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Formats — Historic

Historic is an non-rotating Constructed format consisting of all cards legal on Magic: The Gathering Arena.

Cards in Historic get "suspended" rather than "banned".

Cards marked "conjurable" or "specialized" are not a banlist decision - they can only be created during the game, never put in a deck.

Banned cards

• Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
• Ancient Tomb
• Arid Mesa
• Armageddon
• Blood Moon
• Bloodstained Mire
• Brainstorm
• Broadside Bombardiers
• Channel
• Chrome Mox
• Commandeer
• Crop Rotation
• Dark Depths
• Dark Ritual
• Daze
• Demonic Tutor
• Devoted Druid
• Eldrazi Temple
• Entomb
• Field of the Dead
• Fireblast
• Flare of Cultivation
• Flare of Denial
• Flare of Duplication
• Flare of Fortitude
• Flare of Malice
• Flooded Strand
• Food Chain
• Force of Will
• Frantic Search
• Fury
• Grief
• Gut, True Soul Zealot
• Intruder Alarm
• Land Tax
• Library of Alexandria
• Mana Drain
• Marsh Flats
• Memory Lapse
• Mishra's Bauble
• Misty Rainforest
• Mox Opal
• Mystical Tutor
• Natural Order
• Necropotence
• Nexus of Fate
• Oko, Thief of Crowns
• Once Upon a Time
• Painter's Servant
• Polluted Delta
• Preordain
• Pyrokinesis
• Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• Reanimate
• Scalding Tarn
• Scholar of the Lost Trove
• Seething Song
• Show and Tell
• Sneak Attack
• Solitude
• Spreading Seas
• Strip Mine
• Subtlety
• Survival of the Fittest
• Swords to Plowshares
• Temporal Manipulation
• Thassa's Oracle
• Tibalt's Trickery
• Time Warp
• Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• Vampiric Tutor
• Veil of Summer
• Verdant Catacombs
• Windswept Heath
• Winter Moon
• Wooded Foothills

Restricted cards

• Alora, Cheerful Assassin
• Alora, Cheerful Mastermind
• Alora, Cheerful Scout
• Alora, Cheerful Swashbuckler
• Alora, Cheerful Thief
• Ambergris, Agent of Balance
• Ambergris, Agent of Destruction
• Ambergris, Agent of Law
• Ambergris, Agent of Progress
• Ambergris, Agent of Tyranny
• Ancestral Recall
• Black Lotus
• Gale, Abyssal Conduit
• Gale, Holy Conduit
• Gale, Primeval Conduit
• Gale, Storm Conduit
• Gale, Temporal Conduit
• Gut, Bestial Fanatic
• Gut, Brutal Fanatic
• Gut, Devious Fanatic
• Gut, Furious Fanatic
• Gut, Zealous Fanatic
• Hag of Ceaseless Torment
• Hag of Dark Duress
• Hag of Death's Legion
• Hag of Inner Weakness
• Hag of Mage's Doom
• Hag of Noxious Nightmares
• Hag of Scoured Thoughts
• Hag of Syphoned Breath
• Hag of Twisted Visions
• Imoen, Chaotic Trickster
• Imoen, Honorable Trickster
• Imoen, Occult Trickster
• Imoen, Wily Trickster
• Imoen, Wise Trickster
• Jaheira, Heroic Harper
• Jaheira, Insightful Harper
• Jaheira, Merciful Harper
• Jaheira, Ruthless Harper
• Jaheira, Stirring Harper
• Karlach, Tiefling Berserker
• Karlach, Tiefling Guardian
• Karlach, Tiefling Punisher
• Karlach, Tiefling Spellrager
• Karlach, Tiefling Zealot
• Klement, Death Acolyte
• Klement, Knowledge Acolyte
• Klement, Life Acolyte
• Klement, Nature Acolyte
• Klement, Tempest Acolyte
• Lae'zel, Blessed Warrior
• Lae'zel, Callous Warrior
• Lae'zel, Illithid Thrall
• Lae'zel, Primal Warrior
• Lae'zel, Wrathful Warrior
• Lightning Bolt
• Lukamina, Bear Form
• Lukamina, Crocodile Form
• Lukamina, Hawk Form
• Lukamina, Scorpion Form
• Lukamina, Wolf Form
• Lulu, Curious Hollyphant
• Lulu, Helpful Hollyphant
• Lulu, Inspiring Hollyphant
• Lulu, Vengeful Hollyphant
• Lulu, Wild Hollyphant
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Rasaad, Dragon Monk
• Rasaad, Radiant Monk
• Rasaad, Shadow Monk
• Rasaad, Sylvan Monk
• Rasaad, Warrior Monk
• Sarevok, Deadly Usurper
• Sarevok, Deceitful Usurper
• Sarevok, Divine Usurper
• Sarevok, Ferocious Usurper
• Sarevok, Mighty Usurper
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Graves
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Order
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Trickery
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Twilight
• Shadowheart, Cleric of War
• Skanos, Black Dragon Vassal
• Skanos, Blue Dragon Vassal
• Skanos, Green Dragon Vassal
• Skanos, Red Dragon Vassal
• Skanos, White Dragon Vassal
• Time Walk
• Timetwister
• Tropical Island
• Vhal, Scholar of Creation
• Vhal, Scholar of Elements
• Vhal, Scholar of Mortality
• Vhal, Scholar of Prophecy
• Vhal, Scholar of Tactics
• Viconia, Disciple of Arcana
• Viconia, Disciple of Blood
• Viconia, Disciple of Rebirth
• Viconia, Disciple of Strength
• Viconia, Disciple of Violence
• Wilson, Ardent Bear
• Wilson, Fearsome Bear
• Wilson, Majestic Bear
• Wilson, Subtle Bear
• Wilson, Urbane Bear
• Wyll of the Blade Pact
• Wyll of the Celestial Pact
• Wyll of the Elder Pact
• Wyll of the Fey Pact
• Wyll of the Fiend Pact

