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<centerdiv align=right>[{{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="widthfullurl:95%"|-! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |[[September 2010 Lists|<span style="colorForum:white;">List of Reasons for why cards are BannedForbidden/Limited</span>]]List|-! styleaction="font-size: 110%; background-color:#333; color:white" align="center" |Card Name! style="font-size: 110%; background-color:#333; color:white" align="center" |Reason! style="font-size: 110%; background-color:#333; color:white" align="center" |Chance of going up/down edit}} Edit the list|-! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |[[Forbidden|<span style="color:white;">Forbidden</span>]]|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End]]| Can be Special Summoned easily, good effect, high ATK, nuke and burn. [[Judgment Dragon]] destroys all cards, while this card Sends all the cards.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Cyber Jar]]| Unlike [[Morphing Jar 2|Morphing Jar <sup>#</supdiv>2]], this has a set amount. So it can be abused, allowing the controller can use it to gain advantage easily.| Very Low|- style="background-color{{Forum:#FF8B53;"| [[Cyber-Stein]]| Yes, it has a huge cost. But it also foreshadows an instant [[OTK]].| Very Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Dark Magician of Chaos]]| Premature Burial / [[Dimension Fusion]] are also Forbidden, so the loop can't be made with those cards. It's a strong monster with a very good effect; his effect even works when it's Special Summoned. [[Dark Armed Return]] decks are godly with this card. Also, [[Ice Queen]] was designed to replace it for spellcaster decks.| Low|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Dark Strike Fighter]]| Easily Synchro Summoned, no Tuner limitations. High ATK for a level 7 Synchro Monster. High burn damage. Can do 4000 damage by itself, so it's too fast for the format. Finishing move.| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Destiny HERO - Disk Commander]]| The effect is too powerful, [[Card Tips:Destiny HERO - Disk Commander|turning ordinary revival cards into Pot of Greeds]].| Never|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Fiber Jar]]| Resets everything.| Never|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[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.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[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. This may have also been a hit to Future Fusion First Turn Quasar decks.| -|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Goyo Guardian]]| Very high ATK for a level 6. Good effect.| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Magical Scientist]]| Can easily create an [[FTK]]| Very Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Magician of Faith]]| Allows the player to reuse Spells Cards, mostly ones with Broken effects like [[Heavy Storm]] and [[Dark Hole]]. Was part of the [[Tsukuyomi Lockdown]].| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Makyura the Destructor]]| Use this card with cards like [[Jar of Greed]] and [[Legacy of Yata-Garasu]] to draw through your entire deck.| Never|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Mind Master]]| Maybe Konami really hates [[Card Tips:Brain Research Lab|FTK]]s. Very similar to Substitoad (which is also Forbidden), except you take damage each time (or you can use 1 more card to bypass it). [[Calm, Silent Gusta]] can also be abused with this card.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Rescue Cat]]| Instant +1. Abusable by [[Gladiator Beasts]], [[Naturia]], [[Wind-Up]]s, [[Synchro Cat]] and especially [[X-Sabers]]. Decks can spam this (e.g. [[Dark Desertapir]]). Too cute for the meta xD| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Sinister Serpent]]| Free discard for [[costs]], etc.| Never|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Spore]]| See [[Glow-Up Bulb]].| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Substitoad]]| Badly designed card, able to mill most of your deck in one turn. Combos well with [[Pot of Avarice]]. See also [[Frog Burn FTK]] (The most consistent burn/OTK/FTK deck for March 2010). [[Tradetoad]] was designed to be a fair version of it.| Never|- style="background-color:#A086B7;"| [[Thousand-Eyes Restrict]]| Very good effect + Lock. Was part of the [[Goat Control]] deck. Easily Fusion Summoned with [[Instant Fusion]]. Easily revived because of it's low ATK and low level (e.g. [[Graceful Revival]] and [[Limit Reverse]]). You can use Instant Fusion, use its effect, then Tribute it for a Monarch.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[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|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[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|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Tsukuyomi]]| Reusable [[Book of Moon]] effect. [[Super-Nimble Mega Hamster|Hamster]], [[Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter|Ryko]], Hamster, Ryko ... OMG NOO!!!!! Was part of the [[Tsukuyomi Lockdown]].| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Victory Dragon]]| It's hard to summon, but you win a [[Match]], not a Game. In the TCG, you can [[Surrender]] just before that happens. However, the TCG banlist is the exactly the same as the OCG banlist and in the OCG, it's banned because you are only allowed to Surrender after the 10th turn; so unlike the TCG, it's possible for you to pull the effect off, even against experienced players. Also, this is the only [[Match Winner]] to not have the line "''This card cannot be used in a Duel.''" So instead, they ban it.