Duel Commander – Banned and restricted lists
In this document:
- Reminder
- Banned cards as a commander only (yet still playable in a deck)
- Banned cards from all Duel Commander Games
1) Reminder
You can’t have any of these cards in a Duel Commander game.
This is in addition to points 2) and 3) in this document.
- Only cards that are playable in sanctionned Magic The Gathering formats are legal in Commander, and, therefore, in Duel Commander.
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That excludes special border cards like:
- Gold-bordered cards (World Events promo cards / …)
- Silver-bordered cards (Unhinged / Unglued / Unstable / Holiday cards / …)
- Scroll-looking cards that like Conspiracies.
- Square-cornered cards (Collector’s Edition / …)
- Oversized and other miscellaneous cards such as Planechase Planes, Archenemy Schemes, Vanguard cards, Helvault cards, etc.
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That also excludes the cards that use the “Ante” word :
- Amulet of Quoz
- Bronze Tablet
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Demonic Attorney
- Jeweled Bird
- Rebirth
- Tempest Efreet
- Timmerian Fiends
- That also excludes physical abilities cards that are Falling Star and Chaos Orb.
- The fast subgame card (which is not an effect, but is a real card) Shahrazad is also excluded.
2) Banned cards as a commander only (yet still playable in a deck)
These cards can’t be your commander, but are still allowed in your 99 cards decklist. This is in addition to points 1) and 3) in this document.
- Arahbo, Roar of the World is banned as a commander only.
- Baral, Chief of Compliance is banned as as commander only.
- Breya, Etherium Shaper is banned as a commander only.
- Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder is banned as a commander only.
- Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is banned as a commander only.
- Edgar Markov is banned as as commander only.
- Edric, Spymaster of Trest is now banned as a commander only.
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch is now banned as a commander only.
- Geist of Saint Traft is banned as a commander only.
- Marath, Will of the Wild is banned as a commander only.
- Najeela, the Blade-Blossom is banned as a commander only.
- Oloro, Ageless Ascetic is banned as a commander only.
- Prime Speaker Vannifar is banned as as commander only.
- Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is banned as a commander only.
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang is banned as a commander only.
- Teferi, Temporal Archmage is banned as a commander only.
- Urza, Lord High Artificer is banned as a commander only.
- Vial Smasher the Fierce is banned as a commander only.
- Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow is banned as a commander only.
- Zurgo Bellstriker is banned as a commander only.
3) Banned cards from all Duel Commander games
You can’t have any of these cards in a Duel Commander game, in any zone of the game. This is in addition to points 1) and 2) in this document.
- Ancestral Recall
- Ancient Tomb
- Back to Basics
- Black Lotus
- Capture of Jingzhou
- Cavern of Souls
- Channel
- Chrome Mox
- Deflecting Swat
- Dig Through Time
- Eidolon of the Great Revel
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
- Entomb
- Fastbond
- Field of the Dead
- Fierce Guardianship
- Fireblast
- Food Chain
- Gaea’s cradle
- Genesis Storm
- Grim Monolith
- Hermit Druid
- High Tide
- Humility
- Imperial Seal
- Karakas
- Library of Alexandria
- Lion’s Eye Diamond
- Loyal Retainers
- Lutri, The Spellchaser
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Drain
- Mana Vault
- Mishra’s Workshop
- Mox Diamond
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Opal
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystical Tutor
- Natural Order
- Necrotic Ooze
- Oath of Druids
- Polymorph
- Price of Progress
- Protean Hulk
- Scapeshift
- Sensei’s Divining Top
- Sol Ring
- Strip Mine
- Temporal Manipulation
- Thassa’s Oracle
- The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
- Timetwister
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Time Warp
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Treasure Cruise
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wasteland