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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" |[[March 2012 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:#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. The release of [[Atlantean]]s, which could have been abused with this card's effect, was likely the final nail in this cards coffin.| Low|- 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. If you don't finish off your opponent, but you use its effect while you control a monster like [[Sangan]], you can easily gain an advantage over your opponent since they'll be topdecking and you'll have a monster. | Never|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Cyber Jar]]| Resets all monsters instantly. 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.| Very 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. Also puts itself back into the deck. If used in a deck with cards like [[Soul Release]], you can slowly Banish your opponent's entire deck, while giving them a smaller deck each time Fiber Jar is used.| 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. [[Fishborg Launcher]] was designed to replace this card.| Very Low|- 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. Besides, limiting it to 1 would be pointless.| Low|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"| [[Goyo Guardian]]| Just unbalanced. Very high ATK for a level 6. Good effect. Summons the opponent's monster right away so it can be used for Synchro/Xyz Summons.| Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Magical Scientist]]| Can easily create an [[FTK]] with [[Catapult Turtle]]. Also, can easily lead to a swarm of Xyz monsters.| 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 Even easier to use today with [[Foolish Burial]] and [[Armageddon Knight]].| 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 pay LP each time (or you can use 1 more card to bypass it). [[Calm, Silent Gusta]] can also be abused with this card.| Very Low|- 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]]). With the release of [[Uniflora, Mystical Beast of the Forest]], which could abuse this card to no end, this card is even less likely to ever come back. Too cute for the meta xD| Very Low|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Sinister Serpent]]| Free discard for [[costs]], etc. Infinite defender.| Low|- 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 [[Agent|many]] [[Inzektor|archetypes]] [[Dark World|being]] [[Karakuri|mainly]] [[Six Samurai|one Type]]. [[Tribe-Shocking Virus]] was designed to replace it. | 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;"| [[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. [[Hieratic]]s could drop this easily.| 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...| Very 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. Much more powerful version of [[Mind Control]], which is Limited.| Very Low|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Butterfly Dagger - Elma]]| Creates [[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. Abusable in decks like [[Zombies]], [[Wind-Up]], [[Fabled]], [[Dark World]], etc. 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.| Never|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Temple of the Kings]]| Has the same effect as [[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.| Very 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;"| [[Future Fusion]]| Allows for massive Graveyard setup, particularly using Machines and Dragons, where [[Chimeratech Overdragon]] and [[Five-Headed Dragon]] respectively can allow for a large number of monsters of the player's choice to be dumped.| 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's harder to negate and 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-Unlimited Swords of Revealing Light.| Low|- 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. Finishing move. | Very 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]].| Very Low|- 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. | Very Low|- 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.| Very Low|- 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]] (who is now banned). 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, Synchro Summoning or Xyz 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 utilize their effects. With [[Tour Guide From the Underworld]] being splashed into a lot of decks, this would be splashed in those decks too.| 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]]| An instant win is guaranteed when you control [[Archlord Kristya|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. Instant destruction and serious burn. Lethal when combined with 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 and can only be used once.| Very 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.| Low|-! 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]].| Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind]]| Can be Special Summoned. A reusable permanent [[Shrink]]. Universal Tuner.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Chaos Sorcerer]]| Can be Special Summoned easily, good effect. However, relatively low ATK. With the rise of [[Chaos Deck]]s, getting this out was even easier than before.| 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;"| [[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]]. Was part of the Airblade Turbo deck, the top deck of the September 2006 Format.