Banned and restricted cards/Timeline

The DCI announces bans and restrictions of cards for their sanctioned formats if they deemed necessary to do so. In normal cases, these announcements are made on Mondays and take effect within a few days.

Previously, such announcements used to be made in a scheduled basis (usually two to three months) with coherence of Standard legal sets and major tournaments like the Pro Tour.

The following is a list of these announcements and their changes in chronological order. Formats that are not mentioned have seen no changes made to them in the respective announcements.

1994
The concept of formats doesn't yet exist as of this time. Vintage (Type 1) and Standard (Type 2) will be introduced in 1995.

January 25th
Formation of the original DCI banned/restricted list. Ali from Cairo, Ancestral Recall, Berserk, Black Lotus, Braingeyser, Dingus Egg, Gauntlet of Might, Icy Manipulator, Mox Emerald</c>, Mox Jet</c>, Mox Pearl</c>, Mox Ruby</c>, Mox Sapphire</c>, Orcish Oriflamme</c>, Rukh Egg</c>, Sol Ring</c>, Timetwister</c>, Time Vault</c>, and Time Walk</c> are restricted ("Limited"). Ante cards and Shahrazad</c> are banned. Use of cards from any of the expansion sets (at that time Arabian Nights) are banned unless the referee consents to their use (this would later be changed to allowed "unless expressly disallowed by the head judge prior to the event").

February 23rd
Orcish Oriflamme</c> and Rukh Egg</c> are unrestricted.

March 23rd
Channel</c>, Copy Artifact</c>, <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, <c>Regrowth</c>, and <c>Wheel of Fortune</c> are restricted. <c>Icy Manipulator</c> is unrestricted. <c>Time Vault</c> is banned.

May
<c>Candelabra of Tawnos</c>, <c>Feldon's Cane</c>, <c>Ivory Tower</c>, and <c>Library of Alexandria</c> are restricted. <c>Dingus Egg</c> and <c>Gauntlet of Might</c> are unrestricted.

June 13th
<c>Mishra's Workshop</c> is restricted.

August
<c>Chaos Orb</c>, <c>Falling Star</c>, <c>Mind Twist</c>, <c>Mirror Universe</c>, <c>Recall</c>, <c>Sword of the Ages</c>, <c>Underworld Dreams</c> are restricted. For flavor reasons, all legendary cards (of type "Summon Legends"—then called Legends—or "Legendary Land") were restricted. <c>Divine Intervention</c> is banned.

October 10th
<c>Maze of Ith</c> is restricted.

1995
Creation of Standard (then called "Type 2") on January 10, inheriting banned and restricted lists from Vintage. Legal standard expansions are then the most current basic set (Revised Edition at the time) and the latest two Magic expansions only (The Dark and Fallen Empires). Unlike in Vintage, the head judge cannot ban cards from any such legal expansion.

April 19th

 * Vintage: <c>Balance</c> is restricted. <c>Fork</c> is restricted.
 * Standard: <c>Balance</c> is restricted.

October

 * Standard: new deck construction rules. Standard (Type 2) can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of Magic The Gathering (Fourth Edition at the time), white border extensions (Chronicles), and all available limited edition expansions (Ice Age, Fallen Empires, and soon Homelands).

November

 * Legendary cards are unrestricted.
 * Vintage: <c>Zuran Orb</c> is restricted. <c>Channel</c> is banned. <c>Chaos Orb</c> is banned. <c>Falling Star</c> is banned.
 * Standard: <c>Zuran Orb</c> is restricted. <c>Channel</c> is banned.

February

 * Standard: <c>Mind Twist</c> is banned. <c>Black Vise</c> is restricted.
 * Vintage: <c>Mind Twist</c> is banned. <c>Black Vise</c> is restricted.

April

 * Standard: <c>Feldon's Cane</c> and <c>Recall</c> are unrestricted.
 * Vintage: <c>Time Vault</c> is unbanned. <c>Ali from Cairo</c>, <c>Black Vise</c>, and <c>Sword of the Ages</c> are unrestricted.

Card Errata

 * <c>Time Vault</c> now adds a time counter to itself when a turn is skipped for its cost. Taking an extra turn requires the removal of a time counter.

