Because of this, no set is Standard-legal for more than two years. When Standard (then called "Type 2") was created on January 10, 1995, it inherited the banned and restricted lists from Vintage (then "Type 1"). Sideboards are optional and may contain up to fifteen cards. Each year, four Magic sets are released and added to Standard. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, Twenty Things That Were Going To Kill Magic, An Introduction to the Popular Constructed Formats, October 12, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement, June 1, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement, September 28, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement, https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Standard?oldid=381770. The following is a list of cards that have been banned at one point during their stay in the Standard environment. Prior to the Three-and-One Model, the two oldest blocks still legal in Standard would rotate out of the format. Evolving gameplay and fresh strategies make it one of the most fun and popular ways to play Magic. [4], Cards from the following sets are currently legal in Standard, with the exception of banned cards:[4]. 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. When Standard (then called "Type 2") was created on January 10, 1995, it inherited the banned and restricted lists from Vintage (then "Type 1"). Up to fifteen cards may be included in your sideboard, if you use one. Standard decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. Once per year, when the fall set releases, the four oldest sets in Standard rotate out. Legal were then the most current basic set (Revised Edition) and the latest two Magic expansions only (The Dark and Fallen Empires). Four Magic sets are released (one approximately every three months) and added to Standard each year, and subsequently the four oldest sets in Standard rotate out along with the release of the Fall set on September. The release of the first expansion in Autumn will trigger a rotation, rotating out the oldest two blocks.[9]. There's no maximum deck size, as long as you can shuffle your deck in your hands unassisted. 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. (The only example up to date is Darksteel Citadel, which was banned in Mirrodin Standard, but was later reprinted in Magic 2015). In this system, the number of legal sets would vary less (always five or six, compared to the current five to eight). Include no more than four copies of any individual card in your main deck and sideboard combined (except basic lands). [1][2] It is the most widely sanctioned constructed format at all levels of organized play. Block play requires a Constructed deck, which must contain a minimum of sixty cards. Standard is a dynamic format where you build decks and play using cards in your collection from recently released Magic sets.Evolving gameplay and fresh strategies make it one of the most fun and popular ways to play Magic. 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. This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 15:30. 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. Should a banned card which rotated out of standard be later reintroduced into Standard, the ban will not carry over to that set. The original Standard format allowed the recent two blocks, plus the most recent core set (two core sets between the last release and the actual rotation). There is no maximum deck size; however, one must be able to shuffle one's deck without assistance. Standard events happen regularly all over the world, from social play at Friday Night Magic to the highest levels of competition at the Magic Pro Tour. After Magic Origins, core sets were discontinued and blocks only contained two set… Pro Tip: Some cards in Standard have alternate versions or were also printed in older sets, and it's okay to use those cards in your deck. The following cards are banned in Standard tournaments. © 1993-2020 Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This happens as soon as the patch is released on MTG Arena on the fourth Thursday of the month. If you're not sure about a card, look it up in Gatherer and check the Sets & Legality section. [3] As it is Bo3, this format is called Traditional Standard on MTG Arena. 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). Standard is a dynamic format where you build decks and play using cards in your collection from recently released Magic sets. Standard, formerly known as Type 2, is a rotating constructed format that was created on January 10, 1995. 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 the actual rotation). [8] 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. For example, fall 2019 rotation caused Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, and Core 2019 (as well as regional exclusive set Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling) to leave Standard. All cards in your deck must be from a single block of Magic releases.So if you’re playing a Theros block format game, all of your cards must come from Theros block. After Magic Origins, core sets were discontinued and blocks only contained two sets, usually one large and one small. Since the introduction of Three-and-One Model in 2019 (or effectively in 2018), once a year with the release of a new fall set the four oldest expansion/core sets in Standard, as well as any other Standard-legal set released during that period will rotate out.