Forum:April 2014 Banlist Predictions

'''My Banlist Predictions:

Banned Cards:
 * Adult Dragon Rulers- They just NEVER stop dying.
 * Rekindling- just too OP for pretty much any fire deck. Lavals, Hazy Flames, Fire Fist/ Kings Etc.
 * Evilswarm Exciton Knight- Like really Konami???? Konami must have been smoking something when they made this card. Enough explanation.

Limited:
 * Coach Soldier Wolfbark- One of the main Fire Fist engines which keeps the rank 4 synergy of the deck faster than ever.
 * Brotherhood of the Fire Fist- Rooster- A real nuisance to other decks because its a free search when its special summoned by using a Fire Fist monster's effect and plus it recycles your old Tenki's/ Tensu's for new ones.
 * Number 101: Silent Honor ARK- One Real broken Mofo. 'A creature stealer'
 * Infernity Barrier- A free search from Infernity Archfiend and can also negate any card effect
 * Reckless Greed- Pot of Greed pretty much but just skipping the next two DP's. Just activate two of them in your opponents EP and its a +4 and it doesn't stack as well.
 * Spellbook Magician of Prophecy- The Stratos of Spellbooks
 * Spellbook of Judgment- If Blueboy^^ is hit to one and Secrets hit to 2 hopefully Konami could bring back this card because it would be much harder to search with prophecies. Justice of prophecy and be screwed with Imperial Iron Wall or a Bottomless Trap Hole.

Semi- Limited
 * Infernity Archfiend- A free search for any Archfiend Spell/ Trap
 * Hieratic Seal of Convocation- Free add of any hieratic monster and its not even once per turn.
 * Magician of Faith- This card is pretty much useless now due to the hitting of Monster Reborn and Heavy Storm.
 * Fire Formation- Tenki- Free search for Bujin's/ Fire Fist's/KIngs
 * Spellbook of Secrets- Same with Tenki, the searcher

Unlimited: IDK nothing else really to come of the Banned- Semi Limited list
 * Magical Stone Excavation- This card has been sitting here for centuries and to be honest i have never seen anyone use this card.

NeitiznoT1 (talk • contribs) 10:54, February 25, 2014 (UTC)
 * Spellbook of Judgment is broken as hell and it's never coming back. Secrets and Blue Boy are fine where they're at, Prophecies don't need any more hits. I'd prefer to ban Launcher over hit Archfiend, but a semi on him wouldn't be uncalled for. 101 is just a bit annoying like Grand Mole, but banworthy? No way. Excition I'm a little on the fence about, it could happen but I believe he's restricted enough to be ok. Reckless greed is ok where it's at and Hieratics are only topping because of the Rulers. Ban the Rulers and Hieratics are fine again. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 15:17, February 25, 2014 (UTC)

My Predictions
We're halfway through the TCG format, it looks like we've got a good idea what the meta is like now. My personal predictions for what I think Konami will do in April are here:

Banned:


 * Blaster, Redox, Tempest, and Tidal - This deck has been around for long enough, it needs to go now.
 * Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Spirit - The deck has topped quite a bit this format, and since Konami is still promoting Bujins in Primal Origin, I don't think they'll go after Tenki, but rather this or Wolfbark.
 * Royal Tribute - A very slight maybe, but with all the new support Gravekeeper's got in Valiant, it's a possibility.

Limited:


 * Coach Soldier Wolfbark - Again, either this, or Spirit to 0. Fists have had their day.
 * Dark Magician of Chaos - Magician of Faith didn't do much since it came back, DMoC is most likely coming back next.

Semi-Limited:


 * Neo-Spacian Grand Mole - No one runs this card anymore, it's easy to stop, and it uses up your normal summon.
 * Gladiator Beast Bestiari - Gladiator Beasts aren't that good anymore.
 * Magician of Faith - I have yet to see one viable deck run this card. It's not good anymore, and it should get a chance at 2, if not straight to 3.
 * Reinforcement of the Army - Warrior decks haven't done anything in a while, they could use a push.
 * Rekindling - Imma keep saying it until it happens. :P

Unlimited:


 * Burner, Reactan, Lightning, and Stream - If the daddies get banned, the babies will come off the list.
 * Gold Sarcophagus - Never should've been hit. The Rulers were the real problem, and they deserve to die.
 * Sacred Sword of Seven Stars - ^^
 * Magical Stone Excavation - Bad card is bad. Unlimit it already.

