Can somebody post a restricted list, please ?
Thomas R Wylie
DUELISTS' CONVOCATION(tm)
WOTC'S OFFICIAL DECKMASTER(tm) GAMES ORGANIZATION
P.O. Box 707 Renton, WA 98057-0707
MAGIC THE GATHERING -- OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES
Includes Magic the Gathering, Arabian Nights, Antiquities
Revised: 5/2/94
DECK CONSTRUCTION RULES:
1. The tournament deck must contain a minimum of 60 (sixty) cards, total, of
all lands, creatures, spells, and artifacts. In addition to the tournament
deck, players may construct a Sideboard of exactly 15 (fifteen) additional
cards. Players are not required to use a Sideboard, but if they do it must
always contain exactly 15 (fifteen) cards. The use of the Sideboard
will be further explained under Floor Rules (rule #5).
2. There may be no more than 4 (four) of any individual card in the tournament
deck (including sideboard), with the exception of the five basic land types
(Plains, Forest, Mountain, Island, Swamp).
3. The Restricted List : No more than 1 (one) of each of the cards on the
Restricted List are allowed in the tournament deck. If more than 1 (one) of
any individual card from the Restricted List are found in a player's deck, that
will be interpreted by the Judge as a Declaration of Forfeiture. The
Restricted List is as follows :
Ali from Cairo
Ancestral Recall
Berserk
Black Lotus
Brain Geyser
Candelabra of Tawnos
Channel
Copy Artifact
Demonic Tutor
Feldon's Cane
Ivory Tower
Library of Alexandria
Mox Pearl
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Regrowth
Sol Ring
Timetwister
Time Walk
Wheel of Fortune
4. The following cards are banned from official tournament decks :
Bronze Tablet
Contract from Below
Darkpact
Demonic Attorney
Jeweled Bird
Shahrazad
Time Vault
The first five cards in the list are not allowed because they clearly state to
remove them from your deck if not playing for ante, and ante is not required to
be wagered in an official tournament (see Floor Rules, rule #6). Any future
cards that make the same statement will subsequently be banned. Time Vault is
banned due to the severely abusive uses possible with it, and in the interest
in testing tournament skill, will not be allowed. This list may be modified
by the Director of the Duelists' Convocation as necessary.
5. Decks may be constructed from Magic cards from the Limited (black border)
series, the Unlimited (white border) series, Revised Edition, or any Magic
expansion (unless expressly disallowed by the Judge prior to the event). All
cards in the tournament deck must have identical card back design. Under no
circumstances will cards from the Collector's Edition factory sets be permitted
in tournament decks. They are easily distinguished from legal play cards by
their square corners and gold borders. Use of Collector's Edition factory set
cards, or any other cards not expressly permitted, in a tournament deck will be
interpreted by the Judge as a Declaration of Forfeiture (see Floor Rules, #9).
FLOOR RULES:
1. Tournaments may use a standard, single elimination ladder bracket system,
or other approved tournament form. When using a ladder bracket system, a
ladder chart should be prepared with players' names and Duelists' Convocation
membership numbers clearly printed in their ladder positions. The players
should be allowed to view the chart at any time between their matches, at
their request.
2. The number of players in an official tournament should ideally be a factor
of two (i.e., 16, 32, 64, 128). In the event that the number of players are
not a factor of two, byes may be assigned randomly during the first round only,
and should be done in such a fashion so that the number of players in the
second round is a factor of two. Players will not receive ranking points for
a round in which they received a bye.
3. Tournaments will be presided over by a Judge, who may be assisted by as
many Assistant Referees as they may need. A Judge may be required to interpret
rules, to terminate an excessively long match, to interpret a Declaration of
Forfeiture, or make any other adjudication as necessary during the tournament.
The Judge is also responsible for maintaining the ladder chart, and only the
Judge is permitted to write on the chart (i.e., listing advancing players on
the bracket). Assistant Referees will aid by answering rules questions on the
floor and being available to the Judge for any other assistance they may
require. In necessary cases, the Judge may overrule any decision made by an
Assistant Referee. The decision of the Judge is always final.
4. A duel is one complete game of Magic. A match is defined as the best two
out of three duels for standard rounds, and the best three out of five duels
for semi-final and final rounds of a tournament. A player may advance in the
tournament after successfully winning one match, and reporting this victory to
the Judge.
5. Players must use the same deck that they begin the tournament with through-
out the duration of the tournament. The only deck alteration permitted is
through the use of the Sideboard (see Deck Construction Rules, rule #1). If a
player intends to use a Sideboard during the course of a match, they must
declare to their opponent that they will be using the Sideboard prior to the
beginning of that match. Players may exchange cards from their deck for cards
from their Sideboard on a one-for-one basis at any time between duels or
matches. There are no restrictions on how many cards a player may exchange in
this way at any given time. Prior to the beginning of any duel, each player
must allow their opponent to count, face down, the number of cards in their
Sideboard. If a player's Sideboard does not total exactly 15 (fifteen) cards,
the Judge or an Assistant Referee must be consulted to evaluate the situation
before the duel can begin. If a player claims that they are not using a
Sideboard at the beginning of the match, ignore this counting procedure for
that player, but no deck alteration of any kind will be permitted by the Judge
for that player for the duration of that match. Any violation of this rule
may be interpreted by the Judge as a Declaration of Forfeiture.
