As of October 13, 2026, the Commander ban list names 42 cards, plus three categories: the 25 Conspiracy cards, the 9 cards that play for ante, and cards with racially or culturally offensive art, text or names. One more card, Lutri, the Spellchaser, is legal in the deck but banned as a companion. The list is managed by Wizards of the Coast, which took it over from the independent Commander Rules Committee on September 30, 2024 and formed the Commander Format Panel that October; the Panel and the Commander design group vote on changes, and Wizards' designers make the final call. The most recent change is dated February 9, 2026, when Biorhythm came off the list and Lutri was unbanned except as a companion. No card has been added to the list in 2026, and the October 12, 2026 banned and restricted announcement made no Commander change. The list is format policy rather than part of the Comprehensive Rules, and it changes on announcement, so read every count here as an October 13, 2026 snapshot and check the official page on announcement day. The list itself is published on the official banned and restricted list, beside every other format's.
Updated October 2026. We last checked this list on October 25, 2026, against the official banned and restricted page and against our card database, whose Commander ban list was rebuilt that day from the MTGJSON build of October 24, 2026. Nothing has changed since February 9, 2026: the official list still names 42 cards and three categories, with Lutri, the Spellchaser banned only as a companion, and our data still resolves it to the same 83 card names. The publisher's next general banned and restricted announcement is scheduled for November 30, 2026, and the Commander Format Panel announces Commander changes on its own schedule.
This guide sits with our other Commander rules guides: what Commander is, how to play it, the brackets and the Game Changers list.
Below: the whole list in one table, with the date each card was banned and the reason given by the people who banned it, then why Tinker, why not Sol Ring, what happened to Braids and Golos, and how often the list changes. Every reason is quoted or paraphrased from the announcements under Sources, and the list is cross-checked against our card database, built from MTGJSON on September 14, 2026. One number needs explaining first. The official page names 42 cards and then bans whole categories; card data has no way to store a category, so ours marks each affected card by name, and the same ban list comes out of our database as 83 distinct card names. Both numbers are right, and the breakdown under the table below shows the arithmetic.
The Commander banlist at a glance
| The list | As of October 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cards named on the list | 42 |
| Card categories banned | Three: Conspiracy cards, cards that play for ante, and cards with racially or culturally offensive art, text or names |
| Banned only as a companion | Lutri, the Spellchaser |
| Last change | February 9, 2026: Biorhythm unbanned, and Lutri unbanned except as a companion |
| Who manages it | Wizards of the Coast since September 30, 2024; the Commander Format Panel and the Commander design group vote on changes |
| Distinct card names it bans in our card database (counted September 16, 2026) | 83 |
The same list is often called the EDH banlist, after the format's other name. The rest of this guide explains each line.
The ban list is policy, not a rule of the game
The ban list is not in the Comprehensive Rules. Rule 903, the Commander rule, never names a banned card: it covers the deck, the command zone, colour identity and commander damage. The only place the rulebook mentions banning at all is rule 113.6n, and it points away from itself. An ability that changes deck construction "modifies not just the Comprehensive Rules, but also the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules and any other documents that set the deck construction rules for a specific format. However, such an ability can't affect the format legality of a card, including whether it's banned or restricted." Rule 100.6 says the same thing from the other side: those other documents "may limit the use of some cards".
The rules that do govern deck construction are the ones in How to play Commander: exactly 100 cards, one copy of each card other than basic lands, and colour identity. So the ban list is format policy, published and maintained outside the rulebook, first by the Commander Rules Committee and since September 30, 2024 by Wizards of the Coast. Rule changes and ban list changes travel separately: a card can become banned without a single word of rule 903 changing. It also means this article is a snapshot. Everything below is the list as of October 13, 2026, and the official banned and restricted page is the live version.
Why cards are banned in Commander
The Rules Committee ran the format on three published principles: Commander is social, creative and stable. Decisions were meant to protect the social atmosphere, maximize the card pool, and make changes only when necessary, never to shake things up. In September 2024 the Committee wrote that the philosophy of Commander "prioritizes creativity", one expression of which is "to encourage a slower pace of game than traditional formats".
