I Created The Ultimate Banlist That Would Save Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

[@shadowrabbitygo]

What’s your dream banlist for the upcoming format? Drop a comment!😊

[@shy_waffle]

@@shadowrabbitygo ban all splashable boss monsters. Different main deck bus same extra deck 🤦‍♂️

[@YubelTheLovingDefenderForever]

Let Konami still do their ban list, but add players choice in tournaments? Like players get to choose 1 main deck and/or 1 extra deck card which will be banned during the tournament. No idea though how many participants there are but there probably will be multiple people banning the same cards. I'd like to see one tournament played with such a rule tbh.

[@Keurgui1]

Ban every card in the game and replace them with Uno cards Would save the game imo

[@GeeksOasis]

Chicken game is cracked in white woods. Running one copy in it currently. 3 copies of it would be a dream.

[@DonGiovanni-u3h]

Very questionable hits on this list to be honest. All it would do is incentivize players to switch to “Yubel Fiendsmith” variants, “Gimmick Puppet” FTK, which is not what the game needs right now. We really don’t need the game to be more die roll dependent than it already is. Combo Decks are not addressed in any meaningful way; “Crossout Designator” remains at 3, yet we should hit “Droll & Lock Bird” because Decks aren’t consistent enough or whatever? Also, “Branded Lost” hit? Really? TlDR; terrible list, 2/10

[@shadowrabbitygo]

When was the last time u actually saw a pile combo deck perform tho? I suggested 2 unhealthy hand traps get banned, not all of them, so there’s plenty ways of stopping combo decks ever since Baronne and Svg got banned, not to mention I’d like Apollousa to be banned as well, so how are u actually resolving the combo with so many hand traps and boardbreakers in the game and u having 1 Called By, 3 Crossout (which make ur consistency worse since u have to play targets and u’re already playing a combo deck) and no omni-negates, unless u establish the Fiendsmith fusion. Also, yeah, Branded Lost is an unfair card.

[@DonGiovanni-u3h]

No offense, but are you sure you and I are talking about the same card game??? 1. Lots of strategies this format are playing the Fiendsmith package in their Decks. Yet, you’d have me believe this is not a combo pile Deck? 2. This format has been to ridden to the core with players stuffing as many handtraps in their Decks as possible, whilst being able to play minimal engine. So no, you do not have to “go out of your way to play Crossout Designator targets” in your Deck to make the most use out of the card, Decks already do it. Are you really not aware of the 1-card combo dilemma nowadays? 3. Branded Lost is not the problem, nor has it ever been. You might as well hit Altergeist Protocol and other cards like it because they too do not promote interaction. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

[@Raphael4722]

Thank god Konami makes the banlist and not the players.

[@alpha34098]

Yeah. just the Banned cards make no sense Appollusa is a Generic Monster Negate that can be used multiple times? Yes. But, it is Ban Worthy?' Nope. She requires so much investment in order to get the most out of her (something most decks can't really afford to since making 3 or 4 Monsters to make this one is completely resource taxing) and, since it weakens herself to Negate something, Negating the wrong thing or Overusing her Negates, and the Opponent simply will call Battle and send her to Mount Olympus Similar thing happens with Sanctifire, If you only ban both Gimmick Puppet Nightmare (since its effect is Lingering) and Ido (because you can't summon at all as long as it exists), the Lock will cease to be a problem since either they have to give up thieir combo in order to use Branded Fusion to get that lock piece into the GY (Orthros, Disciple, Jowgen, and Iblee) or either the damage you would be taking will be so Neglible that the opponent can simply call Battle Phase and Crash that Piece into the Sanctifire (Krysta and Vice Requiem are 2800) or the opponent have ways to get rid of it Banning King Calamity is simply declaring that Centurion will be unplayable as its own deck and, if you ban this, there's no reason to ban Crimson Dragon (and Viceversa)

[@Raphael4722]

@@alpha34098 Yup. Plus Apollousa is kind of the "weakness" of the Snake-Eye endboard because it can't protect itself against take cards like Change of Heart, Mind Control, Talents. If you take their Apo it allows you to negate 2 or 3 of their other interruptions like Masquerena or Princess. Desirae is much worse - an omni-negate with targeting protection. They probably won't ban Desirae but they should make it harder to summon. King Calamity will be banned eventually but they should let Centur-ion get all their support and achieve some tops first.

