December 1 2008 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement

Wizards of the Coast

Monday, December 01, 2008

Please note: This announcement has been changed since it was originally posted. Kokusho, the Evening Star has been added to the Commander banned list, and Crop Rotation has been removed from the Prismatic banned list.

Announcement Date: December 1, 2008

Effective Date: December 20, 2008

Magic Online Effective Date: December 10, 2008

DCI Policy Change: Timing of Changes to the Banned and Restricted Lists

Updates to the Banned and Restricted Lists will continue to be announced quarterly, but the timing is changing. Starting later this month, announcements will take place on the following schedule:

Announcement Date****Effective Date December 20 January 1 March 20 April 1 June 20 July 1 September 20 October 1

If an announcement date falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be released on the preceding business day.

The Magic Online effective date will be the Wednesday closest to the effective date.

The next Banned and Restricted List Announcement will be published on December 19, 2008.

Standard, Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Shards of Alara Block Constructed

No changes

Magic Online Formats

Format: Pauper

Pauper is a Magic Online format in which all cards used must have been printed at the common rarity in a Magic Online set or product. Other than that, the usual rules for Constructed decks apply (a minimum deck size of 60 cards in the main deck, an optional 15-card sideboard, and so on). If a common version of a particular card was ever released on Magic Online, any versions of that card printed at other rarities are also legal in this format.

Example: Counterspell was a common card in the Seventh Edition core set, which was released on Magic Online. Counterspell was reprinted in Masters Edition II with an uncommon expansion symbol. Both versions of the card can be used in the Pauper format.

Example: Hymn to Tourach, another uncommon from Masters Edition II, is not legal for use in the Magic OnlinePauper format. Even though Hymn to Tourach was printed as a common in the Fallen Empires set, that set was never released on Magic Online.

The banned list for Pauper is as follows:

Cranial Plating is banned

Formats: Singleton, 100 Card Singleton, Commander

Previously, Magic Online had the Classic Singleton format and the 100 Card Singleton/Commander format. With this announcement, Classic Singleton is being eliminated, and the banned lists for 100 Card Singleton and Commander will be maintained separately.

The new banned list for 100 Card Singleton is as follows:

Crucible of Worlds is banned

Flash is banned

Gifts Ungiven is banned

Gleemox is banned

Grindstone is banned

Imperial Seal is banned

Intuition is banned

Life from the Loam is banned

Lion’s Eye Diamond is banned

Mana Crypt is banned

Skullclamp is banned

Umezawa’s Jitte is banned

Upheaval is banned

Vampiric Tutor is banned

The new banned list for Commander is as follows:

Biorhythm is banned

Coalition Victory is banned

Crucible of Worlds is banned

Gleemox is banned

Grindstone is banned

Kokusho, the Evening Star is banned

Lion’s Eye Diamond is banned

Panoptic Mirror is banned

Protean Hulk is banned

Riftsweeper is banned

Sway of the Stars is banned

Upheaval is banned

Worldgorger Dragon is banned

Prismatic

Brainspoil is no longer banned

Clutch of the Undercity is no longer banned

Demonic Collusion is no longer banned

Diabolic Tutor is no longer banned

Dimir House Guard is no longer banned

Dimir Infiltrator is no longer banned

Dimir Machinations is no longer banned

Dizzy Spell is no longer banned

Drift of Phantasms is no longer banned

Enduring Ideal is no longer banned

Ethereal Usher is no longer banned

Grozoth is no longer banned

Muddle the Mixture is no longer banned

Netherborn Phalanx is no longer banned

Perplex is no longer banned

Quiet Speculation is no longer banned

Rude Awakening is no longer banned

Shred Memory is no longer banned

Upheaval is no longer banned

Wild Research is no longer banned

Worldly Tutor is no longer banned

Crucible of Worlds is banned

Demonic Consultation is banned

Earthcraft is banned

Eternal Witness is banned

Idyllic Tutor is banned

Imperial Seal is banned

Intuition is banned

Life from the Loam is banned

Mana Crypt is banned

Personal Tutor is banned

Steelshaper’s Gift is banned

Sylvan Scrying is banned

Umezawa’s Jitte is banned

The new banned list for Prismatic is as follows:

Battle of Wits

Bribery

Bringer of the Black Dawn

Buried Alive

Burning Wish

Congregation at Dawn

Crucible of Worlds

Cunning Wish

Demonic Consultation

Detritivore

Diabolic Intent

Earthcraft

Eladamri’s Call

Enlightened Tutor

Entomb

Eternal Witness

Fabricate

Flash

Gifts Ungiven

Gleemox

Glittering Wish

Idyllic Tutor

Imperial Seal

Insidious Dreams

Intuition

Life from the Loam

Living Wish

Mana Crypt

Merchant Scroll

Mystical Teachings

Mystical Tutor

Personal Tutor

Skullclamp

Steelshaper’s Gift

Sterling Grove

Summoner’s Pact

Sundering Titan

Supply // Demand

Sylvan Scrying

Tolaria West

Tooth and Nail

Umezawa’s Jitte

Vampiric Tutor

Online Classic, Freeform, Tribal Wars Classic, Tribal Wars Standard

No changes

For an explanation of this announcement, read the Latest Developments column on magicthegathering.com on Friday, December 19, 2008. For the complete list of all banned and restricted cards by format, click here.

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