New Posts For Thread: Promo cards are tournament legal right?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/19139798/Promo_cards_are_tournament_legal_rightAnd whats the difference between a foil promo and a regular foil?One of the major classes of gold-bordered cards is the world championship top-4 decks - obviously, there are issues with letting people get the cards for a first-tier deck that cheaply - it would do unpleasant things to the singles market, and have ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/19139798/Promo_cards_are_tournament_legal_right?post_id=326418310#326418310One of the major classes of gold-bordered cards is the world championship top-4 decks - obviously, there are issues with letting people get the cards for a first-tier deck that cheaply - it would do unpleasant things to the singles market, and have aSun, 12 Apr 2009 12:06:19 -0500Some reason you necro'd a 2-month-old thread?Since it's back, though, I am curious...If the deck consists entirely of legal sleeves (once you can't see through, so no possibility of marking the card so that you can tell through the sleeve), why is ithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/19139798/Promo_cards_are_tournament_legal_right?post_id=326418298#326418298Some reason you necro'd a 2-month-old thread?Since it's back, though, I am curious...If the deck consists entirely of legal sleeves (once you can't see through, so no possibility of marking the card so that you can tell through the sleeve), why is itSun, 12 Apr 2009 11:46:00 -0500The oversized promos are definitely not tournament-legal. And while Alpha cards are legal, if the card is legal in the format (i.e., an Alpha [c]Giant Spider[/c] is even legal in Standard, by Rule 50) if your deck mixes Alpha and non-Alpha cards, slehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/19139798/Promo_cards_are_tournament_legal_right?post_id=326418270#326418270The oversized promos are definitely not tournament-legal. And while Alpha cards are legal, if the card is legal in the format (i.e., an Alpha [c]Giant Spider[/c] is even legal in Standard, by Rule 50) if your deck mixes Alpha and non-Alpha cards, sleSun, 12 Apr 2009 07:35:24 -0500I used to have one of those decks. Wish I still did.I'd have to say, there's no sanctioned tournament they would be legal in, not for any of the card back or card border reasons, but because they do not have a name which is from ANY set that would bhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/19139798/Promo_cards_are_tournament_legal_right?post_id=326418238#326418238I used to have one of those decks. Wish I still did.I'd have to say, there's no sanctioned tournament they would be legal in, not for any of the card back or card border reasons, but because they do not have a name which is from ANY set that would bThu, 12 Feb 2009 17:33:01 -0600Because giving them a different back is a way to distinguish legal cards from non legal promo prints (such as world championship decks and Collector's Edition).Yes, world championship decks are gold bordered and collector's edition has square cornershttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/19139798/Promo_cards_are_tournament_legal_right?post_id=326418234#326418234Because giving them a different back is a way to distinguish legal cards from non legal promo prints (such as world championship decks and Collector's Edition).Yes, world championship decks are gold bordered and collector's edition has square cornersThu, 12 Feb 2009 16:59:31 -0600