[@alpha34098]

@@Raphael4722 Centurion needs even more support and/or a full errata on the restriction so the monsters so it only applies if they're Summoned from the Spell and Trap Zones. As it stands they can only be summoned once per turn no matter where, which makes them very slow for Modern Yu-Gi-Oh since they can't make boards on Turn 1 and is not until Turn 3 when a Centurion Deck can make the Board it was designed for. That's why they're dependent on King Calamity in order to make sure it can survive Turn 2 since the other 2 Options are very risky to use

[@autobotstarscream765]

Heavy Storm isn't just about the opponent's backrow, it wipes their backrow while also wiping yours to set off stuff like Artifacts without fear of what your opponent had set, they're currently experimenting with the card coming back to see if the game has evolved to a point that it can handle that older play.

[@Time2Act123]

This is no bannlist prediction . Its an i hate Decks and want them to die, list .

[@shadowrabbitygo]

🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jermale39]

Facts

[@Junglewarfare]

I think Deck lockdown should definitely join that list of floodgates you banned. Not sure about the droll hit. Especially bringing back chicken game and into the void. We would get some pretty crazy consistent decks with triple upstart, triple chicken game, maybe even triple Pseudo Space. Overall, I enjoy this list and would maybe add some of the cannon soldier ftk cards but besides that great list!

[@benji7040]

You're so right to include Branded Lost and Feather Storm

[@benji7040]

Good list, need to add Deck Lockdown too though

[@Metaknight145]

The problem with the draw one cards aren't the cards themselves, the problem is when there's a critical mass of them together at one time.

[@francescolofaro8258]

That Yu-Gi-Oh era Is over. Decks are currently playing much over 40, because you can't fit all you Need in 40 Cards only.

[@Petsinwinter2]

​​@@francescolofaro8258 that doesn't mean much when a critical mass of generic draw spells is meant to set up an Exodia or Magical Explosion FTK

[@CyrusIsnt]

All Those bans are a bad idea. This only makes combo even better.

[@Robert96902]

Lol true, if you’re gonna ban all that you should hit the combo decks respectively

[@CyrusIsnt]

@@Robert96902 The whole turbo hype combo plays lacks very little Consequences. Running to a floodgate and you not running tools to function in a slower gamestate is on you. Games should not be so often decided turn 1 or 2. There needs to be some exchange

[@jokr7776]

I gotta agree with this too. Like don't get me wrong Stun is an annoying archetype to play, and I have a full Runick stun at my disposal. But at the same time, in the past few YCS/WCS, what percentage of tops were Runick stun? 2-3 decks average making it to top 64? If it was really that big of a problem, wouldn't it be way more prevalent/more deck representation in the tops? To add onto that, I know that having 2-3 stun players is nothing to laugh at, when other archetypes can't cut it, but when you think of all the other archetypes that have far more representation that no longer have to think about running into Stun and planning ahead for that?

[@shadowrabbitygo]

With all the hand traps and boardbreakers we have at our disposal, not to mention most important omni negates are largely gone plus I’m advocating for the banning of Apollousa and stuff that prevents u from disrupting combo decks with Nibiru etc. .. I think combo can’t thrive in that kind of environment

[@CyrusIsnt]

@@shadowrabbitygo they issue isnt just the negates, but its nature at this point. Just pushing though hand traps or interuptions. A few eras back. You had you had to prepare to be set back. But cards so overtuned floodgates are the only response people feel is impactful.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Into the Void is probably because of Dark World and/or Infernity, two Decks the TCG banlist writers fear.

[@Ambrael51]

Amazing list. The only thing I would add is Psy-Framegear Gamma back to three

[@PlxtinumElegance]

None of the Harpie cards deserve to be banned. Cards like Feather Storm and Feather duster are what make that archetype so fun and unique. I think just limiting the player to only having 1 in their decks is more fair than banning it.

[@LunaMelodyyVT]

I so agree with this list, and i agree that Tiger could even go back to 3.

[@TheKOng2000]

So you want everyone to just play combos deck? Yugioh is unique for player allowing to express their playstyle. There’s a thing called side deck. But I guess siding in 3 cosmic, 1 Harpie, 2lightnjng storm, takes away your chance to combo.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Huh? What combo deck are u gonna be running that doesn’t lose to hand traps we have in the game, not to mention I’m advocating for the banning of omni negates and Apollousa, so what are u using to negate the boardbreakers once u combo?

