These are the sets legal in Modern. Note that these include dates where sets will rotate into Modern, but that no sets will ever rotate out. This section is updated with each release of the MTR to reflect the newest sets.
The following card sets are permitted in Modern tournaments:
- Eighth Edition
- Mirrodin
- Darksteel
- Fifth Dawn
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Ninth Edition
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Guildpact
- Dissension
- Coldsnap
- Time Spiral
- Planar Chaos
- Future Sight
- Tenth Edition
- Lorwyn
- Morningtide
- Shadowmoor
- Eventide
- Shards of Alara
- Conflux
- Alara Reborn
- Magic 2010 core set
- Zendikar
- Worldwake
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Magic 2011 core set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Mirrodin Besieged
- New Phyrexia
- Magic 2012 core set
- Innistrad
- Dark Ascension
- Avacyn Restored
- Magic 2013 core set
- Return to Ravnica
- Gatecrash
- Dragon’s Maze
- Magic 2014 core set
- Theros™
- Born of the Gods™
- Journey Into Nyx™
- Magic 2015 core set
- Khans of Tarkir™
- Fate Reforged™
- Dragons of Tarkir™
- Magic Origins™
- Battle for Zendikar™
- Oath of the Gatewatch™
- Shadows over Innistrad™
- Eldritch Moon™
- Kaladesh™
- Aether Revolt™
- Amonkhet™
- Hour of Devastation™
- Ixalan
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Dominaria
- Core 2019
- Guilds of Ravnica™
- Ravnica Allegiance™
- War of the Spark™
- Modern Horizons™
- Core Set 2020™
- Throne of Eldraine™
- Theros Beyond Death™
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths™
- Core Set 2021™
- Zendikar Rising
- Kaldheim
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Modern Horizons 2™
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Streets of New Capenna
- Dominaria United
- The Brothers’ War
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- March of the Machine
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™
- Wilds of Eldraine™
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Murders at Karlov Manor (effective February 2, 2024)
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction (effective April 12, 2024)
The following cards are banned in Modern tournaments:
- Ancient Den
- Arcum’s Astrolabe
- Birthing Pod
- Blazing Shoal
- Bridge from Below
- Chrome Mox
- Cloudpost
- Dark Depths
- Deathrite Shaman
- Dig Through Time
- Dread Return
- Eye of Ugin
- Faithless Looting
- Field of the Dead
- Fury
- Gitaxian Probe
- Glimpse of Nature
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Great Furnace
- Green Sun’s Zenith
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- Hypergenesis
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
- Mental Misstep
- Mox Opal
- Mycosynth Lattice
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Once Upon a Time
- Ponder
- Punishing Fire
- Rite of Flame
- Seat of the Synod
- Second Sunrise
- Seething Song
- Sensei’s Divining Top
- Simian Spirit Guide
- Skullclamp
- Splinter Twin
- Summer Bloom
- Tibalt’s Trickery
- Treasure Cruise
- Tree of Tales
- Umezawa’s Jitte
- Up the Beanstalk
- Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
- Vault of Whispers
- Yorion, Sky Nomad