| Never|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Witch of the Black Forest]]| We already have 1 [[Sangan|universal searcher]], and that's limited. This is a more power version of that, able to search out strong key monsters. E.g. [[Dark Armed Dragon]], [[Monarchs]], etc...| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Yata-Garasu]]| This card alone, under the right circumstances, can create a lock by itself. see [[Yata-Garasu Lockdown]].| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Brain Control]]| This card can win games by itself at the right moment. Essentially a +1, because the opponent loses a monster, and you kinda gain a monster. Very useful for Synchro Summons and then attacking directly. Can be used to gain Tribute fodder.| Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Butterfly Dagger - Elma]]| Can make lots of [[Infinite Loop]]s.| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Card of Safe Return]]| Can be better than [[Pot of Greed]], due to the increasing number of Decks that rely on Graveyard manipulation. Also note that this card was banned just before the release of [[Absolute Powerforce]], which introduced the [[Inca]] archetype which would have overly abused this card.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Temple of the Kings]]| Similar effect to [[Makyura the Destructor]] (see above). Second effect is just as broken as Metamorphosis (below).| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Change of Heart]]| Better than Brain Control, and that card's also Forbidden. It's also much better than Mind Control, which is limited.| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Cold Wave]]| Freezes backrow for a fairly long time. Preparations for an OTK. Also leaves the opponent vulnerable and unable to defend themselves once you use an effect that destroys their backrow.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Confiscation]]| Look at opponent's hand and discard anything for a fairly low cost. AKA 1 for 1 card + see opponent's hand bonus.| Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Delinquent Duo]]| This 1 card kills 2 of your opponent's cards in their hand.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Dimension Fusion]]| Too many good combos. Was abused with [[Dark Armed Dragon]] to clear the opponent's field and swarm your own, forming an OTK.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Giant Trunade]]| Clears back field and prepares for OTK. Not as potent as Heavy Storm as the S/Ts can be re-Set by your opponent on the next turn, though it also allows you to re-Set your S/T defense after its use as well. Probably banned since Heavy Storm was needed to prevent the Set everything on first turn for game strategies, and we don't need another mass S/T removing card. It can also allow certain cards to be reused, such as the now-Semi-Limited Swords of Revealing Light.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Graceful Charity]]| Too fast. You draw before you discard. Sets up Graveyard. Can be better than [[Pot of Greed]] in certain decks, such as [[Dark World]] or [[Fabled]].| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Harpie's Feather Duster]]| Too powerful. [[Heavy Storm]] at 1 is enough, and this card is much more powerful that that.| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Last Will]]| Mainly was banned for making the extremely fast [[Card Tips:Catapult Turtle|Turtle FTK]]. Nowadays it remains banned, because of [[Synchro]]s, [[Monarchs]] and much more. After activation, its effect can even be used during battle phase. Universal Searcher.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Mass Driver]]| Abused in many Decks to form a FTK, since it does not use up the Normal Summon and can be used multiple times a turn.| Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Metamorphosis]]| [[Card Tips:Metamorphosis|Too many good combos]]. Notable ones include [[Beast King Barbaros]] → [[Cyber Twin Dragon]] and [[Metal Reflect Slime]] → [[Cyber End Dragon]], [[Destiny End Dragoon]] or [[Naturia Extrio]].| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Mirage of Nightmare]]| Too fast *cough*darkworld/fabled*cough*. If it gets destroyed, you don't need to discard, so it's as good as Pot of Greed. Also combos with [[Emergency Provisions]] extremely well. | Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Painful Choice]]| You don't lose hand advantage. Gets a good card or send cards that work well in the grave; similar to activating 4 Foolish Burials at once.| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Pot of Greed]]| Too fast, no cost, everyone would use it. While it's true that it would increase the speed of slower decks; it would help decks that already have draw power even more (as they would use their draw power to draw into this card more often).| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Premature Burial]]| Fast, good combos, can be reused fairly easily. Loops with cards like [[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]. There are combos that allow 1 Special Summon per turn through cards like [[Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier]], [[Falcon of Mist Valley]], etc. Searchable and reusable via [[Hidden Armory]].| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Raigeki]]| Too powerful. Dark Hole is Limited, we don't need another card that destroys all monsters and this card only destroys the opponent's monsters.| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Snatch Steal]]| Too powerful, near permanent control. Opponent's LP gain can be offset by stealing a strong monster and consistently attacking with it, or by Tributing or Synchro Summoning with the target. Searchable and reusable via [[Hidden Armory]].| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[The Forceful Sentry]]| A [[Confiscation]] (above) with no cost. Returns the card to the deck rather than discarding it to the Graveyard. Having a card in the Graveyard is usually considered to be better that having it in the Deck.| Never|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Crush Card Virus]]| Kills almost everything for 3 turns, and covers both the field, hand, and future draws. Can even be combo'ed with [[Sangan]] or [[Plaguespreader Zombie]] or even [[Necro Gardna]] to utilise their effects.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Exchange of the Spirit]]| Really awesome in a [[Lightsworn]], [[Future Fusion]] [[Machine]]s/[[Worm]]s and [[Magical Merchant Turbo]] decks. Can also fuel an OTK by emptying the opponent's Deck on their very first turn.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Imperial Order]]| Powerful Spell lock via a [[Continuous Effect]]. You even have the option to lift the two-way Spell lock by not paying the cost. While [[Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8]] and [[Naturia Beast]] can do the same thing, these effects start a chain, allowing for a [[Counter Trap]] to negate these effects.| Never|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Last Turn]]| The instant win is guaranteed when you control [[Jowgen the Spiritualist|a monster that]] [[Vanity's Fiend|prevents your opponent]] [[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo|from Special Summoning]]. | Never|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ring of Destruction]]| Mainly was banned for causing too many draws in Tournaments and messing up Ranked Games. Lethal when combined with Reasons why cards like [[Barrel Behind the Door]] or [[Spell of Pain]].| Never|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Royal Oppression]]| 1 card to <u>continuously</u> stop a large amount of cards and cripple a large number of decks with a fairly low cost. Some decks abuse the fact that it cannot be used in the [[Damage Step]]. [[Blackwing]]s can use this card in their deck fairly well. [[User:Falzar_FZ/Misc#RoyalOppression-orSolemnWarningValhalla|Can stop a larger variety of cards]] than Solemn Warning, which has a larger cost, can only be used once.| Low|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Sixth Sense]]| Banned so that psychics can't cheat, jk. This is potentially one of the strongest forms of draw power, being able to draw up to 6 cards from one effect. The drawback is also potentially beneficial, especially with more Graveyard-reliant Decks.| Never|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[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.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[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.| -|-! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |[[Limited|<span style="color:white;">Limited</span>]]|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]| Can be Special Summoned easily, good effect, high ATK. [[Honest]] can be used on his first attack, then the 2nd attack would be deadly. See also: [[Chaos]].| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind]]| Can be Special Summoned. A reusable permanent [[Shrink]]. Universal Tuner.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow]]| Can easily turn battles around in [[Blackwing]] Decks. Unlike [[Honest]], it can even be used when attacking directly for massive damage.| -|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]| Epic effect, can be used more than once per turn, can clear field by itself. Sets up Graveyard.| =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Dark Armed Dragon]]| Can be Special Summoned easily. Specific destructive power. High ATK. See [[Dark Armed Return]] and [[Teleport Dark Armed]].| =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Dandylion]]| Compulsory effect. Gives lots of advantage most of the time. Re-usable in many decks, creates Tokens that can be used for Synchro or Tribute Summons. Effect also triggers when it enters the Graveyard through any means.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Debris Dragon]]| Highly useable with the number of Level 3 monsters with very low ATK like [[Lonefire Blossom]] or [[Dandylion]]. Can easily make LV7 Synchros like [[Black Rose Dragon]], or higher-level monsters if Tokens are present on the field. See also: Lonefire Blossom (below)| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Elemental Hero Stratos]]| Searcher that triggers on Normal or Special Summon, and can search himself. Has decent ATK. You basically lose no advantage playing this card. Easily searched by other cards, such as [[E - Emergency Call]] and [[Reinforcement of the Army]]| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Exodia the Forbidden One]]| rowspan="5" | With more draw cards coming out, and more stall cards coming out...<br>Although unlikely, if 1 of the pieces becomes Forbidden, then the other 4 can be unlimited.