2021-23 Standard format (TCG)

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The 2021-22 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 September 10, 2021. It is also used in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and Pokémon TCG Live.

Play period

The 2021-22 Standard format was announced on April 21, 2021, rotating out sets from Team Up to Cosmic Eclipse.

• Worldwide: September 10, 2021 - early 2023

Rotated expansions

Sun & Moon Series

• Team Up
• Detective Pikachu
• Unbroken Bonds
• Unified Minds
• Hidden Fates
• Cosmic Eclipse

Black Star Promos

• SM Black Star Promos cards numbered SM158 and higher

McDonald's Collection

• All cards from McDonald's Collections that aren't functionally identical to a card currently legal in the Standard Format

Other

• Fairy Energy

Legal expansions

Sword & Shield Series

• Sword & Shield
• Rebel Clash
• Darkness Ablaze
• Champion's Path
• Vivid Voltage
• Shining Fates
• Battle Styles
• Chilling Reign
• Evolving Skies
• Fusion Strike
• Brilliant Stars
• Astral Radiance
• Lost Origin

Black Star Promos

• SWSH Black Star Promos cards numbered SWSH001 and higher

Premier events

• 2021-2022 League Cups
• 2021-2022 Regional Championships (On several locations worldwide)
• 2022 World Championships

External links

• 2022 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.