Legacy Staples

[ceustice]

So I've been looking around online and all the lists of Legacy Playables I've found are out of date. So I've been working on a more up to date list. I'm thinking about doing a star system to rate the cards: one * being niche to five *'s being heavily played/ Staples. If you can think of anything I've missed please let me know.

Legacy Playables
Land:
Academy Ruins
Ancient Tomb
Arid Mesa
Badlands
Bayou
Barbarian Ring
Blinkmoth Nexus
Bloodstained Mire
Bojuka Bog
Buried Ruin
Cavern of Souls
Cephalid Coliseum
City of Brass
City of Traitors
Cloudpost
Darksteel Citadel
Dryad Arbor
Dust Bowl
Eye of Ugin
Flagstones of Trokair
Flooded Strand
Forgotten Cave
Gaea’s Cradle
Gemstone Mine
Glimmerpost
Great Furnace
Grove of the Burnwillows
Horizon Canopy
Inkmoth Nexus
Karakas
Marsh Flats
Maze of Ith
Mishra’s Factory
Misty Rainforest
Mutavault
Plateau
Polluted Delta
Riptide Laboratory
Rishadan Port
Savannah
Scalding Tarn
Scrubland
Seat of Synod
Secluded Steppe
Serra's Sanctum
Taiga
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tolaria West
Tower of the Magistrate
Tranquil Thicket
Tree of Tales
Tropical Island
Tundra
Underground Sea
Undiscovered Paradise
Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth
Vault of Whispers
Verdant Catacombs
Volcanic Island
Volrath's Stronghold
Wasteland
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills

White:

Academy Rector
Armageddon
Aura of Silence
Aven Mindcensor
Baneslayer Angel
Blazing Archon
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Enlightened Tutor
Entreat the Angels
Ethersworn canonist
Humility
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Jotun Grunt
Karmic Justice
Land Tax
Leyline of Sanctity
Lingering Souls
Loam Lion
Loyal Retainers
Magus of the Tabernacle
Mirran Crusader
Moat
Mother of Runes
Oblivion Ring
Orim’s Chant
Path to Exile
Purify the Gave
Replenish
Rule of Law
Runed Halo
Serenity
Serra Avenger
Sigil of the Empty Throne
Silence
Solitary Confinement
Steppe Lynx
Stoneforge Mystic
Stony Silence
Story Circle
Sun Titan
Swords to Plowshares
Terminus
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Wrath of God

Blue:

Ancestral Visions
Back to Basics
Blue Elemental Blast
Blue Sun's Zenith
Brainfreeze
Brainstorm
Breakthrough
Careful Study
Chain of vapor
Coralhelm Commander
Counterbalance
Counterspell
Cunning Wish
Cursecatcher
Daze
Delver of Secrets
Diminishing Returns
Dream Halls
Echoing Truth
Energy Flux
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Gilded Drake
Gitaxian Probe
High Tide
Hive Mind
Hurkyl’s Recall
Hydroblast
Intuition
Jace, The Mind Sculptor
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Kira, Great Glass Spinner
Llawon, Cephalid Empress
Lord of Atlantis
Master of Etherium
Master of the Pearl Trident
Meditate
Merchant Scroll
Merfolk Sovereign
Merrow Reejerey
Mind Harness
Mindbreak Trap
Misdirection
Misdirection
Misthollow Griffin
Narcomoeba
Omniscience
Pact of Negation
Phantasmal Image
Phyrexian Metamorph
Ponder
Preordain
Rebuild
Repeal
Show and Tell
Silvergill Adept
Snapcaster Mage
Sower of Temptation
Spell Pierce
Spell Snare
Spellstutter Sprite
Standstill
Stifle
Submerge
Temporal Mastery
Thoughtcast
Threads of Disloyalty
Time Spiral
Trickbind
Trinket Mage
Turnabout
Vendilion Clique
Wipe Away

Black:

Abyssal Persecutor
Ad Nauseam
Animate Dead
Bitterblossom
Bloodghast
Bridge from Below
Cabal Ritual
Cabal Therapy
Cruel Bargin
Culling the Weak
Damnation
Dark Confidant
Dark Ritual
Darkblast
Diabolic Edict
Dismember
Doomsday
Dread of Night
Dread Return
Duress
Engineered Plague
Entomb
Exhume
Extirpate
Faerie Macabre
Gatekeeper of Malakir
Ghastly Demise
Ghastly Demise
Go for the Throat
Golgari Thug
Grave Titan
Grim Tutor
Griselbrand
Hymn to Tourach
Ichorid
Ill-Gotten Gains
Infernal Contract
Infernal Tutor
Innocent Blood
Inquisition of Kozilek
Leyline of the Void
Liliana of the Veil
Massacre
Nantuko Shade
Nether Void
Perish
Pox
Putrid Imp
Ravenous Trap
Reanimate
Recurring Nightmare
Sinkhole
Slaughter Pact
Smallpox
Smother
Snuff Out
Stinkweed Imp
Surgical Extraction
Tendrils of Agony
Thoughtseize
Tombstalker
Vault Skirge
Virtue's Ruin
Warren Weirding