May
Legacy is created (then called Type 1.5). "Type 1.5 tournament decks may be constructed from Magic: The Gathering cards from the Limited (first edition, with black border) series, the Unlimited (second edition), Revised (third edition), Fourth Edition, any other Magic: The Gathering expansion (unless expressly disallowed by the head judge prior to the event), and promotional cards released by Wizards of the Coast in magazines or through books." There are no restricted cards. The list of banned cards is the sum of all cards that are either restricted or banned in Vintage or Standard.

July

 * Standard: <c>Land Tax</c> is restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Land Tax</c> is banned.

October

 * Standard: <c>Hymn to Tourach</c> and <c>Strip Mine</c> are restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Fastbond</c> <c>Hymn to Tourach</c> and <c>Strip Mine</c> are banned. The head judge can't disallow any Magic expansion anymore.
 * Vintage: <c>Fastbond</c> is restricted. The head judge can't disallow any Magic expansion anymore.

January

 * Standard: New deck construction rules. New editions of the basic set replace old versions and are permitted in Standard play thirty days after the release date of the new edition. New standalone expansions (e.g., Ice Age, Mirage, etc.) replace previous stand-alone expansions and are permitted in Standard play thirty days after the release date of the new edition. Limited-edition expansions are replaced thirty days after the release date of the next limited-edition expansion which has a release date of more than 10 months later than the release date of the outgoing limited-edition expansion.
 * Standard: All cards on the restricted list are moved to the banned list.

May

 * Ice Age block: <c>Thawing Glaciers</c> and <c>Zuran Orb</c> are banned.

June

 * Standard: <c>Zuran Orb</c> is banned.

July

 * Standard: New deck construction rules. Standard decks can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of Magic: The Gathering (then Fifth Edition) and all sets from the two most recent "blocks" of expansions (at the time the Ice Age block which originally contained Homelands instead of Coldsnap, and the Mirage block).
 * Extended: Extended, announced in May, is now officially sanctioned. Initial banned list includes all cards from Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, and Legends which have not been reprinted in a more recent set, plus ante cards, and additionally: <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, <c>Balance</c>, <c>Fastbond</c>, <c>Regrowth</c>, <c>Black Vise</c>, <c>Ivory Tower</c>, <c>Serendib Efreet</c>, <c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Sol Ring</c>, <c>Juggernaut</c>, <c>Strip Mine</c>, <c>Channel</c>, <c>Kird Ape</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Maze of Ith</c>, <c>Wheel of Fortune</c>, <c>Mind Twist</c>, and <c>Zuran Orb</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Black Vise</c> is restricted.
 * Mirage block: <c>Squandered Resources</c> is banned.

October

 * Extended: <c>Hypnotic Specter</c> is banned. <c>Juggernaut</c> is unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Candelabra of Tawnos</c>, <c>Copy Artifact</c>, <c>Feldon's Cane</c>, <c>Mishra's Workshop</c>, and <c>Zuran Orb</c> are unrestricted.

January

 * Vintage: <c>Strip Mine</c> is restricted.

July

 * Extended: <c>Land Tax</c> is banned.
 * Tempest block: <c>Cursed Scroll</c> is banned.

December

 * Standard: <c>Tolarian Academy</c> and <c>Windfall</c> are banned.
 * Extended: <c>Tolarian Academy</c> and <c>Windfall</c> are banned.
 * <c>Braingeyser</c> is unbanned.
 * Legacy: <c>Stroke of Genius</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are banned.
 * <c>Feldon's Cane</c> is unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Stroke of Genius</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are restricted.

March

 * Standard: <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Earthcraft</c>, <c>Fluctuator</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Recurring Nightmare</c>, and <c>Time Spiral</c> are banned. <c>Memory Jar</c> is banned retroactively in mid March.
 * Extended: <c>Memory Jar</c> is banned. This was retroactively added to the March 1st bannings as an emergency ban in mid March.
 * Urza's block Constructed: <c>Time Spiral</c>, <c>Memory Jar</c>, and <c>Windfall</c> are banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Candelabra of Tawnos</c>, <c>Copy Artifact</c>, <c>Maze of Ith</c>, <c>Zuran Orb</c>, and <c>Mishra's Workshop</c> are unbanned.
 * <c>Time Spiral</c> and <c>Memory Jar</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Maze of Ith</c> is unrestricted. <c>Memory Jar</c> is restricted.
 * <c>Time Spiral</c> is restricted.

