those who argue that Transmute Artifact remains powered errated and should work like Flash. But in the back of the magazine, there was a Fallen Empires checklist. Only about two dozen cards were checked off by the teenage Chapin. Patrick inspected the magazine to confirm this fun discovery.
After my set reviews, I sometimes receive requests for a comprehensive list of Vintage cards to acquire. I’ve always politely ignored such requests, thinking them too difficult, if not impossible, to fulfill. A few years ago, my editor prodded me into writing introductory pieces on Vintage, including a piece on learning common Vintage terminology. This led to my annual “Ultimate Vintage Primer,” where I go over every deck in the metagame. But to make a checklist of every Vintage playable card is a beast of an entirely different stripe.
First of all, making such a list invites endless debates. Someone will inevitably point out some omission that should have been included. Someone else will point to cards that, in their view, aren’t Vintage playable, and shouldn’t be included. For example, how do you handle a card like Academy Rector or Diminishing Returns, which are playable, but rarely see play? Or what about cards that are in tier 2 decks at best, but sometimes win tournaments in certain environments, like Goblins? Or what about cards that are played, albeit rarely, in major archetypes, like In the Eye of Chaos? Similarly, what about cards that are playable, but aren’t seeing play because of the particular composition and contours of the metagame, like In the Eye of Chaos, but are definitely good enough to see play, and are likely to see play in the future? Or how do you deal with cards that used to see a lot of play, but are unlikely to see play in the future because of changes in the banned or restricted list or the metagame, like Triskelavus, who were Slaver targets? Or cards that saw a momentary burst of play, like Strategic Planning, but then quickly faded, with no clear use in the near future?
Then someone will point out that there are different degrees of playability. Jester’s Cap, while played in Vintage, is not played as much nor is as central to the format s Time Vault. Should cards like that be lumped into the same category? But, if I were to draw a line between those cards, on what basis? Any line that I would draw would be open to the same criticisms.
These, and more, are all real problems to drafting a complete Vintage checklist. After much consideration, I ultimately settled on a two-category system that I have keyed below: Commonly Played/Staples versus Niche/Less Commonly Played. I have tried to use recent Vintage Top 8 data, giving particular weight to the last 6-12 months, in determining whether a card is playable, using the extensive Morphling.de Vintage tournament database. But that has not been my only source. As I said, I’m also sure that I’ve missed something. Feel free tell me what I’ve missed in the forums. But recognize that there is a good chance that I’ve intentionally omitted the card. I haven’t simply selected cards that have made Top 8s in the last 6 months or year, but that has been a touchstone for whether a card is included or not.
However, just because a card hasn’t seen play in the last couple of months, that doesn’t mean it won’t in the future. For example, cards like In the Eye of Chaos may not see much play at the moment, but they are certainly positioned to see future play, and are Vintage playable, depending on the shifting composition of the format. I’ve tried to be inclusive rather than exclusive. I’ve included cards in here that may not be played at the moment, but I believe are playable, and would be deck building material in future metagames. That necessarily involves a judgment call.
Also, there may be cards not on this list, already in print, which may emerge in the future. While owning all of these cards will give you 98% of anything you’ll need right now to build whatever you want in Vintage, there will still be cards that will become playable for one reason or another, that are not on this list.
I’ve organized this information in several different ways so that it is most useful to you. First, I’ve organized the cards by set, but listing them by the set printing where they are cheapest. Second, I’ve organized them by color. My hope is that this can be both a database as much as a checklist. There are other interesting tidbits revealed by this list. For example, this checklist illustrates what Vintage really looks like, and in particular how modern it really is. For a format that can use almost every card ever printed, the more recent expansions definitely hold their weight. Mirrodin Block and Time Spiral block have just as many playables, if not more, than Urza Block. And later sets like Lorwyn have more playables than Arabian Nights, Antiquities, or Legends.