[@dudeman209]

Rescue Ace seems to do better in an environment where cards like Maxx C are legal cuz it plays well into Maxx C. So the introduction of the Multcharmy cards into the TCG could make Rescue Ace a much better deck. Sangen Summoning should be at 1 if Terraforming is legal. Pot of Prosperity at 3 is insane. Excavate 6 to choose 1 is as good as draw 2 if not better. A lot of these banned cards in the TCG are legal in the OCG and Master Duel and don't anything over there (no one plays Zoodiacs LMAO, it's 2024). I don't understand the TCG approach to their banlist. Wanted and Snake Eye Ash are already at 1 with Bonfire at 2 in both the OCG and MD. In both formats, the best deck is essentially a tie between Yubel and Snake Eye.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Are you saying free Savage Dragon?

[@dudeman209]

@@autobotstarscream765 I'm not saying that here per se, but I do think that. Baronne and Savage are legal in MD and they're not really used that much by the fire decks anymore since Snake-Eye Ash and Wanted got moved to 1. If you're forced to play anything other than pure Snake Eye, the lines into Baronne and Savage are still possible, but have downsides and eat up extra deck space.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@dudeman209 Imho, Baronne might be a little too annoying/potentially annoying, but Savage Dragon just feels like another TCG hate crime against Dragon Link. #FreeDragonLink

[@dudeman209]

@@autobotstarscream765 I think that's a very reasonable position. The thing about Baronne is that it can tag itself out after it has used its effect. That makes it much more toxic.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@dudeman209 Yeah, if Savage Dragon did that he'd be cancer on a stick fr. 😂

[@nikolaskohl4269]

Heavy storm to 1 makes a ton of sense. Sure it will hurt backrow decks some, but most interactive cards can chain to so it doesn't completely blow out something like Lab. It's better against floodgates than it is against cards going 1for1, and that seems alright.

[@unknownposter2075]

I think a new master rule is what would save Yugioh more than a single ban list.

[@ejstephens7918]

This probably does create new problems in the game, but it gets us a lot closer to where we want to be. You have to go a little at a time to see what needs to be fixed next and this would be a good start. Sadly Konami probably won't treat us this way

[@autobotstarscream765]

I'm confused as to why hit both Crimson and Calamity. Calamity has to go because without Crimson he can still drop before the Main Phase with Etude of the Branded (everyone's favorite lock archetype strikes again!), what does Crimson grab without Calamity? We already know the card designers want Red Nova to be free and instant Turn 1 every game since they're printing the Crimson Devil as a searchable Earthbound Immortal, so...Red Supernova? Cosmic Blazar? Shooting Quasar? Feels like a band-aid to keep Centur-Ion and Transcendosaurus from the Deck Build Packs alive at rogue tier.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

I don’t like generic cards that can cheat out monsters, I know it’s not exactly Agarpain but it’s not much worse either

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@shadowrabbitygo Maybe if Agarpain was a Link-6, he'd be fair. 😛

[@payrox1853]

I understand limiting the Tenpai field spell, but limiting Paidra? that is just unjustified hate.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Semi-limit field* and limit Paidra is fair imo

[@Slayerthecrow]

On my opinion, every Type searcher Spell that is not a minus 1 should be limited, ROTA, Bonfire, Fossil Dig, all at 1.

[@isaiahgonzalez5055]

Agreed! Search cards need to be limited!! It isn’t fair that ROTA is at 1, but other cards you mentioned are not even on the ban list.

[@autobotstarscream765]

R.I.P. Dinosaurs, extinct again.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Agreed!

[@BladeEdge86]

Most of your suggestions make sense, though I have a few suggestions. Chicken Game is a lot scarier than you think it is due to its use as part of an Exodia FTK. Chicken Game should have remained banned and Royal Magical Library which is part of this same strategy should probably be limited. All the virus cards shoud be banned, they are way too OP, with some of them being especially OP in Labyrinth decks. Dimension Shifter and Droll should be limited, but not banned, they are powerful but not nearly as frightening as the other cards you suggested. Crimson Dragon is the best call you have made here, especially with Centurion decks making Crimson Dragon easier to get out than ever before. There is no way Crimson Dragon won't be hit at some point, it is just a matter of time. As a Branded player I know how powerful Branded Lost is, but Branded Regained is actually even more powerful due to it allowing you to summon a bystial monster once per turn if your opponent normal or special summons that turn. This can allow mutiple searches through Bystial Magnamut continuously being revived, and can be good for graveyard setup by constantly reviving and using Bystial Saronir's effect to dump cards to the graveyard. It also allows you to draw a card when a light or dark monster gets banished. Granted the monster banished goes to the bottom of the deck, but if is your opponents monster or an extra deck monster this in effect becomes a free draw one. Branded Regained is also splashable in many decks which use light and or dark monsters even if they don't have other Branded cards as part of their engine. If you are going to hit a branded card though Branded Fusion is probably the best one due to being a one card combo. Branded fusion can be used to fusion summon Albion the Branded Dragon which can then be used to fusion summon Lubellion the Searing Dragon which can then be used to bring out Mirrorjade and if you use Bystial Lubellion as one of the fusion materials for Branded Fusion you can just tribute Albion the Branded Dragon to the graveyard to bring him to the field and set faceup on the field a Branded continuous spell or trap. I wouldn't ban it outright, but I think Master Duel limiting it to one was actually reasonable, especially with recursion cards like Branded Retribution which make it easy to bring it back. There is also Fusion Duplication which can be used mimic the effect of any fusion card in either graveyard by banishing it, it even works with archetype specific fusion cards like Branded Fusion. I can understand the outrage over degenerate strategies like the Gimmick Puppet lock with Sanctifire. This problem can perhaps be fixed with an errata making its revivals more archetype specific, or negating the effects of the monsters summoned either on the turn they were summoned, or while they are on the field or something. Overall though I think there should be better going second options so going first isn't such an overwhelming advantage in so many cases, excessive omni negates and floodgates are definitely a problem for the overall balance of the game. You are mostly on the right track here.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Only 2 things to add: Virus cards are used at 1 in Lab; Eradicator for example, since they can access it easily so it would have to be banned imo and if u limit Droll and Shifter they become sacky 1-offs which is not ok