Ban history

2026-04-24

• Armageddon: legal → banned
• Daze: legal → banned
• Force of Will: legal → banned
• Vampiric Tutor: legal → banned
• Library of Alexandria: legal → banned

2026-03-30

• Survival of the Fittest: legal → banned

2026-03-23

• Food Chain: legal → banned

2026-02-09

• Agent of Treachery: banned → legal
• Wilderness Reclamation: banned → legal
• Force of Vigor: banned → legal
• Harbinger of the Seas: banned → legal
• Endurance: banned → legal
• Magus of the Moon: banned → legal
• Force of Negation: banned → legal
• Eldrazi Temple: legal → banned
• Ajani, Nacatl Pariah: legal → banned
• Crop Rotation: legal → banned
• Scholar of the Lost Trove: legal → banned

2026-01-23

• Devoted Druid: legal → banned
• Painter's Servant: legal → banned

2025-11-21

• Force of Negation: legal → banned
• Frantic Search: legal → banned
• Mystical Tutor: legal → banned
• Entomb: legal → banned
• Dark Depths: legal → banned

2025-10-28

• Fireblast: legal → banned
• Preordain: legal → banned
• Pyrokinesis: legal → banned
• Seething Song: legal → banned

2025-09-23

• Kraken Hatchling: conjurable → legal
• Ponder: conjurable → legal
• Regal Force: conjurable → legal
• Stormfront Pegasus: conjurable → legal
• Broadside Bombardiers: legal → banned
• Gut, True Soul Zealot: legal → banned

2025-08-19

• Mox Opal: legal → banned

2025-08-01

• Ancient Tomb: legal → banned
• Strip Mine: legal → banned
• Magus of the Moon: legal → banned

2025-06-30

• Counterspell: banned → legal

2025-02-03

• Chrome Mox: legal → banned

2024-11-15

• Temporal Manipulation: legal → banned

2024-06-14

• Harbinger of the Seas: legal → banned
• Winter Moon: legal → banned
• Solitude: legal → banned
• Subtlety: legal → banned
• Grief: legal → banned
• Fury: legal → banned
• Endurance: legal → banned
• Flare of Fortitude: legal → banned
• Flare of Denial: legal → banned
• Flare of Malice: legal → banned
• Flare of Duplication: legal → banned
• Flare of Cultivation: legal → banned
• Marsh Flats: legal → banned
• Scalding Tarn: legal → banned
• Verdant Catacombs: legal → banned
• Arid Mesa: legal → banned
• Misty Rainforest: legal → banned