Key:
** Commonly Played/Format Staples
* Niche/ Less Commonly Played
Alpha/Beta/Unlimited
1 Ancestral Recall **
1 Black Lotus **
1 Mox Emerald **
1 Mox Jet **
1 Mox Pearl **
1 Mox Ruby **
1 Mox Sapphire **
1 Time Vault **
1 Time Walk **
1 Timetwister **
Revised Edition
4 Badlands *
4 Bayou *
4 Plateau *
4 Savannah *
4 Scrubland[/author]“][author name="Scrubland"]Scrubland[/author] *
4 Taiga *
4 Tropical Island **
4 Tundra **
4 Underground Sea **
4 Volcanic Island **
1 Demonic Tutor **
1 Fastbond *
1 Regrowth **
1 Sol Ring **
1 Wheel of Fortune **
4th Edition:
1 Balance **
4 Blue Elemental Blast *
1 Channel *
4 Control Magic *
4 Dark Ritual **
4 Energy Flux *
4 Hurkyl’s Recall **
1 Mana Vault **
4 Mishra’s Factory *
2 Mind Twist *
4 Red Elemental Blast **
1 Strip Mine **
4 Swords to Plowshares *
4 Triskelion **
Arabian Nights:
4 Bazaar of Baghdad **
2 Drop of Honey *
1 Library of Alexandria *
4 Old Man of the Sea *
Antiquities:
1 Candelabra of Tawnos *
4 Mishra’s Workshop **
4 Su-Chi *
4 Transmute Artifact *
Legends:
1 The Abyss *
3 In The Eye of Chaos *
4 Mana Drain **
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale *
The Dark:
3 Maze of Ith *
Fallen Empires:
2 Seasinger *
Promo:
1 Mana Crypt **
Ice Age:
1 Brainstorm **
1 Demonic Consultation *
3 Dance of the Dead *
4 Hydroblast *
4 Magus of the Unseen *
4 Mystic Remora **
1 Necropotence **
4 Pyroblast **
4 Pyroclasm **
4 Tinder Wall *
Homelands:
1 Merchant Scroll **
Alliances:
4 Contagion *
4 Diminishing Returns *
4 Elvish Spirit Guide **
4 Force of Will **
3 Gorilla Shaman **
1 Helm of Obedience *
1 Primitive Justice *
4 Pyrokinesis *
Mirage:
2 Cursed Totem *
3 Crystal Vein *
4 Enlightened Tutor *
1 Flash *
1 Infernal Contract *
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond *
4 Phyrexian Dreadnaught *
Visions:
4 Goblin Recruiter *
2 Helm of Awakening *
4 Impulse **
4 Necromancy *
3 Teferi’s Realm *
Weatherlight:
4 Doomsday *
1 Firestorm *
1 Gaea’s Blessing *
4 Gemstone Mine **
4 Goblin Vandal *
4 Null Rod **
4 Ophidian *
4 Serenity *
4 Tariff *
Portal:
Nothing
Tempest:
4 Ancient Tomb **
3 Choke *
4 Diabolic Edict **
4 Grindstone **
4 Intuition **
1 Lotus Petal **
4 Meditate *
2 Perish *
4 Propaganda *
4 Root Maze *
4 Wasteland **
Stronghold:
4 Ensnaring Bridge *
4 Mox Diamond *
Portal: Second Age:
4 Sea Drake *
Exodus:
4 City of Traitors *
4 Oath of Druids **
4 Sphere of Resistance **
Urza’s Saga:
4 Annul **
3 Arcane Laboratory **
4 Back to Basics *
4 Duress **
4 Goblin Lackey *
4 Goblin Matron *
3 Karn, Silver Golem **
4 Planar Void **
4 Smokestack **
4 Time Spiral *
1 Tolarian Academy **
4 Voltaic Key **
1 Windfall *
1 Yawgmoth’s Will **
Urza’s Legacy:
4 Crop Rotation *
4 Defense Grid *
1 Frantic Search *
4 Goblin Welder **
4 Grim Monolith *
1 Memory Jar **
3 Rack and Ruin **
3 Rebuild **
1 Tinker **
4 Viashino Heretic *
Urza’s Destiny:
4 Academy Rector *
3 Masticore *
4 Metalworker *
4 Phyrexian Negator *
4 Powder Keg *
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain **
6th Edition:
1 Mystical Tutor **
2 Uktabi Orangutan *
1 Vampiric Tutor **
Portal: Three Kingdoms:
1 Imperial Seal **
1 Rolling Earthquake *
4 Strategic Planning *
Starter 1999:
3 Grim Tutor **
Mercadian Masques:
1 Gush *
4 Land Grant *
4 Misdirection **