| rowspan="5" | =, Very Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FDE68A;"| [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One]]|- style="background-color:#FDE68A;"| [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One]]|- style="background-color:#FDE68A;"| [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One]]|- style="background-color:#FDE68A;"| [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One]]|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Formula Synchron]]| Easily Summoned with cards like [[Glow-Up Bulb]] and tokens made by [[Dandylion]]. Crazy when played with [[T.G. Hyper Librarian]]| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]| Required to Summon [[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]], and also as a key means of S/T removal. Limiting this will solve both problems.| =, Very Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Gorz the Emissary of Darkness]]| Stops OTKs <u>AND</u> Special Summons a good Token.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Honest]]| Very good effect. It basically deals lots of battle damage to the opponent while destroying the opponent's monster. Easily reused with Beckoning Light.| -|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]]| Even with Gateway limited, Six Samurais were still a force to be reckoned with. Shi En is a very easy Synchro for Six Samurais to bring out, having the same ATK as Stardust Dragon and a better negation effect. It also has the 'My Buddy as a Shield' effect to prevent it from being destroyed.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Lonefire Blossom]]| 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. Formerly abused in Synchrocentric, but not as good anymore with Glow-Up Bulb and Spore banned.| =, Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Mezuki]]| As if [[Zombie]]s didn't have enough revival power.| =, Very Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Morphing Jar]]| High draw power. Sets up Graveyard. However, the opponent can also abuse this.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Necroface]]| [[Necromill OTK]]| =, Very Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]]| Can create locks. Easily takes out [[Synchro]], [[Fusion]] and [[Ritual]] Monsters.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Night Assailant]]| Must be at 1 otherwise this card will just search for the other one and a loop will be created| =, definitely|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Plaguespreader Zombie]]| Top decks a card ([[Infernity Archfiend]] anyone?). Universal Tuner.| =, Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Sangan]]| Universal searcher.| =|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[T.G. Hyper Librarian]]| Super splashable, low level with decent ATK, works when either player Synchro Summons.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[T.G. Striker]]| [[T.G.]] [[Agent]]s were one of the top 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).| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[The Agent of Mystery - Earth]]| Another hit to T.G. Agents. Was like [[Elemental HERO Stratos|Stratos]] for Agents, and he's limited. Putting this to 1 gets rid of 2 targets for summoning [[Master Hyperion]].| Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Advanced Ritual Art]]| See [[Heralds#Happy_Heralds|Heralds]] combo and [[Demise/Doom OTK]] decks.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Allure of Darkness]]| The most splashable draw card since Pot of Greed.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Black Whirlwind]]| Fairly similar to the Forbidden card [[Card of Safe Return]]. Gives major Hand Advantage to [[Blackwing]] decks. [[Kalut]] Stacking >_>| =, Very Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Book of Moon]]| With the OCG revoking Priority from Ignition Effect monsters, Book of Moon can easily render these monsters harmless and vulnerable by immediately responding to their Summons.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Burial from a Different Dimension]]| Can abuse cards like Mezuki, Plaguespreader Zombie, Necro Gardna, [[Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor]], etc.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Card Destruction]]| Sets up your Hand and possibly Graveyard. Can mess up, or help out with, the opponent's Hand, but can also set up their Graveyard. Works very well with [[Dark World]] and [[Fabled]].| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Charge of the Light Brigade]]| It's like [[Reinforcements of the Army|RotA]], but for Lightsworns, and it also mills.| =, Very Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Dark Hole]]| Fairly Powerful and with no cost, but then again, [[Starlight Road]] makes it harder to play.| =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Foolish Burial]]| Lots of decks rely on the Graveyard a lot. Works well with [[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast]], [[Plaguespreader Zombie]], etc.| =, Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Future Fusion]]| Gives Fusion Monsters a chance. However it can be abused and used as a Foolish Burial x(2+). It can also OTK with Overload Fusion.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Gateway of the Six]]| Can gain counters when Six Samurai monsters are Normal and Special Summoned. With the introduction of [[Legendary Six Samurai]] monsters that can Special Summon themselves, and the ability for Gateway to remove from ''anywhere'' on your side of the field, 2 or more of these would result in constant searching of Six Samurai monsters for every Summon.