June

 * Standard: <c>Mind Over Matter</c> is banned.
 * Extended: <c>Time Spiral</c> is banned.
 * Urza block Constructed: <c>Gaea's Cradle</c>, <c>Serra's Sanctum</c>, <c>Tolarian Academy</c>, and <c>Voltaic Key</c> are banned.

Card Errata

 * The errata issued for the “free” creatures (“When comes into play, if you played it from your hand, …”) applies to two additional cards: <c>Karmic Guide</c> and <c>Treachery</c>.

August 1st

 * Extended: <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c> is banned.

Card Errata

 * <c>Iridescent Drake</c> receives the same erratum as the "free" creatures. It should read, "When Iridescent Drake comes into play, if you played it from your hand, return target enchant creature card from a graveyard to play enchanting Iridescent Drake. (You control that enchantment.)"
 * <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> should read, "Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, Discard your hand: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Play this ability as an instant." This erratum causes Lion's Eye Diamond to function as it did under Fifth Edition rules.
 * <c>Lotus Vale</c> should read, "When Lotus Vale comes into play, you may sacrifice two untapped lands. If you don't, sacrifice Lotus Vale. If you do, Lotus Vale gains 'undefined: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.'" This erratum causes Lotus Vale to function as it did under Fifth Edition rules; you can't tap it for mana without first sacrificing two untapped lands.
 * <c>Scorched Ruins</c> should read, "When Scorched Ruins comes into play, you may sacrifice two untapped lands. If you don't, sacrifice Scorched Ruins. If you do, Scorched Ruins gains 'undefined: Add four colorless mana to your mana pool.'" This erratum causes Scorched Ruins to function as it did under Fifth Edition rules; you can't tap it for mana without first sacrificing two untapped lands.

September

 * Extended: <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Earthcraft</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mind Over Matter</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Divine Intervention</c> and <c>Shahrazad</c> are unbanned.
 * <c>Ivory Tower</c>, <c>Mirror Universe</c>, and <c>Underworld Dreams</c> are unrestricted.
 * <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Frantic Search</c>, <c>Grim Monolith</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c>, <c>Mind Over Matter</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Mystical Tutor</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>, <c>Voltaic Key</c>, <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c> are restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Divine Intervention</c>, <c>Ivory Tower</c>, <c>Mirror Universe</c>, <c>Shahrazad</c>, and <c>Underworld Dreams</c> are unbanned.
 * <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Frantic Search</c>, <c>Grim Monolith</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mana Crypt</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c>, <c>Mind Over Matter</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Mystical Tutor</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>, <c>Voltaic Key</c>, <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c>, and <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c> are banned.

March

 * Extended: <c>Dark Ritual</c> and <c>Mana Vault</c> are banned.

June

 * Masques block constructed: <c>Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero</c> and <c>Rishadan Port</c> are banned.

September

 * Vintage: <c>Channel</c> and <c>Mind Twist</c> are restricted (unbanned).
 * <c>Demonic Consultation</c> and <c>Necropotence</c> are restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Demonic Consultation</c> and <c>Necropotence</c> are banned.

March

 * Extended: <c>Necropotence</c>, <c>Replenish</c>, <c>Survival of the Fittest</c>, and <c>Demonic Consultation</c> are banned.

December

 * Vintage: <c>Fact or Fiction</c> is restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Fact or Fiction</c> is banned.

2002
No changes were made during the year.

March

 * Vintage: <c>Berserk</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, and <c>Recall</c> are unrestricted.
 * <c>Earthcraft</c> and <c>Entomb</c> are restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Berserk</c>, <c>Hurkyl's Recall</c>, and <c>Recall</c> are unbanned.
 * <c>Earthcraft</c> and <c>Entomb</c> are banned.

June

 * Vintage: <c>Gush</c> and <c>Mind's Desire</c> are restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Gush</c> and <c>Mind's Desire</c> are banned.

September

 * Extended: <c>Goblin Lackey</c>, <c>Entomb</c>, and <c>Frantic Search</c> are banned.

December

 * Extended: <c>Goblin Recruiter</c>, <c>Grim Monolith</c>, <c>Tinker</c>, <c>Hermit Druid</c>, <c>Ancient Tomb</c>, and <c>Oath of Druids</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, and <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> are restricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, and <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> are banned.

June

 * Standard: <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned.
 * Mirrodin block constructed: <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned.