These are my thoughts as of now. Any comments? Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 22:41, February 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * I'd rather have Tenki hit to 2 or 1, and I don't know how much they would want to boost sales of PRIO considering that the first 901 series pack will come out very shortly after that. -- Dark Ace SP ( Talk ) 02:55, February 19, 2014 (UTC)


 * Consider the upcoming Satellaknights. Combo into each other, creates great plusses when they do. RotA will not budge from that position for this very reason, and may even slide into Forbidden. --Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 03:48, February 19, 2014 (UTC)

Bujin Hirume is one of the main Bujin attractions from PRIO that make me want to sway away from a Tenki hit until the format after this April. Also, Madolches will likely need a hit at some point after Madolche Angelly comes out. Sylvans and Artifacts are also new to come, not sure what to say about them yet. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 10:11, February 19, 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't Sylvans are a candidate to get hit, I've played the deck with the new stuff in PRIO, and even though the deck is very combo reliant, it takes a bit of set-up and luck, so I don't think they need or deserve a hit. -- Dark Ace SP ( Talk ) 03:12, February 20, 2014 (UTC)

dragons of legend??
it comes out like 2 weeks after the list if they are bringing out some really lusted after anime cards, theres a chance it might get pre hit to be safe not to mention it may alter some not too threatening fan fave cards to be extra broken or just a bit too good just a thought i had Chiissu (talk • contribs) 22:48, February 16, 2014 (UTC)

my thoughts on what might come off the ban
Although I aint deep in the metagame, I did a quick look at the current ban list and heres the cards I feel may have a chance of going from 0 to 1

Chiissu (talk • contribs) 03:31, February 17, 2014 (UTC) edit; I'm not used to wiki forums yet as I hardly use em and it wound up as one long sentence
 * CYBER-STEIN (unbanned in japan, negating it means game over, best fusion monsters can only be fusion summoned, fusion arnt played much now, fusion monster it poops out is just gonna die next turn w/o doing jack, people focus too much on it only to hve it cost em the game, might get renamed as of the new cyber cards(if they do it for more than m/t in the upcoming packs)
 * DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS (best magics are banned, people would miss the timing a lot, magician of faith isn't doing anything)
 * ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS (HEROs are dead w/o it)
 * SANGAN (some people still think is shouldn't be banned so imma mention it)
 * SINISTER SERPENT(doesn't deserve to be banned/isn't as good as it seems)
 * TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS (wouldn't see that much play nowadays(except maybe sidedeck))
 * WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST (people want sangan back so you never know)
 * THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT (most monsters nowadays die of card effects so his battle stopping doesn't make much difference. also, with veiler/herald of orange/fiendish/ silldrain ect, his effects arnt as dangerous as it was a decade ago)
 * GOYO GUARDIAN(I keep hearing people say its not as good now, plus xyz swiped by it cant use effects(although you can rank em up)
 * TRISHULA, DRAGON OF THE ICE BARRIER (its unbanned in japan, they want synchroes to come back, its not as OP as many assume)
 * NUMBER 16: SHOCK MASTER (perhaps...)
 * GATEWAY OF THE SIX (its pretty high power, but w/o it 6 sams are lacking)
 * GIANT TRUNADE(if konami decides high backrow isn't good anymore)
 * HEAVY STORM (mayyyyyyybe)
 * METAMORPHOSIS (no one really uses fusions now, and all the best fusions cant be used with it)
 * MONSTER REBORN (with konami being as random as it is, and his going on and off the list, you never know)
 * POT OF AVARICE (guy can dream cant he?)
 * PREMATURE BURIAL (equips are hardly used and wasn't the main reason this was banned in the 1st place brionac?)
 * IMPERIAL ORDER(with so many chainable cards, this doesn't seem as OP as it was when it was banned in ye olde original yugioh days)
 * SOLEMN JUDGMENT Chiissu (talk • contribs) 03:28, February 17, 2014 (UTC)


