Starting in 2021, Wizards of the Coast is trying a new schedule where the premier sets are early fall, late fall, winter, and spring (dates based on Northern Hemisphere seasons.) 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.

For example, fall 2019 rotation caused Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, and Core 2019 to leave Standard.īefore the Three-and-One Model, the two oldest blocks still legal in Standard would rotate out of the format. 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. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki.The following cards are banned in Standard tournaments. Set legality Ĭards from the following sets are currently legal in Standard, except for banned cards: Sets Except for 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. Sideboards are optional and may contain up to fifteen cards. There is no maximum deck size however, one must be able to shuffle one's deck without assistance. Standard decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards.

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