Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Bans Five Cards, Limits Four

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Since its launch in January, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has seen a plethora of updates bringing new cards, cosmetics, and solo mode stories to the game. Each monthly season since the game's release has featured a special event, with past events focusing on summoning mechanics like Synchro and Fusion or deck-building limitations like the N/R Festival. The most recent event for the popular online card game introduced its first competitive-focused event, the Duelist Cup. Now, with the Duelist Cup concluding last weekend, Konami has released its newest Forbidden and Limited List.

Following the conclusion of the Duelist Cup, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel officially unveiled its newest changes to the game's banlist, set to arrive on August 31st. Master Duel's newest banlist features a collection of five cards being hit with a Forbidden status, meaning players cannot run any copies in their decks. Cards like Imperial Order, Vanity's Emptiness, and True King of All Calamities all received bans for their overwhelming strength in the game's format. Others like Number 75: Bamboozling Gossip Shadow and Destiny HERO — Celestial were also hit for their interactions with certain decks.

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The newest update to Master Duel's banlist also saw four cards being added to the game's Limited list, restricting them to one copy per deck. Crossout Designator and Pot of Prosperity received limitations for their generic strength across multiple decks, with Crossout allowing players to negate cards and Prosperity giving draw power. Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu was also limited to one copy due to the strength of the Prank-Kids cards alongside the recently introduced Adventurer cards. The last limited card, Fusion Destiny, lets