The Standard format is the most common way to play the Pokemon Trading Card Game. It’s the format most competitive games are played in - whether that be at your weekly Pokemon League, a Regional Championship, or even the World Championship Tournament itself. So, what is Standard, and how can you build a deck? This video will teach you everything you need to know!

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The Standard format of the Pokémon Trading Card Game is one of two formats used for officially-sanctioned Play! Pokémon events along with Expanded format. Standard format contains the most recent expansions for the Pokemon Trading Card Game, and rotates once a year, usually after the World Championships in August.

Rotation cycles out the older sets to make way for new sets so that only a certain number of sets are legal in Standard at any one time. This is to keep things fresh and to give new cards room to be played.