Magic: The Gathering ban list August 2024

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If you’re hoping to go head to head with fellow Magic: The Gathering players at a local tournament or event, you’ll probably put a lot of effort into making your deck more powerful. But what if I told you your deck could be too powerful to play? Bad news: if it contains any cards from the MTG ban list, you’ll have to go back to the drawing board.Magic: The Gathering has an active community and a scene that is constantly evolving and changing. This is part of why it’s one of thebest card games. As part of this, if certain cards are majorly disrupting the balance of the game or producing an over reliance on a singular metagame. they can be banned in sanctioned play.

Latest changesAs of August 26, 2024 the following changes have been made:‣ Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord are banned in Pioneer.‣ Nadu, Winged Wisdom and Grief are banned in Modern.Grief is banned in Legacy.‣ Urza’s Saga and Vexing Bauble are restricted in Vintage.‣ Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord are banned in Explorer.

Latest changes

As of August 26, 2024 the following changes have been made:‣ Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord are banned in Pioneer.‣ Nadu, Winged Wisdom and Grief are banned in Modern.Grief is banned in Legacy.‣ Urza’s Saga and Vexing Bauble are restricted in Vintage.‣ Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord are banned in Explorer.

As of August 26, 2024 the following changes have been made:‣ Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord are banned in Pioneer.‣ Nadu, Winged Wisdom and Grief are banned in Modern.Grief is banned in Legacy.‣ Urza’s Saga and Vexing Bauble are restricted in Vintage.‣ Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord are banned in Explorer.

They may still be fair game in casual games with friends, but don’t expect to show up to your local game store with a deck full of banned cards and get away with it.

There are particular cards which are banned across all forms of sanctioned play due to theirracially or culturally offensive contentbut outside of these exceptions, the cards that wind up being subjected to a ban or restriction differ from format to format. Here are the full ban lists for each Magic: The Gathering format.

Magic:The Gathering Standard ban list

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As a format that solely encompasses the previous three years of MTG’s catalogue, Standard has a relatively short list of banned cards. This list includes:

Magic:The Gathering Modern ban list

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The Modern format allows players to construct decks with cards from Eighth Edition (released Summer 2003) onwards. However, it doesn’t allow for the following banned cards:

Magic:The Gathering Vintage ban list

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Vintage allows for almost all printed cards from Magic: The Gathering’s thirty-plus year history, with the following exceptions:

All cards that use the sticker or Attraction mechanic

AerialephantAmbassador BlorpityblorpboopBaaallerina_____ Balls of FireBioluminary_____ Bird Gets the WormCarnival CarnivoreChicken TroupeClandestine ChameleonCommand PerformanceDone for the DayFight the _____ FightFinishing MoveGlitterflitter_____ GoblinLast Voyage of the _____LineprancersMake a _____ SplashMinotaur de Force_____-o-saurusPark BleaterPin CollectionPrize WallProficient PyrodancerRobo-Piñata_____ _____ RocketshipRoxi, Publicist to the StarsScampireStiltstriderSword-Swallowing SeraphTicketomaton_____ _____ _____ TrespasserTusk and WhiskersWicker PickerWizards of the _____Wolf in _____ Clothing

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All cards that have the card type Conspiracy

All cards that reference “playing for ante”

Restricted cards are cards which you may only have one copy of in both your main deck and your sideboard. At it stands, Vintage is the only Magic: The Gathering format with a restricted list.The restricted card list for Vintage consists of:

Magic:The Gathering Legacy ban list

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Like Vintage, Legacy allows for players to use cards dating all the way back to 1993. However, it has significantly more card bans. The banned cards in Legacy are:

All cards that use the sticker or Attraction mechanic

AerialephantAmbassador BlorpityblorpboopBaaallerina_____ Balls of FireBioluminary_____ Bird Gets the WormCarnival CarnivoreChicken TroupeClandestine ChameleonCommand PerformanceDone for the DayFight the _____ FightFinishing MoveGlitterflitter_____ GoblinLast Voyage of the _____LineprancersMake a _____ SplashMinotaur de Force_____-o-saurusPark BleaterPin CollectionPrize WallProficient PyrodancerRobo-Piñata_____ _____ RocketshipRoxi, Publicist to the StarsScampireStiltstriderSword-Swallowing SeraphTicketomaton_____ _____ _____ TrespasserTusk and WhiskersWicker PickerWizards of the _____Wolf in _____ Clothing

Coming AttractionComplaints ClerkDeadbeat AttendantDee Kay, Finder of the LostDiscourtesy ClerkDraconian Gate-BotLifetime" Pass HolderLine CutterMonitor MonitorMyra the MagnificentPetting ZookeeperQuick FixerRad RascalRide GuideSeasoned ButtoneerSoul SwindlerSpinnerette, ArachnobatSquirrel SquattersStep Right UpThe Most Dangerous Gamer

All cards that have the card type Conspiracy

All cards that reference “playing for ante”

Magic:The Gathering Commander ban list

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These cards are banned in sanctioned Commander games and can’t be used a player’s Commander or be present anywhere in their deck or sideboard:

All cards that have the card type Conspiracy

All cards that reference “playing for ante”

Magic:The Gathering Block ban list

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Replenish card art from Magic The Gathering Urza’s Block

As each block uses different sets, each block in the Block MTG format has its own list of banned cards. These are:

Innistrad-Avacyn Restored

Mirrodin

Masques

Urza

Tempest

Mirage

Ice Age

Magic:The Gathering Pauper ban list

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Spellstutter Sprite from Magic The Gathering Pauper legal card

The list of legal cards in Pauper includes cards that are of Common rarity. What it doesn’t include are these banned cards:

All cards that use the sticker or Attraction mechanic

AerialephantAmbassador BlorpityblorpboopBaaallerina_____ Balls of FireBioluminary_____ Bird Gets the WormCarnival CarnivoreChicken TroupeClandestine ChameleonCommand PerformanceDone for the DayFight the _____ FightFinishing MoveGlitterflitter_____ GoblinLast Voyage of the _____LineprancersMake a _____ SplashMinotaur de Force_____-o-saurusPark BleaterPin CollectionPrize WallProficient PyrodancerRobo-Piñata_____ _____ RocketshipRoxi, Publicist to the StarsScampireStiltstriderSword-Swallowing SeraphTicketomaton_____ _____ _____ TrespasserTusk and WhiskersWicker PickerWizards of the _____Wolf in _____ Clothing

Coming AttractionComplaints ClerkDeadbeat AttendantDee Kay, Finder of the LostDiscourtesy ClerkDraconian Gate-BotLifetime" Pass HolderLine CutterMonitor MonitorMyra the MagnificentPetting ZookeeperQuick FixerRad RascalRide GuideSeasoned ButtoneerSoul SwindlerSpinnerette, ArachnobatSquirrel SquattersStep Right UpThe Most Dangerous Gamer

Magic:The Gathering Pioneer ban list

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Radkos Guildgate card art from Magic The Gathering Return to Ravnica

Pioneer supports the use of cards from 2012’s Return to Ravnica onwards, although these cards are banned in the format:

Magic:The Gathering Historic ban list

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Phyrexia: All Will Be One artwork showing Compleated servants of Phyrexia

This non-rotating format is only playable on MTG Arena, and has the following cards on its ban list:

Magic:The Gathering Timeless ban list

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Phyrexia: All Will Be One art

Timeless is the digital-only equivalent to Vintage. As such, it has a relatively short ban list.

Magic:The Gathering Brawl ban list

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This twist on Commander only allows for Standard legal cards. As well as this, the following cards are banned in Brawl:

Magic:The Gathering Explorer ban list

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Lotus field Magic the Gathering art Explorer legal

This MTG Arena exclusive format, like Pioneer, permits cards from as far back as Return to Ravnica. These are the cards on the Explorer ban list:

Magic:The Gathering Alchemy ban list

There are currently no cards specifically banned in the Alchemy format.

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