Not legal

Cards that are not legal in a given region may not be used in tournaments in that region. If there is any region a card is not legal in, it may not be used in World Championship events.

Generally, a card becomes legal in a region when it has been officially released in a product in that region. For example, Shonen Jump promotional cards become tournament-legal in North America upon their release, but they are not tournament-legal in South America, Europe, Australia, or Africa until they have been formally released in a product in those regions, since Shonen Jump is distributed exclusively in North America.

This term is distinct from illegal, used for cards which have Limitation Text and will never be legal anywhere, and Forbidden, used for cards that are legal for tournament use but are currently restricted to zero copies in the Main, Side, and Extra Decks for all Advanced Format events.

Currently, cards that are not legal do not have an indication of that status on their pages on this wiki. This page lists some cards that are not legal in various regions, but the information here may be incomplete, out of date, or otherwise incorrect.

Not legal outside of Asia

Main article: OCG exclusive

Any cards that are OCG exclusive have not been released in the TCG, and so are not legal in regions that the TCG covers, namely North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Africa.

Not legal in Asia

Main article: TCG exclusive

Any cards that are TCG exclusive have not been released in the OCG, and so are not legal in regions that the OCG covers, namely Asia.

Not legal in South America, Europe, Australia, and Africa

The following cards have been released in both the OCG and TCG (making them legal in Asia), but their only TCG release has been through a region-restricted method in North America. They are thus not legal in South America, Europe, Australia, and Africa, despite all these regions also following the TCG. They may eventually become legal once re-released in the TCG through a non-region-restricted method.

Shonen Jump promotional cards

Main article: Shonen Jump promotional cards

As the Shonen Jump magazine is only distributed in North America, cards that have only been made available in the TCG as Shonen Jump promotional cards are only TCG legal in North America.

Cards whose only TCG release so far has been as a Shonen Jump promotional card are the following:

	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Attribute	Type	Level/ Rank	ATK	DEF
Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation	撃（げき）滅（めつ）龍（りゅう） ダーク・アームド	Xyz Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Dragon	7	2800	1000
Darkness Metal, the Dragon of Dark Steel	闇（くろ）鋼（がね）龍（りゅう）ダークネスメタル	Link Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Dragon		2800
Judgment, the Dragon of Heaven	熾（し）天（てん）龍（りゅう） ジャッジメント	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		LIGHT	Dragon	8	3000	2600
Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment	氷（ひょう）獄（ごく）龍（りゅう） トリシューラ	Effect Monster Fusion Monster		WATER	Dragon	9	2700	2000
Troposphere	トラファスフィア	Effect Monster		WIND	Winged Beast	6	2400	2000

	Japanese name	Card type	Property
Judgment of the Pharaoh	ファラオの審（しん）判（ぱん）	Trap Card	Normal Trap Card
Unity	結（けっ）束（そく） ＵＮＩＴＹ	Spell Card	Quick-Play Spell Card
Yu-Jo Friendship	友（ゆう）情（じょう） ＹＵ－ＪＹＯ	Spell Card	Normal Spell Card

Manga promotional cards

The following cards' only TCG release has been as promotional cards for volumes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, and Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V manga. As the manga is only distributed in Asia and North America, the following cards are not legal in South America, Europe, Australia, or Africa until released again through a non-region-restricted method:

	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Attribute	Type	Level/ Rank	ATK	DEF
D/D/D Destiny King Zero Laplace	Ｄ（ディー）Ｄ（ディー）Ｄ（ディー）運（うん）命（めい）王（おう）ゼロ・ラプラス	Pendulum Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Fiend	10	?	0
Gagaga Head	ガガガヘッド	Effect Monster		DARK	Spellcaster	6	2100	2000
Infernity General	インフェルニティ・ジェネラル	Effect Monster		DARK	Fiend	7	2700	1500
Number 72: Shogi Rook	Ｎｏ．（ナンバーズ）７２ ラインモンスター チャリオッツ・飛（ひ）車（しゃ）	Xyz Monster Effect Monster		EARTH	Beast-Warrior	6	2500	1200
Odd-Eyes Phantasma Dragon	オッドアイズ・ファンタズマ・ドラゴン	Pendulum Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Dragon	8	3000	2500
Timelord Progenitor Vorpgate	時（じ）械（かい）神（しん）祖（そ）ヴルガータ	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Fairy	10	0	0
White Aura Bihamut	白闘気双頭神龍（ホワイト・オーラ・バイファムート）	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		WATER	Fish	10	3300	3000

Other cards

There are also cards whose only TCG releases so far have been North America-exclusive, but were not released as either Shonen Jump or manga promotional cards.

These cards are the following:

	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Attribute	Type	Level/ Rank	ATK	DEF
Shiba-Warrior Taro	柴（しば）戦（せん）士（し）タロ	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	EARTH	Beast-Warrior	2	800	600

External link

• yugioh-card.com/uk/ Cards not Legal for play in Europe
• yugioh-card.com/oc/ Cards not Legal for play in Oceania