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| kanji               = {{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}}<br/>Formerly: ゲームから{{ruby|取|と}}り{{ruby|除|のぞ}}く, then ゲームから{{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}}
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| kanji               = {{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}}<br/>Formerly: ゲームから{{ruby|取|と}}り{{ruby|除|のぞ}}く, then ゲームから{{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}}
        | japanese             = 除外<br/>Formerly: ゲームから取り除く, then ゲームから除外
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| japanese           = 除外<br/>Formerly: ゲームから取り除く, then ゲームから除外
| furigana             = じょがい<br/>Formerly: ゲームからとりのぞく, then ゲームからじょがい
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| furigana           = じょがい<br/>Formerly: ゲームからとりのぞく, then ゲームからじょがい
| romaji               = Jogai<br/>Formerly: Gēmu kara Torinozoku, then Gēmu kara Jogai
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| romaji             = Jogai<br/>Formerly: Gēmu kara Torinozoku, then Gēmu kara Jogai
| japanese translated = Exclude<br/>Formerly: Remove from the Game, then Exclude from the Game
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| japanese translated = Exclude<br/>Formerly: Remove from the Game, then Exclude from the Game
| english             = banish<br/>Formerly: remove from play
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| english             = banish<br/>Formerly: remove from play
| french               = bannir<br/>Formerly: retirer du jeu
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| french             = bannir<br/>Formerly: retirer du jeu
| german               = verbannen<br/>Formerly: aus dem Spiel entfernen
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| german             = verbannen<br/>Formerly: aus dem Spiel entfernen
| italian             = bandire<br/>Formerly: rimuovere dal gioco
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| italian             = bandire<br/>Formerly: rimuovere dal gioco
| korean               = 제외 (除外) ''Je-oe''<br/>Formerly: 게임에서 제거 (Game ?? 除去 ??) ''Geim-eseon Jegeo'', then 게임에서 제외 (Game ?? 除外) ''Geim-eseon Je-oe''
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| korean             = 제외 (除外) ''Je-oe''<br/>Formerly: 게임에서 제거 (Game ?? 除去 ??) ''Geim-eseon Jegeo'', then 게임에서 제외 (Game ?? 除外) ''Geim-eseon Je-oe''
        | chinese=從遊戲中除外 ''Cóng Yóuxì zhōng Chúwài / Cung4 Jau4 hei3 zung1 Ceoi4 ngoi6''<br/>Formerly: 從遊戲中移除 ''Cóng Yóuxì zhōng Yíchú / Cung4 Jau4 hei3 zung1 Ji4 ceoi4''
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| chinese             = 從遊戲中除外 ''Cóng Yóuxì zhōng Chúwài / Cung4 Jau4 hei3 zung1 Ceoi4 ngoi6''<br/>Formerly: 從遊戲中移除 ''Cóng Yóuxì zhōng Yíchú / Cung4 Jau4 hei3 zung1 Ji4 ceoi4''
        | portuguese=banir<br/>Formerly: remover de jogo
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| portuguese         = banir<br/>Formerly: remover de jogo
| spanish             = desterrar<br/>Formerly: retirar del juego
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| spanish             = desterrar<br/>Formerly: retirar del juego
        | english anime       = remove from the game
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| english anime       = remove from the game
 
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'''Banish '''(Japanese: {{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}} ''Jogai'', lit. "exclude"), known as '''remove from play''' prior to the [[Problem-Solving Card Text]] update, 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 "Banish".
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'''Banish''' (Japanese: {{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}} ''Jogai'', lit. "exclude"), known as '''remove from play''' prior to the [[Problem-Solving Card Text]] update, is a term used to describe the act of making a card banished, causing the card to leave its current location. Cards can only be banished by a card that uses the word "Banish".
  