Red:

Anarchy
Ancient Grudge
Blood Moon
Burning Wish
Chain Lightning
Chaos Warp
Countryside Crusher
Desperate Ritual
Devastating Dreams
Empty the Warrens
Faithless Looting
Fireblast
Forked Bolt
Gempalm Incinerator
Goblin Chiefton
Goblin Guide
Goblin Lackey
Goblin Matron
Goblin Piledriver
Goblin Ringleader
Goblin Sharpshooter
Goblin Tinkerer
Goblin Warchief
Goblin Welder
Grapeshot
Grim Lavamancer
Hellspark Elemental
Imperial Recruiter
Keldon Maurader
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Kird Ape
Krenko, Mob Boss
Lava Spike
Lightning Bolt
Magma Jet
Magus of the Moon
Mogg War Marshal
Pact of the Titan
Price of Progress
Punishing Fire
Pyretic ritual
Pyroblast
Pyrokinesis
Rakdos Pit Dragon
Red Elemental Blast
Rift Bolt
Rite of Flame
Rough// Tumble
Seething Song
Seismic Assault
Shattering Spree
Siege-Gang Commander
Simian Spirit Guide
Smash to Smithereens
Stingscourger
Sulfur Elemental
Sulfuric Vortex
Tarfire
Tin-Street Hooligan
Tuktuk Scrapper
Vexing Devil
Warren Instigator
Words of War

Green:

Aluren
Argothian Enchantress
Birchlore Rangers
Birds of Paradise
Birthing Pod
Choke
City of Solitude
Elephant Grass
Elvish Archdruid
Elvish Spirit Guide
Enchantress's Presence
Eternal Witness
Exploration
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Fauna Shaman
Food Chain
Fyndhorn Elves
Garruk Relentless
Golgari Grave-Troll
Green Sun's Zenith
Heritage Druid
Hypergenesis
Krosan Grip
Land Grant
Life from the Loam
Living Wish
Llanowar Elves
Mana Bond
Natural Order
Nettle Sentinel
Nimble Mongoose
Noble Hierarch
Priest of Titania
Quirion Ranger
Regal Force
Reverant Silence
Scavenging Ooze
Summoner's Pact
Sylvan Library
Sylvan Safekeeper
Tarmogoyf
Terastodon
Terravore
Thrun, the Last Troll
Tinder Wall
Utopia Sprawl
Vengevine
Veteran Explorer
Wild Growth
Wild Nacatl
Xantid Swarm

Colorless:

Aether Vial
All is Dust
Batterskull
Blightsteel Colossus
Candelabra of Tawnos
Chalice of the Void
Chrome Mox
Cranial Plating
Crucible of Worlds
Cursed Totem
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Engineered Explosives
Ensnaring Bridge
Goblin Charbelcher
Grafdigger's Cage
Grim Monolith
Grindstone
Kuldotha Forgemaster
Lightning Greaves
Lion’s Eye Diamond
Lodestone Golem
Lotus Petal
Manriki-Gusari
Metalworker
Mox Diamond
Mox Opal
Myr Battlesphere
Nihil Spellbomb
Null Rod
Painter’s Servant
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Phyrexian Revoker
Pithing Needle
Platinum Emperion
Powder Keg
Ratchet Bomb
Relic of Progenitus
Sensei’s Divining Top
Smokestack
Springleaf Drum
Staff of Domination
Steel Hellkite
Sundering Titan
Sword of Body and Mind
Sword of Feast and Famine
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Sword of the Meek
Thorn of Amethyst
Thran Dynamo
Tormod’s Crypt
Trinisphere
Umezawa’s Jitte
Vedalken Shackles
Wurmcoil Engine
Zuran Orb


Multicolored:

Angel of Despair
Ardent Plea
Baleful Strix
Cavern Harpy
Dueling Grounds
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Empyrial Archangel
Figure of Destiny
Fire// Ice
Firespout
Flame-Kin Zealot
Gaddock Teeg
Hull Breach
Kitchen Finks
Knight of the Reliquary
Lightning Helix
Lim-Dul's Vault
Maelstrom Pulse
Manamorphose
Meddling Mage
Pernicious Deed
Progenitus
Qasali Pridemage
Rhox War Monk
Shardless Agent
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Sterling Grove
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Thopter Foundry
Tidehollow Sculler
Trygon Predator
Vexing Shusher
Vindicate
Violent Outburst
Wheel of Sun and Moon
Wort, Boggart Auntie

[flrn]

You are missing Basic Lands.

