The Reserved List was created in the wake of the protests of Magic card collectors and players when a lot of their cards had been devalued with the release of Fourth Edition and Chronicles. The restriction also does not apply on non-redeemable digital cards in Magic Online or MTG Arena. Wizards of the Coast has and may continue to print special versions of cards not meant for regular gameplay, such as oversized cards. All policies apply only to tournament-legal Magic cards in printed form.The reprint policy applies to both English and non-English cards.The exclusion of any particular card from the reserved list doesn't indicate that there are any plans to reprint that card.A card is considered functionally identical to another card if it has the same card type, subtypes, abilities, mana cost, power, and toughness.Reserved cards are cards that will never be printed again in a functionally identical form.
In November 2022, alongside their article back-end update many articles, including the reprint policy site and many references to the Reserved List, were accidentally removed.
The Reprint Policy featuring the Reserved List was first published by Wizards of the Coast on March 4, 1996, was revised in 2002 and again in 2010. The Reserved List is a list of Magic: The Gathering cards that will never be reprinted in order to preserve their value on the secondary market.
