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| [[Ancient Fairy Dragon]]
| Can be Summoned very quickly by [[Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson]], which then allows you to remove a Field Spell, heal, search a Field Spell, and get a free Special Summon all in one turn. Can be looped with [[Recycle]] to pull off the effect each turn, with a net gain of LP too.|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Astrograph Sorcerer]]| Key card in Pendulum Magicians. When a card you control is destroyed, it can Special Summon itself from the hand and add a copy of the destroyed card from the Deck to the hand. Can be triggered and looped fairly easily with "[[Heavymetalfoes Electrumite]]". This card is Unlimited in the TCGOCG.
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| [[Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow]]
| [[Destiny HERO - Disk Commander]]
| Its effect as originally printed had no restriction, which proved to be far too powerful. Several cards could revive it, and they were effectively turned into [[Pot of Greed]]s by Disk Commander's effect. This card is Limited in the OCG, after it received a new errata which limits the effect to once per Duel and means it can't be Special Summoned from the Graveyard in the same turn it's placed there.
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| [[Djinn Releaser of Rituals]]
| [[Fishborg Blaster]]
| An infinitely-reusable Tuner, although restricted to just WATER non-tuner monsters. Can cause easy OTK's when used with cards such as [[Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth]]. Broken with [[Formula Synchron]] and [[T.G. Hyper Librarian]]. [[Fishborg Launcher]] was designed to replace this card. With the release of [[Atlantean]]s, this card would create even more powerful combos and loops if it were to be unbanned.
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| [[Lavalval Chain|<font color="#99CCFF">Lavalval Chain</font>]]
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| [[Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King]]
| Powerful boss monster that can easily be Tribute Summoned by Tributing Continuous Spell/Trap cards as well as monsters, and is unaffected by effects of cards that have the same card type as the cards Tributed for its Summon. This oftentimes results in it being vulnerable to just 1 in particular, which you may not have easy access to at that point in the duel. Can also destroy any other card on the field during either player's turn by banishing a Continuous Spell/Trap from your Graveyard, disrupting plays during your opponent's turn and clearing the way for OTK's. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Maxx "C"]]
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| [[Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis]]
| Part of an FTK loop involving [[Topologic Bomber Dragon]] where, if you could dump enough Plants into the Graveyard, you could revive it again and again, and have it be destroyed again and again to inflict damage to your opponent. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz]]
| [[Substitoad]]
| Poorly designed card, [[Card Tips:Substitoad|able to mill most of your Deck in one turn]]. No once per turn restriction. Combos well with [[Pot of Avarice]] (which is also Forbidden in the TCG). See also: [[Frog Burn FTK]] (The most consistent burn OTK/FTK Deck for the March 2010 format). [[Tradetoad]] was designed to be a fair version of it.
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| [[Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom]]
| Easily Summonable by [[Contact Fusion]] in Pendulum Decks. Its effect to gain the effects of a monster in the Graveyard allows it to gain the effect of [[Lyrilusc - Independent Nightingale]], which until the End Phase allows it to gain 4000 ATK (for a total of 6800), makes it unaffected by any other card effects, and enables it to inflict 4000 points of damage to your opponent once per turn, guaranteeing an OTK if you can Summon two. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Tellarknight Ptolemaeus|<font color="#99CCFF">Tellarknight Ptolemaeus</font>]]
| [[Raigeki]]
| Too Powerful. Much stronger than [[Dark Hole]], which is Limited (Semi-Limited in the OCG). Destroys only the opponent's monsters. [[Lightning Vortex]] was designed to be a fair version of this card. This card is Limited in the TCG.
