Updated Ban List Feb 15, 2021

Updated Ban List Feb 15, 2021

by AAG Staff blog

STANDARD BANNED CARDS Revised: February 15, 2021 The following cards are banned: Cauldron Familiar Escape to the Wilds Fires of Invention Lucky Clover Oko, Thief of Crowns Omnath, Locus of Creation Once Upon a Time Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath MODERN BANNED CARDS This format lets you dive deeper into Magic's history, allowing cards from Eighth edition to today. The following cards are banned: Ancient Den Arcum's Astrolabe Birthing Pod Blazing Shoal Bridge From Below Chrome Mox Cloudpost Dark Depths Deathrite Shaman Dig Through Time Dread Return Eye of Ugin Faithless Looting Field of the Dead Gitaxian Probe Glimpse of Nature Golgari Grave-Troll Great Furnace Green Sun's Zenith Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Hypergenesis Krark-Clan Ironworks Mental Misstep Mox Opal Mycosynth Lattice Mystic Sanctuary Oko, Thief of Crowns Once Upon a Time Ponder Preordain Punishing Fire Rite of Flame Seat of the Synod Second Sunrise Seething Song Sensei's Divining Top Simian Spirit Guide Skullclamp Splinter Twin Summer Bloom Tibalt's Trickery Treasure Cruise Tree of Tales Umezawa's Jitte Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Vault of Whispers VINTAGE BANNED AND RESTRICTED CARDS While Modern lets you play cards from as far back as 2003, Vintage lets you play cards from any set in the 20+ year history of Magic! The following cards are banned from Vintage play: 25 cards with the Card Type “Conspiracy.” Click here for list. 9 cards that reference "playing for ante." Click here for list. Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats. This list is a work in progress. Click here for the list. Chaos Orb Falling Star Shahrazad The following cards are restricted, which means you can only have one of them in your main deck and sideboard combined: Ancestral Recall Balance Black Lotus Brainstorm Chalice of the Void Channel Demonic Consultation Demonic Tutor Dig Through Time Flash Gitaxian Probe Golgari Grave-Troll Gush Imperial Seal Karn, the Great Creator Library of Alexandria Lion's Eye Diamond Lodestone Golem Lotus Petal Mana Crypt Mana Vault Memory Jar Mental Misstep Merchant Scroll Mind's Desire Monastery Mentor Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Mystic Forge Mystical Tutor Narset, Parter of Veils Necropotence Ponder Sol Ring Strip Mine Thorn of Amethyst Time Vault Time Walk Timetwister Tinker Tolarian Academy Treasure Cruise Trinisphere Vampiric Tutor Wheel of Fortune Windfall Yawgmoth's Will LEGACY BANNED CARDS   The following cards are banned in legacy tournaments: 25 cards with the Card Type “Conspiracy.” Click here for list. 9 cards that reference "playing for ante." Click here for list. Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats. This list is a work in progress. Click here for the list. Ancestral Recall Arcum's Astrolabe Balance Bazaar of Baghdad Black Lotus Channel Chaos Orb Deathrite Shaman Demonic Consultation Demonic Tutor Dig Through Time Dreadhorde Arcanist Earthcraft Falling Star Fastbond Flash Frantic Search Gitaxian Probe Goblin Recruiter Gush Hermit Druid Imperial Seal Library of Alexandria Lurrus of the Dream-Den Mana Crypt Mana Drain Mana Vault Memory Jar Mental Misstep Mind Twist Mind’s Desire Mishra’s Workshop Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Mystical Tutor Necropotence Oath of Druids Oko, Thief of Crowns Sensei's Divining Top Shahrazad Skullclamp Sol Ring Strip Mine Survival of the Fittest Time Vault Time Walk Timetwister Tinker Tolarian Academy Treasure Cruise Underworld Breach Vampiric Tutor Wheel of Fortune Windfall Wrenn and Six Yawgmoth's Bargain Yawgmoth's Will Zirda, the Dawnwaker COMMANDER BANNED CARDS The following cards are banned from the format: 25 cards with the Card Type “Conspiracy." Click here for list. 9 cards that reference "playing for ante." Click here for list. Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats. This list is a work in progress. Click here for the list. Ancestral Recall Balance Biorhythm Black Lotus Braids, Cabal Minion Chaos Orb Coalition Victory Channel Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Erayo, Soratami Ascendant Falling Star Fastbond Flash Gifts Ungiven Griselbrand Iona, Shield of Emeria Karakas Leovold, Emissary of Trest Library of Alexandria Limited Resources Lutri, the Spellchaser Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Panoptic Mirror Paradox Engine Primeval Titan Prophet of Kruphix Recurring Nightmare Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary Shahrazad Sundering Titan Sway of the Stars Sylvan Primordial Time Vault Time Walk Tinker Tolarian Academy Trade Secrets Upheaval Worldfire Yawgmoth's Bargain BLOCK BANNED CARDS Block play requires a Constructed deck, which must contain a minimum of sixty cards. All cards in your deck must be from a single block of Magic releases. The following cards are banned in block-constructed tournaments: Intangible Virtue (Innistrad-Avacyn Restored block) Lingering Souls (Innistrad-Avacyn Restored block) AEther Vial (Mirrodin block) Ancient Den (Mirrodin block) Arcbound Ravager (Mirrodin block) Darksteel Citadel (Mirrodin block) Disciple of the Vault (Mirrodin block) Great Furnace (Mirrodin block) Seat of the Synod (Mirrodin block) Tree of Tales (Mirrodin block) Vault of Whispers (Mirrodin block) Skullclamp (Mirrodin block) Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero (Masques block) Rishadan Port (Masques block) Gaea's Cradle (Urza block) Memory Jar (Urza block) Serra's Sanctum (Urza block) Time Spiral (Urza block) Tolarian Academy (Urza block) Voltaic Key (Urza block) Windfall (Urza block) Cursed Scroll (Tempest block) Squandered Resources (Mirage block) Amulet of Quoz (Ice Age Block) Thawing Glaciers (Ice Age block) Zuran Orb (Ice Age block) BRAWL BANNED CARDS The following cards are banned in Brawl and cannot be included in your deck or used as your commander: Drannith Magistrate Lutri, the Spellchaser Oko, Thief of Crowns Omnath, Locus of Creation Runed Halo Sorcerous Spyglass Winota, Joiner of Forces Note: The regular Standard banned list does not apply to Brawl. If a card from a Standard-legal set isn't listed here, it's fine to use. PAUPER BANNED CARDS The following cards are banned in this format: Arcum's Astrolabe Cloud of Faeries Cloudpost Cranial Plating Daze Empty the Warrens Expedition Map Fall from Favor Frantic Search Gitaxian Probe Grapeshot Gush Invigorate Mystic Sanctuary Peregrine Drake Temporal Fissure Treasure Cruise High Tide Hymn to Tourach Sinkhole PIONEER BANNED CARDS The following cards are banned: Balustrade Spy Bloodstained Mire Felidar Guardian Field of the Dead Flooded Strand Inverter of Truth Kethis, the Hidden Hand Leyline of Abundance Nexus of Fate Oko, Thief of Crowns Once Upon a Time Polluted Delta Smuggler’s Copter Teferi, Time Raveler Undercity Informer Underworld Breach Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Veil of Summer Walking Ballista Wilderness Reclamation Windswept Heath Wooded Foothills   https://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/gameplay/rules-and-formats/banned-restricted

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