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The [[DCI]] announces [[Banned| | The [[DCI]] announces [[Banned|bans]] and [[Restricted cards|restrictions]] of cards for their sanctioned formats if they deemed necessary to do so. In normal cases, these announcements are made on Mondays and take effect within a few days. | ||
Previously, such announcements used to be made in a scheduled basis (usually two to three months) with coherence of [[Standard]] legal sets and major tournaments like the [[Pro Tour]]<ref name="BRQ3 2012">{{DailyRef|feature/september-20-2012-dci-banned-restricted-list-announcement-2012-09-20 |DCI B&R List Announcement—September 20, 2012|[[Erik Lauer]]|September 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/banned-run-2003-02-17 |Banned on the Run|[[Mark Rosewater]]|February 17, 2003}}</ref>. | |||
The following is a list of these announcements and their changes in chronological order. Formats that are not mentioned have seen no changes made to them in the respective announcements. | |||
==1994== | |||
The concept of [[format]]s doesn't yet exist as of this time. [[Vintage]] (Type 1) and [[Standard]] (Type 2) will be introduced in [[#1995|1995]]. | |||
===January=== | |||
*Formation of the original DCI banned/restricted list.<ref>{{DailyRef|first-banned-restricted-list-2004-02-10|The first banned / restricted list|[[Magic Arcana]]|February 10, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|first-br-list-2014-09-22|The First B&R List|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|September 22, 2014}}</ref> <c>Ali from Cairo</c>, <c>Ancestral Recall</c>, <c>Berserk</c>, <c>Black Lotus</c>, <c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Dingus Egg</c>, <c>Gauntlet of Might</c>, <c>Icy Manipulator</c>, <c>Mox Emerald</c>, <c>Mox Jet</c>, <c>Mox Pearl</c>, <c>Mox Ruby</c>, <c>Mox Sapphire</c>, <c>Orcish Oriflamme</c>, <c>Rukh Egg</c>, <c>Sol Ring</c>, <c>Timetwister</c>, <c>Time Vault</c>, and <c>Time Walk</c> are restricted ("Limited"). [[Ante]] cards and <c>Shahrazad</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|leader-banned-2003-02-17|Leader of the Banned|[[Michael G. Ryan]]|February 17, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/twenty-things-were-going-kill-magic-2013-08-01|Twenty Things That Were Going To Kill Magic|[[Mark Rosewater]]|August 05, 2013}}</ref><ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rec.games.board/afNlBZ2Y3is/bqbx2ckVZ0AJ</ref> Use of cards from any of the expansion sets (at that time [[Arabian Nights]]) are banned unless the referee consents to their use (this would later be changed to allowed "unless expressly disallowed by the head judge prior to the event").<ref>http://archive.wizards.com/dci/downloads/firstdcifloorrules.txt</ref> | |||
===February=== | |||
*<c>Orcish Oriflamme</c> and <c>Rukh Egg</c> are unrestricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===March=== | |||
*<c>Channel</c>, <c>Copy Artifact</c>, <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, <c>Regrowth</c>, and <c>Wheel of Fortune</c> are restricted. <c>Icy Manipulator</c> is unrestricted. <c>Time Vault</c> is banned.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===May=== | |||
*<c>Candelabra of Tawnos</c>, <c>Feldon's Cane</c>, <c>Ivory Tower</c>, and <c>Library of Alexandria</c> are restricted. <c>Dingus Egg</c> and <c>Gauntlet of Might</c> are unrestricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===June=== | |||
*<c>Mishra's Workshop</c> is restricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===August=== | |||
*<c>Chaos Orb</c>, <c>Falling Star</c>, <c>Mind Twist</c>, <c>Mirror Universe</c>, <c>Recall</c>, <c>Sword of the Ages</c>, <c>Underworld Dreams</c> are restricted. For [[flavor]] reasons, all [[legendary]] cards (of type "Summon Legends"—then called [[Legend]]s—or "Legendary Land") are restricted. <c>Divine Intervention</c> is banned.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.deckmaster/aWxX1oJ86MM/_oUqs-S37L4J</ref> | |||
===October=== | |||
*<c>Maze of Ith</c> is restricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
==1995== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''[[Standard]]''': Format introduced on January 10 (then called "Type 2"), inheriting banned and restricted lists from Vintage (then called "Type 1"). Legal standard expansions are then the most current basic set (''[[Revised Edition]]'' at the time) and the latest two Magic expansions only (''[[The Dark]]'' and ''[[Fallen Empires]]''). Unlike in Vintage, the head judge cannot ban cards from any such legal expansion.<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.games.deckmaster/MymOFRYudwU/0FuCZ_bXMnIJ</ref> | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Balance</c> is restricted. <c>Fork</c> is restricted. | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Balance</c> is restricted. <ref>Also restricting Fork in Standard was unnecessary as it rotated out on April 19th</ref><ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc/Tournament$20Rules$20fork%7Csort:date/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc/LwELg8_-RD8/m2tafTsFa6gJ</ref><ref name=":0"/> | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Standard''': new deck construction rules. Standard (Type 2) can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of Magic The Gathering (''[[Fourth Edition]]'' at the time), white border extensions (''[[Chronicles]]''), and all available limited edition expansions (''[[Ice Age]]'', ''[[Fallen Empires]]'', and soon ''[[Homelands]]'').<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/uEMPncRe7g8</ref> | |||
===November=== | |||
*[[Legendary]] cards are unrestricted.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/fUUN_jy6m0M/ZSWYeRsR3lMJ</ref> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Zuran Orb</c> is restricted. <c>Channel</c>, <c>Chaos Orb</c>, and <c>Falling Star</c> are banned. | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Zuran Orb</c> is restricted. <c>Channel</c> is banned. | |||
==1996== | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Mind Twist</c> is banned. <c>Black Vise</c> is restricted. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Mind Twist</c> is banned. <c>Black Vise</c> is restricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Feldon's Cane</c> and <c>Recall</c> are unrestricted. | |||
*'''[[Vintage]]''': <c>Time Vault</c> is unbanned. <c>Ali from Cairo</c>, <c>Black Vise</c>, and <c>Sword of the Ages</c> are unrestricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''[[Legacy]]''': Format is created (then called Type 1.5). "Type 1.5 tournament decks may be constructed from Magic: The Gathering cards from the Limited (first edition, with black border) series, the Unlimited (second edition), Revised (third edition), Fourth Edition, any other Magic: The Gathering expansion (unless expressly disallowed by the head judge prior to the event), and promotional cards released by Wizards of the Coast in magazines or through books." There are no restricted cards. The list of banned cards is the sum of all cards that are either restricted or banned in Vintage or Standard.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc/we_wm9PDDeg/dxLtyuB43AUJ</ref> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Land Tax</c> is restricted. | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Land Tax</c> is banned.<ref name=":0">https://web.archive.org/web/20001212180600/http://www.activesw.com/~sdangelo/magic/rule-cards.html</ref> | |||
*The fan format '''[[Commander]]''', then called "Elder Dragon Highlander" (EDH), is popularized by the article "Elder Dragon Legend Wars" in ''The Duelist'' magazine. | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Hymn to Tourach</c> and <c>Strip Mine</c> are restricted.<ref>http://classicdojo.org/history/necro4.html</ref> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Fastbond</c>, <c>Hymn to Tourach</c> and <c>Strip Mine</c> are banned.<ref name=":0"/> The head judge can't disallow any Magic expansion anymore.<ref name="groups.google.com">https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/sGGrhKDJAfw/WzYlRo1nwZwJ</ref> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Fastbond</c> is restricted. The head judge can't disallow any Magic expansion anymore.<ref name="groups.google.com"/> | |||
==1997== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Standard''': All cards on the restricted list are moved to the banned list.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/pz9ElfyA9RI/PrfU1b6S_dwJ</ref> | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''[[Ice Age block]]''': <c>Thawing Glaciers</c> and <c>Zuran Orb</c> are banned.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
=== June === | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Zuran Orb</c> is banned.<ref>http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/brief-history-standard-banned-list-2015-07-13</ref> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''[[Extended]]''': Becomes an officially sanctioned format, having been announced in May.<ref>http://www.classicdojo.org/news/may_clarification.html</ref> Initial banned list includes all cards from ''Limited Edition'', ''Unlimited Edition'', ''Arabian Nights'', ''Antiquities'', and ''Legends'' which have not been reprinted in a more recent set, plus ante cards, and additionally: <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, <c>Balance</c>, <c>Fastbond</c>, <c>Regrowth</c>, <c>Black Vise</c>, <c>Ivory Tower</c>, <c>Serendib Efreet</c>, <c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Sol Ring</c>, <c>Juggernaut</c>, <c>Strip Mine</c>, <c>Channel</c>, <c>Kird Ape</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Maze of Ith</c>, <c>Wheel of Fortune</c>, <c>Mind Twist</c>, and <c>Zuran Orb</c>.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/29jzcnKOueE/vVqO4wQKbhMJ</ref> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Black Vise</c> is restricted. | |||
*'''[[Mirage block]]''': <c>Squandered Resources</c> is banned.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Extended''': <c>Hypnotic Specter</c> is banned. <c>Juggernaut</c> is unbanned. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Candelabra of Tawnos</c>, <c>Copy Artifact</c>, <c>Feldon's Cane</c>, <c>Mishra's Workshop</c>, and <c>Zuran Orb</c> are unrestricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
==1998== | ==1998== | ||
===January=== | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Strip Mine</c> is restricted.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Extended''': <c>Land Tax</c> is banned.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
*'''[[Tempest block]]''': <c>Cursed Scroll</c> is banned. | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Standard''': <c>Tolarian Academy</c> and <c>Windfall</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Tolarian Academy</c> and <c>Windfall</c> are banned. <c>Braingeyser</c> is unbanned. | ||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Stroke of Genius</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are banned. <c>Feldon's Cane</c> is unbanned. | |||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Stroke of Genius</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are restricted.<ref>http://members.fortunecity.com/theacademy/</ref> | ||
* ''' | |||
==1999== | ==1999== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
*''' | *'''Standard''': <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Earthcraft</c>, <c>Fluctuator</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Recurring Nightmare</c>, and <c>Time Spiral</c> are banned. <c>Memory Jar</c> is banned retroactively in mid-March. | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Memory Jar</c> is banned retroactively in mid-March.<ref>{{DailyRef|extended-thoughts-2003-11-14|Extended Thoughts|[[Randy Buehler]]|November 14, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/140067897578/so-as-the-majority-of-the-modern-player-base|title=The announced card wasn’t immediately banned.|February 26, 2016}}</ref> | ||
* '''[[Urza's block]] Constructed''': <c>Time Spiral</c>, <c>Memory Jar</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are banned. | *'''[[Urza's block]] Constructed''': <c>Time Spiral</c>, <c>Memory Jar</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Time Spiral</c> and <c>Memory Jar</c> are banned. <c>Candelabra of Tawnos</c>, <c>Copy Artifact</c>, <c>Maze of Ith</c>, <c>Zuran Orb</c>, and <c>Mishra's Workshop</c> are unbanned. | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Memory Jar</c> and <c>Time Spiral</c> are restricted.<ref>http://members.tripod.com/blue_midget/Gossip/banned.htm</ref> <c>Maze of Ith</c> is unrestricted.<ref>[https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/evolution-of-magic-banned-and-restricted-combo-winter]</ref> | |||
* ''' | |||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Standard''': <c>Mind Over Matter</c> is banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Time Spiral</c> is banned. | ||
* '''[[Urza block]] Constructed''': <c>Gaea's Cradle</c>, <c>Serra's Sanctum</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c> and <c>Voltaic Key</c> are banned.<ref>http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-990601.txt</ref> | *'''[[Urza block]] Constructed''': <c>Gaea's Cradle</c>, <c>Serra's Sanctum</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, and <c>Voltaic Key</c> are banned.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000122131430/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-990601.txt</ref> | ||
===August=== | ===August 1st=== | ||
*'''Extended''': <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c> is banned. | |||
* ''' | |||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Earthcraft</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mind Over Matter</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Frantic Search</c>, <c>Grim Monolith</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c>, <c>Mind Over Matter</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Mystical Tutor</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>, <c>Voltaic Key</c>, <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c> are restricted. <c>Divine Intervention</c> and <c>Shahrazad</c> are unbanned. <c>Ivory Tower</c>, <c>Mirror Universe</c>, and <c>Underworld Dreams</c> are unrestricted. | ||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Frantic Search</c>, <c>Grim Monolith</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c>, <c>Mind Over Matter</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Mystical Tutor</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>, <c>Voltaic Key</c>, <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c> are banned. <c>Divine Intervention</c>, <c>Ivory Tower</c>, <c>Mirror Universe</c>, <c>Shahrazad</c>, and <c>Underworld Dreams</c> are unbanned. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000122145411/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-990901.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20000122145411/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-990901.txt]</ref> | |||
* | |||
==2000== | ==2000== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Dark Ritual</c> and <c>Mana Vault</c> are banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000902160353/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000301.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20000902160353/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000301.txt]</ref> | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* '''[[Masques block]] constructed''': <c>Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero</c> and <c>Rishadan Port</c> are banned.<ref>[http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000601.txt]</ref> | *'''[[Masques block]] constructed''': <c>Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero</c> and <c>Rishadan Port</c> are banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000902160237/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000601.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20000902160237/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000601.txt]</ref> | ||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Demonic Consultation</c> and <c>Necropotence</c> are restricted. <c>Channel</c> and <c>Mind Twist</c>, previously banned, are restricted. | ||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Demonic Consultation</c> and <c>Necropotence</c> are banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20001017140429/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000901.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20001017140429/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-000901.txt]</ref> | |||