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]], or just under the field (directly in front of the player). Most video games place it to the right of the Graveyard.
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Banished cards are not placed in any particular [[zone]]. Banished cards should be kept next to the Graveyard, in clear view of both duelists;<ref>{{cite web |title=Official KDE-E Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Tournament Policy |url=https://img.yugioh-card.com/ygo_cms/ygo/all/uploads/KDE-E_TCG_Tournament_Policy_2_1.pdf |publisher=Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. (KDE-E) |access-date=4 February 2022 |page=33 |date=23 November 2020 |quote=Banished cards should be kept next to the Graveyard, in clear view of both Duelists.}}</ref> banished cards are typically placed in a single pile, in a manner similar to the Graveyard. Most video games place banished cards in a single pile located to the right of the Graveyard.
  
 
==Mechanics==
 
==Mechanics==
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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 [[Monster Token]] is banished face-up, it is simply removed from the game rather than placed with the other banished cards.
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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, and can be done even if a card like "[[Dimensional Fissure]]" is active.
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===Banished face-down===
 
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.
 
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.
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[[Monster Token]]s 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, and can be done even if a card like "[[Dimensional Fissure]]" is active.
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===Temporarily banished===
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Card effects can temporarily banish cards until a later point in time, at which point the card returns to its original location.
  
 
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. If its owner does not have an unoccupied [[Zone]] on the field to return it to, the card is instead sent to the Graveyard. 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 would be banished when it leaves the field, if it is temporarily banished by another card effect, it does not return to the field.
 
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. If its owner does not have an unoccupied [[Zone]] on the field to return it to, the card is instead sent to the Graveyard. 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 would be banished when it leaves the field, if it is temporarily banished by another card effect, it does not return to the field.
  
==History==
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==Banished cards==
 
[[File:PlayingField-WC11.png|thumb|right|The Game Mat as it appears in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus]]. Banished cards are placed in the location offset to the right of the Graveyard.]]
 
[[File:PlayingField-WC11.png|thumb|right|The Game Mat as it appears in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus]]. Banished cards are placed in the location offset to the right of the Graveyard.]]
Originally, there were few cards which could banish other cards (called "remove from play" at the time), with some of the first being "[[Soul Release]]" and "[[Banisher of the Light]]". The first card to return them was "[[Miracle Dig]]".
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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>{{cite web |last1=Kohanim |first1=Michael |title=YCS Mexico City: Top 8 Feature Match: Ismael Campos Altamirano vs. Salvador Molina Ochoa |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2016/09/ycs-mexico-city-top-8-feature-match-ismael-campos-altamirano-vs-salvador-molina-ochoa/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=18 September 2016}}</ref> or "banished pile"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohanim |first1=Michael |title=Round 5 Feature Match: Astro Marc Hahn vs. Botanist Willie Newsome |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2011/06/round-5-feature-match-astro-marc-hahn-vs-botanist-willie-newsome/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=18 June 2011}}</ref> ("removed zone"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grabher-Meyer |first1=Jason |title=Public Event Prize Card Playoffs Semifinal: Jack Hoyt VS Matthew Abrams |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2010/09/top-4-prize-card-playoffs-jack-hoyt-vs-matthew-abrams/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=5 September 2010}}</ref> or "removed from play pile"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohanim |first1=Michael |title=Round 6 Feature Match: William Erker vs. David Sanville |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2010/06/round-6-feature-match-william-erker-vs-david-sanville/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=20 June 2010}}</ref> prior to the Problem-Solving Card Text update), despite it not being a [[zone]]. These terms are not used in [[card text]]s and no longer used in official ruling materials; cards in this location are simply referred to as "banished cards".
  
However, over time, banishing cards has become a popular theme with several cards to go with it (such as [[Chaos]] and "[[D.D.]]" cards). In turn, more cards were created to bring banished cards back, including "[[D.D.M. - Different Dimension Master]]", "[[Dimension Fusion]]", "[[Dimension Explosion]]", "[[Burial from a Different Dimension]]", and "[[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]".
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'', banished cards are represented by an icon depicting a blue disintegrating card backing; previously, they were represented by an icon depicting a purple tombstone marked with an "X". In most video games, banished cards are placed in a pile to the right of their possessor's Graveyard (from their possessor's perspective).
  