[@leonardobonfante7251]

All this hatred for Apollousa is not justified 😢

[@ScandinavianPrince]

Yes it is

[@magicyami]

And the band played on is a super funny floodgate. I dont think floodgates are a problem though. Those are actually a really good reason to bring heav storm out instead of

[@victorprado2389]

ban appolusa and bring back borresavage, think about it, borre can use a negate one per turne, and appolusa use all of them un one turn, it a win for the banlist and for dragons players jeje

[@autobotstarscream765]

OCG loves printing Dragons and TCG banlist writers hate Dragon Link, #FreeDragonLink 🐉

[@austinanderson5720]

Continuing on the line of floodgates powersink stone can be used in substitute of skill drain

[@daniloduarte6863]

Ban droll and bring into the void to 3, then, let me cook my sky striker bamboo exodia ftk

[@Litigation342]

What's with all the bans lol,

[@christopherschulz8493]

Yeah no Gimmick Puppets 🎉❤

[@nabeelwantza5484]

I think it does not matter which cards get banned because the game is so broken that it would just make you want other cards to be banned

[@autobotstarscream765]

So free everything?

[@nabeelwantza5484]

@@autobotstarscream765 my point is it doesn't matter if they free everything or alot of cards gets banned the meta would just change and other decks would be at the level of the snake eyes and fiend Smith is

[@autobotstarscream765]

@nabeelwantza5484 That sounds a lot more reasonable and positive than your previous statement, of course there will always be a meta, but there's a big difference between Tier 1 and Tier 0 in terms of the health of the game.

[@nabeelwantza5484]

@@autobotstarscream765 I get what you saying bro but the game has been broken for years already there isn't going back and I think Konami know this that's why they started something like rush duels where they are starting from the ground up

[@autobotstarscream765]

@nabeelwantza5484 So what can they do for the original game in the meantime while they drag their feet bringing Rush Duels to the TCG market?

[@Cal-fr9mw]

This list was hot hot hot

[@shy_waffle]

I wanna ban all splashable boss monsters

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@shy_waffle How about ones with generic materials but a bonus for running them with their intended materials, such as Evolzar Lars?

[@shy_waffle]

@@autobotstarscream765 I’ll give it a maybe but I feel it should only be for reptiles & Dino’s. I personally don’t like it when all extra decks basically have the same boss monsters

[@Jaddas]

Prankkids was only really good, because it was the best engine for DPE/Adventure. Even if they didnt hit prankkids directly, just banning verte would have probably been enough to push the deck out of tier 1. Not to mention the fact that POTE completely powercrept the deck anyways. I really hope they finally bring meowmeow back. There is no way that deck will be higher than rogue even with 3 cats...

[@shawnjavery]

Requiem is basically just verte 2.0. If they gut SE as hard as they should and ban the game ending pay offs for the fiendsmith line, adventure prankids with FS still seems pretty ignorant. Largely for the same reasons as before.

