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1994
January 25th
Formation of the original DCI banned/restricted list.[3][4] Ali from Cairo, Ancestral Recall, Berserk, Black Lotus, Braingeyser, Dingus Egg, Gauntlet of Might, Icy Manipulator, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Orcish Oriflamme, Rukh Egg, Sol Ring, Timetwister, Time Vault, and Time Walk are restricted ("Limited"). Ante cards and Shahrazad are banned.[5][6][7] Use of cards from any of the expansion sets (at that time Arabian Nights) are banned unless the referee consents to their use (this would later be changed to allowed "unless expressly disallowed by the Judge prior to the event").[8]
February 23rd
Orcish Oriflamme and Rukh Egg are unrestricted.[9]
March 23rd
Channel, Copy Artifact, Demonic Tutor, Regrowth and Wheel of Fortune are restricted. Icy Manipulator is unrestricted. Time Vault is banned.[10]
May
Candelabra of Tawnos, Feldon's Cane, Ivory Tower and Library of Alexandria are restricted. Dingus Egg and Gauntlet of Might are unrestricted.[11]
June 13th
Mishra's Workshop is restricted.[12]
August
Chaos Orb, Falling Star, Mind Twist, Mirror Universe, Recall, Sword of the Ages, Underworld Dreams are restricted. For flavor reasons, all Legendary cards (of type "Summon Legends" -then called Legends- or "Legendary Land") were restricted. Divine Intervention is banned.[13]
October 10th
Maze of Ith is restricted.[14]
1995
Creation of Standard (then called "Type 2") on January 10th, inheriting banned and restricted lists from Vintage. Legal standard expansions are then the most current basic set (Revised Edition at the time) and the latest 2 Magic expansions only (The Dark and Fallen Empires). Unlike in Vintage the Judge cannot ban cards from any such legal expansion.[15]
April 19th
Standard: Balance is restricted. Fork is restricted.[16]
October
Standard: new deck construction rules. Standard (Type II) can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of Magic The Gathering (Fourth Edition at the time), white border extensions (Chronicles) and all available limited edition expansions (Ice Age, Fallen Empires and soon Homelands). [17]
November
Legendary cards are unrestricted.[18]
Standard: Zuran Orb is restricted. Channel is banned.
1996
February
Standard: Mind Twist is banned. Black Vise is restricted.
April
Standard: Feldon's Cane, and Recall are unrestricted.
May
Standard: Land Tax is restricted.
October
Standard: Hymn to Tourach and Strip Mine are restricted.[23]
1997
January
Standard: new deck construction rules. New editions of the Basic Set replace old versions and are permitted in Standard play 30 days after the release date of the new edition. New stand-alone expansions (e.g. Ice Age, Mirage) replace previous stand-alone expansions and are permitted in Standard play 30 days after the release date of the new edition. Limited-edition expansions are replaced 30 days after the release date of the next limited-edition expansion which has a release date of more than 10 months later than the release date of the outgoing limited-edition expansion.[27]
Standard: All cards on the restricted list are moved to the banned list.[28]
June
Standard: Zuran Orb is banned.[30]
July
Standard: new deck construction rules. Standard decks can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of Magic: The Gathering (then 5th Edition) and all sets from the two most recent "blocks" of expansions (at the time the Ice Age block which originally contained Homelands instead of Coldsnap, and the Mirage block).[31]
Extended: Extended, announced in May, is now officially sanctioned. Initial banned list is made of Cards from Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, and Legends which have not been reprinted, ante cards, and additionally: Demonic Tutor, Balance, Fastbond, Regrowth, Black Vise, Ivory Tower, Serendib Efreet, Braingeyser, Sol Ring, Juggernaut, Strip Mine, Channel, Kird Ape, Mana Crypt, Maze of Ith, Wheel of Fortune, Mind Twist and Zuran Orb are banned.[32]
1998
December
Standard: Tolarian Academy and Windfall are banned.
1999
March
Standard: Dream Halls, Earthcraft, Fluctuator, Lotus Petal, Recurring Nightmare and Time Spiral are banned. Memory Jar is banned retroactively in mid March.
June
Standard: Mind Over Matter is banned.
2004
June
Standard: Skullclamp is banned.
2005
March
Standard: Arcbound Ravager, Disciple of the Vault, Darksteel Citadel, Ancient Den, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod, Tree of Tales, and Vault of Whispers are banned.
2011
June
Standard: Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic are banned.
An exception to the above is introduced, making the War of Attrition event deck legal for Standard constructed play if the decklist has not been modified. The deck contains two copies of Stoneforge Mystic.[77]
2017
Announcement schedule changed to Monday following each expansion's prerelease event as well as fifth Monday after the Pro Tour of respective expansion.[95] The schedule was scaled back and revised in June 2017:the announcement schedule tied to a Standard-legal set and Pro Tour tied to it, but not necessary to be a specific week before/after those dates.[96]
January
Standard: Emrakul, the Promised End, Smuggler's Copter, and Reflector Mage are banned.[97]
April
Standard: Felidar Guardian is banned. The initial announcement was that there would be no changes to Standard; an addendum banning Felidar Guardian came two days later.[98]
June
Standard: Aetherworks Marvel is banned.[96]
2018
January
Standard: Attune with Aether, Rogue Refiner, Ramunap Ruins, and Rampaging Ferocidon are banned.[100]