General Rulings - 911

• 911.1 - Decks can be composed of cards from any edition or expansion of Magic which use the normal card back. Promotional cards are allowed. [DCI Floor Rules 127 - 2003/09/01]
• 911.2 - Minimum of 60 cards in a deck. [DCI Floor Rules 121 - 2003/09/01]
• 911.3 - Optional 'sideboard'. If you have one, it must be exactly 15 cards. [DCI Floor Rules 122 - 2003/09/01]
• 911.4 - No more than 4 of any card (by name) which is not a basic land can be in the combination of deck and sideboard. Cards with different art or in different languages or from different prints but which are the same card are considered the same. [DCI Floor Rules 121 - 2003/09/01]
• 911.5 - Some cards are 'restricted' (see Rule 910.3). These cards are: [Update 2009/03/20]
  Ancestral Recall, Gifts Ungiven, Necropotence, Balance, Gush, Ponder, Black Lotus, Imperial Seal, Regrowth Brainstorm, Library of Alexandria, Sol Ring, Burning Wish, Lion's Eye Diamond, Strip Mine, Channel, Lotus Petal, Timetwister, Crop Rotation, Mana Crypt, Time Vault, Demonic Consultation,Mana Vault, Time Walk, Demonic Tutor, Memory Jar, Tinker, Enlightened Tutor, Merchant Scroll, Tolarian Academy, Entomb, Mind's Desire, Trinisphere, Fact or Fiction, Mox Emerald, Vampiric Tutor, Fastbond, Mox Jet, Wheel of Fortune, Flash, Mox Pearl, Windfall, Frantic Search, Mox Ruby, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Grim Monolith, Mox Sapphire, Yawgmoth's Will, Mystical Tutor.
• 911.6 - Some cards are 'banned' (see Rule 910.4) in this format. These cards are: [Update 2009/03/20]
  Amulet of Quoz, Darkpact, Rebirth, Bronze Tablet, Demonic Attorney, Shahrazad, Chaos Orb, Falling Star, Tempest Efreet, Contract from Below, Jeweled Bird, Timmerian Fiends.
• Note - See Rule 910 for additional definitions and rules.
• Note - This format was formerly known as the "Classic" format and the "Type 1" format. It was renamed in the DCI Update of 2005/06/01.