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| '''King Standard''' (short for '''Return of the King Standard''' and sometimes called '''RotK Standard''') is a historical [[format]] that includes all of the sets up to the seventh set, [[The Return of the King]]. It's a snapshot of [[Standard]] immediately before the release of [[Siege of Gondor]] in March 2004. As such, it includes the first two waves of additions to the [[X-List]], and uses the [[Site#List of King Block Sites|King Block site path]], albeit without the sites from Siege of Gondor or [[Mount Doom]]. Ring-bearer [[Skirmish Cancellation|skirmishes can be cancelled]] in King Standard as that rule had not yet been introduced, though {{Card|Curse Them}} is the only legal card capable of doing so. The format is not particularly popular, supported mainly on [[GEMP]] and [[The Last Homely House]] forums. Still, the French community (one of the few groups to still meet regularly and play the game face-to-face) used King Standard for their [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=11953.0 2021 tournament].
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| Decipher's Standard format was constantly evolving, and unlike block formats there was no official support for past incarnations as new sets were released. King Standard is one of several historical standard formats supported by the community, but unlike others the snapshot comes in the middle of a block rather than at the end. Due to the naming convention it is often confused with the far more popular (though somewhat oddly named) [[Movie Block]], which includes the first ten sets and is the Standard format prior to the release of [[Shadows]]. [[mLOTRO]] uses what might be the expected nomenclature, with "King Standard" referring to Movie Block.
| | Like many other official [[formats]], King Standard refers to the [[Standard format]] at a particular point in time; in this case, immediately before the release of Siege of Gondor in March 2004. Though less popular than [[Movie Block]], King Standard uses the same site path and most of the same sets. Some view Siege of Gondor and Reflections (which was released a few months later) as the beginning of the power creep than eventually consumed the game.((http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,11423.0.html)) |
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| [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,11423.0.html Its advocates feel] that [[Siege of Gondor|set 8]] in particular suffered from unacceptable [[power creep]], and that - like players who prefer [[Fellowship Block]] or the Towers formats - it is the last point before the game took a sharp (and mostly negative) turn away from what it had been. [[Mount Doom|Set 10]] is often cited as further evidence -- only format changes saw more additions to the X-list than during Mount Doom. [[Reflections|Set 9]], meanwhile, brought First Age characters into the Third Age setting of the game and [[Alternate Ring-bearers]], substantial shifts from the established narrative and gameplay even before evaluating the relative power of the cards themselves. | | Ring-bearer skirmishes can be cancelled in King Standard as that rule had not yet been introduced. However, Curse Them is the only legal card capable of doing so. Decklists can be found at [[http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/board,56.0.html|this subforum]] of the Last Homely House. |
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| == X-list == | | ===== X-list ===== |
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| The following cards cannot be included in King Standard decks, with new additions to the X-list noted with the reason. For more details, see [[X-list]]. | | The following cards cannot be included in King Standard decks. For more details, see [[X-list]]. |
| * {{Card|Elrond, Lord of Rivendell}} | | * Elrond, Lord of Rivendell |
| * {{Card|Galadriel, Lady of Light}} | | * Galadriel, Lady of Light |
| * {{Card|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} | | * Ottar, Man of Laketown |
| * {{Card|No Stranger to the Shadows}} | | * No Stranger to the Shadows |
| * {{Card|Savagery to Match Their Numbers}} | | * Savagery to Match Their Numbers |
| * {{Card|Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur}} | | * Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur |
| * {{Card|Forces of Mordor}} | | * Forces of Mordor |
| * {{Card|Sting}} | | * Sting |
| * {{Card|Flaming Brand}} | | * Flaming Brand |
| * {{Card|Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal}} | | * Aragorn, Heir to the White City |
| * {{Card|O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!}}
| | * Horn of Boromir |
| * {{Card|Aragorn, Heir to the White City}}
| | * Saruman, Keeper of Isengard |
| * {{Card|Horn of Boromir}} | | * Uruk Regular |
| * {{Card|Saruman, Keeper of Isengard}} | | * Relics of Moria |
| * {{Card|Relics of Moria}} - to curb the effectiveness of {{C|Moria}} | | * The Palantir of Orthanc |
| * {{Card|The Palantir of Orthanc}} - to prevent [[initiative]] abuses | | * Frying Pan |
| * {{Card|Frying Pan}} - to counter-balance the ban to Relics of Moria and give new {{C|Sauron}} Orc strategies some breathing room | | * Bill the Pony |
| * {{Card|Bill the Pony}} - permanent resource denial with no cultural enforcement | |
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| ==See Also==
| | {{page>:set_table}} |
| | | {{page>:format_table}} |
| * [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/board,56.0.html The King Standard decklist forum] on [[The Last Homely House]] forums
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| {{Format | |
| |Name=King Standard
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| |ValidSets=1,2,3,4,5,6,7
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| |XList=1R40,1R45,1R80,1U108,1R139,1R195,1U234,1C248,1R313,2R32,2C101,2R108,3R38,3R42,3R67,3R68,3U106,3C108
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| |RingBearerCancel=Yes
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| |SitePath=King
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