[@Jaddas]

@@shawnjavery it has a lot of synergy with fiendsmith, but I highly doubt the deck would do relevant damage in top tier settings against decks like yubel or tenpai.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

I played them without DPE and did well, not even Verte was thaaat necessary (I only used it for Thunder Dragon Fusion a couple times), Adventure Pranks are great but they would be power crept now for sure

[@Jaddas]

@@shadowrabbitygo It was still a good deck, but it would have had this best deck status without dpe. I definitly think it was necessary. The fact that a kid can get Pranks+DPE through imperm without extenders was insane. Buttler was nice, but it was the best one card combo of the format, because it on its own beat imperm. Well... It was the best one card combo until Branded fusion was printed...

[@grey00012]

What did branded lost do to you? Lol

[@DMD_Yugioh]

@@grey00012 have you been Sanctifier locked?

[@Mf_blue]

@@DMD_Yugiohwhat does branded lost have to do with puppet locks💀 ban sanct or gimmick puppet knightmare and branded is Gucci

[@autobotstarscream765]

@grey00012 Branded in general is kind of on her hit list, since from what I can tell, it's a pileup of locks and she hates all of them. Wonder what she thinks of their new boss monster Light and Darkness Dragonlord? 🤔

[@xXNeoNashXx]

Branded lost makes the lock pretty much unrespondable. Plus its pretty busted snd gives you a plus one like all the time😊

[@Mf_blue]

@@xXNeoNashXx if they ban puppet lock that isn't a problem

[@EHYGO]

Ban droll ban shifter #FREEMASTERPLAN

[@elcalich33sehead]

I can get behind this list, except for Harpie's Feather Storm. I would also bring back Master Peace so having 3 Diagram makes sense. Also how do you feel about Ultimate Offering coming back?

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Nah I don’t think Ultimate Offering can come back, Master Peace would cause issues imo, maybe I’m just too scared but I don’t like unaffected cards, even if it can be outed with random things like Droplet (since it doesn’t get summoned with spells that much but then people would just preemptively make it with spells)

[@cbgg1585]

Lmao, Shifter exists out of necessity because it keeps alot of these broken decks in check. The power creep of Yu-Gi-Oh has created the Graveyard to be so much more than just a second hand to the point of absurdity. Until we have alternative answers via Konami to graveyard threats then Shifter SHOULD stay at 3. It’s not splashable in every deck and drawing 2, and I have even drawn all 3 copies going first is always a detriment. All this whingeing about Shifter is absolutely cringe and OTT!

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Yup it’s not splashable, meaning decks that can run it have a completely unfair advantage, not to mention there’s practically no outs to it because they can use it going first so even if u happen to draw ur one-of called by, it’s not gonna matter on turn 0, it’s a toxic card, period. Yeah, Konami should take a long hard look at what they’ve done in recent years in terms of power creep etc but creating toxic cards to fix the issue is not actually fixing that issue.

[@heelalucard2962]

Saying this while ad playing, I'm sure skill drain and d shifter is on there lol.

[@ATM_Elly]

No way, sanctfire shouldn't be banned thats literally the only card that can make branded avoid things like lightning storm/evenly without having to run one brick for dragoon, instead cards like nightmare & ido should be the ones getting banned. I think opening shouldn't get limited, because it will hurt it's own deck (sacred beasts) instead of yubel cards, for example i have no issue with banning calamity because it's own deck (Resonators/RDA) don't even use it And i think either I:P or S:P should get banned too because they literally powercrept the knightmares And finally regarding fenrir i think it should be limited because cards that easily banish stuff face down shouldn't exist so generically because its hard to interact with face-down banished cards

[@asuna5701]

If refreshing to see a girl talk about Yu Gi Oh! I’d love for you to do discussions on the animes❤

[@RomulloOLobo]

Deck Lockdown?

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Hmmm yeah I guess that, too. It only stays for a couple turns tho and doesn’t linger like Droll, u can still destroy it if necessary. But yeah, it does prevent too much so sure, that can go as well!

[@UTgohan]

Can we bring dimension fusion back to 3?:P decks already spam 10 plus special summons already

[@Fernando_Mauricio]

Someone is biased against tempai 🤨

[@Zodiark0Knight]

I think cards that can search themselves should be at 1.

[@dennismedling9541]

This is just a start to fixing.... also need to fix short prints to fix the expensive decks.... this game is for kids always has been why are kids not being included.... they are the future of the game.... those are just more examples of what to fix

[@damnboiiiiiii123]

love the Banlist!

