NeoStandard Format

The NeoStandard Format is a Tournament rule regarding deck construction.

For a comprehensive list of NeoStandard ID's in the Japanese (JP) format of the game: look here

For a comprehensive list of NeoStandard ID's in the English (EN) format of the game: look here

Note: The NeoStandard Format at the time of writing is the most popular in the USA and is commonly the format for tournaments in that region as well as many officially sponsored large scale tournaments such as the Bushiroad Spring Circuit. If you are playing in that region, please ensure that your deck follows NeoStandard Format conditions or check with your local game store for their supported format.

Set Restrictions
The NeoStandard Format plays similarly to the Standard and Side formats but restricts decks to a single canonically viable deck. For example, cards from Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works, and Fate/stay night can be played in the same NeoStandard deck. However, cards from 'Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Zwei Herz! 'cannot be played in that deck due to the shows not being canonically relevant to each other despite both being part of the overarching Fate franchise.

An easy way to distinguish which cards can be played with each other is to check their set ID's against the official NeoStandard lists updated by Bushiroad. As long as they are legally in the same set according to the official listings, they are viable in a NeoStandard deck despite their ID's being different. For example, Fate/Zero has the ID FZ while Fate/stay night has the ID FS but they can still be played in the same deck as the Fate series consists of cards with FS, FU, FH, FZ as their ID's (at the time of writing). 'Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Zwei Herz! on the other hand has the ID PI and cannot be played in a Fate' based deck.

Decks played in this format must be constructed from cards from only a single Series. The following is a list of some Series with their corresponding Sets.

Card Restrictions
In order to maintain a healthy competitive environment in Weiss Schwarz, certain cards have a limit to the number of cards that can be put into a deck. There are 3 types of card restriction rules.
 * 1) Banned - up to 0 copies of that card can be put in a deck
 * 2) Up to X  - up to X copies of that card can be put in a deck
 * 3) Choice of X - you may choose 1 card from the group and up to 4 copies of that card can be put in a deck. No other card from that group can be put in the same deck.

Special Cards
There are special cards that do not follow the Set Restriction rule stated above. The following are a list of all of the special cards and which Series they may be used with.