Since February 2025 the Panel has a second tool: the Commander brackets and the Game Changers list. It said in October 2025 that it would "generally like to avoid banning cards and let the Game Changers list be the tool in our toolbelt", and in February 2026 that "the bar to ban a card in Commander is quite high". Since April 2025 every card taken off the ban list goes straight onto the Game Changers list, which keeps it out of Bracket 1 and 2 decks, with one exception (Lutri, below); the Panel can remove it again later, as it did for Sway of the Stars in October 2025. A banned card cannot be played at any bracket. A Game Changer can, at the right bracket, with the table's agreement.
Who runs the list, and what changed from 2024 to 2026
- September 23, 2024. The Rules Committee's last update bans Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside Extortionist and Nadu, Winged Wisdom, effective that day, and says it has no desire to ban Sol Ring.
- September 30, 2024. "The Rules Committee is giving management of the Commander format to the game design team of Wizards of the Coast." No further bans as part of the transition. The Commander Format Panel, formed on October 22, 2024, has discussed the list and voted on changes alongside the Commander design group at Wizards ever since.
- February 11, 2025. The Panel introduces the brackets and the Game Changers list. No ban list change.
- April 22, 2025. Five unbans, effective immediately: Braids, Cabal Minion; Coalition Victory; Gifts Ungiven; Panoptic Mirror; Sway of the Stars, each moving onto the Game Changers list. Golos, Tinker, Mana Crypt, Dockside Extortionist and Jeweled Lotus are discussed and stay banned. The Panel commits to "no further changes to the banned list for the rest of this year", keeping one exception it calls the "Nadu contingency": if a new or unbanned card "begins to become generally reviled", it can act early.
- October 21, 2025. No bans or unbans. The Panel names Rhystic Study and Thassa's Oracle as cards it watches without acting on.
- December 11, 2025. The Panel rotates six members out and two in, and schedules its next update for the first quarter of 2026.
- February 9, 2026. Two unbans, effective that day: Biorhythm, which becomes a Game Changer, and Lutri, the Spellchaser, unbanned except as a companion and not made a Game Changer, because its only problem was the companion mechanic. Sundering Titan, Iona, Shield of Emeria, Griselbrand and Jeweled Lotus are discussed and stay banned.
- March 23, May 18, June 29, August 10 and October 12, 2026. The publisher's general announcements cover the other formats and make no Commander change, so the February 9, 2026 list is the current one. The next general announcement is scheduled for November 30, 2026; Commander changes have come in the Panel's own announcements, so watch for both.
How often the list is updated
Under the Rules Committee the list was "updated quarterly, with our announcements coming on the Monday after the prerelease". The Panel works differently: it held one window in 2025, then said that from 2026 it could touch the list "at more regular intervals (so not just one ban window a year)", and in February 2026 that it is "not limiting ourselves to just one banned and restricted update window in a year" and would "talk with you again likely this summer in May or June". In practice, expect a Commander check-in a few times a year on the Panel's schedule rather than at every set release, and read the official banned-and-restricted page on announcement day. Our card data refreshes legalities from MTGJSON, so the Validation tab described below tracks the official list for every named card and every category our legality data carries.
The full Commander ban list (October 2026)
This is the list as the official page stated it on October 13, 2026, unchanged since February 9, 2026. A ban list changes on announcement, so if you are reading this later, check the official page for anything published since.
The "banned since" column is the Rules Committee's own record, as published on its site in September 2024, plus the two later announcements. For thirteen cards the Committee recorded no date: they were on the list from its early years, most of them, in its words, "for poor optics, rather than power level", because the Power Nine "as table stakes" made the format look prohibitively expensive.
