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Wizards of the Coast

Pro Tour Philadelphia Format Change

Wizards of the Coast

Friday, August 12, 2011

he Constructed-format portion of Pro Tour Philadelphia, previously scheduled to be Extended, has been changed to Modern. The new format will be used for ten rounds of Swiss play and the Top 8.

The Modern format consists of all Magic sets printed since the introduction of the modern card frame, starting with Eighth Edition. This includes Eighth Edition, Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Magic 2010, Magic 2011, Magic 2012, the Coldsnap expansion set, and the following blocks: Mirrodin, Kamigawa, Ravnica, Time Spiral, Lorwyn, Shadowmoor, Shards of Alara, Zendikar, and Scars of Mirrodin.

Twenty-one cards are included on the banned list for Modern:

Ancestral Vision

Ancient Den

Bitterblossom

Chrome Mox

Dark Depths

Dread Return

Glimpse of Nature

Golgari Grave-Troll

Great Furnace

Hypergenesis

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Mental Misstep

Seat of the Synod

Sensei’s Divining Top

Skullclamp

Stoneforge Mystic

Sword of the Meek

Tree of Tales

Umezawa’s Jitte

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Vault of Whispers

For a full explanation of the format, the Pro Tour format change, and the Banned List, please read Tom LaPille’s Latest Developments column.

Pro Tour Philadelphia will be held September 2-4, 2011 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Standard-format Last-Chance Qualifier will be held Thursday, September 1 on site, with registration opening at 1 p.m.

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