2024-04-19

• Commandeer: legal → banned
• Force of Vigor: legal → banned
• Mana Drain: legal → banned
• Reanimate: legal → banned

2024-02-09

• Show and Tell: legal → banned

2023-12-04

• Flooded Strand: legal → banned
• Polluted Delta: legal → banned
• Bloodstained Mire: legal → banned
• Wooded Foothills: legal → banned
• Windswept Heath: legal → banned

2023-09-08

• Blood Moon: legal → banned
• Intruder Alarm: legal → banned
• Land Tax: legal → banned
• Necropotence: legal → banned
• Sneak Attack: legal → banned
• Spreading Seas: legal → banned

2023-04-21

• Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer: legal → banned

2022-11-18

• Mishra's Bauble: legal → banned

2022-10-05

• Ancestral Recall: legal → conjurable
• Time Walk: legal → conjurable
• Timetwister: legal → conjurable
• Black Lotus: legal → conjurable
• Mox Emerald: legal → conjurable
• Mox Jet: legal → conjurable
• Mox Pearl: legal → conjurable
• Mox Ruby: legal → conjurable
• Mox Sapphire: legal → conjurable

2022-07-07

• Lightning Bolt: banned → conjurable
• Alora, Cheerful Assassin: legal → specialized
• Alora, Cheerful Mastermind: legal → specialized
• Alora, Cheerful Scout: legal → specialized
• Alora, Cheerful Swashbuckler: legal → specialized
• Alora, Cheerful Thief: legal → specialized
• Ambergris, Agent of Balance: legal → specialized
• Ambergris, Agent of Destruction: legal → specialized
• Ambergris, Agent of Law: legal → specialized
• Ambergris, Agent of Progress: legal → specialized
• Ambergris, Agent of Tyranny: legal → specialized
• Gale, Abyssal Conduit: legal → specialized
• Gale, Holy Conduit: legal → specialized
• Gale, Primeval Conduit: legal → specialized
• Gale, Storm Conduit: legal → specialized
• Gale, Temporal Conduit: legal → specialized
• Gut, Bestial Fanatic: legal → specialized
• Gut, Brutal Fanatic: legal → specialized
• Gut, Devious Fanatic: legal → specialized
• Gut, Furious Fanatic: legal → specialized
• Gut, Zealous Fanatic: legal → specialized
• Imoen, Chaotic Trickster: legal → specialized
• Imoen, Honorable Trickster: legal → specialized
• Imoen, Occult Trickster: legal → specialized
• Imoen, Wily Trickster: legal → specialized
• Imoen, Wise Trickster: legal → specialized
• Jaheira, Heroic Harper: legal → specialized
• Jaheira, Insightful Harper: legal → specialized
• Jaheira, Merciful Harper: legal → specialized
• Jaheira, Ruthless Harper: legal → specialized
• Jaheira, Stirring Harper: legal → specialized
• Karlach, Tiefling Berserker: legal → specialized
• Karlach, Tiefling Guardian: legal → specialized
• Karlach, Tiefling Punisher: legal → specialized
• Karlach, Tiefling Spellrager: legal → specialized
• Karlach, Tiefling Zealot: legal → specialized
• Klement, Death Acolyte: legal → specialized
• Klement, Knowledge Acolyte: legal → specialized
• Klement, Life Acolyte: legal → specialized
• Klement, Nature Acolyte: legal → specialized
• Klement, Tempest Acolyte: legal → specialized
• Lae'zel, Blessed Warrior: legal → specialized
• Lae'zel, Callous Warrior: legal → specialized
• Lae'zel, Illithid Thrall: legal → specialized
• Lae'zel, Primal Warrior: legal → specialized
• Lae'zel, Wrathful Warrior: legal → specialized
• Lukamina, Bear Form: legal → specialized
• Lukamina, Crocodile Form: legal → specialized
• Lukamina, Hawk Form: legal → specialized
• Lukamina, Scorpion Form: legal → specialized
• Lukamina, Wolf Form: legal → specialized
• Lulu, Curious Hollyphant: legal → specialized
• Lulu, Helpful Hollyphant: legal → specialized
• Lulu, Inspiring Hollyphant: legal → specialized
• Lulu, Vengeful Hollyphant: legal → specialized
• Lulu, Wild Hollyphant: legal → specialized
• Rasaad, Dragon Monk: legal → specialized
• Rasaad, Radiant Monk: legal → specialized
• Rasaad, Shadow Monk: legal → specialized
• Rasaad, Sylvan Monk: legal → specialized
• Rasaad, Warrior Monk: legal → specialized
• Sarevok, Deadly Usurper: legal → specialized
• Sarevok, Deceitful Usurper: legal → specialized
• Sarevok, Divine Usurper: legal → specialized
• Sarevok, Ferocious Usurper: legal → specialized
• Sarevok, Mighty Usurper: legal → specialized
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Graves: legal → specialized
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Order: legal → specialized
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Trickery: legal → specialized
• Shadowheart, Cleric of Twilight: legal → specialized
• Shadowheart, Cleric of War: legal → specialized
• Skanos, Black Dragon Vassal: legal → specialized
• Skanos, Blue Dragon Vassal: legal → specialized
• Skanos, Green Dragon Vassal: legal → specialized
• Skanos, Red Dragon Vassal: legal → specialized
• Skanos, White Dragon Vassal: legal → specialized
• Vhal, Scholar of Creation: legal → specialized
• Vhal, Scholar of Elements: legal → specialized
• Vhal, Scholar of Mortality: legal → specialized
• Vhal, Scholar of Prophecy: legal → specialized
• Vhal, Scholar of Tactics: legal → specialized
• Viconia, Disciple of Arcana: legal → specialized
• Viconia, Disciple of Blood: legal → specialized
• Viconia, Disciple of Rebirth: legal → specialized
• Viconia, Disciple of Strength: legal → specialized
• Viconia, Disciple of Violence: legal → specialized
• Wilson, Ardent Bear: legal → specialized
• Wilson, Fearsome Bear: legal → specialized
• Wilson, Majestic Bear: legal → specialized
• Wilson, Subtle Bear: legal → specialized
• Wilson, Urbane Bear: legal → specialized
• Wyll of the Blade Pact: legal → specialized
• Wyll of the Celestial Pact: legal → specialized
• Wyll of the Elder Pact: legal → specialized
• Wyll of the Fey Pact: legal → specialized
• Wyll of the Fiend Pact: legal → specialized
• Hag of Ceaseless Torment: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Dark Duress: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Death's Legion: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Inner Weakness: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Mage's Doom: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Noxious Nightmares: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Scoured Thoughts: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Syphoned Breath: legal → conjurable
• Hag of Twisted Visions: legal → conjurable