| Card | Banned since | The reason, in one line |
|---|---|---|
| Ancestral Recall | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as the price of entry |
| Balance | No date recorded | Leaves everyone with no lands and no cards, and no agency |
| Black Lotus | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Chaos Orb | No date recorded | Requires physical dexterity, an accessibility problem |
| Channel | June 2010 | Trivial life payment at 40 life; huge mana far too early |
| Dockside Extortionist | September 2024 | Mana-positive on turn two, then Treasures every time |
| Emrakul, the Aeons Torn | December 2010 | Ramping into it was the most common, least interesting win |
| Erayo, Soratami Ascendant | September 2014 | Flips early as a commander into a one-sided lock |
| Falling Star | No date recorded | A dexterity card, same problem as Chaos Orb |
| Fastbond | June 2009 | Trivial life cost at 40 life; every land in hand on turn one |
| Flash | April 2020 | Cheats in a creature for two mana; grows with every new creature |
| Golos, Tireless Pilgrim | September 2021 | A better leader than most commanders; crushed commander diversity |
| Griselbrand | June 2012 | Cheated in early, it draws a huge chunk of the deck at 40 life |
| Hullbreacher | July 2021 | Strips opponents' hands and keeps them empty |
| Iona, Shield of Emeria | July 2019 | Locks whole colours out; one- and two-colour decks stop playing |
| Karakas | September 2008 | Bounces opposing commanders for almost nothing, saves its owner's |
| Jeweled Lotus | September 2024 | Five mana on turn two without needing a good hand |
| Leovold, Emissary of Trest | April 2017 | As a commander, early hand denial that protects itself |
| Library of Alexandria | No date recorded | Optics plus real power: colourless draw that wins long games |
| Limited Resources | June 2008 | From turn two it reads "no more lands", for one mana |
| Mana Crypt | September 2024 | Free mana on turn one; five mana on turn two |
| Mox Emerald | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Mox Jet | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Mox Pearl | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Mox Ruby | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Mox Sapphire | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Nadu, Winged Wisdom | September 2024 | Long, non-deterministic sequences that cannot be shortcut |
| Paradox Engine | July 2019 | Fits any deck; long untap-everything turns |
| Primeval Titan | September 2012 | Tutors two lands at a time and demands an immediate answer |
| Prophet of Kruphix | January 2016 | Its controller plays on everyone's turn and monopolizes the game |
| Recurring Nightmare | February 2008 | Returns to hand as a cost, so it is nearly impossible to stop |
| Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary | September 2014 | Six mana on turn three as a commander, whatever the other 99 |
| Shahrazad | September 2011 | Subgames are a logistical nightmare, and players copy and recur it |
| Sundering Titan | June 2012 | Repeatedly destroys a land of each basic land type when blinked or bounced |
| Sylvan Primordial | February 2014 | Ramps two or three lands while knocking everyone else back |
| Time Vault | December 2008 | Infinite turns with a single untap effect |
| Time Walk | No date recorded | Optics: the Power Nine as table stakes |
| Tinker | March 2009 | A game-ending artifact on the battlefield in the very early game |
| Tolarian Academy | June 2010 | Two or more mana on turn one off cheap artifacts, scaling all game |
| Trade Secrets | April 2013 | Two players collude, draw without limit and box the others out |
| Upheaval | No date recorded | Resets the game while its caster floats mana and replays a hand |
| Yawgmoth's Bargain | May 2006 | At 40 life it draws most of a deck with the mana still open |
The categories, as the official list states them: the cards with the card type Conspiracy, the cards that reference playing for ante, and cards whose art, text or name is racially or culturally offensive, banned in every format. Cards that bring a sticker or an Attraction into the game are not on the Commander list: the same official page bans them in Vintage, Legacy, Pauper and Oathbreaker, not in Commander. The special case: Lutri, the Spellchaser is "only banned as a companion". You can run it in the 99 or as your commander; you cannot start the game with it outside your deck as a companion.
42 named cards, 83 card names: why the two counts differ
The official page names 42 cards and then bans categories. Card data has no way to store a category, so it marks each affected card by name, and the same ban list comes out as a longer list of names. Counted in our card database on September 16, 2026, the Commander ban list is 83 distinct card names:
| Why it is banned | Distinct card names |
|---|---|
| Named individually on the official page | 42 |
| Card type Conspiracy | 25 |
| References playing for ante | 9 |
| Banned in every format for racially or culturally offensive art, text or name | 7 |
| Total | 83 |
Those four reasons are mutually exclusive: no card is counted twice, and 42 + 25 + 9 + 7 is exactly 83. So both numbers are right, and they count different things. 42 is how many cards the official page names one at a time, which is the figure quoted wherever the format is introduced. 83 is how many card names carry a Commander ban in our data once the categories are expanded card by card. MTGJSON's own build of September 16, 2026 returns the same 83 names, name for name.
