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'''Banish''' (Japanese: {{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}} ''Jogai'', lit. "exclude"), known as '''remove from play''' prior to the [[Problem-Solving Card Text]] update, is a term used to describe the act of making a card banished, causing the card to leave its current location. Cards can only be banished by a card that uses the word "Banish".

Banished cards are not placed in any particular [[zone]]. Banished cards should be kept next to the Graveyard, in clear view of both duelists;<ref>{{cite web |title=Official KDE-E Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Tournament Policy |url=https://img.yugioh-card.com/ygo_cms/ygo/all/uploads/KDE-E_TCG_Tournament_Policy_2_1.pdf |publisher=Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. (KDE-E) |access-date=4 February 2022 |page=33 |date=23 November 2020 |quote=Banished cards should be kept next to the Graveyard, in clear view of both Duelists.}}</ref> banished cards are typically placed in a single pile, in a manner similar to the Graveyard. Most video games place banished cards in a single pile located to the right of the Graveyard. Card text from ''[[Phantom Nightmare]]'' onward will at times refer to banished cards being "Special Summoned ''from banishment''", "added ''from banishment'' to the hand", or similar.

The location banished cards were Banished card are not considered to be placed in did not have a name any actual location, and as such there was no noun used to refer to their placement, or them as whole, in text the ''TCG'' until the release of ''[[Phantom Nightmare]]'', where "your banishment" was first used to refer to "cards in your possession that are banished"(although only on some cards). A somewhat similar change was introduced to the ''OCG'' a few sets earlier in ''[[Duelist Nexus]]'', which changed all references to "excluded cards" to "cards in '''excluded state'''" ({{Ruby|除|じょ}}{{Ruby|外|がい}}{{Ruby|状|じょう}}{{Ruby|態|たい}} ''Jogai Jōtai'').

Before this, some sources occasionally but incorrectly referred to it as the "Banished Zone"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohanim |first1=Michael |title=YCS Mexico City: Top 8 Feature Match: Ismael Campos Altamirano vs. Salvador Molina Ochoa |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2016/09/ycs-mexico-city-top-8-feature-match-ismael-campos-altamirano-vs-salvador-molina-ochoa/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=18 September 2016}}</ref> or "banished pile"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohanim |first1=Michael |title=Round 5 Feature Match: Astro Marc Hahn vs. Botanist Willie Newsome |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2011/06/round-5-feature-match-astro-marc-hahn-vs-botanist-willie-newsome/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=18 June 2011}}</ref> ("removed zone"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grabher-Meyer |first1=Jason |title=Public Event Prize Card Playoffs Semifinal: Jack Hoyt VS Matthew Abrams |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2010/09/top-4-prize-card-playoffs-jack-hoyt-vs-matthew-abrams/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=5 September 2010}}</ref> or "removed from play pile"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohanim |first1=Michael |title=Round 6 Feature Match: William Erker vs. David Sanville |url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2010/06/round-6-feature-match-william-erker-vs-david-sanville/ |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage |publisher=Konami |date=20 June 2010}}</ref> prior to the Problem-Solving Card Text update), despite banishment the basic premise of not being a [[zone]]. These terms are not have never been used in [[card text]]s , and no longer used in official ruling materials.

In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'', banished cards are represented by an icon depicting a blue disintegrating card backing; previously, they were represented by an icon depicting a purple tombstone marked with an "X". In most video games, banished cards are placed in a pile to the right of their possessorowner's Graveyard (from their possessor's perspective).