Comments on: EDH/Commander Banned List

By: Alpha

Alpha — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:26:05 +0000

i get every card, exept upheaval… is it banned simply because its so booring?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:41:17 +0000

Kokusho is banned because EDH is usually played in multiplayer. Specifically EDH tournament finals are 8 player. EDH tournaments (went it was legal) were pretty much a race to see who could play it quickest. One that dies would pretty much read “All opponents lose 5 life. You gain 35.”

Plus It is very easy to ramp into (Dark/Cabal ritual, Sol Ring), tutor for (Demonic/vampiric Tutor, Entomb), easy to revive in it’s colors (Reanimate, Exhume, Zombify) and very hard to kill without triggering it’s ability. All these reasons combined is why it is banned.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:08:59 +0000

Because, being able to play a turn 1/2 braids (not hard to do) is no fun for anyone, and guarantees that you’ll win the game, and that noone can deal with it.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:32:23 +0000

Why is Kokusho, the Evening Star banned? It doesn’t seem that broken?

By: Bender

Bender — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:22:57 +0000

Why is Braids banned as a general? There are much more broken generals (e.g. Maralen of the Mornsong)

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:47:05 +0000

You can house-rule cards to not be banned. The above list is just a nice guideline to follow so the game doesn’t become stale. EDH/Commander is a player-driven format, so if you want to play differently, as long as the other people you’re playing with don’t mind, go right ahead.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:42:23 +0000

Not to mention that Door to Nothingness doesn’t really cause you to win… if you can fire it off, it simply causes one of your opponents to instantly lose. In a one-on-one game it’s obviously a win, but in multiplayer you’ll usually have at least one more person to contend with.

And trust me, as a person who runs Door to Nothingness in two different EDH decks, I can tell you a) people rightly see this as a huge threat, to the point where I have NEVER been able to activate it (most times I don’t even get to untap it before it dies) and b) it makes you a huge target… it’s weird, but people are very hostile towards cards that say “target player loses the game,” not to mention the controller of such a card.

By: thedude

thedude — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:48:58 +0000

dear edh people, stop banning cards in a casual format
sincerely
ever casual magic player

By: MTGColorPie

MTGColorPie — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:22:21 +0000

Those cards used to be banned but are no longer. This list is always kept to date with the date of the latest update up at the top of the page.

By: Page

Page — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:06:31 +0000

What about Riftsweeper (Future sight) and Crucible of the worlds (Core)? I was perusing some forums and both were listed as banned. Is this the official and most up-to date reference list to go by?