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'''Standard''', in contemporary use, is a format with all cards from [[Return of the King]] to [[Age's End]] (sets 7-19) as well as [[The Weta Collection]], excluding cards on the [[X-list]] and [[King Block]] sites. It is the last incarnation of Decipher's "standard" format for competitive play. On [[mLOTRO]], this format is called "Hunters Standard".


In the first three sets, playing the game simply meant using the cards that had been printed. [[The Two Towers]] introduced a new site path and split the game into formats -- "block" formats which had completely separate card pools and a single "open" format which allowed all cards except sites from past blocks. Not long after, Decipher determined that a small group of cards had an outsized impact on the competitive landscape and created the "standard" tournament format -- [[Open]] with an [[X-list]]. While block formats mostly stayed the same, Standard grew with each set and included all cards (except for the obsolete sites and the X-list) up until the 12th set. When [[Black Rider]] was released in 2005, Decipher began [[Rotation|rotating out]] older sets in Standard similar to other TCGs like ''Magic: the Gathering''. This was not popular with players who preferred to use those cards, and was announced during a time of many other unpopular changes. To compensate, Decipher created one last format: [[Expanded]].
'''Standard''' format was officially defined with the release of [[The Two Towers]], which introduced a new site path making itself partially incompatible with the earlier [[Fellowship Block]] cards.  For the [[Movie Block]] era Standard included all printed cards, but once [[Black Rider]] was released in 2005, Decipher chose to introduce [[rotation]], which was the process of "rotating out" the oldest set in favor of keeping the card population fresh. This concept of rotation was controversial (as were many of the changes done in Shadows), although in this case Decipher was not alone as rotation is a common factor of many TCGs.  


Past blocks (including [[Movie Block]]) and Expanded were supported in official tournaments, but Standard was always preferred by Decipher. A majority of tournaments they hosted as well as the Worlds Championship tournament were always held in Standard. For some, structured play was the only reason to build a deck in the format at all. Once Decipher's license over the game expired there was nothing to prop Standard up, leaving it largely ignored by the community both offline and in online recreations like [[GEMP]] or [[mLOTRO]].
Standard continued to be the primary official tournament format until the end of the game, at which point it consisted of sets 7-19 (as well as legal [[Promotional]] cards, such as reprints from those sets or the [[Weta Collection]].


Today, though Standard itself is not very popular, several of the most played formats are "snapshots" of older versions of Standard. They include all cards released up to some cutoff point (usually the end of a [[Block]]), with the exception of obsolete sites and X-listed cards. Because these formats are primarily to play the game as it used to be, the communities which implement them often exclude rule changes that were made later in the game's life span. They stand in contrast to Block formats, which only include cards from a block of about three sets released (more or less) one after another. The most notable of these historical formats are '''[[Fellowship Block]]''', '''[[Towers Standard]]''', and '''[[Movie Block]]'''.
There exist several "historical" versions of Standard which consist of a snapshot of the format at that point in time, such as [[Towers Standard]] (sets 1-6).


== X-List ==
== X-List ==
''For the X-list in historical versions of [[Standard]], see [[X-list]] or the articles for those formats.''
The last [[Current Rulings Document]] defined the [[X-List]] for Standard Format as follows:


The last [[Current Rulings Document]] forbid the following cards in Standard, with new additions to the X-list since Movie block noted with the reason:
* All cards in sets 1-6, including Promotional cards originally printed in those sets
 
* All cards in sets 1-6 and any [[Promotional]] cards originally printed in those sets
* {{Card|Steadfast Champion}}
* {{Card|Steadfast Champion}}
* {{Card|Aggression}}
* {{Card|Aggression}}
* {{Card|Memories of Darkness}}
* {{Card|Memories of Darkness}}
* {{Card|Galadriel, Lady Redeemed}} - undercosted with too little cultural enforcement
* {{Card|Galadriel, Lady Redeemed}}
* {{Card|Mordor Fiend}}
* {{Card|Mordor Fiend}}
* {{Card|Final Account}} - circumvents the deckbuilding rules that limits cards to 4 copies and does so with no regard for culture or card type
* {{Card|Final Account}}
* {{Card|Strange-Looking Men}} - multi-step loop with {{Card|Pavise}}, either {{Card|Ceremonial Armor}} or {{Card|Wildman's Oath}}, and certain minions' texts which allows an arbitrary number of {{C|Men}} minions to be played in the maneuver phase
* {{Card|Strange-Looking Men}}
* {{Card|Demoralized}} - loop with {{Card|Rapid Reload}}
* {{Card|Demoralized}}
* {{Card|Orkish Smith}} - undercosted and effectively disables the only way for the Free Peoples player to deal with most Shadow conditions (discard them)
* {{Card|Orkish Smith}}
* {{Card|Courtyard Parapet}} - too easily abused with [[site manipulation]]
* {{Card|Courtyard Parapet}}
* {{Card|Madril, Defender of Osgiliath}} - too powerful in conjunction with {{Card|Ithilien Blade}}
* {{Card|Madril, Defender of Osgiliath}}
 
