Yu-gi-oh World :: Advanced Format - September 1, 2009 Banlist

Almost all tournaments follows the Advanced format, which has many forbidden and limited cards. Forbidden cards are not allowed anywhere near your deck. Limited cards are those that you can only have one of in your deck and Semi-Limited are those that you can only have two of in your deck, instead of the usual three.

Cards are banned in order to keep the game interesting. Without these lists, tournament matches will just be a game of luck: whoever draws the super powerful card first will win. In some cases, if both players get a strong starting hand, it might even be whoever goes first wins. This is no fun for players and observers. Instead, the banlist forces players to be creative and to strategize while playing, which keeps the game interesting in the long run.

There is also the Traditional format of Duel Monsters, which has no forbidden cards. Those that are forbidden are considered to be limited instead under the Traditional format. If you are playing with your friends, be sure that you all agree on which ruleset you are following in order to prevent arguments later on!

The banlist is constantly updated and changed. Some cards that are forbidden now may become limited in the future and vice versa. Kidzworld.com will be sure to keep you updated on these changes!

Below is the most current update, which came into effect starting September 2009.

I. Forbidden Cards

You cannot use these cards in your Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.

BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER - ENVOY OF THE BEGINNING
BUTTERFLY DAGGER - ELMA
CARD OF SAFE RETURN
CHANGE OF HEART
CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON - ENVOY OF THE END
CONFISCATION
CRUSH CARD VIRUS
CYBER JAR
CYBER-STEIN
DARK HOLE
DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
DARK STRIKE FIGHTER
DELINQUENT DUO
DESTINY HERO - DISK COMMANDER
DIMENSION FUSION
EXCHANGE OF THE SPIRIT
FIBER JAR
GRACEFUL CHARITY
HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER
IMPERIAL ORDER
LAST TURN
LAST WILL
MAGICAL SCIENTIST
MAGICIAN OF FAITH
MAKYURA THE DESTRUCTOR
METAMORPHOSIS
MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE
MONSTER REBORN
PAINFUL CHOICE
POT OF GREED
PREMATURE BURIAL
RAIGEKI
RING OF DESTRUCTION
SINISTER SERPENT
SNATCH STEAL
THE FORCEFUL SENTRY
THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT
TIME SEAL
TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS
TSUKUYOMI
VICTORY DRAGON
WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST
YATA-GARASU

NEW! - Card of Safe Return; Crush Card Virus; Dark Strike Fighter; Monster Reborn

II. Limited Cards

You can ONLY use one copy of the following cards in the Deck, Extra Deck & Side Deck combined.

ADVANCED RITUAL ART
BLACK ROSE DRAGON
BRAIN CONTROL
BRIONAC, DRAGON OF THE ICE BOUNDARY
CARD DESTRUCTION
CARD TROOPER
CEASEFIRE
COLD WAVE
CYBER DRAGON
DARK ARMED DRAGON
DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON
ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS
EMERGENCY TELEPORT
EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE
FUTURE FUSION
GIANT TRUNADE
GLADIATOR BEAST BESTIARI
GRAVITY BIND
GOYO GUARDIAN
HEAVY STORM
LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEVEL LIMIT - AREA B
LIMITER REMOVAL
MAGIC CYLINDER
MARSHMALLON
MEGAMORPH
MEZUKI
MIRROR FORCE
MIND MASTER
MONSTER REBORN
MONSTER GATE
MORPHING JAR
MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON
NEO-SPACIAN GRAND MOLE
NIGHT ASSAILANT
OJAMA TRIO
OVERLOAD FUSION
PLAGUESPREADER ZOMBIE
REASONING
REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY
RESCUE CAT
RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION
RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
SANGAN
SCAPEGOAT
SMASHING GROUND
SNIPE HUNTER
SPIRIT REAPER
SOLEMN JUDGEMENT
SUMMONER MONK
SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT
THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY
TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE
TRAP DUSTSHOOT
TREEBORN FROG
UNITED WE STAND
WALL OF REVEALING LIGHT
ZOMBIE CARRIER

NEW! - Blackwind ? Gale the Whirlwind; Mind Master; Rescue Cat; Summoner Monk; Black Rose Dragon; Demise, King of Armageddon; Cold Wave; Mind Control; One for One; Call of the Haunted; Solemn Judgement

III. Semi-Limited Cards

You can ONLY use two copies of the following cards in the Deck, Extra Deck & Side Deck combined.

ALLURE OF DARKNESS
BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE
CHAOS SORCERER
CHAIN STRIKE
DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS
FOOLISH BURIAL
GOBLIN ZOMBIE
GOLD SARCOPHAGUS
JUDGMENT DRAGON
LONEFIRE BLOSSOM
MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION
MASK OF DARKNESS
MEZUKI
NECROFACE
ULTIMATE OFFERING

NEW! - Chaos Sorcerer; Lonefire Blossom; Mezuki; Bottomless Trap Hole
NO LONGER LIMITED - Breaker the Magical Warrior; D.D. Warrior Lady; Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest; Raiza the Storm Monarch; Destiny Draw; Fissure

Last update: Aug 30 2009, 12:01 AM EDT