Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist for September 2023: Forbidden, Limited and Semi-Limited

Yu better check your decks.

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How To by Holly Alice Contributor

Updated on Sept. 18, 2023

Updated to reflect the new Banlist that comes into effect on September 25.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG has had an ever-updating Banlist since the start - and there are some good reasons why! Some quick-thinking players discovered loopholes involving some pretty crazy combos, allowing moves that would quickly break or ruin the game - we are looking at you Last Turn. Basically, there are some cards that are far more powerful than even the creators intended, due to the complexity and growth of the game.

Konami's latest Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist update comes into effect on 25th September 2023 - revising the list of Forbidden, Limited and Semi-Limited cards in the TCG meta. The changes in the latest meta are:

YGO card	Banlist change
Kashtira Arise-Heart	Was Limited, now Forbidden
Bystial Magnumhut	Added to Banlist as Limited
Chaos Space	Added to Banlist as Limited
Herald of Orange Light	Removed from Banlist
Salamangreat Gazelle	Removed from Banlist

Below we've broken down the Banlist into ban type and card type, and will be updating this list every time Konami updates the meta. The list is focused on the Advanced Format, but the only difference between that and the Traditional Format is that all Forbidden cards in Traditional are simply just Limited:

Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
Semi-Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! cards

Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are cards deemed too powerful to have in any of your decks and include the seemingly humble Pot of Greed and the overpowered Maxx “C”.

Seto Kaiba summoning a monster in the film Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions — Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! cards aren’t permitted for use in any official duels, often due to their unfair power. | Image credit: Studio Gallop

Forbidden Monster/Effect Cards

Artifact Scythe
Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds
Archnemeses Protos
Fairy Tail - Snow
Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow
Block Dragon
Cyber-Stein
Dandylion
Djinn Releaser of Rituals
Eclipse Wyvern
Eva
Fiber Jar
Fishborg Blaster
Glow-Up Bulb
Grinder Golem
Level Eater
Magical Scientist
Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin
Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King
Maxx “C”
Mind Master
Orcust Harp Horror
Performage Plushfire
Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders
Ronintoadin
Spyral Master Plan
The Tyrant Neptune
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls
Victory Dragon

Forbidden Monster/Fusion Cards

Tearlaments Kitkallos
Elder Entity Norden
Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom
Thunder Dragon Colossus

Forbidden Monster/Synchro Cards

Chaos Ruler, The Chaotic Magical Dragon
Ib the World Chalice Justiciar
Tempest Magician

Forbidden Monster/Xyz Cards

Kashtira Arise-Heart (Was Limited)
Lavalval Chain
M-X-Saver Invoker
Number 16: Shock Master
Number 42: Galaxy Tomahawk
Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker
Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes 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

Forbidden Spell Cards

Mystic Mine
Brilliant Fusion
Butterfly Dagger - Elma
Card of Safe Return
Chicken Game
Cold Wave
Confiscation
Delinquent Duo
Dimension Fusion
Giant Trunade
Graceful Charity
Heavy Storm
Kaiser Colosseum
Last Will
Mass Driver
Metamorphosis
Mirage of Nightmare
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Smoke Grenade of the Thief
Snatch Steal
Soul Charge
That Grass Looks Greener
The Forceful Sentry
Zoodiac Barrage

Forbidden Trap Cards

Appointer of The Red Lotus
Branded Expulsion
Red Reboot
Imperial Order
Last Turn
Return from the Different Dimension
Royal Oppression
Self-Destruct Button
Sixth Sense
Trap Dustshoot
Ultimate Offering
Vanity’s Emptiness

Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

You are only allowed to have one copy of any Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! card in your deck. These are still feisty cards though, with the frustrating Exodia The Forbidden One and the devastating Magical Explosion sitting among the mix.

Limited Monster Cards

Left Arm Of The Forbidden One
Left Leg Of The Forbidden One
Right Arm Of The Forbidden One
Right Leg Of The Forbidden One

Limited Monster/Effect Cards

Bystial Magnamhut (New)
Agido the Ancient Sentinel
Tearlaments Havnis
Tearlaments Merrli
Tearlaments Scheiren
Armageddon Knight
Astrograph Sorcerer
Black Dragon Collapserpent
Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos
Substitoad
Danger!? Jackalope?
Danger!? Tsuchinoko?
Dark Grepher
Cyber Jar
Dinowrestler Pankratops
Exodia the Forbidden One
Infernity Archfiend
Lunalight Tiger
Machmech Circular
Miscellaneousaurus
Morphing Jar
Performapal Monkeyboard
Phantom Skyblaster
Psy-Framegear Gamma
Red Rose Dragon
Speedroid Terrortop
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms
White Dragon Wyverburster
Zoodiac Ratpier

Limited Monster/Fusion Cards

Gem-Knight Master Diamond

Limited Monster/Link Cards

Striker Dragon

Limited Monster/Synchro Cards

Denglong, First of the Yang Zing
Ancient Fairy Dragon
Psy-Framelord Omega
T.G. Hyper Librarian

Limited Monster/Xyz Cards

Beatrice, Lady Of The Eternal
Daigusto Emeral

Limited Spell Cards

Chaos Space (New)
Called By The Grave
Card Destruction
Card Of Demise
Chain Strike
Spellbook of Judgment
Change of Heart
Divine Wind Of Mist Valley
Dragonic Diagram
Final Countdown
Foolish Burial
Gateway Of The Six
Gold Sarcophagus
Harpie’s Feather Duster
Infernity Launcher
Instant Fusion
Into The Void
Magical Mid-Breaker Field
Mind Control
Monster Gate
Monster Reborn
One Day Of Peace
One For One
Purrely Delicious Memory
Reasoning
Reinforcement Of The Army
Sekka’s Light
Set Rotation
Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones
Slash Draw
Terraforming
Upstart Goblin

Limited Trap Cards

Magical Explosion
Naturia Sacred Tree
Time Seal

Semi-Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

You are only allowed to have two copies of any Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! card in your deck. The Semi-Limited list might be short, but believe us, they certainly all still deserve their place on the banlist.