BANNED AND RESTRICTED

This page lists all the cards that are structurally or specifically banned or restricted in Duel Commander. This content is just extracted from the Comprehensive Rules for better readability, taken from section 404.1.

More details on each specific card can be found across each corresponding announcement text.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 - REMINDER

Duel Commander uses structural and individual card restrictions. The complete listing would be too long, so the first part of this document uses structural descriptions that are sufficient to clearly identify the cards even without being aware of all of their names.

A banned card means you can't list it. You can't play it. It can't be part of a Duel Commander game.

A restricted card means it's partially banned/legal under specific conditions mentioned in each section. See below.

2 - STRUCTURALLY BANNED CARDS

You can’t use any of the cards mentioned in this section in a Duel Commander deck.
This is in addition to points 1. 3. and 4. in this document.

Only cards that are structurally playable in sanctioned Magic The Gathering formats are structurally legal in Commander, and, therefore, in Duel Commander. This means, as for tournaments, that they shall fall under the "Authorized Cards" section of Wizards Of The Coast Tournament Rules (https://wpn.wizards.com/en/rules-documents, usually found at section 3.3 of the document "3.3 Authorized Cards").

Which excludes special border cards like:

That also excludes the cards that use the Ante ability :

That also excludes physical abilities cards that are Falling Star and Chaos Orb.

The fast subgame card (which is not an effect, but a real card) Shahrazad is also excluded.

Also, this implies cards marked offensive by Wizards of the Coast. Click here for the list.
As stated by Wizards Of The Coast, this list is a work in progress.

All cards that bring a sticker or an Attraction into the game are also banned.

Any other card that will be explicited as not legal in sanctioned play by Wizards of the Coast™.

Note: the visual list hereabove is not exhaustive. This is only intended to give a few examples.

3 - RESTRICTED CARDS (BANNED AS A COMMANDER ONLY)

These cards are restricted. Here, they're still playable and only legal when listed apart from being a commander.
These cards cannot be one of your commanders, but are still allowed in the other parts of your deck lists (usually called "the 98-99").

This is in addition to points 1. 2. and 4. in this document.