Wizards of the Coast keeps a separate banned list for each Magic format, and Vintage also has a restricted list. This page shows every banned and restricted card in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Commander, Legacy and Vintage, with its picture. The lists were checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026, and each format checks Scryfall's live card data when you open it, so a new change can show up here before this page is edited. Wizards' page is always the official list.
Last checked: October 5, 2026. The lists come from Wizards' Banned and Restricted page. Card pictures and the live check come from Scryfall.
What do banned and restricted mean?
The rules, according to Wizards
- Banned: if a card is on your format's banned list, you may not include it in your deck or sideboard. Doing so makes your deck illegal to play in sanctioned tournaments for that format.
- Restricted: you may include only a single copy of the card, counting your main deck and sideboard together. Currently only Vintage uses a restricted list.
- Each format has its own lists. A card banned in Modern may still be legal in Standard.
- They apply to Constructed formats, not Limited formats like draft and sealed.
Wizards says cards are usually banned when they enable a deck or play style that heavily skews the play environment, or when they simply prove too powerful in their format.
Which cards are banned in your format?
Pick a format below to see every card on its list. Once the page has finished loading, you can also search the list, tap a card to look it up on Scryfall, and print the list for the format you are viewing, either as names only or with card pictures.
Standard banned cards
Wizards bans 13 cards in Standard in paper. One more card is banned only in MTG Arena Best-of-One and is marked Arena only.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Abuelo's Awakening
- Badgermole Cub
- Cori-Steel Cutter
- Gran-Gran
- Heartfire Hero
- Hopeless Nightmare
- Monstrous Rage
- Proft's Eidetic Memory
- Screaming Nemesis
- Stormchaser's Talent
- This Town Ain't Big Enough
- Up the Beanstalk
- Vivi Ornitier
Banned only in MTG Arena Best-of-One
- Leyline of Resonance
Pioneer banned cards
Wizards bans 31 cards in Pioneer in paper. One more card is banned only in MTG Arena Best-of-One and is marked Arena only.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre
- Balustrade Spy
- Bloodstained Mire
- Cori-Steel Cutter
- Expressive Iteration
- Felidar Guardian
- Field of the Dead
- Flooded Strand
- Geological Appraiser
- Heartfire Hero
- Inverter of Truth
- Jegantha, the Wellspring
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Kethis, the Hidden Hand
- Leyline of Abundance
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Nexus of Fate
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Once Upon a Time
- Polluted Delta
- Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
- Teferi, Time Raveler
- Undercity Informer
- Underworld Breach
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- Veil of Summer
- Walking Ballista
- Wilderness Reclamation
- Windswept Heath
- Winota, Joiner of Forces
- Wooded Foothills
Banned only in MTG Arena Best-of-One
- Tibalt's Trickery
Modern banned cards
Wizards bans 52 cards in Modern.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Amped Raptor
- Ancient Den
- Arcum's Astrolabe
- Birthing Pod
- Blazing Shoal
- Bridge from Below
- Chrome Mox
- Cloudpost
- Dark Depths
- Deathrite Shaman
- Dig Through Time
- Dread Return
- Eye of Ugin
- Field of the Dead
- Fury
- Gitaxian Probe
- Glimpse of Nature
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Great Furnace
- Grief
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- Hypergenesis
- Jegantha, the Wellspring
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
- Lotus Field
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Mental Misstep
- Mycosynth Lattice
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Once Upon a Time
- Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- Ponder
- Punishing Fire
- Rite of Flame
- Seat of the Synod
- Second Sunrise
- Seething Song
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Simian Spirit Guide
- Skullclamp
- Summer Bloom
- The One Ring
- Tibalt's Trickery
- Treasure Cruise
- Tree of Tales
- Underworld Breach
- Up the Beanstalk
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- Vault of Whispers
- Yorion, Sky Nomad
Pauper banned cards
Wizards bans 37 cards by name in Pauper. It also bans every card that brings a sticker or an Attraction into the game.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Aarakocra Sneak
- All That Glitters
- Arcum's Astrolabe
- Atog
- Basking Broodscale
- Chatterstorm
- Cloud of Faeries
- Cloudpost
- Cranial Plating
- Cranial Ram
- Daze
- Deadly Dispute
- Disciple of the Vault
- Empty the Warrens
- Fall from Favor
- Frantic Search
- Galvanic Relay
- Gitaxian Probe
- Grapeshot
- Gush
- High Tide
- Hymn to Tourach
- Invigorate
- Kuldotha Rebirth
- Monastery Swiftspear
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Narcomoeba
- Peregrine Drake
- Price of Progress
- Seeker of Skybreak
- Sinkhole
- Sojourner's Companion
- Stirring Bard
- Temporal Fissure
- Treasure Cruise
- Underdark Explorer
- Vicious Battlerager
Commander banned cards
