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| {{keyrune|GRN|fixed=1}} ''[[Guilds of Ravnica]]'' || rowspan="4" | Autumn 2020
 
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| {{keyrune|ELD|fixed=1}} ''[[Throne of Eldraine]]'' || rowspan="1" | Autumn 2021
 
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{{note|region|#}} Only legal in Standard events held in mainland China.<ref name="Meet">{{DailyRef|news/global-series-meet-jiang-yanggu-and-mu-yanling-2018-05-18|Global Series: meet Jiang Yanggu and Mu Yanling|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|May 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/blakepr/status/997531182542741504 Blake Rasmussen on Twitter]</ref>
 
   
 
==Rotation==
 
==Rotation==

Revision as of 20:09, 10 October 2019

Standard
Standard
DCI Sanctioned
Paper {Tick}
Magic Online {Tick}
Magic Arena {Tick}
Rules
Type Constructed
Multiplayer {Cross}
Add. rules Best-of-three

Standard, formerly known as Type 2, is a rotating constructed format that was created on January 10, 1995.[1][2] It is the most widely sanctioned constructed format at all levels of organized play.[3]

Deck-building restrictions

Standard decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, one must be able to shuffle one's deck without assistance.

Sideboards are optional and may contain up to fifteen cards. With the exception of basic land cards, a player's combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four copies of any individual card, counted by the card's English title equivalent.[4]

Standard-legal sets

Cards from the following sets are currently legal in Standard, with the exception of banned cards:[4]

Sets Legal until
Guilds of Ravnica Autumn 2020
Ravnica Allegiance
War of the Spark
Core Set 2020
Throne of Eldraine Autumn 2021

Rotation

Once a year, with the release of the new fall set, the two oldest blocks still legal in Standard rotate out of the format. Because of this, no set is Standard-legal for more than two years. For example, When Ixalan set released in fall 2017, Battle for Zendikar, Oath of the Gatewatch, Shadows over Innistrad, Eldritch Moon, and Welcome Deck 2016 (which counted as a part Shadows over Innistrad in rotation) rotated out of Standard.

With the introduction of Three-and-One Model, Since 2019 (or effectively in 2018), the four oldest expansion/core sets in Standard, as well as any other Standard-legal set released during that period will rotate out. For example, fall 2019 rotation will cause Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, and Core 2019 (as well as regional exclusive set Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling) to leave Standard.

Banned list

The following cards are banned in Standard tournaments.

  • None

Previously banned cards in Standard

The following is a list of cards that have been banned at one point during their stay in the Standard environment.

Should a banned card which rotated out of standard be later reintroduced into standard, the ban will not carry over to that set. (The only example up to date is Darksteel Citadel, which was banned in Mirrodin Standard, but was later reprinted in Magic 2015).

History

When Standard (then called "Type 2") was created on January 10, 1995, it inherited the banned and restricted lists from Vintage (then "Type 1"). Legal were then the most current basic set (Revised Edition) and the latest two Magic expansions only (The Dark and Fallen Empires).

The original Standard format allowed the recent two blocks, plus the most recent core set (two core sets between the last release and and the actual rotation). After Magic Origins, core sets were discontinued and blocks only contained two sets, usually one large and one small. A Standard with three blocks and two rotations (Spring and Autumn) was adopted between 2015 and 2016 (Khans of Tarkir and Fate Reforged, Dragons of Tarkir and Magic Origins counted as separated blocks in a transitional period). In this system the number of legal sets would vary less (always five or six, compared to the current five to eight).[5] As the system received heavy criticism among players, Spring rotation was dropped in 2017, and reverted to format which the oldest 4 sets will be rotated out in each rotation in Autumn.

The current Standard allows all cards in the newest three to four story-based blocks (including the Welcome Deck and all exclusive cards Planeswalkers Decks/Deck Builder's Kit released in this period), save for cards on the Standard banned list. The release of first expansion of Autumn set will trigger a rotation, rotating out the oldest two blocks.[6]

Since Kaladesh, the Standard Showdown is also introduced as a root-level competitive tournament, awarding special prize packs (notably foil rare cards from standard sets) to participants.

Former popular Standard decks

References

  1. Mark Rosewater (August 6, 2012). "Setting The Standard". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Mark Rosewater (August 5, 2013). "Twenty Things That Were Going To Kill Magic". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Reid Duke (April 27, 2015). "An Introduction to the Popular Constructed Formats". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. a b Standard Format, MTG.com
  5. Mark Rosewater (August 25, 2014). "Metamorphosis". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. Aaron Forsythe (October 19, 2016). "Revisiting Standard Rotation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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