Forbidden (archetype)

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Forbidden
From left to right: "Forbidden Chalice", "Lance", "Dress" and "Scripture".
From left to right: "Forbidden Chalice", "Lance", "Dress" and "Scripture".
Japanese
  • きんじられた
  • 禁じられた (base)
  • きんじられた (ruby)
  • Kinjirareta (romanized)
Simplified Chinese
  • 禁忌的
French
  • Interdit
German
  • Verboten
Italian
  • Proibito
Korean
  • 금지된
  • 禁止? (Hanja)
  • Geumjidoen (romanized)
Portuguese
  • Proibido(a)
Spanish
  • Prohibido/a
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"Forbidden" (きんじられた Kinjirareta) is an archetype of Quick-Play Spell Cards sharing similar artworks and effects. They debuted in Raging Battle and received their first support in Soul Fusion. All the "Forbidden" cards focus on manipulating monsters' ATK (or, in the case of "Forbidden Scripture", ignoring changes in ATK and DEF during battles) and card effects, either by granting monsters immunity or by negating their effects. The artworks of these cards all feature a woman in a white dress holding the item.

Lore[edit]

Japanese media identifies the old man featured in the Solemn cards and "Forbidden Scripture" as God, who owns those items and is shown punishing the woman for taking them in "Solemn Scolding". She later becomes gradually more corrupted, her appearance progressing from "Condemned Maiden" to "Condemned Witch", and eventually "Condemned Darklord".

Origin[edit]

Despite the Greek theme and appearance of each of the cards' artwork, the inspiration behind the archetype appears to have come from the 4 most notable holy relics of Christianity.

Members[edit]

Forbidden Origin Effect
Positive Negative
Chalice Holy Grail The selected monster gains 400 ATK The selected monster's effects are negated
Dress Seamless robe of Jesus The selected monster cannot be either targeted or destroyed by other card effects The selected monster loses 600 ATK
Droplet Holy Grail Negate effects and halve the ATK of a number of opponent's Effect Monsters equal to the number of cards sent from the hand and/or field to the GY. Opponent cannot activate cards in response to the card's activation based on card type(s) sent to the GY. N/A
Lance Holy Lance The selected monster is unaffected by the effects of other Spell/Trap Cards The selected monster loses 800 ATK
Scripture Holy Bible All other card effects on the field are negated until the end of the Damage Step Each battling monster uses their original ATK/DEF for damage calculation

Playing style[edit]

This theme revolves around using Quick-Play Spells.