Prints

Asked by BrokenZygoma 12 years ago

This is more of a deck construction rule question. but, When playing any deck, lets say a standard deck, Does it matter which printing of a card you use? For Example: Cancel was printed in the 2012 Core Set which is currently legal in standard, but It was also printed in Tenth Edition which is not. Is it legal to play the Tenth Edition version in a standard deck? I don't see why not but I was just curious if there was any rule against it.

Ohthenoises says... Accepted answer #1

no it does not matter. Any printing of a card is legal.

May 5, 2012 10:19 p.m.

BrokenZygoma says... #2

I figured, but I wasn't sure if that was one of those things the nit-pick at, at tournaments.

May 5, 2012 11:01 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #3

They get antsy if they are beaten up usually. Actually, after I said that I went and looked up the tournament rules. This is what I found:

Authorized Game Cards are cards that, unaltered, meet the following conditions: The card is genuine and published by Wizards of the Coast The card has a standard Magic back or is a double-faced card. The card does not have squared corners. The card has black or white borders. The card is not a token card. The card is not damaged or modified in a way that might make it marked. The card is otherwise legal for the tournament as defined by the format. The card is a proxy issued by the judge of a tournament (see section 3.4 for rules about proxies).

the rest of the rules can be found here

May 5, 2012 11:08 p.m.

BrokenZygoma says... #4

That I knew. But it still seems like as long as the card is format legal the print doesn't matter.

May 5, 2012 11:15 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #5

Yup (Although a good indicator is the "black or white borders" seeing as only the older sets have white borders)

May 5, 2012 11:16 p.m.