Cards that bring a sticker or an Attraction into the game are not among the 83, and they should not be: the Commander list does not ban them, and the legality data we get from MTGJSON marks them legal in Commander, so the Validation tab agrees with the official list on them too.
Why Tinker is banned
Tinker costs {2}{U}: you sacrifice an artifact as an additional cost, then search your library for an artifact card and put it onto the battlefield. Banned since March 2009, because its "ability to get high-cost artifacts into play in the very early game often results in games ending extremely quickly, or being locked down to the point where players cannot interact meaningfully", and, the part that keeps it banned, "its power increases over time as artifact designs become more powerful". Every new giant artifact makes Tinker better.
The Panel reviewed it in April 2025 and left it there: "Being able to turn any mana rock into a large, game-ending artifact threat early is wildly powerful, which is why this has caught an appropriate ban in many formats", Commander among them. In a format where a Sol Ring or a Signet on turn one is normal, Tinker trades that rock for the best artifact in your deck on turn two.
Why Sol Ring is not banned
Sol Ring costs {1} and taps for {C}{C}. By the criteria the Rules Committee used in September 2024 to ban Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus, it would qualify, and the Committee said so in the same announcement: "We're not banning Sol Ring and have no desire to. Yes, based on the criteria we've talked about here, it would be banned. Sol Ring is the iconic card of the format, and it's sufficiently tied to the identity of the format that it defies the laws of physics in a way that no other card does."
That is the whole answer: Sol Ring is legal because it is the format's signature card, and taking it away would change what Commander is. It is not a Game Changer either; our card data, which follows the official list, does not flag it. Our database listed 141 printings of Sol Ring on September 16, 2026, more than seven times as many as any card in the table above. If your pod finds turn-one Sol Ring starts too fast, the brackets conversation is the place to say so, not the ban list.
Braids and Golos: one came back, one did not
Braids, Cabal Minion was banned as a commander in June 2009 and moved to the general list in September 2014, when the separate banned-as-commander list was abolished. The Committee's reason: Braids "has a tendency to create fully locked down boardstates and ends games early in a remarkably unsatisfying way". On April 22, 2025 the Panel unbanned it: "the most frustrating Braids games are when it's put out extremely quickly and people feel locked under it. However, as little as a single removal spell can really set that entire plan back", and players "have gotten better at identifying commanders they don't want to play against". Braids is legal today and is a Game Changer, so it stays out of Bracket 1 and 2 decks. Our card data flags it as one.
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim was banned in September 2021 because "in the low-to-middle power level tiers where we focus the banlist, Golos is simply a better choice of leader for all but the most commander-centric decks". The Panel discussed it in April 2025 and kept it banned: it "finds any land", so you always have the mana to recast it, and its activated ability is "an extremely strong spout for all that mana". "It really homogenized games and was a de facto best commander option for many, many decks." Perhaps acceptable in higher brackets, the Panel added, "but it's not something we wanted to touch today". Golos is still banned in October 2026.
How the Mana Grove deck builder flags banned cards
Open the deck builder, no account needed. The deck is already set to Commander, so add the cards you are testing. Legality checks run as you build, and the Validation tab holds the full report: each banned card gets its own line, "X is banned in Commander.", with the card named, and the report reads "No banned or restricted cards found" when the deck is clean. The card also carries a Banned card badge in the deck panel, so a Mana Crypt does not hide in a 100-card list until game night. The same tab checks deck size, copy limits, the commander itself and colour identity. Deck Builder Basics walks through the tab, and How many lands go in a Commander deck? covers the mana base once the list is legal.
The legality data behind the tab comes from our card database, built from MTGJSON, so it follows the official list. One case to know: MTGJSON lists Lutri as legal, which is right for the 99 and the command zone; the companion restriction is one for you and your table.
Frequently asked questions
How often is the Commander ban list updated?
Quarterly under the Rules Committee, on the Monday after each prerelease. Under the Commander Format Panel there is no fixed cadence: one change in 2025 (April 22), one in 2026 so far (February 9), and a stated intent not to limit itself to one window a year.
