Forbidden

This article is about the tournament restriction status. For the series, see Forbidden (series). For other uses, see Forbidden (disambiguation).

Forbidden
Japanese (base text)	禁止カード
Japanese (romanized)	Kinshi Kādo
English	Forbidden card
Other names French: carte Interdite German: Verbotene Karte Italian: carta Proibita Korean: 금지 카드 (禁止 Card) Geumji Kadeu Spanish: carta Prohibida

In the OCG and the TCG Advanced Format, Forbidden (禁止 Kinshi) cards, sometimes unofficially called banned, are cards that players are not allowed to use in their Main Deck, Side Deck, or Extra Deck. There are no Forbidden cards in the Traditional Format; by default, all Forbidden cards are Limited in the Traditional Format.

These cards are Forbidden as of April 1, 2016 for the Japanese OCG, March 1, 2016 for the Traditional Chinese OCG, and November 9, 2015 for the TCG Advanced Format.

Spell Cards

	Japanese name	OCG	TCG Advanced
Card of Safe Return	生（せい）還（かん）の宝（ほう）札（さつ）	Forbidden	Forbidden
Card of Safe Return (anime)	生（せい）還（かん）の宝（ほう）札（さつ）
Card of Safe Return (DM6)	生還の宝札
Card of Safe Return (Duel Links)	生（せい）還（かん）の宝（ほう）札（さつ）
Card of Safe Return (GX1)
Card of Safe Return (manga)	生（せい）還（かん）の宝（ほう）札（さつ）
Card of Safe Return (Master Duel)	生（せい）還（かん）の宝（ほう）札（さつ）
Card of Safe Return (SDD)	生還の宝札
Card of Safe Return (Tag Force 3)	生（せい）還（かん）の宝（ほう）札（さつ）
Card of Safe Return (World Championship 2004)	生還の宝札
Card of Safe Return (World Championship 2006)	生還の宝札

Changes

OCG

Japanese

Moved into the list

Card	Japanese name	Card type	Old status (January 2016)	New status (April 2016)
Lavalval Chain	ラヴァルバル・チェイン	Monster Card	Unlimited	Forbidden
Performapal Monkeyboard	ＥＭ（エンタメイト）モンキーボード	Monster Card	Unlimited	Forbidden
Life Equalizer	ライフチェンジャー	Trap Card	Unlimited	Forbidden

Moved out of the list

Card	Japanese name	Card type	Old status (January 2016)	New status (April 2016)
Sangan	クリッター	Monster Card	Forbidden	Limited
Thousand-Eyes Restrict	サウザンド・アイズ・サクリファイス	Monster Card	Forbidden	Limited

Traditional Chinese

Moved into the List

There are no changes from the January 2016 Lists.

Moved out of the List

Card	Chinese name	Card type	Old status (January 2016)	New status (March 2016)
Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos	焰征龍－爆破	Monster Card	Forbidden	Limited
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders	巖征龍－銹	Monster Card	Forbidden	Limited
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms	嵐征龍－暴風	Monster Card	Forbidden	Limited
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls	瀑征龍－潮汐	Monster Card	Forbidden	Limited
Heavy Storm	大嵐	Spell Card	Forbidden	Limited
Spellbook of Judgment	魔導書的神判	Spell Card	Forbidden	Limited

TCG

Moved into the list

Card	Card type	Old status (July 2015)	New status (November 2015)
Apoqliphort Towers	Monster Card	Unlimited	Forbidden
El Shaddoll Construct	Monster Card	Unlimited	Forbidden
Evilswarm Exciton Knight	Monster Card	Unlimited	Forbidden
Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz	Monster Card	Limited	Forbidden

Moved out of the List

There are no changes from the July 2015 Lists.

World Championship

During World Championship tournaments, all cards are automatically set to their lowest allowed status in any region. (For example, a card that is on the Semi-Limited list in one region but the Limited list in another will be Limited on the World Championship banlist, and a card that is Forbidden in one region but Unlimited in another will be Forbidden.)

However, in addition to any cards that are Forbidden on either the OCG or TCG lists, several other cards are also made Forbidden:

• Any cards that are not legal in any region, including:
  • Any TCG exclusive or OCG exclusive cards
  • Any cards that have only been released through a region-restricted distribution, such as certain promotional cards (for a complete list, see the not legal article)
• Any cards that in a given region are only available as tournament prize cards, due to their extremely restricted availability:
  • These currently include the following five Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series prize cards: "Blood Mefist", "Digvorzhak, King of Heavy Industry", "Number 106: Giant Hand", "Ascension Sky Dragon", and "Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn"
• A select few "Special Rule" cards: "Emergency Provisions", "Mystik Wok", "Rainbow Life", "Tri-And-Guess", and "Self-Destruct Button"
  • These cards have an undesirable potential to abuse the "sudden death" and time limit rules in official tournaments. The first four cards allow a player in "sudden death" to instantly win by quickly gaining a large number of Life Points during the opponent's turn with a now-irrelevant cost, while the last card allows a player to legally stall by forcing DRAWs until the time limit runs out (see the Tips page of that card for details).

Anime and manga

During the Battle City arc it is mentioned that cards that directly damage the player, such as "Hinotama", "Meteor of Destruction", and "Raigeki", are Forbidden.

A handful of other cards are noted by characters as "Forbidden" in the anime, including "Golden Castle of Stromberg" in Yu-Gi-Oh! and "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" and "Infernalvania" in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.