NOTE: The only deck alteration allowable while a duel is in progress is with
the use of a Ring of Ma'Ruf. The Ring of Ma'Ruf may only be used to retrieve
a card from the player's sideboard. Cards other than the tournament deck and
sideboard should not be allowed at the tournament. In the event that a player
uses a Ring of Ma'Ruf to retrieve a card from their sideboard, the Ring of
Ma'ruf used is placed into the player's sideboard to take the place of the
retrieved card, thus maintaining exactly fifteen cards in the sideboard.
6. Players are not required to wager ante during the tournament. Players may
play for real ante, provided that both participants in the match give their
consent, though this agreement does not allow the inclusion of the banned ante
cards in the tournament deck. Ante cards won in a tournament must be kept
separate from the tournament deck and sideboard; they may not be used in the
tournament, and are not valid for use with a Ring of Ma'Ruf. If loss of ante
cards from a player's deck reduces the deck below 60 (sixty) cards, the player
no longer has a legal tournament deck, and will be removed from the tournament
bracket.
7. Players may not have any outside assistance (i.e., coaching) during a
match. If a player is in violation, the Judge may issue a warning to the
player, or interpret the violation as a Declaration of Forfeiture, at the
Judge's discretion.
8. Players must at all times keep the cards in their hand above the level of
the playing surface. If a player is in violation, the Judge may issue a
warning to the player, or interpret the violation as a Declaration of
Forfeiture, at the Judge's discretion.
9. Failure to adhere to the above rules, or any other rules specific to a
particular tournament, may be interpreted by the Judge as a Declaration of
Forfeiture. Only the Judge may make an interpretation of a Declaration of
Forfeiture. This is a more pleasant way of stating that if a player cheats,
the Judge will remove them from the tournament.
10. Rules note: The Director of the Duelists' Convocation reserves the
exclusive right to add, delete, alter, transmute, polymorph, switch, color-
lace, sleight of mind, magical hack, or in any other way change these rules,
whole or in part, with or without notice, at any time that it is deemed
necessary or desirable. This right is non-negotiable.
OOP Auction
<aa...@cats.ucsc.edu> posted:
>MAGIC THE GATHERING -- OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES
>Includes Magic the Gathering, Arabian Nights, Antiquities
>Revised: 5/2/94
> [...]
To answer the question, I believe the current restricted list
consists of all the cards on the 5/2/94 restricted list, plus the
Maze of Ith.
The banned list remains the same.
John Garrett
aa...@cats.ucsc.edu "Thomas R Wylie" writes:
>
My latest rules (unless WOTC have different UK version) is as follows,
marking additions to the restricted/banned list with **
>
> DUELISTS' CONVOCATION(tm)
> WOTC'S OFFICIAL DECKMASTER(tm) GAMES ORGANIZATION
> P.O. Box 707 Renton, WA 98057-0707
>
> MAGIC THE GATHERING -- OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES
> Includes Magic the Gathering, Arabian Nights, Antiquities
> Revised: 5/2/94
9/29/94 **
>
>
> DECK CONSTRUCTION RULES:
>
> 1. The tournament deck must contain a minimum of 60 (sixty) cards, total, of
> all lands, creatures, spells, and artifacts. In addition to the tournament
> deck, players may construct a Sideboard of exactly 15 (fifteen) additional
> cards. Players are not required to use a Sideboard, but if they do it must
> always contain exactly 15 (fifteen) cards. The use of the Sideboard
> will be further explained under Floor Rules (rule #5).
>
> 2. There may be no more than 4 (four) of any individual card in the tournament
> deck (including sideboard), with the exception of the five basic land types
> (Plains, Forest, Mountain, Island, Swamp).
>
> 3. The Restricted List : No more than 1 (one) of each of the cards on the
> Restricted List are allowed in the tournament deck. If more than 1 (one) of
> any individual card from the Restricted List are found in a player's deck, that
> will be interpreted by the Judge as a Declaration of Forfeiture. The
> Restricted List is as follows :
>
> Ali from Cairo
> Ancestral Recall
> Berserk
> Black Lotus
> Brain Geyser
> Candelabra of Tawnos
> Channel
Chaos Orb **
> Copy Artifact
> Demonic Tutor
Falling Star **
> Feldon's Cane
> Ivory Tower
> Library of Alexandria
Maze of Ith **
Mind Twist **
Mirror Universe **
Mishra's Workshop **
> Mox Pearl
> Mox Emerald
> Mox Jet
> Mox Ruby
> Mox Sapphire
Recall **
> Regrowth
> Sol Ring
Sword of Ages **
> Timetwister
> Time Walk
Underworld Dreams **
> Wheel of Fortune
>
> 4. The following cards are banned from official tournament decks :
>
> Bronze Tablet
> Contract from Below
> Darkpact
> Demonic Attorney
Divine Intervention **
> Jeweled Bird
Rebirth **
> Shahrazad
Tempest Efreet
In addition, there are new sections on the banning of use of plastic sleeves,
proxy cards and that players must keep cards in hand above the level of the
playing surface.
--
John Garrett (S & A Games)
{ Remember, when things are really looking bad, they'll get worse !!}