Summary
Effective Date: Monday, October 27th, 2025Next B&R: December 5th, 2025
Summary: No changes.
The Watchlist only contains cards that were either previously legal in the Standard format or are currently legal for Standard.
See the entire list of banned cards here.
Watchlist
Category 3
This category will contain all cards that are banned and restricted, proving to be too powerful or too impactful, and limiting tournament deck diversity and meta health. Currently, Baby Gray Slime, Crystal of Empowerment, Corhazi Outlook, Dissonant Fractal, Erupting Rhapsody, Icebound Slam, Lost in Thought, Sword of Avarice, Reckless Conversion, and Rile the Abyss are banned.
Category 2
This category contains cards that we consider very problematic and are heavily watched for potential future legality changes and category shifts. Chalice of Blood and Crystalline Mirror are the only cards in Category 2.
Category 1
This category consists of cards that we don’t consider problematic in the current environment, but are unhealthy for future balance and game design space. This category currently has four cards: Mercenary's Blade, Tidestone Bovine, Polaris, Twinkling Cauldron, and Dream Fairy.
That's all for this B&R update! The next B&R will be December 5th with the launch of Phantom Monarchs.