4 Unmask **
4 Waterfront Bouncer *
Nemesis:
4 Accumulated Knowledge **
4 Daze *
2 Massacre *
4 Reverent Silence *
4 Seal of Cleansing *
4 Tangle Wire **
Prophesy:
1 Aura Fracture *
Invasion:
4 Chromatic Sphere *
1 Fact or Fiction **
Planeshift:
3 Flametongue Kavu *
1 Hull Breach *
4 Meddling Mage *
4 Orim’s Chant *
4 Quirion Dryad *
Apocalypse:
1 Fire/Ice **
4 Goblin Ringleader *
2 Pernicious Deed *
Odyssey:
4 Barbarian Ring **
3 Cabal Pit *
4 Careful Study *
4 Cephalid Coliseum *
4 Entomb *
4 Petrified Field *
4 Psychatog *
1 Recoup *
3 Sadistic Hypnotist *
4 Skeletal Scrying *
4 Standstill *
Torment:
4 Cabal Ritual **
4 Deep Analysis **
4 Grim Lavamancer *
4 Ichorid **
4 Putrid Imp *
Judgment:
1 Burning Wish *
4 Cabal Therapy **
4 Cunning Wish *
1 Flash of Insight *
2 Krosan Reclamation *
2 Lava Dart *
2 Living Wish *
4 Ray of Revelation *
4 Worldgorger Dragon *
Onslaught:
4 Bloodstained Mire **
4 Chain of Vapor **
4 Flooded Strand **
4 Goblin Piledriver *
1 Goblin Sharpshooter *
4 Polluted Delta **
4 Read the Runes *
3 Smother *
4 Windswept Heath *
4 Wooded Foothills *
Legions:
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath *
Scourge:
2 Brain Freeze *
4 Goblin Warchief *
1 Mind’s Desire **
4 Pyrostatic Pillar *
4 Stifle *
3 Siege-Gang Commander *
4 Tendrils of Agony **
4 Xantid Swarm *
8th Edition:
4 City of Brass **
4 Mana Leak *
2 Naturalize *
Mirrodin:
1 Aether Spellbomb *
4 Chalice of the Void **
4 Chrome Mox *
2 Culling Scales *
3 Damping Matrix *
4 Disciple of the Vault *
4 Duplicant **
4 Frogmite *
1 Glimmervoid *
4 Goblin Charbelcher *
2 Mindslaver *
2 Platinum Angel *
1 Pyrite Spellbomb *
3 Rule of Law *
1 Sculpting Steel *
4 Seat of Synod *
4 Seething Song *
4 Solemn Simulacrum *
1 Thirst For Knowledge **
4 Thoughtcast *
Darksteel:
4 Aether Vial *
4 Arcbound Crusher *
4 Arcbound Ravager *
4 Blinkmoth Nexus *
1 Darksteel Citadel *
1 Darksteel Colossus **
2 Echoing Truth **
4 Juggernaut *
4 Oxidize *
4 Serum Powder *
4 Skullclamp *
1 Sundering Titan **
4 Sword of Fire and Ice **
1 Trinisphere **
Fifth Dawn:
4 Auriok Salvagers *
1 Beacon of Destruction *
4 Cranial Plating *
4 Crucible of Worlds **
3 Engineered Explosives **
1 Eternal Witness *
4 Night’s Whisper **
3 Razormane Masticore *
4 Staff of Domination *
4 Trinket Mage **
Champions of Kamigawa:
3 Boseiju, Who Shelters All *
4 Desperate Ritual *
1 Eye of Nowhere *
4 Forbidden Orchard **
4 Ghostly Prison *
1 Gifts Ungiven **
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror *
3 Sensei’s Divining Top **
4 Uba Mask *
Betrayers of Kamigawa:
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours *
4 Orb of Dreams *
1 Tendo Ice Bridge *
3 Umezawa’s Jitte *
Saviors of Kamigawa:
4 Erayo, Soratami Ascendant *
4 Kataki, War’s Wage *
4 Pithing Needle **
9th Edition:
4 Jester’s Cap *
Ravnica: City of Guilds:
4 Dark Confidant **
3 Darkblast **
4 Dimir Cutpurse *
4 Golgari Grave-Troll **
4 Golgari Thug *
3 Life From the Loam *
4 Remand *
4 Stinkweed Imp **
Guildpact:
1 Angel of Despair *
4 Leyline of the Void **
4 Repeal **
4 Shattering Spree *
4 Tin-Street Hooligan *
Dissension:
4 Hide/Seek *
4 Spell Snare *
2 Tidespout Tyrant *
3 Trygon Predator *
Coldsnap:
4 Commandeer *
4 Jotun Grunt *
4 Rite of Flame *
2 Snow-Covered Island **
