Extended Deck Construction

Updated June 18, 2010

Please check the DCI Announcement regarding a change to the Extended format that will go into effect on July 1, 2010.

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain exactly fifteen cards.

With the exception of basic land cards, a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent. All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic. (The five Ice Age block snow-covered lands -- Snow-Covered Plains, Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Swamp, Snow-Covered Mountain, and Snow-Covered Forest -- are also basic lands. Note that snow-covered lands are permitted only in formats that allow expansions from the Ice Age block to be used.)

The following card sets are permitted in Extended tournaments:

  • Time Spiral (until October 1, 2010)
  • Planar Chaos (until October 1, 2010)
  • Future Sight (until October 1, 2010)
  • Tenth Edition (until October 1, 2010)
  • Lorwyn
  • Morningtide
  • Shadowmoor
  • Eventide
  • Shards of Alara
  • Conflux
  • Alara Reborn
  • Magic 2010
  • Zendikar
  • Worldwake
  • Rise of the Eldrazi
  • Magic 2011 (effective July 16, 2010)
  • Scars of Mirrodin (effective October 1, 2010)

The following cards are banned in Extended tournaments:


Official information about Constructed formats and the Extended format can be found in the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules.