Eternal
THE 93/94 ETERNAL RULES REFERENCE
Eternal
Eternal follows the Eternal 93/94 ruleset, a distinct classic Magic format with its own card pool, reprint policy and tournament traditions.
Eternal is the name used for the Old School 93/94 rules maintained by Eternal Central. It is a separate format from Swedish Old School.
Eternal retains mana burn: unused mana causes one life loss per mana at the end of each phase. Its card pool includes Collector’s Edition, International Collector’s Edition, Revised and Fallen Empires, alongside eligible original-art reprints.
This guide follows Eternal Central’s published rules. Its specific dexterity-card rulings and tournament policies are covered below.
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
Eternal uses the following eleven original releases, along with eligible original-art reprints and promos.
Non-foil reprints in any language are allowed when they use the original card frame and the original artwork. Examples include Chronicles City of Brass, Fifth Edition Wrath of God and Time Spiral Psionic Blast. Reprints featuring different artwork, such as Ice Age Swords to Plowshares or 1996 Arena Counterspell, do not qualify under this allowance.
Additional permitted promos: Arena, Sewers of Estark and Nalathni Dragon. The Revised Serendib Efreet misprint is allowed; proxies and counterfeits are not.
Deck construction: minimum 60 cards, optional sideboard of up to 15 cards, and a combined limit of four copies per non-basic card name across main deck and sideboard.
Restricted Cards
The following cards are restricted in Eternal.
RESTRICTED Eternal 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
- Recall
- Regrowth
- Sol Ring
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Wheel of Fortune
Banned Cards
These cards cannot be included in an Eternal deck.
BANNED Not legal in Eternal
- Bronze Tablet
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Demonic Attorney
- Jeweled Bird
- Rebirth
- Tempest Efreet
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 once during the flip, and touches 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 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 on.
- Chosen creatures that survive that damage become tapped.
Ring of Ma’rûf
The following functional errata apply to Ring of Ma’rûf.
5, Tap, Exile Ring of Ma’rûf: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead choose a card you own from exile or from your sideboard, and put it into your hand.
- Pay 5 mana, tap Ring of Ma’rûf and exile it to activate its ability.
- The ability replaces your next card draw this turn.
- When you would draw that card, choose a card you own from exile or from your sideboard.
- Put the chosen card into your hand instead of drawing.
No Draws & Tiebreakers
Eternal Central’s own tournaments follow a no-draw policy, including intentional and unintentional draws. After a tied 50-minute match, they use a sudden-death Chaos Orb flipping contest; rounds repeat until one player succeeds and the other does not.
This is an event policy described by Eternal Central, not an additional rule for whether a deck is legal. Other tournament organizers may apply different procedures.
Rules source: Eternal Central Old School 93-94 Rules.
