2014 Virtual Card Pool Reset

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2014 Virtual Card Pool Reset
Game Star Wars CCG
Body Players Committee Advocate Council
Official title Reset of Standard Format
Announce July 25th, 2014 (PC byline)
Legal PDFs September 25th, 2014 (VS0 + VS1 Preview)

The 2014 Virtual Card Pool Reset was the Players Committee decision to cut the SWCCG virtual card pool to a small base set rather than clean it up with errata. The Advocate Council announced it as Reset of Standard Format on 25 July 2014.[1] The first post-reset legal lists, Virtual Set 0 and a Virtual Set 1 Preview, were posted as PDFs on 25 September 2014.[2]

Why reset

The Advocates weighed a cleanup (surgical errata or scrapping problem cards) against a complete reset that trimmed virtual cards to a small base set. They chose the reset unanimously.[1] Their reasons included one PDF of legal virtual text instead of mass errata to remember, past problems with mass-errata changes, and design opportunities for volunteers in a smaller pool.[1] They also cited casual players' time budgets and wanted a more complete fix than a “band-aid”.[1]

Base set and text rule

The base set was planned at roughly 75 cards per side.[1][3] Virtual cards that can go in a reserve deck kept their game text: “If you know a card now, you will know the card post-Reset”.[1] The announcement planned a preliminary base list by 1 August 2014 and beta play at Worlds in Toronto and the European Championship.[1]

Virtual Set 0 (Base Set) cards were unchanged from their pre-reset versions except for some Defensive Shields; Virtual Set 1 Preview cards had various minor tweaks.[2]

Formats: Standard and Legacy

  • New Standard: post-reset virtual cards. A new graphical V-set icon was planned, and existing slips stayed usable for cards that remained legal.[1]
  • New Legacy: all pre-reset virtual cards, in a Master Legacy PDF. The pool stays fixed unless D&D later supports Legacy balance.[1][2]
  • The VS0 and VS1 Preview PDFs were legal immediately for Standard sanctioned play.[2]

What was not changed

  • The Advocates had no plans to change Decipher cards or Decipher rules.[1]
  • There was no set rotation after the Reset, following a player survey.[1]

Packaging: blocks → V0 then V1

The Advocates planned to drop blocks for single sets: base set V0, then a new numbering starting at V1.[1] These are Virtual Set 0 and Virtual Set 1.

Virtual Block 9.2

The announcement said V-set 9.2 would not be released in its current form. A mini set of about 12 cards for Worlds would replace it, and the intern work would be remolded later.[1] VB 9.1 (Republic at War) had shipped on 10 January 2014. See Cancelled Virtual Sets.

See also

Star Wars CCG Eras
Decipher
1995–2001 		Virtual Original
2002–2009 		Virtual Legacy
2009–2014 		Virtual Modern
2014–
Premiere - Theed Palace Premiere - Original VS17 Legacy Open Open


References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Reset of Standard Format, Advocate Council (byline darkjediknight11), Players Committee (25 July 2014). Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 6 March 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 PDF of Reset List Posted — Virtual Set 0 and Virtual Set 1 Preview (Wayback id_ capture), byline September 25th, 2014
  3. ↑ Resetting Star Wars CCG, Category One Games
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