Browse Magic by format.

Standard is the rotating constructed format — only the most recent few sets are legal, and the pool shifts roughly once a year.

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Modern is Magic's marquee non-rotating format: an 8th Edition-to-present card pool where durable decks grow as new sets add options without rotation.

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Pioneer is Modern's more accessible, non-rotating cousin — a return to Standard roots with every set from Return to Ravnica (2012) onward.

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Commander (EDH) is a singleton multiplayer format played with a 100-card deck helmed by a legendary creature — your "commander".

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Limited covers Sealed Deck and Draft — formats where you build a deck from unopened booster packs rather than a pre-constructed collection.

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Legacy is a deep, non-rotating constructed format where nearly every tournament-legal Magic set remains available alongside a tightly curated ban list.

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Vintage is Magic’s oldest and most powerful constructed format, where the card pool is nearly unrestricted and a restricted list limits the rarest outliers.

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Brawl is a legendary-led, singleton format built around Standard’s card pool, with 60-card decks and a strong identity-driven construction rule.

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Historic is a non-rotating digital format on Magic Arena, combining an expanding card pool with a format-specific ban list.

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Pauper is a non-rotating format where every card in a deck must have been printed at common, creating a surprisingly deep budget card pool.

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Penny is a rotating community format built around cards that have recently reached the lowest price threshold in the live card market.

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