Forbidden

This article is about the tournament restriction status. For the series, see Forbidden (series). For other uses, see Forbidden (disambiguation).

Forbidden
Japanese (base text)	禁止カード
Japanese (romanized)	Kinshi Kādo
English	Forbidden card
Other names French: carte Interdite German: Verbotene Karte Italian: carta Proibita Spanish: carta Prohibida Korean: 금지 카드 (禁止 Card) Geumji Kadeu

In the OCG and the TCG Advanced Format, Forbidden (禁止 Kinshi) cards, sometimes unofficially called banned, are cards that players are not allowed to use in their Main Deck, Side Deck, or Extra Deck. There are no Forbidden cards in the Traditional Format; by default, all Forbidden cards are Limited in the Traditional Format.

These cards are Forbidden as of July 1, 2016 for the OCG, and August 29, 2016 for the TCG Advanced Format.

Monster Cards

	Japanese name	OCG	TCG Advanced
Agido the Ancient Sentinel	古衛兵アギド	Forbidden	Forbidden
Amazoness Archer	アマゾネスの射手	Forbidden	Unlimited
Artifact Scythe	アーティファクト－デスサイズ	Unlimited	Forbidden
Baronne de Fleur	フルール・ド・バロネス	Unlimited	Forbidden
Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds	烈風の結界像	Forbidden	Forbidden
Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow	ＢＦ－朧影のゴウフウ	Forbidden	Forbidden
Block Dragon	ブロックドラゴン	Limited	Forbidden
Borreload Savage Dragon	ヴァレルロード・Ｓ・ドラゴン	Unlimited	Forbidden
Cannon Soldier	キャノン ・ ソルジャー	Forbidden	Unlimited
Cannon Soldier MK-2	メガキャノン・ソルジャー	Forbidden	Unlimited
Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon	混沌魔龍 カオス・ルーラー	Forbidden	Forbidden
Crystron Halqifibrax	水晶機巧－ハリファイバー	Forbidden	Forbidden
Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion	ライトロード・ドミニオン キュリオス	Unlimited	Forbidden
Cyber Jar	サイバーポッド	Forbidden	Limited
Cyber-Stein	デビル・フランケン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Dandylion	ダンディライオン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Djinn Releaser of Rituals	儀式魔人リリーサー	Forbidden	Forbidden
Eclipse Wyvern	エクリプス・ワイバーン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Elder Entity Norden	旧神ノーデン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Eva	イーバ	Limited	Forbidden
Fairy Tail - Snow	妖精伝姫－シラユキ	Unlimited	Forbidden
Fiber Jar	ファイバーポッド	Forbidden	Forbidden
Fishborg Blaster	フィッシュボーグ－ガンナー	Forbidden	Forbidden
Glow-Up Bulb	グローアップ・バルブ	Limited	Forbidden
Grinder Golem	トーチ・ゴーレム	Forbidden	Forbidden
Guardragon Agarpain	守護竜アガーペイン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Guardragon Elpy	守護竜エルピィ	Forbidden	Forbidden
Heavymetalfoes Electrumite	ヘビーメタルフォーゼ・エレクトラム	Limited	Forbidden
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity	琰魔竜王 レッド・デーモン・カラミティ	Forbidden	Unlimited
Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights	聖騎士の追想 イゾルデ	Unlimited	Forbidden
Kashtira Arise-Heart	クシャトリラ・アライズハート	Unlimited	Forbidden
Kashtira Fenrir	クシャトリラ・フェンリル	Forbidden	Unlimited
Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard	古尖兵ケルベク	Forbidden	Forbidden
Knightmare Goblin	トロイメア・ゴブリン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Knightmare Mermaid	トロイメア・マーメイド	Forbidden	Forbidden
Lavalval Chain	ラヴァルバル・チェイン	Forbidden	Forbidden
Level Eater	レベル・スティーラー	Forbidden	Forbidden
Linkross	リンクロス	Forbidden	Forbidden
Linkuriboh	リンクリボー	Unlimited	Forbidden
M-X-Saber Invoker	Ｍ．Ｘ－セイバー インヴォーカー	Limited	Forbidden
Magical Scientist	魔導サイエンティスト	Forbidden	Forbidden
Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King	真竜剣皇マスターＰ	Forbidden	Forbidden
Mathmech Circular	斬機サーキュラー	Limited	Forbidden
Maxx "C"	増殖するＧ	Unlimited	Forbidden
Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon	幻獣機アウローラドン	Unlimited	Forbidden
Mind Master	メンタルマスター	Forbidden	Forbidden
Number 16: Shock Master	Ｎｏ.１６ 色の支配者ショック・ルーラー	Forbidden	Forbidden
Number 42: Galaxy Tomahawk	Ｎｏ.４２ スターシップ・ギャラクシー・トマホーク	Unlimited	Forbidden
Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad	Ｎｏ.８６ Ｈ－Ｃ ロンゴミアント	Unlimited	Forbidden
Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker	Ｎｏ.８９ 電脳獣ディアブロシス	Unlimited	Forbidden
... further results

Changes

OCG

Moved into the list

There are no changes from the April 2016 Lists.

Moved out of the list

There are no changes from the April 2016 Lists.

TCG

Moved into the list

Card	Card type	Old status (April 2016)	New status (August 2016)
Performapal Monkeyboard	Monster Card	3Limited	4Forbidden
Kaiser Colosseum	Spell Card	1Unlimited	4Forbidden

Moved out of the List

There are no changes from the April 2016 Lists.

World Championship

During World Championship tournaments, all cards are automatically set to their lowest allowed status in any region. (For example, a card that is on the Semi-Limited list in one region but the Limited list in another will be Limited on the World Championship banlist, and a card that is Forbidden in one region but Unlimited in another will be Forbidden.)

However, in addition to any cards that are Forbidden on either the OCG or TCG lists, several other cards are also made Forbidden:

• Any cards that are not legal in any region, including:
  • Any TCG exclusive or OCG exclusive cards
  • Any cards that have only been released through a region-restricted distribution, such as certain promotional cards (for a complete list, see the not legal article)
• Any cards that in a given region are only available as tournament prize cards, due to their extremely restricted availability:
  • These currently include the following four Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series prize cards: "Blood Mefist", "Ascension Sky Dragon", "Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn", and "Number 93: Utopia Kaiser"
• A select few "Special Rule" cards: "Emergency Provisions", "Mystik Wok", "Rainbow Life", "Tri-And-Guess", and "Self-Destruct Button"
  • These cards have an undesirable potential to abuse the "sudden death" and time limit rules in official tournaments. The first four cards allow a player in "sudden death" to instantly win by quickly gaining a large number of Life Points during the opponent's turn with a now-irrelevant cost, while the last card allows a player to legally stall by forcing DRAWs until the time limit runs out (see the Tips page of that card for details).

Anime and manga

During the Battle City arc it is mentioned that cards that directly damage the player, such as "Hinotama", "Meteor of Destruction", and "Raigeki", are Forbidden.

A handful of other cards are noted by characters as "Forbidden" in the anime, including "Golden Castle of Stromberg" in Yu-Gi-Oh!, "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" and "Infernalvania" in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and "Gate Blocker" and "Gate Blocker 2" in official Turbo Duels in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.