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Figured I'd post the format update here since this is still a sticky.
So here's the 2011-2012 format:
HeartGold SoulSilver
HS: Unleashed
HS: Undaunted
HS: Triumphant
Call of Legends
Black & White
Black & White: Emerging Powers
Black & White: Noble Victories
Black & White: Next Destinies
Black & White: Dark Explorers
HGSS Trainer's Kit
Black & White Trainer's Kit
Black Star Promos numbered HGSS01 and higher
Black Star Promos numbered BW001 and higher
Also, anything reprinted in these sets from an older set as legal. That means the following:
For Pokemon, it means it has to be the exact HP, Weakness, Resistance, Retreat Cost, Type, and have the same attacks (the attack text could be altered some by TPCi on a reprint to make it fit better with the way the rules on wordings work in the meta game) as a card in a currently legal set.
For Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums, it has to have the same name. It doesn't have to be the same Trainer class as it was before, since the way that works is that the older cards are counted as the Trainer class that the reprint is (for instance, the Trainer from the Base Set, Bill, was reprinted in HeartGold SoulSilver but had its card type changed to Supporter, which is what all versions of the card must be treated as). Any changes in the card wording always go by the newer version of the card.
For Energy, it has to be the same name, though you adopt any of the newer wordings.
There are several reprints that are currently play legal. I may go through and compile a list of which play legal set it was reprinted in, and what other sets it was printed in previously.
Also, any future sets will become legal as they are released, as far as I understand Play!Pokemon's rules for the TCG, which I presume aren't any different from Pokemon Organized Play's rules for the TCG.
Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/op_2011_rotation-2011-06-08/
So here's the 2011-2012 format:
HeartGold SoulSilver
HS: Unleashed
HS: Undaunted
HS: Triumphant
Call of Legends
Black & White
Black & White: Emerging Powers
Black & White: Noble Victories
Black & White: Next Destinies
Black & White: Dark Explorers
HGSS Trainer's Kit
Black & White Trainer's Kit
Black Star Promos numbered HGSS01 and higher
Black Star Promos numbered BW001 and higher
Also, anything reprinted in these sets from an older set as legal. That means the following:
For Pokemon, it means it has to be the exact HP, Weakness, Resistance, Retreat Cost, Type, and have the same attacks (the attack text could be altered some by TPCi on a reprint to make it fit better with the way the rules on wordings work in the meta game) as a card in a currently legal set.
For Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums, it has to have the same name. It doesn't have to be the same Trainer class as it was before, since the way that works is that the older cards are counted as the Trainer class that the reprint is (for instance, the Trainer from the Base Set, Bill, was reprinted in HeartGold SoulSilver but had its card type changed to Supporter, which is what all versions of the card must be treated as). Any changes in the card wording always go by the newer version of the card.
For Energy, it has to be the same name, though you adopt any of the newer wordings.
There are several reprints that are currently play legal. I may go through and compile a list of which play legal set it was reprinted in, and what other sets it was printed in previously.
Also, any future sets will become legal as they are released, as far as I understand Play!Pokemon's rules for the TCG, which I presume aren't any different from Pokemon Organized Play's rules for the TCG.
Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/op_2011_rotation-2011-06-08/
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