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| [[Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force]]
| Forbidden due to abuse in quickly Summoning [[Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL]]. As it can return itself to the hand from the GY, it can be easily sent to the Graveyard by effects like [[Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal]] (Limited in the TCG) and [[Foolish Burial Goods]], then returned to the hand by Special Summoning a Rank 5 or higher monster (easily accomplished by using Beatrice as material to Xyz Summon [[Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger]]). This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Snatch Steal]]
| [[Super Rejuvenation]]
| Amazing draw card. Makes strong [[Card Destruction|discard]]-[[Morphing Jar|and]]-[[Guarded Treasure|draw]] [[Magical Stone Excavation|cards]] [[Graceful Charity|even]] [[Boogie Trap|stronger]]. Offsets the costs of certain card effects. Can draw out most of your Deck in one turn if used right since [[Card Tips:Super Rejuvenation|it can be used multiple times per turn]]. Abusable in Exodia, Hieratic, and Dragon Ruler Decks. [[Trial and Tribulation]] was designed to be a fair version of this card. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[That Grass Looks Greener]]
| Powerful, costless Graveyard setup card that instantly sends cards from your Deck to the Graveyard until you have the same number of cards in your Deck as your opponent. Similar to [[Monster Gate]] and [[Reasoning]] (both Limited), but can be better since there is more control over the number of milled cards. Mainly hit due to abuse in 60-card Decks that focus heavily on [[Infernoid]]s, [[Paleozoic]]s, and [[Fairy Tail - Snow]] (Limited in the OCG.) since it can instantly send 20 cards from your Deck to your Graveyard against most other Decks that run only 40 cards. Can be searched by [[Left Arm Offering]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[The Forceful Sentry]]
| [[ABC-Dragon Buster]]
| Boss "[[A-to-Z]]" Monster Summonable if its materials are on the field or in the Graveyard, which is relatively easy to achieve with cards like [[Ties of the Brethren]] and [[Future Fusion]] (Limited in the TCG). Can banish a card during either player's turn, allowing easy disruption during your opponent's turn and clearing the way for OTK's. It can also escape destruction with its second effect during the opponent's turn, restoring its materials for the next turn to Summon a fresh ABC-Dragon Buster and/or make Rank 4 Xyz Summons. Far outclasses other "[[A-to-Z]]" monsters, whose materials must be banished from the field, cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard, use [[Ignition Effects]] that aren't chainable (excluding [[A-to-Z-Dragon Buster Cannon]]), and can only destroy cards (excluding [[VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon]]). This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Babycerasaurus]]
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| [[Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal|<font color="#99CCFF">Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal</font>]]
| <span style="color: white"> Very good Rank 6 Xyz Monster with a fantastic effect. Can easily be Xyz Summoned in [[Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Burning Abyss</font>]] decks by using [[Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss</font>]] (Limited in the OCG) as Xyz material (albeit with the downside of its [[Quick Effect|<font color="#99CCFF">Quick Effect</font>]] not being usable that turn), and can send any card from your Deck to the Graveyard during either player's turn, allowing you to search out Limited cards like [[Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Graff</font>]] or [[Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Cir</font>]], or interrupt your opponent's plays by sending [[Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Farfa</font>]], [[Alich, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Alich</font>]], or [[Mischief of the Gnomes|<font color="#99CCFF">Mischief of the Gnomes</font>]] from your Deck to the Graveyard. It can also replace itself with [[Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss</font>]] when it dies. Even more abusable in non-Burning Abyss decks since its Quick Effect can be used right away, and even chained to cards like [[Bottomless Trap Hole|<font color="#99CCFF">Bottomless Trap Hole</font>]], [[Compulsory Evacuation Device|<font color="#99CCFF">Compulsory Evacuation Device</font>]], and [[Torrential Tribute|<font color="#99CCFF">Torrential Tribute</font>]]. It can also mill [[Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force]] (Forbidden) to be added to the hand to easily Summon [[Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.</span>
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| [[Blackwing - Steam the Cloak]]
| [[Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier]]
| Creates loops and OTKs when used with cards like [[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord]] (Forbidden in the TCG), [[Symbols of Duty]], or [[Symbol of Heritage]] (Limited). Used to be Summoned easily using [[Elder Entity Norden]] (Also Forbidden), as [[Synchro Material]]. Can also reuse cards like [[Call of the Haunted]], [[Fiendish Chain]], [[Abyss-sphere]], etc.
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| [[Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter]]
| Allows easy searching and/or activation of [[True Draco]] and [[True King]] Continuous Traps directly from your deck, without needing to be set first, all of which allow the player to Tribute Summon another "True Draco" during the opponent's turn on top of their other powerful effects. Because this effect is not a hard once-per turn, this means that multiple "Dinomight" can activate their effects in 1 turn. Moved from Forbidden to Limited due to [[Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King]] being Forbidden.
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| [[Ehther the Heavenly Monarch]]
| [[Firewall Dragon|<font color="#99CCFF">Firewall Dragon</font>]]
| <span style="color: white">Its effect bounces both your cards and your opponent's, removing their defenses while allowing you to recycle on-Summon effects that aren't a hard once-per-turn including [[Grinder Golem|<font color="#99CCFF">Grinder Golem</font>]] (also Limited in the TCG), or itself when used in multiples. Also allows you to recycle hand traps from the Graveyard.</span>
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| [[Gem-Knight Master Diamond]]
| Powerful Fusion Monster in [[Gem-Knight]] OTK. Its effect to gain the burn effect of [[Gem-Knight Lady Lapislazuli]] allowed the Deck to OTK. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Genex Ally Birdman]]
| [[Grinder Golem]]
| Began to see heavy use in Link Format, as the Tokens it summons can help to bring out a Link 3 or 4 far extremely quickly, including [[Firewall Dragon]] (also Limited) and [[Saryuja Skull Dread]] with all of its effects. Its disadvantage of Summoning it to your opponent's field can be worked around either with removal or bouncing it back to the hand (for example, with the aforementioned Firewall Dragon's effect), allowing it to be-reused again.
