Fact or Fiction

Instant · Invasion

Fact or Fiction is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Invasion printing.

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How often Fact or Fiction is played

Fact or Fiction is maindecked in 7 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (18%), averaging 2.7 copies; used by 4 of 17 tracked archetypes.

Counting only the 17 decks that can cast blue cards, 7 of them play it (41%).

See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.

Premodern archetypes that play Fact or Fiction

Landstill: The card-advantage burst: end of turn, five cards deep, and the split is always wrong for them. The classic way to pull ahead the turn before you take full control.
Tron (4x)
The Solution: The card-advantage payoff for a deck that already wants to keep mana open on the opponent's turn.
Dromar Control (2x)

Tournament decks with Fact or Fiction

Rector Decree: 3rd Place at Fight Club - Monthly #7 (4× mainboard)
UW Landstill: 1st Place at New England Summer Regional (2× mainboard)
Domain Control: 6th Place at Damnation Community Cup (4× mainboard)
Dromar Control: 1st Place at Monthly Premodern Beagá (2× mainboard)
Super Wayfarer: 1st Place at Premodern Online Monthly (2× mainboard)
UW Control: 1st Place at Moxforge League May 2026 (3× mainboard)
The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (2× mainboard)

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The Format

What is Premodern?

Premodern is a Magic: The Gathering format played with cards from Fourth Edition through Scourge (1995–2003), the game's golden era. It captures the feel of early competitive Magic: iconic old-border cards, meaningful decisions and a rich, interactive metagame, free of the power creep of later sets.

How it plays

Premodern is an eternal, non-rotating format. Games reward tight play, deckbuilding skill and knowledge of the metagame rather than raw speed. Combo, control, aggro and midrange all have a home, from Goblins and Stiflenought to Landstill, Replenish and The Rock.

Deck construction

Minimum 60-card main deck.
Up to a 15-card sideboard.
At most 4 copies of any single card (basic lands excepted).

A card is legal as long as its name appears in one of these sets. (Reprints in newer sets are legal too, but on Premodern Chronicles we always show the period-correct old-frame printing.)

Legal Sets