Magic: The Gathering Type 1
Banned & Restricted List

EFFECTIVE DATE


LEGAL CARD SETS

Beta Limited
Limited
1994.01.25
Unlimited
Unlimited
1994.01.25
Revised
Revised
1994.05.01
4th Edition
4th Edition
1995.06.01
Chronicles
Chronicles
1995.09.01
Renaissance
Renaissance
1995.09.01
5th Edition
5th Edition
1997.05.01
Classic Sixth Edition
Classic Sixth Edition
1999.06.01
Seventh Edition
Seventh Edition
2001.05.01
Promotional
Promotional
1994.11.01
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
1994.01.25
Antiquities
Antiquities
1994.04.01
Legends
Legends
1994.07.01
The Dark
The Dark
1994.09.01
Fallen Empires
Fallen Empires
1994.11.01
Ice Age
Ice Age
1995.07.01
Homelands
Homelands
1995.11.01
Alliances
Alliances
1996.07.01
Mirage
Mirage
1996.11.01
Visions
Visions
1997.03.01
Weatherlight
Weatherlight
1997.07.01
Tempest
Tempest
1997.11.01
Stronghold
Stronghold
1998.04.01
Exodus
Exodus
1998.07.01
Urza's Saga
Urza's Saga
1998.11.01
Urza's Legacy
Urza's Legacy
1999.03.01
Urza's Destiny
Urza's Destiny
1999.07.01
Mercadian Masques
Mercadian Masques
1999.11.01
Nemesis
Nemesis
2000.03.01
Prophecy
Prophecy
2000.07.01
Invasion
Invasion
2000.11.01
Planeshift
Planeshift
2001.03.01
Apocalypse
Apocalypse
2001.07.01
Odyssey
Odyssey
2001.11.01
Torment
Torment
2002.03.01
Judgment
Judgment
2002.07.01

NON-LEGAL CARD SETS

Portal
Portal
1997.05.01
Portal Second Age
Portal Second Age
1998.06.24
Portal Three Kingdoms
Portal Three Kingdoms
1999.07.06
Starter
Starter
1999.07.19
Unglued
Unglued
1998.08.11
Vanguard
Vanguard
1997.07.18

BANNED CARDS

  • Amulet of Quoz IA 1995.07.01
  • Bronze Tablet 4E 1994.05.02
  • Chaos Orb UN 1995.11.01
  • Contract from Below RV 1994.01.25
  • Darkpact RV 1994.01.25
  • Demonic Attorney RV 1994.01.25
  • Falling Star LE 1995.11.01
  • Jeweled Bird CH 1994.01.25
  • Rebirth 4E 1994.06.01
  • Tempest Efreet 4E 1994.06.01
  • Timmerian Fiends HM 1995.11.01

RESTRICTED CARDS

  • Ancestral Recall UN 1994.01.25
  • Balance 4E 1995.04.19
  • Berserk UN 1994.01.25
  • Black Lotus UN 1994.01.25
  • Black Vise 4E 1997.07.01
  • Braingeyser RV 1994.01.25
  • Channel 4E 2000.10.01
  • Crop Rotation UL 1999.10.01
  • Demonic Consultation IA 2000.10.01
  • Demonic Tutor RV 1994.03.23
  • Doomsday WL 1999.10.01
  • Dream Halls SH 1999.10.01
  • Enlightened Tutor 6E 1999.10.01
  • Fact or Fiction IN 2002.01.01
  • Fastbond RV 1996.10.01
  • Fork RV 1995.04.19
  • Frantic Search UL 1999.10.01
  • Grim Monolith UL 1999.10.01
  • Hurkyl's Recall 5E 1999.10.01
  • Library of Alexandria AN 1994.05.02
  • Lotus Petal TE 1999.10.01
  • Mana Crypt PM 1999.10.01
  • Mana Vault 5E 1999.10.01
  • Memory Jar UL 1999.04.01
  • Mind Over Matter EX 1999.10.01
  • Mind Twist 4E 2000.10.01
  • Mox Diamond SH 1999.10.01
  • Mox Emerald UN 1994.01.25
  • Mox Jet UN 1994.01.25
  • Mox Pearl UN 1994.01.25
  • Mox Ruby UN 1994.01.25
  • Mox Sapphire UN 1994.01.25
  • Mystical Tutor 6E 1999.10.01
  • Necropotence 5E 2000.10.01
  • Recall 6E 1994.08.01
  • Regrowth RV 1994.03.23
  • Sol Ring RV 1994.01.25
  • Strip Mine 4E 1998.01.01
  • Stroke of Genius US 1999.01.01
  • Time Spiral US 1999.04.01
  • Time Walk UN 1994.01.25
  • Timetwister UN 1994.01.25
  • Tinker UL 1999.10.01
  • Tolarian Academy US 1999.01.01
  • Vampiric Tutor 6E 1999.10.01
  • Voltaic Key US 1999.10.01
  • Wheel of Fortune RV 1994.03.23
  • Windfall US 1999.01.01
  • Yawgmoth's Bargain UD 1999.10.01
  • Yawgmoth's Will US 1999.10.01

CH-CH-CHANGES

The following cards have had their status change two or more times over the years. Red indicates that the card was banned on that date, Blue indicates restricted, and Green indicates no restrictions. The bullet color indicates the card's current status.

Ali from Cairo AN 1994.01.25 1996.04.01
Black Vise 4E 1996.02.01 1996.04.01 1997.07.01
Candelabra of Tawnos AQ 1994.05.02 1997.10.01
Channel 4E 1994.03.23 1995.11.01 2000.10.01
Chaos Orb UN 1994.08.01 1995.11.01
Copy Artifact RV 1994.03.23 1997.10.01
Dingus Egg 6E 1994.01.25 1994.05.01
Divine Intervention LE 1994.08.01 1999.10.01
Falling Star LE 1994.08.01 1995.11.01
Feldon's Cane 5E 1994.05.02 1997.10.01
Gauntlet of Might UN 1994.01.25 1994.05.01
Icy Manipulator IA 1994.01.25 1994.03.23
Ivory Tower 4E 1994.05.02 1999.10.01
Maze of Ith DK 1994.10.10 1999.03.01
Mind Twist 4E 1994.08.01 1996.02.01 2000.10.01
Mirror Universe LE 1994.08.01 1999.10.01
Mishra's Workshop AQ 1994.06.13 1997.10.01
Orcish Oriflamme 6E 1994.01.25 1994.02.23
Rukh Egg AN 1994.01.25 1994.02.23
Shahrazad AN 1994.01.25 1999.10.01
Sword of the Ages LE 1994.08.01 1996.04.01
Time Vault UN 1994.01.25 1994.03.23 1996.04.01
Underworld Dreams LE 1994.08.01 1999.10.01
Zuran Orb IA 1995.11.01 1997.10.01