Standard, formerly known as Type 2, is a rotating constructed format.[1][2] It is the most widely sanctioned constructed format at all levels of organized play.[3]
Description
Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it 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 of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent.[4]
Rotation
The current Standard allows all cards in the newest three to four story-based blocks (including the Welcome Deck and als Planeswalkers Decks 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.[5]
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).[6]. As the system received heavy criticism among players, Spring rotation was dropped in 2017, and a three to four block Standard (two blocks will be rotated out at the same time in new rotation) would be used instead.[5]
Current rotation
These are the sets that are legal in the Standard format as of 2016-09-30:[4]
- Battle for Zendikar
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Shadows over Innistrad (including Welcome 2016)
- Eldritch Moon
- Kaladesh
Banned list
As of September 2016, there are no banned cards in Standard tournaments.[7]
Previously banned cards in Standard
- See also: Timeline of DCI bans and restrictions.
The following is a list of cards that have been banned at one point during their stay in the Standard environment. Banned cards, by default, are unbanned when the respective set is no longer legal in respective standard format. For example Darksteel Citadel was banned in Mirrodin Standard, but not when reprinted in Magic 2015.
- Amulet of Quoz
- Ancient Den
- Arcbound Ravager
- Balance
- Black Vise
- Channel
- Darksteel Citadel
- Disciple of the Vault
- Dream Halls
- Earthcraft
- Fluctuator
- Great Furnace
- Ivory Tower
- Jace, the Mind Sculptor
- Jeweled Bird
- Land Tax
- Lotus Petal
- Memory Jar
- Mind Over Matter
- Mind Twist
- Rebirth
- Recurring Nightmare
- Seat of the Synod
- Skullclamp
- Stoneforge Mystic
- Strip Mine
- Tempest Efreet
- Time Spiral
- Timmerian Fiends
- Tolarian Academy
- Tree of Tales
- Windfall
- Vault of Whispers
- Zuran Orb
Popular standard decks
- Angelfire
- Black Swarm
- Jaba Sligh
- Mind over Monolith
- Orbosition
- Standard Boros Deck Wins
- Standard Doran Rock deck
- Standard Elves deck
- Standard Mana Ramp deck
- Standard Red Deck Wins deck
- Standard Zoo Deck (RGW Aggro)
- Superweenie
- Abzan Aggro
- Hardened Scales
References
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