Yu Gi Oh! Banlist November 2023

Though Yugioh is more of a wild west than other TCGs like Magic the Gathering or Pokemon TCG, the official Yugioh banlist makes many Yugioh cards Forbidden, Limited, or Semi Limited to keep the game fair, fun, and balanced. To help you keep your beloved tournament decks legal, we track the full list and latest updates in this guide.

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For now, though, we’ll launch right into the latest Yugioh banlist (in force from September 25, 2023), and then explain exactly how the banlist rules work surrounding Forbidden, Limited, and Semi-Limited cards.

Yugioh banlist 2023

The most recent version of the Yugioh banlist was released on September 15, 2023, and will come into force on September 25, 2023.

The September 25 Yugioh banlist changes are as follows:

Kashtira Arise-Heart changed from Limited to Forbidden
Bystial Magnamhut is now Limited
Chaos Space is now Limited
Herald of Orange Light removed from list
Salamangreat Gazelle removed from list

If a Yugioh card is on the banlist, that means it is either Forbidden, Limited, or Semi-Limited. You can’t play Forbidden cards, you can only have one copy of a Limited card in your Yugioh decks, and you can can only run two copies of a Semi-Limited card.

There are two Yugioh banlists, one for Advanced Format and another for Traditional Format. The banlists contain all the same cards, but cards that are Forbidden in Advanced Format (ie, totally banned) are Limited in Traditional Format: you can take one copy of the card.

The official Yugioh banlist for Advanced Format contains the following cards:

Forbidden Yugioh cards

Monster/Effect

Archnemeses Protos
Artifact Scythe
Barrier Statue Of The Stormwinds
Blackwing – Gofu The Vague Shadow
Block Dragon
Cyber-Stein
Dandylion
Djinn Releaser Of Rituals
Eclipse Wyvern
Eva
Fairy Tail – Snow
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

Monster/Fusion

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

Monster/Synchro

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

Monster/Xyz

Kashtira Arise-Heart (Previously Limited)
Lavalval Chain
M-X-Saber 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
True King Of All Calamities
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity
Zoodiac Broadbull
Zoodiac Drident

Spell

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
Mystic Mine
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

Trap

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

Limited Yugioh cards

Monster

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

Monster/Effect

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

Monster/Fusion

Gem-Knight Master Diamond

Monster/Link

Striker Dragon

Monster/Synchro

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

Monster/Xyz

Beatrice, Lady Of The Eternal
Daigusto Emeral

Spell

Called By The Grave
Card Destruction
Card Of Demise
Chain Strike
Change of Heart
Chaos Space (New)
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
Spellbook Of Judgment
Terraforming
Upstart Goblin

Trap

Magical Explosion
Naturia Sacred Tree
Time Seal

Semi-limited Yugioh cards

Monster/Effect

Destiny Hero – Malicious
Kashtira Unicorn

Spell

Lightning Storm
Pot of Desires
Runick Fountain
Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! (Previously Limited)
Spright Starter

No longer on list

The following YuGiOh cards used to be on the banlist, but as of the September 25 update, they’re totally free to use.

Monster/Effect

Herald of Orange Light (Previously Semi-Limited)
Salamangreat Gazelle (Previously Limited)

What is the Yu Gi Oh banlist?

Yu Gi Oh! Trading Card Game’s publisher, Konami, releases an updated version of the Yu Gi Oh banlist on its official website every couple of months. This lists restrictions on the cards you can include in constructed Yu Gi Oh! decks.

The Yugioh banlist’s rules are simple:

If a card is ‘Forbidden’, it cannot be used in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck
If a card is ‘Limited’, you can only have one copy of it in your main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined
If a card is ‘Semi-limited’, you can only have two copies of it in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.

There are separate banlists for the game’s ‘Advanced’ format (which is used in Regional, National, and World Championship events) and the much looser ‘Traditional’ format. For example many cards are Forbidden in Advanced, but only Limited in Traditional format.

Forbidden, Limited, and Semi-limited cards can be cards of any type, and the Yu Gi Oh banlist typically contains numerous Monster, Monster/Effect, Monster/Fusion, Monster/Link, Monster/Synchro, Monster/Xyz, Spell, and Trap type cards.

Konami says the banlist will get its next update “in a few months”.

Disappointed that the prize cards in your collection aren’t viable with the latest banlist? You could look into other TCGs. The first Disney Lorcana set is hard to get hold of but due a reprint in Winter 2023, so now’s a great time to get on board with a new game.