[@ChampionOfSkyrim]

I think Graceful Charity or Pot of Greed can go to one

[@kishimotoMn]

all is good, but... let my harpie´s out of this

[@tristengonzalez8174]

Where is the Master Piece on this list? 😶

[@shadowrabbitygo]

It’s scary:(

[@tristengonzalez8174]

@@shadowrabbitygo it's nothing compared to Arise-heart 😭

[@Masterduelist31]

The video😀 😁😄 the thumbnail😞. Also pros should not be hit at all…. If tip is limited fountain at 3 apo banned is a stretch to. Aybss dweller is weird to we need droll and shifter to stop snake eyes lol banning gozen match and warlords is bad

[@evand9113]

Add exaton knight. You can nuke the field then go into the fiend Smith engiusing the xyz card.

[@icehurricanegaming2978]

This list is so terrible and your reason behind each card is a poor explanation. This list is basically a wish list on what you want just in your opinion not giving us a good reason on each card just your opinion and you just don't like it.

[@xzy9729]

All is okay for me except droll. Just need him for ftk deckd

[@MZX4206969]

As a yubel player, youre doing nothing with putting gates to one. Ill just play 3 dark beckoning. A better hit is phantom to 1. Yubel by itself is cool but not tier 0. With phantom it becomes tier 1.5. With fiendsmith it becomes to 1 to tier 0.5

[@primo3011]

What are your thoughts on I:P? I have always believed that the card should go and never return lol

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Hm I like I:P into Unicorn, everything else is a tiny bit too much hahah but yeah I get ur point, it’s really good, although u could argue it’s not too op by itself, the issue is it’s part of insane end boards ..

[@anthonysulpizio2269]

Are you insane??

[@voidlockdragon1406]

I agree with most everything except for the limited and banned portion of the list (Glow-up Bulb should be at 1 imo). For Snake-Eyes, I am more inclined for Snake-Eyes Oak going to 1 rather than Ash, then ban the Snake-Eyes Dragon which is the more busted card. I rather Snake-Eyes be a good link deck with a much weaker recovery/board breaking than just reducing the consistency of their plays which would still be the case with Wanted and Bonfire to 1. They won't hit Crimson Dragon since it's the overall boost that Synchro decks needed to remain competitive especially with Baronne banned making synchroing much weaker, also they printed enough cards with Crimson Dragon requirement to be it's own archetype. Banning Crimson Dragon would just overall just banning a set of cards since it needs Crimson Dragon to be used. Synchro decks overall are harder to play since they require a specific setup with a tuner+non-tuner that match the levels that you care to summon from. Other summoning type decks like Link, XYZ, Pend, and Fusion are much more easier to play and get those strategies going than Synchro only based deck. For synchro decks, it's mostly a 2-card investment to summon a synchro boss monster unless you are cheating them out which is rare (Swordsoul with tokens, White Forest with the summoning from deck), but they always have some sort of requirement to even cheat out that way to make synchroing easier in those decks. I am more of the proponent that cards that are broken due to interaction between 2 cards should just ban the more disgusting of them. In the case of Sanctifire Dragon, the Gimmick Puppet Nightmare is the much bigger offender. The other targets for Sanctifire doesn't instant win you the game and the next best target being Ido is a Secret Rare only printing from Raging Battle, a 15+ year old set that no one cares about and highly doubt Konami would even reprint Ido ever. The rest of the Sanctifire targets are harder to setup or the payoff isn't worth the effort that you would realistically never see it in tourny play. In terms of future proofing, very doubtful they would ever print a card like Gimmick Puppet Nightmare again. Konami for the TCG, if they cared to prevent Sanctifire plays outside of Branded, hitting Branded Fusion to 1 would also kill off any potential seeing Sanctifire plays outside Branded. For Tenpai, I would switch the Field Spell and Paidra in their spots in the list. The field spell is what makes Tenpai very annoying to deal with. I don't think any deck should ever get a field spell that protects you from any effect during the Main Phase 1 for Fire Dragon monsters and also searches your deck for any Tenpai monster. I can see the field spell being abused in some future fire dragon deck that needs to be eventually be addressed. For the trap floodgates, just putting them to 1 is fine enough. It's already difficult enough to make use of the trap floodgates that don't mess with your strategy, let alone being able to draw into the card and be useful during the duel. By putting them to 1, you can't base your entire strategy of the trap floodgate so it should be fine just putting them at 1. Also, enough cards to get rid of that 1 copy of said trap floodgate that it would mostly do nothing anyways. The cards like Droll and Shifter should be at this point be put to 2 though I have my reservations in doing so. The issue is that the game is way too fast and we actually do need these type of hand traps in the game to actually slow down your opponent and be meaningful. The recent trend with Konami printing the Mulcharmy cards is proof that they are fine with these types of hand traps that hinder the opponent for their entire turn. I do think that Droll and Shifter at 2 would be the middleground for the playerbase that either like or dislike the usage of these cards. The last thing would be Beatrice which should be banned now that making rank 6 monsters is easy to do with Fiendsmith Engine, but I also propose putting Fabled Lurrie into being banned. I know Konami would never touch the Fiendsmith cards just when they just got released. Konami will only touch cards for the ban list that have already been out for years. By banning Fabled Lurrie, it would make the Fiendsmith Engine not as hyper efficient as it is right now, but still be the absolute powerful engine that it is for most decks. Overall, I liked your list and just bring back all the cards that don't break the game and were banned just because they were the meta at that time. A lot of the ban list are cards that were forgotten by Konami for some reason. I also still don't understand bringing back Thunder Dragon Colossus and Archnemes Protos, since they both have pretty powerful floodgatish effects on them.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Some good points imo but I disagree with Oak cause no one plays more than 1 anyway, also floodgates shouldn’t be sacky cause I’m not gonna side backrow removal against decks that backrow removal does nothing against, just so I can potentially out a floodgate they have to draw into cause it’s a one-of and then I also have to see the backrow removal, like it’s just not gonna happen and I’d rather not get sacked by a random deck because of that, also Shifter and Droll to 2 is still too much cause they’re not just putting top decks in check but ruining the experience for most decks since only select few can run cards like Shifter for example

