September 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement -- Magic: the Gathering Announcement Date: September 1, 2004 Effective Date: September 20, 2004 Magic Online Effective Date: September 23, 2004 (after the regularly scheduled Thursday downtime) Standard No changes Mirrodin Block Constructed No changes Extended Metalworker is banned Skullclamp is banned Vintage (formerly known as Type 1) Braingeyser is unrestricted Doomsday is unrestricted Earthcraft is unrestricted Fork is unrestricted "Type 1.5" (new format name to be determined) The "Type 1.5" Banned List is now maintained separately from the Vintage Banned and Restricted Lists. This format is going to be renamed. Read Aaron Forsythe's magicthegathering.com column on Friday, September 3, for information about how you can help choose the new name. The following cards that were on the Type 1 Restricted List are unbanned in "Type 1.5": Braingeyser Burning Wish Chrome Mox Crop Rotation Doomsday Enlightened Tutor Fact or Fiction Fork Lion's Eye Diamond Lotus Petal Mox Diamond Mystical Tutor Regrowth Stroke of Genius Voltaic Key The following cards that were not on the Type 1 Restricted List are banned in "Type 1.5": Bazaar of Baghdad Goblin Recruiter Hermit Druid Illusionary Mask Land Tax Mana Drain Metalworker Mishra's Workshop Oath of Druids Replenish Skullclamp Worldgorger Dragon Here is the complete Banned List for the new "Type 1.5" format: Amulet of Quoz Ancestral Recall Balance Bazaar of Baghdad Black Lotus Black Vise Bronze Tablet Channel Chaos Orb Contract from Below Darkpact Demonic Attorney Demonic Consultation Demonic Tutor Dream Halls Earthcraft Entomb Falling Star Fastbond Frantic Search Goblin Recruiter Grim Monolith Gush Hermit Druid Illusionary Mask Jeweled Bird Land Tax Library of Alexandria Mana Crypt Mana Drain Mana Vault Memory Jar Metalworker Mind Over Matter Mind Twist Mind's Desire Mishra's Workshop Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Necropotence Oath of Druids Rebirth Replenish Skullclamp Sol Ring Strip Mine Tempest Efreet Time Spiral Time Walk Timetwister Timmerian Fiends Tinker Tolarian Academy Vampiric Tutor Wheel of Fortune Windfall Worldgorger Dragon Yawgmoth's Bargain Yawgmoth's Will Magic Online Formats The Banned Lists for Magic Online formats will now be maintained using these quarterly announcements. Note that the Standard, Mirrodin Block Constructed, and Extended formats in Magic Online use the same Banned Lists given above. In case you skipped ahead, the net impact is that Skullclamp is banned in Extended (Metalworker is in a set unavailable for play in Magic Online). Classic No cards are banned in the Classic format. Every card available on Magic Online may be played in this format. Open No cards are banned in the Open format. Every card available on Magic Online may be played in this format. Prismatic Bribery is banned Buried Alive is banned Burning Wish is banned Cunning Wish is banned Diabolic Tutor is banned Eladamri's Call is banned Entomb is banned Fabricate is banned Insidious Dreams is banned Living Wish is banned Quiet Speculation is banned Sterling Grove is banned Sundering Titan is banned Tooth and Nail is banned Wild Research is banned Singleton No changes Tribal Skullclamp is banned Explanation of the changes from Magic R&D: Click here to read an explanation of the state of Magic Online Constructed formats by Randy Buehler. For an explanation of the Extended bannings, along with details about the changes to the formats formerly known as Type 1 and Type 1.5, tune in to Aaron Forsythe's "Latest Developments" column on magicthegathering.com on Friday, September 3, 2004.