Is brainstorm legal in modern?
Mia Walsh
Published May 20, 2026
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Keeping this in consideration, is counterspell modern legal?
Counterspell is not legal in Modern. Cards are only legal in Modern if they've been released in a set that was at some point standard legal after the formats origin. Counterspell came through a supplemental set that didn't go through standard so it wasn't introduced to the format.
One may also ask, is Oko banned in modern? Oko, Thief of Crowns, Mycosynth Lattice, and Mox Opal are now banned in the Modern format of Magic: The Gathering (MtG). As announced on the Jan. 13, Banned and Restricted Announcement blog post by Wizards of the Coast, the ban is effective immediately in competitive play, and on Jan.
One may also ask, what cards are banned in modern?
Modern Banned Cards
- Ancient Den. Birthing Pod. Blazing Shoal. Bridge From Below. Chrome Mox. Cloudpost. Dark Depths. Deathrite Shaman. Dig Through Time. Dread Return. Eye of Ugin.
- Mental Misstep. Mox Opal. Mycosynth Lattice. Oko, Thief of Crowns. Ponder. Preordain. Punishing Fire. Rite of Flame. Seat of the Synod. Second Sunrise.
What's legal in modern MtG?
Modern is a constructed format that allows cards from all sets from Eighth Edition and forward to be played, so long as that card is not banned. If a card was originally printed before Eighth Edition, and then later reprinted in or after Eighth Edition, then that card is legal to be played in Modern.
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