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| [[Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer]]
| [[Nekroz of Unicore|<font color="#99CCFF">Nekroz of Unicore</font>]]
| <span style="color: white">Key card in [[Nekroz|<font color="#99CCFF">Nekroz</font>]]. Can negate the effects of any monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, and can recycle any Nekroz card from the Graveyard. Combos extremely well with [[Nekroz Kaleidomirror|<font color="#99CCFF">Nekroz Kaleidomirror</font>]] to send [[Herald of the Arc Light|<font color="#99CCFF">Herald of the Arc Light</font>]] from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard to search out any Ritual Monster or Ritual Spell card from your Deck.</span>
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| [[Night Assailant]]
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| [[Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm]]
| Its Special Summoning effect is used in Pendulum Magicians and several other Pendulum focused decks as a way to get [[Heavymetalfoes Electrumite]] out easily without using the Pendulum Summon, which enables plays involving [[Double Iris Magician]] (also Limited in the OCGand banned in the TCG). This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[T.G. Hyper Librarian]]
| [[Book of Moon]]
| One of the best Anti-Meta cards in the game. Stops just about everything and is one true Swiss Army Knife card. With Ignition Effect Priority being revoked, Book of Moon can easily render these monsters harmless and vulnerable by immediately responding to their Summons. It can also benefit you by flipping your monsters back face-down (See [[Empty Jar]]). This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Chain Strike]]
| Inflicts massive damage if used right. Key card of Chain Burn Decks such as [[Burn#Chain Strike OTK|Chain Strike OTK]], which use high numbers of chainable Spells/Traps to achieve ludicrous damage. This card is Semi-Limited in the OCG.
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| [[Dark Hole]]
| [[Terraforming]]
| Searches any Field Spell. It's especially useful to grab powerful Field Spells early in the game, such as Divine Wind of Mist Valley, Dragonic Diagram (Forbidden in the OCG), Chicken Game (Forbidden in the TCG), and Union Hangar (Semi-Limited in the OCG), though it can become a dead draw otherwise. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[The Monarchs Stormforth]]
| [[Upstart Goblin]]
| An inferior [[Pot of Greed]] that lets you draw 1 card, then has your opponent gain 1000 [[LP]]. Previously Limited due to use in [[Exodia_OTK#Makyura.27s_Exodia|Makyura Exodia]] Decks until Makyura was Forbidden, but later re-Limited again after heavy play in the TCG. 1000 LP is often worth the extra draw power in most decks now anyway. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Ceasefire]]
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| [[Magical Explosion]]
| Limited to hinder the consistency of the [[Magical Explosion FTK]].
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| [[Ring of Destruction]]
| Was formerly Forbidden for causing too many draws in Tournaments and messing up Ranked Games. Instant destruction and serious burn. Lethal when combined with cards like [[Barrel Behind the Door]] or [[Spell of Pain]]. However, the effect has now been errata'd so it can only be used during the opponent's turn, can only be used on an opponent's monster with equal to or less ATK than the opponent's LP, and makes you take damage first, so it can't force tied games. Even after the balancing errata, though, it is still viable. This card is Semi-Limited in the TCG.
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| [[Skill Drain]]
| [[Aleister the Invoker]]
| Easily searched by "[[Magical Meltdown]]" (which is searchable by "[[Terraforming]]", Limited in the OCG), and searches "[[Invocation]]" upon its Summon, which can Fusion Summon an "Invoked" Fusion Monster by using this card and monsters in either player's Graveyard. When used in combination with the "[[Windwitch]]" engine (see "[[Windwitch - Ice Bell]]"), this can result in a minimum field of "[[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]" and "[[Invoked Raidjin]]", and has high versatility given the range of "[[Invoked]]" Fusion Monsters. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Apoqliphort Towers]]
| Powerful boss monster in [[Qli]]s. Could easily be Tribute Summoned when released due to the initial swarming capabilities of the archetype. While in the OCG the ubiquity of [[Number S39: Utopia the Lightning|Utopia the Lightning]] prevented this from becoming enough of a threat to be Forbidden, a lot of Decks in the TCG were incapable of removing this card due to its immunity to most effects and it reducing the ATK of Special Summoned monsters by 500, forcing them to run specific counter cards like [[Heroic Champion - Excalibur]]. However, it could easily be dealt with after the release of more generic counter cards such as [[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]] and [[Kaiju]]s. Now not nearly as powerful due to New Master Rules making harder to gather enough Tributes, but can still be a force to be reckoned with, especially if you lock out the [[Extra Deck]] with cards like [[Domain of the True Monarchs]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]
| Hand trap that can fit into most Decks. Can negate any effect that affects the Deck, disrupting most plays in the current game and blocking combos key to the function of the Deck, which can turn a Duel one-sided. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Mathematician]]
