DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement

Announcement Date: September 1, 2000

Effective Date: October 1, 2000

Standard

No changes

Extended

No changes

Masques Block

No changes

Type 1

Channel is restricted (unbanned)
Demonic Consultation is restricted
Mind Twist is restricted (unbanned)
Necropotence is restricted

Type 1.5
(All cards on the Type 1 Banned and Restricted Lists are banned in Type
1.5)

Demonic Consultation is banned
Necropotence is banned

Explanation of Banned and Restricted List Changes

Type 1 and 1.5

Restrictions

Necropotence
Over the past 3 years, this card has become more and more dominant in the
Type 1 format.  While many more powerful cards have slowly become
restricted, this card remained as the preeminent card drawing engine.
Quite simply, the swing this card introduces to the game is on par with
several cards that are already restricted.

Demonic Consultation
In a format where all the other "tutor" cards are restricted (Demonic,
Enlightened, Mystical, etc.), Demonic Consultation stood out as a
powerhouse.   Especially, since Demonic Consultation was arguably more
powerful than many of those other tutors.

Unbannings

Keep in mind that we are constantly monitoring all tournament formats, and
trying to maintain as many viable deck archetypes (and thus as many cards)
as possible.

Mind Twist and Channel
When these cards were first banned in 1995, Magic: the Gathering was a
different game than it is now. In spite of the many cards that have been
restricted, the speed of Type 1 has steadily increased over the years.
This increase in speed is the result of the thousands of cards that have
been added to Type 1 since Channel and Mind Twist were banned. In fact,
Type 1 is fast enough now that these cards, while still powerful, no
longer unbalance the game as they once did.