* ''' | |||
==2001== | ==2001== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Necropotence</c>, <c>Replenish</c>, <c>Survival of the Fittest</c>, and <c>Demonic Consultation</c> are banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010407085010/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-010301.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20010407085010/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-010301.txt]</ref> | ||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Fact or Fiction</c> is restricted. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Fact or Fiction</c> is banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021118054206/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-011201.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20021118054206/http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/dci/update-011201.txt]</ref> | ||
==2002== | ==2002== | ||
===October=== | |||
*'''Commander''': First known banlist, synchronized with the Vintage banlist. <c>Test of Endurance</c> is the first card banned in EDH for power reasons. | |||
==2003== | ==2003== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Earthcraft</c> and <c>Entomb</c> are restricted. <c>Berserk</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, and <c>Recall</c> are unrestricted. | ||
* | *'''Legacy''': <c>Earthcraft</c> and <c>Entomb</c> are banned. <c>Berserk</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, and <c>Recall</c> are unbanned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/dci/main.asp?x=Banned_Restricted_List_0303 http://www.wizards.com/dci/main.asp?x=Banned_Restricted_List_0303]</ref> | ||
===May=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Cunning Wish</c>, <c>Death Wish</c>, <c>Golden Wish</c>, <c>Living Wish</c>, and <c>Ring of Ma'ruf</c> are banned. [[Basic land]]s are unrestricted — previously they were limited to one per deck like all other cards in EDH. | |||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Gush</c> and <c>Mind's Desire</c> are restricted. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Gush</c> and <c>Mind's Desire</c> are banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20030529a http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20030529a]</ref> | ||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Goblin Lackey</c>, <c>Entomb</c>, and <c>Frantic Search</c> are banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20030901a http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20030901a]</ref> | ||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Goblin Recruiter</c>, <c>Grim Monolith</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Hermit Druid</c>, <c>Ancient Tomb</c>, and <c>Oath of Druids</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, and <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> are restricted. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, and <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> are banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20031201a December 2003 DCI Banned/Restricted Announcement]</ref> | ||
==2004== | ==2004== | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Standard''': <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned. | ||
* '''[[Mirrodin block]] constructed''': <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20040601a June 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: the Gathering]</ref> | *'''[[Mirrodin block]] constructed''': <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20040601a June 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: the Gathering]</ref> | ||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Metalworker</c> and <c>Skullclamp</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Earthcraft</c>, and <c>Fork</c> are unrestricted. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': Renamed from Type 1.5 to Legacy and becomes independent of Vintage.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/Default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20040901a September 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: the Gathering]</ref> Cards that were already banned in Type 1.5 continue to be banned in Legacy, with the following exceptions: | ||
**<c>Bazaar of Baghdad</c>, <c>Goblin Recruiter</c>, <c>Hermit Druid</c>, <c>Illusionary Mask</c>, <c>Land Tax</c>, <c>Mana Drain</c>, <c>Metalworker</c>, <c>Mishra's Workshop</c>, <c>Oath of Druids</c>, <c>Replenish</c>, <c>Skullclamp</c>, and <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c> are banned. | |||
**<c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Fact or Fiction</c>, <c>Fork</c>, <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Mystical Tutor</c>, <c>Regrowth</c>, <c>Stroke of Genius</c>, and <c>Voltaic Key</c> are unbanned. | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Beacon of Immortality</c> is banned. <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Cunning Wish</c>, <c>Death Wish</c>, <c>Golden Wish</c>, <c>Living Wish</c>, and <c>Ring of Ma'ruf</c> are unbanned. | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Stroke of Genius</c> is unrestricted.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20041201a December 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: the Gathering]</ref> | ||
==2005== | ==2005== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Standard''': <c>Arcbound Ravager</c>, <c>Disciple of the Vault</c>, <c>Darksteel Citadel</c>, <c>Ancient Den</c>, <c>Great Furnace</c>, <c>Seat of the Synod</c>, <c>Tree of Tales</c>, and <c>Vault of Whispers</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Trinisphere</c> is restricted.<ref name="March 2005">[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20050301a March 2005 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: the Gathering]</ref> | ||
=== | ===April=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Ancestral Recall</c>, <c>Balance</c>, <c>Black Lotus</c>, <c>Biorhythm</c>, <c>Chaos Orb</c>, <c>Falling Star</c>, <c>Library of Alexandria</c>, <c>Mox Emerald</c>, <c>Mox Jet</c>, <c>Mox Pearl</c>, <c>Mox Ruby</c>, <c>Mox Sapphire</c>, <c>Panoptic Mirror</c>, <c>Sway of the Stars</c>, <c>Time Walk</c>, <c>Upheaval</c>, <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c>, and all [[ante]] cards are banned. | ||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Aether Vial</c> and <c>Disciple of the Vault</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Imperial Seal</c> is banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Imperial Seal</c> and <c>Personal Tutor</c> are restricted. <c>Mind Over Matter</c> is unrestricted. | ||
* '''[[Two-Headed Giant]]''': <c>Erayo, Soratami Ascendant</c> is banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20050901a September 2005 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | *'''[[Two-Headed Giant]]''': <c>Erayo, Soratami Ascendant</c> is banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20050901a September 2005 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | ||
===October=== | |||
*'''Commander''', '''Legacy''' and '''Vintage''': The sets ''[[Starter 1999]]'', ''[[Starter 2000]]'', ''[[Portal]]'', ''[[Portal Second Age]]'', and ''[[Portal Three Kingdoms]]'' become legal.<ref name="March 2005" /> | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* | *'''[[Commander]]''': <c>Crucible of Worlds</c> and <c>Shahrazad</c> are banned. | ||
==2006== | ==2006== | ||
===February=== | |||
*''Commander''': <c>Heartless Hidetsugu</c>, <c>Kaervek the Merciless</c>, and <c>Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind</c> are banned as commanders only. They may still be included in an EDH deck as ordinary cards. | |||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* '''[[Mirrodin block]] constructed''': <c> | *'''[[Mirrodin block]] constructed''': <c>Aether Vial</c>, <c>Ancient Den</c>, <c>Arcbound Ravager</c>, <c>Darksteel Citadel</c>, <c>Disciple of the Vault</c>, <c>Great Furnace</c>, <c>Seat of the Synod</c>, <c>Tree of Tales</c>, and <c>Vault of Whispers</c> are banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=dci/announce/dci20060301a March 2006 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | ||
=== | ===May=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c> is banned. | ||
=== | ===November=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Heartless Hidetsugu</c>, <c>Kaervek the Merciless</c>, and <c>Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind</c> are unbanned as commanders. | ||
==2007== | ==2007== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Coalition Victory</c> is banned. <c>Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary</c> is banned as a commander only. | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Flash</c> is banned. <c>Mind Over Matter</c> and <c>Replenish</c> are unbanned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20070601a June 1, 2007 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Gifts Ungiven</c> is restricted. <c>Voltaic Key</c>, <c>Black Vise</c>, <c>Mind Twist</c>, and <c>Gush</c> are unrestricted. | |||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Shahrazad</c> is banned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20070901a September 1, 2007 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Shahrazad</c> is banned. | |||
=== | ===November=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Beacon of Immortality</c> is unbanned. | ||
==2008== | ==2008== | ||
===February=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Kokusho, the Evening Star</c> and <c>Recurring Nightmare</c> are banned. | |||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': Rotation of the format is modified.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20080229a March 1 2008 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Limited Resources</c> is banned. | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Brainstorm</c>, <c>Flash</c>, <c>Gush</c>, <c>Merchant Scroll</c>, and <c>Ponder</c> are restricted.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20080602a June 1 2008 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: The Gathering]</ref> | |||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Grindstone</c>, <c>Karakas</c>, <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c>, <c>Protean Hulk</c>, and <c>Riftsweeper</c> are banned. <c>Test of Endurance</c> is unbanned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c> is banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Time Vault</c> is banned. | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Time Vault</c> is restricted. <c>Chrome Mox</c>, <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Personal Tutor</c>, and <c>Time Spiral</c> are unrestricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/september-1-2008-dci-banned-and-restricted-list-announcement-2008-09-01|September 1, 2008 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|September 1, 2008}}</ref> | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Time Vault</c> is banned. | ||
* | *'''[[Pauper]]''': Becomes an officially supported ''[[Magic Online]]'' format. <c>Cranial Plating</c>is banned. <ref>{{DailyRef|feature/december-1-2008-dci-banned-and-restricted-list-announcement-2008-12-01|December 1, 2008 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|December 1, 2008 }}</ref> | ||
==2009== | ==2009== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Metalworker</c> and <c>Tinker</c> are banned. <c>Crucible of Worlds</c> is unbanned. <c>Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary</c> is unbanned as a commander. | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Fastbond</c> and <c>Gifts Ungiven</c> are banned. <c>Braids, Cabal Minion</c> is banned as a commander only. | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Thirst for Knowledge</c> is restricted. <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Entomb</c>, and <c>Grim Monolith</c> are unrestricted.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/43d June 19 2009 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement]</ref> | |||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Riftsweeper</c> is unbanned. | ||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Entomb</c>, and <c>Metalworker</c> are unbanned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/56d September 18 2009 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement]</ref> | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Painter's Servant</c> is banned. <c>Grindstone</c> is unbanned. | ||
==2010== | ==2010== | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* | *'''Commander''': <c>Channel</c>, <c>Staff of Domination</c>, and <c>Tolarian Academy</c> are banned. <c>Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary</c> is banned as a commander only. | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': Change to the rotation. <c>Sword of the Meek</c> and <c>Hypergenesis</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Mystical Tutor</c> is banned. <c>Grim Monolith</c> and <c>Illusionary Mask</c> are unbanned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/95b June 18 2010 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement]</ref> | ||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Vintage''': <c>Frantic Search</c> and <c>Gush</c> are unrestricted.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/109a September 20 2010 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement]</ref> | ||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* '''[[ | *'''Commander''': Officially renamed from EDH to Commander with the release of the ''[[Commander (2011)]]'' set. <c>Emrakul, the Aeons Torn</c> is banned. | ||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Survival of the Fittest</c> is banned. <c>Time Spiral</c> is unbanned.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/122k December 20 2010 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement]</ref> | |||
==2011== | ==2011== | ||
=== | ===June=== | ||
* '''[[ | *'''Commander''': <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c> is unbanned. | ||
*'''Standard''': <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c> and <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c> are banned. An exception is made for the [[War of Attrition]] [[Event Decks|event deck]], which contains two copies of Stoneforge Mystic, if the decklist has not been modified.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/standard-bannings-explained-2011-06-20-0 |Standard Bannings Explained|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|June 20, 2011}}</ref> | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Frantic Search</c>is banned. | |||
=== | ===August=== | ||
* '''[[ | *'''[[Modern]]''': Becomes a sanctioned paper format from an online format. The initial ban list is: <c>Ancestral Vision</c>, <c>Ancient Den,</c> <c>Bitterblossom</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, <c>Dark Depths</c>, <c>Dread Return</c>, <c>Glimpse of Nature</c>, <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c>, <c>Great Furnace</c>, <c>Hypergenesis</c>, <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c>, <c>Mental Misstep</c>, <c>Seat of the Synod</c>, <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c>, <c>Skullclamp</c>, <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c>, <c>Sword of the Meek</c>, <c>Tree of Tales</c>, <c>Umezawa's Jitte</c>, <c>Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle</c>, and <c>Vault of Whispers</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/brief-history-modern-banned-list-2015-02-03|A Brief History of the Modern Banned List|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|February 3, 2015}}</ref> | ||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Erayo, Soratami Ascendant</c> is banned as a commander only. <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> is unbanned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Extended''': <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c>, <c>Mental Misstep</c>, <c>Ponder</c>, <c>Preordain</c>, and <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Modern''': <c>Blazing Shoal</c>, <c>Cloudpost</c>, <c>Green Sun's Zenith</c>, <c>Ponder</c>, <c>Preordain</c>, and <c>Rite of Flame</c> are banned. | ||