| Splashable Level 3 monster with a good effect. Can send any Level 4 or lower monster from your Deck to the Graveyard when Normal Summoned, and lets you draw a card when it dies in battle. Combos well with Shaddoll monsters or with [[Felis, Lightsworn Archer]] to easily Synchro Summon [[Black Rose Dragon]] or [[Arcanite Magician]]. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Wind-Up Magician]]
| [[Card of Demise]]
| Lets you draw until you have 3 cards in your hand. While you can't Special Summon or inflict damage for the rest of the turn it's used, you can set a lot of [[Trap]]s or activate [[Pendulum Scale]]s, making it useful in stun Decks that use a lot of backrow. The latter drawback can also be circumvented by inflicting as much damage as possible before activating it. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Fossil Dig]]
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| [[Scapegoat]]
| Originally placed on the list as it was an effective stall tool in the early competitive game, but the rise of widespread [[piercing]] damage limited that utility. Was part of the [[Goat Control]] Deck, but most of the key cards of that Deck are either Limited or Forbidden. Allows for easy Synchro Summons and ''especially'' Link Summons, where it can produce a [[Firewall Dragon]] (Limited in the OCG) off from just one card. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[True Draco Heritage]]
| [[Artifact Moralltach]]
| Can destroy any face-up card your opponent controls without [[Target|targeting]] when it's Summoned. Can be searched with [[Artifact Sanctum]] and [[Artifact Ignition]]. Can be reused with [[Artifact Failnaught]] or [[Call of the Haunted]].
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| [[Atlantean Dragoons]]
| Amazing Searcher. Adds any Sea Serpent from your Deck to your hand when sent to the Graveyard as a cost for a WATER monster's effect. Key card in Mermail Decks. Also allows other Sea Serpents to attack directly, therefore gaining [[Atlantean Marksman]]'s effect. Can easily be searched with [[Atlantean Marksman]], [[Genex Undine]], and [[Summoner Monk]].
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| [[Black Rose Dragon]]
| [[Goyo Guardian]]
| Very high ATK for a Level 6 Synchro Monster. Good effect. Summons the opponent's monster right away so it can be used for Synchro/Xyz Summons. Now it has an erratum that now makes it only Summonable by EARTH tuner monsters. Even prior to that, its effect was eventually considered too slow to pull off in the current meta; plus the three successive formats following it ([[Xyz]], [[Pendulum]], and [[Link]]) weren't as exploitable by its effect, and in the case of the latter two, impossible; so it was inevitably going to come off anyway.
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| [[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord]]
| Uniquely among "[[Elemental Lord]]" cards, its activated effect was originally not a hard once-per-turn, which allowed for infinite loops. For example: with the proper setup, [[Firewall Dragon]] (now Limited) could return this card to the hand, then be used to Special Summon another Firewall Dragon. This card can then Special Summon itself, and revive the spent Firewall Dragon, which also resets its bounce effect. It could also be looped with cards such as [[Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier]] (Limited) and Mist Valley Shaman. This card has since been errata'd to add this restriction.
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| [[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest]]
| [[Honest]]
| Amazing effect. Allows your monster to run over any other monster, and deal decent damage. Easily reused with [[Beckoning Light]]. Abusable with [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning|BLS]].
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| [[Ignis Heat, the True Dracowarrior]]
| Allows easy searching and/or activation of [[True Draco]] and [[True King]] Continuous Spells directly from the Deck, though this is less devastating than "[[Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter]]" as the effects of the Continuous Spells can only be activated during the player's turn. Removed from the List due to [[Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King]] being Forbidden.
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| [[Injection Fairy Lily]]
| [[Necro Gardna]]
| Easily used in [[Lightsworns]], and reused with [[Burial from a Different Dimension]] (however, this is Limited). Lightsworns have not been topping lately due to their relative inconsistency, so this was Unlimited to give them a chance in the current meta.
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| [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]]
| Can create locks, especially with [[Kaiser Colosseum]] (Forbidden in the TCG). Easily takes out boss monsters, particularly those with specialized Summoning requirements, and does not destroy or target. However, it needs to battle to use its effect, and is not used that often now anyway.
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| [[Call of the Haunted]]
| Much fairer speed when compared to its Spell counterparts. It can't be abused multiple times per turn (unlike [[Premature Burial]]). It can only special Summon from your own Graveyard (unlike [[Monster Reborn]]). Played a crucial role in the [[Dark Scorpion/Makyura OTK]]. Like Magic Cylinder, top Decks eventually didn't play this card much, so it probably came off the list for the same reason. Most Decks that still run it wouldn't use 3.|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]| An easy out to most monsters, which only became more powerful with the removal of the priority system of activating Spells/Traps. Can also be used on your own monsters to save them from Dark Hole, Torrential Tribute, etc.
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| [[Crush Card Virus]]
