Special Border Cards
- Gold-bordered cards
- Silver-bordered cards
- Acorn stamp cards
- Square-cornered cards
Banlist
The official list of cards and commanders banned in competitive 1v1 Duel Commander. Always check your deck against this list before tournament play.
Find or check a card
Type any card name. Cards on the banlist are filtered in place below; anything else is checked against Scryfall’s Duel Commander legality and the committee’s own ban details.
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Banned as commander
24These cards cannot be used as your commander, but they remain legal in the 99.
Banned in deck
80These cards cannot be played at all: neither as your commander nor in the 99.
Banned as companion
1These cards stay legal in the deck but cannot be chosen as your companion.
Recently unbanned
3Previously banned cards that are legal again, kept visible for a transition period.
Banned for offensive content
7Structurally banned
13Cards excluded by the format rules themselves: ante, dexterity, non-tournament borders and digital-only printings.
Ante & Dexterity
- Chaos Orb
- Falling Star
- Contract from Below
- All ante cards
Special Mechanics
- Shahrazad (subgame)
- All Conspiracy cards
- Sticker & Attraction cards
- Digital-only cards
Official References
- See WPN Tournament Rules section 3.3 for complete details.
24Banned as commander
80Banned in deck
7Offensive content
112Total restrictions
Banlist philosophy
Format health
Cards are judged on their impact on format diversity, game speed and interactive gameplay.
Regular updates
The banlist is reviewed every 2 months, with emergency updates possible for format-warping cards.
Community input
Tournament data and community feedback are essential parts of every banlist decision.
Experimental changes
Cards may be unbanned for a testing period so their current power level can be measured.
Fast mana restriction
Fast mana accelerants such as Sol Ring, Mana Crypt and Mana Vault create unacceptable variance in competitive 1v1 play.
They let a player deploy threats two or three turns ahead of schedule, producing non-games where the opponent never had a realistic chance to compete. In a 20-life format that acceleration is particularly devastating.
Checking card legality
- Check this official banlist page, or use the legality checker at the top.
- Make sure the card is legal in Vintage, which excludes silver-bordered, acorn-stamped and oversized cards.
- Verify the card fits your commander’s colour identity.
- Remember: only one copy of each card, except basic lands.