Summary
Konami has officially announced the September 2024 update to theYu-Gi-OhTCG’s Forbidden and Limited List, with nearly 30 cards impacted by the new changes. The massively popular trading card game from Konami regularly sees updates to the game’s Forbidden and Limited List, with Konami looking to keep the game fresh and address some of its most problematic cards. The last update to the game’s banlist saw 16 different cards affected, withpowerful staples like “Baronne de Fleur” and “Linkuriboh” banned. Now, the new update is taking aim at nearly double that total.
Yu-Gi-Oh’s current “Advanced” format is one that has seen fans begging for major changes to the game for months on end. The format has largely been dominated by the “Snake-Eye” strategy, which has carved out its status as the unquestionable best deck since the release of Phantom Nightmare in February. The addition of the “Fiendsmith” theme has also seen several decks rise to top-tier status, with the archetype serving as a generic engine that can be splashed into a variety of decks. Konami is now taking aim at Fiendsmith, Snake-Eye, and more with its newest banlist update.
Konami officially released the September update to theYu-Gi-OhTCG Forbidden & Limited List on Saturday afternoon, banning four different cards. “Fiendsmith’s Lacrima,” “Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess,” “Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity,” and “Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal” were all set to Forbidden status, removing them from the format. The banlist saw eleven different cards set to Limited status, with powerful cards like “Snake-Eye Ash” and"Pot of Prosperity" affected. The new update to the Forbidden & Limited List will go into effect on September 2.
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Yu-Gi-Oh’s newest update to the Semi-Limited list saw plenty of cards receive boosts to their in-game status as part of the changes. Each of the “Dragon Ruler” cards was moved to two copies per deck alongside “Thunder Dragon Colossus,” “Lunalight Tiger,” and “Ib the World Chalice Justiciar.” Seven different cards were freed from the banlist entirely, including cards forpopular themes like “Performapal"and “Majespecter” as well as classic Trap card “Time Seal.”
The suite of changes toYu-Gi-Oh’s Forbidden & Limited List brings several hits aimed at the game’s most powerful decks. “Snake-Eye” took the brunt of the damage, with both “Snake-Eyes Poplar” and “Snake-Eye Ash” set to Limited alongside multiple hits to the “Fiendsmith” engine. Several other powerful decks also saw major cards taken away, with “Tenpai Dragon” losing two copies of “Sangen Summoning” and “Branded” decks seeing their core Spell card in “Branded Fusion” set to 1.Fans ofYu-Gi-Ohcan hopethat the plethora of nerfs to the game’s most powerful decks will help to finally end the long-lasting Tier 0 “Snake-Eye” format.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Yu-Gi-Oh! series is a massive franchise that stretches across a wide array of mediums including Manga, animated series, trading cards, and video games. The original release followed the story of protagonist Yugi Moto as he used powerful cards to battle against his foes. Yu-Gi-Oh! has since been through multiple series and spinoffs that introduce new characters and monsters to the franchise.
