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The first reprint set
What this set is
Chronicles collects 116 cards from the four expansions that were hardest to find by 1995: 71 from Legends, 19 from The Dark, 14 from Arabian Nights and 12 from Antiquities. The three Urza lands have more than one art each, which brings the set to 125 cards.
It is the set usually named as the reason Wizards of the Coast created the Reserved List. Reprinting cards from small, sold-out expansions in a widely available white-bordered set brought their prices down, and collectors objected; the list that followed promised that certain cards would never be reprinted. None of Chronicles' own cards is on it.
For players it is a practical source of several still-used cards: City of Brass, Ashnod's Altar, the three Urza lands, Blood Moon and Concordant Crossroads. The catalog's BCHR code is its foreign black-bordered printing.
Where You Can Play It
Format legality
Chronicles is a reprint set, so the useful question about any card in it is where that card was already legal.
Every card here is a reprint, and a printing doesn't change legality: each card is legal exactly where it already was.
Every card here is a reprint, and a printing doesn't change legality: each card is legal exactly where it already was.
Not Standard-legal, and not Modern-legal as a set: Modern starts at Eighth Edition (July 2003). A card from here that was reprinted in a later Modern-legal set is Modern-legal in this printing too, because legality follows the card, not the printing. In practice that means Legacy, Vintage and Commander, plus Modern for the cards later reprinted in Modern-legal sets. The ante card Jeweled Bird is the one card here every format bans. Every set from Fourth Edition to Scourge is also legal in Premodern, the community format built on that window. Commons from any set are Pauper-legal; that isn't listed per set here.
Commanders
The most played commanders from Chronicles
The legends this set is best known for. Tap one for its printings and what it costs.
Boosters, precons and singles from Chronicles are on TCGplayer.
FAQ
Common questions
Where can I play Chronicles cards?
Wherever each card was already legal: a reprint doesn't change legality. That means Legacy, Vintage and Commander for nearly everything, and Modern for the cards later reprinted in Modern-legal sets. It is also legal in Premodern, a community format built on Fourth Edition through Scourge.
Why did Chronicles lead to the Reserved List?
It reprinted cards from small, sold-out expansions in a widely available set, and their prices fell. Collectors objected, and the Reserved List that followed promised that certain cards would never be reprinted. That is the account usually given; none of Chronicles' own printings is on the list.
Which sets did Chronicles reprint from?
Legends (71 cards), The Dark (19), Arabian Nights (14) and Antiquities (12).
What is BCHR?
The catalog's code for Chronicles' foreign black-bordered printing, with the same card list.
All card names, art, and mechanics belong to Wizards of the Coast. Chronicles released on Jul 1, 1995; details reflect the set as published. Sources: Wizards of the Coast set pages and release notes, Draftsim, Untapped.gg.
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