Extended

Extended (originally known as Type 1.X) was a rotating format for Magic: The Gathering that included sets from the most recent few years only, but with a larger pool of cards than Standard. Wizards of the Coast no longer supports Extended, having replaced it with the Modern format. Extended was founded in July 1997 from the former Classic-Restricted format (which later became Legacy) and retired on August 7, 2013.Beth Moursund. (May 22, 1997.) DCI(TM) Tournament-Environment Clarifications (dead link) It used typical Constructed rules for deck construction.Extended Deck Construction, MTG.com
==Retirement==
As the popularity of Modern continued to rise, Wizards of the Coast decided to retire Extended as a sanctioned format on August 7, 2013 (approved sanctioned events could be held until October 8, 2013). At the time the format retired, the format permitted cards from the Zendikar block, Magic 2011, the Scars of Mirrodin block, Magic 2012, the Innistrad–Avacyn Restored block, Magic 2013, the Return to Ravnica block, Magic 2014, and Theros.
==Current rotation==
Though Wizards of the Coast no longer sanctions Extended, its current rotation can still be deduced. The last four rotation blocks are essentially the Extended environment, as opposed to the three last rotation blocks which create Standard. Originally, one core set and the three expansions preceding the core set would make up one rotation "block". 
During the period of the Two-Block Paradigm where no core sets were printed, two blocks and the corresponding Welcome Deck made up the rotation block. In the Four-Set model, the four premier sets of the Magic year are counted.
Sets 	Legal until
Zendikar Rising 	Summer 2024
Kaldheim 	Summer 2024
Strixhaven: School of Mages 	Summer 2024
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms	Summer 2024
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 	Summer 2025
Innistrad: Crimson Vow 	Summer 2025
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty 	Summer 2025
Streets of New Capenna 	Summer 2025
Dominaria United 	Summer 2026
The Brothers' War 	Summer 2026
Phyrexia: All Will Be One 	Summer 2026
March of the Machine 	Summer 2026
March of the Machine: The Aftermath 	Summer 2026
Wilds of Eldraine 	Summer 2027
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan 	Summer 2027
Murders at Karlov Manor 	Summer 2027
Outlaws of Thunder Junction 	Summer 2027
The Big Score 	Summer 2027
Bloomburrow 	Summer 2028
Duskmourn: House of Horror 	Summer 2028
==Rotation==
When it was retired, Extended included the most recent four years of blocks and core sets, with the oldest year rotating out upon the release of a new block each autumn. (Each core set was grouped with the block preceding it.)
==History==
When it was founded, Extended included the most recent three years of core sets and expansion sets (excluding Legends), along with all promotional cards that were never printed in a set. This accumulated as new sets were released, and had several blocks rotate out every two to three years (see table below).
On 1 March 2008, Extended changed to the last seven years of blocks and core sets, rotating upon the release of a new block each autumn. 
On 18 June 2010, Extended changed to the last four years of blocks and core sets, rotating upon the release of a new block each autumn.
 Previous rotations
Date 	In 	Out 	Notes
2011-10-01	Innistrad–Avacyn Restored block	Lorwyn–Shadowmoor block 	
2010-10-01	Scars of Mirrodin block 	Time Spiral block, Tenth Edition 	
2010-07-01	— 	Mirrodin block, Kamigawa block, Ravnica block, Coldsnap, Ninth Edition	
2009-10-02	Zendikar 	Onslaught block, Eighth Edition 	
2008-10-03	Shards of Alara 	Invasion block, Odyssey block, Seventh Edition 	
2005-10-20	Ravnica: City of Guilds 	Tempest block, Urza's block, Masques block, Sixth Edition 	
2002-10-20	Onslaught 	Ice Age, Alliances, Homelands, Mirage block, Fifth Edition, dual lands	
1999-10-01	— 	The Dark, Fallen Empires, Revised, Fourth Edition 	Dual lands were kept legal.Phil Buonomo. (September 2, 1999.) Major Changes to the Banned/Restricted List - Extended Format Rotates Out 4 Sets! ((dead link))
== Online variant ==
Extended was sanctioned on Magic Online for many years, but the online format was very different from the paper one before 2005, as Tempest block, Urza's block, Masques block, and Sixth Edition were not available online, shifting the metagame massively. Nonetheless, events were held using the format.
===Banned list===
At the time Wizards of the Coast retired the Extended format, the following cards were banned:
* <c>Mental Misstep</c>
* <c>Ponder</c>
===Previously banned cards===
These cards were banned at some points during their respective set's period of legality in the format:
==Popular decks==
==References==
Category:Rotating formats