2025 Standard Format Rotation Announced for April!

By: Water Pokémon Master · Posted Posted onJan 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM · 16 Comments

As expected, TPCi has announced all cards with regulation mark “F” will rotate out of the Standard format on April 11th, 2024.

This means we’ll lose cards from March 2022’s Brilliant Stars through November 2022’s Silver Tempest. You can see a list of important cards we’ll lose on JustInBasil.

Journey Together becomes legal April 11th, which is why rotation will occur then. It will be the first set to contain “I” cards.

No changes were announced for the Expanded format. However, the format has long been neglected by TPCi. Organizers haven’t been able to sanction Premier Events under Expanded since before Covid.

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Sort of looking forward to an era without the Rotom V/Lumineon V/Forest Seal Stone "engine", and I'm very glad to never have to encounter a Lugia VSTAR deck again but RIP to my boy Regidrago
 
Really wish i could play this game without iono and boss. I think that's part of why pocket is doing so well- you don't really ever have to worry about having all of your progress completely shot in the head. I hope, during gen 10, the next bosses's has a downside and they just reprint Cynthia. Good riddance to these cards, it's always fun to have a healthier, smoother game : )
 
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Bishlarp said:
Really wish i could play this game without iono and boss. I think that's part of why pocket is doing so well- you don't really ever have to worry about having all of your progress completely shot in the head. I hope, during gen 10, the next bosses's has a downside and they just reprint Cynthia. Good riddance to these cards, it's always fun to have a healthier, smoother game : )
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Gust and disruption cards have been in the game since its inception.
 
Games gonna get hella clunky these first few months, every deck plays some sort of draw support like Rotom, FSS, Lumi, Pokestop, or Radiant Greninja.

It be interesting to see how Gardy adapts with losing Kirlia, I always thought a brillant blender build to Turbo a turn 2 drifloon might be where that archetype goes.
 
Bishlarp said:
Really wish i could play this game without iono and boss. I think that's part of why pocket is doing so well- you don't really ever have to worry about having all of your progress completely shot in the head. I hope, during gen 10, the next bosses's has a downside and they just reprint Cynthia. Good riddance to these cards, it's always fun to have a healthier, smoother game : )
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Go play solitaire
 
Bishlarp said:
Really wish i could play this game without iono and boss. I think that's part of why pocket is doing so well- you don't really ever have to worry about having all of your progress completely shot in the head. I hope, during gen 10, the next bosses's has a downside and they just reprint Cynthia. Good riddance to these cards, it's always fun to have a healthier, smoother game : )
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Tell me you don't understand the point of Pokémon TCG without telling me you don't understand the point of Pokémon TCG.
 
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