{
  "title": "Magic: The Gathering Format Taxonomy & Sanctioned Legalities Index",
  "host": "https://avascry.com",
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  "formats": {
    "commander": {
      "name": "Commander / EDH",
      "deck_size": 100,
      "singleton": true,
      "starting_life": 40,
      "commander_damage_threshold": 21,
      "commander_tax": "{2} per previous cast from command zone",
      "color_identity_rule": "Deck may only include cards with mana symbols and color indicators that are a subset of the commander's color identity (CR 903.4).",
      "banned_cards": [
        "Black Lotus", "Ancestral Recall", "Time Walk", "Mox Pearl", "Mox Sapphire", "Mox Jet", "Mox Ruby", "Mox Emerald",
        "Channel", "Fastbond", "Karakas", "Balance", "Library of Alexandria", "Flash", "Golos, Tireless Pilgrim",
        "Hullbreacher", "Leovold, Emissary of Trest", "Emrakul, the Aeons Torn", "Griselbrand", "Iona, Shield of Emeria",
        "Primeval Titan", "Sundering Titan", "Paradox Engine", "Tinker", "Trade Secrets", "Yawgmoth's Bargain", "Time Vault", "Shahrazad"
      ]
    },
    "standard": {
      "name": "Standard",
      "deck_size_min": 60,
      "sideboard_max": 15,
      "max_copies_per_card": 4,
      "structure": "3-Year Rotating Premiere Constructed Format"
    },
    "pioneer": {
      "name": "Pioneer",
      "deck_size_min": 60,
      "sideboard_max": 15,
      "max_copies_per_card": 4,
      "starting_set": "Return to Ravnica (2012-10)",
      "banned_cards": [
        "Bloodstained Mire", "Flooded Strand", "Polluted Delta", "Windswept Heath", "Wooded Foothills",
        "Expressive Iteration", "Inverter of Truth", "Kethis, the Hidden Hand", "Leyline of Abundance",
        "Nexus of Fate", "Oko, Thief of Crowns", "Once Upon a Time", "Teferi, Time Raveler",
        "Underworld Breach", "Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath", "Veil of Summer", "Walking Ballista",
        "Wilderness Reclamation", "Winota, Joiner of Forces", "Karn, the Great Creator", "Geological Appraiser"
      ]
    },
    "modern": {
      "name": "Modern",
      "deck_size_min": 60,
      "sideboard_max": 15,
      "max_copies_per_card": 4,
      "starting_set": "Eighth Edition / Mirrodin (2003-07)",
      "banned_cards": [
        "Ancient Den", "Great Furnace", "Seat of the Synod", "Tree of Tales", "Vault of Whispers",
        "Birthing Pod", "Blazing Shoal", "Bridge from Below", "Chrome Mox", "Cloudpost", "Dark Depths",
        "Deathrite Shaman", "Dig Through Time", "Dread Return", "Eye of Ugin", "Faithless Looting",
        "Field of the Dead", "Fury", "Gitaxian Probe", "Golgari Grave-Troll", "Green Sun's Zenith",
        "Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis", "Hypergenesis", "Krark-Clan Ironworks", "Mental Misstep", "Mox Opal",
        "Mycosynth Lattice", "Mystic Sanctuary", "Oko, Thief of Crowns", "Once Upon a Time", "Ponder",
        "Punishing Fire", "Rite of Flame", "Sensei's Divining Top", "Simian Spirit Guide", "Skullclamp",
        "Splinter Twin", "Summer Bloom", "Tibalt's Trickery", "Treasure Cruise", "Umezawa's Jitte",
        "Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath", "Violent Outburst", "Up the Beanstalk", "The One Ring", "Grief"
      ]
    },
    "legacy": {
      "name": "Legacy",
      "deck_size_min": 60,
      "sideboard_max": 15,
      "max_copies_per_card": 4,
      "structure": "Eternal (all historical printed Magic cards legal, curated banlist)",
      "banned_cards": [
        "Black Lotus", "Ancestral Recall", "Time Walk", "Timetwister", "Mox Pearl", "Mox Sapphire", "Mox Jet", "Mox Ruby", "Mox Emerald",
        "Balance", "Bazaar of Baghdad", "Channel", "Chaos Orb", "Demonic Consultation", "Demonic Tutor", "Earthcraft",
        "Falling Star", "Fastbond", "Flash", "Frantic Search", "Goblin Recruiter", "Gush", "Hermit Druid", "Imperial Seal",
        "Library of Alexandria", "Mana Crypt", "Mana Drain", "Mana Vault", "Memory Jar", "Mental Misstep", "Mind Twist",
        "Mind's Desire", "Mishra's Workshop", "Mystical Tutor", "Necropotence", "Oath of Druids", "Oko, Thief of Crowns",
        "Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer", "Sensei's Divining Top", "Shahrazad", "Skullclamp", "Sol Ring", "Strip Mine",
        "Survival of the Fittest", "Time Vault", "Tinker", "Tolarian Academy", "Treasure Cruise", "Underworld Breach",
        "Vampiric Tutor", "Wheel of Fortune", "Windfall", "Wrenn and Six", "Yawgmoth's Bargain", "Yawgmoth's Will", "White Plume Adventurer", "Expressive Iteration", "Grief"
      ]
    },
    "vintage": {
      "name": "Vintage",
      "deck_size_min": 60,
      "sideboard_max": 15,
      "structure": "Eternal with Restricted List (max 1 copy allowed)",
      "restricted_cards": [
        "Black Lotus", "Ancestral Recall", "Time Walk", "Timetwister", "Mox Pearl", "Mox Sapphire", "Mox Jet", "Mox Ruby", "Mox Emerald",
        "Sol Ring", "Mana Crypt", "Mana Vault", "Demonic Tutor", "Vampiric Tutor", "Imperial Seal", "Mystical Tutor",
        "Tinker", "Tolarian Academy", "Brainstorm", "Ponder", "Gitaxian Probe", "Treasure Cruise", "Dig Through Time",
        "Necropotence", "Yawgmoth's Will", "Channel", "Fastbond", "Balance", "Wheel of Fortune", "Windfall", "Mind's Desire",
        "Memory Jar", "Time Vault", "Strip Mine", "Trinisphere", "Lodestone Golem", "Karn, the Great Creator", "Monastery Mentor",
        "Narset, Parter of Veils", "Golgari Grave-Troll", "Demonic Consultation", "Flash", "Merchant Scroll", "Mystic Forge", "Urza's Saga", "Vexing Bauble"
      ]
    },
    "pauper": {
      "name": "Pauper",
      "deck_size_min": 60,
      "sideboard_max": 15,
      "max_copies_per_card": 4,
      "rarity_rule": "Only cards printed at Common rarity in any paper or MTGO product are legal.",
      "banned_cards": [
        "Cloudpost", "Cranial Plating", "Daze", "Gush", "Gitaxian Probe", "High Tide", "Hymn to Tourach", "Sinkhole",
        "Invigorate", "Arcum's Astrolabe", "Fall from Favor", "Mystic Sanctuary", "Chatterstorm", "Sojourner's Companion",
        "Atog", "Bonder's Ornament", "Galvanic Relay", "Monastery Swiftspear", "All That Glitters"
      ]
    }
  }
}