Standard on

The rules and lists as they were that day, unchanged since April 23, 1997.

Current ban list and history

To check a deck as of this date, start a Standard deck and set its format's date to 1997-04-23.

Rules

  • Deck Construction: Deck construction card counts: Main Deck 60+, Companion 0-1, Sideboard 0-15
  • Limit of 4 copies of the same card (cards on the exempt list or where Card Type contains 'Basic' are exempt)
  • Banned (Standard Banned) : No cards in the selected list are allowed in the deck
  • Card Pool: Only cards printed in core/expansion sets released between 7/1/1995 and 6/30/1997, plus CHR (not HML, WTH), or on the selected lists

No cards are banned or restricted in Standard.