Banned and restricted cards

Banned cards are cards that are not allowed in a particular tournament. Banned lists exist for individual formats. Wizards of the Coast and the DCI controls the bannings for their officially sanctioned formats Legacy, Vintage, Standard, Extended, Modern, as well as all formats played on Magic Online. These bannings (or lack thereof) as well as cards being unbanned are announced in the 20th every three months, and take effect on the 1st of the following month.

See also

• Restricted cards
• Timeline of DCI bans and restrictions

External links

• Banned and Restricted Lists
• Randy Buehler (February 21, 2003). "Banning: Good or Bad?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Magic Arcana (March 19, 2009). "All Banned Cards—Ever!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Tom LaPille (April 15, 2011). "About Jace". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.