* ''' | *'''Legacy''': <c>Mental Misstep</c> is banned. | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Fact or Fiction</c> is unrestricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/explanation-september-2011-br-changes-2011-09-20-0 |Explanation of September 2011 B&R Changes|[[Erik Lauer]]|September 20, 2011}}</ref> | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Modern''': <c>Punishing Fire</c> and <c>Wild Nacatl</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/explanation-december-2011-br-changes-2011-12-20 |Explanation of December 2011 B&R Changes|[[Erik Lauer]]|December 20, 2011}}</ref> | ||
==2012== | ==2012== | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
* '''[[Innistrad block|Innistrad]] [[Block Constructed]]''': <c> | *'''[[Innistrad block|Innistrad]] [[Block Constructed]]''': <c>Intangible Virtue</c> and <c>Lingering Souls</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/explanation-march-20-2012-br-changes-2012-03-20 |Explanation of March 2012, B&R Changes|[[Erik Lauer]]|March 20, 2012}}</ref> | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Griselbrand</c> and <c>Sundering Titan</c> are banned. | ||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Land Tax</c> is unbanned.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/june-20-2012-dci-banned-restricted-list-announcement-2012-06-20 |DCI B&R List Announcement—June 20, 2012|[[Erik Lauer]]|June 20, 2012}}</ref> | |||
=== | ===September=== | ||
* ''' | *'''Commander''': <c>Primeval Titan</c> and <c>Worldfire</c> are banned. <c>Kokusho, the Evening Star</c> is unbanned for deck use only; it remains banned as a commander. | ||
* ''' | *'''Modern''': <c>Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle</c> is unbanned. | ||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Burning Wish</c> is unrestricted.<ref name="BRQ3 2012" /> | |||
==2013== | ==2013== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
* '''[[Modern]]''': <c>Bloodbraid Elf</c> and <c> | *'''Modern''': <c>Bloodbraid Elf</c> and <c>Seething Song</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|january-28-2013-dci-banned-restricted-list-announcement-2013-01-28 |DCI B&R List Announcement—January 28, 2013|[[Erik Lauer]]|January 28, 2013}}</ref> | ||
* '''[[Magic | *'''Pauper''': <c>Empty the Warrens</c>, <c>Grapeshot</c>, and <c>Invigorate</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/rapid-hybrid-ization-2013-02-01 |Rapid Hybrid-ization; Pauper B&R Explanation|[[Dave Humpherys]] and [[Erik Lauer]]|February 01, 2013}}</ref> | ||
===April=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Trade Secrets</c> is banned. <c>Staff of Domination</c> is unbanned. | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Second Sunrise</c> is banned. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Regrowth</c> is unrestricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/banned-and-restricted-2013-04-22-0 |DCI B&R List Announcement—May 3, 2013|[[Erik Lauer]]|April 22, 2013}}</ref> | |||
===September=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Cloudpost</c> and <c>Temporal Fissure</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|top-decks/september-27-2013-dci-banned-restricted-list-announcement-2013-09-16 |DCI B&R List Announcement—September 29, 2013|[[Erik Lauer]]|September 16, 2013}}</ref> | |||
==2014== | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Sylvan Primordial</c> is banned. | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Deathrite Shaman</c> is banned. <c>Bitterblossom</c> and <c>Wild Nacatl</c> are unbanned.<ref>{{DailyRef|top-decks/february-3-2014-dci-banned-restricted-list-announcement-2014-02-03 |DCI B&R List Announcement—February 3, 2014|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 03, 2014}}</ref> | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Commander''', '''Legacy''' and '''Vintage''': Cards with [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracy]] [[card type]] are preemptively banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/no-conspiracies-allowed-2014-05-26 |No Conspiracies Allowed|[[Trick Jarrett]]|May 26, 2014}}</ref> | |||
===September=== | |||
*'''Commander''': The "banned only as commander" rule is eliminated. <c>Braids, Cabal Minion</c>, <c>Erayo, Soratami Ascendant</c>, and <c>Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary</c>, previously banned only as commanders, are fully banned. <c>Kokusho, the Evening Star</c> and <c>Metalworker</c> are unbanned. | |||
==2015== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Dig Through Time</c>, <c>Treasure Cruise</c>, and <c>Birthing Pod</c> are banned. <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c> is unbanned. | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Treasure Cruise</c> is banned. <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c> is unbanned. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Treasure Cruise</c> is restricted. <c>Gifts Ungiven</c> is unrestricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-01-19 |B&R Announcement—January 19, 2015|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|January 19, 2015}}</ref> | |||
===March=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Treasure Cruise</c> is banned. | |||
*'''[[Singleton]]''': <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/march-23-2015-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-03-23 |B&R Announcement—March 23, 2015|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|March 23, 2015}}</ref> | |||
===September=== | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Dig Through Time</c> is banned. <c>Black Vise</c> is unbanned. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Chalice of the Void</c> and <c>Dig Through Time</c> are restricted. <c>Thirst for Knowledge</c> is unrestricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/september-28-2015-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-09-28 |B&R Announcement—September 28, 2015|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|September 28, 2015}}</ref> | |||
==2016== | |||
*Modification of Magic Tournament Rules: The 34 cards that play with ante or have the Conspiracy card type (both banned in all Constructed/Eternal formats) are simplified into two entries in respective ban lists. | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Prophet of Kruphix</c> is banned. | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Splinter Twin</c> and <c>Summer Bloom</c> are banned. | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Cloud of Faeries</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/january-18-2016-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2016-01-18 |B&R Announcement—January 18, 2016|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|January 18, 2016}}</ref> | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Eye of Ugin</c> is banned. <c>Ancestral Vision</c> and <c>Sword of the Meek</c> are unbanned. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Lodestone Golem</c> is restricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2016-04-04 |B&R Announcement—April 4, 2016|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 04, 2016}}</ref> | |||
===November=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Peregrine Drake</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-online/pauper-banned-list-change-2016-11-03 |Pauper Banned List Change|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|November 03, 2016}}</ref> | |||
==2017== | |||
The announcement schedule is changed to Monday following each expansion's release prerelease event as well as the fifth Monday after the [[Pro Tour]] of respective expansion.<ref name="BRQ1 2017">{{DailyRef|news/january-9-2017-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2017-01-09 |B&R Announcement—January 9, 2017|Wizards of the Coast|2017 January 09}}</ref> The schedule was scaled back and revised in June 2017: Banned and restricted announcements are decoupled from set releases and the competitive schedule. Instead, updates are announced on a scheduled basis, which are mostly in a 2-3 month span.<ref name="June 2017">{{DailyRef|feature/june-13-2017-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2017-06-13|June 13, 2017 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|June 13, 2017}}</ref> | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Emrakul, the Promised End</c>, <c>Smuggler's Copter</c>, and <c>Reflector Mage</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/standard-2017-01-13 |Standard|[[Sam Stoddard]]|2017 January 13}}</ref> | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Gitaxian Probe</c> and <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c> are banned.<ref name="BRQ1 2017" /> | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Felidar Guardian</c> is banned. The initial announcement was that there would be no changes to Standard; an addendum banning Felidar Guardian came two days later.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/addendum-april-24-2017-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2017-04-26|Addendum to April 24, 2017 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|April 27, 2017}}</ref> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/april-24-2017-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2017-04-24|April 24, 2017, Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|April 24, 2017}}</ref> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Gitaxian Probe</c> and <c>Gush</c> are restricted. | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Leovold, Emissary of Trest</c> is banned. <c>Protean Hulk</c> is unbanned. | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Aetherworks Marvel</c> is banned.<ref name="June 2017"/> | |||
===August=== | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Thorn of Amethyst</c> and <c>Monastery Mentor</c> are restricted. <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c> is unrestricted. | |||
===December=== | |||
*'''Commander''': [[Acorn|Silver-bordered cards]] are unbanned for 45 days, from December 1, 2017 to January 15, 2018. The following silver-bordered cards remained banned: <c>Ashnod's Coupon</c>, <c>Double Cross</c>, <c>Double Deal</c>, <c>Double Dip</c>, <c>Double Play</c>, <c>Double Take</c>, <c>Enter the Dungeon</c>, <c>Magical Hacker</c>, <c>Mox Lotus</c>, <c>Once More With Feeling</c>, <c>R&D's Secret Lair</c>, <c>Richard Garfield, Ph.D.</c>, <c>Staying Power</c>, and <c>Time Machine</c>. | |||
==2018== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Attune with Aether</c>, <c>Rogue Refiner</c>, <c>Ramunap Ruins</c>, and <c>Rampaging Ferocidon</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/january-15-2018-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2018-01-15|January 15, 2018 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|January 15, 2018}}</ref> | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c> and <c>Bloodbraid Elf</c> are unbanned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/february-12-2018-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2018-02-12|February 12, 2018 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|February 12, 2018}}</ref> | |||
===May=== | |||
*The '''[[Brawl]]''' format is created. <c>Aetherworks Marvel</c>, <c>Attune with Aether</c>, <c>Felidar Guardian</c>, <c>Rampaging Ferocidon</c>, <c>Ramunap Ruins</c>, and <c>Rogue Refiner</c> are unbanned. <c>Baral, Chief of Compliance</c>, <c>Smuggler's Copter</c>, and <c>Sorcerous Spyglass</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/future-brawl-2018-05-10|The Future of Brawl|[[Gavin Verhey]]|May 10, 2018}}</ref> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Deathrite Shaman</c> and <c>Gitaxian Probe</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/july-2-2018-banned-and-restricted-update-2018-07-02|July 2, 2018 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|July 2, 2018}}</ref> | |||
==2019== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Krark-Clan Ironworks</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/january-21-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement|January 21, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|July 2, 2018}}</ref> | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''[[Arena Standard]]''': <c>Nexus of Fate</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/mtg-arena-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-02-14|MTG Arena Banned and Restricted Announcement|Wizards of the Coast|February 14, 2019}}</ref> | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Gush</c>, <c>Gitaxian Probe</c>, and <c>Daze</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/may-20-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 20, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Ian Duke|May 20, 2019}}</ref> | |||
=== June === | |||
*'''Pauper''': Becomes an officially sanctioned format. <c>High Tide</c>, <c>Hymn to Tourach</c>, and <c>Sinkhole</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/pauper-comes-paper-2019-06-27|Pauper Comes to Paper|Blake Rasmussen|June 27, 2019}}</ref> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Bridge from Below</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/july-8-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-07-08|July 8, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|July 8, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Iona, Shield of Emeria</c> and <c>Paradox Engine</c> are banned. <c>Painter's Servant</c> is unbanned. | |||
===August=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Rampaging Ferocidon</c> is unbanned. However, it remains banned in Arena Standard. | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis</c> and <c>Faithless Looting</c> are banned. <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c> is unbanned. | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Karn, the Great Creator</c>, <c>Mental Misstep</c>, <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c>, and <c>Mystic Forge</c> are restricted. <c>Fastbond</c> is unrestricted.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/august-26-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-08-26|August 26, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 26, 2019}}</ref> | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Field of the Dead</c> is banned. | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/october-21-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-10-21|October 21, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|October 21, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*'''[[Pioneer]]''': Introduced as a format for [[tabletop]] and [[Magic Online]]. Banlist changes will be announced every Monday, separate from the other formats. The [[fetch land]]s <c>Bloodstained Mire</c>, <c>Flooded Strand</c>, <c>Polluted Delta</c>, <c>Windswept Heath</c> and <c>Wooded Foothills</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/announcing-pioneer-format-2019-10-21|Announcing the Pioneer Format|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|October 21, 2019}}</ref> | |||
===November=== | |||
*'''Pioneer''': | |||
