Announcement Date: December 1, 2008 Effective Date: December 20, 2008 Magic Online Effective Date: December 10, 2008 DCI Policy Change: Timing of Changes to the Banned and Restricted Lists Updates to the Banned and Restricted Lists will continue to be announced quarterly, but the timing is changing. Starting later this month, announcements will take place on the following schedule: Announcement Date Effective Date December 20 January 1 March 20 April 1 June 20 July 1 September 20 October 1 If an announcement date falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be released on the preceding business day. The Magic Online effective date will be the Wednesday closest to the effective date. The next Banned and Restricted List Announcement will be published on December 19, 2008. Standard, Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Shards of Alara Block Constructed No changes Magic Online Formats Format: Pauper Pauper is a Magic Online format in which all cards used must have been printed at the common rarity in a Magic Online set or product. Other than that, the usual rules for Constructed decks apply (a minimum deck size of 60 cards in the main deck, an optional 15-card sideboard, and so on). If a common version of a particular card was ever released on Magic Online, any versions of that card printed at other rarities are also legal in this format. Example: Counterspell was a common card in the Seventh Edition core set, which was released on Magic Online. Counterspell was reprinted in Masters Edition II with an uncommon expansion symbol. Both versions of the card can be used in the Pauper format. Example: Hymn to Tourach, another uncommon from Masters Edition II, is not legal for use in the Magic Online Pauper format. Even though Hymn to Tourach was printed as a common in the Fallen Empires set, that set was never released on Magic Online. The banned list for Pauper is as follows: Cranial Plating is banned Formats: Singleton, 100 Card Singleton, Commander Previously, Magic Online had the Classic Singleton format and the 100 Card Singleton/Commander format. With this announcement, Classic Singleton is being eliminated, and the banned lists for 100 Card Singleton and Commander will be maintained separately. The new banned list for 100 Card Singleton is as follows: Crucible of Worlds is banned Flash is banned Gifts Ungiven is banned Gleemox is banned Grindstone is banned Imperial Seal is banned Intuition is banned Life from the Loam is banned Lion's Eye Diamond is banned Mana Crypt is banned Skullclamp is banned Umezawa's Jitte is banned Upheaval is banned Vampiric Tutor is banned The new banned list for Commander is as follows: Biorhythm is banned Coalition Victory is banned Crucible of Worlds is banned Gleemox is banned Grindstone is banned Kokusho, the Evening Star is banned Lion's Eye Diamond is banned Panoptic Mirror is banned Protean Hulk is banned Riftsweeper is banned Sway of the Stars is banned Upheaval is banned Worldgorger Dragon is banned Prismatic Brainspoil is no longer banned Clutch of the Undercity is no longer banned Demonic Collusion is no longer banned Diabolic Tutor is no longer banned Dimir House Guard is no longer banned Dimir Infiltrator is no longer banned Dimir Machinations is no longer banned Dizzy Spell is no longer banned Drift of Phantasms is no longer banned Enduring Ideal is no longer banned Ethereal Usher is no longer banned Grozoth is no longer banned Muddle the Mixture is no longer banned Netherborn Phalanx is no longer banned Perplex is no longer banned Quiet Speculation is no longer banned Rude Awakening is no longer banned Shred Memory is no longer banned Upheaval is no longer banned Wild Research is no longer banned Worldly Tutor is no longer banned Crucible of Worlds is banned Demonic Consultation is banned Earthcraft is banned Eternal Witness is banned Idyllic Tutor is banned Imperial Seal is banned Intuition is banned Life from the Loam is banned Mana Crypt is banned Personal Tutor is banned Steelshaper's Gift is banned Sylvan Scrying is banned Umezawa's Jitte is banned The new banned list for Prismatic is as follows: Battle of Wits Bribery Bringer of the Black Dawn Buried Alive Burning Wish Congregation at Dawn Crucible of Worlds Cunning Wish Demonic Consultation Detritivore Diabolic Intent Earthcraft Eladamri's Call Enlightened Tutor Entomb Eternal Witness Fabricate Flash Gifts Ungiven Gleemox Glittering Wish Idyllic Tutor Imperial Seal Insidious Dreams Intuition Life from the Loam Living Wish Mana Crypt Merchant Scroll Mystical Teachings Mystical Tutor Personal Tutor Skullclamp Steelshaper's Gift Sterling Grove Summoner's Pact Sundering Titan Supply // Demand Sylvan Scrying Tolaria West Tooth and Nail Umezawa's Jitte Vampiric Tutor Online Classic, Freeform, Tribal Wars Classic, Tribal Wars Standard No changes For an explanation of this announcement, read the Latest Developments column on magicthegathering.com on Friday, December 19, 2008. For the complete list of all banned and restricted cards by format, click here.