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 The '''Expanded format''' of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] is one of two formats used for officially-sanctioned [[Play! Pokémon]] events. It was added to the {{TCG|Standard format}} in the {{TCG|2014-15 Expanded format|2014-2015 season}}. It allows a greater number of expansions than Standard format but is not as unpredictable in card combinations as {{TCG|Unlimited format}}. It is also used in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]].
-It remains to be seen if [[Play! Pokémon]] will begin rotating out expansions once per year, after the [[World Championships]], as they currently do with {{TCG|Standard format}}. Additional expansions are added to the current {{TCG|Rotation}} three weeks after they are released in the United States. Starting from 2016, they were added to the current Rotation on the third Friday in the month of release.
+It remains to be seen if [[Play! Pokémon]] will ever rotate sets out of the Expanded format, as they currently do with {{TCG|Standard format}}. Additional expansions are added to the current {{TCG|Rotation}} three weeks after they are released in the United States. Starting from 2016, they were added to the current Rotation on the third Friday in the month of release.
-If a card in an Expanded-legal expansion is a [[Reprinted card|reprint]] of an older card, all prints of the card can be played in an Expanded-legal expansion-legal deck (i.e. {{TCG|Base Set}} {{TCG ID|Base Set|Potion|94}}).  However, some cards significantly differ in wording between older prints and newer prints (i.e. {{TCG ID|Base Set|Charizard|4}} from the {{TCG|Base Set}} compared to its {{TCG|Stormfront}} iteration); those cards require a reference outside the deck in order to use the older prints in a Expanded-legal deck.  A reference must be either a new version of the card or a printout of the card's entry from the official Card-Dex.
+If a card in an Expanded-legal expansion is a [[Reprinted card|reprint]] of an older card, all prints of the card can be played in an Expanded-legal expansion-legal deck (e.g. {{TCG|Base Set}} {{TCG ID|Base Set|Double Colorless Energy|96}}).  However, some cards significantly differ in wording between older prints and newer prints (e.g. {{TCG ID|Base Set|Charizard|4}} from the {{TCG|Base Set}} compared to its {{TCG|Stormfront}} iteration); those cards cannot be used in sanctioned tournaments. The exception is cards that have received errata (e.g. {{TCG|Base Set}} {{TCG ID|Base Set|Potion|94}}); all printings of cards with errata may be used in sanctioned tournaments.
 [[Play! Pokémon]] requires players to play with cards printed in their region's official language (for example<nowiki>:</nowiki> players in {{pmin|the United States}} are restricted to English cards only, whereas players in {{pmin|Canada}} can use both English cards and French cards).