The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game's latest ban list has gone into upshot on May 17. Unlike nearly other card games, such equally the Pokémon TCG and Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't rotate out cards based on how old their sets are, instead opting to keep everything playable then long as it isn't role of the game's ban list, formally known equally the Forbidden & Express Lists. Commonly, a player tin use up to three copies of a card in their entire deck - including their Actress and Side deck - but cards that are Semi-Limited are limited to two copies, Limited to one copy, and Forbidden cards cannot be used at all.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel uses the OCG banlist, not the TCG banlist. While a lot of the cards overlap, in that location are usually some differences in bill of fare placements betwixt the two, such equally Infernity Archfiend being unlimited in OCG and Master Duel simply Limited in the TCG Advanced Format. Players who are interested in official TCG tournaments must follow the well-nigh up-to-appointment banlist when making their decks.

The two most notable changes to the May 2022 ban list are the unbanning of Yata-Garasu and Change of Heart. Modify of Eye is a well-known card for its iconic appearance in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, but has remained banned since 2005 for its immense versatility at no toll. With this change likewise comes the unbanning of Yata-Garasu, a card that was part of 1 of the strongest Yu-Gi-Oh! decks of its time. Yata-Garasu tin can completely shut downward opponents' decks with its effect to make the opponent skip their adjacent Depict Phase and return safely to its owner's manus. Yata-Garasu was part of the start grouping of cards to e'er be banned in Yu-Gi-Oh! and has remained Forbidden since 2004.

Yu-Gi-Oh! May 2022 Ban List: Forbidden Cards

None of the regular Effect Monsters on the Forbidden list are new additions. The current Forbidden Monsters are as follows:

  • Archnemeses Protos
  • Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow
  • Blackwing - Steam the Cloak
  • Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos
  • Block Dragon
  • Cyber Jar
  • Dandylion
  • Djinn Releaser of Rituals
  • Eclipse Wyvern
  • Eva
  • Fiber Jar
  • Fishborg Blaster
  • Glow-Up Seedling
  • Grinder Golem
  • Level Eater
  • Magical Scientist
  • Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin
  • Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying Rex
  • Maxx "C"
  • Mecha Phantom Animal O-King of beasts
  • Mind Master
  • Orcust Harp Horror
  • Performage Plushfire
  • Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis
  • Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders
  • Samsara Lotus
  • Spyral Master Plan
  • Substitoad
  • The Tyrant Neptune
  • Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls
  • Victory Dragon

Simiarly to the regular Effect Monsters, there are no new Forbidden Fusion Monsters compared to older Yu-Gi-Oh! banlists:

  • Elder Entity Norden
  • Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom
  • Thunder Dragon Colossus

The following are the currently Forbidden Link Monsters. Of these, Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon and Predaplant Verte Anaconda are new to the ban list. Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu joins the Forbidden listing and was previously Limited, hurting the Prank-Kids archetype.

  • Guardragon Agarpain
  • Guardragon Elpy
  • Heavymetalfoes Electrumite
  • Knightmare Goblin
  • Knightmare Mermaid
  • Linkross
  • Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon
  • Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu
  • Predaplant Verte Anaconda
  • Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty
  • Summon Sorceress
  • Topologic Gumblar Dragon
  • Union Carrier

The Forbidden Synchro Monsters are every bit follows:

  • Ancient Fairy Dragon
  • Denglong, Showtime of the Yang Zing
  • Ib the Globe Chalice Justiciar
  • Tempest Magician

The following are the Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! Xyz Monsters:

  • Lavalval Concatenation
  • M-X-Saber Invoker
  • Number 16: Shock Master
  • Number 42: Galaxy Tomahawk
  • Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
  • Number 95: Galaxy-Optics Dark Matter Dragon
  • Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL
  • Outer Entity Azathot
  • Tellarknight Ptolemaeus
  • True King of All Calamities
  • Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity
  • Zoodiac Broadbull
  • Zoodiac Drident

The list of current Forbidden Spell cards includes:

  • Brilliant Fusion
  • Butterfly Dagger - Elma
  • Card of Safety Return
  • Chicken game
  • Cold Wave
  • Confiscation
  • Delinquent Duo
  • Dimension Fusion
  • Giant Trunade
  • Graceful Clemency
  • Heavy Storm
  • Kaiser Colosseum
  • Last Will
  • Mass Commuter
  • Metamorphosis
  • Delusion of Nightmare
  • Painful Choice
  • Pot of Greed
  • Premature Burial
  • Smoke Grenade of the Thief
  • Snatch Steal
  • Soul Accuse
  • Spellbook of Judgment
  • That Grass Looks Greener
  • The Forceful Picket
  • Zoodiac Barrage

The Forbidden Trap cards are equally follows:

  • Regal Guild
  • Last Turn
  • Return from the Dissimilar Dimension
  • Royal Oppression
  • Cocky-Destruct Push
  • Sixth Sense
  • Trap Dustshoot
  • Ultimate Offer
  • Vanity'due south Emptiness

Yu-Gi-Oh! May 2022 Ban List: Limited Cards

The merely Normal Monsters to brand an appearance on the ban list are the limbs of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s iconic Monster Exodia, all of which are Limited to ane per deck:

  • Left Arm of the Forbidden One
  • Left Leg of the Forbidden Ane
  • Right Arm of the Forbidden One
  • Right Leg of the Forbidden I

Some massive changes accept been made to Yu-Gi-Oh!'due south Limited Effect Monster listing. Red Rose Dragon makes its appearance on the ban listing this May, and Jet Synchron and Performapal Monkeyboard are no longer Forbidden. The biggest change, though, is the return of Yata-Garasu after 18 years of being banned.