**Week 1: <c>Felidar Guardian</c>, <c>Leyline of Abundance</c> and <c>Oath of Nissa</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/november-4-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement|November 4, 2019 Pioneer Banned Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|November 04, 2019}}</ref> | |||
**Week 2: <c>Veil of Summer</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/november-11-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement|November 11, 2019 Pioneer Banned Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|November 11, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c> is banned.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/61382|title=Nov 5 – Brawl Ban Ammouncement|author= | |||
MTG Arena Admin|date=November 5, 2019|publisher=[[MTG Arena]]}}</ref><ref name="18/11/19>{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/november-18-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement|title=November 18, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|author=Ian Duke|date=November 518 2019|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]}}</ref> | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c> and <c>Veil of Summer</c> are banned.<ref name="18/11/19" /> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Wrenn and Six</c> is banned.<ref name="18/11/19" /> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Narset, Parter of Veils</c> is restricted.<ref name="18/11/19" /> | |||
*'''[[Historic (format)|Historic]]''': Introduced as a format for ''[[Magic Arena]]''. <c>Nexus of Fate</c> is banned in BO1. | |||
===December=== | |||
*'''Pioneer''': | |||
**Week 1: <c>Field of the Dead</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c> and <c>Smuggler's Copter</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/december-2-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement|December 2, 2019 Pioneer Banned Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|December 02, 2019}}</ref> | |||
**Week 3: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c> and <c>Nexus of Fate</c> are banned.<ref name="December 16, 2019">{{DailyRef|news/december-16-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement|December 16, 2019 Pioneer Banned Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|December 16, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Field of the Dead</c>, <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c>, and <c>Veil of Summer</c> are suspended. | |||
==2020== | |||
Starting from this year, banned and restricted announcements are no longer made on a fixed schedule. Changes may occur on any given Monday. In addition, Pioneer will no longer make a weekly banned list update and sync up with current updates in other formats.<ref name="December 16, 2019 General">{{DailyRef|news/december-16-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement|December 16, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|December 16, 2019}}</ref> | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Mox Opal</c>, and <c>Mycosynth Lattice</c> are [[banned]].<ref>{{DailyRef|news/january-13-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|January 13, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|January 13, 2020}}</ref> | |||
===March=== | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</c> is banned. | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Underworld Breach</c> is banned. | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c>, and <c>Veil of Summer</c> are [[banned]]. <c>Field of the Dead</c> is unsuspended. | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Once Upon a Time</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/march-9-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|March 9, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|March 9, 2020}}</ref> | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Lutri, the Spellchaser</c> is banned the day of its release in digital form.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/april-13-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|April 13, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|April 13, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Lutri, the Spellchaser</c> and <c>Flash</c> are banned.<ref>{{TwitterRef|SheldonMenery|1245730022859685890}}</ref><ref>{{WebRef|url=https://articles.starcitygames.com/news/lutri-the-spellchaser-fastest-banned-card-ever/|title=Lutri, The Spellchaser Fastest Banned Card Ever|author=Nick Miller|date=April 2, 2020|publisher=[[StarCityGames]]}}</ref><ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/2020/04/20/april-2020-rules-update/|title=April 2020 Commander Rules Update|author=Toby Elliott|date=April 20, 2020|publisher=[[Commander Rules Committee]]}}</ref> Lutri's ban announcement was preemptively made right after it was spoiled. | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Drannith Magistrate</c> and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are banned.<ref name="May 2020">{{DailyRef|news/may-18-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 18, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|May 18, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> and <c>Zirda, the Dawnwaker</c> are banned.<ref name="May 2020"/> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> is banned. It is the first power level ban in Vintage since 1996, as if it were to be restricted its [[companion]] mechanic would have made the restriction meaningless.<ref name="May 2020"/> | |||
*'''Commander''': The legal card definition is synced up with other constructed formats, meaning the previous "non-legal" cards (i.e. banned cards in Vintage prior to <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c>) are explicitly banned instead.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/2020/05/18/18-may-2020-update/|title=18 May 2020 Update|author=[[Sheldon Menery]]|date=May 18, 2020|publisher=Commander.net}}</ref>. This in response to the banning of <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> in Vintage, which the rules committee decided could remain legal in Commander. | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Agent of Treachery</c> and <c>Fires of Invention</c><ref name="June 2020">{{DailyRef|news/june-1-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|June 1, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Ian Duke|June 1, 2020}}</ref> are banned. | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Agent of Treachery</c> and <c>Fires of Invention</c><ref name="June 2020"/> are [[suspended]]. <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> is emergency suspended.<ref name="BR20200608">{{DailyRef|news/suspension-update-historic-digital-format-2020-06-08|June 8, 2020 Suspension Update for Historic Digital Format|Wizards of the Coast|June 8, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*On June 10, in the wake of the [[Wikipedia:Black Lives Matter|Black Lives Matter]] protests. WotC made an announcement that "cards whose art, text, name, or a combination thereof that are racially or [[culturally offensive]]" are banned in sanctioned events.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/depictions-racism-magic-2020-06-10|Depictions of Racism in Magic|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|June 10, 2020}}</ref> Seven cards were banned immediately when the announcement was made, and their card images and flavor texts were removed from the [[Gatherer]] database. This ban also applied to Commander and some non-sanctioned formats. | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Agent of Treachery</c>, <c>Fires of Invention</c>,and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are banned. <c>Nexus of Fate</c>, which was banned in best-of-one, is also banned in [[List of Magic slang|best-of-three]]. <c>Burning-Tree Emissary</c> is suspended.<ref name="July 2020">{{DailyRef|news/july-13-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2020-07-13|July 13, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Ian Duke|July 13, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c> is banned.<ref name="July 2020"/> | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Expedition Map</c> and <c>Mystic Sanctuary</c> are banned.<ref name="July 2020"/> | |||
*'''Pioneer''': <c>Oath of Nissa</c> is unbanned.<ref name="July 2020"/> | |||
===August=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Cauldron Familiar</c>, <c>Growth Spiral</c>, <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> and <c> Wilderness Reclamation</c> are banned.<ref name="BR20200808">{{DailyRef|news/august-8-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|August 3, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Ian Duke|August 3, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Brawl''': | |||
**Week 2: <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> is banned.<ref name="BR20200808"/> | |||
**Week 3: <c>Runed Halo</c> is banned.<ref name="August 2020">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/mtg-arena-state-game-august-2020-04|MTG Arena: State of the Game – August 2020|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 4, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': | |||
**Week 2: <c>Teferi, Time Raveler </c> and <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c> are suspended.<ref name="BR20200808"/> | |||
**Week 4: <c>Field of the Dead</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/august-24-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|August 24, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Jay Parker|August 24, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''[[Historic (format)#Historic_Brawl|Historic Brawl]]''': <c>Runed Halo</c> and <c>Gideon's Intervention</c> are banned.<ref name="August 2020"/> | |||
*'''Pioneer''': <c>Inverter of Truth</c>, <c>Kethis, the Hidden Hand</c>, <c>Underworld Breach</c> and <c>Walking Ballista</c> are banned.<ref name="BR20200808"/> | |||
===September=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c> is banned.<ref name="BR20200928">{{DailyRef|news/september-28-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2020-09-28|September 28, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Ian Duke|September 28, 2020}}</ref> | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c>, <c>Lucky Clover</c>, and <c>Escape to the Wilds</c> are banned.<ref name="BR20201012">{{DailyRef|news/october-12-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement|October 12, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement|Ian Duke|October 12, 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> is suspended. <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> and <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c> are banned. <c>Burning-Tree Emissary</c> is unsuspended<ref name="BR20201012"/> | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> is banned.<ref name="BR20201012"/> | |||
==2021== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Fall from Favor</c> is [[banned]].<ref>{{DailyRef|news/january-14-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|anuary 14, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|January 14, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> and <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c> are banned.<ref name="February 2021">{{DailyRef|news/february-15-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|February 15, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|February 15, 2021}}</ref> | |||
*'''Pioneer''': <c>Balustrade Spy</c>, <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c>, <c>Undercity Informer</c>, <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c>, and <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c> are banned.<ref name="February 2021"/> | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Field of the Dead</c>, <c>Mystic Sanctuary</c>, <c>Simian Spirit Guide</c>, <c>Tibalt's Trickery</c> and <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c> are banned <ref name="February 2021"/> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c>, <c>Dreadhorde Arcanist</c> and <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c> are banned.<ref name="February 2021"/> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> is unbanned.<ref name="February 2021"/> | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Historic''': the ''[[Mystical Archive]]'' cards {{card|Channel||STA}}, {{card|Counterspell||STA}}, {{card|Dark Ritual||STA}}, {{card|Demonic Tutor||STA}}, {{card|Lightning Bolt||STA}}, {{card|Natural Order||STA}}, and {{card|Swords to Plowshares||STA}} are preemptively banned. | |||
*'''Historic Brawl''': the ''[[Mystical Archive]]'' cards {{card|Channel||STA}}, {{card|Demonic Tutor||STA}}, {{card|Natural Order||STA}} and {{card|Tainted Pact||STA}} are preemptively banned.<ref name="BR20210326_Brawl">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/mtg-arena-announcements-april-14-2021|MTG Arena Announcements, April 14, 2021|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 14, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Thassa's Oracle</c> is banned.<ref name="May 2021">{{DailyRef|news/may-19-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 19, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Jay Parker]]|May 19, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Time Warp</c> is banned.<ref name="June 2021">{{DailyRef|news/June-9-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|June 9, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Jay Parker]]|June 9, 2021}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic Brawl''': <c>Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</c> and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are unbanned.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-digital/mtg-arena-announcements-june-16-2021|MTG Arena Announcements, June 16, 2021|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|June 16, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Hullbreacher</c> is banned.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/2021/07/12/july-2021-update/|title=July 2021 Update|author=[[Sheldon Menery]]|date=July 12, 2021|publisher=Mtgcommander.net}}</ref> | |||
*'''[[Arena Standard]] 2022''': <c>The Book of Exalted Deeds</c> is banned in the preview-queue Standard 2022 format. The ban is set to expire automatically after the next month's rotation.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-digital/mtg-arena-announcements-july-14-2021|MTG Arena Announcements, July 14, 2021|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|July 14, 2021}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Brainstorm</c> is suspended.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/july-21-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|July 21, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|July 21, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===September=== | |||
*'''Arena Standard''': <c>The Book of Exalted Deeds</c> is automatically unbanned due to rotation. | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Chatterstorm</c> and <c>Sojourner's Companion</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/september-8-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|September 8, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|September 8, 2021}}</ref> | |||
*'''Commander''': <c>Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</c> is banned. <c>Worldfire</c> is unbanned.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/2021/09/13/september-2021-quarterly-update/|title=September 2021 Quarterly Update|author=[[Sheldon Menery]]|date=September 13, 2021|publisher=Mtgcommander.net}}</ref> | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Pithing Needle</c> is banned.<ref name="Pithing">{{TwitterRef|Wizards_Help|1443994094200623122|author=Wizards Customer Support|title=With the release of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, the card Pithing Needle is banned in both Brawl and Historic Brawl.|date=October 1, 2021}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic Brawl''': <c>Pithing Needle</c> is banned.<ref name="Pithing"/> | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Brainstorm</c> and <c>Tibalt's Trickery</c> are banned. <c>Memory Lapse</c> is suspended.<ref name="BR2021013">{{DailyRef|news/october-13-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement|October 13, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|October 13, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===December=== | |||