In the [[Problem-Solving Card Text]] update, "remove from play" was renamed "banish". This was both to make card text easier to understand and to distinguish it from the similarly-named "removed from the field", which was renamed "[[leaves the field]]" in the same update for this reason.<ref name="part2">{{cite web|url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=2915|title=Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 2: New Words & Phrases|last=Tewart|first=Kevin|authorlink=Kevin Tewart|publisher=[[Konami]]|date=May 23, 2011|accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref>
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==Appearance==
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===Anime===
  
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]]).
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===''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' and ''GX''===
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', if a [[Duel Disk]] is connected to a [[Dueling Arena]], the banished cards are put where the [[Graveyard]] of the Dueling Arena is. If not, the banished cards were placed in the Duelist's pockets.<ref name="gx ep58">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|58|ref}} — [[Jaden Yuki]] banishes his monsters with "[[Miracle Fusion (anime)|Miracle Fusion]]"</ref> [[Seto Kaiba]] is seen placing his banished cards to the right of his [[Deck]] while Dueling using his Duel Disk connected to a [[Dueling Arena]].<ref name="dm ep194">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|194|ref}} — [[Seto Kaiba]] banishes "[[X-Head Cannon (anime)|X-Head Cannon]]" due to the effect of "[[Valkyrie Erste (anime)|Valkyrie Erste]]"</ref> Other series do not draw attention to the physical locations of cards.
  
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; cards in this location are simply referred to as "banished cards".
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===''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''===
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', cards being banished are depicted as being sucked into a black vortex.
  
In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]], the banished cards are stacked next to the Graveyard, and they are identified by a grave icon, with "X" on it when targeting them.
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===''Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL''===
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'', monsters being banished or Special Summoned while banished sometimes enter in and emerge from portals identical to the Graveyard one, but green. While banished cards were not displayed off-screen, interacting with banished cards (such as returning them to the hand or Special Summoning) will have banished card regenerated in the Graveyard, then Special Summoned from there.
  
==Deck theme==
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===''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''===
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[[File:BanishedGemKnights.png|thumb|"[[Gem-Knight]]" monsters being banished by "[[Fragment Fusion]]" in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'']]
Since many Decks rely on the Graveyard, Decks that rely on the effects of "[[Dimensional Fissure]]", "[[Macro Cosmos]]", "[[Banisher of the Light]]", and "[[Banisher of the Radiance]]" have grown in power. Being able to shut down an opponents Graveyard plus having "[[D.D. Survivor]]", an 1800 [[ATK]] monster that keeps returning every time it's banished while face-up, have shown themselves to be powerful Decks. "[[D.D. Scout Plane]]" is also incredibly useful in these Decks: if it is banished from your hand or Deck, it will be [[Special Summon]]ed. The main weakness of these Decks is the fact that it is not difficult to remove the card that banishes other cards, and cards like "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" and "[[Chaos Hunter]]" counter such Decks with ease.
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', cards banished from the Graveyard disintegrate with a vortex, cards banished from the field disintegrate and scatter, and cards banished from the hand disintegrate into a purple sphere. However, it is unclear where these cards are kept.
  
''[[Structure Deck: Advent of the Emperor]]''/''[[The Dark Emperor Structure Deck]]'' revolves around banishing.
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===''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS''===
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', cards banished from the GY are disintegrated with a high-tech appearing vortex interface. Cards that are banished from the hand and/or field are dissolved into green particles. While displaying banished cards on-screen, their location is depicted as an endlessly spiraling green twister.
==Anime==
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[[File:BanishedGemKnights.png|thumb|"[[Gem-Knight]]" monsters being banished by "[[Fragment Fusion]]" in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'']]
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', if a [[Duel Disk]] is connected to a [[Dueling Arena]], the banished cards are put where the [[Graveyard]] of the Dueling Arena is. If not, the banished cards were placed in the Duelist's pockets.<ref name="gx ep58">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|58|ref}} - [[Jaden Yuki]] banishes his monsters with "[[Miracle Fusion (anime)|Miracle Fusion]]"</ref> [[Seto Kaiba]] is seen placing his banished cards to the right of his [[Deck]] while Dueling using his Duel Disk connected to a [[Dueling Arena]].<ref name="dm ep194">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|194|ref}} - [[Seto Kaiba]] banishes "[[X-Head Cannon (anime)|X-Head Cannon]]" due to the effect of "[[Valkyrie Erste (anime)|Valkyrie Erste]]"</ref> Other series do not draw attention to the physical locations of cards.
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==Trivia==
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* Thematically, cards which banish tend to imply either that the card's soul is being removed (e.g. "[[Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer]]", "[[Bazoo the Soul Eater]]") or that the card is sent to another dimension (e.g. the "[[D.D.]]" [[series]]).
  