[ceustice]

Well Basic Lands are a given I had thought but I did realize that I forgot Land Tax.

[Einherjer]

Hmm this is more a list of playable cards than a list of legacy STAPLES isn't it?

[ceustice]

Not sure if it matters if its called staples or playables. Still a usable resource, and I know some stores who may just be starting to run legacy events need a list like this to know what cards to keep an eye out for.

[Amon Amarth]

Looks pretty close to an exhaustive list. Get some [card] tags around that beast. Nice work.

[joemauer]

You forgot Battle of Wits.

[chags]

I would revise the title to be "Legacy Playables". While it is true that all (presumably, I didn't read the whole list) of these cards have seen legacy play cards like Flagstones of Trokair and Nantuko Shade are absolutely not staples. I like the idea of rating the cards for * to *****, the higher the stars the more play(across decks) it sees.

[LeePerry]

I think for the star rating (* to *****) or any other rating you wish to implement, you could calculate the total number of cards played in all the top decks, and then give the top 20% a five star rating, ... and so forth.

An easy and quite comprehensive list of decks / decklists to use would be the following list from this own forum:

link (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?24023-40-Tier-Legacy-Decks-Lists-Singles-Prices-etc.-To-be-updated-regularly(started-2012))

[Phoenix Ignition]

I actually think instead of a star quantifying how good or useful it is you just give them numbers depending on the number you would ever need of them. For example, even though Flagstones of Trokair aren't great (probably 1 star) you'd still want 4 of them in basically any deck that plays them. The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale only requires 1 in any given deck (maybe 2, but definitely no more), but has a rating of 4-5 stars in how good it is.

That would make it so if you owned the exact number of every card on the list you would be able to play any deck.

[Chikenbok]

Check it one two:

http://manatalks.com/mtg-articles/ultimate-legacy-checklist

[KevinTrudeau]

No one had better fucking quote the OP.

[Erdvermampfa]

So I've been looking around online and all the lists of staples I've found are out of date. So I've been working on a more up to date list. I'm thinking about doing a star system to rate the cards: one * being niche to five *'s being heavily played/ playable. If you can think of anything I've missed please let me know.

Land:
Academy Ruins
Ancient Tomb
Arid Mesa
Badlands
Bayou
Barbarian Ring
Blinkmoth Nexus
Bloodstained Mire
Bojuka Bog
Buried Ruin
Cavern of Souls
Cephalid Colsieum
City of Brass
City of Traitors
Darksteel Citadel
Dryad Arbor
Flagstones of Trokair
Flooded Strand
Forgotten Cave
Gaea’s Cradle
Gemstone Mine
Great Furnace
Grove of the Burnwillows
Horizon Canopy
Inkmoth Nexus
Karakas
Marsh Flats
Maze of Ith
Mishra’s Factory
Misty Rainforest
Mutavault
Plateau
Polluted Delta
Riptide Laboratory
Rishadan Port
Savannah
Scalding Tarn
Scrubland
Seat of Synod
Secluded Stepp
Serra's Sanctum
Taiga
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tolaria West
Tower of the Magistrate
Tranquil Thicket
Tree of Tales
Tropical Island
Tundra
Underground Sea
Undiscovered Paradise
Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth
Vault of Whispers
Verdant Catacombs
Volcanic Island
Volrath's Stronghold
Wasteland
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills

White:

Academy Rector
Armageddon
Aura of Silence
Aven Mindcensor
Baneslayer Angel
Blazing Archon
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Enlightened Tutor
Entreat the Angels
Ethersworn canonist
Humility
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Jotun Grunt
Karmic Justice
Land Tax
Leyline of Sanctity
Linguring Souls
Loam Lion
Loyal Retainers
Magus of the Tabernacle
Mirran Crusader
Moat
Mother of Runes
Oblivion Ring
Orim’s Chant
Path to Exile
Purify the Gave
Replenish
Rule of Law
Runed Halo
Serenity
Serra Avenger
Sigil of the Empty Throne
Silence
Solitary Confinement
Steppe Lynx
Stoneforge Mystic
Stony Silence
Story Circle
Swords to Plowshares
Terminus
Thalia, Gaurdian of Thraben
Wrath of God

