Magic : Defined – Sealed Constructed: http://youtu.be/wbiJ_4rfAIo
Magic : Defined – Casual Play: http://youtu.be/7ia_en5Emsc
Magic : Defined – Standard Constructed: http://youtu.be/HAta2ODSULQ
Magic : Defined – Commander: http://youtu.be/o2n6rIzIA6A
Modern is a constructed format that allows cards from all sets from Eighth Edition and forward to be played, so long as that card is not banned.
If a card was originally printed before Eighth Edition, and then later reprinted in or after Eighth Edition, then that card is legal to be played in Modern.
This includes timeshifted cards that were printed during the Time Spiral block.
Unlike Extended, the format that Modern replaced, cards never rotate out. This means that, unless it is later banned, cards that you can play with in Modern will always be legal, and the decks that you construct will always be
Although most Modern decks have a higher initial cost than formats such as standard, the fact that they will never expire or rotate out is often cited as how the Modern format is actually much more affordable in the long term.
Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size, so long as you are still able to shuffle your deck without assistance. A sideboard of fifteen cards or fewer can be used.
With the exception of basic land cards, a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card.
Modern derives its name from the modern Card Frame, first introduced in Eighth Edition. Many people use this as a quick reference to determine if a card is Modern legal. “Is it in the modern card frame? Then it is modern legal.”
However, for any card reprinted in the modern card frame, it is perfectly legal to use the older card in your deck.
The are many sites that can tell you precisely which cards are Modern legal and which are not, but my preferred site for this is magiccards.info.
Typing in any card name will give you an accurate answer as to which formats that card is legal in. This is convenient not only for confirming whether a card is legal or not in modern, but also in determining legality for other formats as well.
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