September

 * Extended: <c>Metalworker</c> and <c>Skullclamp</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Earthcraft</c>, and <c>Fork</c> are unrestricted.
 * Legacy: Format becomes independent of Vintage. Cards that were already banned in Type 1.5 continue to be banned in Legacy, with the following exceptions:
 * Unbanned : <c>Braingeyser</c>, <c>Burning Wish</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Doomsday</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Fact or Fiction</c>, <c>Fork</c>, <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c>, <c>Lotus Petal</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Mystical Tutor</c>, <c>Regrowth</c>, <c>Stroke of Genius</c>, and <c>Voltaic Key</c>.
 * Added to the banned list : <c>Bazaar of Baghdad</c>, <c>Goblin Recruiter</c>, <c>Hermit Druid</c>, <c>Illusionary Mask</c>, <c>Land Tax</c>, <c>Mana Drain</c>, <c>Metalworker</c>, <c>Mishra's Workshop</c>, <c>Oath of Druids</c>, <c>Replenish</c>, <c>Skullclamp</c>, and <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c>.

December

 * Vintage: <c>Stroke of Genius</c> is unrestricted.

March

 * Standard: <c>Arcbound Ravager</c>, <c>Disciple of the Vault</c>, <c>Darksteel Citadel</c>, <c>Ancient Den</c>, <c>Great Furnace</c>, <c>Seat of the Synod</c>, <c>Tree of Tales</c>, and <c>Vault of Whispers</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Trinisphere</c> is restricted.

June

 * No changes in any non-online format.

September

 * Extended: <c>Aether Vial</c> and <c>Disciple of the Vault</c> are banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Imperial Seal</c> is banned
 * Vintage: <c>Imperial Seal</c> and <c>Personal Tutor</c> are restricted. <c>Mind Over Matter</c> is unrestricted.
 * Two-Headed Giant: <c>Erayo, Soratami Ascendant</c> is banned.

October

 * Legacy and Vintage: Starter Level sets Starter 1999, Starter 2000, Portal, Portal Second Age, and Portal Three Kingdoms become legal.

December

 * No changes in any non-online format.

March

 * Mirrodin block constructed: <c>Aether Vial</c>, <c>Ancient Den</c>, <c>Arcbound Ravager</c>, <c>Darksteel Citadel</c>, <c>Disciple of the Vault</c>, <c>Great Furnace</c>, <c>Seat of the Synod</c>, <c>Tree of Tales</c>, and <c>Vault of Whispers</c> are banned.

June

 * No changes in any non-online format.

September

 * No changes in any format.

December

 * No changes in any non-online format.

March

 * No changes in any non-online format.

June

 * Vintage: <c>Gifts Ungiven</c> is restricted. <c>Voltaic Key</c>, <c>Black Vise</c>, <c>Mind Twist</c>, and <c>Gush</c> are unrestricted.
 * Legacy: <c>Flash</c> is banned. <c>Mind Over Matter</c> and <c>Replenish</c> are unbanned.

September

 * Vintage: <c>Shahrazad</c> is banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Shahrazad</c> is banned.

December

 * No changes in any non-online format.

March

 * Extended: Rotation of the format has been modified.

June

 * Vintage: <c>Brainstorm</c>, <c>Flash</c>, <c>Gush</c>, <c>Merchant Scroll</c>, <c>Ponder</c> are restricted.

September

 * Extended: <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c> is banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Time Vault</c> is banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Time Vault</c> is restricted. <c>Chrome Mox</c>, <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Mox Diamond</c>, <c>Personal Tutor</c>, and <c>Time Spiral</c> are unrestricted.

December

 * Announcement schedule moved from the 1st of every third month to the 20th of every third month.
 * No changes in any non-online format.

March

 * No changes except for online formats.

June

 * Vintage: <c>Thirst for Knowledge</c> is restricted. <c>Crop Rotation</c>, <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, <c>Entomb</c>, and <c>Grim Monolith</c> are unrestricted.

September

 * Legacy: <c>Dream Halls</c>, <c>Entomb</c>, and <c>Metalworker</c> are unbanned.

December

 * No changes in any non-online format.

March

 * No changes in any format.

June

 * Change to the Extended rotation.
 * Extended: <c>Sword of the Meek</c> and <c>Hypergenesis</c> are banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Mystical Tutor</c> is banned. <c>Grim Monolith</c> and <c>Illusionary Mask</c> are unbanned.