  • Armageddon Knight
  • Astrograph Wizard
  • Black Dragon Collapserpent
  • Cyber-Stein
  • Danger!? Jackalope?
  • Danger!? Tsuchinoko?
  • Dark Grepher
  • Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson
  • Dinowrestler Pankratops
  • Exodia the Forbidden One
  • Fairy Tail - Snow
  • Genex Ally Birdman
  • Infernity Archfiend
  • Jet Synchron
  • Lunalight Tiger
  • Miscellaneousaurus
  • Morphing Jar
  • Performapal Monkeyboard
  • Phantom Skyblaster
  • Ruby-red Rose Dragon
  • Salamangreat Gazelle
  • Retainer of Endymion
  • Speedroid Terrortop
  • Spyral Quik-Set
  • Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms
  • True Rex Lithosagym, the Disaster
  • White Dragon Wyverburster
  • Yata-Garasu
  • Zoodiac Ratpier

The Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! Fusion Monster is:

  • Gem-Knight Master Diamond

Of the two Limited Link Monsters, Crystron Halqifibrax is new to the list.

  • Crystron Halqifibrax
  • Striker Dragon

There are three Limited Synchro Monsters, with Shooter Riser Dragon equally a new improver.

  • Psy-Framelord Omega
  • Shooting Riser Dragon
  • G. Hyper Librarian

The Limited Xyz Monsters remain unchanged from the previous ban list:

  • Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal
  • Daigusto Emeral
  • Lyrilusc - Recital Starling

The merely modify to the list of Express Spell cards in May is the addition of Alter of Heart. After being banned for 17 years, players can now run i copy of the carte in their decks.

  • Called by the Grave
  • Card Destruction
  • Card of Demise
  • Chain Strike
  • Change of Center
  • Dimensional Scissure
  • Divine Wind of Mist Valley
  • Draco Face-Off
  • Dragonic Diagram
  • Last Countdown
  • Foolish Burial
  • Gateway of the 6
  • Golden Sarcophagus
  • Harpie's Feather Duster
  • Infernity Launcher
  • Instant Fusion
  • Into the Void
  • Magical mid-Billow Field
  • Listen Control
  • Monster Gate
  • Monster Reborn
  • I 24-hour interval of Peace
  • One for Ane
  • Reasoning
  • Reinforcement of the Army
  • Sekka'due south Light
  • Fix Rotation
  • Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones
  • Sky Striker Mecha Modules - Multirole
  • Sky Striker Mobilize - Appoint!
  • Slash Draw
  • Spyral Resort
  • Terraforming
  • Upstart Goblin

Of the five Limited Trap cards, the only new addition is Fourth dimension Seal, which was previously Forbidden.

  • Macro Cosmos
  • Magical Explosion
  • Metaverse
  • Red Reboot
  • Time Seal

Yu-Gi-Oh! May 2022 Ban List: Semi-Limited And Unlimited Cards

The Semi-Limited card list has seen some shaking upwards equally well. Of the 2 regular Outcome Monsters on the list, Dinomight Knight, the Truthful Dracofighter- a key menu in the powerful True Draco Yu-Gi-Oh! deck - is a new addition, having dropped from previous Limited status.

  • Destiny HERO - Malicious
  • Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter

The Semi-Limited list also gains a new Ritual Monster this time around:

  • Cyber Angel Benten

5 Semi-Express Spell cards is a somewhat high number. Fusion Destiny and Nadir Servant are the only returning cards in this listing - the others were previously Express.

  • Fire Formation - Tenki
  • Fusion Destiny
  • Nadir Servant
  • Pot of Desires
  • Trickstar Light Stage

The simply Semi-Limited Trap bill of fare in this ban list was also previously Express:

  • Wall of Revealing Light

The cards that are no longer on the banlist at all include the regular Issue Monster Dark Assailant; the Yu-Gi-Oh! Synchro Monster Trishula, Dragon of the Water ice Barrier; the Xyz Monster Salamangreat Miragestallio; and the Spell cards A Hero Lives, Salamangreat Circle, and Scapegoat. The Spell cards were previously Semi-Express, while the Monster cards were all Limited before. Trishula has been sitting in Limited for a while, and the two Salamangreat cards moving into unlimited usage will really assistance out the classic. The May 2022 Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist brought almost some large changes, and it will be interesting to see the management the meta moves in from here.

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