Banned and restricted cards/Timeline
The DCI announces bannings and restrictions of cards for their sanctioned formats with the release of new sets, as they take effect when the new sets becomes legal in formats.[1] Previously, such announcements were made around the 20th of a month every three months, with these changes taking effect on the 1st of the following month. The following is a list of these announcements and their changes in chronological order. Formats which are not mentioned have seen no changes made to them in the respective announcements.
1994
January
- Type 1: Formation of the original DCI banned/restricted list. 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.[2]
May
- Type 1: Candelabra of Tawnos, Channel, Copy Artifact, Demonic Tutor, Feldon's Cane, Ivory Tower, Library of Alexandria, Regrowth, and Wheel of Fortune are restricted. Time Vault is banned. Dingus Egg, Gauntlet of Might, Icy Manipulator, Orcish Oriflamme, and Rukh Egg are unrestricted.[3]
1996
January
- Standard: Mind Twist is banned. Black Vise is restricted.
- Type 1: Mind Twist is banned. Black Vise is restricted.[4]
March
- Standard: Feldon's Cane, Maze of Ith, and Recall are unrestricted.
- Type 1: Time Vault is unbanned. Ali from Cairo, Black Vise, and Sword of the Ages are unrestricted.[5]
Card Errata
- Time Vault now adds a time counter to itself when a turn is skipped for its cost. Taking an extra turn requires the removal of a time counter.
June
September
- Standard: Hymn to Tourach and Strip Mine are restricted.
- Type 1: Fastbond is restricted.[7]
December
1997
April
- Ice Age Block: Thawing Glaciers and Zuran Orb are banned.[9]
June
- Standard: Zuran Orb is banned.
- Type 1: Black Vise is restricted.
- Mirage Block: Squandered Resources is banned.[10]
September
- Extended: Hypnotic Specter is banned. Juggernaut is unbanned.
- Type 1: Candelabra of Tawnos, Copy Artifact, Feldon's Cane, Mishra's Workshop, and Zuran Orb are unrestricted.[11]
1998
December
- Standard: Tolarian Academy and Windfall are banned.
- Extended: Tolarian Academy and Windfall are banned.
- Braingeyser is unbanned.
- Type 1.5: Stroke of Genius, Tolarian Academy and Windfall are banned.
- Feldon's Cane is unbanned.
- Type 1: Stroke of Genius, Tolarian Academy and Windfall are restricted.[12]
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. This was retroactively added to the March 1st bannings as an emergency ban in mid March.
- Urza's block Constructed: Time Spiral, Memory Jar, and Windfall are banned.
- Type 1.5: Candelabra of Tawnos, Copy Artifact, Maze of Ith, Zuran Orb<c> and <c>Mishra's Workshop are unbanned.
- Time Spiral and Memory Jar are banned.
- Type 1: Maze of Ith is unrestricted.
- Time Spiral is restricted.[13]
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.[14]
Card Errata
- The errata issued for the "free" creatures ("When <this permanent> comes into play, if you played it from your hand . . . .") applies to two additional cards: Karmic Guide and Treachery.
August
Unusual, but this announcement came out July 16 and was effective August 1st.
- Extended: Yawgmoth's Bargain is banned.
Card Errata
- Iridescent Drake receives the same erratum as the "free" creatures. It should read, "When Iridescent Drake comes into play, if you played it from your hand, return target enchant creature card from a graveyard to play enchanting Iridescent Drake. (You control that enchantment.)"
- Lion's Eye Diamond should read, "Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, Discard your hand: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Play this ability as an instant." This erratum causes Lion's Eye Diamond to function as it did under Fifth Edition rules.
- Lotus Vale should read, "When Lotus Vale comes into play, you may sacrifice two untapped lands. If you don't, sacrifice Lotus Vale. If you do, Lotus Vale gains 'T: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.'" This erratum causes Lotus Vale to function as it did under Fifth Edition rules; you can't tap it for mana without first sacrificing two untapped lands.
- Scorched Ruins should read, "When Scorched Ruins comes into play, you may sacrifice two untapped lands. If you don't, sacrifice Scorched Ruins. If you do, Scorched Ruins gains 'T: Add four colorless mana to your mana pool.'" This erratum causes Scorched Ruins to function as it did under Fifth Edition rules; you can't tap it for mana without first sacrificing two untapped lands.
September
- Extended: Dream Halls, Earthcraft, Lotus Petal, Mind Over Matter and Yawgmoth's Will are banned.
- Type 1: Divine Intervention and Shahrazad are unbanned.
- Ivory Tower, Mirror Universe and Underworld Dreams are unrestricted.
- 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.
- Type 1.5: Divine Intervention, Ivory Tower, Mirror Universe, Shahrazad and Underworld Dreams are unbanned.
2000
March
- Extended: Dark Ritual and Mana Vault are banned.[16]
June
- Masques block constructed: Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero and Rishadan Port are banned.[17]
September
- Type 1: Channel and Mind Twist are restricted (unbanned).
