First Turn Games
Commander 1v1 Banlist
Updated 8/5/2022
Section one
Structurally Banned Cards
Gold-bordered cards
Silver-bordered cards
Scroll-looking cards like Conspiracies.
Square-cornered cards
Oversized and other miscellaneous cards
Cards that use the “Ante” word :
- Amulet of Quoz
- Bronze Tablet
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Demonic Attorney
- Jeweled Bird
- Rebirth
- Tempest Efreet
- Timmerian Fiends
Cards that require physical dexterity like Falling Star and Chaos Orb.
The fast subgame card (which is not an effect, but a real card) Shahrazad is also excluded.
Section two
Banned As Commander
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- Akiri, Line-Slinger
- Arahbo, Roar of the World
- Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
- Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
- Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Breya, Etherium Shaper
- Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
- Edgar Markov
- Edric, Spymaster of Trest
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch
- Esior, Wardwing Familiar
- Geist of Saint Traft
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
- Krark, the Thumbless
- 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
Section three
Banned Cards
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- Amulet of Quoz
- Ancestral Recall
- Ancient Tomb
- Back to Basics
- Bazaar of Baghdad
- Black Lotus
- Bronze Tablet
- Capture of Jingzhou
- Cavern of Souls
- Channel
- Chaos Orb
- Chrome Mox
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Deadly Rollick
- Deflecting Swat
- Demonic Attorney
- Dig Through Time
- Eidolon of the Great Revel
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
- Entomb
- Falling Star
- Fastbond
- Field of the Dead
- Fierce Guardianship
- Flawless Maneuver
- Food Chain
- Gaea’s cradle
- Genesis Storm
- Gifts Ungiven
- Grim Monolith
- Hermit Druid
- Humility
- Imperial Seal
- Jeweled Bird
- Jeweled Lotus
- Karakas
- Library of Alexandria
- Lion’s Eye Diamond
- Lutri, The Spellchaser
- Loyal Retainers
- Maddening Hex
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- Mana Crypt
- Mana Drain
- Mana Vault
- Mishra’s Workshop
- 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
- Rebirth
- Scapeshift
- Sensei’s Divining Top
- Serra’s Sanctum
- Serra Ascendant
- Shahrazad
- Sol Ring
- Strip Mine
- Tempest Efreet
- Temporal Manipulation
- Thassa’s Oracle
- The One Ring
- The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Time Warp
- Timetwister
- Timmerian Fiends
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Treasure Cruise
- Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wasteland
Rules
Rules Changes
- Players can only cast the same commander from their command zones after choosing which one they cast for the first time during each game.
- Players start at 30 life.