TCG Jump: Banned Cards from TCG Quarterly Announcement!

[MC Elesa]

I'm not too clued up on the TCG, but I noticed that all the cards listed there are from previous generations. Can you use the previous generations' cards in the TCG tournaments? Part of the reason I lost interest was because I thought that you had to use the new ones.

There are currently two official formats for the TCG. There is the Expanded format that goes from Black & White to the current set (Forbidden Light and soon Celestial Storm) and Standard format which is BREAKthrough to the current set (Forbidden Light and soon Celestial Storm). Soon the Standard format will rotate to be Sun & Moon to current set.

There are some previous generation cards that could be played in the Standard format. This is because they have been reprinted in newer sets. Some examples of these cards include N, Professor Sycamore, Switch and Ultra Ball.

Two of the cards that were recently banned (Ghetsis and Hex Maniac) can only be played in the Expanded format. Due to the playing conditions that caused have led to them being banned. Meanwhile Puzzle of Time and Wally are still playable in the Standard format. These cards are being banned because of certain combos but also creating conditions that are not welcome in healthy battle conditions in the Expanded format.

I hope this helps.