Forbidden
Forbidden
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Japanese (base text) |
禁止カード | ||
Japanese (romanized) |
Kinshi Kādo | ||
English |
Forbidden card | ||
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In the OCG and the TCG Advanced Format, Forbidden (禁止 Kinshi) cards, sometimes unofficially called banned, are cards that players are not allowed to use in their Main Deck, Side Deck, or Extra Deck. There are no Forbidden cards in the Traditional Format; by default, all Forbidden cards are Limited in the Traditional Format.
These cards are Forbidden as of April 1, 2016 for the Japanese OCG, March 1, 2016 for the Traditional Chinese OCG, and November 9, 2015 for the TCG Advanced Format.
Contents
Monster Cards
Spell Cards
Trap Cards
Changes
OCG
Japanese
Moved into the list
Card | Japanese name | Card type | Old status (January 2016) | New status (April 2016) |
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Lavalval Chain | ラヴァルバル・チェイン | Monster Card | Unlimited | Forbidden |
Performapal Monkeyboard | Monster Card | Unlimited | Forbidden | |
Life Equalizer | ライフチェンジャー | Trap Card | Unlimited | Forbidden |
Moved out of the list
Card | Japanese name | Card type | Old status (January 2016) | New status (April 2016) |
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Sangan | クリッター | Monster Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Thousand-Eyes Restrict | サウザンド・アイズ・サクリファイス | Monster Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Traditional Chinese
Moved into the List
There are no changes from the January 2016 Lists.
Moved out of the List
Card | Chinese name | Card type | Old status (January 2016) | New status (March 2016) |
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Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos | 焰征龍-爆破 | Monster Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders | 巖征龍-銹 | Monster Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms | 嵐征龍-暴風 | Monster Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls | 瀑征龍-潮汐 | Monster Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Heavy Storm | 大嵐 | Spell Card | Forbidden | Limited |
Spellbook of Judgment | 魔導書的神判 | Spell Card | Forbidden | Limited |
TCG
Moved into the list
Card | Card type | Old status (July 2015) | New status (November 2015) |
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Apoqliphort Towers | Monster Card | Unlimited | Forbidden |
El Shaddoll Construct | Monster Card | Unlimited | Forbidden |
Evilswarm Exciton Knight | Monster Card | Unlimited | Forbidden |
Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz | Monster Card | Limited | Forbidden |
Moved out of the List
There are no changes from the July 2015 Lists.
World Championship
During World Championship tournaments, all cards are automatically set to their lowest allowed status in any region. (For example, a card that is on the Semi-Limited list in one region but the Limited list in another will be Limited on the World Championship banlist, and a card that is Forbidden in one region but Unlimited in another will be Forbidden.)
However, in addition to any cards that are Forbidden on either the OCG or TCG lists, several other cards are also made Forbidden:
- Any cards that are not legal in any region, including:
- Any TCG exclusive or OCG exclusive cards
- Any cards that have only been released through a region-restricted distribution, such as certain promotional cards (for a complete list, see the not legal article)
- Any cards that in a given region are only available as tournament prize cards, due to their extremely restricted availability:
- These currently include the following five Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series prize cards: "Blood Mefist", "Digvorzhak, King of Heavy Industry", "Number 106: Giant Hand", "Ascension Sky Dragon", and "Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn"
- A select few "Special Rule" cards: "Emergency Provisions", "Mystik Wok", "Rainbow Life", "Tri-And-Guess", and "Self-Destruct Button"
- These cards have an undesirable potential to abuse the "sudden death" and time limit rules in official tournaments. The first four cards allow a player in "sudden death" to instantly win by quickly gaining a large number of Life Points during the opponent's turn with a now-irrelevant cost, while the last card allows a player to legally stall by forcing DRAWs until the time limit runs out (see the Tips page of that card for details).
Anime and manga
During the Battle City arc it is mentioned that cards that directly damage the player, such as "Hinotama", "Meteor of Destruction", and "Raigeki", are Forbidden.[1]
A handful of other cards are noted by characters as "Forbidden" in the anime, including "Golden Castle of Stromberg"[2] in Yu-Gi-Oh! and "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End"[3] and "Infernalvania"[4] in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Friends 'Til the End, Part 1" 75: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Sinister Secrets, Part 2" 197: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode The King of the Copycats, Part 2" 19: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode Field of Screams, Part 1" 31: "