Magic-League supports all paper formats for Magic: The Gathering that the DCI sanctions. For Constructed and Eternal rated formats, decks must be at least 60 cards. Sideboards must contain either 0 or 15 cards. Decks have no maximum number of cards.

As a reference, please refer to the Banned/Restricted Lists for DCI-Sanctioned Magic: The Gathering Tournaments.

Formats

Constructed
Standard
Extended
Modern
Block

Eternal
Legacy
Vintage

In addition to DCI sanctioned formats, Magic-League offers a range of variant and casual formats. You can read about these on the Other Formats page.

Note: Magic-League does not hold DCI sanctioned tournaments. Magic-League is an independent body and has no affiliation or working relationship with Wizards of the Coast or the DCI.

Standard is the most popular sanctioned Magic: The Gathering format. As it consists of the most recently printed Magic: The Gathering sets, it appeals to players both new and old because of the availability of cards.

Legal Sets

• Innistrad
• Dark Ascension
• Avacyn Restored
• Magic 2013
• Return to Ravnica
• Gatecrash
• Dragon's Maze

Banned Cards (you may not include these cards in decks for tournaments)

There are currently no banned cards in Standard.

Extended's appeal comes from its greater card pool. Players can play their Standard decks a little longer in Extended before sets rotate out of the format.

Legal Sets

• Zendikar
• Worldwake
• Rise of the Eldrazi
• Scars of Mirrodin
• Mirrodin Besieged
• New Phyrexia
• Innistrad
• Dark Ascension
• Avacyn Restored
• Return to Ravnica
• Gatecrash
• Dragon's Maze
• Magic 2011
• Magic 2012
• Magic 2013

Banned Cards (you may not include these cards in decks for tournaments)

• Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• Mental Misstep
• Ponder
• Preordain
• Stoneforge Mystic

Recently sanctioned as a tournament format, Modern is an exciting open ground where the metagame has not yet been established.

Legal Sets

Note: As a rule of thumb, most expansion and core set cards with the 'new' card frame are legal for the format.

Blocks

• Mirrodin
• Kamigawa
• Ravnica
• Time Spiral (including Timeshifted cards)
• Lorwyn-Shadowmoor
• Alara
• Zendikar-Rise of the Eldrazi
• Scars of Mirrodin
• Innistrad
• Return to Ravnica

Core Sets

• 8th Edition
• 9th Edition
• 10th Edition
• Magic 2010
• Magic 2011
• Magic 2012
• Magic 2013

Individual Sets

• Coldsnap

Banned Cards (you may not include these cards in decks for tournaments)

• Ancestral Vision
• Ancient Den
• Bitterblossom
• Blazing Shoal
• Bloodbraid Elf
• Chrome Mox
• Cloudpost
• Dark Depths
• Dread Return
• Glimpse of Nature
• Green Sun's Zenith
• Golgari Grave-Troll
• Great Furnace
• Hypergenesis
• Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• Mental Misstep
• Ponder
• Preordain
• Punishing Fire
• Rite of Flame
• Seat of the Synod
• Second Sunrise
• Seething Song
• Sensei's Divining Top
• Stoneforge Mystic
• Skullclamp
• Sword of the Meek
• Tree of Tales
• Umezawa's Jitte
• Vault of Whispers
• Wild Nacatl

One of the formats on the Pro Tour circuit, Block provides accessibility through its minimalist card pool.

Block Name	Block Sets	Banned Cards
Ice Age	Ice Age, Alliances, Coldsnap	Amulet of Quoz Thawing Glaciers Zuran Orb
Mirage	Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight	Squandered Resources
Tempest	Tempest, Stronghold, Exodus	Cursed Scroll
Urza	Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny	Gaea's Cradle Memory Jar Serra's Sanctum Time Spiral Tolarian Academy Voltaic Key Windfall
Masques	Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy	Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero Rishadan Port
Invasion	Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse
Odyssey	Odyssey, Torment, Judgement
Onslaught	Onslaught, Legions, Scourge
Mirrodin	Mirrodin, Darksteel, Fifth Dawn	Aether Vial Ancient Den Arcbound Ravager Darksteel Citadel Disciple of the Vault Great Furnace Seat of the Synod Skullclamp Tree of Tales Vault of Whispers
Kamigawa	Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa, Saviors of Kamigawa
Ravnica	Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension
Time Spiral	Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, Future Sight
Lorwyn-Shadowmoor	Lorwyn, Morningtide, Shadowmoor, Eventide
Shards of Alara	Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn
Zendikar-Rise of the Eldrazi	Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi
Scars of Mirrodin	Scars of Mirrodin, Mirrodin Besieged, New Phyrexia
Innistrad	Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored	Intangible Virtue Lingering Souls
Return to Ravnica	Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, Dragon's Maze

Legacy is a format seeing a rise in popularity. Its appeal lies with players being able to use their favourite cards and decks throughout Magic's history.

Legal Sets

All expansion sets, core sets and promotional sets that have not been printed with a colored border are legal.

Banned Cards (you may not include these cards in decks for tournaments)

• Amulet of Quoz
• Ancestral Recall
• Balance
• Bazaar of Baghdad
• Black Lotus
• Black Vise
• Bronze Tablet
• Channel
• Chaos Orb
• Contract from Below
• Darkpact
• Demonic Attorney
• Demonic Consultation
• Demonic Tutor
• Earthcraft
• Falling Star
• Fastbond
• Flash
• Frantic Search
• Goblin Recruiter
• Gush
• Hermit Druid
• Imperial Seal
• Jeweled Bird
• Library of Alexandria
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Drain
• Mana Vault
• Memory Jar
• Mental Misstep
• Mind Twist
• Mind's Desire
• Mishra's Workshop
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Mystical Tutor
• Necropotence
• Oath of Druids
• Rebirth
• Shaharazad
• Skullclamp
• Sol Ring
• Strip Mine
• Survival of the Fittest
• Tempest Efreet
• Time Vault
• Time Walk
• Timetwister
• Timmerian Fiends
• Tinker
• Tolarian Academy
• Vampiric Tutor
• Wheel of Fortune
• Windfall
• Worldgorger Dragon
• Yawgmoth's Bargain
• Yawgmoth's Will

Vintage is a format characterised by its minimal list of banned cards. By allowing card banned in other formats in Vintage in small quantities, Vintage is very much a format with its own distinctive feel.

Legal Sets

All expansion sets, core sets and promotional sets that have not been printed with a colored border are legal.

Banned Cards (you may not include these cards in decks for tournaments)

• Amulet of Quoz
• Bronze Tablet
• Chaos Orb
• Contract from Below
• Darkpact
• Demonic Attorney
• Falling Star
• Jeweled Bird
• Rebirth
• Shaharazad
• Tempest Efreet
• Timmerian Fiends

Restricted Cards (you may include up to one copy of these cards in decks for tournaments)

• Ancestral Recall
• Balance
• Black Lotus
• Brainstorm
• Channel
• Demonic Consultation
• Demonic Tutor
• Fastbond
• Flash
• Gifts Ungiven
• Imperial Seal
• Library of Alexandria
• Lion's Eye Diamond
• Lotus Petal
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Vault
• Memory Jar
• Merchant Scroll
• Mind's Desire
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Mystical Tutor
• Necropotence
• Ponder
• Sol Ring
• Strip Mine
• Thirst for Knowledge
• Time Vault
• Time Walk
• Timetwister
• Tinker
• Tolarian Academy
• Trinisphere
• Vampiric Tutor
• Wheel of Fortune
• Windfall
• Yawgmoth's Bargain
• Yawgmoth's Will