PokémonJapan has announced their rotation for Standard. Until December 3rd B, C, and D regulation mark sets will still be legal. On December 4th E sets, which include the new Blastoise and Venusaur VMAX decks will be added to standard. Finally on January 22nd the format will rotate to C, D, and E sets only.
As we saw in the Champions League 2021 Master matches, having a more expanded format allowed for a larger variety of decks. This also explains why we have such terrible with balance after a rotation as testing is normally done using Japan's Standard format. Hopefully with the implementation of regulation marlins starting with Sword and Shield we may soon see a Global Standard format.
B Sets
- Ultra Sun (sm5S)
- Ultra Moon (sm5M)
- Ultra Forces (sm5+)
- Forbidden Light (sm6)
- Dragon Storm (sm6a)
- Champion Road (sm6b)
- Charisma of the Wrecked Sky (sm7)
- Thunderclap Spark (sm7a)
- Fairy Rise (sm7b)
- Explosive Impact (sm8)
- Dark Order (sm8a)
- GX Ultra Shiny (sm8b)
C Sets
- Tag Bolt (sm9)
- Night Unison (sm9a)
- Full Metal Wall (sm9b)
- Double Blaze (sm10)
- GG End (sm10a)
- Sky Legend (sm10b)
- Great Detective Pikachu (sP2)
- Miracle Twin (sm11)
- Remix Bout (sm11a)
- Dream League (sm11b)
- Alter Genesis (sm12)
- Tag All Stars (sm12a)
D sets
- Sword (s1W)
- Shield (s1H)
- VMAX Rising (s1a)
- Rebellious Crash (s2)
- Explosive Walker (s2a)
- Infinity Zone (s3)
- Legendary Heartbeat (s3a)
- Astonishing Volt Tackle (s4)
- Shiny Star V (s4a)
E Sets
- Some cards in the Venusaur and Blastoise VMAX decks
- Rapid Strike Master (s5R)
- Single Strike Master (s5I)
- Matchless Fighter (s5a)
- Silver Lance (s6H)
- Jet-Black Spirit (s6K)