- Demonic Consultationt and Necropotenence are restricted.
- Type 1.5: Demonic Consultationt and Necropotenence are banned.[18]
2001
March
- Extended: Necropotence, Replenish, Survival of the Fittest and Demonic Consultation are banned.[19]
December
- Type 1: Fact or Fiction is restricted.
- Type 1.5: Fact or Fiction is banned.[20]
2002
No changes were made during the year.
2003
March
- Type 1: Berserk, Hurkyl's Recall and Recall are unrestricted.
- Earthcraft and Entomb are restricted.
- Type 1.5: Berserk, Hurkyl's Recall, and Recall are unbanned.
- Earthcraft and Entomb are banned.[21]
June
- Type 1: Gush and Mind's Desire are restricted.
- Type 1.5: Gush and Mind's Desire are banned.[22]
September
- Extended: Goblin Lackey, Entomb, and Frantic Search are banned.[23]
December
- Extended: Goblin Recruiter, Grim Monolith, Tinker, Hermit Druid, Ancient Tomb, and Oath of Druids are banned.
- Type 1: Burning Wish, Chrome Mox, and Lion's Eye Diamond are restricted.
- Type 1.5: Burning Wish, Chrome Mox, and Lion's Eye Diamond are banned.[24]
2004
June
- Standard: Skullclamp is banned.
- Mirrodin block constructed: Skullclamp is banned.[25]
September
- Extended: Metalworker and Skullclamp are banned.
- Vintage: Braingeyser, Doomsday, Earthcraft, and Fork are unrestricted.
- Type 1.5: Format becomes independent of Vintage. For full list of bans and unbans see reference.[26]
December
- Vintage: Stroke of Genius is unrestricted.[27]
2005
March
- Standard: Arcbound Ravager, Disciple of the Vault, Ancient Den, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod, Tree of Tales, and Vault of Whispers are banned.
- Vintage: Trinisphere is restricted.
- Starter Level sets Starter 1999, Starter 2000, Portal, Portal Second Age, and Portal Three Kingdoms become legal in Legacy and Vintage in October.[28]
June
- No changes in any non-online format.[29]
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.[30]
December
- No changes in any non-online format.[31]
2006
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.[32]
June
- No changes to non-online formats.[33]
September
- No changes in any format.[34]
December
- No changes in any non-online format.[35]
2007
March
- No changes to non-online formats[36]
June
- Vintage: Gifts Ungiven is restricted. Voltaic Key, Black Vise, Mind Twist, and Gush are no longer restricted.
- Legacy: Flash is banned. Mind Over Matter and Replenish are unbanned.[37]
September
December
- No changes in any non-online format.[39]
2008
March
June
- Vintage: Brainstorm, Flash, Gush, Merchant Scroll, Ponder are restricted.[41]
September
- 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 no longer restricted.[42]
December
- Announcement schedule moved from the 1st of every 3rd month to the 20th of every 3rd month.
- No changes in any non-online format.[43]
2009
March
- No changes except for online formats.[44]
June
- Vintage: Thirst for Knowledge is restricted. Crop Rotation, Enlightened Tutor, Entomb, and Grim Monolith are no longer restricted.[45]
September
- Legacy: Dream Halls, Entomb, and Metalworker are no longer banned.[46]
December
- No changes in any non-online format.[47]
2010
March
- No changes to any format.[48]
June
- Change to the Extended rotation.
- Extended: Sword of the Meek and Hypergenesis are banned.
- Legacy: Mystical Tutor is banned. Grim Monolith and Illusionary Mask are no longer banned.[49]
September
- Vintage: Frantic Search and Gush are no longer restricted.[50]
December
- Legacy: Survival of the Fittest is banned. Time Spiral is unbanned.[51]
2011
March
- Two-Headed Giant: Death by Poison counters has been changed so it now takes 15 counters rather than the usual 10.[52]
June
- Standard: Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic are banned.
- An exception to the above is introduced making the War of Attrition event deck legal for Standard constructed play if the decklist has not been modified. The deck contains two copies of Stoneforge Mystic.[53]
September
- 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 no longer restricted.[54]
December
- Modern: Punishing Fire and Wild Nacatl are banned.[55]
2012
March
- Innistrad Block Constructed: Lingering Souls and Intangible Virtue are banned.[56]
June
Septemper
- Modern: Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is unbanned.
- Vintage: Burning Wish is unrestricted.[1]
2013
January
- Modern: Bloodbraid Elf and Seething Song are banned.[58]
- Magic Online Pauper: Empty the Warrens, Grapeshot, and Invigorate are banned.
May
- Modern: Second Sunrise is banned.
- Vintage: Regrowth is unrestricted.[59]
References
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (Thursday, September 20, 2012). "September 20, 2012, DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rec.games.board/afNlBZ2Y3is/bqbx2ckVZ0AJ
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rec.games.deckmaster/P4K--JAyLvE/WCYfShI7arQJ
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