Magic: The Gathering December 2024 Bans- Which MTG Cards Are Banned & Unbanned Now
Wizards of the Coast just released its December 2024 update to the banned cards list. The announcement was made on December 16 and the update goes into effect immediately, impacting only a few play formats. Although a handful of cards appeared in the update, it makes significant changes to certain decks. The list also includes the ban of a specific special card that went unacknowledged in play formats for over a year.
The update from Wizards of the Coast not only includes the ban of certain cards, but it also announces the unban of some, bringing them back into legal play. Like the newly banned cards, only a few cards have been brought back and are allowed to be played again. This only affects one format, however, but may not see any changes in the future due to the way the specific format works. With this interesting update, the releases of 2024 are being wrapped up with a finalization to their gameplay.
Five cards in total have entered the banned list for legal play in. The most notable on the list is The One Ring from , the infamous card that only has one copy in existence. Despite its extreme rarity in the physical format, players can obtain it in and play with it through the Historic format as the set is included in it Other banned cards in the update include three from the recent and one reprinted card from .
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Here is the list of newly banned MTG cards, as of December 2024:
Card Name
Expansion Name
Format Banned In
Jegantha, the Wellspring
(reprint)
Pioneer, Modern, Explorer
The One Ring
Modern
Amped Raptor
Modern
Psychic Frog
Legacy
Vexing Bauble
Legacy
Jegantha, the Wellspring is the card banned in more than one format. Alongside being a Companion card, it can also be tapped for all colors of land for a player's mana pool. Amphed Raptor is another notable card, which allows for the exchange of energy counters for a method of
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