Premythic Modern

There are a couple reasons for making this format:

• nostalgia
• sticking it to WotC, who've become greedier and greedier since the advent of the Mythic rarity (do you remember when they said they wouldn't make format staples Mythic?)
• WotC can't artificially inject cards into this format since it's custom (see Modern Horizons kekw)
• Premodern already covers cards until Mirrodin
• including Onslaught, or going further into Zendikar would include fetchlands, which are far too strong and require too much shuffling, and shuffling is ENEMY #1 after all
• this period has a ton of interaction outside of some fringe players (Dragonstorm, Dredge, etc), but even those decks are not going to blow you out consistently on turn 4 or something like that.

Legal Sets

• 8th Edition
• Mirrodin
• Darksteel
• Fifth Dawn
• Champions of Kamigawa
• Betrayers of Kamigawa
• Saviors of Kamigawa
• 9th Edition
• Ravnica: City of Guilds
• Guildpact
• Dissension
• Coldsnap
• Time Spiral
• Planar Chaos
• Future Sight
• 10th Edition
• Lorwyn
• Morningtide
• Shadowmoor
• Eventide

Watchlist

• Urzatron
• Gifts Ungiven
• Dark Confidant
• Tarmogoyf

Banlist Rationale

Arcbound Ravager

Um...

Bitterblossom

Faeries is too good with this card.

Cranial Plating

See Arcbound Ravager

Umezawa's Jitte

Uh...

Skullclamp

Mate

Sensei's Divining Top

I mean at least fetches aren't legal, but this would be far too ubiquitous if legal.