Announcement Date: October 19, 2017

Effective Date: November 17, 2017

Standard format:

No changes have been made to the banned card list for the Standard format.

Expanded format:

No changes have been made to the banned card list for the Expanded format.

The list of banned cards for the Standard and Expanded formats can be found here.

Rule Changes:

No new rule changes have been made.

Next Announcement Date: January 18, 2018

Details of Changes

No cards were banned from the Standard format. It will be an extremely rare occurrence for cards to be banned from the Standard format.

No cards were banned from the Expanded format. Tournament data is being watched to see how the bans of Forest of Giant Plants and Archeops have affected the environment.

Tournament results will continue to be analyzed to maintain a healthy play environment. In particular, the Expanded format will be aggressively monitored because there are so many cards and potential combinations available to use.