[@voidlockdragon1406]

@@shadowrabbitygo Yeah, I only mentioned the Oak to 1 only if they were to ban Flamberge Dragon since it would be a massive hit to Snake-Eyes. Like I said before, I think Snake-Eyes's recovery is the bigger issue with that deck and board clearing them does nothing when they have so many ways to get back their board and followup otk during their turn. With the Shifter and Droll to 2, I do have mixed feelings about them. It's really that the meta is still too fast that even Shifter or Droll doesn't slow them down enough and still hurt the weaker decks when dealing with them. At 2 would help somewhat alleviate that feeling and depending on how the meta is shaping, a more drastic hit could be necessary after this upcoming ban list. Konami will need to print alternatives that are more balanced but still effective at slowing down the game. The inclusion of the Mulcharmy and Dominus cards are probably Konami's way of trying to give going second a chance to break these powerful boards given the state of the current game. Mulcharmies being the balanced Maxx C that is tolerable for TCG while leaving Maxx C banned. The Dominus cards just being an attributed restricted based way to add more handtraps to them, but the restriction is too much for it to be currently viable since we have so much access to hand traps of different attributes that the Dominus cards actually reduce the amount of available hand traps you could use. About Floodgate Traps, putting them to 1 is already a hard ask to draw into them and then set them. If you are maining floodgate traps if they are at 1, you most likely not draw or make use of them, with the small chance it's non-effective in a tournament setting since you are playing mostly a varied amount of decks in say a regional/nats/worlds. Also, only effective if you are going first, going second they are almost dead cards unless it's gozen, there can only be one, and rivalry of warlords which actually gets rid of monsters on your opponent's board if they fall into the restriction. Overall, Floodgate traps put to 1 and being non-searchable already makes them fair under the circumstances of a tournament setting. Also, floodgate strats fall into a stun type deck and I rather see runick stuff get banned over some trap floodgate that gets rarely played. The only real bannable floodgate traps are cards like summon limit, royal oppression, vanity's emptiness since they are used aggressively to stop a vital game mechanic that the vast majority of decks rely on, while the other trap floodgates are in the weaker scale of gating off mechanics.

[@nauticoom]

Flamberge and oak should also be banned

[@MultiDomko]

BRING BACK THE PEACE!❤️

[@bleachdbzfan]

fiendsmith is killing yugioh

[@codywellsbigdog5908]

i disagree with Droll and lock the bird Crimson Dragon and Skill Drain not a problem also Rescue ARC doesn't need full power that would create a problem all over again plus I just don't see Droll getting hit I mean y'all wanted to happen and still has not gotten hit if I may point out that if it does happen then it's going to be Chaos really bad of course then you have to deal with people making a Bored could be extre hard to get clear out so bad idea Banning Droll and lock bird

[@tkthasavage]

Banning crimson dragon makes no sense

[@ClayManLX]

Banning hand traps are a stupid idea

[@alejandrofuentes8633]

This aint gonna happen 😂

[@jacobguy3343]

I like the list I had the same thought on pot 2 seems like a good number in addition to this I would add Called by the Grave too 2 have some protection from hand traps or a gy disrupt and feels less sacky And simorgh link bring it back since feather storm would be banned and the statue is banned

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Simorgh link prevents targeting and I don’t think that’s okay, also Called By should probably be either 3 or 0, it’s one of those cards ..

