Banned and restricted cards in Vintage
No card with that name.
| Card | Status | Price |
|---|---|---|
Amulet of Quoz
|
Banned
|
from $0.73
|
Bronze Tablet
|
Banned
|
from $0.37
|
Chaos Orb
|
Banned
|
from $1,063.86
|
Cleanse
|
Banned
|
from $169.88
|
Contract from Below
|
Banned
|
from $1.53
|
Crusade
|
Banned
|
from $0.43
|
Darkpact
|
Banned
|
from $0.78
|
Demonic Attorney
|
Banned
|
from $1.14
|
Falling Star
|
Banned
|
from $125.50
|
Imprison
|
Banned
|
from $95.32
|
Invoke Prejudice
|
Banned
|
from $456.18
|
Jeweled Bird
|
Banned
|
from $0.63
|
Jihad
|
Banned
|
from $229.20
|
Pradesh Gypsies
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Rebirth
|
Banned
|
from $0.38
|
Shahrazad
|
Banned
|
from $355.11
|
Stone-Throwing Devils
|
Banned
|
from $33.34
|
Tempest Efreet
|
Banned
|
from $0.35
|
Timmerian Fiends
|
Banned
|
from $0.67
|
Ancestral Recall
|
Restricted
|
from $4,069.21
|
Balance
|
Restricted
|
from $0.82
|
Black Lotus
|
Restricted
|
from $18,872.33
|
Brainstorm
|
Restricted
|
from $1.78
|
Chalice of the Void
|
Restricted
|
from $14.64
|
Channel
|
Restricted
|
from $0.26
|
Demonic Consultation
|
Restricted
|
from $8.87
|
Demonic Tutor
|
Restricted
|
from $55.87
|
Dig Through Time
|
Restricted
|
from $0.31
|
Flash
|
Restricted
|
from $1.81
|
Gitaxian Probe
|
Restricted
|
from $3.61
|
Golgari Grave-Troll
|
Restricted
|
from $1.07
|
Gush
|
Restricted
|
from $3.58
|
Imperial Seal
|
Restricted
|
from $145.19
|
Karn, the Great Creator
|
Restricted
|
from $4.30
|
Library of Alexandria
|
Restricted
|
from $1,234.48
|
Lion's Eye Diamond
|
Restricted
|
from $617.66
|
| Card | Status | Price |
|---|---|---|
Lodestone Golem
|
Restricted
|
from $0.23
|
Lotus Petal
|
Restricted
|
from $33.85
|
Mana Crypt
|
Restricted
|
from $41.98
|
Mana Vault
|
Restricted
|
from $84.83
|
Memory Jar
|
Restricted
|
from $21.29
|
Mental Misstep
|
Restricted
|
from $6.80
|
Merchant Scroll
|
Restricted
|
from $5.15
|
Mind's Desire
|
Restricted
|
from $0.95
|
Monastery Mentor
|
Restricted
|
from $1.05
|
Mox Emerald
|
Restricted
|
from $2,619.02
|
Mox Jet
|
Restricted
|
from $3,537.71
|
Mox Pearl
|
Restricted
|
from $3,150.54
|
Mox Ruby
|
Restricted
|
from $3,281.79
|
Mox Sapphire
|
Restricted
|
from $3,937.90
|
Mystic Forge
|
Restricted
|
from $2.69
|
Mystical Tutor
|
Restricted
|
from $11.25
|
Narset, Parter of Veils
|
Restricted
|
from $1.04
|
Necropotence
|
Restricted
|
from $22.18
|
Sol Ring
|
Restricted
|
from $1.54
|
Strip Mine
|
Restricted
|
from $9.37
|
The Fantasticar
|
Restricted
|
from $2.98
|
Thorn of Amethyst
|
Restricted
|
from $0.64
|
Time Vault
|
Restricted
|
from $1,265.87
|
Time Walk
|
Restricted
|
from $3,668.95
|
Timetwister
|
Restricted
|
from $5,119.11
|
Tinker
|
Restricted
|
from $3.47
|
Tolarian Academy
|
Restricted
|
from $90.95
|
Treasure Cruise
|
Restricted
|
from $0.21
|
Trinisphere
|
Restricted
|
from $25.27
|
Urza's Saga
|
Restricted
|
from $45.49
|
Vampiric Tutor
|
Restricted
|
from $51.79
|
Vexing Bauble
|
Restricted
|
from $2.53
|
Wheel of Fortune
|
Restricted
|
from $289.56
|
Windfall
|
Restricted
|
from $5.25
|
Yawgmoth's Will
|
Restricted
|
from $146.98
|
There are also 82 Un-set and Conspiracy cards. Forbidden for the kind of card they are rather than for what they do: the stickers and Attractions of the Un-sets, and cards with the Conspiracy type. The official list does not enumerate them either.
