That visibility expanded the audience beyond traditional collectors
There are a fairly large number of restricted cards in Vintage: Ancestral Recall Balance Black Lotus Brainstorm Chalice of the Void Channel Demonic Consultation Demonic Tutor Dig Through Time Flash Gitaxian Probe Golgari Grave-Troll Gush Imperial Seal Karn, the Great Creator Library of Alexandria Lion's Eye Diamond Lodestone Golem Lotus Petal Mana Crypt Mana Vault Memory Jar Mental Misstep Merchant Scroll Mind's Desire Monastery Mentor Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Mystic Forge Mystical Tutor Narset, Parter of Veils Necropotence Sol Ring Strip Mine Thorn of Amethyst Time Vault Time Walk Timetwister Tinker Tolarian Academy Treasure Cruise Trinisphere Urza's Saga Vampiric Tutor Vexing Bauble Wheel of Fortune Windfall Yawgmoth's Will Historic banlist The MTG Arena format Historic also has a unique approach to MTG card bans
Only 39 of them were made, and 20 of them were given to winners of an illustration contest in the late '90s
Apprentice Necromancer Clive, Ifrit's Dominant Cryptek Dion, Bahamut's Dominant Distinguished Conjurer Jugan Defends the Temple Mystifying Maze Ruin Ghost Safe Haven Tawnos's Coffin Terra, Magical Adept Viashino Sandscout Viashino Sandstalker Vraska, the Silencer
7 Bhaal, Lord Of Murder Gods in Magic have historically been extremely powerful, and Bhaal is no exception