2 Snow-Covered Forest *
2 Snow-Covered Mountain *
2 Snow-Covered Plains *
2 Snow-Covered Swamp *
Time Spiral:
4 Ancient Grudge **
4 Children of Korlis *
4 Chromatic Star *
4 Dread Return **
4 Empty the Warrens **
4 Krosan Grip *
4 Sage of Epityr *
4 Tormod’s Crypt **
2 Trickbind *
2 Wipe Away *
Planar Chaos:
4 Extirpate **
4 Seal of Primordium *
4 Simian Spirit Guide **
4 Stingscourger *
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth *
Future Sight:
4 Aven Mindcensor **
4 Bridge From Below **
1 Coalition Relic *
4 Dryad Arbor *
2 Horizon Canopy *
4 Magus of the Moon *
4 Narcomoeba **
4 Pact of Negation **
4 Street Wraith *
4 Tarmogoyf *
4 Yixlid Jailer **
Lorwyn:
4 Gaddock Teeg *
4 Ingot Chewer **
2 Jace Beleren *
1 Ponder **
4 Sower of Temptation **
4 Spellstutter Sprite *
4 Thorn of Amethyst **
4 Thoughtseize **
Morningtide:
4 Earwig Squad *
4 Warren Weirding *
3 Vendilion Clique *
4 Negate *
Shadowmoor:
4 Cursecatcher *
4 Faerie Macabre *
4 Firespout *
4 Guttural Response *
4 Manamorphose *
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae *
4 Painter’s Servant **
4 Vexing Shusher *
Eventide:
4 Cold-Eye Selkie *
4 Glen-Elendra Archmage *
4 Raven’s Crime *
Shards of Alara:
4 Ad Nauseam **
4 Courier’s Capsule *
2 Empyrial Archangel *
4 Ethersworn Canonist *
4 Fatestitcher *
2 Hellkite Overlord *
4 Master of Etherium *
4 Mindlock Orb *
4 Relic of Progenitus **
4 Tezzeret the Seeker **
4 Tidehollow Sculler *
Conflux:
1 Inkwell Leviathan **
4 Noble Hierarch *
Alara Reborn:
4 Lorescale Coatl *
4 Qasali Pridemage **
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind *
M10:
4 Forest *
10 Island **
4 Mold Adder *
4 Mountain *
4 Plains *
4 Swamp *
Zendikar:
Too early to tell, although my set review is a good start.
Without Zendikar, that’s 373 unique cards that make up Vintage, out of a 10,384 legal cards in Vintage (according to Gatherer, and I’m pretty sure it double counts split cards). That makes up about 3.59% of the total card pool.
Vintage Checklist by Type:
Land:
4 Ancient Tomb **
4 Bazaar of Baghdad **
4 Badlands *
4 Barbarian Ring **
4 Bayou *
4 Blinkmoth Nexus *
4 Bloodstained Mire **
3 Boseiju, Who Shelters All *
3 Cabal Pit *
4 Cephalid Coliseum *
4 City of Brass **
4 City of Traitors *
3 Crystal Vein *
2 Darksteel Citadel *
4 Dryad Arbor *
4 Flooded Strand **
4 Forest *
4 Forbidden Orchard **
4 Gemstone Mine **
1 Glimmervoid *
2 Horizon Canopy *
10 Island **
1 Library of Alexandria *
4 Mishra’s Factory *
3 Maze of Ith *
4 Mishra’s Workshop **
4 Mountain *
4 Petrified Field *
4 Plains *
4 Plateau *
4 Polluted Delta **
4 Savannah *
4 Scrubland[/author]“][author name="Scrubland"]Scrubland[/author] *
4 Seat of Synod *
2 Snow-Covered Island **
2 Snow-Covered Forest *
2 Snow-Covered Mountain *
2 Snow-Covered Plains *
2 Snow-Covered Swamp *
1 Strip Mine **
4 Swamp *
1 Tendo Ice Bridge *
4 Taiga *
1 Tolarian Academy **
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale *
4 Tropical Island **
4 Tundra **
4 Underground Sea **
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth *
4 Volcanic Island **
4 Wasteland **
4 Windswept Heath *
4 Wooded Foothills *
Artifact:
1 Aether Spellbomb *
4 Aether Vial *
4 Arcbound Crusher *
4 Arcbound Ravager *
1 Black Lotus **
1 Candelabra of Tawnos *