| =|- style="background-color:#6666FF;"| [[Evigishki Gustkraken]]| There was a loop where this card was used within a [[Gishki]]-[[Hieratic]] hybrid and bounced repeatedly with [[Constellar Ptolemys Messier 7]] to shut down the opponent's hand. It didn't help that Hieratics summon LV6 monsters with great ease.| =|- 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]] (which is now Forbidden) and tokens made by [[Dandylion]]. Crazy when played with [[T.G. Hyper Librarian]].| =, Low Chance of ↓|- 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;"| [[Inzektor Dragonfly]]| This one card can swarm the field AND cause loops in one turn with [[Inzektor Hornet]], [[Inzektor Ladybug]], [[Inzektor Hopper]], or [[Inzektor Earwig]].| =, Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Inzektor Hornet]]| A solid one-for-one card with perks. The key to [[Inzektor]]s. You only need one to loop with anyway.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Honest]]| Very good 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]].| =|- 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 banned.| =, Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Mezuki]]| Creates +1 summons, easily dumped into the Grave, etc.| =, 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]]| [[Macro]] Decks of any sort LOVE this card. Has potential of being a powerful beater and resets and sets up Banished cards. Combined with [[Soul Absorption]] is a free 5500 Life Points gained when banished. Having multiple copies can loop them, chain their own effects when banished from deck, or make OTKs ([[Necromill OTK]]).| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]]| Can create locks. Easily takes out [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] [[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. Would lead to cards like [[Snipe Hunter]] wiping out your whole field.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Plaguespreader Zombie]]| Top decks a card ([[Infernity Archfiend]] anyone?). Universal Tuner.| =, Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]| Easy to summon and a +1 without cost. Particularly problematic when used with [[Inferno Reckless Summon]] in Hieratics (which will summon it with 0 ATK and make it IRS-legit.) Every type of Dragon Deck in the book were topping and desperately needed a nerf. Hitting REDMD solved all problems.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Sangan]]| Universal searcher. Primary target for [[Tour Guide From the Underworld]]| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Spore]]| Related to [[Glow-Up Bulb]]. Universal Tuner in Plant Decks. It is currently unknown Reasons why this card didn't go to Unlimited (its effect can only be used once per duel, so no one runs more than one).| Chance of ↓ |- 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]]| Easily searched by the other T.G. monsters. Has the [[Cyber Dragon]] effect (which would then lead to a [[T.G. Warwolf|Warwolf]] Special Summon). The last thing we needed was a searchable Tuner that can be summoned almost instantly.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Tsukuyomi]]| Reusable [[Book of Moon]] effect. Was part of the [[Tsukuyomi Lockdown]] until it died down. Compared to what else is out there, it isn't nearly as overpowered as it used to be. Possibly came back to slow down the meta.| -|- style= "background-color:black;"| [[Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity]]| <span style="color: white">Easy to summon in [[Wind-Up]] Decks. Creates nasty loops such as the infamous Wind-Up loop and is a +1. Can swarm the field if used right.</span>| <span style="color: white">=</span>|- 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]]| One of the best Anti-Meta cards in the game. With Ignition Effect Priority being revoked, Book of Moon can easily render these monsters harmless and vulnerable by immediately responding to their Summons. Stops just about everything and is the one true Swiss Army Knife card.| =|- 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;"| [[Gateway of the Six]]| Can gain counters when Six Samurai monsters are Normal and Special Summoned (sounds hard, right?). 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" game strategies.| =, Low 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]]| Unlike Change of Heart, you can't attack with or Tribute the monster, but you can still use its effects and it still can removed via a Synchro/Xyz Summon.| =, Very Low Chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Monster Gate]]| Was used a lot by Turbo and OTK decks. Abusable in [[Hieratic]]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. [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]).| =, 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 are Forbidden, this can probably go to 2 assist slower decks like [[Morphtronic]]s and [[Fortune Ladies]].| Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Pot of Avarice]]| Recycles the graveyard while adding draw power. Really good in certain decks, recycling cards like [[Reborn Tengu]], Gadgets, Wind-Ups, etc. Plants abused this card, but the March 2012 lists killed Plant Synchro.