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! style="font-size: 150%; background-color:black;" colspan=3 class="mainheader" |<span style="color:white;">List of Reasons for Why Cards are [[February 2018 July 2016 Lists|<font color="#99CCFF">Forbidden</font>]]/[[January 2018 August 2016 Lists|<font color="#99CCFF">Limited</font>]]</span>
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| [[Ancient Fairy Dragon]]
| Can Reason to be Summoned very quickly by [[Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson]], which then allows you to remove a Field Spell, heal, search a Field Spell, and get a free Special Summon all in one turnadded soon. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Blackwing - Gofu the Vague ShadowApoqliphort Towers]]| Level 5 tuner with a Cyber Dragon-like effectVery powerful boss monster in Qliphorts. Special Summons two tokens when itEasily Tribute Summoned due to Qli's swarming. A lot of Decks were incapable of removing this card due to its immunity to most effects and it reducing the ATK of Special Summoned monsters by its own condition500, allowing you forcing them to revive a Blackwing run very specific counter cards like [[Heroic Champion - Excalibur]] or [[Crystal Wing Synchro Monster from your GraveyardDragon]]. This card allows for easy plays into Not as powerful due to Master Rule 4, but still a force to be reckoned with, especially if you lock out the [[Ultimaya TzolkinExtra Deck]], which allows easy Summons of high-Level Dragon Synchro Monsters such as with cards like [[Beelze Domain of the Diabolic DragonsTrue Monarchs]] or . [[Crystal Wing Synchro DragonApoqliphort Skybase]]. The real factor that got was designed to be a fair version of this banned was its Tokens, which allow for disturbingly quick Link Summon playscard. This card is Limited Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos]]
| [[Daigusto Emeral|<font color="#99CCFF">Daigusto Emeral</font>]]
| <span style="color: white">First effect can revive strong beaters or combo pieces. Second effect enables easy recursion for any deck and can generate loops if used alongside other recyclers like [[Pot of Dichotomy|<font color="#99CCFF">Pot of Dichotomy</font>]] and [[The Transmigration Prophecy|<font color="#99CCFF">The Transmigration Prophecy</font>]], even at 1. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.</span>
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| [[Denglong, First of the Yang Zing]]
| [[Djinn Releaser of Rituals]]
| Prevents your opponent from Special Summoning when used for a Ritual Summon, and can be banished from the Graveyard to be used for a Ritual Summon as well. Mainly Forbidden due to abuse in the Nekroz archetype, where it was mainly used to Ritual Summon [[Nekroz of Clausolas]], which can search [[Nekroz Cycle]] by its own effect, which can then Ritual Summon Clausolas from the Graveyard by using Djinn. Can be searched with [[Armageddon Knight]], [[Lavalval Chain]] (Forbidden) and [[Tour Guide from the Underworld]] (Limited). This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[El Shaddoll Construct]]
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| [[Level Eater]]
| A searchable Level 1 monster that can revive itself any number of times per turn so long as you have a Level 5 or higher monster on your field. While it was always a popular Tool in Synchro Decks, it was barely relevant until DARK Synchro Decks with more [[Tuner Synchro Monster]]s abused this card for combos that can banish the opponent's entire hand in one turn with "[[PSY-Framelord Omega]]" (Limited in the OCG) or "[[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]", summon two ""Shooting Quasar Dragons" in one turn, as well as acting like near-infinite revival fodder. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Magical Scientist]]
| [[Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King]]
| Powerful boss monster that can easily be Tribute Summoned by Tributing Continuous Spell/Trap cards as well as monsters, and is unaffected by effects of cards that have the same card type as the cards Tributed for its Summon. This oftentimes results in it being vulnerable to just 1 in particular, which you may not have easy access to at that point in the duel. Can also destroy any other card on the field during either player's turn by banishing a Continuous Spell/Trap from your Graveyard, disrupting plays during your opponent's turn and clearing the way for OTK's. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Mind Master]]
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| [[Performage Damage Juggler]]
| Insanely splashable utility. Key card in Performage Decks. Can negate burn effects or stop OTKs from hand while providing crazy consistency to any Deck running Performages from Graveyard. Mainly hit due to Performage Performapal (PePe) Decks that were topping everywhere. This card is Limited in the TCG.