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', cards being banished are depicted as being sucked into a black vortex.
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* One of the reasons that "remove from play" was renamed to "banish" in the [[Problem-Solving Card Text]] update was because it was too easily confused with the similarly-named "removed from the field", which itself was renamed to "[[leaves the field]]" in the same update.<ref name="part2">{{cite web|url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=2915|title=Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 2: New Words & Phrases|last=Tewart|first=Kevin|authorlink=Kevin Tewart|publisher=[[Konami]]|date=May 23, 2011|accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref>
  
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'', monsters being banished or Special Summoned while banished sometimes enter in and emerge from portals identical to the Graveyard one, but green.
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* The first card that could banish cards was "[[Gravedigger Ghoul]]".
  
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', cards banished from the Graveyard disintegrate with a vortex, cards banished from the field disintegrate and scatter, and cards banished from the hand disintegrate into a purple sphere. However, it is unclear where these cards are kept.
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* The first card that can return banished cards was "[[Miracle Dig]]".
  
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', cards banished from the GY are disintegrated with a high-tech appearing vortex interface. Cards that are banished from the hand and/or field are dissolved into green particles. While displaying banished cards on-screen, their location is depicted as an endlessly spiraling green twister.
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* ''[[Structure Deck: Advent of the Emperor]]''/''[[The Dark Emperor Structure Deck]]'' revolves around banishing.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 14:23, 25 March 2023

Banish

Artwork of "Dimensional Prison", depicting a monster being banished
Artwork of "Dimensional Prison", depicting a monster being banished

Japanese

じょがい
Formerly: ゲームからのぞく, then ゲームからじょがい

Japanese (ruby)

じょがい
Formerly: ゲームからとりのぞく, then ゲームからじょがい

Japanese (base text)

除外
Formerly: ゲームから取り除く, then ゲームから除外

Japanese (romanized)

Jogai
Formerly: Gēmu kara Torinozoku, then Gēmu kara Jogai

Japanese (translated)

Exclude
Formerly: Remove from the Game, then Exclude from the Game

English

banish
Formerly: remove from play

English (anime)

remove from the game

Banish (Japanese: じょがい Jogai, lit. "exclude"), known as remove from play prior to the Problem-Solving Card Text update, is a term used to describe the act of making a card banished, causing the card to leave its current location. Cards can only be banished by a card that uses the word "Banish".

Banished cards are not placed in any particular zone. Banished cards should be kept next to the Graveyard, in clear view of both duelists;[1] banished cards are typically placed in a single pile, in a manner similar to the Graveyard. Most video games place banished cards in a single pile located to the right of the Graveyard.

Mechanics

Because banishing a card causes it to leave its current location, banishing a card on the field causes it to leave the field. Consequently, if a Monster Token is banished face-up, it is simply removed from the game rather than placed with the other banished cards.

Banished cards cannot be destroyed. Returning a banished card to the Graveyard is not considered to be sending that card to the Graveyard, and can be done even if a card like "Dimensional Fissure" is active.

Banished face-down

By default, cards are banished face-up, with these cards being public knowledge. However, several cards can 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 possessor. 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.

Monster Tokens cannot be banished face-down.