September

 * Vintage: <c>Frantic Search</c> and <c>Gush</c> are unrestricted.

December

 * Legacy: <c>Survival of the Fittest</c> is banned. <c>Time Spiral</c> is unbanned.

June

 * Standard: <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c> and <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c> are banned.
 * An exception to the above is introduced, making the War of Attrition event deck legal for Standard constructed play if the decklist has not been modified. The deck contains two copies of Stoneforge Mystic.

August

 * Modern: Becomes a sanctioned paper format from an online format. The initial ban list is: <c>Ancestral Vision</c>, <c>Ancient Den,</c> <c>Bitterblossom</c>, <c>Chrome Mox</c>, <c>Dark Depths</c>, <c>Dread Return</c>, <c>Glimpse of Nature</c>, <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c>, <c>Great Furnace</c>, <c>Hypergenesis</c>, <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c>, <c>Mental Misstep</c>, <c>Seat of the Synod</c>, <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c>, <c>Skullclamp</c>, <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c>, <c>Sword of the Meek</c>, <c>Tree of Tales</c>, <c>Umezawa's Jitte</c>, <c>Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle</c>, and <c>Vault of Whispers</c>.

September

 * Extended: <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c>, <c>Mental Misstep</c>, <c>Ponder</c>, <c>Preordain</c>, and <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c> are banned.
 * Modern: <c>Blazing Shoal</c>, <c>Cloudpost</c>, <c>Green Sun's Zenith</c>, <c>Ponder</c>, <c>Preordain</c>, and <c>Rite of Flame</c> are banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Mental Misstep</c> is banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Fact or Fiction</c> is unrestricted.

December

 * Modern: <c>Punishing Fire</c> and <c>Wild Nacatl</c> are banned.

March

 * Innistrad Block Constructed: <c>Intangible Virtue</c> and <c>Lingering Souls</c> are banned.

June

 * Legacy: <c>Land Tax</c> is unbanned.

September

 * Modern: <c>Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle</c> is unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Burning Wish</c> is unrestricted.

January

 * Modern: <c>Bloodbraid Elf</c> and <c>Seething Song</c> are banned.
 * Pauper (Magic Online): <c>Empty the Warrens</c>, <c>Grapeshot</c>, and <c>Invigorate</c> are banned.

May

 * Modern: <c>Second Sunrise</c> is banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Regrowth</c> is unrestricted.

September

 * Pauper: <c>Cloudpost</c> and <c>Temporal Fissure</c> are banned.

February

 * Modern: <c>Deathrite Shaman</c> is banned. <c>Bitterblossom</c> and <c>Wild Nacatl</c> are unbanned.

June

 * Legacy and Vintage: Cards with Conspiracy card type are preemptively banned.

January

 * Modern: <c>Dig Through Time</c>, <c>Treasure Cruise</c>, and <c>Birthing Pod</c> are banned. <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c> is unbanned.
 * Legacy: <c>Treasure Cruise</c> is banned. <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c> is unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Treasure Cruise</c> is restricted. <c>Gifts Ungiven</c> is unrestricted.

March

 * Pauper: <c>Treasure Cruise</c> is banned.
 * Singleton: <c>Skullclamp</c> is banned.

September

 * Legacy: <c>Dig Through Time</c> is banned. <c>Black Vise</c> is unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Chalice of the Void</c> and <c>Dig Through Time</c> are restricted. <c>Thirst for Knowledge</c> is unrestricted.

2016

 * Modification of Magic Tournament Rules: The 34 cards that play with ante or have the Conspiracy card type (both banned in all Constructed/Eternal formats) are simplified into two entries in respective ban lists.

January

 * Modern: <c>Splinter Twin</c> and <c>Summer Bloom</c> are banned.
 * Pauper: <c>Cloud of Faeries</c> is banned.

April

 * Modern: <c>Eye of Ugin</c> is banned. <c>Ancestral Vision</c> and <c>Sword of the Meek</c> are unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Lodestone Golem</c> is restricted.

November

 * Pauper: <c>Peregrine Drake</c> is banned.

