Wasteland

Land · Tempest

Wasteland is legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Tempest printing.

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How often Wasteland is played

Wasteland is maindecked in 11 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (28%), averaging 3.2 copies; used by 3 of 17 tracked archetypes.

See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.

Premodern archetypes that play Wasteland

Sligh (4x)
Mono Black: With Mishra's Factory, the colorless land war: strand a greedy manabase (Landstill duals, Serra's Sanctum) while the Factories attack. The lands win games the spells cannot.
Oath of Druids: Answers Serra's Sanctum, the Urza lands, Gaea's Cradle and every nonbasic in the format, and sacrificing itself adds another point of Terravore power.

Tournament decks with Wasteland

Mono B Control: 7th Place at Premodern & Hooters 8th Edition (3× mainboard)
Black Contamination: 3rd Place at PREM Brescia (4× mainboard)
Mono Black: 6th Place at PMPMPMPM XXXVIII (4× mainboard)
Pox: 3rd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 9ª Jornada (2× mainboard)
Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (2× mainboard)
RG Goblins: 1st Place at Croatian Premodern Nationals 2026 (2× mainboard)
Super Wayfarer: 1st Place at Premodern Online Monthly (2× mainboard)
Turbo Lands: 1st Place at MTGO Contraption League (4× mainboard)
RG Zoo: 1st Place at 4Seasons Spring Ed. Bologna (Italy) (4× mainboard)
5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (4× mainboard)
Mono R Ponza: 1st Place at Chile Premier League – May 2026 (4× 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