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Formats — Duel Commander

Duel Commander is a variant of Commander format meant for two-player games.

Decks consist of 100 cards and no sideboard, one of which is a legendary creature chosen as a commander.

Except for basic lands, all cards are allowed in only 1 copy. No card is allowed if its color identity contains colors outside color identity of the chosen commander.

For more information and detailed deck construction rules, visit the official Duel Commander website.

Duel Commander has "restricted" cards, which are allowed in the deck, but not as a commander.

Banned cards

• Amulet of Quoz
• Ancestral Recall
• Back to Basics
• Black Lotus
• Bronze Tablet
• Channel
• Chaos Orb
• Chrome Mox
• Contract from Below
• Darkpact
• Demonic Attorney
• Dig Through Time
• Eidolon of the Great Revel
• Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
• Entomb
• Falling Star
• Fastbond
• Fireblast
• Food Chain
• Gaea's Cradle
• Gifts Ungiven
• Grim Monolith
• Hermit Druid
• Humility
• Imperial Seal
• Jeweled Bird
• Karakas
• Library of Alexandria
• Loyal Retainers
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Drain
• Mana Vault
• Mishra's Workshop
• Mox Diamond
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Mystical Tutor
• Natural Order
• Necrotic Ooze
• Oath of Druids
• Polymorph
• Price of Progress
• Protean Hulk
• Rebirth
• Sensei's Divining Top
• Shahrazad
• Sol Ring
• Strip Mine
• Sulfuric Vortex
• Tempest Efreet
• The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• Time Vault
• Time Walk
• Timmerian Fiends
• Tinker
• Tolarian Academy
• Treasure Cruise
• Vampiric Tutor

Restricted cards

• Baral, Chief of Compliance
• Breya, Etherium Shaper
• Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
• Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
• Edgar Markov
• Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
• Geist of Saint Traft
• Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
• Marath, Will of the Wild
• Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
• Prime Speaker Vannifar
• Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
• Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• Vial Smasher the Fierce
• Zur the Enchanter
• Zurgo Bellstriker

Ban history

2019-03-01

• Prime Speaker Vannifar: legal → restricted
• Baral, Chief of Compliance: legal → restricted

2018-06-01

• Zurgo Bellstriker: legal → restricted

2017-11-27

• Fastbond: legal → banned

2017-09-29

• Eidolon of the Great Revel: legal → banned
• Fireblast: legal → banned
• Price of Progress: legal → banned
• Sulfuric Vortex: legal → banned
• Edgar Markov: legal → restricted

2017-07-21

• Ancient Tomb: banned → legal
• Fastbond: banned → legal
• Mind Twist: banned → legal
• Emrakul, the Aeons Torn: legal → banned
• Polymorph: legal → banned
• Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder: legal → restricted
• Geist of Saint Traft: legal → restricted
• Jace, Vryn's Prodigy: legal → restricted

2017-04-24

• Yisan, The Wanderer Bard: restricted → legal
• Chrome Mox: legal → banned
• Mox Diamond: legal → banned
• Breya, Etherium Shaper: legal → restricted
• Vial Smasher the Fierce: legal → restricted

2016-11-11

• Yawgmoth's Bargain: banned → legal
• Serra Ascendant: banned → legal
• Grindstone: banned → legal
• Necropotence: banned → legal
• Balance: banned → legal

Format start

• Amulet of Quoz: banned
• Ancestral Recall: banned
• Ancient Tomb: banned
• Back to Basics: banned
• Black Lotus: banned
• Bronze Tablet: banned
• Channel: banned
• Chaos Orb: banned
• Contract from Below: banned
• Darkpact: banned
• Demonic Attorney: banned
• Dig Through Time: banned
• Entomb: banned
• Falling Star: banned
• Fastbond: banned
• Food Chain: banned
• Gaea's Cradle: banned
• Gifts Ungiven: banned
• Grim Monolith: banned
• Hermit Druid: banned
• Humility: banned
• Imperial Seal: banned
• Jeweled Bird: banned
• Karakas: banned
• Library of Alexandria: banned
• Loyal Retainers: banned
• Mana Crypt: banned
• Mana Drain: banned
• Mana Vault: banned
• Mind Twist: banned
• Mishra's Workshop: banned
• Mox Emerald: banned
• Mox Jet: banned
• Mox Pearl: banned
• Mox Ruby: banned
• Mox Sapphire: banned
• Mystical Tutor: banned
• Natural Order: banned
• Necrotic Ooze: banned
• Oath of Druids: banned
• Protean Hulk: banned
• Rebirth: banned
• Sensei's Divining Top: banned
• Shahrazad: banned
• Sol Ring: banned
• Strip Mine: banned
• Tempest Efreet: banned
• The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale: banned
• Time Vault: banned
• Time Walk: banned
• Timmerian Fiends: banned
• Tinker: banned
• Tolarian Academy: banned
• Treasure Cruise: banned
• Vampiric Tutor: banned
• Derevi, Empyrial Tactician: restricted
• Edric, Spymaster of Trest: restricted
• Erayo, Soratami Ascendant: restricted
• Marath, Will of the Wild: restricted
• Oloro, Ageless Ascetic: restricted
• Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary: restricted
• Tasigur, the Golden Fang: restricted
• Yisan, The Wanderer Bard: restricted
• Zur the Enchanter: restricted
• Yawgmoth's Bargain: banned
• Serra Ascendant: banned
• Grindstone: banned
• Necropotence: banned
• Balance: banned