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| [[Performage Plushfire]]
| [[Performapal Monkeyboard]]
| Key card in Performapal Decks. Can search any Level 4 or lower Performapal Monster when it's activated as a pendulum scale, allowing you to set up both scales by itself to Pendulum Summon practically for free. Can be searched easily itself by [[Performapal Skullcrobat Joker]], [[Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer]], and [[Wavering Eyes]].
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| [[Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz]]
| [[Mirage of Nightmare]]
| Too fast. If it gets destroyed, you don't need to discard, so it can be as good as, if not better than, Pot of Greed. Also combos with [[Emergency Provisions]], [[Solomon's Lawbook]], [[Gravelstorm]], and [[Mystical Space Typhoon|MST]] extremely well. Devastating in [[Dark World]] and [[Fabled]] Decks.
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| [[Monster Reborn]]
| One of the most powerful Spell Cards in the game. Almost/just as easy to use as [[Pot of Greed]](See below). Can be a very powerful topdeck with very little setup. Can even Special Summon from the opponent's Graveyard, further punishing them if you manage to destroy a strong monster they control. This card is Limited in the OCG.
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| [[Painful Choice]]
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| [[Solemn Judgment]]
| Can negate almost anything, having a cost you can always pay. This card is Limited in the TCG.
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| [[Time Seal]]
| Easily searched by "[[Magical Meltdown]]" (which is searchable by "[[Terraforming]]", Limited in the OCG), and searches "[[Invocation]]" upon its Summon, which can Fusion Summon an "Invoked" Fusion Monster by using this card and monsters in either player's Graveyard. When used in combination with the "[[Windwitch]]" engine (see "[[Windwitch - Ice Bell]]"), this can result in a minimum field of "[[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]" and "[[Invoked Raidjin]]", and has high versatility given the range of "[[Invoked]]" Fusion Monsters. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Apoqliphort TowersArtifact Moralltach]]|Very powerful boss monster in Qliphorts. Easily Tribute Summoned due to QliCan destroy any face-up card your opponent controls without [[Target|targeting]] when it's swarmingSummoned. A lot of Decks were incapable of removing this card due to its immunity to most effects and it reducing the ATK of Special Summoned monsters by 500, forcing them to run very specific counter cards like Can be searched with [[Heroic Champion - ExcaliburArtifact Sanctum]] or and [[Crystal Wing Synchro DragonArtifact Ignition]]. Not as powerful due to Master Rule 4, but still a force to Can be reckoned reused with, especially if you lock out the [[Extra DeckArtifact Failnaught]] with cards like or [[Domain Call of the True Monarchs]]. [[Apoqliphort SkybaseHaunted]] was designed as a more balanced version of this card. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Babycerasaurus]]
| [[Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal|<font color="#99CCFF">Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal</font>]]
| <span style="color: white"> Very good Rank 6 Xyz Monster with a fantastic effect. Can easily be Xyz Summoned in [[Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Burning Abyss</font>]] decks by using [[Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss</font>]] (Limited in the OCG) as Xyz material (albeit with the downside of its [[Quick Effect|<font color="#99CCFF">Quick Effect</font>]] not being usable that turn), and can send any card from your Deck to the Graveyard during either player's turn, allowing you to search out Limited cards like [[Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Graff</font>]] or [[Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Cir</font>]], or interrupt your opponent's plays by sending [[Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Farfa</font>]], [[Alich, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Alich</font>]], or [[Mischief of the Gnomes|<font color="#99CCFF">Mischief of the Gnomes</font>]] from your Deck to the Graveyard. It can also replace itself with [[Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss|<font color="#99CCFF">Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss</font>]] when it dies. Even more abusable in non-Burning Abyss decks since its Quick Effect can be used right away, and even chained to cards like [[Bottomless Trap Hole|<font color="#99CCFF">Bottomless Trap Hole</font>]], [[Compulsory Evacuation Device|<font color="#99CCFF">Compulsory Evacuation Device</font>]], and [[Torrential Tribute|<font color="#99CCFF">Torrential Tribute</font>]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.</span>
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| [[Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow]]
| Level 5 tuner with a Cyber Dragon-like effect. Special Summons two tokens when it's Summoned by its own condition, allowing you to revive a Blackwing Synchro Monster from your Graveyard. The tokens can be used as materials for Metalfoes Fusion Monsters, or Link Summons, while this card allows for easy plays into [[Ultimaya Tzolkin]], which allows easy Summons of high-Level Dragon Synchro Monsters such as [[Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons]] or [[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]].
