Ok I get the character card part...but the cards that reference a character? Say I wanted to play darkseid...would "Ancient Throne" work as a legend card? It references Darkseid.

From how I read the format rules, yes, support cards help meet the requirement so long as the name is distinctly referenced. "Darkseid's Elite" doesn't count, but the cards that specifically refer to "Darkseid" do.

I think a fundamental question here is does an effect with "character named [CharacterName]" qualify for the legendary count as opposed to effects that say "target [CharacterName]" or "if you control [CharacterName]"

More simply, does it suffice to have a character's name or does it have to refer to an instance of the character itself, since the rules for deck building say "that share the same character" rather than share the same character name

I'm honestly not sure, but they should clarify this

Can anyone answer this?

Why is everyone so determined to make this harder than it is? It seems crystal clear to me that Ancient Throne fits the requirements. If you are playing 8 characters named Darkseid, and 4 copies of Ancient Throne ("...if you control a character named Darkseid..."), you're good to go. Ancient Throne explicitly references the character's name in its game text. Granted there are gray areas, especially with the Fate cards, but this isn't one of them.

The big problem is, there is no simple right answer. The threads in general discussion highlight that. UDE will have to have someone step in for a formal and official answer. Until then, it's not clear.

That said, the Throne counts by any level of reckoning, so you can run it and you only need 8 copies of Darkseid to meet the minimum requirement.

I'm confused. In paragraph 1, you say it isn't clear. In paragraph 2, you say it is. :confused:

Of course it's clear. There are gray areas, and they have been pointed out ad nauseam in other threads. This isn't one of them. Cards that explicitly reference a character by name in their text box (Ancient Throne, Boris, Mystical Paralysis, Adamantium Claws, Scattergun, Brains and Brawn)--these all count. The whole format is based on building decks around iconic characters and supporting/complementary cards that reference those characters by name. Yeesh.

So is Legends not a Marque format? It didn't make it to the Marque link that's still advertising AE. Now it did make it in current events soooo?

I wasn't trying to make anyone mad I was just curious if ancient throne worked.

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Sorry if you thought I was mad. I'm not. I was really reacting more to playswithfire's response than to your original question. It's seems very obvious to me that all three cases he describes meet the requirements. I just think too many people are making this far more complicated than it is, and it's causing people like you to worry unnecessarily about whether a given card qualifies.

To date I've seen two legitimate questions about the format: one pertains to Dr. Fate's Tower (since the card name contains the characters name, but doesn't really reference the character himself), and the second pertains to Helm of Nabu (since it explicitly references "the identity Dr. Fate" as opposed to "the character Dr. Fate"). All the other issues that have been raised are silly non-issues, IMO.

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P1 was in general... P2 was for the specific card. I'd already answered the question at the top of the thread, but since I'm not Herocomplex, I don't get to be at all ambiguous with an answer any more. >_<

Wasn't trying to cause any grief; I'm happy to accept the more general answer and that's what I would have assumed, but I wanted some clarification since it seems like they could make a distinction if they felt like it and I didn't want to be blindsided by it later

I apologize for sounding contentious. It just seems very obvious to me what is and isn't legal in this format (with a couple of minor exceptions). If they intended to be picky about what does and doesn't qualify (cards templated like THIS count, cards templated like THIS don't), I'm pretty sure they would have laid out those rules at the outset.