Underworld Breach

Standard	Rotated out on September 24, 2021
Pioneer	Banned since August 3, 2020
Modern	Banned since March 31, 2025
Legacy	Banned since March 10, 2020
Vintage	Never Banned
Commander	Game Changers since February 11, 2025
Pauper	Never Banned
Oathbreaker	Never Banned
Extended	Not Legal

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Timeline

• January 24, 2020 - Released
• March 10, 2020 - Status changed to Banned in Legacy
• August 3, 2020 - Status changed to Banned in Pioneer
• February 11, 2025 - Status changed to Game Changers in Commander
• March 31, 2025 - Status changed to Banned in Modern

Rationale

Underworld Breach has been banned in the Pioneer, Legacy, and Modern formats for its ability to generate extremely resilient and explosive combo potential, fundamentally disrupting the competitive metagame. In Legacy, its interaction with cards such as Lion's Eye Diamond was deemed too problematic. In Modern, the ban was necessitated by the deck’s inherent resiliency and explosiveness, particularly when forming specific combative engines like the Temur Grinding Breach, which proved highly resistant to standard counterplay and graveyard hate. Historically, the card has been banned in these formats to mitigate high-risk, high-power combo kills and preserve the general balance of the respective game environments.

This summary was generated by gemma4 on September 14, 2026. It has not yet been reviewed by a human editor and may contain some inaccuracies. Learn more.

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