Temporarily banished

Card effects can temporarily banish cards until a later point in time, at which point the card returns to its original location.

If a card controlled 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. If its owner does not have an unoccupied Zone on the field to return it to, the card is instead sent to the Graveyard. 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.[2] If a card would be banished when it leaves the field, if it is temporarily banished by another card effect, it does not return to the field.

Banished cards

The Game Mat as it appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus. Banished cards are placed in the location offset to the right of the Graveyard.

While the location that banished cards are placed does not have an official name, official sources occasionally refer to it as the "Banished Zone"[3] or "banished pile"[4] ("removed zone"[5] or "removed from play pile"[6] prior to the Problem-Solving Card Text update), despite it not being a zone. These terms are not used in card texts and no longer used in official ruling materials; cards in this location are simply referred to as "banished cards".

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, banished cards are represented by an icon depicting a blue disintegrating card backing; previously, they were represented by an icon depicting a purple tombstone marked with an "X". In most video games, banished cards are placed in a pile to the right of their possessor's Graveyard (from their possessor's perspective).

Appearance

Anime

Yu-Gi-Oh! and GX

In Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, if a Duel Disk is connected to a Dueling Arena, the banished cards are put where the Graveyard of the Dueling Arena is. If not, the banished cards were placed in the Duelist's pockets.[7] Seto Kaiba is seen placing his banished cards to the right of his Deck while Dueling using his Duel Disk connected to a Dueling Arena.[8] Other series do not draw attention to the physical locations of cards.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, cards being banished are depicted as being sucked into a black vortex.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

In Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, monsters being banished or Special Summoned while banished sometimes enter in and emerge from portals identical to the Graveyard one, but green. While banished cards were not displayed off-screen, interacting with banished cards (such as returning them to the hand or Special Summoning) will have banished card regenerated in the Graveyard, then Special Summoned from there.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

"Gem-Knight" monsters being banished by "Fragment Fusion" in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, cards banished from the Graveyard disintegrate with a vortex, cards banished from the field disintegrate and scatter, and cards banished from the hand disintegrate into a purple sphere. However, it is unclear where these cards are kept.

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

In Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, cards banished from the GY are disintegrated with a high-tech appearing vortex interface. Cards that are banished from the hand and/or field are dissolved into green particles. While displaying banished cards on-screen, their location is depicted as an endlessly spiraling green twister.

Trivia

  • One of the reasons that "remove from play" was renamed to "banish" in the Problem-Solving Card Text update was because it was too easily confused with the similarly-named "removed from the field", which itself was renamed to "leaves the field" in the same update.[9]
  • The first card that can return banished cards was "Miracle Dig".

References

  1. "Official KDE-E Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Tournament Policy" (PDF). Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. (KDE-E). 23 November 2020. p. 33. Retrieved 4 February 2022. Banished cards should be kept next to the Graveyard, in clear view of both Duelists.
  2. Konami. Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015. p. 45.
  3. Kohanim, Michael (18 September 2016). "YCS Mexico City: Top 8 Feature Match: Ismael Campos Altamirano vs. Salvador Molina Ochoa". Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage. Konami.
  4. Kohanim, Michael (18 June 2011). "Round 5 Feature Match: Astro Marc Hahn vs. Botanist Willie Newsome". Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage. Konami.
  5. Grabher-Meyer, Jason (5 September 2010). "Public Event Prize Card Playoffs Semifinal: Jack Hoyt VS Matthew Abrams". Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage. Konami.
  6. Kohanim, Michael (20 June 2010). "Round 6 Feature Match: William Erker vs. David Sanville". Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage. Konami.
  7. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 05858: "A New Breed of a Hero, Part 1"Jaden Yuki banishes his monsters with "Miracle Fusion"
  8. Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 194194: "One Step Ahead - Part 1"Seto Kaiba banishes "X-Head Cannon" due to the effect of "Valkyrie Erste"
  9. Tewart, Kevin (May 23, 2011). "Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 2: New Words & Phrases". Konami. Retrieved July 28, 2011.