*'''Historic Brawl''': <c>Agent of Treachery</c>, <c>Field of the Dead</c>, and <c>Ugin, the Spirit Dragon</c> are banned.<ref name="December2021">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/mtg-arena-announcements-december-08-2021|MTG Arena Announcements, December 8, 2021|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|December 8, 2021}}</ref> | |||
==2022== | |||
===January=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Atog</c>, <c>Bonder's Ornament</c> and <c>Prophetic Prism</c> are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|announcements/january-20-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|January 20, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Gavin Verhey]]|January 20, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Alrund's Epiphany</c>, <c>Divide by Zero</c>, and <c>Faceless Haven</c> are banned.<ref name="BR20220125">{{DailyRef|announcements/january-25-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|January 25, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]] and [[Jay Parker]]|January 25, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer</c> is banned.<ref name="BR20220125"/> | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Memory Lapse</c> is banned. <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> is rebalanced into <c>A-Teferi, Time Raveler</c> and unbanned.<ref name="BR20220125"/> | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Fires of Invention</c> is rebalanced into <c>A-Fires of Invention</c> and unbanned.<ref name="BR20220224">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/alchemy-rebalancing-february-24-2022|Alchemy Rebalancing for February 24, 2022|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 23, 2022}}</ref> | |||
===March=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> is banned.<ref name="BR20220307">{{DailyRef|news/march-7-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|March 7, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|March 7, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Pioneer''': <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> is banned.<ref name="BR20220307"/> | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Galvanic Relay</c> and <c>Disciple of the Vault</c> are banned. <c>Expedition Map</c> is unbanned <ref name="BR20220307"/><ref>{{DailyRef|news/explanation-pauper-bans-march-7-2022|Explanations of Pauper Bans for March 7, 2022|[[Gavin Verhey]]|March 7, 2022}}</ref> | |||
===April=== | |||
*Introduction of '''[[Explorer]]''', adopting the [[pioneer]] ban list. | |||
===May=== | |||
*'''Explorer''': <c>Tibalt's Trickery</c> and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are banned.<ref name="May 2022">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/may-11-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 11, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|May 11, 2022}}</ref> | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Pioneer''': <c>Expressive Iteration</c> and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are banned.<ref name="June 2022">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/June-7-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|June 7, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Michael Majors]] and [[Ian Duke]]|June 7, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Explorer''': <c>Expressive Iteration</c> is banned.<ref name="June 2022"/> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''[[Alchemy]]''': <c>Grinning Ignus</c> is banned.<ref name="July Alchemy">{{DailyRef|news/july-5-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2022-07-05|July 5, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|July 5, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> is rebalanced into <c>A-Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> and unbanned. | |||
===August=== | |||
*The '''[[Gladiator]]''' format is formally established: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Nexus of Fate</c>, <c>Field of the Dead</c>, {{Card|Natural Order}} and {{Card|Teferi, Time Raveler}} are banned.<ref name="Spotlight">{{DailyRef|magic-digital/community-spotlight-gladiator-august-2022|MTG Arena Community Spotlight: Gladiator|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 3, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic Brawl''': <c>Chalice of the Void</c> is banned.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/8325233855892-Patch-Notes-2022-18-10|title=Patch Notes - 2022.18.10|author=[[MTG Arena]]|date=August 4, 2022|publisher=Wizards.com}}</ref> | |||
===September=== | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Aarakocra Sneak</c>, <c>Stirring Bard</c>, <c>Underdark Explorer</c>, and <c>Vicious Battlerager</c> are banned.<ref name="September 2022">{{DailyRef|news/september-19-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|September 19, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|September 19, 2022}}</ref> | |||
===October=== | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>The Meathook Massacre</c> is banned.<ref name="October 2022">{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/october-10-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|title=October 10, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement|author=[[Ian Duke]]|date=September 19, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519235617/https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/october-10-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement|archivedate=May 19, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Yorion, Sky Nomad</c> is banned. | |||
===November=== | |||
*'''Historic''': ''[[The Brothers' War]]'' [[The Brothers' War/Retro Artifacts|Retro Artifact]] card {{card|Mishra's Bauble||BRR}} is preemptively banned.<ref name="November 2022">{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/mtg-arena-state-game-the-brothers-war|title=MTG Arena: State of the Game - The Brothers' War|author=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|date=November 9, 2022|publisher=Magicthegathering.com}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic Brawl''': ''The Brothers' War'' Retro Artifact card {{card|Phyrexian Revoker||BRR}} is preemptively banned.<ref name="November 2022"/> | |||
==2023== | |||
===March=== | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Expressive Iteration</c> and <c>White Plume Adventurer</c> are banned.<ref name="BR20230306">{{DailyRef|announcements/march-6-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement|March 6, 2023 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Ian Duke]]|March 6, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*The '''[[Oathbreaker]]''' format becomes officially recognized. At the time of recognition, the ban list for Oathbreaker was the Vintage ban list plus: <c>Ad Nauseam</c>, <c>Ancestral Recall</c>, <c>Balance</c>, <c>Biorhythm</c>, <c>Black Lotus</c>, <c>Channel</c>, <c>Dark Ritual</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Emrakul, the Aeons Torn</c>, <c>Expropriate</c>, <c>Fastbond</c>, <c>Gifts Ungiven</c>, <c>Griselbrand</c>, <c>High Tide</c>, <c>Jeweled Lotus</c>, <c>Library of Alexandria</c>, <c>Limited Resources</c>, <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Mana Geyser</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c>, <c>Natural Order</c>, <c>Painter's Servant</c>, <c>Primal Surge</c>, <c>Saheeli, the Gifted</c>, <c>Sol Ring</c>, <c>Sundering Titan</c>, <c>Sylvan Primordial</c>, <c>Time Vault</c>, <c>Time Walk</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, <c>Tooth and Nail</c>, <c>Trade Secrets</c>, <c>Upheaval</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c>. | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Historic''': The ''[[Multiverse Legends]]'' card {{card|Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer||MUL}} is preemptively banned.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|aFNtSCpXiSQ|Multiverse Legends Are Back in #MTGMachine|channel=Magic: The Gathering Arena|date=April 12, 2023}}</ref> | |||
===May=== | |||
Banned and restricted updates are announced to be moved to a yearly schedule when the Fall set comes out and [[rotation]] occurs. There will also be “extremely rare” mini-ban windows three weeks after a new set is released.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2023/05/magic-will-move-to-once-a-year-banned-and-restricted-updates-plus-emergency-updates-with-each-new-set/|title=Magic Will Move to Once-a-Year Banned and Restricted Updates, Plus Emergency Updates with Each New Set|author=Ryan Hay|date=May 16, 2023|publisher=Hipstersofthecoast.com}}</ref> | |||
*'''Standard''': <c>Fable of the Mirror-Breaker</c>, <c>Invoke Despair</c> and <c>Reckoner Bankbuster </c> are banned.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/may-29-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement|title=May 29, 2023 Banned and Restricted Announcement|author=[[Andrew Brown]]|publisher=[[magicthegathering.com]]|date=May 29, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529160017/https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/may-29-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement|archivedate=May 29, 2023}}</ref> | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Oathbreaker''': <c>Gifts Ungiven</c> is unbanned.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://oathbreakermtg.org/banned-list-update-may-2023/|title=Banned List Update – May 2023|author=Zcoffey08|publisher=OathbreakerMTG|date=June 5, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606055858/https://oathbreakermtg.org/banned-list-update-may-2023/|archivedate=June 6, 2023}}</ref> | |||
===July=== | |||
*'''Alchemy''': <c>Fable of the Mirror-Breaker</c> // <c>Reflection of Kiki-Jiki</c> is banned.<ref name="AlchemyJul23">{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/alchemy-rebalancing-for-july-18-2023|title=Alchemy Rebalancing for July 18, 2023|author=Donald Smith|publisher=[[magicthegathering.com]]|date=July 18, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718182421/https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/alchemy-rebalancing-for-july-18-2023|archivedate=July 18, 2023}}</ref> | |||
===August=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Preordain</c> is unbanned.<ref name="August 2023"/> | |||
*'''Legacy''': <c>Mind's Desire</c> is unbanned.<ref name="August 2023">{{DailyRef|news/announcements/august-7-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement|August 7, 2023 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 7, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': The ''[[Wilds of Eldraine/Enchanting Tales|Enchanting Tales]]'' cards {{card|Blood Moon||WOT}}, {{card|Intruder Alarm||WOT}}, {{card|Land Tax||WOT}}, {{card|Necropotence||WOT}}, {{card|Sneak Attack||WOT}}, and {{card|Spreading Seas||WOT}} are preemptively banned.<ref>{{TwitterRef|MTG_Arena|1691515167111000064|author=[[MTG Arena]]|title=Due to the nightmares they may cause...|date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> | |||
===December=== | |||
*'''Explorer''': <c>Karn, the Great Creator</c> and <c>Geological Appraiser</c> are banned.<ref name="December 2023">{{DailyRef|news/announcements/december-4-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement|December 4, 2023 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Dan Musser]]|December 4, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*'''Pioneer''': <c>Karn, the Great Creator</c> and <c>Geological Appraiser</c> are banned. <c>Smuggler's Copter</c> is unbanned.<ref name="December 2023"/> | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Fury</c> and <c>Up the Beanstalk</c> are banned.<ref name="December 2023"/> | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Monastery Swiftspear</c> is banned.<ref name="December 2023"/><ref>{{DailyRef|announcements/explanation-of-pauper-bans-for-december-4-2023|Explanation of Pauper Bans for December 4, 2023|[[Gavin Verhey]]|December 4, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*'''Historic''': The [[allied color]] [[fetch land]]s in ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]'' ({{card|Flooded Strand||KTK}}; {{card|Polluted Delta||KTK}}; {{card|Bloodstained Mire||KTK}}; {{card|Wooded Foothills||KTK}}; {{card|Windswept Heath||KTK}}) are preemptively banned.<ref name="TimelessIntro"/> | |||
*'''[[Timeless]]''': Format introduced to ''[[Magic: The Gathering Arena]]'' on December 12th, alongside the digital release of ''Khans of Tarkir''.<ref name="TimelessIntro">{{DailyRef|mtg-arena/introducing-timeless-a-new-mtg-arena-format|Introducing Timeless, a new MTG Arena format|Dave Finseth|December 4, 2023}}</ref> It includes almost all cards available on the platform with exceptionally powerful or format-defining cards being restricted rather than banned. {{card|Channel||STA}}, {{card|Demonic Tutor||STA}} and {{card|Tibalt's Trickery||KHM}} are preemptively restricted in Timeless. | |||
==2024== | |||
===February=== | |||
*'''Historic''': {{card|Show and Tell||SPG}} is preemptively banned.<ref name="BR20240205">{{DailyRef|mtg-arena/mtg-arena-announcements-february-5-2024|MTG Arena Announcements – February 5, 2024|[[Clayton Kroh]]|February 5, 2024}}</ref> | |||
===March=== | |||
*'''Modern''': <c>Violent Outburst</c> is banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|announcements/march-11-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement|March 11, 2024 Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Dan Musser]]|March 11, 2024}}</ref> | |||
*'''Vintage''': <c>Ponder</c> is unrestricted. | |||
===April=== | |||
*'''Historic''': The ''[[Breaking News]]'' cards {{card|Commandeer||OTP}}, {{card|Force of Vigor||OTP}}, {{card|Mana Drain||OTP}}, and {{card|Reanimate||OTP}} are preemptively banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg-arena/mtg-arena-announcements-april-8-2024|MTG Arena Announcements – April 8, 2024|[[Clayton Kroh]]|April 7, 2024}}</ref> | |||
===May=== | ===May=== | ||
*'''[[ | *'''Legacy''': All cards that bring a [[sticker]] or an [[Attraction]] into the game are banned.<ref name="May 2024 B&R">{{DailyRef|announcements/may-13-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement|May 13, 2024, Banned and Restricted Announcement|[[Andrew Brown]]|May 13, 2024}}</ref> | ||
*'''[[ | *'''Vintage''': All cards that bring a [[sticker]] or an [[Attraction]] into the game are banned.<ref name="May 2024 B&R"/> | ||
*'''Pauper''': <c>All That Glitters</c> and all cards that bring a [[sticker]] into the game are banned.<ref>{{DailyRef|announcements/explanation-of-pauper-bans-for-may-13-2024|Explanation of Pauper Bans for May 13, 2024|[[Gavin Verhey]]|May 13, 2024}}</ref> | |||
===June=== | |||
*'''Historic''': Seventeen cards from ''[[Modern Horizons 3]]'' are preemptively banned for power balance reasons.<ref name="ArenaMH3">{{DailyRef|mtg-arena/mtg-arena-announcements-june-3-2024|MTG Arena Announcements – June 3, 2024|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|June 3, 2024}}</ref> | |||
**<c>Harbinger of the Seas</c>. | |||
**<c>Winter Moon</c>. | |||
**The five ''[[Modern Horizons 2]]'' [[Modern Horizons 2#Cycles|Evoke Incarnations]] (<c>Solitude</c>; <c>Subtlety</c>; <c>Grief</c>; <c>Fury</c>; <c>Endurance</c>). | |||
**The five ''Modern Horizons 3'' [[Modern Horizons 3#Cycles|Flares]] (<c>Flare of Fortitude</c>; <c>Flare of Denial</c>; <c>Flare of Malice</c>; <c>Flare of Duplication</c>; <c>Flare of Cultivation</c>). | |||
**The [[enemy color]]ed [[fetch land]]s (<c>Marsh Flats</c>; <c>Scalding Tarn</c>; <c>Verdant Catacombs</c>; <c>Arid Mesa</c>; <c>Misty Rainforest</c>). | |||
*'''Brawl''': <c>Disruptor Flute</c> is preemptively banned.<ref name="ArenaMH3"/> | |||
*'''Pauper''': <c>Cranial Ram</c> is preemptively banned one week before ''Modern Horizons 3'' releases.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|PR_Ztfe7HrQ|Modern Horizons 3 Banning in Pauper! - Magic: The Gathering MTG MH3|channel=Good Morning Magic|creator=[[Gavin Verhey]]|date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Magic formats]] | [[Category:Magic formats]] | ||
[[Category:Magic history]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:48, 6 June 2024
The DCI announces bans and restrictions of cards for their sanctioned formats if they deemed necessary to do so. In normal cases, these announcements are made on Mondays and take effect within a few days.