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| [[Blackwing - Steam the Cloak]]
| [[Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss]]
| Key card in Burning Abyss. Can Special Summon any Burning Abyss monster from your Graveyard whenever it's sent to the Graveyard, allowing easy recovery, or to Summon another [[Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss]], [[Virgil, Rock Star of the Burning Abyss]], or get setup for [[Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss]] again mid to late-game. Can be searched by Tour Guide from the Underworld and [[Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss]] (both Limited in the TCG). This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Dandylion]]
| Compulsory effect. Gives lots of advantage most of the time. Re-usable in many Decks, creates Tokens that can be used for Tribute/Synchro/Link Summoning. Effect also triggers when it enters the Graveyard through any means.
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| [[Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss|<font color="99CCFF">Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss</font>]]
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| [[Firewall Dragon|<font color="#99CCFF">Firewall Dragon</font>]]
| <span style="color: white">Its effect bounces both your cards and your opponent's, removing their defences while allowing you Reasons to recycle on-Summon effects that aren't Hard OPT'd, including [[Grinder Golem]] (also Limited)be added soon. And, of course, while you're summoning Tokens, you can use them to summon a second Firewall Dragon, and infinitely bounce them with each other! Also allows you to recycle hand traps from This card is Unlimited in the GraveyardTCG.</span>
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| [[Genex Ally Birdman]]
| [[Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss]]
| Can Special Summon any Burning Abyss monster from your Deck whenever it's sent to the Graveyard, allowing you to Xyz Summon another [[Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss]], Synchro Summon [[Virgil, Rock Star of the Burning Abyss]], or setup for [[Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss]]. Can be searched by Tour Guide from the Underworld (also Limited in the TCG; see below) and reused by [[Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss]] (also Limited in the TCG) or Dante. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Ignis Heat, the True Dracowarrior]]
| [[Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer]]
| Key card in the Dracoslayer engine. Can destroy any other Pendulum Scale you have and search another copy of that Scale, providing you with more resources. Can trigger the effects of cards such as [[Performage Plushfire]] (Forbidden) or [[Guiding Ariadne]]. Can be searched easily itself with [[Draco Face-Off]], [[Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer]] (Limited in the TCG), or [[Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer]]. This card is Semi-Limited in the TCG.
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| [[Maxx "C"]]
| Very effective hand Trap at countering Decks that [[Special Summon]] constantly, allowing you to draw 1 card every time. When chained to an opponent's effect that can/will Special Summon, you'll lose no hand advantage. You'll gain further pluses if they decide to swarm anyway, or prematurely end their turn, leaving themselves open to a retaliatory OTK. Can also be searched by Retaliating "C", another hand Trap. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Miscellaneousaurus]]
| [[Night Assailant]]
| Must be at 1 otherwise this card will just recycle the other one when discarded and an infinite loop will be created making +0 discards, which would lead to cards like [[Snipe Hunter]] wiping out your whole field or [[Dark Crusader]] having Unlimited attack points, etc.
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| [[Performapal Skullcrobat Joker]]
| This card is a themed [[Elemental HERO Stratos]] (Forbidden in the TCG and Semi-Limited in the OCG). It can single-handedly set up a [[Pendulum Summon]] by searching [[Performapal Monkeyboard]] (Forbidden), and can search [[Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer]] to further thin the Deck and set up plays. Unlike Stratos, however, its effect requires a Normal Summon, making it far slower in the current meta. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[PSY-Framelord Omega]]
| [[Foolish Burial]]
| Many Decks rely on the Graveyard a lot. Works well with cards like [[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast]], [[Plaguespreader Zombie]], etc.