| Card | Status | Price |
|---|---|---|
Adriana's Valor
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Advantageous Proclamation
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Aerialephant
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Ambassador Blorpityblorpboop
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Assemble the Rank and Vile
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
Baaallerina
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Backup Plan
|
Banned
|
from $0.30
|
_____ Balls of Fire
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Bioluminary
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
_____ Bird Gets the Worm
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Brago's Favor
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Carnival Carnivore
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Chicken Troupe
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Clandestine Chameleon
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Coming Attraction
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Command Performance
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
Complaints Clerk
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
Deadbeat Attendant
|
Banned
|
from $0.19
|
Dee Kay, Finder of the Lost
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Discourtesy Clerk
|
Banned
|
from $0.23
|
Done for the Day
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Double Stroke
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Draconian Gate-Bot
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Echoing Boon
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Emissary's Ploy
|
Banned
|
from $0.23
|
Fight the _____ Fight
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Finishing Move
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Glitterflitter
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
_____ Goblin
|
Banned
|
from $0.63
|
Hired Heist
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Hold the Perimeter
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Hymn of the Wilds
|
Banned
|
from $0.21
|
Immediate Action
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Incendiary Dissent
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Iterative Analysis
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Last Voyage of the _____
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
"Lifetime" Pass Holder
|
Banned
|
from $0.48
|
Line Cutter
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Lineprancers
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Make a _____ Splash
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Minotaur de Force
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
| Card | Status | Price |
|---|---|---|
Monitor Monitor
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Muzzio's Preparations
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Myra the Magnificent
|
Banned
|
from $0.48
|
"Name Sticker" Goblin
|
Banned
|
—
|
Natural Unity
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
_____-o-saurus
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Park Bleater
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Petting Zookeeper
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Pin Collection
|
Banned
|
from $0.16
|
Power Play
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Prize Wall
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Proficient Pyrodancer
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Quick Fixer
|
Banned
|
from $0.23
|
Rad Rascal
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Ride Guide
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Robo-Piñata
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
_____ _____ Rocketship
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Roxi, Publicist to the Stars
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Scampire
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Seasoned Buttoneer
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Secret Summoning
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Secrets of Paradise
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Sentinel Dispatch
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Soul Swindler
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Sovereign's Realm
|
Banned
|
from $0.38
|
Spinnerette, Arachnobat
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
Squirrel Squatters
|
Banned
|
from $0.21
|
Step Right Up
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Stiltstrider
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Summoner's Bond
|
Banned
|
from $0.21
|
Sword-Swallowing Seraph
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
The Most Dangerous Gamer
|
Banned
|
from $0.28
|
Ticketomaton
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
_____ _____ _____ Trespasser
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Tusk and Whiskers
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Unexpected Potential
|
Banned
|
from $0.18
|
Weight Advantage
|
Banned
|
from $0.19
|
Wicker Picker
|
Banned
|
from $0.17
|
Wizards of the _____
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Wolf in _____ Clothing
|
Banned
|
from $0.15
|
Worldknit
|
Banned
|
from $0.30
|
The Vintage banlist is the only one where most entries are not banned but restricted, that is playable in a single copy. It is the format with the widest catalogue and the most powerful cards ever printed, and the single-copy limit is what lets it keep them in play.
Vintage restricts more than it bans
Vintage is the format where almost nothing is forbidden and a great deal is allowed in a single copy: 52 restricted cards against 19 banned. Restriction is its characteristic tool: the most powerful cards ever printed, from Black Lotus to the Moxen, stay playable but one at a time — removing them would erase the history of the game, and leaving them at four would leave no game at all. Outright bans here are almost entirely the cards you cannot use in a tournament: the ante ones, the ones asking for manual dexterity, and cards with the Conspiracy type.
How to check a Vintage deck
Before settling a list it is worth checking the cards in the other formats you might play them in: the complete banlist gathers every list on one page, and from there you reach the Legacy banlist and the Premodern banlist. To see what the latest change did to the tables there are the Vintage decks and the Vintage tournaments, while the spoilers of the sets on the way are where you see, ahead of time, the cards that may push towards the next intervention.
Frequently asked questions about the Vintage banlist
Why does Vintage restrict instead of banning?
Because banning the most powerful cards ever printed would erase the history of the game, while leaving them at four copies would leave no game to play: one copy is the compromise that holds the format together.
Can I play Black Lotus in Vintage?
Yes, in a single copy across deck and sideboard combined: it is restricted, not banned.