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Duel Commander – Banned and restricted lists

In this document:

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.
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.
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.

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.

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.