4 Chalice of the Void **
4 Chromatic Sphere *
4 Chromatic Star *
4 Chrome Mox *
4 Cranial Plating *
4 Crucible of Worlds **
1 Coalition Relic *
2 Culling Scales *
2 Cursed Totem *
3 Damping Matrix *
1 Darksteel Colossus **
4 Defense Grid *
4 Duplicant **
3 Engineered Explosives **
4 Ensnaring Bridge *
4 Frogmite *
4 Goblin Charbelcher *
4 Grindstone **
4 Grim Monolith *
2 Helm of Awakening *
1 Helm of Obedience *
1 Inkwell Leviathan **
4 Jester’s Cap *
4 Juggernaut *
3 Karn, Silver Golem **
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond *
1 Lotus Petal **
1 Mana Crypt **
1 Mana Vault **
4 Master of Etherium *
3 Masticore *
1 Memory Jar **
4 Metalworker *
4 Mindlock Orb *
2 Mindslaver *
4 Mox Diamond *
1 Mox Emerald **
1 Mox Jet **
1 Mox Pearl **
1 Mox Ruby **
1 Mox Sapphire **
4 Null Rod **
4 Orb of Dreams *
4 Painter’s Servant **
4 Phyrexian Dreadnaught *
4 Pithing Needle **
2 Platinum Angel *
4 Powder Keg *
1 Pyrite Spellbomb *
3 Razormane Masticore *
4 Relic of Progenitus **
1 Sculpting Steel *
4 Serum Powder *
3 Sensei’s Divining Top **
4 Skullclamp *
4 Solemn Simulacrum *
4 Smokestack **
1 Sol Ring **
4 Sphere of Resistance **
4 Staff of Domination *
4 Su-Chi *
1 Sundering Titan **
4 Sword of Fire and Ice **
4 Tangle Wire **
1 Time Vault **
4 Thorn of Amethyst **
4 Tormod’s Crypt **
1 Trinisphere **
4 Triskelion **
4 Uba Mask *
3 Umezawa’s Jitte *
4 Voltaic Key **
Blue:
4 Accumulated Knowledge **
1 Ancestral Recall **
4 Annul **
3 Arcane Laboratory **
4 Back to Basics *
1 Brainstorm **
2 Brain Freeze *
4 Blue Elemental Blast *
4 Careful Study *
4 Chain of Vapor **
4 Commandeer *
4 Control Magic *
4 Courier’s Capsule *
4 Cunning Wish *
4 Cursecatcher *
4 Daze *
4 Deep Analysis **
4 Diminishing Returns *
2 Echoing Truth **
4 Energy Flux *
4 Erayo, Soratami Ascendant *
1 Eye of Nowhere *
1 Fact or Fiction **
4 Fatestitcher *
1 Flash *
1 Flash of Insight *
4 Force of Will **
1 Frantic Search *
1 Gifts Ungiven **
1 Gush *
4 Glen-Elendra Archmage *
4 Hurkyl’s Recall **
4 Hydroblast *
3 In The Eye of Chaos *
4 Impulse **
4 Intuition **
1 Inkwell Leviathan **
2 Jace Beleren *
4 Magus of the Unseen *
4 Mana Drain **
4 Mana Leak *
4 Master of Etherium *
4 Meditate *
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror *
1 Merchant Scroll *
4 Mindlock Orb *
1 Mind’s Desire **
4 Misdirection **
1 Mystical Tutor **
4 Mystic Remora *
4 Narcomoeba **
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours *
4 Negate *
4 Old Man of the Sea *
4 Ophidian *
4 Pact of Negation *
1 Ponder **
4 Propaganda *
3 Rebuild **
4 Read the Runes *
4 Remand *
4 Repeal **
4 Sage of Epityr *
4 Sea Drake *
2 Seasinger *
4 Sower of Temptation **
4 Spell Snare *
4 Spellstutter Sprite *
4 Standstill *
4 Stifle *
4 Strategic Planning *
3 Teferi’s Realm *
4 Tezzeret the Seeker **
1 Thirst For Knowledge **
4 Thoughtcast *
2 Tidespout Tyrant *
1 Time Walk **
4 Time Spiral *
1 Timetwister **
1 Tinker **
4 Transmute Artifact *
2 Trickbind *
4 Trinket Mage **
3 Vendilion Clique *
4 Waterfront Bouncer *
1 Windfall *
2 Wipe Away *
Black:
4 Ad Nauseam **
4 Bridge From Below **
4 Cabal Ritual **
4 Cabal Therapy **
4 Contagion *
3 Dance of the Dead *
3 Darkblast **
4 Dark Confidant **
4 Dark Ritual **
1 Demonic Consultation *
