Massive Yu-Gi-Oh TCG Banlist Update Bans 4 Cards, Limits 6

A massive update to the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG's banlist is banning four cards and limiting six more, with sixteen different cards affected by the changes. The massively popular trading card game from Konami has been known for implementing sweeping updates to its banlist in an effort to change up the game's meta. As opposed to Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel's monthly banlist updates, the TCG's updates typically come far less frequently with banlist changes coming a few months apart. Now, with a «Tier 0» meta running rampant in the TCG, Konami is making several major changes.

Since the release of the Phantom Nightmare set earlier this year, the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG has largely been dominated by a single deck, ushering in the game's newest «Tier 0» meta. The popular «Snake-Eye» strategy has seen overwhelming success at tournaments, often occupying a large chunk of the highest-placing decks. Alongside the pure variant of the deck, the powerful Snake-Eye cards have also seen play alongside other popular FIRE-Attribute archetypes, like «Rescue-ACE» and «Fire King.» Now, the newest banlist update is looking to make several indirect hits, along with bringing back a plethora of cards.

Konami officially revealed the newest update to Yu-Gi-Oh's «Forbidden and Limited List» on Saturday with sixteen different cards affected. The new banlist update sees four cards removed from the game entirely, with powerful staples like «Baronne de Fleur» and «Linkuriboh» set to Forbidden status. The «Limited» section sees the largest changes with six new cards, with several cards like «Archnemeses Protos,» «Thunder Dragon Colossus,» and «Chicken Game» unbanned. Powerful floodgate card «Anti-Spell Fragrance» is the only previously Unlimited card to be newly set to 1 copy.

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Alongside the major hits, Yu-Gi-Oh's newest update also sees several popular strategies receiving cards back from the banlist. Yu-Gi-Oh's HERO archetype, used by Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix in the Yu-Gi-Oh GX an