Standard - Standalone - Classic - Classic Restricted - Extended
Note:
Standard is also known as Type II
Classic is also known as Type I
Classic Restrickted is also known as Type 1.5
Extended is also known as Type 1.x

First Announcement Date: March 1, 1999
Later changes made on: March 11, 1999
Effective Date: April 1, 1999

 Standard Deck Construction

The following card sets are permitted in sanctioned Standard tournaments

  • Fifth EditionTM
  • TempestTM
  • StrongholdTM
  • ExodusTM
  • Urza's SagaTM
  • Urza's LegacyTM

The Banned List for Standard Tournaments:

  • Any card not specifically permitted by Section 2.3
  • Any ante card contained in any newly released card set
  • Dream Hall
  • Earthcraft
  • Fluctuator
  • Lotus Petal
  • Memory Jar
  • Recurring Nightmare
  • Time Spiral
  • Tolarian Academy
  • Windfall

 Stand-Alone Block Tournaments

 Ice Age-Block Deck Construction:

Ice Age-block tournament *decks* may consist only of cards from the following Magic: The Gathering card sets--Ice Age, Homelands, and Alliances card sets.

The Banned List for Ice Age-Block Tournaments:

  • Any card not specifically permitted by Section 2.3.5
  • Amulet of Quoz (ante card)
  • Thawing Glaciers
  • Zuran Orb

 Mirage-Block Deck Construction

Mirage-block tournament *decks* may consist only of cards from the following Magic: The Gathering card sets--Mirage, Visions and Weatherlight card sets. 

The Banned List for Mirage-Block Tournaments

  • Squandered Resources

 Rath Cycle-Block Deck Construction

Rath Cycle-block tournament *decks* may consist only of cards from the following Magic: The Gathering card sets--Tempest, Stronghold and Exodus card sets.

The Banned List for Rath Cycle-Block Tournaments

  • Cursed Scroll

 Urza's Sage-Standalone Deck Construction

Rath Cycle-block tournament *decks* may consist only of cards from the following Magic: The Gathering card sets--Urza's Saga card set.

The Banned List for Urza's Saga-Standalone Tournaments

  • Memory Jar
  • Time Spiral
  • Windfall

 Classic Deck Construction

The Restricted List for Classic Tournaments:

  • Ancestral Recall
  • Balance
  • Berserk
  • Black Lotus
  • Black Vise
  • Braingeyser
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Fastbond
  • Fork
  • Ivory Tower
  • Library of Alexandria
  • Maze of Ith UNRESTRICTED
  • Memory Jar
  • Mirror Universe
  • Mox Emerald
  • Mox Jet
  • Mox Pearl
  • Mox Ruby
  • Mox Sapphire
  • Recall
  • Regrowth
  • Sol Ring
  • Stroke of Genious
  • Strip Mine
  • Time Walk
  • Time Spiral
  • Timetwister
  • Tolarian Academy
  • Underworld Dreams
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Windfall

The Banned List for Classic Tournaments:

  • Any card not specifically permitted by Section 2.4
  • Any ante card contained in any newly released card set
  • Amulet of Quoz
  • Bronze Tablet
  • Channel
  • Chaos Orb
  • Contract from Below
  • Darkpact
  • Demonic Attorney
  • Divine Intervention
  • Falling Star
  • Jeweled Bird
  • Mind Twist
  • Rebirth
  • Shahrazad
  • Tempest Efreet
  • Timmerian Fiends

 Classic-restricted Deck Construction

The Banned List for Classic-Restricted Tournaments

  • Any card not specifically permitted by Section 2.5
  • Any ante card contained in any newly released card set
  • Amulet of Quoz
  • Ancestral Recall
  • Balance
  • Berserk
  • Black Lotus
  • Black Vise
  • Braingeyser
  • Bronze Tablet
  • Candelabra of Tawnos UNBANNED
  • Channel
  • Chaos Orb
  • Contract from Below
  • Copy Artifact UNBANNED
  • Darkpact
  • Demonic Attorney
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Divine Intervention
  • Falling Star
  • Fastbond
  • Fork
  • Ivory Tower
  • Jeweled Bird
  • Library of Alexandria
  • Maze of Ith UNBANNED
  • Memory Jar
  • Mind Twist
  • Mirror Universe
  • Mishra's Workshop UNBANNED
  • Mox Emerald
  • Mox Jet
  • Mox Pearl
  • Mox Ruby
  • Mox Sapphire
  • Rebirth
  • Recall
  • Regrowth
  • Shahrazad
  • Sol Ring
  • Stroke of Genious
  • Strip Mine
  • Tempest Efreet
  • Time Walk
  • Time Sprial
  • Timetwister
  • Tolarian Academy
  • Timmerian Fiends
  • Underworld Dreams
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Windfall
  • Zuran Orb UNBANNED

 Extended Deck Construction

The Banned List for Extended Tournaments

Any cards from the following limited-edition expansion and basic sets are banned unless they are reprinted in a legal set, limited or otherwise:

  • Alpha
  • Beta
  • Arabian Nights®
  • Antiquities®
  • Legends
  • Unlimited

The following individual cards are banned:

  • Balance
  • Black Vise
  • Channel
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Fastbond
  • Hypnotic Specter
  • Ivory Tower
  • Kird Ape
  • Land Tax
  • Mana Crypt
  • Maze of Ith
  • Memory Jar
  • Mind Twist
  • Regrowth
  • Serendib Efreet
  • Sol Ring
  • Strip Mine
  • Tolarian Academy
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Windfall
  • Zuran Orb

The above contents are collected from http://www.wizards.com. © 1999 Wizcards of the Coast, Inc. All rights reserved.


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