Changes
Some of the old stuff needs updating, but I at least got the new stuff up there.
| [[Fishborg Blaster]]
| Broken with [[Formula Synchron]], which is now limited. An infinite [[Glow-Up Bulb]] [[Spore]] or [[Plaguespreader Zombie]]; although limited only to WATER attributes.
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| [[Glow-Up Bulb]]
| [[Plant]] decks were still topping after being hit format after format, Konami must have decided to finally kill them. Easily recyclable through its own effect, but the effect can only be used once per duel.
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| Free discard for [[costs]], etc.
| Never
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| [[Spore]]
| See [[Glow-Up Bulb]].
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| [[Substitoad]]
| [[Tribe-Infecting Virus]]
| [[Lightning Vortex]] on legs, or [[Snipe Hunter]] on steroids. Now even more potent due to [[Blackwings|many]] [[Frogs|archetypes]] [[Batterymen|being]] [[Cyber Style|mainly]] [[Six Samurai|one Type]].
| Low
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| [[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]
| Was easily the best Synchro around. Easy to drop in most Synchro based decks. [[Banish|Banishes]] a card from 3 different places. [[Agent]]s could also drop her easily. The loop in [[Infernity|Infernities]] to drop her infinite times may have been a contributing factor as well.
| Low
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| [[Time Seal]]
| Forces the opponent to skip a draw phase, which is lethal when they are topdecking. Unlike [[Drastic Drop Off]], this card can be chained anytime, making it much better, also with [[Mask of Darkness]] at 3, lockdown decks could take unfair advantage.
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| [[Trap Dustshoot]]
| Devastating to the opponent if played on them during their first turn. Broken with 2 [[Mind Crush]]es. Many thought that the opponent having to have at least 4 cards in hand was not a fair enough restriction. But, it is a horrrible topdeck.
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| Search and Special Summon ANY plant; this includes Tuners, [[Mystic Tomato]], [[Tytannial, Princess of Camellias]], etc. Doppel-plants and quite a few other plant type decks were also topping tournaments for a long while.
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| [[Mezuki]]
| Super splashable, low level with decent ATK, works when either player Synchro Summons.
| =, Chance of ↑
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCCFF8B53;"| [[Trishula, Dragon T.G. Striker]]| [[T.G.]] [[Agent]]s were one of the Ice Barriertop decks in Japan. Easily search by the other T.G. monsters. Has the [[Cyber Dragon]]effect (which would then lead to a [[T.G. Warwolf|Warwolf]] Special Summon).| Instant triple card removal-|- style="background-color:#FF8B53; including from the hand"| [[The Agent of Mystery - Earth]]| Another hit to T.G. Agents. A few decks could do Triple Trish comboWas like [[Elemental HERO Stratos|Stratos]] for Agents, when they pull it off (quite easily in Frogs and Infernities) then theyhe've basically wons limited. However, those decks have been hit in other ways as well, so they can't do Triple Trish any morePutting this to 1 gets rid of 2 targets for summoning [[Master Hyperion]].| =Chance of ↓
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| [[Advanced Ritual Art]]
| Fairly Powerful and with no cost, but then again, [[Starlight Road]] makes it harder to play.
| =, Low chance of ↑
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| [[Foolish Burial]]
| It may seem like a +1, but with [[Infernity Archfiend]], a very deadly +lots loop can be made.
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| [[Limiter Removal]]
| Stalls quite a bit. However, there are more cards that [[Pierce]] now. Easy Synchro Material. Was part of the [[Goat Control]] deck.
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| [[Ceasefire]]
| [[The Transmigration Prophecy]]
| OCG stall decks use this with [[D.D. Borderline]]. Also, it must be at 1 otherwise this card will just return another copy of itself and a loop will be created. [[Pot of Benevolence]] does the same thing, but that can't be chained to an effect, and that removes itself so it can't return another copy of itself.
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| There's an OTK loop with [[Symbol of Heritage]] and [[Mass Driver]]; if you have 3 Dewloren's in the Graveyard. The banning of Mass Driver made that OTK loop impossible. There is still another OTK which involves Symbol of Heritage, which is definitely not going to be Limited, so this will be hit instead. Call of the Haunted can also be recycled with this card.
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| [[Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner]]
| Easy effect that special summons a "[[Lightsworn]]" monster from the graveyard. Gives uses to cards that are useless in the hand (e.g. [[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast]]). Nice mill effect. Lightsworns were very inconsistent, so it made sense to give them a boost.
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| [[Marshmallon]]
| Relatively hard to kill. Instantly inflicts 1000 damage, which is quite a lot. However, [[Spirit Reaper]] went back to 3, so it seems inevitable that this will go back to 3 also.
| =, Chance of ↓
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| [[Necro Gardna]]
| Easily used in [[Lightsworns]], and with [[Burial from a Different Dimension]] (however, this is Limited).
| =, Chance of ↓
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| [[Reborn Tengu]]
| Replaces itself when it leaves the field. Doesn't care about being [[Banish]]ed. Abusable in Synchro decks. However, is a shocker because it is the first TCG Exclusive to show up on the banlist (not counting [[Allure of Darkness]], which was an emergency Semi-Limit).
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| [[Summoner Monk]]
| [[Destiny Draw]]
| Works very well with [[Destiny Hero - Malicious]]. Was a semi-universal draw engine, however not used as much now.
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| [[Emergency Teleport]]
| With [[Mind Master]] gone and Tele-DAD dead, it's only fair that this goes to 2 to help [[Psychic]] decks.
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| [[Level Limit - Area B]]
| Excellent stalling device for no cost, effectively locking out most Decks that use lots of high-level monsters. However, it does not affect Xyz Monsters, and Konami is promoting people to buy them.
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| Particularly disruptive when used on the very first turn, leaving one vulnerable and unable to retrieve what has been lost due to [[Necrovalley]] on the field.
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| [[Shien's Smoke Signal]]
| Maybe Konami felt that they over-hit Six Sams with the previous list. Grabs key Samurais like [[Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki|Kageki]]. Seems like an odd boost for Sams after they just won a YCS.
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| [[Swords of Revealing Light]]
| Very powerful 1 for 1 card. Removes the monster upon Summon. Staple.
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| [[Magic Cylinder]]
| Clogs the field with nigh-unuseable Tokens, though if a Tuner is present they can be removed via a [[Synchro Summon]].
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| [[Torrential Tribute]]
| Most likely brought to 2 to hurt decks that swarm like [[Inzektor]]s and [[Wind-Up]]s. Punishes over-extending, and can easily be stopped with [[Starlight Road]] in most situations.
| Chance of ↑
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| [[Solemn Warning]]
| A lot of effects that Special Summon are present in the game. 2000 LP is almost always worth breaking a loop that would otherwise generate several large monsters.
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| [[Ultimate Offering]]
| In [[Gadget]] decks, this can allow you to swarm the field with Rank 4 [[Xyz Monster]]s.
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! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |[[Unlimited|<span style="color:white;">Unlimited</span>]]
| Back then, [[Exodia_OTK#Makyura.27s_Exodia|Makyura Exodia]] decks were everywhere. Then they realised that Makyura was the thing that needed to be banned.
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| [[Call of the Haunted]]
| Must fairer speed when compared to its Spell counterparts. Can't be abused multiple times per turn (unlike [[Premature Burial]]). Can only special summon from your own graveyard (unlike [[Monster Reborn]]). Like Magic Cylinder, top decks didn't play this card much, so it was probably dropped for the same reason. Most people who use it wouldn't use 3.
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| [[Icarus Attack]]
