Starting with Phyrexia: All Will Be One we’re shifting our philosophy on format legality a bit—beginning February 3, when you have cards, you can play them!

Tabletop tournament legality has long been determined by the global release date. However, there has often been a tension between players receiving cards during Prerelease events and not being able to play them in sanctioned events until a week later. Additionally, digital play has not made any distinction between when cards are available and when they're tournament legal for some time.

So, we’re going to make things simple—once you have your cards, you can play them!

Officially, this means that tournament legality is tied to Prerelease and that Phyrexia: All Will Be One cards will be legal for play in all formats starting February 3.

If that piques your interest any more on Phyrexia: All Will Be One, you can get your first look at cards and more now, and then be sure to tune in on January 17 at 9 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/magic or youtube.com/@mtg (the official Magic YouTube channel) as we kick off previews in full!