2017
The announcement schedule changed to Monday following each expansion's release prerelease event as well as the fifth Monday after the Pro Tour of respective expansion. The schedule was scaled back and revised in June 2017: Banned and restricted announcements are decoupled from set releases and the competitive schedule. Instead, updates are announced on a scheduled basis, which mostly in a 2-3 months span.

January

 * Standard: <c>Emrakul, the Promised End</c>, <c>Smuggler's Copter</c>, and <c>Reflector Mage</c> are banned.
 * Modern: <c>Gitaxian Probe</c> and <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c> are banned.

April

 * Standard: <c>Felidar Guardian</c> is banned. The initial announcement was that there would be no changes to Standard; an addendum banning Felidar Guardian came two days later.
 * Legacy: <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c> is banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Gitaxian Probe</c> and <c>Gush</c> are restricted.

June

 * Standard: <c>Aetherworks Marvel</c> is banned.

August

 * Vintage: <c>Thorn of Amethyst</c> and <c>Monastery Mentor</c> are restricted. <c>Yawgmoth's Bargain</c> is unrestricted.

January

 * Standard: <c>Attune with Aether</c>, <c>Rogue Refiner</c>, <c>Ramunap Ruins</c>, and <c>Rampaging Ferocidon</c> are banned.

February

 * Modern: <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c> and <c>Bloodbraid Elf</c> are unbanned.

May

 * Brawl: separation from the Standard banned list. <c>Aetherworks Marvel</c>, <c>Attune with Aether</c>, <c>Felidar Guardian</c>, <c>Rampaging Ferocidon</c>, <c>Ramunap Ruins</c>, and <c>Rogue Refiner</c> are all unbanned. <c>Smuggler's Copter</c> stays banned. <c>Baral, Chief of Compliance</c> and <c>Sorcerous Spyglass</c> are banned.

July

 * Legacy: <c>Deathrite Shaman</c> and <c>Gitaxian Probe</c> are banned.

January

 * Modern: <c>Krark-Clan Ironworks</c> is banned.

February

 * Arena Standard: <c>Nexus of Fate</c> is banned.

May

 * Pauper: <c>Gush</c>, <c>Gitaxian Probe</c>, and <c>Daze</c> are banned.

June

 * Pauper: With the sanctioning and unification of Pauper, <c>High Tide</c>, <c>Hymn to Tourach</c>, and <c>Sinkhole</c> are added to the banned list.

July

 * Modern: <c>Bridge from Below</c> is banned.

August

 * Standard: <c>Rampaging Ferocidon</c> is unbanned. However, it remains banned in Arena Standard.
 * Modern: <c>Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis</c> and <c>Faithless Looting</c> are banned. <c>Stoneforge Mystic</c> is unbanned.
 * Vintage: <c>Karn, the Great Creator</c>, <c>Mental Misstep</c>, <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c>, and <c>Mystic Forge</c> are restricted. <c>Fastbond</c> is unrestricted.

October

 * Standard: <c>Field of the Dead</c> is banned.
 * Pauper: <c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c> is banned.
 * Pioneer: Introduced as a format for tabletop and Magic Online. Banlist changes will be announced every Monday, separate from the other formats. The fetch lands <c>Bloodstained Mire</c>, <c>Flooded Strand</c>, <c>Polluted Delta</c>, <c>Windswept Heath</c> and <c>Wooded Foothills</c> are banned.

November

 * Pioneer:
 * Week 1: <c>Felidar Guardian</c>, <c>Leyline of Abundance</c> and <c>Oath of Nissa</c> are banned.
 * Week 2: <c>Veil of Summer</c> is banned.
 * Brawl: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c> is banned.
 * Standard: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c> and <c>Veil of Summer</c> are banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Wrenn and Six</c> is banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Narset, Parter of Veils</c> is restricted.
 * Historic: Introduced as a format for Magic Arena. <c> Nexus of Fate</c> is banned in BO1.

December

 * Pioneer:
 * Week 1: <c>Field of the Dead</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c> and <c>Smuggler's Copter</c> are banned.
 * Week 3: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c> and <c>Nexus of Fate</c> are banned.
 * Historic: <c>Field of the Dead</c>, <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c>, and <c>Veil of Summer</c> are suspended.

2020
Starting from this year, banned and restricted announcements are no longer made on a fixed schedule. Changes may occur on any given Monday. In addition, Pioneer will no longer make a weekly banned list update and sync up with current updates in other formats.