Wizards bans 42 cards by name in Commander, plus the groups of cards described under Cards banned by rule below. Lutri, the Spellchaser is banned only as a companion.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Ancestral Recall
- Balance
- Black Lotus
- Channel
- Chaos Orb
- Dockside Extortionist
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
- Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
- Falling Star
- Fastbond
- Flash
- Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
- Griselbrand
- Hullbreacher
- Iona, Shield of Emeria
- Jeweled Lotus
- Karakas
- Leovold, Emissary of Trest
- Library of Alexandria
- Limited Resources
- Mana Crypt
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- Paradox Engine
- Primeval Titan
- Prophet of Kruphix
- Recurring Nightmare
- Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
- Shahrazad
- Sundering Titan
- Sylvan Primordial
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Trade Secrets
- Upheaval
- Yawgmoth's Bargain
Legacy banned cards
Wizards bans 73 cards by name in Legacy, plus the groups of cards described under Cards banned by rule below.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Ancestral Recall
- Arcum's Astrolabe
- Balance
- Bazaar of Baghdad
- Black Lotus
- Candelabra of Tawnos
- Channel
- Chaos Orb
- Deathrite Shaman
- Demonic Consultation
- Demonic Tutor
- Dig Through Time
- Dreadhorde Arcanist
- Earthcraft
- Entomb
- Expressive Iteration
- Falling Star
- Fastbond
- Flash
- Frantic Search
- Gitaxian Probe
- Goblin Recruiter
- Grief
- Gush
- Hermit Druid
- Imperial Seal
- Library of Alexandria
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Drain
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Mental Misstep
- Mind Twist
- Mishra's Workshop
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystical Tutor
- Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- Necropotence
- Oath of Druids
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Psychic Frog
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Shahrazad
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- Sowing Mycospawn
- Strip Mine
- Survival of the Fittest
- The Fantasticar
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Treasure Cruise
- Troll of Khazad-dûm
- Undercity Informer
- Underworld Breach
- Vampiric Tutor
- Vexing Bauble
- Wheel of Fortune
- White Plume Adventurer
- Windfall
- Wrenn and Six
- Yawgmoth's Bargain
- Yawgmoth's Will
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Vintage banned cards
Wizards bans 3 cards by name in Vintage and restricts 52 more, which means you may include only one copy of each. The groups described under Cards banned by rule below are banned too.
Text list checked against Wizards' official page on October 5, 2026. Pictures load from Scryfall.
Restricted: one copy only
Text list from Wizards, October 5, 2026
Banned
- Chaos Orb
- Falling Star
- Shahrazad
Restricted (one copy only)
- Ancestral Recall
- Balance
- Black Lotus
- Brainstorm
- Chalice of the Void
- Channel
- Demonic Consultation
- Demonic Tutor
- Dig Through Time
- Flash
- Gitaxian Probe
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Gush
- Imperial Seal
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Library of Alexandria
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Lodestone Golem
- Lotus Petal
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Mental Misstep
- Merchant Scroll
- Mind's Desire
- Monastery Mentor
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystic Forge
- Mystical Tutor
- Narset, Parter of Veils
- Necropotence
- Sol Ring
- Strip Mine
- The Fantasticar
- Thorn of Amethyst
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Treasure Cruise
- Trinisphere
- Urza's Saga
- Vampiric Tutor
- Vexing Bauble
- Wheel of Fortune
- Windfall
- Yawgmoth's Will
Cards banned by rule
Some bans cover whole groups of cards instead of naming each one, so you won't see them as pictures above. According to Wizards:
- Conspiracy cards (25 cards with the Conspiracy card type) are banned in Legacy, Vintage and Commander.
- Ante cards (9 cards that reference playing for ante) are banned in Legacy, Vintage and Commander.
- Sticker and Attraction cards (every card that brings a sticker or an Attraction into the game) are banned in Pauper, Legacy and Vintage.
- Offensive cards (cards whose art, text, name or a combination of them is racially or culturally offensive) are banned in all formats. Wizards calls this list a work in progress.
- Lutri, the Spellchaser is banned in Commander only as a companion.
Wizards' Banned and Restricted page links the full list for each group.
Cards that are banned only on MTG Arena
Two cards on Wizards' list apply only to MTG Arena Best-of-One matches: Leyline of Resonance in Standard and Tibalt's Trickery in Pioneer. They are shown in those formats with an Arena only label and don't affect paper events.
How does this page stay up to date?
The lists here were copied from Wizards' page on October 5, 2026. When you open a format, this page also asks Scryfall for that format's current banned list and compares it with what is shown. If Scryfall shows a change, the page displays the new list and tells you what changed. We also check Wizards' page against this one on a regular schedule and update the post when a list changes. Scryfall updates its data after Wizards announces a change, and Wizards' page is the official list, so if anything ever looks different, trust Wizards.
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