Forbidden Cards 「禁止カード」:
Fishborg Blaster 「フィッシュボーグ－ガンナー」
Mind Master 「メンタルマスター」
Giant Trunade 「ハリケーン」
Royal Oppression 「王宮の弾圧」
Restriction Cards 「制限カード」:
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning 「カオス・ソルジャー －開闢の使者－」
Debris Dragon 「デブリ・ドラゴン」
Lonefire Blossom 「ローンファイア・ブロッサム」
Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En 「真六武衆－シエン」
Tech Genus Hyper Librarian 「ＴＧ ハイパー・ライブラリアン」
Formula Synchron 「フォーミュラ・シンクロン」
Heavy Storm 「大嵐」
Primal Seed 「原初の種」
Shien's Smoke Signal 「紫炎の狼煙」
Pot of Avarice 「貪欲な壺」
Semi-Restriction Cards 「準制限カード」:
Summoner Monk 「召喚僧サモンプリースト」
Tragoedia 「トラゴエディア」
Necro Gardna 「ネクロ・ガードナー」
Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier 「氷結界の虎王ドゥローレン」
Destiny Draw 「デステニー・ドロー」
Swords of Revealing Light 「光の護封剣」
Mind Crush 「マインドクラッシュ」
Call of the Haunted 「リビングデッドの呼び声」
No longer restricted 「準制限」:
Judgment Dragon 「裁きの龍」
Spirit Reaper 「魂を削る死霊」
Overload Fusion 「オーバーロード・フュージョン」
Mystical Space Typhoon 「サイクロン」
Megamorph「巨大化」
Gravity Bind 「グラヴィティ・バインド－超重力の網－」
Icarus Attack 「ゴッドバードアタック」
Taken from Shriek
Be advised, this is going to be one hell of a post!
Okay, let's do a quick breakdown of the banlist shall we? Cards that were put to one are Fishborg Blaster, Mind Master, Giant Trunade and Royal Oppression.
Putting the hammer on Fishborg was an extremely good call. Just that marks the death of all those Fish FTK and Water variance bullshit. Same to Mind Master, if substitoad was banned, mind master has no reason to stay in the format. It was one hell of a broken card when it was around, just play research lab (optional) and you can spam like crazy!! Giant trunade was a good call too providing that you can't stop it at all except with solemn judgment or spell negating counters. Rest assured, its substitute has been found and is now in the limited section. Oppression to one is a bit subjective, for me personally, I liked the idea. I played on DN and oppression just killed all my monsters and it was pure bullshit since as long as you can pay the life points, you can negate all those special summonings. Fuck that honestly.
Monster Reborn should have been banned too since it is a generic revival that can be used on either player's grave. That, in itself, is enough to upset the flow of the game. Gateway is still in play but I honestly hoped that it would get hit since it gives samurai too much boost.
Alright, moving on to the one's. We have BLS, Debris Dragon, Lonefire Blossom, Shi En, Hyper Librarian, Heavy Storm, Formula, Primal Seed, Smoke Signal and Pot of Avarice.
Putting Black Luster Soldier back into the game is madness!! As I posted earlier in my recent post, it doesn't matter whether you can perform an OTK or not, just this card's presence is enough to turn the tide of the game. A 3k beatstick and every turn removal is seriously retarded! This card can basically kill you without you knowing it and now that he has 3 chaos sorcerers to tag along, you can expect to see your opponent's field clear of monsters. That's one crappy choice Konami. Debris dragon to 1 was kind of a surprise but I can see what Konami is getting at. The combo with dandylion to pull off a Black Rose is indeed terrifying and Konami decided to make it 1 so that Black Rose's play will be limited. Good call on that. Lonefire was expected since it was a bit too much. Shi En has hit the list!! Woo hoo!! It was about time this piece of crap gets here, I would be happier if they had hit it with the hammer. Not much explanation on this since a bad card being limited is always a good move. Librarian to 1 since it won't be that spammable and the draw nightmare will be lessened. Honestly, I could do with it getting banned since that would get rid of the nuisance completely. Heavy storm to 1 is natural since trunade has been banned but the problem is with the 3 MSTs. Formula to 1 so that it won't be abused anymore. Primal Seed to 1 = WTF? I don't think many people even know what it does. It's crap and can only be used with BLS. Uber stupid choice Konami. Signal to 1, same reason as ROTA. No deck should have 3 search engines or more. Pot of Avarice to 1 is definitely the best move ever!! With that, plant decks are weakened tremendously and will not be seeing play as frequent as before.
Double Edged Sword Technique is still rampant, shit! Well, that's the only complain I have I guess. Shoulda hit Six Sams harder. ><
To 2s are Call of the Haunted, Mind Crush, Sword of Revealing Light, Summoner Monk, Necro Gardna, Destiny Draw, Tragoedia and Dewloren.
COTH to 2 is nonsensical! I mean seriously, if you (Konami) wanted to bring this back to 2, then you should have banned monster reborn in the 1st place. Still, COTH to 2 is still a bad call since generic revival is bad in itself! Mind Crush to 2 is a yay for me since I am running DW and that means it's a +1 overall! Sword of Revealing Light to 2 is going to be sweet as news to stall and exodia decks but with MST at 3 and all those spell/trap destruction cards out there, I am dubious as to how long this will last. Summoner Monk at 2, who gives a damn! Necro Garna at 2 is a bad move Konami. This means that the player has 2 shots to a good draw before getting KOed and this means, a potential overturn! Destiny Draw to 2 is a good move (would have been better at 3) and D-Heroes should be more playable now. Tragoedia to 2....Umm...Not sure what to say about this. Good blocker, yes. Game breaker, not the least! Dewloren to 2 was expected thanks to that stupid symbols of heritage loop. Should just stay here for eternity.
Master Hyperion should be semi-ed here since it is something like DAD and BLS. Great attack, great destruction and most importantly, great field presence! Get 3 out unstopped and it's GG to the opponent.
To 3s are Judgment Dragon, Gravity Bind, Overload Fusion, Spirit Reaper, MST, Megamorph and Icarus Attack.
First off, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING KONAMI??!!!! Judgment Dragon at 3 is literary an invitation to hell for all those players who come across Lightsworn deck. It means that the LS players have a bigger chance of drawing dragon and putting a period on the game faster. Gravity Bind at 3, another WTF! Well, so much for Exodia, Final Countdown and Burn pawnage...Overload to 3, could care less about this since no one runs it anymore (at least I think so). Spirit Reaper at 3...This could be interesting for zombie players. MST at 3...Might as well put Imperial Order back in play Konami. Megamorph and Icarus Attack to 3. Doesn't mean much to me but the latter proves to be a valuable asset to BF decks. So, congratulations BF. =D
In all honesty, Konami should have put Magical Stone Excavation back at 3. No one runs it anyway and its cost is greater than its play (with monster reborn, might be a different issue). Overall, the banlist has its good and bad. Good thing is Konami addressed most of the issues with too much OTKs and FTKs and rebalancing the game. Bad thing is Konami closed one eye to all the potential OTKs and FTKs that can be pulled by brilliant players like Baha with the new cards in the new sets. With BLS and Dragon back into the game, prepare to see a lot of crazy plays and rantings here and there. So, my verdict?
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