| =, Low Chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Heavy Storm]]| This on first turn is usually catastrophic for the opponent, and not everyone manages to set [[Starlight Road]] on their first turn. However, it also prevents the Set everything on first turn for game strategies.| =, Chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Infernity Launcher]]| It may seem like a +1, but with [[Infernity Archfiend]], a very deadly +lots loop can be made.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Limiter Removal]]| Easy OTK in [[Machine]] decks.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Mind Control]]| Similar to Brain Control, but for Synchro Summoning / Effect uses only.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Monster Gate]]| Was used a lot by Turbo and OTK decks. Abusable in [[Hieroglyph]]s.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Monster Reborn]]| Fast. No cost. Special Summon from either Graveyard. Further punishes the opponent if you manage to destroy a strong monster they control (e.g. [[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]).| =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[One for One]]| Formerly abused in [[Frog OTK]], [[Mind Master]] OTK, and Plant Synchro. Now that [[Substitoad]], Mind Master, and Glow-Up Bulb and Spore are Forbidden, this could come back to assist slower decks like [[Morphtronic]]s and [[Fortune Ladies]].| Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Pot of Avarice]]| Seems to be really good in certain decks, recycling cards like Rescue Cat (now banned). Plants also abused this card.| Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Primal Seed]]| As long as an Envoy is here, this must be at 1 to prevent loops, in particular, [[OTK]] and [[FTK]] loops:<br>2 Primal Seed + Macro Cosmos/Banisher of the Radiance + Anything you want to reuse indefinitely = win<br>For example a FTK would be: On your first turn, you Hand Destruction 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK. Then Special Summon the Envoy. Then Normal Summon Banisher of the Radiance. Now, activate [[Sparks]], activate Primal Seed to get Sparks and 1 of the Banished cards, activate the same Sparks, activate Primal Seed to get Primal Seed and Sparks and repeat for Sparks FTK!!!<br>You can do this with any Effect Damage cards, or things like Limiter Removal, Rush Recklessly, etc. | =, unless Envoy banned again|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Reasoning]]| Was used a lot by Turbo and OTK decks. Free Monster or easily dumps Monster to Graveyard, both can be beneficial.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Reinforcement of the Army]]| This card adds additional speed to [[Lightsworns]], however [[Warriors]] need this back, so hitting [[Honest]] and [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] would be so much fairer than hitting this.| Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Scapegoat]]| Stalls quite a bit. However, there are more cards that [[Pierce]] now. Easy Synchro Material. Was part of the [[Goat Control]] deck. | =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ceasefire]]| In the right conditions, it can inflict major burn damage. Finishing move.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Return from the Different Dimension]]| OTK decks use this. If you Special Summon [[Jinzo]], along with many strong monsters, then you've basically won.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Magical Explosion]]| See [[Magical Explosion FTK]]| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Mirror Force]]| Solid game changer. However, now that [[Starlight Road]] is out, you need to be more careful when using this card.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Solemn Judgment]]| Halving your LP to activate a card is very fair (If you're winning, you pay more; if you're losing, you pay less), but to negate basically anything...| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[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.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Wall of Revealing Light]]| Facing three in an Exodia Deck with LP recovery would be a real pain. It should stay Limited unless we get more bounce/destroy cards. See also: [[Magical Explosion FTK]].| =|-! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |[[Semi-Limited|<span style="color:white;">Semi-Limited</span>]]|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Archlord Kristya]]| Strong ATK, seals Special Summons, and is difficult to get rid of since it goes back to the top of the Deck instead of the Graveyard.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Card Trooper]]| Can be a good beatstick for 1 turn. Sets up the Graveyard for many decks. When it dies, you draw 1, so no advantage lost. [[Machine Duplication]] can be used, so at max, it can be at 2. It probably wouldn't go to 3.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Destiny Hero - Malicious]]| His effect can't be used if at 1. If at 3, the advantages will be too high (especially with Synchro Summons) so...| =, almost certain|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier]]| 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.