What is the EDH banlist?
The Commander ban list under the format's other name: EDH and Commander are the same format, so there is one list. As of October 25, 2026 it names 42 cards and bans three categories, Conspiracy cards, cards that play for ante and cards with racially or culturally offensive content, with Lutri, the Spellchaser banned only as a companion. The table above has every card.
What is the current Commander ban list?
The 42 cards in the table above, plus the Conspiracy cards, the ante cards and the offensive-content cards, with Lutri, the Spellchaser banned only as a companion. That is the official list as read on October 13, 2026, and it can change on any announcement, so check the official page before an event. The same list resolves to 83 distinct card names in our card database, because the categories are stored there card by card.
When is the next Commander ban list update?
No date is announced. Commander changes come in the Commander Format Panel's own announcements, and the last change was February 9, 2026. The publisher's next general banned and restricted announcement, which covers the other formats, is scheduled for November 30, 2026.
Are sticker and Attraction cards banned in Commander?
No. The Commander list does not ban them. The official page bans every card that brings a sticker or an Attraction into the game in Vintage, Legacy, Pauper and Oathbreaker, but not in Commander.
Were any cards banned in Commander in 2026?
No. The only 2026 change so far, on February 9, unbanned Biorhythm and unbanned Lutri except as a companion. The last additions were Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside Extortionist and Nadu, Winged Wisdom, on September 23, 2024.
Why is Tinker banned in Commander?
It puts the best artifact in your deck onto the battlefield for three mana in the first turns, and it gets better every time a stronger artifact is printed. Banned since March 2009, reviewed and kept in April 2025.
Is Eldrazi Temple banned in Commander?
No, Eldrazi Temple is legal in your Commander deck. It is banned in Historic, the MTG Arena format, since February 9, 2026, chosen over Ugin's Labyrinth because the Labyrinth "has other applications in the format outside of the Eldrazi shell". The land banned in Modern is Eye of Ugin, and it is legal in Commander too.
Is Braids still banned in Commander?
No. Braids, Cabal Minion was unbanned on April 22, 2025 and placed on the Game Changers list: legal from Bracket 3 up, excluded from Bracket 1 and 2 decks.
Is Sol Ring banned in Commander?
No, and the people who ran the list said they have no desire to ban it: it is the iconic card of the format. It is not a Game Changer either.
Is Mana Crypt banned in Commander?
Yes, since September 23, 2024, alongside Jeweled Lotus and Dockside Extortionist. The Panel did not unban them "at this time" in April 2025, and kept Jeweled Lotus banned again in February 2026.
What is the difference between a banned card and a Game Changer?
A banned card cannot be played at any bracket. A Game Changer is legal, but the brackets limit it: none in Brackets 1 and 2, up to three in Bracket 3, no limit in Brackets 4 and 5. What are Commander brackets? explains the rest.
Why is Mana Crypt banned in Commander?
The Commander Rules Committee banned it on September 23, 2024 for the explosive start it allows: it costs nothing, so it can come down on turn one and leave you untapping with five mana on turn two. The Commander Format Panel kept it banned in its April 2025 review.
Is Chrome Mox banned in Commander?
No. Chrome Mox is legal in Commander and is a Game Changer on the list of February 9, 2026, so a deck that runs it reads as Bracket 3 or higher; it is banned in Modern, not in Commander.
Are the Power Nine banned in Commander?
Eight of the nine are: Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk and the five Moxen are on the Commander ban list. Timetwister is legal in Commander, and the Power Nine guide covers each card.
Is the Duel Commander ban list the same as the Commander ban list?
No. Duel Commander, a separate two-player format that starts at 20 life, was run by its own committee with its own list, which bans Timetwister while Commander allows it; since March 3, 2026 that committee's site says the format has been replaced and keeps its rules only as an archive, so check with your event before relying on that list. This page covers the multiplayer Commander list that Wizards of the Coast publishes.
Sources
- Banned and Restricted list, Commander section, magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list. Read on October 13, 2026, and again on October 25, 2026, unchanged. The 42 named cards, the three categories and the Lutri note, and the sticker and Attraction line in the Vintage, Legacy, Pauper and Oathbreaker sections.
