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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|''Shonen Jump'' promotional cards]] became tournament-legal in [[North America]] upon their release, but they are not tournament-legal in [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[AustraliaAfrica]], or the [[AfricaMiddle East]], and [[Oceania]] until they have been formally released in a product in those regions, since ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' was 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 Deck|Main]], [[Side Deck|Side]], and [[Extra Deck|Extra]] Decks for all [[Advanced Format]] events.
