Block Constructed

Block Constructed
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Block (also known as Block Constructed) was a format (or rather a collection of formats) that allows for cards of one block to be played, save any banned cards. On April 2018, Wizards of the Coast no longer supports this(these) formats as block itself was abolished in 2018 and further releases.

Description

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain exactly fifteen cards.

With the exception of basic land cards, a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent. All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic. (The five Ice Age block snow-covered lands — Snow-Covered Plains, Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Swamp, Snow-Covered Mountain, and Snow-Covered Forest — are also basic lands, but are only permitted in formats that allow the Ice Age block to be used.)

According to Mark Rosewater, Block has proven over time to be an unpopular format almost exclusively played because Wizards of the Coast required it at Pro Tours and Pro Tour Qualifiers. He stated that it is being phased out because players almost never play it of their own volition. The format itself was dropped on the same day Dominaria, the first set of Three-and-One Model (which blocks is no longer used) released.

Block formats

Despite any block may be used in Block format, the list below were Blocks that had been used in at least one Pro Tour and/or Grand Prix.

• Theros block (Theros, Born of the Gods, Journey into Nyx)
• Return to Ravnica block (Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, Dragon's Maze)
• Innistrad block (Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored)
• Scars of Mirrodin block (Scars of Mirrodin, Mirrodin Besieged, New Phyrexia)
• Zendikar block (Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi)
• Alara block (Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn)
• Lorwyn–Shadowmoor block (Lorwyn, Morningtide, Shadowmoor, Eventide)
• Time Spiral block (Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, Future Sight)
• Ravnica block (Ravnica: City of Guilds, Guildpact, Dissension)
• Kamigawa block (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa, Saviors of Kamigawa)
• Mirrodin block (Mirrodin, Darksteel, Fifth Dawn)
• Onslaught block (Onslaught, Legions, Scourge)
• Odyssey block (Odyssey, Torment, Judgment)
• Invasion block (Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse)
• Masques block (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy)
• Urza's block (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny)
• Tempest block (Tempest, Stronghold, Exodus)
• Mirage block (Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight)
• Ice Age block (Ice Age, Alliances, Homelands)
  • Despite Homelands was replaced by Coldsnap on July 2006 in Ice Age Block, Coldsnap was never actually used in Block Format's Pro Tour/Grand Prixes.

Banned cards

Innistrad Block

• Intangible Virtue
• Lingering Souls

Mirrodin Block

• Æther Vial
• Ancient Den
• Arcbound Ravager
• Darksteel Citadel
• Disciple of the Vault
• Great Furnace
• Seat of the Synod
• Tree of Tales
• Vault of Whispers
• Skullclamp

Masques Block

• Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero
• Rishadan Port

Urza Block

• Gaea's Cradle
• Memory Jar - The only card to have been the subject of an emergency ban in this format.
• Serra's Sanctum
• Time Spiral
• Tolarian Academy
• Voltaic Key
• Windfall

Tempest Block

• Cursed Scroll

Mirage Block

• Squandered Resources

Ice Age Block

• Amulet of Quoz
• Thawing Glaciers
• Zuran Orb

External links

• Block Format, MTG.com