Two-Headed Giant FAQ       Deck formats as of 1 March 2008

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain exactly fifteen cards.

With the exception of basic land cards, a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent. All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic.  (The five Ice Age snow-covered lands -- Snow-Covered Plains, Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Swamp, Snow-Covered Mountain, and Snow-Covered Forest -- are also basic lands. Note that snow-covered lands are permitted only in formats that allow the Ice Age set to be used.)


Standard Format

The following card sets are permitted in Standard (Type 2) sets: 10th Edition, Coldsnap, Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, Future Sight, Lowyrn, Morningtide, Shadowmoor, Eventide

There are currently no banned cards in Standard tournaments.


Extended Format

The following card sets are permitted in Extended sets:  7th through 10th edition, black-bordered sets Invasion through Morningtide, Shadowmoor, Eventide

(Effective October 20, 2008, following the release of the set codenamed “Rock” the following sets will be leaving the Extended Format: Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse, Odyssey, Torment, Judgment, and Seventh Edition.)

The following cards are banned in Extended tournaments: Aether Vial , Disciple of the Vault, Entomb, Skullclamp


Legacy Format

The following card sets are permitted in Legacy (type 1.5) sets:  All basic sets (Alpha - 10th edition), black-bordered sets Arabian Nights through Morningtide, Portal, Portal Second Age, Portal Three Kingdoms, Starter 199, Starter 2000 and promotional cards

The following cards are banned in Legacy sets:

* Amulet of Quoz * Entomb * Memory Jar * Strip Mine
* Ancestral Recall * Falling Star * Metalworker * Tempest Efreet
* Balance * Fastbond * Mind Twist * Time Spiral
* Bazaar of Baghdad * Flash * Mind's Desire * Time Walk
* Black Lotus * Frantic Search * Mishra's Workshop * Timetwister
* Black Vise * Goblin Recruiter * Mox Emerald * Timmerian Fiends
* Bronze Tablet * Gush * Mox Jet * Tinker
* Channel * Hermit Druid * Mox Pearl * Tolarian Academy
* Chaos Orb * Illusionary Mask * Mox Ruby * Vampiric Tutor
* Contract from Below * Imperial Seal * Mox Sapphire * Wheel of Fortune
* Darkpact * Jeweled Bird * Necropotence * Windfall
* Demonic Attorney * Land Tax * Oath of Druids * Worldgorger Dragon
* Demonic Consultation * Library of Alexandria * Rebirth * Yawgmoth's Bargain
* Demonic Tutor * Mana Crypt * Shahrazad * Yawgmoth's Will
* Dream Halls * Mana Drain * Skullclamp * Grim Momolith
* Earthcraft * Mana Vault * Sol Ring  


Vintage Format

The following card sets are permitted in Vintage (Type 1) sets: All basic sets (Alpha - 10th edition), black-bordered sets Arabian Nights through Morningtide, Portal, Portal Second Age, Portal Three Kingdoms, Starter 1999, Starter 2000 and promotional cards

The following cards are banned in Vintage tournaments: Any ante card, Chaos Orb, Falling Star, Shahrazad

The following cards are restricted* in Vintage tournaments:

Ancestral Recall Imperial Seal  Regrowth
Balance Library of Alexandria Sol Ring
Black Lotus Lion’s Eye Diamond Strip Mine
Lotus Petal Time Spiral
Burning Wish Mana Crypt Time Walk
Channel Mana Vault Timetwister
Chrome Mox Memory Jar Tinker
Crop Rotation Tolarian Academy
Demonic Consultation Mind’s Desire Trinisphere
Demonic Tutor Mox Diamond Vampiric Tutor
Dream Halls Mox Emerald
Enlightened Tutor Mox Jet Wheel of Fortune
Entomb Mox Pearl Windfall
Fact or Fiction Mox Ruby Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Fastbond Mox Sapphire Yawgmoth’s Will
Frantic Search Mystical Tutor  
Grim Monolith Necropotence  
Gifts Ungiven Personal Tutor  

*Restricted Card: A card that is limited by the DCI to one per deck in the indicated format. For example, the card Black Lotus is restricted in DCI-sanctioned Vintage Magic tournaments. This means that only one Black Lotus is allowed per deck, including sideboard, in the Vintage format.

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