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| [[Future Fusion]]
| Allows for massive Graveyard setup, particularly using Machines, Dragons, [[Worm]]s, Zombies, and [[Infernoid]]s, where [[Chimeratech Overdragon]], [[Five-Headed Dragon]], [[Worm Zero]], [[Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon]] and [[Infernoid Tierra]] respectively can allow for a large number of monsters of the player's choice to be dumped. Both [[HERO]]s and [[Fluffal]]s abuse this with [[Miracle Fusion]] and [[Frightfur Fusion]], respectively. However, this card now has an erratum so that it must send the Fusion Materials during the Standby Phase after it is activated, making it slower and easier to remove. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Gateway of the Six]]
| [[Mask Change II]]
| This card allows the player to Summon powerful Masked HERO Fusions such as [[Masked HERO Dark Law]] or [[Masked HERO Acid]] using non-HERO monsters, and its drawback is easily circumvented by using [[Burning Abyss]] monsters. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[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 be removed via a Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link Summon. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Monster Gate]]
| Used a lot by Turbo and OTK Decks. Abusable in [[Hieratic]]s and [[Infernoid]]s. This card is Semi-Limited in the OCG.
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| [[Nekroz Cycle]]
| [[Royal Tribute]]
| Particularly disruptive when used on the first turn, leaving one vulnerable and unable to retrieve what has been lost because of [[Necrovalley]]. You also see their hand by default. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Saqlifice]]
| Key Spell Card in Qliphort Decks. Prevents the equipped Qliphort from being destroyed in battle, also it gains 300 ATK and is treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a Qliphort monster, mainly [[Qliphort Disk]] (who then Summons 2 more Qliphorts from your Deck for an easy OTK). Can also add a Qliphort Monster from your Deck to your hand when it's sent from the field to the Graveyard. Searchable and reusable via [[Hidden Armory]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Set Rotation]]
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| [[SPYRAL Resort]]
| One of three key cards in the SPYRAL deck, along with [[SPYRAL Quik-Fix]] and [[SPYRAL GEAR - Drone]] (both also Limited)Reasons to be added soon. Protects SPYRALs from the opponent's This card effects, searches every turn, and recycles SPYRALs into is Unlimited in the Deck for searching later, in what is frankly a pathetic excuse for a maintenance costTCG.
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| [[Symbol of Heritage]]
| [[Upstart Goblin]]
| An inferior [[Pot of Greed]] that lets you draw 1 card, then has your opponent gain 1000 [[LP]]. Previously Limited due to use in [[Exodia_OTK#Makyura.27s_Exodia|Makyura Exodia]] Decks until Makyura was Forbidden, but later re-Limited again after heavy play in the TCG. 1000 LP is often worth the extra draw power in most decks now anyway. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Bottomless Trap Hole]]
| Very powerful 1-for-1 card. Banishes the monster upon Summon. Staple in most Decks. With the removal of Ignition Priority, this card has gotten better than before. Because it says "when your opponent Summons a ''monster(s)''," if your opponent Summons multiple monsters at once (such as a [[Pendulum Summon]]), they all get hit. Can be searched and reused by some of the [[Traptrix]] cards. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]
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| [[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 up to 5000 damage in one shot. With the release of Master Rule 4 and Extra Monster Zones, the maximum possible damage has been upped even further to 6000. At present, quite possibly the best burn card in the game. This card is Unlimited Semi-Limited in the TCG.
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| [[Eradicator Epidemic Virus]]
| [[Soul Drain]]
| Many Decks rely on Graveyard and banished effects in the current meta. This card could easily defeat an entire Deck, especially [[Dark World]] Decks. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Torrential Tribute]]
| Punishes over-extending, but can easily be stopped with [[Starlight Road]] and [[The Huge Revolution is Over|THRIO]] in most situations. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Trickstar Reincarnation]]
| [[Atlantean Dragoons]]
| Amazing Searcher. Adds any Sea Serpent from your Deck to your hand when send to the Graveyard as a cost for a WATER monster's effect. Key card in Mermail Decks. Also allows other Sea Serpents to attack directly, therefore gaining [[Atlantean Marksman]]'s effect. Can easily be searched with [[Atlantean Marksman]], [[Genex Undine]], and [[Summoner Monk]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]
| Can be Special Summoned easily, good effects, high ATK. [[Honest]] can be used on its first attack, then the 2nd attack would be deadly. Basically a better [[Chaos Sorcerer]] (below). See also: [[Chaos]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]
