Standard Format Ban & Errata Update – June 2025
The Universus Standard Format continues to evolve with each major set and competitive season. To maintain balance and clarity, UVS Games has issued an official update to the Standard Format’s Suspended (Banned) and Errata lists. Whether you're prepping for locals or just sleeving up something spicy, here’s what you need to know.
Banned Cards (Standard Format – Effective Immediately)
The following cards are no longer legal in Standard format:
These cards were banned to prevent degenerate gameplay loops, enforce health interaction boundaries, and preserve deck diversity across the format.
Updated Card Text (Errata)
Some powerful or ambiguous cards have received updates to clarify intent or rebalance their power levels. Here’s what’s changed:
Nick Ragan
Old Text:
Enhance: Remove the top 8 cards of your deck. Your attack gets plus 2 speed and plus 2 damage. If it’s your rival’s turn, ready 1 foundation with the same name as a card removed this way. If it’s your turn, you may play 1 enhance ability on an attack card removed this way as your next enhance.
New Text:
Enhance [Twice per turn]: Remove the top 8 cards of your deck. Your attack gets plus 2 speed and plus 2 damage. If it’s your rival’s turn, ready 1 foundation with the same name as a card removed this way. If it’s your turn, you may play 1 enhance ability on an attack card removed this way as your next enhance.
Devil Jin
Old Text:
Response [Once per turn]: After you check an attack, add it to your card pool and draw 1 card. Your check gets +1 for each attack in your card pool.
Enhance: Add 1 attack from your discard pile to your card pool: Your attack gets +1 damage for each attack in your card pool. You may change this attack's zone to the zone of the added attack.
New Text:
Response [Once per turn]: After you check an attack, add it to your card pool and draw 1 card. Your check gets +1 for each attack in your card pool.
Enhance [Your turn] Add 1 attack from your discard pile to your card pool: Your attack gets +1 damage for each attack in your card pool. You may change this attack's zone to the zone of the added attack.
Ryukyu I
Old Text:
Response: After you play a card, if it has no abilities, draw 1 card and you may add 1 card from your hand to your momentum.
New Text:
Response: After you play an attack card, if it has no abilities, draw 1 card and you may add 1 card from your hand to your momentum.
Clarifies the intent and restricts momentum gain to attack cards only.
Smiling Titan
Old Text:
Enhance [Tenacious]: Your attack gets +X speed and +X damage.
New Text:
Enhance [Tenacious]: Your attack gets +X speed or +X damage.
Now limited to a single stat boost for better pacing.
Younger Toguro
Old Text:
Enhance: Your attack gets +X damage. X equals half the number of foundations in your stage (rounded down).
New Text:
Enhance Commit 1 foundation: Your attack gets +X damage. X equals half the number of foundations in your stage (rounded down).
Introduces a cost to match the character's aggressive ceiling.
Storm of Arrows
Old Text:
You may spend Ranged Weapon attacks from your card pool as though they were momentum to pay for this attack's Echo ability.
New Text:
You may clear 1 other Ranged Weapon attack from your card pool as though you were spending momentum to pay for this attack's Echo ability.
Fixes terminology and aligns with standard mechanics.
Ice Sword Execution
Old Text:
Enhance: Name 1 foundation. Commit all copies of that foundation.
New Text:
Enhance: Name 1 foundation. Commit all copies of that foundation in all stages.
Clarifies board-wide effect rather than only your opponent's.
Additional Resources
To explore the full ban list, errata history, and legality guidelines, check out the official UVS Games resources:
Living Errata and Legality (Plain Text)
Rules and Documents
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