STANDARD

There are no cards banned in Standard tournaments.

Magic sets are released in three-set blocks, so playing in this format means you choose a block and only use cards from that block’s sets.

The following cards are banned in block-constructed tournaments:

Innistrad-Avacyn Restored block

Intangible Virtue Lingering Souls

Mirrodin block

AEther 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 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

^{Revised: January 19, 2015}

This format lets you dive deeper into Magic’s history, allowing cards from Eighth edition to today.

The following cards are banned:

Ancestral Vision Ancient Den Birthing Pod Blazing Shoal Bloodbraid Elf Chrome Mox Cloudpost Dark Depths Deathrite Shaman Dig Through Time Dread Return Glimpse of Nature Great Furnace Green Sun’s Zenith Hypergenesis Jace, the Mind Sculptor Mental Misstep Ponder Preordain Punishing Fire Rite of Flame Seat of the Synod Second Sunrise Seething Song Sensei’s Divining Top Stoneforge Mystic Skullclamp Sword of the Meek Treasure Cruise Tree of Tales Umezawa’s Jitte Vault of Whispers

^{Revised: January 19, 2015}

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:

Advantageous Proclamation Amulet of Quoz Backup Plan Brago’s Favor Bronze Tablet Chaos Orb Contract from Below Darkpact Demonic Attorney Double Stroke Falling Star Immediate Action Iterative Analysis Jeweled Bird Muzzio’s Preparations Power Play Rebirth Secret Summoning Secrets of Paradise Sentinel Dispatch Shahrazad Tempest Efreet Timmerian Fiends Unexpected Potential Worldknit

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 Channel Demonic Consultation Demonic Tutor Fastbond Flash Imperial Seal Library of Alexandria Lion’s Eye Diamond Lotus Petal Mana Crypt Mana Vault Memory Jar Merchant Scroll Mind’s Desire Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Mystical Tutor Necropotence Ponder Sol Ring Strip Mine Thirst for Knowledge Time Vault Time Walk Timetwister Tinker Tolarian Academy Treasure Cruise Trinisphere Vampiric Tutor Wheel of Fortune Windfall Yawgmoth’s Bargain Yawgmoth’s Will

^{Revised: January 19, 2015}

Like Vintage, you can play cards from any set. The twist? A longer banned list makes this format more accessible to new players.

The following cards are banned in legacy tournaments:

Advantageous Proclamation Amulet of Quoz Ancestral Recall Backup Plan Balance Bazaar of Baghdad Black Lotus Black Vise Brago’s Favor Bronze Tablet Channel Chaos Orb Contract from Below Darkpact Demonic Attorney Demonic Consultation Demonic Tutor Double Stroke Earthcraft Falling Star Fastbond Flash Frantic Search Goblin Recruiter Gush Hermit Druid Immediate Action Imperial Seal Iterative Analysis Jeweled Bird Library of Alexandria 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 Muzzio’s Preparations Mystical Tutor Necropotence Oath of Druids Power Play Rebirth Secret Summoning Secrets of Paradise Sentinel Dispatch Shahrazad Skullclamp Sol Ring Strip Mine Survival of the Fittest Tempest Efreet Time Vault Time Walk Timetwister Timmerian Fiends Tinker Tolarian Academy Treasure Cruise Unexpected Potential Vampiric Tutor Wheel of Fortune Windfall Worldknit Yawgmoth’s Bargain Yawgmoth’s Will