Apologies in advance if this has been answered before, but I cant find it.
I just want to make sure what makes a card legal, as it always seems to be stated in an ambiguous way. Does a card have to have been printed as a common specifically in an online set, or in any set, paper or not? For example, Sage of Lat-Nam was common in AQ, rare in 8th Ed. Legal?
For paper the rule is if it has been printed as a Common at any point then it is legal. Sage of Lat-Nam is legal for Paper. Although some tournaments might use the online ban list/their own ban list and the same thing with some playgroups. As a general rule of thumb you should always ask TOs or groups if they follow any ban lists.
For MTGO there is some differences. Some cards aren't on MTGO or might not have been released as a common on MTGO.
I just want to make sure what makes a card legal, as it always seems to be stated in an ambiguous way. Does a card have to have been printed as a common specifically in an online set, or in any set, paper or not? For example, Sage of Lat-Nam was common in AQ, rare in 8th Ed. Legal?
Thanks.
For MTGO there is some differences. Some cards aren't on MTGO or might not have been released as a common on MTGO.
There is a sticky on this subforum found at https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/other-formats/paper-pauper-and-peasant/526347-casual-paper-pauper-peasant-banned-cards that details leagality and also has an extensive list of differences in card pools between Paper and Online.