Announcement Archives

Complete history of all Duel Commander announcements, banlist updates and format changes, grouped by year.

40
Total announcements
11
Years covered
2026
Latest year
2015
First year

2026

3 announcements

May

May 25, 2026 May 25, 2026 Announcement/Update Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Najeela, the Blade-Blossom and Winota, Joiner of Forces returns on experimental basis. 3 Unbans

March

March 30, 2026 March 30, 2026 Announcement/Update A new ban category is created: Banned as Companion Only, and Lutri, the Spellchaser is moved from fully banned to this new category. Lutri, the Spellchaser is now playable as Commander and in the main deck. 1 Ban Rule Change

January

January 26, 2026 January 26, 2026 Announcement/Update Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh banned as commander. Tasigur, the Golden Fang, Trazyn the Infinite and Necrotic Ooze returns on experimental basis. 1 Ban 3 Unbans

2025

6 announcements

November

November 24, 2025 November 24, 2025 Announcement/Update Nadu, Winged Wisdom fully banned in Duel Commander. Breya, Etherium Shaper returns on experimental basis. 1 Ban 1 Unban

September

September 29, 2025 September 29, 2025 - Announcement/Update Five commanders experimentally unbanned to diversify the competitive metagame.

July

July 28, 2025 July 28, 2025 - Announcement/Update Major gameplay improvements with four bans. Legendary Spacecraft/Vehicles now legal as commanders.

May

May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025 - Announcement/Update Experimental changes to strengthen emerging archetypes. Zurgo returns, Hogaak restricted.

March

March 31, 2025 March 31, 2025 - Announcement/Update Format stability update - No changes as Committee focuses on new team dynamics.

January

January 27, 2025 January 27, 2025 - Announcement/Update Ezio, Balance, Reanimate, White Plume Adventurer banned. Akiri, Line-Slinger unbanned.

2024

9 announcements

November

November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024 - Announcement/Update World record broken: 913 players at RelicTCG tournament. Format remains stable.

September

September 30, 2024 September 30, 2024 - Announcement/Update Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student banned as commander. Format thriving on MTGO. September 16, 2024 September 16, 2024 - Organization Update Committee organizational restructure for 2024+ with new team positions.

July

July 22, 2024 July 22, 2024 - MTGO Launch 🎮 Duel Commander now available on MTGO! Old Stickfingers banned, Ardenn, Thrasios, Polymorph unbanned.

June

June 17, 2024 June 17, 2024 - Emergency Bans ⚠️ Emergency bans: Nadu and Ajani (commanders) due to Modern Horizons 3 impact. June 9, 2024 June 9, 2024 - Schedule Update 📅 New announcement schedule system with emergency slots every Monday at 8PM Paris time.

May

May 27, 2024 May 27, 2024 - Announcement/Update All Stickers and Attractions banned. Eris, Roar of the Storm banned as commander.

March

March 25, 2024 March 25, 2024 - Announcement/Update Raffine, Scheming Seer banned as commander due to format dominance.

January

January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 - Announcement/Update Format stability celebration - No changes needed. Healthy metagame.

2023

3 announcements

November

November 27, 2023 November 27, 2023 Announcement/Update

July

July 31, 2023 July 31, 2023 Announcement/Update

May

May 29, 2023 May 29, 2023 Announcement/Update

2022

2 announcements

July

July 25, 2022 July 25, 2022 Announcement/Update

May

May 30, 2022 May 30, 2022 Announcement/Update

2021

2 announcements

September

September 27, 2021 September 27, 2021 Announcement/Update

July

July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021 Announcement/Update

2020

4 announcements

November

November 30, 2020 November 30, 2020 Announcement/Update

August

August 31, 2020 August 31, 2020 Announcement/Update

May

May 25, 2020 May 25, 2020 Announcement/Update

February

February 24, 2020 February 24, 2020 Announcement/Update

2019

3 announcements

November

November 25, 2019 November 25, 2019 Announcement/Update

August

August 26, 2019 August 26, 2019 Announcement/Update

February

February 25, 2019 February 25, 2019 Announcement/Update

2017

3 announcements

September

September 25, 2017 September 25, 2017 Announcement/Update

July

July 31, 2017 July 31, 2017 Announcement/Update

April

April 24, 2017 April 24, 2017 Announcement/Update

2016

2 announcements

July

July 25, 2016 July 25, 2016 Annoucement/Update

April

April 25, 2016 April 25, 2016 Annoucement/Update

2015

3 announcements

September

September 28, 2015 September 28, 2015 Announcement/Update

July

July 27, 2015 July 27, 2015 Announcement/Update

March

March 30, 2015 March 30, 2015 Announcement/Update
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