| = |- 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;"| [[Reinforcement of the Army]]| Too broad. This card adds additional speed to many Decks, like [[Lightsworns]], [[Six Samurai]], HEROs, Ninjas, Inzektors (grabs Dark Grepher or Armageddon Knight), and Infernities (for the same reason as Inzektors). If some of those decks became less powerful, this could go to 2.| =, Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Scapegoat]]| Stalls quite a bit. However, there are more cards that [[Pierce]] now. Allows for the Synchro Summoning of almost any Synchro. Was part of the [[Goat Control]] deck, but most of the key cards of that deck are either Limited or Forbidden. | Low chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ceasefire]]| Chainable, defuses Flip Effects, and unlike its [[Secret Barrel|close]] [[Just Desserts|cousins]], checks both sides of the field. With swarming of Effect Monsters being all the rage these days, Ceasefire can be particularly punishing, dealing a maximum of 5000 damage in one shot. At present, quite possibly the best burn card in game.| =|- 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]]| Limited to hinder the consistency of the [[Magical Explosion FTK]].| =|- 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 nearly 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;"| [[Ultimate Offering]]| Easy [[Xyz]]. Gadgets can swarm Rank 4 Xyz like mad. With [[Gear Gigant X]] and [[Jumbo Drill]] around their Xyz options have extended to Rank 5 as well. Also abusable in [[Madolche]] decks.| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Wall of Revealing Light]]| Facing three in an Exodia Deck with LP recovery would be a real pain, especially because of [[Hope for Escape]]. It should stay Limited unless we get more bounce/destroy cards. Also abusable with [[Last Turn]], which is banned. 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;"| [[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. Blackwings were in need of a boost so this went to 2.| =|- 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. 3 is not likely, but not impossible.| =, almost certain|- 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. With GUB, Brionac, and Trishula now banned, Synchro decks as a whole have become less powerful and this card can come up to 2 again.| =|- 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.| =, definitely|- 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;"| [[Reborn Tengu]]| Replaces itself when it leaves the field. Doesn't care about being [[Banish]]ed. Abusable in Synchro decks. Similar to [[Destiny HERO - Malicious]], which is also at 2. 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;"| [[Rescue Rabbit]]| Amazing card for Xyz summons, basically allows for the Normal Summon of most Rank 4 or lower Xyz monsters that only require two materials. Particularly notable for its use in [[Dino Rabbit]] decks, where it was used with Level 4 Dinosaur-type Normal Monsters to Xyz Summon [[Evolzar Laggia]] and [[Evolzar Dolkka]]. Can be recovered from banishment on the next turn with [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]].| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Summoner Monk]]| Great searcher. 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;"| [[The Agent of Mystery - Earth]]| Another hit to T.G. Agents. It's like [[Elemental HERO Stratos|Stratos]] for Agents, and he's limited. It's also a Tuner.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Tour Guide From the Underworld]]| Quickly summons Rank 3 monsters by searching for another copy of itself or for something else, mainly [[Sangan]]. Good monsters it can be used to quickly summon include [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]], [[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]], [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]], and [[Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction]]. Much like Reborn Tengu and Destiny HERO - Malicious, Limiting Tour Guide will severely hurt her playability, while leaving her unlimited would be too good.| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Tragoedia]]| Stops OTKs, but has other effects. Can get very strong, can take opponents monsters or even alter its own Level for Synchro/Xyz shenanigans.| =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[A Hero Lives]]| Can be used with [[Elemental HERO Stratos]] (which then searches for [[Elemental HERO Bubbleman]]) to swarm the field without even using up the Normal Summon. The steep cost, on the other hand, restricts early playability. | -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Chain Strike]]| Inflicts serious damage if used right. Key card of Chain Burn decks such as [[Burn#Chain_Strike_OTK|Chain Strike OTK]].| =, Low Chance of ↓|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[E - Emergency Call]]| Searches Stratos, and then Stratos Searches something else. With ROTA at 1, A Hero Lives at 3 (now 2), and Pot of Duality at 3 (now 2), HEROs had way too much search power, and it allowed them to run ridiculously low monster counts. | =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Hieratic Seal of Convocation]]| Similar to E - Emergency Call. Opening with it pretty much meant you would OTK.| =|- 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. [[Empty Jar]] decks love this.| -|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Pot of Duality]]| Lets you choose one of the 3 top cards of your Deck without losing hand advantage. Sets up for big plays. The costs are pretty annoying, though...