These are the sets legal in Standard. Note that these include dates where sets will rotate in and out of Standard.
The following card sets are permitted in Standard tournaments:
- Wilds of Eldraine™
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan™
- Murders at Karlov Manor™
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction™
- Bloomburrow™
- Duskmourn: House of Horror™
- Magic: The Gathering Foundations™
- Aetherdrift™
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm™
- Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™
- Edge of Eternities
- Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender (effective November 14, 2025)
- Lorwyn Eclipsed™ (effective January 16, 2026)
Any cards with expansion symbols from the above sets are legal to play in Standard, even if they are not available in that set’s play booster (or draft booster for sets released before February 2, 2024). Cards from older sets that share the same name as a card legal in Standard may also be played.
When Snow-Covered Lands are not legal in Standard, they are treated as the equivalent basic lands. Players must replace them when discovered, but no infraction is committed.
The following cards are banned in Standard tournaments.
- Abuelo’s Awakening
- Cori-Steel Cutter
- Heartfire Hero
- Hopeless Nightmare
- Monstrous Rage
- Proft’s Eidetic Memory
- Screaming Nemesis
- This Town Ain’t Big Enough
- Up the Beanstalk
- Vivi Ornitier