Banned cards
76 cards banned in Pauper, according to Scryfall.
Banned now
Before the new commons from The Zeta Set enter the format, two of them are banned on arrival. Polkastarter coverage (opens another site)
Together with Hawkeye’s Bow it made a combo that could win the game very early. Magic Untapped coverage (opens another site)
At the end of its trial period, High Tide is banned again: it had powered one of the strongest decks in the format. Official announcement (opens another site)
Three bans to tone down the artifact and sacrifice decks, and two cards back on trial. Official announcement (opens another site)
A preemptive ban ahead of Modern Horizons 3, for its likeness to Cranial Plating and All That Glitters. Official announcement (opens another site)
A second step against Affinity after December’s. The same announcement bans in Legacy, Vintage and Pauper every card that adds stickers or attractions (Unfinity). Official announcement (opens another site)
It gave the red decks a speed that polarized the format. MTGStocks coverage (opens another site)
The initiative had become ubiquitous: out go the four creatures that brought it for four mana. Hipsters of the Coast coverage (opens another site)
Affinity still dominated after losing Atog. Expedition Map is legal again. Official announcement (opens another site)
The Pauper Format Panel’s first decision: Atog gave Affinity a repeatable sacrifice outlet, and Bonder’s Ornament and Prophetic Prism gave Tron too much reach. Official announcement (opens another site)
Before 2022 · 20
Bans from before the Pauper Format Panel. They have no date here.
- Arcum's Astrolabe (opens another site)
- Chatterstorm (opens another site)
- Cloud of Faeries (opens another site)
- Cloudpost (opens another site)
- Cranial Plating (opens another site)
- Daze (opens another site)
- Empty the Warrens (opens another site)
- Fall from Favor (opens another site)
- Frantic Search (opens another site)
- Gitaxian Probe (opens another site)
- Grapeshot (opens another site)
- Gush (opens another site)
- Hymn to Tourach (opens another site)
- Invigorate (opens another site)
- Mystic Sanctuary (opens another site)
- Peregrine Drake (opens another site)
- Sinkhole (opens another site)
- Sojourner's Companion (opens another site)
- Temporal Fissure (opens another site)
- Treasure Cruise (opens another site)
Conspiracy cards · 10
Cards made for Conspiracy draft, banned in every constructed format.
- Adriana's Valor (opens another site)
- Assemble the Rank and Vile (opens another site)
- Brago's Favor (opens another site)
- Hired Heist (opens another site)
- Immediate Action (opens another site)
- Incendiary Dissent (opens another site)
- Muzzio's Preparations (opens another site)
- Natural Unity (opens another site)
- Secrets of Paradise (opens another site)
- Sentinel Dispatch (opens another site)
Stickers and attractions · 27
Unfinity cards that add stickers or attractions, banned in Legacy, Vintage and Pauper since May 13, 2024.
- _____ Bird Gets the Worm (opens another site)
- _____ Goblin (opens another site)
- _____-o-saurus (opens another site)
- "Name Sticker" Goblin (opens another site)
- Aerialephant (opens another site)
- Carnival Carnivore (opens another site)
- Chicken Troupe (opens another site)
- Coming Attraction (opens another site)
- Command Performance (opens another site)
- Deadbeat Attendant (opens another site)
- Draconian Gate-Bot (opens another site)
- Finishing Move (opens another site)
- Glitterflitter (opens another site)
- Line Cutter (opens another site)
- Minotaur de Force (opens another site)
- Petting Zookeeper (opens another site)
- Prize Wall (opens another site)
- Rad Rascal (opens another site)
- Ride Guide (opens another site)
- Robo-Piñata (opens another site)
- Seasoned Buttoneer (opens another site)
- Soul Swindler (opens another site)
- Step Right Up (opens another site)
- Stiltstrider (opens another site)
- Ticketomaton (opens another site)
- Wizards of the _____ (opens another site)
- Wolf in _____ Clothing (opens another site)
Racist content · 2
Cards removed from every format in 2020 for their racist content.
History
The Pauper Format Panel announcements since 2022, with their announcement date.
| Date | Banned | Unbanned | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narcomoeba, Price of Progress | — | Coverage (opens another site) | |
| Seeker of Skybreak | — | Coverage (opens another site) | |
| — | Bonder's Ornament | Coverage (opens another site) | |
| High Tide | — | Official (opens another site) | |
| Basking Broodscale, Deadly Dispute, Kuldotha Rebirth | Prophetic Prism, High Tide | Official (opens another site) | |
| Cranial Ram | — | Official (opens another site) | |
| All That Glitters | — | Official (opens another site) | |
| Monastery Swiftspear | — | Coverage (opens another site) | |
| Aarakocra Sneak, Stirring Bard, Underdark Explorer, Vicious Battlerager | — | Coverage (opens another site) | |
| Disciple of the Vault, Galvanic Relay | Expedition Map | Official (opens another site) | |
| Atog, Bonder's Ornament, Prophetic Prism | — | Official (opens another site) |