== See Also ==


* [https://mlotro.derwinski.pl/formats mLOTRO's list of supported formats], particularly [https://mlotro.derwinski.pl/formats#huntersstandard Hunters Standard] (their version of Standard) and [https://mlotro.derwinski.pl/formats#supersededofficialformats their list of Superseded Official Formats]
== Historical X-List ==


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Cards were added or removed from the [[X-List]] as needed, often removing cards once the combo or meta they were banned for no longer applied.


{{Format
{| class="wikitable"
|Name=Standard
|-
|ValidSets=7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19
! Card Name !! Date Added !! Date Removed !! Notes
|ValidCards=0P56,0P57,0P58,0P59,0P60
|-
|XList=7U49,8C1,10U2,10R11,10C91,11C31,11R100,11U114,11C132,13U188,15R64
| {{Card|Elrond, Lord of Rivendell}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|RingBearerCancel=No
|-
|SitePath=Shadows
| {{Card|Galadriel, Lady of Light}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
}}
|-
| {{Card|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|No Stranger to the Shadows}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Savagery to Match Their Numbers}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Forces of Mordor}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Sting}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Flaming Brand}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal}} || March 25, 2003 || May 4, 2004 || Removed when it was ruled that Ringbearer skirmishes could not be cancelled
|-
| {{Card|O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!}} || March 25, 2003 || May 4, 2004 || Removed when it was ruled that Ringbearer skirmishes could not be cancelled
|-
| {{Card|Aragorn, Heir to the White City}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Horn of Boromir}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Saruman, Keeper of Isengard}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Uruk Regular}} || March 25, 2003 || January 12, 2004 || Removed after Deep of Helm was no longer on the site path.
|-
| {{Card|Relics of Moria}} || January 12, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added to take some power away from Moria once RotK was released. Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|The Palantir of Orthanc}} || January 12, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Frying Pan}} || January 12, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added as a counter to removing Relics of MoriaRemoved when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Bill The Pony}} || January 12, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{Card|Steadfast Champion}} || July 6, 2004 ||  || Added due to interactions with Treebeard, Keeper of the Watchwood
|-
| {{Card|Gondorian Captain}} || July 6, 2004 || November 10, 2004 || Added due to interactions with Base of Mindolluin, removed when Shadows Sites became legal
|-
| {{Card|Aggression}} || July 6, 2004 ||  || Added due to being under-costed
|-
| {{Card|Mordor Fiend}} || July 15, 2004 ||  || Added the day after the set released, before he would have been legal to use in a deck.
|-
| {{Card|Memories of Darkness}} || August 3, 2004 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Saruman's Snows}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
|-
| {{Card|Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
|-
| {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamfast}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
|-
| {{Card|A Talent for Not Being Seen}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
|-
| {{Card|Gimli, Dwarf of the Mountain-race}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced. Deemed to be abusive with the focus on site path introduced in Shadows
|-
| {{Card|Galadriel, Lady of the Golden Wood}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced. Granted easy site path manipulation without cultural enforcement
|-
| {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || March 25, 2005 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
|-
| {{Card|Legolas, Dauntless Hunter}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || June 9, 2006 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced. Abusive with the new unbound hobbits released in Shadows
|-
| {{Card|Fortress Never Fallen}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || June 9, 2006 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
|-
| {{Card|Get On and Get Away}} || Prior to November 3, 2004 || June 9, 2006 || Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced.  Provided too much site path manipulation.
|-
| {{Card|Galadriel, Lady Redeemed}} || January 18, 2005 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Final Account}} || January 18, 2005 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Demoralized}} || Prior to May 22, 2006 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Courtyard Parapet}} || January 29, 2007 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Madril, Defender of Osgiliath}} || January 29, 2007 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Strange-looking Men}} || August 13, 2007 ||  ||
|-
| {{Card|Orkish Smith}} || August 13, 2007 ||  ||
|}


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