1 Demonic Tutor **
4 Diabolic Edict **
4 Disciple of the Vault *
4 Doomsday *
4 Dread Return **
4 Duress **
4 Earwig Squad *
4 Entomb *
4 Extirpate **
4 Faerie Macabre *
4 Golgari Thug *
3 Grim Tutor **
4 Ichorid **
1 Imperial Seal **
1 Infernal Contract *
4 Leyline of the Void **
2 Massacre *
2 Mind Twist *
1 Necropotence **
4 Necromancy *
4 Night’s Whisper **
4 Phyrexian Negator *
4 Planar Void **
2 Perish *
4 Putrid Imp *
4 Raven’s Crime *
3 Sadistic Hypnotist *
4 Skeletal Scrying *
3 Smother *
4 Stinkweed Imp **
4 Street Wraith *
4 Tendrils of Agony **
1 The Abyss *
4 Thoughtseize **
4 Unmask **
1 Vampiric Tutor **
4 Warren Weirding *
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain **
1 Yawgmoth’s Will **
4 Yixlid Jailer **
Red:
4 Ancient Grudge **
1 Beacon of Destruction *
1 Burning Wish *
4 Desperate Ritual *
4 Empty the Warrens **
3 Flametongue Kavu *
1 Firestorm *
4 Goblin Lackey *
4 Goblin Matron *
4 Goblin Piledriver *
4 Goblin Recruiter *
4 Goblin Ringleader *
1 Goblin Sharpshooter *
4 Goblin Vandal *
4 Goblin Welder **
4 Goblin Warchief *
3 Gorilla Shaman **
4 Grim Lavamancer *
4 Ingot Chewer **
4 Magus of the Moon *
2 Lava Dart *
1 Primitive Justice *
4 Pyroblast **
4 Pyroclasm **
4 Pyrokinesis *
4 Pyrostatic Pillar *
3 Rack and Ruin **
1 Recoup *
4 Red Elemental Blast **
4 Rite of Flame *
1 Rolling Earthquake *
4 Seething Song *
4 Shattering Spree *
3 Siege-Gang Commander *
4 Simian Spirit Guide **
4 Stingscourger *
4 Tin-Street Hooligan *
4 Viashino Heretic *
1 Wheel of Fortune **
4 Worldgorger Dragon *
Green:
1 Channel *
3 Choke *
4 Crop Rotation *
2 Drop of Honey *
4 Elvish Spirit Guide **
1 Eternal Witness *
1 Fastbond *
1 Gaea’s Blessing *
4 Golgari Grave-Troll **
4 Krosan Grip *
2 Krosan Reclamation *
4 Land Grant *
3 Life From the Loam *
2 Living Wish *
4 Mold Adder *
2 Naturalize *
4 Noble Hierarch *
4 Oath of Druids **
4 Oxidize *
4 Quirion Dryad *
1 Regrowth **
4 Reverent Silence *
4 Root Maze *
4 Seal of Primordium *
4 Tarmogoyf *
4 Tinder Wall *
2 Uktabi Orangutan *
4 Xantid Swarm *
White:
4 Academy Rector *
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath *
1 Aura Fracture *
4 Auriok Salvagers *
4 Aven Mindcensor **
1 Balance **
4 Children of Korlis *
4 Enlightened Tutor *
4 Ethersworn Canonist *
4 Ghostly Prison *
4 Jotun Grunt *
4 Kataki, War’s Wage *
4 Orim’s Chant *
4 Ray of Revelation *
3 Rule of Law *
4 Seal of Cleansing *
4 Serenity *
4 Swords to Plowshares *
4 Tariff *
Multi-Color:
1 Angel of Despair *
4 Cold-Eye Selkie *
4 Dimir Cutpurse *
2 Empyrial Archangel *
1 Fire/Ice **
4 Firespout *
4 Gaddock Teeg *
4 Guttural Response *
2 Hellkite Overlord *
4 Hide/Seek *
1 Hull Breach *
4 Lorescale Coatl *
4 Manamorphose *
4 Meddling Mage *
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae *
2 Pernicious Deed *
4 Psychatog *
4 Qasali Pridemage **
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind *
4 Tidehollow Sculler *
3 Trygon Predator *
4 Vexing Shusher *
Whew! This was an enormous undertaking, but there you go! Print it out, stick it on your wall or inside your trade binder.
This is a project in progress. Periodically, I will update this list, and revise it as needed. I hope you enjoy this and find it both informative and useful.
Until next time…