2024-25 Standard format (TCG)

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The 2023-24 Standard format of the Pokémon Trading Card Game is the current Standard format. It has been used (alongside the current Expanded format) for Play! Pokémon organized play and in most sanctioned tournaments worldwide since April 5, 2024. It is also used in Pokémon TCG Live since March 21, 2024.

Play period

The 2024-25 Standard format was announced on January 10, 2024, rotating out cards with the regulation mark.

• Pokémon TCG Live: March 21, 2024 to present
• Official Tournaments: April 5, 2024 to present

Rule changes

Cards with the regulation mark are rotated out. Cards with a , , or later regulation mark remain legal.

Rotated expansions

All cards from these sets have been rotated out:

Sword & Shield Series

• Shining Fates
• Battle Styles
• Chilling Reign
• Evolving Skies
• Celebrations
• Fusion Strike

Promotional sets

• McDonald's Collection 2022

Legal expansions

Cards from the following sets are legal, only if they have an Regulation mark or later:

Sword & Shield Series

• Brilliant Stars
• Astral Radiance
• Pokémon GO
• Lost Origin
• Silver Tempest
• Crown Zenith

Scarlet & Violet Series

• Scarlet & Violet
• Paldea Evolved
• Obsidian Flames
• 151
• Paradox Rift
• Paldean Fates
• Temporal Forces
• Twilight Masquerade

Black Star Promos

• SWSH Black Star Promos
• SVP Black Star Promos

Other promotional sets

• McDonald's Collection 2023

Other

• Any other cards that were later reprinted with an Regulation mark or later remain legal.

Premier events

• 2024-2025 League Cups
• 2024-2025 Regional Championships (On several locations worldwide)
• 2024 World Championships

External links

• 2024 Season Pokémon TCG Format Rotation

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.