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=Standard=
Standard format was the first official format, and has ran until the end of the game. Until set 11, Standard consisted of the latest sets. Once [[Shadows]] rolled around, Decipher chose to introduce rotation. Rotation was the practice of removing a set, starting with set 1, each time a set was released. This concept of rotation was met with mixed feelings, with one side liking the freshening of the meta, and the other viewing it as a money-grab to make people buy new cards. Regardless, Standard was the main tournament format until the end of the game, which is the current iteration. It consists of [[King Block]], [[War of the Ring Block]], and [[Hunters Block]]. Also allowed is the Weta Collection and set 19, [[Age's End]].


=X- and R-List=
'''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 [[Shadows]] was released 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.
[[GEMP]] gives the following X-List for Standard Format: {{Card|Aggression}}, {{Card|Courtyard Parapet}}, {{Card|Demoralized}}, {{Card|Final Account}}, {{Card|Galadriel, Lady Redeemed}}, {{Card|Madril, Defender of Osgiliath}}, {{Card|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card|Mordor Fiend}}, {{Card|Orkish Smith}}, {{Card|Steadfast Champion}}, and {{Card|Strange-Looking Men}}. In addition, it lists all 0P cards released from sets 1-6.
 
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]].
 
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 ==
The last [[Current Rulings Document]] defined the [[X-List]] for Standard Format as follows:  
 
* All cards in sets 1-6, including Promotional cards originally printed in those sets
* {{Card|Steadfast Champion}}
* {{Card|Aggression}}
* {{Card|Memories of Darkness}}
* {{Card|Galadriel, Lady Redeemed}}
* {{Card|Mordor Fiend}}
* {{Card|Final Account}}
* {{Card|Strange-Looking Men}}
* {{Card|Demoralized}}
* {{Card|Orkish Smith}}
* {{Card|Courtyard Parapet}}
* {{Card|Madril, Defender of Osgiliath}}
 
== Historical X-List ==
 
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.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Card Name !! Date Added !! Date Removed !! Notes
|-
| {{Card|Elrond, Lord of Rivendell}} || March 25, 2003 || March 25, 2005 || Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
|-
| {{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 ||  ||
|}
 
{{Format Table}}

Revision as of 06:04, 20 November 2021

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 Shadows was released 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.

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.

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

The last Current Rulings Document defined the X-List for Standard Format as follows:

Historical X-List

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.

Card Name Date Added Date Removed Notes
Elrond, Lord of Rivendell (1R40) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Galadriel, Lady of Light (1R45) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Ottar, Man of Laketown (1R80) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
No Stranger to the Shadows (1U108) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Savagery to Match Their Numbers (1R139) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Úlairë Nertëa, Messenger of Dol Guldur (1U234) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Forces of Mordor (1C248) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Sting (1R313) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Flaming Brand (2R32) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal (2C101) March 25, 2003 May 4, 2004 Removed when it was ruled that Ringbearer skirmishes could not be cancelled
O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! (2R108) March 25, 2003 May 4, 2004 Removed when it was ruled that Ringbearer skirmishes could not be cancelled
Aragorn, Heir to the White City (3R38) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Horn of Boromir (3R42) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Saruman, Keeper of Isengard (3R68) March 25, 2003 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Uruk Regular (4C192) March 25, 2003 January 12, 2004 Removed after Deep of Helm was no longer on the site path.
Relics of Moria (1R195) 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
The Palantír of Orthanc (3R67) January 12, 2004 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Frying Pan (3C108) January 12, 2004 March 25, 2005 Added as a counter to removing Relics of MoriaRemoved when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Bill the Pony (3U106) January 12, 2004 March 25, 2005 Removed when Fellowship Block Rotated out of Standard Format
Steadfast Champion (7U49) July 6, 2004 Added due to interactions with Treebeard, Keeper of the Watchwood
Gondorian Captain (7C96) July 6, 2004 November 10, 2004 Added due to interactions with Base of Mindolluin, removed when Shadows Sites became legal
Aggression (8C1) July 6, 2004 Added due to being under-costed
Mordor Fiend (10C91) July 15, 2004 Added the day after the set released, before he would have been legal to use in a deck.
Memories of Darkness (10U2) August 3, 2004
Saruman's Snows (1C138) Prior to November 3, 2004 March 25, 2005 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow (2R75) Prior to November 3, 2004 March 25, 2005 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
Sam, Son of Hamfast (1C311) Prior to November 3, 2004 March 25, 2005 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
A Talent for Not Being Seen (1U316) Prior to November 3, 2004 March 25, 2005 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
Gimli, Dwarf of the Mountain-race (2P121) 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
Galadriel, Lady of the Golden Wood (3R17) 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
The Shire Countryside (3R113) Prior to November 3, 2004 March 25, 2005 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
Legolas, Dauntless Hunter (4R73) 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
Fortress Never Fallen (4U276) Prior to November 3, 2004 June 9, 2006 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced
Get On and Get Away (4R304) Prior to November 3, 2004 June 9, 2006 Added prior to Shadows Release date before rotation was introduced. Provided too much site path manipulation.
Galadriel, Lady Redeemed (10R11) January 18, 2005
Final Account (11C31) January 18, 2005
Demoralized (11U114) Prior to May 22, 2006
Courtyard Parapet (13U188) January 29, 2007
Madril, Defender of Osgiliath (15R64) January 29, 2007
Strange-looking Men (11R100) August 13, 2007
Orkish Smith (11C132) August 13, 2007
Formats
Sets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 16 19
Historical Decipher Formats Fellowship Block Towers Block King Block War of the Ring Block Hunters Block
Towers Standard
King Standard
Movie Block
War of the Ring Standard
Standard
Expanded
Open
Player's Council Formats (including PC Errata) 1 2 3 V1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
PC-Fellowship
PC-Movie
PC-Expanded
Unofficial Formats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 16 19
French French
Austrian (Movie)
Austrian (Shadows)
Other Variants
Sealed • Booster Draft • Cube Draft • Culture Shock • Highlander • Poor Man's • PC Errata
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