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[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. | =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[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 ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Necro Gardna]]| Easily used in [[Lightsworns]], and with [[Burial from a Different Dimension]] (however, this is Limited).| =, Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[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). | -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Summoner Monk]]| Monk → Monk → Cat = Pwn, but with [[Rescue Cat|Cat]] now Forbidden, this combo doesn't work any more. He's a Spellcaster, so [[Arcanite Magician]] can be Synchro Summoned. Easy Rank 4 Xyz Monster, maybe Konami is promoting people to buy Xyz Monsters.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Tragoedia]]| Stops OTK <u>AND</u> has other good effects, maybe Konami is promoting people to buy Xyz Monsters.| =, Chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Chain Strike]]| Key card of Chain Burn decks such as [[Burn#Chain_Strike_OTK|Chain Strike OTK]].| =, Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Destiny Draw]]| Works very well with [[Destiny Hero - Malicious]]. Was a semi-universal draw engine, however not used as much now.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Emergency Teleport]]| With [[Mind Master]] gone and Tele-DAD dead, it's only fair that this goes to 2 to help [[Psychic]] decks.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[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. Similar to [[Gravity Bind]], which went back to 3.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Magical Stone Excavation]]| Allows quick reuse of major Spell Cards. Its heavy cost is often circumvented in [[Diamond Dude Turbo]] Decks.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Royal Tribute]]| 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.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[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. | =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Swords of Revealing Light]]| Stalls for quite a long time. You can still attack while the opponent cannot. With Xyz Monsters making Level Limit and Gravity Bind less useful, why not?| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Bottomless Trap Hole]]| Very powerful 1 for 1 card. Removes the monster upon Summon. Staple.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Magic Cylinder]]| Negates an attack and inflicts major burn damage. Finishing move. Moved off the Limited List, perhaps, to discourage OTKs via a monster with high ATK.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Mind Crush]]| 1 for 1 card. You don't really need to be a psychic to use this card. "''[[Salvage]]/[[Dark Factory of Mass Production]], [[Sangan]], [[Gold Sarcophagus]], [[Machina Gearframe]], [[Gadgets]], etc. Allows you to know what card they have. Also, this card owns [[Ritual]] Monsters, when the activate their [[Ritual Spell Card]], chain this and call the name of their Monster; a 2 for 1. Can be one-sided in [[Dark World]]. | =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ojama Trio]]| Clogs the field with nigh-unuseable Tokens, though if a Tuner is present they can be removed via a [[Synchro Summon]].| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[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 ↑|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[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.| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ultimate Offering]]| In [[Gadget]] decks, this can allow you to swarm the field with Rank 4 [[Xyz Monster]]s. | -|-! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |[[Unlimited|<span style="color:white;">Unlimited</span>]]|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Abyss Soldier]]| Semi Limited from April '05 to Sept '05 due to its abuse with [[Sinister Serpent]], allowing free bouncing, once per turn. After Sinister Serpent got Forbidden, this came off the list.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Apprentice Magician]]| With [[Magician of Faith]] limited, people used this card to search her. Nephthys Decks also used her to search [[Hand of Nephthys]] to quickly summon [[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]. Then this card came off as Magician of Faith became banned. The Apprentice Magician / [[Old Vindictive Magician]] [[Monarch]] combo didn't really contribute to it's initial semi-limitation.| =|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Black Rose Dragon]]| Universal Nuke. See also, [[Debris-Hime]] deck.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Breaker the Magical Warrior]]| Back when it was banned/limited, +1 cards were overpowered, Breaker lets you destroy a card almost for free and you'll still have a monster; or you could leave it as a 1900 Beatstick which is quite a lot at the time.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Chaos Sorcerer]]| Can be Special Summoned easily, good effect. However, relatively low ATK.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Cyber Dragon]]| Can be Special Summoned easily. Good ATK. Usable in many decks. However, there are increasing amounts of new decks that can Special Summon "a bunch of monsters in one turn", so older decks need this. Also, the opponent can use [[Chimeratech Fortress Dragon]] against you if you're using machines as well (e.g. Morphtronics, Salvo, Gadgets).