A somewhat forgotten format, this was the first iteration of Standard format that rotation was in effect. Rather than constrain new cards to carefully avoid unhealthy interactions with older cards, Decipher decided to 'phase out' old sets (in this case, Fellowship Block) and usher in new sets. War of the Ring Standard consists of Towers Block, King Block, and War of the Ring Block, plus the supplemental set Reflections. Unlike Movie Block it was not offered any support from Decipher after The Hunters ushered in a new Standard, and unlike Towers there wasn't much similarity between the block and standard versions. Without anything to keep the format alive, fans of this format specifically (if there were any) could do little else than revert to Movie block, embrace the evolving Standard and Expanded formats, or stop playing altogether. By the time it was supported on Gemp and mLOTRO it had faded to obscurity, and both War of the Ring formats are among the least played official formats today.
X-list
The following cards cannot be included in War of the Ring Standard decks, with new additions to the X-list since Movie Block noted with the reason. Since most banned cards were from Fellowship block and those sets were rotated out anyway, the Standard X-list during this time was the smallest ever (on paper, at least). For more details, see X-list.