2022-02-24

• Fires of Invention: banned → legal

2022-01-25

• Teferi, Time Raveler: banned → legal

2021-12-09

• Omnath, Locus of Creation: banned → legal

2021-10-13

• Tibalt's Trickery: legal → banned
• Memory Lapse: legal → banned

2021-08-26

• Kraken Hatchling: legal → conjurable
• Ponder: legal → conjurable
• Regal Force: legal → conjurable
• Stormfront Pegasus: legal → conjurable
• Tropical Island: legal → conjurable

2021-07-21

• Brainstorm: legal → banned

2021-06-09

• Time Warp: legal → banned

2021-05-20

• Thassa's Oracle: legal → banned

2021-04-23

• Swords to Plowshares: legal → banned
• Counterspell: legal → banned
• Dark Ritual: legal → banned
• Demonic Tutor: legal → banned
• Lightning Bolt: legal → banned
• Channel: legal → banned
• Natural Order: legal → banned

2021-02-15

• Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath: legal → banned

2020-10-12

• Burning-Tree Emissary: banned → legal
• Omnath, Locus of Creation: legal → banned

2020-08-24

• Field of the Dead: legal → banned

2020-08-03

• Wilderness Reclamation: legal → banned
• Teferi, Time Raveler: legal → banned

2020-07-13

• Nexus of Fate: legal → banned
• Burning-Tree Emissary: legal → banned

2020-06-09

• Winota, Joiner of Forces: legal → banned

2020-06-01

• Agent of Treachery: legal → banned
• Fires of Invention: legal → banned

2020-03-10

• Field of the Dead: banned → legal

2019-12-10

• Once Upon a Time: legal → banned
• Field of the Dead: legal → banned
• Veil of Summer: legal → banned
• Oko, Thief of Crowns: legal → banned