January

 * Modern: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Mox Opal</c>, and <c>Mycosynth Lattice</c> are banned.

March

 * Brawl: <c>Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</c> is banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Underworld Breach</c> is banned.
 * Historic: <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c>, <c>Once Upon a Time</c>, and <c>Veil of Summer</c> are banned. <c>Field of the Dead</c> is made legal.
 * Modern: <c>Once Upon a Time</c> is banned.

April

 * Commander: <c>Lutri, the Spellchaser</c> and <c>Flash</c> are banned.  Lutri's ban announcement was preemptively made right after it was spoiled.
 * Brawl: <c>Lutri, the Spellchaser</c> is banned the day at the release of Ikoria in digital form.

May

 * Brawl: <c>Drannith Magistrate</c> and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are banned.
 * Legacy: <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> and <c>Zirda, the Dawnwaker</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> is banned. It is the first power level ban in Vintage since 1996, as if it were to be restricted its companion mechanic would have made restricting it meaningless.
 * Commander: With the legal card definition synced up with other constructed formats, the previous "non-legal" cards (i.e. banned cards in Vintage prior to <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c>) are banned instead. . This in response to the banning of <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> in Vintage, which the rules committee decided could remain legal in Commander.

June

 * Standard: <c>Agent of Treachery</c> and <c>Fires of Invention</c> are banned.
 * Historic: <c>Agent of Treachery</c> and <c>Fires of Invention</c> are suspended. <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> is emergency suspended.

On June 10, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. WotC made an announcement that "cards whose art, text, name, or a combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive" are banned in sanctioned events. Seven cards were banned immediately when the announcement was made, and their card images and flavor texts were removed from the Gatherer database. This ban also applied to Commander and some non-sanctioned formats.

July

 * Historic: <c>Agent of Treachery</c>, <c>Fires of Invention</c>,and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are banned. <c> Nexus of Fate</c> which was banned in Bo1 is also banned in Bo3. <c>Burning-Tree Emissary</c> is suspended.
 * Modern: <c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c> is banned.
 * Pauper: <c>Expedition Map</c> and <c>Mystic Sanctuary</c> are banned.
 * Pioneer: <c>Oath of Nissa</c> is unbanned.

August

 * Standard: <c>Cauldron Familiar</c>, <c>Growth Spiral</c>, <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> and <c> Wilderness Reclamation</c> are banned.
 * Brawl:
 * Week 2: <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> is banned.
 * Week 3: <c>Runed Halo</c> is banned.
 * Historic:
 * Week 2: <c>Teferi, Time Raveler </c> and <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c> are suspended.
 * Week 3: <c>Runed Halo</c> and <c>Gideon's Intervention</c> are banned in Historic Brawl.
 * Week 4: <c>Field of the Dead</c> is banned.
 * Pioneer: <c>Inverter of Truth</c>, <c>Kethis, the Hidden Hand</c>, <c>Underworld Breach</c> and <c>Walking Ballista</c> are banned.

September

 * Standard: <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c> is banned.

October

 * Standard: <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c>, <c>Lucky Clover</c>, and <c>Escape to the Wilds</c> are banned.
 * Historic: <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> is suspended. <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c> and <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c> are banned. <c>Burning-Tree Emissary</c> is unsuspended
 * Brawl: <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> is banned.

January

 * Pauper: <c>Fall from Favor</c> is banned.

February

 * Historic: <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> and <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c> are banned.
 * Pioneer: <c>Balustrade Spy</c>, <c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c>, <c>Undercity Informer</c>, <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c>, and <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c> are banned.
 * Modern: <c>Field of the Dead</c>, <c>Mystic Sanctuary</c>, <c>Simian Spirit Guide</c>, <c>Tibalt's Trickery</c> and <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c> are banned
 * Legacy: <c>Arcum's Astrolabe</c>, <c>Dreadhorde Arcanist</c> and <c>Oko, Thief of Crowns</c> are banned.
 * Vintage: <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c> is unbanned.

April

 * Historic Brawl: the Mystical Archive cards <c>Channel</c>, <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, <c>Natural Order</c> and <c>Tainted Pact</c> are banned.

May

 * Historic: <c>Thassa's Oracle</c> is banned.

June

 * Historic: <c>Time Warp</c> is banned.
 * Historic Brawl: <c>Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</c> and <c>Winota, Joiner of Forces</c> are unbanned.