So I am coming back since Khans. Has there been any major changes? I believe that is when they changed from the Type 2 moniker to Standard and what not. Any one have a list of recent changes?
Come on man, Type 2? I took my break right after Saviors of Kamigawa and came back home officially at New Phyrexia and it was already "Standard".
So in standard is currently:
Shadows over Innistrad
Eldritch Moon
Battle for Zendikar
Oath of the Gatewatch
Kaladesh
Aether Revolt
Please check WotC's ban list for a full comphrensive list of what is and isn't allowed.
Expansions are now 2 sets, not 3. When Amonkhet rotates in, BFZ & OTG rotate out. thus there will always be at least five sets in Standard, as supposed to the old 4 or more. Either way new or old, the maximum number of sets in standard is still six.
I know this isn't standard news but it is worth mentioning that a new format has opened up: Frontier. Just like how Modern started with the new card faces of Mirrodin, Frointer starts with the new card templating of M15. Both Frontier and Modern still contain up to the current sets in standard.
There are now cards that have casting costs and abilities that must have colorless mana spent on them, though these were so far only in Gatewatch (<>).
Meld is like transform meets Exodia from Yu-Gi-Oh, but rather self explanatory.
Vehicles now exist. The are artifacts that aren't creatures unless crewed (or another card says so).
Storywise: Ulamog and Kozilek are dead,
Emrakul is trapped in Innistrad's Moon,
Avacyn is dead, Gideon, Jace, Liliana, Nissa, and Chandra formed the Gatewatch as a sort of Justice League for the multiverse,
Ob Nixilis got his planesealker spark back (is he dead? Or did he summon Kozilek and leave?)
Chandra went home to Kaladesh were Tezzeret was pulling shenanigans and getter my the government to confiscate everything cool,
Ajani came back, saved the day and joined the Gatewatch,
Chandra's dad was a dead but her mom started a revolution,
Terrezet tries to become the Planar Bridge but his plans are foiled by the gate watch.
Amonkhet will be based loosely on Egypt.
Annnnd there are all the things that happened in Magic Origins to make the OG 5 Gatewatch into planeswalkers.
I think that covers everything I can tell you.
You want a wrap up for the Tarkir storyline?
I was under the impression that BFZ and OTG rotates out when the set after Ahmonket (Ham and Eggs) is released.
They changed the rotation schedule a few months back again. BFZ and SOI blocks will rotate when the new fall set releases, so yeah Boyachi got it wrong.
Thanks bud. I think you are right when I was playing back then it was called Standard, but people I was around was using it synonymously. I wanted to read the books anyways. Thanks for some of the storyline. I'll look up some of the new stuff.
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So in standard is currently:
Shadows over Innistrad
Eldritch Moon
Battle for Zendikar
Oath of the Gatewatch
Kaladesh
Aether Revolt
Please check WotC's ban list for a full comphrensive list of what is and isn't allowed.
Expansions are now 2 sets, not 3. When Amonkhet rotates in, BFZ & OTG rotate out. thus there will always be at least five sets in Standard, as supposed to the old 4 or more. Either way new or old, the maximum number of sets in standard is still six.
I know this isn't standard news but it is worth mentioning that a new format has opened up: Frontier. Just like how Modern started with the new card faces of Mirrodin, Frointer starts with the new card templating of M15. Both Frontier and Modern still contain up to the current sets in standard.
There are now cards that have casting costs and abilities that must have colorless mana spent on them, though these were so far only in Gatewatch (<>).
Meld is like transform meets Exodia from Yu-Gi-Oh, but rather self explanatory.
Vehicles now exist. The are artifacts that aren't creatures unless crewed (or another card says so).
Storywise: Ulamog and Kozilek are dead,
Emrakul is trapped in Innistrad's Moon,
Avacyn is dead, Gideon, Jace, Liliana, Nissa, and Chandra formed the Gatewatch as a sort of Justice League for the multiverse,
Ob Nixilis got his planesealker spark back (is he dead? Or did he summon Kozilek and leave?)
Chandra went home to Kaladesh were Tezzeret was pulling shenanigans and getter my the government to confiscate everything cool,
Ajani came back, saved the day and joined the Gatewatch,
Chandra's dad was a dead but her mom started a revolution,
Terrezet tries to become the Planar Bridge but his plans are foiled by the gate watch.
Amonkhet will be based loosely on Egypt.
Annnnd there are all the things that happened in Magic Origins to make the OG 5 Gatewatch into planeswalkers.
I think that covers everything I can tell you.
You want a wrap up for the Tarkir storyline?
They changed the rotation schedule a few months back again. BFZ and SOI blocks will rotate when the new fall set releases, so yeah Boyachi got it wrong.
Standard: BG Golgari Midrange
Modern: U Merfolk GWUBR 5 Color Humans UBW Esper Gifts GW Bogles