So, a player introduced me to commander and played a 1 v 1 variation with 30 life that I later have gathered to likely be French Commander. They mentioned at some point tutors like Demonic tutor had been banned. This would have been sometime last year. Now, atm, I do not see the card on the list, but would like to confirm the history of this card. Has it been hit before in commander formats and which ones? Also, I want to confirm it is indeed legal in 1 v 1 commander. http://www.duelcommander.com/banlist/ This is the list I have based things off of. I could not find an F/L location to post such a question, seems those have been rotated off the site, so I went here as a place to confirm the legality of a card, since that is a rules question.
Neither the comprehensive rules nor the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules specify whether a particular card can appear in a Commander deck as opposed to other kinds of decks (besides C.R. 903, especially C.R. 903.5). This is especially true for Commander-like variants with rules that differ from those given in C.R. 903. Rather, in casual situations, it's the agreement of the people playing the game that largely decides whether additional deck construction restrictions apply (beyond those given in the comprehensive rules and the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules), including whether particular cards are "banned" from decks in such a game.
This question may be a better fit for the Commander forum or one of its subforums, rather than the Magic Rulings forum.
As far as I can tell, neither Duel Commander, Leviathan Commander, and Magic Online 1v1 Commander have Demonic Tutor listed among their banned cards. As such, I don't see anywhere that it would actually be banned.
However, as peteroupc mentions, the CR and MTR do not list out bannings for unofficial formats. So, you will need to work with your group to ensure you are all using the same banlist.
No, this guy had no need to casually ban the card, they were the only one that had it. Think they were basing it off of an official list somewhere. It is possible that the card had been banned sometime last year perhaps, and then later unbanned. does anyone know anything about that? I have not used the commander section yet, but I suppose I could try digging there if no one here knows.
No, this guy had no need to casually ban the card, they were the only one that had it. Think they were basing it off of an official list somewhere. It is possible that the card had been banned sometime last year perhaps, and then later unbanned. does anyone know anything about that? I have not used the commander section yet, but I suppose I could try digging there if no one here knows.
Questions about whether a particular card was "banned" in the past in a Magic format, whether an official or an unofficial one, are not a good fit for the Magic Rulings forum. Again, your question may be a better fit in the Commander forum or one of its subforums.
This question may be a better fit for the Commander forum or one of its subforums, rather than the Magic Rulings forum.
However, as peteroupc mentions, the CR and MTR do not list out bannings for unofficial formats. So, you will need to work with your group to ensure you are all using the same banlist.
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