DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement
Announcement Date: December 1, 2001
Effective Date: January 1, 2002
Standard
No changes
Extended
No changes
OdysseyTM Block
No changes
Type 1
Restricted Fact or Fiction
Type 1.5 (All cards on the Type 1 Banned and Restricted Lists are banned in Type 1.5)
Banned Fact or Fiction
Watch List Update
No changes
Current Watch List
Force of Will
Explanation of Changes
Combining card drawing, tutoring, and graveyard-filing power, Fact or Fiction is clearly a potent card. When you throw in the fact that it is an instant and has only one blue mana in its casting cost, Fact or Fiction becomes too strong for the Classic environment.