When do sets rotate out of play?

Hasn't happened yet so don't know what the rotation schedule is going to be.

For previous competitive LCGs, rotation was scheduled to hit once the 8th cycle starts being published (removing the oldest 2). Netrunner hit rotation before being stopped, but no other game did.

8 Cycles... So have we only gotten 2? Imperial and Elemental?

Do the Clan Pack counts? Children of the Empire?

https://imperialadvisor.com/2017/09/28/future-l5r-releases-and-tournaments/

An older but excellent article from the fantastic Imperial Advisor crew.

8 hours ago, Green Raven said:

8 Cycles... So have we only gotten 2? Imperial and Elemental?

Do the Clan Pack counts? Children of the Empire?

2 cycles indeed. Deluxe boxes were legal indefinitely in other games. Children of the Empire will certainly be as well, and Clan Packs probably.

I don't know that they have officially announced the rotation plan yet though. I think they've been intentionally silent on the fact so they don't get stuck in any particular situation.

Also worth noting that FFG OP has seen significant turnover since that was originally posted. No idea if that still represents their rotation plans.

On 4/28/2019 at 11:26 PM, Khudzlin said:

For previous competitive LCGs, rotation was scheduled to hit once the 8th cycle starts being published (removing the oldest 2). Netrunner hit rotation before being stopped, but no other game did.

Also, they took the chance to re-do the Core Set. Some of the more problematic cards were taken from the CS and a few select ones from the first 2 cycles were added-in. Overall, people were happy with it. Sadly Netrunner license wasn't renewed, so it was moot.

Will they take the same approach with L5R? It would make sense at some point to take the opportunity to clean house both for balance and for storyline reasons. For the first, looking at the restricted list would be a good indication; for the second removing dead characters would make sense.