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6. Constructed Rules & Ban List

Last Updated: November 24, 2025

6. Constructed Tournament Rules

6.1 Deck Construction Restrictions

Constructed decks… fifteen cards. Decks constructed for the TL:R format must be exactly 50 cards, to include its commander(s). A player’s commander(s) are determined as a match begins and cannot be changed during a match. If a player chooses to use a sideboard, it cannot contain more than ten cards.

6.8 TL:R deck construction

TL:R decks may consist of cards from all Magic card sets. Cards from expansions and special sets (like From the Vault, Magic: The Gathering—Commander, Duel Decks, Conspiracy, etc.) are legal in the TL:R format on the date of release of the expansion or special set.

TL:R uses two ban lists. One list refers to cards banned entirely in the format. The other refers to cards that cannot be played as a deck’s commander (banned as commander) but may be played in the main deck or sideboard.

The following cards are banned in TL:R

Categories:

  • All cards with a silver border, gold border, or acorn stamp
  • Cards with the card type Conspiracy
  • Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats.
  • Cards that reference playing for ante.
  • Cards that bring stickers or attractions into the game.

The following cards are banned as commander (but may be played in the main deck or sideboard):

  • Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
  • Ashiok, Dream Render
  • Derevi, Imperial Tactician
  • Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
  • Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • Ketramose, the New Dawn
  • Nadu, Winged Wisdom
  • Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
  • Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
  • Wrenn and Six

A

  • Ancestral Recall

B

  • Black Lotus
  • Balance

C

  • Channel
  • Chaos Orb
  • Chrome Mox
  • Counterbalance
  • Court of Cunning

D

  • Deflecting Swat
  • Demonic Tutor

E

  • Earthcraft

F

  • Falling Star
  • Fastbond
  • Fierce Guardianship
  • Forth, Eorlingas!

G

  • Gaea’s Cradle
  • Grindstone

H

  • Hermit Druid
  • High Tide

I

  • Imperial Seal

J

  • Jeweled Lotus

K

  • Karakas

L

  • Library of Alexandria
  • Lion’s Eye Diamond
  • Lutri, the Spellchaser

M

  • Maddening Hex
  • Mana Crypt
  • Mana Vault
  • Mind Twist
  • Mishra’s Workshop
  • Mox Amber
  • Mox Diamond
  • Mox Emerald
  • Mox Jet
  • Mox Opal
  • Mox Pearl
  • Mox Ruby
  • Mox Sapphire
  • Mystical Tutor

N

  • Necropotence

O

  • Oko, Thief of Crowns

P

  • Price of Progress

S

  • Shahrazad
  • Skullclamp
  • Sol Ring
  • Strip Mine
  • Survival of the Fittest

T

  • Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
  • Teferi, Time Raveler
  • Thassa’s Oracle
  • The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
  • Time Vault
  • Time Walk
  • Timetwister
  • Tolarian Academy
  • True-Name Nemesis

U

  • Umezawa’s Jitte

V

  • Vampiric Tutor

W

  • Wheel of Fortune
  • White Plume Adventurer

Y

  • Yawgmoth’s Will