Banned/restricted card list

Newest announcement: November 2023

Newly banned: Lotus Petal, Rain of Filth

Banned as commander

(These cards are only legal outside the command zone. They can't be played/listed as your commander but are still allowed in other parts of the deck)

• Akiri, Line-Slinger 

• Arahbo, Roar of the World 

• Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist 

• Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar 

• Baral, Chief of Compliance 

• Breya, Etherium Shaper 

• Derevi, Empyrial Tactician 

• Dihada, Binder of Wills

• Edgar Markov 

• Edric, Spymaster of Trest 

• Emry, Lurker of the Loch 

• Esior, Wardwing Familiar

• Geist of Saint Traft 

• Inalla, Archmage Ritualist 

• Krark, the Thumbless 

• Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

• Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

• Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

• Omnath, Locus of Creation 

• Prime Speaker Vannifar

• Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary

• Shorikai, Genesis Engine 

• Tasigur, the Golden Fang

• Thrasios, Triton Hero 

• Urza, Lord High Artificer 

• Vial Smasher the Fierce

• Winota, Joiner of Forces

• Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow 

• Zurgo Bellstriker 

Completely banned

(These cards are completely banned from the format. They can't be listed as your commander or any part of the deck. They can't be used in a Duel commander game)

• Ancestral Recall

• Ancient Tomb

• Back to Basics

• Bazaar of Baghdad

• Black Lotus

• Capture of Jingzhou

• Cavern of Souls

• Channel

• Chrome Mox

• Comet, Stellar Pup

• Deadly Rollick

• Deflecting Swat

• Dig Through Time

• Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

• Entomb

• Fastbond

• Field of the Dead

• Fierce Guardianship

• Flawless Maneuver

• Food Chain

• Gaea's Cradle

• Genesis Storm

• Gifts Ungiven

• Grim Monolith

• Hermit Druid

• Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis

• Humility

• Imperial Seal

• Jeweled Lotus

• Karakas

• Library of Alexandria

• Lion's Eye Diamond

• Lutri, The Spellchaser

• Lotus Petal

• Loyal Retainers

• Maddening Hex

• Mana Crypt

• Mana Drain

• Mana Vault

• Mishra's Workshop

• Mox Amber

• 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

• Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

• Rain of Filth

• Scapeshift

• Sensei's Divining Top

• Serra's Sanctum

• Sol Ring

• Strip Mine

• Temporal Manipulation

• Thassa's Oracle

• The One Ring

• Timetwister
  

• Time Vault

• Time Walk

• Time Warp

• Tinker

• Tolarian Academy

• Trazyn The Infinite

• Treasure Cruise

• Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

• Vampiric Tutor

• Wasteland

Structuraly banned cards

• Gold-bordered cards

• Silver-bordered cards

• Squarre-cornered cards

• Cards with the acorn stamp (Unfinity)

• Oversized cards

• Cards marked offensive by WotC

• Cards with the ante ability

• Cards with physical abilities (Falling star, Chaos orb...)

• Shahrazad