Editing Legends

Legends is a set of cards from the game Magic: The Gathering. It is famous for being blatantly underpowered on the whole, yet somehow having some of the most overpowered cards in history printed in there as well. It was focused around the new legend mechanic, which made a creature or land unique. (At the time, it meant you couldn't cast that spell if another copy was already on the field; now, the rules are a bit different.)

It was the first set to include multi-colored cards, but for some strange reason, being multicolored was considered an inherent benefit rather than an inherent detriment, as was being legendary. Because of this, they made every multicolored creature extremely weak.

Every.

Single.

One.

(For the uninitiated, having more than one color usually means the card is harder to cast, so this is usually compensated by making the effect stronger. For instance, compare [http://magiccards.info/pc2/en/92.html Fires of Yavamaya] to [http://magiccards.info/m13/en/129.html Fervor.])

== Notable Cards ==
The following is a list of noteworthy cards from Legends.

=== Wood Elemental ===
[[image:Wood_Elemental.jpg|This piece of shit ain't suitable for toilet paper.]]

If you know the rules of magic and aren't ''immediately'' repulsed by this piece of shit waste of paper, you'll fit right in with the [[/tg/ is bad at magic|rest of /tg/]] when it comes to MTG. Wood Elemental is widely regarded as the worst creature card ever printed in Magic history.

=== Mana Drain ===
[[image:Mana Drain.jpg|Serious contender for best counterspell ever.]]

And on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, we have mana drain. Compare mana drain to [http://magiccards.info/query?q=counterspell counterspell.] This card is so strong it was banned in [[legacy.]]

=== Jedit Ojanen ===
[[image:Jedit Ojanen.jpg|Because we wouldn't want legendary creatures to be TOO powerful, now would we.]]

This is a prime example of the fundamental problem with the Legends set. The idea behind this card was that being blue and white AND a legend AND A [[furry|CAT WARRIOR]] was all so cool that people would already want to play it, so they couldn't make it ''good'' as well.

So they decided on a 5/5 for 7 mana.

THE WHOLE SET IS LIKE THIS.

=== Shelkin Brownie ===
[[image:Shelkin Brownie.jpg|THIS CARD HAS NO PURPOSE]]

THERE IS ONLY ONE CARD WITH "BANDS WITH OTHERS" IN THE GAME.

THIS CARD'S ENTIRE DESIGN IS BASED ON AN EXTREMELY NARROW ABILITY THAT ISN'T EVEN GOOD.

=== Karakas ===
[[image:248.jpg|A legacy semi-staple.]]

Karakas doesn't suck. Not by a long shot. It bounces [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/4.html Emrakul,] who is otherwise impossible to deal with, and combos with [http://magiccards.info/ts/en/28.html Mangara of Corondor] to wipe your opponent's board. Often seen as a singleton in decks running [http://magiccards.info/query?q=knight+of+the+reliquary&v=card&s=cname Knight of the Reliquary.] At the time or writing, it's a $100 card.

=== The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale ===
[[image:The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale.jpg|And you thought Karakas was expensive...]]

Where Karakas is just a really ''good'' card, Tabernacle is borderline broken. And for that reason, it costs (at the time of writing) $450.

No, you didn't read that wrong. '''Four hundred and fifty dollars.'''

But yeah, go complain about [[Jace Beleren|Jace the Money Breaker]] some more.

Tabernacle sees play in only a few decks, but every one of them wins with lands, be it [http://magiccards.info/query?q=mishra%27s+factory&v=card&s=cname manlands,] [http://magiccards.info/query?q=valakut%2C+the+molten+pinnacle&v=card&s=cname volcanoes,] or just [http://magiccards.info/query?q=glacial+chasm&v=card&s=cname dragging out] [http://magiccards.info/query?q=maze+of+ith&v=card&s=cname the game] [http://magiccards.info/query?q=barbarian+ring&v=card&s=cname until] [http://magiccards.info/query?q=dust+bowl&v=card&s=cname your opponent] [http://magiccards.info/query?q=life+from+the+loam&v=card&s=cname kills himself.]