| Was formerly Forbidden due to a lack of a once per turn restriction, allowing you to bounce cards with its effect multiple times per turn and reuse your own cards for loops and OTK's. Now, it has been errata'd so it can only be used once per turn, and can only bounce your opponent's cards, not your own. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[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 unlikely, but not impossible in the TCG. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Grinder Golem]]
| Began to see heavy use in Link Format, as the Tokens it summons can help to bring out a Link 3 or 4 far earlier than is healthy, including [[Firewall Dragon]] (Limited in the OCG) and [[Skulldeat, the Chained Dracoserpent]], giving the latter disturbingly high draw and Summoning power off the Summon of only the Golem. The "disadvantage" (giving your opponent a 3000 ATK monster with no drawback for them) is nonexistent as, in the current meta, it's trivial to remove given its lack of any form of protection. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Lonefire Blossom]]
| [[Summoner Monk]]
| Great searcher. Was originally hit because it could grab [[Rescue Cat]], who is now also Limited due to its errata. Combos well with [[Sacred Crane]], as well as Shaddolls, Tellarknights, Star Seraphs and Elemental HERO's Shadow Mist or Stratos. Easy Rank 4 Xyz Monster/Level 8 Synchro Monster. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]
| Low Level, high ATK, seals search effects, and can negate a Built-in [[Special Summon]]. Great counter against most current Decks in the meta, which rely on both of the above. There are methods of getting around it, however. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Wind-Up Magician]]
| [[Windwitch - Ice Bell]]
| Can Special Summon itself whenever you control no monsters, and can then Special Summon "[[Windwitch - Glass Bell]]" from your Deck (which can then search and Special Summon "[[Windwitch - Snow Bell]]"). Afterwards, you can Synchro Summon "[[Windwitch - Winter Bell]]" with this card and "Glass Bell", and then "[[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]" with "Winter Bell" and "Snow Bell", which will be immune to destruction by card effects due to "Snow Bell". This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Brain Control]]
| Was formerly Forbidden due to being able to take control of any face-up monster your opponent controls for the small price of 800 LP. Now, it can only affect monsters that can be Normal Summoned/Set, which some decks might never use. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Burial from a Different Dimension]]
| [[Chain Strike]]
| Inflicts massive damage if used right. Key card of Chain Burn Decks such as [[Burn#Chain_Strike_OTK|Chain Strike OTK]].
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| [[El Shaddoll Fusion]]
| Key Fusion Spell in [[Shaddoll]] Decks. As Quick-Play Spell you can activate it any time you want, including the Battle Phase to make easy OTKs. Shaddolls haven't been good in a while though, and its card advantage is often unfavorable when compared to [[Shadoll Fusion]]. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Fossil Dig]]
| Searches a large number of [[Dinosaur]] monsters, such as "[[Babycerasaurus]]", "[[Miscellaneousaurus]]" (which can be used as a handtrap), "[[Petiteranodon]]" (both it and "Babycerasaurus" can be destroyed in the hand by the effect of "[[True King Lithosagym, the Disaster]]" {Foridden in the TCG} for easy advantage), and "[[Souleating Oviraptor]]", which can search any Dinosaurs this card cannot. This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Preparation of Rites]]
| Adds any Level 7 or lower Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand, and can recycle a Ritual Spell card from your Graveyard. Mainly hit due to abuse with Nekroz. [[Pre-Preparation of Rites]] was designed to be a fair version of this card. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Scapegoat]]
| [[Union Hangar]]
| A strong field Spell card that can search out any LIGHT machine union monster when it's activated and can also equip a LIGHT machine Union Monster from your Deck to a LIGHT machine union monster that is Normal or special Summoned. Mainly hit due to ABC Decks that were topping in the OCG because of this card. Can be searched easily by Terraforming (Limited in the OCG). This card is Unlimited in the TCG.
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| [[Ojama Trio]]
| Clogs the field with nigh-unusable Tokens, though they can be removed via a [[Synchro]]/[[Link Summon]]. Key card in Burn Decks. This card is Unlimited in the OCG.
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| [[Solemn Strike]]
| [[Armageddon Knight]]
| Sends ANY Dark monster from your Deck to the Graveyard whenever it's Summoned. Can lead to crazy power-plays [[Destiny HERO - Malicious|just]] [[Necro Gardna|by]] [[Zombie|simply]] [[Inzektor|dumping]] [[Stygian Street Patrol|one]] [[Infernity Archfiend|certain]] [[Wight|monster]] and can trigger monster effects like [[Archfiend Heiress]], [[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist]] and all the [[Shaddoll]] monsters. Can be searched by [[Reinforcement of the Army]], [[Mystic Tomato]], and [[Summoner Monk]]. However, it's not used as much as it once was, so it came off the list.