Previously, such announcements used to be made in a scheduled basis (usually two to three months) with coherence of Standard legal sets and major tournaments like the Pro Tour[1][2].
The following is a list of these announcements and their changes in chronological order. Formats that are not mentioned have seen no changes made to them in the respective announcements.
1994
The concept of formats doesn't yet exist as of this time. Vintage (Type 1) and Standard (Type 2) will be introduced in 1995.
January
- Formation of the original DCI banned/restricted list.[3][4] Ali from Cairo, Ancestral Recall, Berserk, Black Lotus, Braingeyser, Dingus Egg, Gauntlet of Might, Icy Manipulator, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Orcish Oriflamme, Rukh Egg, Sol Ring, Timetwister, Time Vault, and Time Walk are restricted ("Limited"). Ante cards and Shahrazad are banned.[5][6][7] Use of cards from any of the expansion sets (at that time Arabian Nights) are banned unless the referee consents to their use (this would later be changed to allowed "unless expressly disallowed by the head judge prior to the event").[8]
February
- Orcish Oriflamme and Rukh Egg are unrestricted.[9]
March
- Channel, Copy Artifact, Demonic Tutor, Regrowth, and Wheel of Fortune are restricted. Icy Manipulator is unrestricted. Time Vault is banned.[9]
May
- Candelabra of Tawnos, Feldon's Cane, Ivory Tower, and Library of Alexandria are restricted. Dingus Egg and Gauntlet of Might are unrestricted.[9]
June
- Mishra's Workshop is restricted.[9]
August
- Chaos Orb, Falling Star, Mind Twist, Mirror Universe, Recall, Sword of the Ages, Underworld Dreams are restricted. For flavor reasons, all legendary cards (of type "Summon Legends"—then called Legends—or "Legendary Land") are restricted. Divine Intervention is banned.[10]
October
- Maze of Ith is restricted.[9]
1995
January
- Standard: Format introduced on January 10 (then called "Type 2"), inheriting banned and restricted lists from Vintage (then called "Type 1"). Legal standard expansions are then the most current basic set (Revised Edition at the time) and the latest two Magic expansions only (The Dark and Fallen Empires). Unlike in Vintage, the head judge cannot ban cards from any such legal expansion.[11]
April
October
- Standard: new deck construction rules. Standard (Type 2) can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of Magic The Gathering (Fourth Edition at the time), white border extensions (Chronicles), and all available limited edition expansions (Ice Age, Fallen Empires, and soon Homelands).[14]
November
- Legendary cards are unrestricted.[15]
- Vintage: Zuran Orb is restricted. Channel, Chaos Orb, and Falling Star are banned.
- Standard: Zuran Orb is restricted. Channel is banned.
1996
February
- Standard: Mind Twist is banned. Black Vise is restricted.
- Vintage: Mind Twist is banned. Black Vise is restricted.[9]
April
- Standard: Feldon's Cane and Recall are unrestricted.
- Vintage: Time Vault is unbanned. Ali from Cairo, Black Vise, and Sword of the Ages are unrestricted.[9]
May
- Legacy: Format is created (then called Type 1.5). "Type 1.5 tournament decks may be constructed from Magic: The Gathering cards from the Limited (first edition, with black border) series, the Unlimited (second edition), Revised (third edition), Fourth Edition, any other Magic: The Gathering expansion (unless expressly disallowed by the head judge prior to the event), and promotional cards released by Wizards of the Coast in magazines or through books." There are no restricted cards. The list of banned cards is the sum of all cards that are either restricted or banned in Vintage or Standard.[16]
July
- Standard: Land Tax is restricted.
- Legacy: Land Tax is banned.[9]
- The fan format Commander, then called "Elder Dragon Highlander" (EDH), is popularized by the article "Elder Dragon Legend Wars" in The Duelist magazine.
October
- Standard: Hymn to Tourach and Strip Mine are restricted.[17]
- Legacy: Fastbond, Hymn to Tourach and Strip Mine are banned.[9] The head judge can't disallow any Magic expansion anymore.[18]
- Vintage: Fastbond is restricted. The head judge can't disallow any Magic expansion anymore.[18]
1997
January
- Standard: All cards on the restricted list are moved to the banned list.[19]
May
- Ice Age block: Thawing Glaciers and Zuran Orb are banned.[9]
June
July
- Extended: Becomes an officially sanctioned format, having been announced in May.[21] Initial banned list includes all cards from Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, and Legends which have not been reprinted in a more recent set, plus ante cards, and additionally: Demonic Tutor, Balance, Fastbond, Regrowth, Black Vise, Ivory Tower, Serendib Efreet, Braingeyser, Sol Ring, Juggernaut, Strip Mine, Channel, Kird Ape, Mana Crypt, Maze of Ith, Wheel of Fortune, Mind Twist, and Zuran Orb.[22]
- Vintage: Black Vise is restricted.
- Mirage block: Squandered Resources is banned.[9]
October
- Extended: Hypnotic Specter is banned. Juggernaut is unbanned.
- Vintage: Candelabra of Tawnos, Copy Artifact, Feldon's Cane, Mishra's Workshop, and Zuran Orb are unrestricted.[9]
1998
January
- Vintage: Strip Mine is restricted.[9]
July
- Extended: Land Tax is banned.[9]
- Tempest block: Cursed Scroll is banned.
December
- Standard: Tolarian Academy and Windfall are banned.
- Extended: Tolarian Academy and Windfall are banned. Braingeyser is unbanned.
- Legacy: Stroke of Genius, Tolarian Academy, and Windfall are banned. Feldon's Cane is unbanned.
- Vintage: Stroke of Genius, Tolarian Academy, and Windfall are restricted.[23]
1999
March
- Standard: Dream Halls, Earthcraft, Fluctuator, Lotus Petal, Recurring Nightmare, and Time Spiral are banned. Memory Jar is banned retroactively in mid-March.
- Extended: Memory Jar is banned retroactively in mid-March.[24][25]
- Urza's block Constructed: Time Spiral, Memory Jar, and Windfall are banned.
- Legacy: Time Spiral and Memory Jar are banned. Candelabra of Tawnos, Copy Artifact, Maze of Ith, Zuran Orb, and Mishra's Workshop are unbanned.
- Vintage: Memory Jar and Time Spiral are restricted.[26] Maze of Ith is unrestricted.[27]
June
- Standard: Mind Over Matter is banned.
- Extended: Time Spiral is banned.
- Urza block Constructed: Gaea's Cradle, Serra's Sanctum, Tolarian Academy, and Voltaic Key are banned.[28]
August 1st
- Extended: Yawgmoth's Bargain is banned.
September
- Extended: Dream Halls, Earthcraft, Lotus Petal, Mind Over Matter, and Yawgmoth's Will are banned.
- Vintage: Crop Rotation, Doomsday, Dream Halls, Enlightened Tutor, Frantic Search, Grim Monolith, Hurkyl's Recall, Lotus Petal, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Mind Over Matter, Mox Diamond, Mystical Tutor, Tinker, Vampiric Tutor, Voltaic Key, Yawgmoth's Bargain, and Yawgmoth's Will are restricted. Divine Intervention and Shahrazad are unbanned. Ivory Tower, Mirror Universe, and Underworld Dreams are unrestricted.
- Legacy: Crop Rotation, Doomsday, Dream Halls, Enlightened Tutor, Frantic Search, Grim Monolith, Hurkyl's Recall, Lotus Petal, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Mind Over Matter, Mox Diamond, Mystical Tutor, Tinker, Vampiric Tutor, Voltaic Key, Yawgmoth's Bargain, and Yawgmoth's Will are banned. Divine Intervention, Ivory Tower, Mirror Universe, Shahrazad, and Underworld Dreams are unbanned. [29]
2000
March
- Extended: Dark Ritual and Mana Vault are banned.[30]
June
- Masques block constructed: Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero and Rishadan Port are banned.[31]
September
- Vintage: Demonic Consultation and Necropotence are restricted. Channel and Mind Twist, previously banned, are restricted.
- Legacy: Demonic Consultation and Necropotence are banned.[32]
2001
March
- Extended: Necropotence, Replenish, Survival of the Fittest, and Demonic Consultation are banned.[33]
December
- Vintage: Fact or Fiction is restricted.
- Legacy: Fact or Fiction is banned.[34]
2002
October
- Commander: First known banlist, synchronized with the Vintage banlist. Test of Endurance is the first card banned in EDH for power reasons.
2003
March
- Vintage: Earthcraft and Entomb are restricted. Berserk, Hurkyl's Recall, and Recall are unrestricted.
- Legacy: Earthcraft and Entomb are banned. Berserk, Hurkyl's Recall, and Recall are unbanned.[35]
May
- Commander: Burning Wish, Cunning Wish, Death Wish, Golden Wish, Living Wish, and Ring of Ma'ruf are banned. Basic lands are unrestricted — previously they were limited to one per deck like all other cards in EDH.
June
- Vintage: Gush and Mind's Desire are restricted.
- Legacy: Gush and Mind's Desire are banned.[36]
September
- Extended: Goblin Lackey, Entomb, and Frantic Search are banned.[37]
December
- Extended: Goblin Recruiter, Grim Monolith, Tinker, Hermit Druid, Ancient Tomb, and Oath of Druids are banned.
- Vintage: Burning Wish, Chrome Mox, and Lion's Eye Diamond are restricted.
- Legacy: Burning Wish, Chrome Mox, and Lion's Eye Diamond are banned.[38]
2004
June
- Standard: Skullclamp is banned.
