Windfall

Standard	Rotated out on November 1, 2000
Pioneer	Not Legal
Modern	Not Legal
Legacy	Banned since December 1, 1998
Vintage	Restricted since December 1, 1998
Commander	Never Banned
Pauper	Never Banned
Oathbreaker	Never Banned
Extended	Rotated out on October 20, 2005

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Timeline

October 12, 1998 - Released
December 1, 1998 - Status changed to Banned in Standard
December 1, 1998 - Status changed to Restricted in Vintage
December 1, 1998 - Status changed to Banned in Legacy
December 1, 1998 - Status changed to Banned in Extended
November 1, 2000 - Status changed to Rotated in Standard
October 20, 2005 - Status changed to Rotated in Extended

Rationale

Windfall was restricted or banned due to its ability to provide excessive card advantage for its casting cost. The card's design allowed it to generate a high volume of additional cards, enabling it to function as a key element in high-efficiency archetypes that capitalized on low-cost artifacts. Its combination of low resource expenditure and potent card generation was deemed too powerful, contributing to concerns about the uncontrolled tempo and overall resource advantage it provided to a deck.

This summary was generated by gemma4 on September 14, 2026. It has not yet been reviewed by a human editor and may contain some inaccuracies. Learn more.

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