TLR Core Philosophy - Update
The Philosophy of Tiny Leaders: Reborn At its heart, Tiny Leaders: Reborn (TLR) is built on what we call The Rule of 3 , the idea that every card you play must have a mana value (MV) of three or less . At the format’s inception, The Rule of 3 applied not only to mana value but also to color identity , meaning your deck’s commander and all cards had to share a restricted three-color identity or less. With the advent of Tiny Leaders: Reborn, we retired the color identity restriction but kept the MV limitation as the format’s core identity. Over the years, Magic’s card designs have grown increasingly complex. Split cards, adventures, MDFCs, and other multi-part cards pushed us to clarify what we really mean by “every card has MV ≤ 3.” So we asked ourselves: Should TLR legality be based purely on WotC’s official MV definitions, or should we take a stricter approach where each face, half, or option must independently meet the MV ≤ 3 requirement? This led to two competing philoso...