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| [[Black Rose Dragon]]
| Universal Nuke. See also: [[Debris-Hime]] Deck. Top Decks wouldn't really use more than one in their Extra Deck anyways.
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| [[Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind]]
| [[Breaker the Magical Warrior]]
| Back when it was Forbidden/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 was quite a lot at the time.
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| [[Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Rooster]]
| [[Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets]]
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| [[Chaos Sorcerer]]
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| [[Thousand-Eyes Restrict]]
| Has a once powerful lockdown effect. Was part of the [[Goat Control]] Deck. Easily Fusion Summoned with [[Instant Fusion]]. Easily revived because of its 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. However, this is rather slow for the current meta, so it came back to 3.|- style="background-color:#FF8B53;"| [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]| Low Level, high ATK, seals search effects, and can negate a Built-in [[Special Summon]]. Great counter against most current Decks in the meta, which rely on both of the above. There are methods of getting around it, however.
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| [[Tragoedia]]
| [[Book of Taiyou]]
| Formerly abused in Empty Jar Decks to force the activation of [[Cyber Jar]], [[Morphing Jar]], and [[Morphing Jar 2]]. They aren't topping anymore, so this came up to 3. Also, Cyber Jar is Forbidden now anyways, and so is Morphing Jar and Morphing Jar 2 in the TCG.
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| [[Charge of the Light Brigade]]
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| [[E - Emergency Call]]
| Searches ANY Elemental Hero, including Stratos (who is Forbidden in the TCG), who then searches something else. With ROTA at 1, A Hero Lives at 3, and Pot of Duality at 3, HEROs had way too much search power, and it allowed them to run ridiculously low monster counts.|- style="background-color:#1D9E74;"| [[El Shaddoll Fusion]]| Key Fusion Spell in [[Shaddoll]] Decks. As a Quick-Play Spell you can activate it any time you want, including the Battle Phase to make easy OTKs. Shaddolls haven't been good in a while though, and its card advantage is often unfavorable when compared to [[Shadoll Fusion]].
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| [[Emergency Provisions]]
| [[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.
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| [[Gold Sarcophagus]]
| [[Megamorph]]
| Doubling original ATK can be a lot, [[Demise OTK|sometimes enough to OTK]]. The drawback of halving ATK when you have more LP isn't too bad either as you can always equip it to your opponent's monsters. However, Equip Spells are still bad and have gotten worse now with s/t removal, also beatsticks don't mean as much anymore.
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| [[Mystical Space Typhoon]]
| [[Pot of Duality]]
| Lets you choose one of the 3 top cards of your Deck without losing hand advantage. Sets up for big plays. Adds a lot of consistency.
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| [[Sacred Sword of Seven Stars]]
| Similar to [[Allure of Darkness]], which is Semi-Limited in the TCG, but could be abused with [[Dragon Ruler]] monsters to trigger their effects when banished by this card's effect. However, with the Dragon Rulers now Forbidden, this came back to 3.
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| [[Shien's Smoke Signal]]
| [[Abyss-sphere]]
| Great searcher. Special Summons ANY Mermail from your Deck. Can quickly Summon [[Mermail Abyssteus]], [[Mermail Abyssmegalo]], or [[Mermail Abyssleed]] for Rank 7 Xyz plays. Works very well with [[Mermail Abysslinde]]. Can be searched easily by [[Mermail Abyssmegalo]]. The lack of [[Mermail]] Decks being competitive caused this card to leave the list.
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| [[Call of the Haunted]]
| [[Needlebug Nest]]
| Mills the top 5 cards from your Deck to the Graveyard for easy Graveyard setup. Mainly hit due to abuse in [[Shaddoll]]s, [[Lightsworn]]s, and [[Dragon Ruler]]s, all of which were topping in the OCG at that time. It may come back due to [[Infernoids]] increased relevancy, however.
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| [[Reckless Greed]]
| [[The Transmigration Prophecy]]
| OCG stall Decks used this with [[D.D. Borderline]]. Also, it was at 1 so it couldn't loop with another copy of itself. [[Pot of Benevolence]] does the same thing, but that can't be chained to an effect, and that banishes itself so it can't return another copy of itself. Came off the list due to looping it being too slow for the current meta.
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