Announcement Date: July 18, 2019

Effective Date: August 16, 2019

Standard format

No changes have been made to the banned card list for the Standard format.

Expanded format

No changes have been made to the banned card list for the Expanded format.

See the list of banned cards for the Standard and Expanded formats.

Rule Changes

No new rule changes have been made.

Next Announcement Date: August 8, 2019

Details of Changes

No cards were banned from the Standard format. It will be an extremely rare occurrence for cards to be banned from the Standard format.

No cards were banned from the Expanded format. The impact of the recent changes to the banned card list is still being determined.

Tournament results will continue to be analyzed to maintain a healthy play environment. In particular, the Expanded format will be aggressively monitored because there are so many cards and potential combinations available to use.