On Thursday, Konami announced a new update to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Forbidden/Limited list. Many cards in the physical card game shifted around in the new list. With the release of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, TCG players have found themselves playing the new official simulator for the game and with it, an influx of strategies that are found in the TCG. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has a different banlist than the TCG does, but with both Master Duel and the TCG having similar metagames, here is a look at what the Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel banlist could look like based on the recent TCG one.
⚠️ Attention Duelists! ⚠️
The #YuGiOhTCG Forbidden & Limited List has been updated!
These changes go into effect on February 7, 2022.The full list can be found at: https://t.co/W0PRLTuCxQ#YuGiOh pic.twitter.com/0ZtNnFqLto
— Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG (@YuGiOh_TCG) January 27, 2022
TCG Banlist Changes
- Imperial Order: Limited to Banned
- Eva: Limited to Banned
- Archnemeses Protos: Unlimited to Banned
- Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty: Unlimited to Banned
- Destrudo The Lost Dragon’s Frisson: Banned to Limited
- Fairy Tail – Snow: Banned to Limited
- Astrograph Sorcerer: Banned to Limited
- Lunalight Tiger: Banned to Limited
- Lyrilusc – Recital Startling: Unlimited to Limited
- Monster Gate: Unlimited to Limited
- Pot of Desires: Unlimited to Limited
- A Hero Lives: Limited to Semi-Limited
- Fusion Destiny: Unlimited to Semi-Limited
- Nadir Servant: Unlimited to Semi-Limited
- Salamangreat Circle: Limited to Semi-Limited
- Scapegoat: Limited to Semi-Limited
- Danger! Nessie!: Semi-Limited to Unlimited
- Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon: Semi-Limited to Unlimited
- Performapal Skullcrobat Joker: Semi-Limited to Unlimited
- Emergency Teleport: Semi-Limited to Unlimited
- Raigeki: Limited to Unlimited
- Skill Drain: Limited to Unlimited
Differences in TCG Banlist and Master Duel
- Imperial Order: Banned in TCG. Limited in MD
- Eva: Banned in TCG. Unlimited in MD
- Archnemeses Protos: Banned in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty: Banned in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Destrudo The Lost Dragon’s Frisson: Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Fairy Tail – Snow: Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Astrograph Sorcerer: Limited in TCG. Limited in MD.
- Lunalight Tiger: Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Lyrilusc – Recital Startling: Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Monster Gate: Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Pot of Desires: Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- A Hero Lives: Semi-Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Fusion Destiny: Semi-Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Nadir Servant: Semi-Limited in TCG. Limited in MD.
- Salamangreat Circle: Semi-Limited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Scapegoat: Semi-Limited in TCG. Semi-Limited in MD.
- Danger! Nessie!: Unlimited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon: Unlimited in TCG. Semi-Limited in MD.
- Performapal Skullcrobat Joker: Unlimited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Emergency Teleport: Unlimited in TCG. Unlimited in MD.
- Raigeki: Unlimited in TCG. Limited in MD.
- Skill Drain: Unlimited in TCG. Unlimited in MD
What this means for Master Duel
There were quite a few cards that are now in sync in both the TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. For instance, Skill Drain is now fully unlimited in both games. Other cards that are on the same page in both games are Scapegoat, Danger! Nessie!, Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and Emergency Teleport.
When it comes to cards being un-restricted in the next Master Duel banlist update, Raigeki is a card that the TCG just unlimited;Master Duel can follow suit. The same can be said about Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon.
However, when it comes to cards getting restricted, the TCG banlist made hits to some of the game’s best decks notably Bird-Up and Drytron. In the TCG, Bird Up got hit by the banlist in the form of a limit on Lyrilusc – Recital Starling and a ban on Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty. Those cards may suffer the same fate in Master Duel soon. Drytron got a hit with the ban of Eva. Another card that could be hit is Pot of Desires which went to limited in the TCG banlist.
The TCG has cards from Dawn of Majesty and Burst of Destiny which have powered up their metagame to include the Swordsoul archetype and a new staple card, Destiny HERO – Destroyer Phoneix Enforcer. Both Swordsoul and “DPE” have been hit in the TCG with the banning of Archnemeses Protos and the semi-limit of Fusion Destiny. In the future, after those cards come out in Master Duel, those could be targets on a Master Duel banlist.