| =|- 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. Possibly brought up to 2 due to lack of use in the current meta.| -|- 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 because of [[Necrovalley]].| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Shien's Smoke Signal]]| Maybe Konami felt that they over-hit Six Sams with the September 2011 lists. Grabs key Samurais like [[Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki|Kageki]]. Seems like an odd boost for Sams after they had just won a [[YCS]]. | =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Bottomless Trap Hole]]| Very powerful 1 for 1 card. Removes the monster upon Summon. Staple. With the removal of Ignition Priority, this card has gotten even better. | =, Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Mind Crush]]| 1 for 1 card. You don't really need to be a psychic to use this card, as you can easily call a card name after the opponent has used a search/retrieval effect, like [[Salvage]], [[Machina Gearframe]], [[Gadgets]], etc. Allows you to see opponent's hand. 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. The intended "downside" of calling a card wrongly can also benefit [[Dark World]]/[[Fabled]] cards. | =|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Mirror Force]]| Solid game changer. However, now that [[Starlight Road]] and [[The Huge Revolution is Over|THRIO]] are out, you need to be more careful when using this card. Probably went to 2 to discourage swarming.| -|- style="background-color:#BC5A84;"| [[Ojama Trio]]| Clogs the field with nigh-unusable 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]] and [[The Huge Revolution is Over|THRIO]] in most situations. | Low 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. Even though [[Bottomless Trap Hole]] is arguably more powerful with Ignition Priority being revoked, this card can still counter loops that use monsters which Bottomless cannot hit.| =|-! 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;"| [[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:#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:#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 abusable 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;"| [[Green Gadget]]|rowspan="3"| Gadget decks used to top frequently, but aren't as powerful as they once were. Most decks wouldn't run more than 2 of each nowadays.|rowspan="3"| =|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Red Gadget]]|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Yellow Gadget]]|- 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 splashable.| =|- 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;"| [[Light and Darkness Dragon]]| See [[Perfect Circle]]. Not as abusable now that Tribute Summoning is considered slow.| =|- 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;"| [[Marshmallon]]| Relatively hard to kill. Instantly inflicts 1000 damage, which is quite a lot. However, [[Spirit Reaper]] went back to 3, so it was inevitable that this would go back to 3 also due to the high amount of destruction power.| -|- 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;"| [[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;"| [[Necro Gardna]]| Easily used in [[Lightsworns]], and 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.| -|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Phantom of Chaos]]| Formerly abused in [[Sky Scourge Norleras]] decks. Once those decks stopped doing well, this was allowed to go back to 3.| =|- 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 realized 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 Targeted. 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;"| [[Creature Swap]]| Formerly considered too strong for the meta back when there weren't as many removal cards.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Destiny Draw]]| Works very well with [[Destiny Hero - Malicious]] and is a godsend to [[Diamond Dude Turbo]]. Was a semi-universal draw engine.| Low chance of ↑|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Emergency Provisions]]| Formerly abused with [[Mirage of Nightmare]], which is now banned.| =|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[Emergency Teleport]]| With [[Mind Master]] gone and Tele-DAD dead, it was only fair to give this card a chance. But now that [[Gusto]]s are out and E Tele decks being popular, this may see some sort of restriction| Low chance of ↑|- 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;"| [[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 also went back to 3.| -|- 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;"| [[Mage Power]]| Was considered too strong back when beatsticks won duels on their own. Equip cards are considered slow now and [[Mystical Space Typhoon|they most likely]] [[Heavy Storm|won't stick around.]]| =|- 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;"| [[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:#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]]| Much 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 (Rank =/= Level). See also Level Limit - Area B (above).| -|- 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;"| [[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]]| -|}</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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