Boreal 93/94
THE BOREAL 93/94 RULES REFERENCE
Boreal 93/94
The original Old School Magic format, celebrating the earliest years of Magic: The Gathering through its iconic cards, classic strategies and eight early releases.
Boreal 93/94 is a Canadian Old School ruleset originally proposed by the Montreal Tundra Wolves. It expands deckbuilding possibilities by allowing up to four copies of several cards restricted elsewhere.
Its card pool includes Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark and Fallen Empires. Boreal also has its own Banned and Restricted List.
Mana burn applies: unused mana causes its controller to lose that much life at the end of each step or phase.
Check the Event Rules
Tournament organizers may apply different rules, card printing policies or event-specific rulings. Always check the published tournament rules.
Legal Sets
Boreal 93/94 uses the eight early releases listed below, including Fallen Empires.
Always check the printing policy of the tournament you are attending, as permitted editions and reprints may vary between organizers.
Restricted Cards
The following 20 cards are restricted to one copy in Boreal 93/94. Unlike some other Old School formats, Boreal allows up to four copies of Maze of Ith, Mishra’s Workshop, Recall, Shahrazad, Strip Mine and Time Vault.
RESTRICTED Boreal 93/94 Restricted List
- Ancestral Recall
- Balance
- Black Lotus
- Braingeyser
- Chaos Orb
- Channel
- Demonic Tutor
- Library of Alexandria
- Mana Drain
- Mind Twist
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Regrowth
- Sol Ring
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Wheel of Fortune
Banned Cards
These cards cannot be included in a Boreal 93/94 deck under normal tournament conditions.
BANNED Not legal in Boreal 93/94
- Bronze Tablet
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Demonic Attorney
- Jeweled Bird
- Rebirth
- Tempest Efreet
Boreal bans the seven ante cards listed here.
Chaos Orb
The following functional errata apply to Chaos Orb.
1, Tap: Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot.
If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least 360 degrees during the flip, and lands resting on the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.
- Choose one nontoken permanent on the battlefield.
- Flip Chaos Orb from a height of at least one foot.
- Chaos Orb must turn over completely at least once during the flip.
- If it touches the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent and then destroy Chaos Orb.
Falling Star
The following functional errata apply to Falling Star.
Choose any number of non-overlapping creatures on the battlefield. Flip Falling Star from a height of at least one foot.
If Falling Star turns over completely at least 360 degrees during the flip, it deals 3 damage to each chosen creature it lands resting on.
Any creatures damaged by Falling Star that are not destroyed become tapped.
- Choose any number of non-overlapping creatures on the battlefield.
- Flip Falling Star from a height of at least one foot.
- Falling Star must rotate completely through at least 360 degrees.
- It deals 3 damage to each chosen creature it lands resting on.
- Chosen creatures that survive that damage become tapped.
