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Magic: The Gathering (MTG) Legacy Ban List

Name every card which is currently banned in the Legacy MTG format as of November 2023. Cards are listed in the order that they were banned. Cards banned at the same time are in alphabetical order, unless it's a full cycle which then follows color order. Since the format was first formed in 1996 with all cards which had either been banned or restricted in Vintage immediately banned in Legacy, we will consider all cards banned or restricted before then to have been banned in 1996.
I am not including any cards with the ante mechanic, the Conspiracy card type, or ones banned for racist depictions.
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Year Banned
Description
Answer
1996
draw 3 cards for 1 mana
Ancestral Recall
1996
0 mana artifact: sac for 3 mana of any color
Black Lotus
1996
0 mana artifact: tap for W
Mox Pearl
1996
0 mana artifact: tap for U
Mox Sapphire
1996
0 mana artifact: tap for B
Mox Jet
1996
0 mana artifact: tap for R
Mox Ruby
1996
0 mana artifact: tap for G
Mox Emerald
1996
1 mana artifact: tap for 2
Sol Ring
1996
both players shuffle hand and graveyard into deck and then draw 7
Timetwister
1996/2008
artifact which can tap to take extra turns, but doesn't untap normally
Time Vault
1996
take an extra turn for 2 mana
Time Walk
1996/2006
play a game within a game: loser loses half their life in the main game
Shahrazad
1996
you can pay life to make colorless mana
Channel
1996
search your deck for any card for 2 mana
Demonic Tutor
1996
both players discard hand and then draw 7
Wheel of Fortune
1996
land you can tap to draw if you have 7 cards in hand
Library of Alexandria
1996/2004
land that taps for 3 but only for artifacts
Mishra's Workshop
1996
flip this artifact onto the table and whatever it lands on gets destroyed
Chaos Orb
1996
flip this sorcery onto the table and what ever it lands on takes 3 damage
Falling Star
1996
target player discards X random cards
Mind Twist
1996
for each card type, each player must sac until they have the same number as the player who has the least of that type.
Balance
1996
play any number of lands per turn. extra lands deal 1 damage to you
Fastbond
1996
sac this land to destroy any land
Strip Mine
1997
land that taps for U equal to the number of artifacts you control
Tolarian Academy
1997
each player discards their hand then draws cards equal to the biggest number discarded
Windfall
1999
each player exiles their hand and draws 7, at end of turn they discard their hand and get their old hand back
Memory Jar
1999
draw 2, discard 2, untap 3 lands
Frantic Search
1999
0 mana artifact, tap for 2. in upkeep flip a coin to see if you take 3 damage
Mana Crypt
1999
1 mana artifact, tap for 3. Doesn't untap unless you pay 4 mana
Mana Vault
1999/2010
search your deck for an instant or sorcery and put it on top
Mystical Tutor
1999
sac an artifact, search your deck for an artifact and put it on the battlefield
Tinker
1999
instant: search your deck for a card and put it on top. you lose 2 life
Vampiric Tutor
Year Banned
Description
Answer
1999
pay a life to draw a card
Yawgmoth's Bargain
1999
cast cards from your graveyard. cards get exiled instead of going to graveyard
Yawgmoth's Will
2000
name a card, reveal cards until you reveal that card, exile all other revealed cards
Demonic Consultation
2000
pay a life, exile a card from your deck. put all cards exiled in your hand at your end step
Necropotence
2003
tap a creature to untap a land
Earthcraft
2003
you can return 2 islands to your hand to draw 2
Gush
2004
land: draw 2 then discard 3
Bazaar of Baghdad
2004
search your deck for goblins and put them on top of the deck
Goblin Recruiter
2004
reveal cards until you reveal a basic land to put in your hand. all other revealed cards go to your graveyard
Hermit Druid
2004
counter a spell. you get mana next precombat main phase equal to it's cmc
Mana Drain
2004
Whoever has less creatures gets to reveal cards from their deck until they get a creature and then put it into play
Oath of Druids
2004
equipment: if equipped creature dies draw 2 cards
Skullclamp
2005
sorcery: search your deck for a card and put it on top. you lose 2 life
Imperial Seal
2007
instant: put a creature in play. sac it unless you pay its mana cost
Flash
2010
discard a creature card to search your deck for a different creature card
Survival of the Fittest
2011
pay 2 life to counter a one mana spell
Mental Misstep
2015
delve: draw 3 cards
Treasure Cruise
2015
delve: look at the top 7 and put 2 in your hand
Dig Through Time
2017
artifact: look at the top 3 cards and put them back in any order
Sensei's Divining Top
2018
"one mana planeswalker"
Deathrite Shaman
2018
pay 2 life, look at opponents hand, draw a card
Gitaxian Probe
2019
2 mana planeswalker that gets lands back from graveyard
Wrenn and Six
2020
gives cards in your graveyard escape by exiling 3 cards from graveyard
Underworld Breach
2020
companion that requires 2 cmc permanents. cast cards from graveyard
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2020
companion that requires activated abilities. reduces activated ability costs
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
2021
snow artifact. draws a card on etb. can convert mana to any color
Arcum's Astrolabe
2021
creature that casts a spell from the graveyard when it attacks
Dreadhorde Arcanist
2021
planeswalker that can turn any creature or artifact into an elk
Oko, Thief of Crowns
2022
2/1 monkey that can steal cards and gain you mana
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
2023
sorcery that lets you add a card to your hand, cast one, and put on on the bottom of your deck
Expressive Iteration
2023
creature that gives you the initiative
White Plume Adventurer
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