- "Banned and Restricted Announcement, October 12, 2026", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-october-12-2026. Read on October 13, 2026. No Commander change, and the next general announcement on November 30, 2026.
- "Banned and Restricted Announcement, March 23, 2026", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-march-23-2026. Read on October 13, 2026. No Commander change.
- "Commander Banned and Restricted Announcement, September 23, 2024", Commander Rules Committee, magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-banned-and-restricted-announcement-september-23-2024. Read on September 15, 2026. The four bans, the Sol Ring statement and the philosophy quotation.
- "On the Future of Commander", magic.wizards.com, September 30, 2024: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/on-the-future-of-commander. Read on September 15, 2026. The handover.
- "Introducing the Commander Format Panel", magic.wizards.com, October 22, 2024: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-the-commander-format-panel. Read on September 15, 2026. The Panel's formation and who makes the final call.
- "Commander Banned and Restricted Announcement, April 22, 2025", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-bans-and-restrictions-april-22-2025. Read on September 15, 2026. The five unbans, the Braids, Golos and Tinker reasoning, the Game Changers rule for unbanned cards and the 2025 pause.
- "Commander Brackets Beta Update, April 22, 2025", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-april-22-2025. Read on September 15, 2026.
- "Commander Brackets Beta Update, October 21, 2025", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-october-21-2025. Read on September 15, 2026. The "tool in our toolbelt" statement and the Sway of the Stars removal.
- "Commander Format Panel Update, December 11, 2025", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-format-panel-update-december-11-2025. Read on September 15, 2026.
- "Commander Banned and Restricted Announcement, February 9, 2026", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-banned-and-restricted-february-9-2026. Read on September 15, 2026. Biorhythm, Lutri, the cards kept banned and the 2026 cadence.
- "Banned and Restricted Announcement, February 9, 2026", magic.wizards.com: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-february-9-2026. Read on September 15, 2026. The Eldrazi Temple ban in Historic.
- "Banned and Restricted Announcement", magic.wizards.com, May 18, June 29 and August 10, 2026: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-may-18-2026, https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-june-29-2026, https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-august-10-2026. Read on September 15, 2026. No Commander changes.
- "Banned List", Commander Rules Committee, mtgcommander.net, as captured by the Internet Archive on September 17, 2024: https://web.archive.org/web/20240917153516/https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/banned-list/. Read on September 15, 2026. The ban dates and per-card explanations in the table, and the quarterly cadence.
- "The Philosophy of Commander", Commander Rules Committee, mtgcommander.net, as captured by the Internet Archive on September 22, 2024: https://web.archive.org/web/20240922204911/https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/the-philosophy-of-commander/. Read on September 15, 2026. The three principles.
- "Banned and Restricted", Duel Commander, mtgdc.info: https://mtgdc.info/banned-restricted. Read on October 31, 2026. Timetwister on the Duel Commander list, and the notice that since March 3, 2026 the format has been replaced and the page remains only as an archive.
- "Quick Start Guide", Duel Commander, mtgdc.info: https://mtgdc.info/quick-start-guide. Read on October 31, 2026. A game between exactly two players, the 20 starting life, and the same March 3, 2026 notice.
- Comprehensive Rules, effective September 25, 2026, rules 100.6, 113.6n and 903: https://magic.wizards.com/en/rules. Read on October 13, 2026. The wording that places the ban list outside the Comprehensive Rules. The word "banned" appears once in the whole document, in rule 113.6n, and rule 903 never names a card.
- Mana Grove card database, MTGJSON build of September 14, 2026, cross-checked against the MTGJSON AtomicCards build of September 16, 2026: the commander legality of every printing, the 83 banned card names and their breakdown by reason, the Game Changers flags and the printing count for Sol Ring. On October 25, 2026 the Commander ban list in our card data was rebuilt from the MTGJSON build of October 24, 2026, with the same 83 names.
This article is updated when the Commander Format Panel publishes a change. The table above is the list as of October 13, 2026, and the card-data figures were measured on September 16, 2026 and checked again on October 25, 2026. The date at the top is the last revision.