| =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[D.D. Assailant]]| Back when this was initially hit, [[Warrior#Warrior_Toolbox_Deck|Warrior Toolbox]] decks were Tier 1.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[D.D. Warrior Lady]]| Same as D.D. Assailant (above). Also, this card had the option of removing the monster, or not to remove the monster. This card also doesn't need to be destroyed by battle to remove the opponent's monster, just battling it will do, hence why this came off the list a while after Assailant.| =|- style="background-color:#6666FF;"| [[Demise, King of Armageddon]]| See [[Demise/Doom OTK]]. The lack of such Decks in the meta, however, resulted in this card coming off the list.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Exiled Force]]| Same as D.D. Assailant (above).| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Goblin Zombie]]| Very good searcher. In a Zombie deck, it can be more abuseable than Sangan or Witch of the Black Forest because of their revival power. Not many people would use 3 anyways.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Green Baboon]]| Before, it was allowed to be Special Summoned when a Beast was destroyed by battle or by a card effect. This was rather good with a relatively low cost for high ATK. Now, they changed the ruling and it can't be used during the Damage Step, so destroying by battle won't Trigger its effect.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Injection Fairy Lily]]| She was considered to be too fast and too strong for the format at the time. Now there are decks other than beatdown types, so this came off.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Jinzo]]| Very popular early in the game's history since the game was slow enough to allow for monsters to be Tribute Summoned. Then the metagame picked up speed, where Special Summons became more favourable, and Jinzo dwindled in popularity due to both [[Royal Decree]] and presence of better monsters to Special Summon. [[Naturia Bamboo Shoot]] is also a Tribute monster, but it also stops Spells and not just Traps, although it is less spashable.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Manticore of Darkness]]| There is an OTK with this card (but it's too inconsistent with the current format), and it worked well with [[Card of Safe Return]] (now banned).| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Marauding Captain]]| Same as D.D. Assailant (above).| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow]]| This + [[Makyura the Destructor|Makyura]] + [[Call of the Haunted]] = OTK, but Makyura is now banned and this card is bad.| =, certain|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Mask of Darkness]]| Well, Royal Oppression became Limited when this became Unlimited, not that anyone was using this card anyway.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Judgment Dragon]]| Can be Special Summoned easily. Low cost to nuke the Field except itself. 3000 ATK. Double JD is just broken, especially when they can be returned to your hand with Beckoning Light. However, in the OCG with the new Priority ruling change, the increase of anti-Special Summon of high level/LIGHT (chaos) cards, and Lightsworns not topping much might have been the reason to unlimit this. Consensus seems to say this card should be banned, and Lumina should be unlimited instead.| Chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Morphing Jar 2]]| A very potent field-disrupter, freezing the battle phase and eating up [[Nomi]]s and [[Tribute]] monsters the moment it was flipped. This is probably why it was Semi, until '05 when destroying monsters with effects became more popular than battle, giving a very good way to circumvent its [[Flip Effect]]. It probably disappeared off the meta then, and so went back to unlimited.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Protector of the Sanctuary]]| Formerly abused with things like [[Time Seal]] and [[Yata-Garasu]] as an additional layer of insurance for such a lock since the opponent could only break the lock by drawing with a card effect. Time Seal and Yata-Garasu soon got banned, leaving no reason to limit Protector of the Sanctuary.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Raiza the Storm Monarch]]| Raiza was overused in Monarch decks, and that was Tier 1. Caius was released, along with other faster decks so this was let off. Caius is now considered to be better anyways.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Reflect Bounder]]| At the time they limited this, [[Chaos]] decks were Tier 1. The [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning|Env]][[Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End|oys]] were also banned as this time, but they realised that this didn't really need to be hit as hitting the Envoys were enough, so this later this came off.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]| At the time when it was Limited, destruction by effects were the metagame, especially with Gadget Decks using this to its fullest. Nephthys could come back persistently, destroying backrow at the same time. Then the metagame picked up speed with both Chainable Traps and Removal Decks becoming more popular, and use of Nephthys died down.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Snipe Hunter]]| Formerly abused in Gadget Decks due to massive hand advantage to fuel its effect. The lack of Gadget Decks around resulted in it coming off the list.