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[[Standard]] is a [[Portal:Cards|card set]] format which includes [[Origins]], plus between four and eight of the newest main-line card sets.
== Overview ==Standard format is often contrasted to '''[[StandardLegacy]] is ''' format, a [[Portal:Cards|format including all card set]] sets, or '''Block''' format , which includes [[Origins]], plus between four and eight of the newest selected card setsonly.
Standard is often contrasted to '''On August 5, 2025, with 7.4.0, [[DMU]], [[LegacyBRO]]''', a format including all card sets. Legacy format is associated with the Legacy Ribbon ([[File:deck-legacy-banner.png|x20px|PvP Legacy Coalition|link=#Icon descriptionsONE]]), while and [[MOM]] rotated out of Standard format has no graphical symbol in the game.
=== Future Four more sets are normally added to Standard ==='''Future Standard''' is a format consisting only before the next rotation, but according to the MtG company Wizards of card the Coast, the rotation following the late 2025 one will be delayed until early 2027. Thus, additional sets which will remain be added before the rotation that removes WOE, LCI, MKM and OTJ. Oktagon confirmed, in 2023, that they would be following Wizards of the Coast in Standard after extending the next Standard rotationplayability of cards to three years instead of two. The  [[MID]], [[VOW]], [[NEO]], and [Ravnica at War[SNC]] series did not rotate out until 2024's 6.8.0, on August 13th, in the third quarter of events are Future the year, as [[#Before 2023|before 2023]].  When [[Dominaria United]] was released in October 2022, Standard format eventsrotated, and may become the previously Standard events after sets [[Zendikar Rising]], [[Kaldheim]], [[Strixhaven]], and [[Adventures in the next Standard rotationForgotten Realms]] became Legacy sets.
== How Standard changes ==
The card sets in Standard format match the Standard format of tabletop MtG, with the single difference of [[Origins]] always being in Standard.  The Standard format changes according to the following rules: Cards rotate out in their third year, including the year they were released. === Before 2023 ===Rotation took place in the third quarter of the year. In short, sets rotated out after their second year, except as follows. The Standard format changed according to the following rules, until 2023:* New sets are were added to Standard until it reaches Standard contained Origins plus 8 main-line non-Origins card sets (9 . [[Zendikar vs Eldrazi]] and [[Daxos vs Kalemne]] are not considered main-line card sets total). * When the 9th non-Origins set (10th set total10 main-line Standard sets including Origins) is was added, the oldest group of four non-Origins Sets are , and any non-mainline sets, were removed from Standard. === Rotations ===When [[Innistrad: Midnight Hunt]] was released in October 2021, [[Throne of Eldraine]], [[Theros Beyond Death]], [[Daxos vs Kalemne]], [[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]] and [[Core Set 2021]] became Legacy sets. In the fourth quarter of 2020, after the release of [[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]], Core Set 2021, and Zendikar Rising, the following card sets rotated out of Standard: [[Zendikar vs Eldrazi]], [[Guilds of Ravnica]], [[Ravnica Allegiance]], [[War of the Spark]] and [[M20]].
When [[Throne of Eldraine (the set following [[M20]]) is was added to MtGPQ, the following card sets are expected to rotate out of Standard: in November 2019 [[XLNIxalan]], [[RIXRivals of Ixalan]], [[DOMDominaria]], and [[M19]]rotated out.
== In events ==
Any [[deck]] containing <u>only</u> Standard [[card]]s is a Standard deck, and may be played in Standard or [[Legacy]] [[events]].
* A '''Standard''' format [[Deck]] shows no ribbon in the deck editor.
* A '''Legacy''' format [[Deck]] shows the Legacy Ribbon ([[File:deck-legacy-banner.png|x20px|PvP {{Legacy Coalitionicon|link=#Icon descriptions]]17}}) with the deck.
==In card sets==
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