[@jacobguy3343]

@shadowrabbitygo ohhh I forgot about the simorgh targeting tbh it's been a minute lol

[@dannyxxboii8838]

Bring back Predaplant Anaconda 🐍 but ban Ido and Gimmick puppet 😇

[@deepwatertrading3530]

Brilliant fusion

[@tarikshell9719]

What about pot of greed and graceful charity they both can go to one and would have no effect on the meta today

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Pot of greed maybe but graceful is stupidly busted, it can’t be unbanned imo

[@michaelgrant1723]

I nominate this list to be the official list Konami uses!! Rock on!

[@TupackYGO]

i disagree with the floodgates. period

[@Wmi1-Wy]

dont understand why they need ban branded lost =))

[@LeonanLopes]

Faltou algum card de Labrynth nessa lista.

[@DMD_Yugioh]

This is the ultimate banlist tbh.

[@aokijiiceage9589]

Sad my boy master peace isn’t freed but diagram at 3 nice

[@jumpiestaman100]

I think ban every single floodgate, handtrap, and board breaker in the game. Hope you roll the dice and go first. The community is honestly baffling. Combo deck bad sure, but floodgates somehow good?

[@jokr7776]

So in other words just turn Yugioh into a dice rolling game? If I wanna roll dice, I’ll go to a casino where I can at least roll for money

[@Nightless008]

Keep lost and ban sanctifire

[@lucasassis4678]

Naturia sacred Three unlimited and tear fusion girls semi

[@shadowrabbitygo]

Maybe with more hits to Runick but Tear cards being where they are on the list (also Ishizu cards) have to stay there

[@masterflamewing234]

Why do TCG players refuse to acknowledge ash needs to be banned. N

[@Mf_blue]

Cause that would shoot branded to tier 1 or tier 0

[@masterflamewing234]

@@Mf_blue stop being selusional

[@Mf_blue]

@@masterflamewing234 bro how r u gonna stop branded fusion without ash💀

[@Mf_blue]

branded with ash is maybe tier 1.5 without you literally lose first turn every time

[@masterflamewing234]

@@Mf_blue snake eye ash you dummy

[@adamsand000]

Id add flamberge to banned but other than that k love it

[@jaxoboneill5397]

Mid no sp

[@AlexShade-bv7qw]

Oss ban is the best ban, wanted & witch are an engine that can and will be used in the future (the modern nadir servant) the problem is the connection to fire oss gives..

[@jtalkalot19]

This is one of the dumbest lists I've seen yet. I usually don't comment on these, but this is bad enough that i have to say something. This list does nothing to address the big 3 in our meta and it just makes them easier to play with less answers to them. This list is more aimed at the rouge decks. Lost, shifter, droll all very dumb hits. And if are gonna hit them, where's mistake, colossus, macro, dfiss and deck lockdown. Feather storm is very iffy, dweller too.

[@rudycod574]

Where is Elpy? #elpyfree

[@autobotstarscream765]

@rudycod574 I don't think she likes generic Dragon support. 🐉

[@rudycod574]

@@autobotstarscream765 I hope Konami does😂

[@ZombieReese]

There are too many changes

[@samanderson1188]

Girl I love your channel but the chances of such list happening is highly unlikely. I like to see ban list wants or predictions that I feel are at least a possible reality.

[@shadowrabbitygo]

I have actual predictions on my channel, this is very intentionally not predictions but an idea to make the game better :)

[@ejstephens7918]

This is obviously not a prediction, what are you on about??

[@RegnoDelleOmbre]

why ban protos if you can just ban banshee or nemeses flag? sws without baron and protos is literally a meme, if they ban banshee or nemeses flag only sws can search for protos if goes uninterrupted.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Flag also searches Corridor (Colossus) and Eschatos, they eat it as well if Flag goes.

[@konstantinmateev1042]

omg,limit opening of the spirit game-since released for first time yubel make top 4 and u claim that its too powerful when playing 8 bricks from 42 cards.meanwhile this idiotismm field spell card of tenpai semilimited-unaffected.unaffected is equal to I totally suckk on the game and cannot play through hand traps (meanwhile playing 3 raigeki,dark hole,2 storms) pls dont kill me.as per your list branded despia will worth more in the fireplace than in the game.protos is actually on luck since first turn u dont know against what kind of deck u are playing.ban for tenpai (cost 50 usd compete with 500 usd decks).

[@Turtlemaster4]

1st 🎉

[@ap4ever577]

1st!!!

[@ilgattoyuumi]

Nope