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Spirit Reaper]]| Can't be destroyed by battle, but unlike Marshmallon, it destroys itself the moment it is Targetted. Its other effect is great, except against Dark World; guess what theme the <u>new</u> Structure Deck was.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Twin-Headed Behemoth]]| [[Monarch]] decks used to run 3 at the time, keeping a monster to Tribute on the field whether it was destroyed by battle or by a card effect. Then a new ruling was made: "''The effect of "Twin-Headed Behemoth" can only be used ONCE throughout the entirety of the Duel. Even if your Deck includes three copies of the card, between those three copies the effect can only be used once, not once each.''" This card became unlimited after that ruling was released, and Monarchs then received [[Treeborn Frog]] and that replaced this card, even if the ruling wasn't made.| =, certain|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Treeborn Frog]]| Yes it's a free Tribute, but you can only activate 1 anyway. So limiting isn't going to do much. Semi-Limit is still OK because the new removal cards tend to remove 2 at once. | =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Vampire Lord]]| See Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys (above).| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Book of Taiyou]]| Formerly abused in Empty Jar Decks to force the activation of [[Cyber Jar]] and [[Morphing Jar 2]].| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Fissure]]| A 'one for one' card that was rarely used outside of Gadget decks, and faster decks that could cope were made, so this came off.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Gold Sarcophagus]]| Adds any card from your deck to your Hand. Removes the card face-up. However takes 2 turns before the card actually gets to your Hand, which is rather slow.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Lightning Vortex]]| Limited due to abuse with [[Sinister Serpent]] for cheap frying of the opponent's face-up monsters. It still saw some abuse since there were 2 [[Night Assailant]]s still on the list. It finally came off the Limited status after Night Assailant hit 1 on the next list.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Megamorph]]| Doubling original ATK can be a lot, sometimes enough to OTK. The drawback of halving when you have more LPs isn't too bad either as you can equip it to your opponent's monsters. Also, Equip Spells are still bad and have gotten worse now that we have 3 MSTs.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Mystical Space Typhoon]]| Fast. Staple. 1 for 1 card.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Overload Fusion]]| Back then, [[Future Fusion]] and [[Chimeratech Overdragon]] combo provided a large beatstick, nowadays, beatsticks don't mean as much. Also, Future Fusion is Limited anyways.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Smashing Ground]]| [[Fissure]] became Unlimited in the format before this came down, so this followed.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[United We Stand]]| Yes it makes monsters into bigger beatsticks, but with so many cards to stop it... (e.g. [[Book of Moon]], [[Dimensional Prison]], etc.)| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Upstart Goblin]]| 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.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[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.| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Icarus Attack]]| Powerful Chainable 2 for 2 card, which made Blackwings lethal. Now that they aren't topping much, and with Heavy Storm and 3 MSTs, this could come back down.| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Drop Off]]| This got limited at the same time Time Seal initially got banned. Then they realised that stopping a Draw is completely different than discarding the drawn card, with decks which use the graveyard more often, and being a 'one for one' card, this came off.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Good Goblin Housekeeping]]| Back then, this Draw power was extremely good. It's bad now.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Gravity Bind]]| Stalls a lot, but Konami is promoting people to buy Xyz Monsters, which aren't affected by it. See also Level Limit - Area B (above).| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Reckless Greed]]| People wanted to stack these cards together... then was unlimited again when fair shuffling techniques were enforced. JK, see why Upstart Goblin (above) was limited.| =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Royal Decree]]| 1 card to <u>continuously</u> stop a large amount of cards. Works well in [[Herald]] decks to prevent the activation of [[Counter Trap Cards]].| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Skill Drain]]| 1 card to <u>continuously</u> stop a large amount of cards. Works well with cards such as [[Beast King Barbaros]]. See also: [[Skill Drain Deck]]| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ultimate Offering]]| Abused in [[Gadget]] Decks to create an instant swarm because each Gadget searches another on Summon. The lack of such Decks in tournaments let this card off the list.| -|}</center>}
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:: See also: [[Historic Forbidden/Limited Chart]]. {{User:Falzar_FZ/Sig}} 07:32, August 4, 2010 (UTC)<br>
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