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'''Banish''', known as '''remove from play''' prior to the [[Problem-Solving Card Text]] update and called '''exclude''' (Japanese: {{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}} ''Jogai'') in the , known as '''Remove from play'''prior to the [[OCGProblem-Solving Card Text]]'', is a term used to describe the act of making a card banished, causing the card to leave its current location. Banished cards are not in any particular [[zone]]. Cards can only be banished by a card that uses the word "banishBanish" (or "remove from play" for cards without [[Problem-Solving Card Text]]).
Because banished cards are not in any particular [[zone]], a player can place their banished cards anywhere in the play area that is not a zone. They are typically placed either above or to the right of the [[Graveyard|Graveyard Zone]], or just under the field (directly in front of the player). Most video games place it to the right of the Graveyard.
==Mechanics==
By default, cards are banished [[face-up]], with these cards being [[public knowledge]]. However, several cards can [[Banishes face-down|banish cards face-down]] (such as "[[Ghostrick Skeleton]]" and "[[Pot of Desires]]"; a card that is banished face-down is not public knowledge and can thus only be looked at by its [[possess]]or. A card that is banished face-down cannot be affected by cards that specify properties of the banished card, other than the card that banished it. The number of banished cards (including face-down banished cards) is public knowledge.
Because banishing a card causes it to leave its current location, banishing a card on the field causes it to [[leaves the field|leave the field]]. Consequently, if a [[Token Monster]] is banished face-up, it is simply removed from the game rather than placed with the other banished cards (. Token Monsters cannot be banished face-down).
Banished cards cannot be [[destroy]]ed. [[Return]]ing a banished card to the [[Graveyard]] is not considered to be [[send]]ing that card to the Graveyard.
If a card [[control]]led by a player that is not its [[owner]] is temporarily banished by a card like "[[Interdimensional Matter Transporter]]", while banished it will be in the [[possession]] of its [[owner]], but when it returns to the [[field]] it will return to the side of the field of the player that controlled it when it was banished. Furthermore, if the effect that gave temporary control of that card to the opponent is no longer active, it will then return to the original owner.<ref>{{cite book |author=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015 |url=https://ygorganization.com/perfectrulebook/ |page=45}}</ref>
If a card that would banished when it [[leaves the field]] leaves the field, it will not return.
==History==
Thematically, cards which banish tend to either imply that the card's soul is being removed (e.g. "[[Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer]]", "[[Bazoo the Soul Eater]]") or are sent to another dimension (e.g. the "[[D.D.]]" [[series]]).
While the location that banished cards are placed does not have an official name, official sources occasionally refer to it as the [[Banished Zone]]<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=25824 YCS Mexico City: Top 8 Feature Match: Ismael Campos Altamirano vs. Salvador Molina Ochoa]</ref> or banished pile<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=6039 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » Round 5 Feature Match: Astro Marc Hahn vs. Botanist Willie Newsome]</ref> (removed zone<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=3873 Public Event Prize Card Playoffs Semifinal: Jack Hoyt VS Matthew Abrams]</ref> or removed from play pile<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=2748 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » Round 6 Feature Match: William Erker vs. David Sanville]</ref> prior to the Problem-Solving Card Text update), despite it not being a [[zone]]. These terms are never used in [[card text]]s or official ruling materials.Instead, it would be called "Banishd cards"
==Deck theme==