The following cards were originally printed at uncommon in a draft set but were also printed at rare or mythic in a draft set. As such, they are illegal under the current rules set, but there is discussion to eliminate the rule prohibiting them. It is very possible that it is NOT actually an enjoyable feature for cards to automatically rotate out of the format when reprinted at rare, especially as Wizards of the Coast accelerates its release schedules. While it is relatively easy to switch decks in MCM, it never feels good to have your deck obliterated by an unfortunate upshift or two, especially if the cards are not particularly problematic within the context of MCM as a whole.
• Aether Vial
• Ancient Tomb
• Arboria
• Armageddon Clock
• Auriok Salvagers
• Aven Mindcensor
• Berserk
• Black Mana Battery
• Blinding Light
• Blue Mana Battery
• Book of Rass
• Brass Herald
• Cabal Coffers
• Channel
• City of Brass
• Clone
• Coastal Piracy
• Control Magic
• Cyclone
• Demonic Tutor
• Domestication
• Dryad Arbor
• Enlightened Tutor
• Eye for an Eye
• Fallen Angel
• Fire // Ice
• Flying Carpet
• Force of Will
• Gemstone Mine
• Gerrard’s Wisdom
• Goblin Bombardment
• Green Mana Battery
• Helm of Awakening
• Heritage Druid
• Hidden Horror
• Hurricane
• Hypnotic Specter
• Imperial Recruiter
• Imperious Perfect
• Inquisition of Kozilek
• Isochron Scepter
• Ivory Tower
• Jade Statue
• Jalum Tome
• Karakas
• Land Tax
• Larceny
• Lava Hounds
• Loxodon Warhammer
• Magnetic Mountain
• Mana Drain
• Maze of Ith
• Millstone
• Mind Bend
• Mishra’s Factory
• Mother of Runes
• Mystic Remora
• Mystical Tutor
• Narcomoeba
• Noble Purpose
• Onulet
• Pelakka Wurm
• Pendelhaven
• Primal Clay
• Prosperity
• Pyroclasm
• Pyrokinesis
• Rakalite
• Ransack
• Ravenous Trap
• Reanimate
• Red Mana Battery
• Relic Bind
• Rocket Launcher
• Sengir Vampire
• Sensei’s Divining Top
• Serra Angel
• Shifting Sky
• Skull of Orm
• Sorceress Queen
• Sterling Grove
• Story Circle
• Strip Mine
• Summer Bloom
• Sword of the Meek
• Sylvan Library
• Titania’s Song
• Tolaria West
• Underworld Dreams
• Urza’s Armor
• Voice of All
• Wall of Wonder
• Warped Devotion
• Wasteland
• White Mana Battery
• Winds of Change
• Wonder
• Xenic Poltergeist
This list was accurate as of December 2, 2022.
The following 20 cards would be banned:
• Aether Vial
• Ancient Tomb
• Berserk
• Channel
• City of Brass
• Demonic Tutor
• Enlightened Tutor
• Force of Will
• Goblin Bombardment
• Mana Drain
• Mother of Runes
• Mystical Tutor
• Narcomoeba
• Reanimate
• Sensei’s Divining Top
• Strip Mine
• Sword of the Meek
• Sylvan Library
• Wasteland
The following 12 cards would be watchlisted:
• Baleful Strix
• Cabal Coffers
• Heritage Druid
• Imperial Recruiter
• Isochron Scepter
• Karakas
• Land Tax
• Maze of Ith
• Sterling Grove
• Story Circle
• Summer Bloom
• Warped Devotion
• Winds of Change
The following three cards were uncommon in their original non-draft printings but rare in a subsequent draft printing:
• Baleful Strix
• Curse of Predation
• Shardless Agent