Blue:

Ancestral Visions
Back to Basics
Blue Elemental Blast
Blue Sun's Zenith
Brainfreeze
Brainstorm
Breakthrough
Careful Study
Chain of vapor
Coralhelm Commander
Counterbalance
Counterspell
Cunning Wish
Cursecatcher
Daze
Delver of Secrets
Diminishing Returns
Dream Halls
Echoing Truth
Energy Flux
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Gilded Drake
Gitaxian Probe
High Tide
Hive Mind
Hurkyl’s Recall
Hydroblast
Intuition
Jace, The Mind Sculptor
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Kira, Great Glass Spinner
Llawon, Cephalid Empress
Lord of Atlantis
Master of Etherium
Master of the Pearl Tridant
Meditate
Merchant Scroll
Merfolk Sovereign
Merrow Reejerey
Mind Harness
Mindbreak Trap
Misdirection
Misdirection
Misthollow Griffin
Narcomoeba
Omniscience
Pact of Negation
Phantasmal Image
Phyrexian Metamorph
Ponder
Preordain
Rebuild
Repeal
Show and Tell
Silvergill Adept
Snapcaster Mage
Sower of Temptation
Spell Pierce
Spell Snare
Spellstutter Sprite
Standstill
Stifle
Submerge
Temporal Mastery
Thoughtcast
Threads of Disloyalty
Time Spiral
Trickbind
Trinket Mage
Turnabout
Vendilion Clique
Wipe Away

Black:

Abyssal Persecutor
Ad Nauseam
Animate Dead
Bitterblossom
Bloodghast
Bridge from Below
Cabal Ritual
Cabal Therapy
Damnation
Dark Confidant
Dark Ritual
Darkblast
Diabolic Edict
Dismember
Doomsday
Dread of Night
Dread Return
Duress
Engineered Plague
Entomb
Exhume
Extirpate
Faerie Macabre
Gatekeeper of Malakir
Ghastly Demise
Ghastly Demise
Go for the Throat
Golgari Thug
Grim Tutor
Griselbrand
Hymn to Tourach
Ichorid
Ill-Gotten Gains
Infernal Tutor
Innocent Blood
Inquisition of Kozilek
Leyline of the Void
Liliana of the Veil
Massacre
Nantuko Shade
Nether Void
Perish
Pox
Putrid Imp
Ravenous Trap
Reanimate
Recurring Nightmare
Sinkhole
Slaughter Pact
Smallpox
Smother
Snuff Out
Stinkweed Imp
Surgical Extraction
Tendrils of Agony
Thoughtseize
Tombstalker
Vault Skirge
Virtue's Ruin
Warren Weirding

Red:

Anarchy
Ancient Grudge
Blood Moon
Burning Wish
Chain Lightning
Countryside Crusher
Desperate Ritual
Devastating Dreams
Empty the Warrens
Faithless Looting
Fireblast
Forked Bolt
Gempalm Incinerator
Goblin Chiefton
Goblin Guide
Goblin Lackey
Goblin Matron
Goblin Piledriver
Goblin Ringleader
Goblin Sharpshooter
Goblin Tinkerer
Goblin Warchief
Goblin Welder
Grapeshot
Grim Lavamancer
Imperial Recruiter
Keldon Maurader
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror-Breaker
Kird Ape
Krenko, Mob Boss
Lava Spike
Lightning Bolt
Magma Jet
Magus of the Moon
Mogg War Marshal
Pact of the Titan
Plated Geopede
Price of Progress
Punishing Fire
Pyretic ritual
Pyroblast
Pyrokinesis
Rakdos Pit Dragon
Red Elemental Blast
Red:
Rift Bolt
Rite of Flame
Rite of Flame
Ruff// Tumble
Seething Song
Seismic Assault
Shattering Spree
Shattering Spree
Siege-Gang Commander
Simian Spirit Guide
Smash to Smithereens
Stingscourger
Sulfur Elemental
Sulfuric Vortex
Tarfire
Tin-Street Hooligan
Tuktuk Scrapper
Warren Instigator
Words of War

Green:

Aluren
Argothian Enchantress
Birchlore Ranger
Birds of Paradise
Choke
City of Solitude
Elephant Grass
Elvish Spirit Guide
Enchantress's Presence
Eternal Witness
Exploration
Fauna Shaman
Food Chain
Fyndhorn Elves
Garruk Relentless
Golgari Grave-Troll
Green Sun's Zenith
Heritage Druid
Krosan Grip
Land Grant
Life from the Loam
Living Wish
Llanowar Elves
Mana Bond
Natural Order
Nettle Sentinel
Nimble Mongoose
Noble Hierarch
Priest of Titania
Quiruin Ranger
Regal Force
Reverant Silence
Scavenging Ooze
Sylvan Library
Sylvan Safekeeper
Tarmogoyf
Terastodon
Terravore
Thrun, the Last Troll
Tinder Wall
Utopia Sprawl
Vengvine
Vetran Explorer
Wild Growth
Wild Nacatl
Xantid Swarm

Colorless:

Aether Vial
All is Dust
Blightsteel Colossus
Chalice of the Void
Chrome Mox
Cranial Plating
Crucible of Worlds
Curesed Totem
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Engineered Explosive’s
Ensnaring Bridge
Goblin Charbelcher
Grim Monolith
Grindstone
Kuldotha Forgemaster
Lightning Greaves
Lion’s Eye Diamond
Lodestone Golem
Lotus Petal
Manriki-Gusari
Metalworker
Mox Diamond
Mox Opal
Myr Battlesphere
Nihil Spellbomb
Null Rod
Painter’s Servant
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Phyrexian Revoker
Pithing Needle
Platinum Emperion
Powder Keg
Ratchet Bomb
Relic of Progenitus
Sensei’s Divining Top
Smokestack
Springleaf Drum
Staff of Domination
Steel Hellkite
Sundering Titan
Sword of Body and Mind
Sword of Feast and Famine
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Sword of the Meek
Thorn of Amethyst
Thran Dynamo
Tormod’s Crypt
Trinisphere
Umezawa’s Jitte
Vedalken Shackles
Wurmcoil Engine
Zuran Orb
Candelabra of Tawnos

Multicolored:

Angel of Despair
Baleful Strix
Cavern Harpy
Dueling Grounds
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Empyrial Achangel
Figure of Destiny
Fire// Ice
Firespout
Flame-Kin Zealot
Gaddock Teeg
Hull Breach
Kitchen Finks
Knight of the Reliquary
Lightning Helix
Lim-Dul's Vault
Maelstrom Pulse
Manamorphose
Meddling Mage
Pernicious Deed
Progenitus
Qasali Pridemage
Rhox War Monk
Sterling Grove
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Thopter Foundry
Tidehallow Sculler
Trygon Predator
Vexing Shusher
Vindicate
Wheel of Sun and Moon
Wort, Boggart Auntie

I don't think Wrath of God is worth mentioning since there's Terminus nowadays.

[Finn]

The problem with lists around here is the fact that they are subjective by their very nature. We all have opinions. We all think we know what we are talking about. The Legacy metagame is notoriously hard to pin down. See where I am going? Scroll Rack is a particularly important card in my metagame and does not even make your list while Blightsteel Colossus is nothing but a corner case wincon in a deck nobody bothers with near me.

This must be the 10th such list I have seen. If you hoped to post it and have it accepted as fact, you are in the wrong place. There is no way to make everyone happy with this kind of thing. We wont even be able to agree on what the definition of a staple is, much less which cards get included.

[Guy I Don't Know]

You might want to start with some data and then add newer cards.


http://www.deckcheck.de/mpc.php?id=4

This is the best source I have.

[Koby]

if (deck.isOnTCDecks())
then
LegacyPlayables =+ deck.cards;
else
return;

That about sums it up.

Without putting weights on the cards to show which ones are being played more frequently, then this list is not useful.

[Picc]

if (deck.isOnTCDecks())
then
LegacyPlayables =+ deck.cards;
else
return;

That about sums it up.

Without putting weights on the cards to show which ones are being played more frequently, then this list is not useful.

Assumeing the above was feed into a table the following should just about cover it.



Select cardName, count(cardName) from LegacyPlayables Group By cardName Order By cardName DESC;

[ceustice]

Assumeing the above was feed into a table the following should just about cover it.



Select cardName, count(cardName) from LegacyPlayables Group By cardName Order By cardName DESC;


Sorry not that computer savoy I actually, I can tell what that would do by looking at it but have no idea how to use it.

Updated the list added 4-5 cards, and going to start on the grading system hope to be done by the weekend.

@Finn I agree with your statement but I think we can all agree on a core group of staples of the format, but really in all honesty this is a very wide list and should have been called playables.