- Mirrodin block constructed: Skullclamp is banned.[39]
September
- Extended: Metalworker and Skullclamp are banned.
- Vintage: Braingeyser, Doomsday, Earthcraft, and Fork are unrestricted.
- Legacy: Renamed from Type 1.5 to Legacy and becomes independent of Vintage.[40] Cards that were already banned in Type 1.5 continue to be banned in Legacy, with the following exceptions:
- Bazaar of Baghdad, Goblin Recruiter, Hermit Druid, Illusionary Mask, Land Tax, Mana Drain, Metalworker, Mishra's Workshop, Oath of Druids, Replenish, Skullclamp, and Worldgorger Dragon are banned.
- Braingeyser, Burning Wish, Chrome Mox, Crop Rotation, Doomsday, Enlightened Tutor, Fact or Fiction, Fork, Lion's Eye Diamond, Lotus Petal, Mox Diamond, Mystical Tutor, Regrowth, Stroke of Genius, and Voltaic Key are unbanned.
October
- Commander: Beacon of Immortality is banned. Burning Wish, Cunning Wish, Death Wish, Golden Wish, Living Wish, and Ring of Ma'ruf are unbanned.
December
- Vintage: Stroke of Genius is unrestricted.[41]
2005
March
- Standard: Arcbound Ravager, Disciple of the Vault, Darksteel Citadel, Ancient Den, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod, Tree of Tales, and Vault of Whispers are banned.
- Vintage: Trinisphere is restricted.[42]
April
- Commander: Ancestral Recall, Balance, Black Lotus, Biorhythm, Chaos Orb, Falling Star, Library of Alexandria, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Panoptic Mirror, Sway of the Stars, Time Walk, Upheaval, Worldgorger Dragon, and all ante cards are banned.
September
- Extended: Aether Vial and Disciple of the Vault are banned.
- Legacy: Imperial Seal is banned.
- Vintage: Imperial Seal and Personal Tutor are restricted. Mind Over Matter is unrestricted.
- Two-Headed Giant: Erayo, Soratami Ascendant is banned.[43]
October
- Commander, Legacy and Vintage: The sets Starter 1999, Starter 2000, Portal, Portal Second Age, and Portal Three Kingdoms become legal.[42]
December
- Commander: Crucible of Worlds and Shahrazad are banned.
2006
February
- Commander': Heartless Hidetsugu, Kaervek the Merciless, and Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind are banned as commanders only. They may still be included in an EDH deck as ordinary cards.
March
- Mirrodin block constructed: Aether Vial, Ancient Den, Arcbound Ravager, Darksteel Citadel, Disciple of the Vault, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod, Tree of Tales, and Vault of Whispers are banned.[44]
May
- Commander: Yawgmoth's Bargain is banned.
November
- Commander: Heartless Hidetsugu, Kaervek the Merciless, and Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind are unbanned as commanders.
2007
March
- Commander: Coalition Victory is banned. Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is banned as a commander only.
June
- Legacy: Flash is banned. Mind Over Matter and Replenish are unbanned.[45]
- Vintage: Gifts Ungiven is restricted. Voltaic Key, Black Vise, Mind Twist, and Gush are unrestricted.
September
November
- Commander: Beacon of Immortality is unbanned.
2008
February
- Commander: Kokusho, the Evening Star and Recurring Nightmare are banned.
March
- Extended: Rotation of the format is modified.[47]
June
- Commander: Limited Resources is banned.
- Vintage: Brainstorm, Flash, Gush, Merchant Scroll, and Ponder are restricted.[48]
September
- Commander: Grindstone, Karakas, Lion's Eye Diamond, Protean Hulk, and Riftsweeper are banned. Test of Endurance is unbanned.
- Extended: Sensei's Divining Top is banned.
- Legacy: Time Vault is banned.
- Vintage: Time Vault is restricted. Chrome Mox, Dream Halls, Mox Diamond, Personal Tutor, and Time Spiral are unrestricted.[49]
December
- Commander: Time Vault is banned.
- Pauper: Becomes an officially supported Magic Online format. Cranial Platingis banned. [50]
2009
March
- Commander: Metalworker and Tinker are banned. Crucible of Worlds is unbanned. Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is unbanned as a commander.
June
- Commander: Fastbond and Gifts Ungiven are banned. Braids, Cabal Minion is banned as a commander only.
- Vintage: Thirst for Knowledge is restricted. Crop Rotation, Enlightened Tutor, Entomb, and Grim Monolith are unrestricted.[51]
September
- Commander: Riftsweeper is unbanned.
- Legacy: Dream Halls, Entomb, and Metalworker are unbanned.[52]
December
- Commander: Painter's Servant is banned. Grindstone is unbanned.
2010
June
- Commander: Channel, Staff of Domination, and Tolarian Academy are banned. Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is banned as a commander only.
- Extended: Change to the rotation. Sword of the Meek and Hypergenesis are banned.
- Legacy: Mystical Tutor is banned. Grim Monolith and Illusionary Mask are unbanned.[53]
September
- Vintage: Frantic Search and Gush are unrestricted.[54]
December
- Commander: Officially renamed from EDH to Commander with the release of the Commander (2011) set. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is banned.
- Legacy: Survival of the Fittest is banned. Time Spiral is unbanned.[55]
2011
June
- Commander: Worldgorger Dragon is unbanned.
- Standard: Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic are banned. An exception is made for the War of Attrition event deck, which contains two copies of Stoneforge Mystic, if the decklist has not been modified.[56]
- Pauper: Frantic Searchis banned.
August
- Modern: Becomes a sanctioned paper format from an online format. The initial ban list is: Ancestral Vision, Ancient Den, Bitterblossom, Chrome Mox, Dark Depths, Dread Return, Glimpse of Nature, Golgari Grave-Troll, Great Furnace, Hypergenesis, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Mental Misstep, Seat of the Synod, Sensei's Divining Top, Skullclamp, Stoneforge Mystic, Sword of the Meek, Tree of Tales, Umezawa's Jitte, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, and Vault of Whispers.[57]
September
- Commander: Erayo, Soratami Ascendant is banned as a commander only. Lion's Eye Diamond is unbanned.
- Extended: Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Mental Misstep, Ponder, Preordain, and Stoneforge Mystic are banned.
- Modern: Blazing Shoal, Cloudpost, Green Sun's Zenith, Ponder, Preordain, and Rite of Flame are banned.
- Legacy: Mental Misstep is banned.
- Vintage: Fact or Fiction is unrestricted.[58]
December
- Modern: Punishing Fire and Wild Nacatl are banned.[59]
2012
March
- Innistrad Block Constructed: Intangible Virtue and Lingering Souls are banned.[60]
June
- Commander: Griselbrand and Sundering Titan are banned.
- Legacy: Land Tax is unbanned.[61]
September
- Commander: Primeval Titan and Worldfire are banned. Kokusho, the Evening Star is unbanned for deck use only; it remains banned as a commander.
- Modern: Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is unbanned.
- Vintage: Burning Wish is unrestricted.[1]
2013
January
- Modern: Bloodbraid Elf and Seething Song are banned.[62]
- Pauper: Empty the Warrens, Grapeshot, and Invigorate are banned.[63]
April
- Commander: Trade Secrets is banned. Staff of Domination is unbanned.
May
- Modern: Second Sunrise is banned.
- Vintage: Regrowth is unrestricted.[64]
September
- Pauper: Cloudpost and Temporal Fissure are banned.[65]
2014
February
- Commander: Sylvan Primordial is banned.
- Modern: Deathrite Shaman is banned. Bitterblossom and Wild Nacatl are unbanned.[66]
June
- Commander, Legacy and Vintage: Cards with Conspiracy card type are preemptively banned.[67]
September
- Commander: The "banned only as commander" rule is eliminated. Braids, Cabal Minion, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, and Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary, previously banned only as commanders, are fully banned. Kokusho, the Evening Star and Metalworker are unbanned.
2015
January
- Modern: Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and Birthing Pod are banned. Golgari Grave-Troll is unbanned.
- Legacy: Treasure Cruise is banned. Worldgorger Dragon is unbanned.
- Vintage: Treasure Cruise is restricted. Gifts Ungiven is unrestricted.[68]
March
- Pauper: Treasure Cruise is banned.
- Singleton: Skullclamp is banned.[69]
September
- Legacy: Dig Through Time is banned. Black Vise is unbanned.
- Vintage: Chalice of the Void and Dig Through Time are restricted. Thirst for Knowledge is unrestricted.[70]
2016
- Modification of Magic Tournament Rules: The 34 cards that play with ante or have the Conspiracy card type (both banned in all Constructed/Eternal formats) are simplified into two entries in respective ban lists.
January
- Commander: Prophet of Kruphix is banned.
- Modern: Splinter Twin and Summer Bloom are banned.
- Pauper: Cloud of Faeries is banned.[71]
April
- Modern: Eye of Ugin is banned. Ancestral Vision and Sword of the Meek are unbanned.
- Vintage: Lodestone Golem is restricted.[72]
November
- Pauper: Peregrine Drake is banned.[73]
2017
The announcement schedule is changed to Monday following each expansion's release prerelease event as well as the fifth Monday after the Pro Tour of respective expansion.[74] The schedule was scaled back and revised in June 2017: Banned and restricted announcements are decoupled from set releases and the competitive schedule. Instead, updates are announced on a scheduled basis, which are mostly in a 2-3 month span.[75]
January
- Standard: Emrakul, the Promised End, Smuggler's Copter, and Reflector Mage are banned.[76]
- Modern: Gitaxian Probe and Golgari Grave-Troll are banned.[74]
April
- Standard: Felidar Guardian is banned. The initial announcement was that there would be no changes to Standard; an addendum banning Felidar Guardian came two days later.[77]
- Legacy: Sensei's Divining Top is banned.[78]
- Vintage: Gitaxian Probe and Gush are restricted.
- Commander: Leovold, Emissary of Trest is banned. Protean Hulk is unbanned.
June
- Standard: Aetherworks Marvel is banned.[75]
August
- Vintage: Thorn of Amethyst and Monastery Mentor are restricted. Yawgmoth's Bargain is unrestricted.
December
- Commander: Silver-bordered cards are unbanned for 45 days, from December 1, 2017 to January 15, 2018. The following silver-bordered cards remained banned: Ashnod's Coupon, Double Cross, Double Deal, Double Dip, Double Play, Double Take, Enter the Dungeon, Magical Hacker, Mox Lotus, Once More With Feeling, R&D's Secret Lair, Richard Garfield, Ph.D., Staying Power, and Time Machine.
2018
January
- Standard: Attune with Aether, Rogue Refiner, Ramunap Ruins, and Rampaging Ferocidon are banned.[79]
February
- Modern: Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Bloodbraid Elf are unbanned.[80]
May
- The Brawl format is created. Aetherworks Marvel, Attune with Aether, Felidar Guardian, Rampaging Ferocidon, Ramunap Ruins, and Rogue Refiner are unbanned. Baral, Chief of Compliance, Smuggler's Copter, and Sorcerous Spyglass are banned.[81]
July
- Legacy: Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe are banned.[82]
2019
January
- Modern: Krark-Clan Ironworks is banned.[83]
February
- Arena Standard: Nexus of Fate is banned.[84]
May
- Pauper: Gush, Gitaxian Probe, and Daze are banned.[85]
June
- Pauper: Becomes an officially sanctioned format. High Tide, Hymn to Tourach, and Sinkhole are banned.[86]
July
- Modern: Bridge from Below is banned.[87]
- Commander: Iona, Shield of Emeria and Paradox Engine are banned. Painter's Servant is unbanned.
August
- Standard: Rampaging Ferocidon is unbanned. However, it remains banned in Arena Standard.
- Modern: Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis and Faithless Looting are banned. Stoneforge Mystic is unbanned.
- Vintage: Karn, the Great Creator, Mental Misstep, Golgari Grave-Troll, and Mystic Forge are restricted. Fastbond is unrestricted.[88]
October
- Standard: Field of the Dead is banned.
