No changes have been made to the ban list for the Eternal format for the set release of Destined Rivals. As always, cards will continue to be observed to identify problematic interactions that may cause a degradation in the gameplay experience for the Eternal format.
Effective immediately, the following cards (and any alternate prints they may have) are banned in the Eternal format:
Slowking HS 12 (including Slowking CL 32)
Illus. Hasuno
Beginning with the official rotation of the Standard format on April 5th, 2024, the 345 format will “go wide” and expand its card pool to include cards from sets prior to Sword & Shield—Battle Styles. On that date, the 345 Format will expand to include all rule-conforming cards that released from Sun & Moon base set and later, including Black Star promo cards from the Sun & Moon era and later.
An updated ban list will be published at that time, reigning in cards from that era in the new 345 format. With this change, the 345 format will no longer rotate three months prior to the Standard format’s rotation as it has done in the past. Instead, the 345 format will become a non-rotating format that maintains the same deck building rules it had when the format did rotate, namely:
Any Pokémon included in a 345 format deck must not give up more than 1 Prize card when Knocked Out and the HP printed on the card may not exceed:
130 HP, if it is a Basic Pokémon
140 HP, if it is a Stage 1 Pokémon
150 HP, if it is a Stage 2 Pokémon
Illus. Midori Harada
The following cards and any alternate printings they may have are banned in the Eternal format, effective immediately:
These cards, in combination with other cards available in the format, have been found to create an environment where there is insufficient counterplay.
Illus. Hitoshi Ariga
Effective 11 August 2023, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are banned in their respective formats.
In the 345 Format
In the Aceless Format
Also effective 11 August 2023, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are no longer banned in their respective formats.
In the Eternal Format