Formats
Popular Formats
Standard
Magic's flagship rotating format using the newest sets. Great for beginners.
Commander
Magic's most popular format. 100-card singleton decks led by a legendary commander.
Modern
High-powered non-rotating format from 2003 onward. Master one deck for years.
Pioneer
Non-rotating format from 2012 onward. A middle ground between Standard and Modern.
Booster Draft
Pick cards from passing packs, build a 40-card deck.
Sealed Deck
Open 6 packs, build a 40-card deck.
Pauper
Commons-only format. Budget-friendly with surprisingly deep gameplay.
Legacy
Eternal format with nearly all cards legal. Skill-intensive and strategic.
More Constructed
Vintage
Magic's most powerful format. Play with the Power Nine and iconic cards.
Historic
Arena's eternal format with all available cards plus digital-only content.
Brawl
Arena's Commander variant. 60-card singleton with faster games.
Alchemy
Arena's digital-first format with rebalanced cards and unique mechanics.
Explorer
Arena's Pioneer format. Non-rotating with tabletop card versions.
Timeless
Arena's most powerful format. No bans, only restrictions like Vintage.
Oathbreaker
Planeswalker-led multiplayer format with a signature spell. Faster than Commander.
Penny Dreadful
Ultra-budget MTGO format. Only cards under 0.02 tix are legal.
Duel Commander
Competitive 1v1 Commander variant with 20 life and faster games.
Gladiator
Arena singleton format. 100 unique cards, no commander.
Pauper Commander
Commander with uncommon commanders and common-only decks.
Standard Brawl
Brawl using only Standard-legal cards. Rotating commander format.
Old School (93/94)
Only cards from 1993-1994. Nostalgic, social format.
Pre-Modern
Cards from 1995-2003. Magic's 'middle era' format.
Pre-EDH
Commander with original pre-2011 rules.
Future Standard
Preview of Standard after next rotation.