- Pauper: Arcum's Astrolabe is banned.[89]
- Pioneer: Introduced as a format for tabletop and Magic Online. Banlist changes will be announced every Monday, separate from the other formats. The fetch lands Bloodstained Mire, Flooded Strand, Polluted Delta, Windswept Heath and Wooded Foothills are banned.[90]
November
- Pioneer:
- Week 1: Felidar Guardian, Leyline of Abundance and Oath of Nissa are banned.[91]
- Week 2: Veil of Summer is banned.[92]
- Brawl: Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned.[93][94]
- Standard: Oko, Thief of Crowns, Once Upon a Time and Veil of Summer are banned.[94]
- Legacy: Wrenn and Six is banned.[94]
- Vintage: Narset, Parter of Veils is restricted.[94]
- Historic: Introduced as a format for Magic Arena. Nexus of Fate is banned in BO1.
December
- Pioneer:
- Week 1: Field of the Dead, Once Upon a Time and Smuggler's Copter are banned.[95]
- Week 3: Oko, Thief of Crowns and Nexus of Fate are banned.[96]
- Historic: Field of the Dead, Oko, Thief of Crowns, Once Upon a Time, and Veil of Summer are suspended.
2020
Starting from this year, banned and restricted announcements are no longer made on a fixed schedule. Changes may occur on any given Monday. In addition, Pioneer will no longer make a weekly banned list update and sync up with current updates in other formats.[97]
January
- Modern: Oko, Thief of Crowns, Mox Opal, and Mycosynth Lattice are banned.[98]
March
- Brawl: Golos, Tireless Pilgrim is banned.
- Legacy: Underworld Breach is banned.
- Historic: Oko, Thief of Crowns, Once Upon a Time, and Veil of Summer are banned. Field of the Dead is unsuspended.
- Modern: Once Upon a Time is banned.[99]
April
- Brawl: Lutri, the Spellchaser is banned the day of its release in digital form.[100]
- Commander: Lutri, the Spellchaser and Flash are banned.[101][102][103] Lutri's ban announcement was preemptively made right after it was spoiled.
May
- Brawl: Drannith Magistrate and Winota, Joiner of Forces are banned.[104]
- Legacy: Lurrus of the Dream-Den and Zirda, the Dawnwaker are banned.[104]
- Vintage: Lurrus of the Dream-Den is banned. It is the first power level ban in Vintage since 1996, as if it were to be restricted its companion mechanic would have made the restriction meaningless.[104]
- Commander: The legal card definition is synced up with other constructed formats, meaning the previous "non-legal" cards (i.e. banned cards in Vintage prior to Lurrus of the Dream-Den) are explicitly banned instead.[105]. This in response to the banning of Lurrus of the Dream-Den in Vintage, which the rules committee decided could remain legal in Commander.
June
- Standard: Agent of Treachery and Fires of Invention[106] are banned.
- Historic: Agent of Treachery and Fires of Invention[106] are suspended. Winota, Joiner of Forces is emergency suspended.[107]
- On June 10, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. WotC made an announcement that "cards whose art, text, name, or a combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive" are banned in sanctioned events.[108] Seven cards were banned immediately when the announcement was made, and their card images and flavor texts were removed from the Gatherer database. This ban also applied to Commander and some non-sanctioned formats.
July
- Historic: Agent of Treachery, Fires of Invention,and Winota, Joiner of Forces are banned. Nexus of Fate, which was banned in best-of-one, is also banned in best-of-three. Burning-Tree Emissary is suspended.[109]
- Modern: Arcum's Astrolabe is banned.[109]
- Pauper: Expedition Map and Mystic Sanctuary are banned.[109]
- Pioneer: Oath of Nissa is unbanned.[109]
August
- Standard: Cauldron Familiar, Growth Spiral, Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation are banned.[110]
- Brawl:
- Week 2: Teferi, Time Raveler is banned.[110]
- Week 3: Runed Halo is banned.[111]
- Historic:
- Week 2: Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation are suspended.[110]
- Week 4: Field of the Dead is banned.[112]
- Historic Brawl: Runed Halo and Gideon's Intervention are banned.[111]
- Pioneer: Inverter of Truth, Kethis, the Hidden Hand, Underworld Breach and Walking Ballista are banned.[110]
September
- Standard: Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath is banned.[113]
October
- Standard: Omnath, Locus of Creation, Lucky Clover, and Escape to the Wilds are banned.[114]
- Historic: Omnath, Locus of Creation is suspended. Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation are banned. Burning-Tree Emissary is unsuspended[114]
- Brawl: Omnath, Locus of Creation is banned.[114]
2021
January
- Pauper: Fall from Favor is banned.[115]
February
- Historic: Omnath, Locus of Creation and Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath are banned.[116]
- Pioneer: Balustrade Spy, Teferi, Time Raveler, Undercity Informer, Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath, and Wilderness Reclamation are banned.[116]
- Modern: Field of the Dead, Mystic Sanctuary, Simian Spirit Guide, Tibalt's Trickery and Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath are banned [116]
- Legacy: Arcum's Astrolabe, Dreadhorde Arcanist and Oko, Thief of Crowns are banned.[116]
- Vintage: Lurrus of the Dream-Den is unbanned.[116]
April
- Historic: the Mystical Archive cards Channel, Counterspell, Dark Ritual, Demonic Tutor, Lightning Bolt, Natural Order, and Swords to Plowshares are preemptively banned.
- Historic Brawl: the Mystical Archive cards Channel, Demonic Tutor, Natural Order and Tainted Pact are preemptively banned.[117]
May
- Historic: Thassa's Oracle is banned.[118]
June
- Historic: Time Warp is banned.[119]
- Historic Brawl: Golos, Tireless Pilgrim and Winota, Joiner of Forces are unbanned.[120]
July
- Commander: Hullbreacher is banned.[121]
- Arena Standard 2022: The Book of Exalted Deeds is banned in the preview-queue Standard 2022 format. The ban is set to expire automatically after the next month's rotation.[122]
- Historic: Brainstorm is suspended.[123]
September
- Arena Standard: The Book of Exalted Deeds is automatically unbanned due to rotation.
- Pauper: Chatterstorm and Sojourner's Companion are banned.[124]
- Commander: Golos, Tireless Pilgrim is banned. Worldfire is unbanned.[125]
- Brawl: Pithing Needle is banned.[126]
- Historic Brawl: Pithing Needle is banned.[126]
October
- Historic: Brainstorm and Tibalt's Trickery are banned. Memory Lapse is suspended.[127]
December
- Historic Brawl: Agent of Treachery, Field of the Dead, and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon are banned.[128]
2022
January
- Pauper: Atog, Bonder's Ornament and Prophetic Prism are banned.[129]
- Standard: Alrund's Epiphany, Divide by Zero, and Faceless Haven are banned.[130]
- Legacy: Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is banned.[130]
- Historic: Memory Lapse is banned. Teferi, Time Raveler is rebalanced into A-Teferi, Time Raveler and unbanned.[130]
February
- Historic: Fires of Invention is rebalanced into A-Fires of Invention and unbanned.[131]
March
- Modern: Lurrus of the Dream-Den is banned.[132]
- Pioneer: Lurrus of the Dream-Den is banned.[132]
- Pauper: Galvanic Relay and Disciple of the Vault are banned. Expedition Map is unbanned [132][133]
April
May
- Explorer: Tibalt's Trickery and Winota, Joiner of Forces are banned.[134]
June
- Pioneer: Expressive Iteration and Winota, Joiner of Forces are banned.[135]
- Explorer: Expressive Iteration is banned.[135]
July
- Alchemy: Grinning Ignus is banned.[136]
- Historic: Winota, Joiner of Forces is rebalanced into A-Winota, Joiner of Forces and unbanned.
August
- The Gladiator format is formally established: Oko, Thief of Crowns, Nexus of Fate, Field of the Dead, Natural Order and Teferi, Time Raveler are banned.[137]
- Historic Brawl: Chalice of the Void is banned.[138]
September
- Pauper: Aarakocra Sneak, Stirring Bard, Underdark Explorer, and Vicious Battlerager are banned.[139]
October
- Standard: The Meathook Massacre is banned.[140]
- Modern: Yorion, Sky Nomad is banned.
November
- Historic: The Brothers' War Retro Artifact card Mishra's Bauble is preemptively banned.[141]
- Historic Brawl: The Brothers' War Retro Artifact card Phyrexian Revoker is preemptively banned.[141]
2023
March
- Legacy: Expressive Iteration and White Plume Adventurer are banned.[142]
- The Oathbreaker format becomes officially recognized. At the time of recognition, the ban list for Oathbreaker was the Vintage ban list plus: Ad Nauseam, Ancestral Recall, Balance, Biorhythm, Black Lotus, Channel, Dark Ritual, Doomsday, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, Expropriate, Fastbond, Gifts Ungiven, Griselbrand, High Tide, Jeweled Lotus, Library of Alexandria, Limited Resources, Lion's Eye Diamond, Mana Crypt, Mana Geyser, Mana Vault, Natural Order, Painter's Servant, Primal Surge, Saheeli, the Gifted, Sol Ring, Sundering Titan, Sylvan Primordial, Time Vault, Time Walk, Tinker, Tolarian Academy, Tooth and Nail, Trade Secrets, Upheaval, and Yawgmoth's Bargain.
April
- Historic: The Multiverse Legends card Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is preemptively banned.[143]
May
Banned and restricted updates are announced to be moved to a yearly schedule when the Fall set comes out and rotation occurs. There will also be “extremely rare” mini-ban windows three weeks after a new set is released.[144]
- Standard: Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, Invoke Despair and Reckoner Bankbuster are banned.[145]
June
- Oathbreaker: Gifts Ungiven is unbanned.[146]
July
- Alchemy: Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki is banned.[147]
August
- Modern: Preordain is unbanned.[148]
- Legacy: Mind's Desire is unbanned.[148]
- Historic: The Enchanting Tales cards Blood Moon, Intruder Alarm, Land Tax, Necropotence, Sneak Attack, and Spreading Seas are preemptively banned.[149]
December
- Explorer: Karn, the Great Creator and Geological Appraiser are banned.[150]
- Pioneer: Karn, the Great Creator and Geological Appraiser are banned. Smuggler's Copter is unbanned.[150]
- Modern: Fury and Up the Beanstalk are banned.[150]
- Pauper: Monastery Swiftspear is banned.[150][151]
- Historic: The allied color fetch lands in Khans of Tarkir (Flooded Strand; Polluted Delta; Bloodstained Mire; Wooded Foothills; Windswept Heath) are preemptively banned.[152]
- Timeless: Format introduced to Magic: The Gathering Arena on December 12th, alongside the digital release of Khans of Tarkir.[152] It includes almost all cards available on the platform with exceptionally powerful or format-defining cards being restricted rather than banned. Channel, Demonic Tutor and Tibalt's Trickery are preemptively restricted in Timeless.
2024
February
- Historic: Show and Tell is preemptively banned.[153]
March
- Modern: Violent Outburst is banned.[154]
- Vintage: Ponder is unrestricted.
April
- Historic: The Breaking News cards Commandeer, Force of Vigor, Mana Drain, and Reanimate are preemptively banned.[155]
May
- Legacy: All cards that bring a sticker or an Attraction into the game are banned.[156]
- Vintage: All cards that bring a sticker or an Attraction into the game are banned.[156]
- Pauper: All That Glitters and all cards that bring a sticker into the game are banned.[157]
June
- Historic: Seventeen cards from Modern Horizons 3 are preemptively banned for power balance reasons.[158]
- Harbinger of the Seas.
- Winter Moon.
- The five Modern Horizons 2 Evoke Incarnations (Solitude; Subtlety; Grief; Fury; Endurance).
- The five Modern Horizons 3 Flares (Flare of Fortitude; Flare of Denial; Flare of Malice; Flare of Duplication; Flare of Cultivation).
- The enemy colored fetch lands (Marsh Flats; Scalding Tarn; Verdant Catacombs; Arid Mesa; Misty Rainforest).
- Brawl: Disruptor Flute is preemptively banned.[158]
- Pauper: Cranial Ram is preemptively banned one week before Modern Horizons 3 releases.[159]
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