 * Click here to see why those cards are banned. --Missign0 (talk • contribs) 03:39, February 18, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll just let this express my reaction, Chiissu. What you're essentially doing is calling for Traditional Format. The argument for "dies to removal", or in other cases, "can be negated", is never a justification. --Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 08:53, February 18, 2014 (UTC)

Gadjiltron, having more ways to counter a card actually does justify it in some cases, it's just that no amount of counters will be able to make certain cards ok. No amount of counters can justify something like Chaos Emperor Dragon or Dark Strike Fighter coming back, but having more counters to cards like Magician of Faith or Tsukuyomi does make them less broken, unlike what was the case a decade ago in Goat Format. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 10:08, February 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * Um... I didn't say I WANTED them ALL unbanned. I said these were a list of the cards I saw that may have some CHANCE of being unbanned. Chiissu (talk • contribs) 10:38, February 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * Still an incredibly improbable chance without the interference of an Infinite Improbability Drive. --Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 12:16, February 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * Witch of the Black Forest will not be coming back because of Monarchs. She can search all of them. DMoC is staying where it is because Prophecy. They can SS that card and generate a lot of pluses.--BlueEyesWhite91 (talk • contribs) 00:37, March 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * DMoC would be used, but it doesn't really do anything to make the deck more broken. It will recycle Fate, but Prophecy was already doing that. -- Dark Ace SP ( Talk ) 01:16, March 3, 2014 (UTC)

Shazaderp
I only want Goyo, and DMoC back. Plz plz plz plz plz. Make it happen Konami. I miss these cards soooo much. --DysonSlinky (talk • contribs) 04:02, February 20, 2014 (UTC)

My Predictions
Banned

all the big Dragon Rulers: Even with all of them at 1, they are still too good via Hieratic Ruler or Blue-Eyes varients.

Royal Tribute: Gravekeeper's have good support in Legacy of the Valiant, plus it basically deadly in the first turn.

Limited

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Rooster: Fire Fist are topping alot. Kills the 3.5 axes build.

Infernity Barrier: Negates anything. Easily searched by "Infernity Archfiend". Having 3 of these face-down and a attack position Infernity monster and no cards in your hand is basically an auto win.

Geargiagear: special summons any 2 "Geargiano" monsters straight from your deck with 1 level higher. an instant "Gear Gigant X". Basically a +1 for Geargia.

Abyss-sphere: Mermails are still topping alot. They didn't even got touched on the last list.

Dark Magician of Chaos: Not as good anymore as he used to be.

Sinister Serpent: Too slow for the meta now and days.

Dragon Ravine: If the big Dragon Rulers get banned, this should go to 1 to help Dragunities

Semi-Limited

Fire Formation - Tenki: slows down consistancy in Fire Fist.

Spellbook of Secrets: Same as tenki for Spellbooks

Magician of Faith: Had done nothing in the meta.

Sacred Sword of Seven Stars: If the big Dragon Rulers get banned, this wouldn't really be abused.

Gold Sarcophagus: Same as Sacred Sword.

Neo-Spacian Grand Mole: No one uses this card, or even needs it.

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness: No one really use him anymore.

Gladiator Beast Bestiari: Gladiator Beast aren't topping.

Wall of Revealing Light: Final Countdown decks are dead, and Self-Destruct Button is banned, so theres no real reason to keep it limited anymore.

The Transmigration Prophecy: This card has been limited in a long time, its worth trying to experiment.

Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier: I never really got why this got limited in the September 2013 list

Unlimited

All the baby Dragon Rulers: If the big ones get banned, there will be no reason to keep the babies banned.

Reborn Tengu: Not as good as it used to be.

Magical Stone Excavation: No one uses this card.

Reasoning: No one really uses this card.Guardian Skunk (talk • contribs) 07:03, February 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * If the big Rulers go, then Gold Sarc and Sword can completely come off the list. Geargiagear is great, but I think Geargiarmor would be a better hit, and maybe Semi Geargiagear if you feel they need that much of a hit. Wall could come off, but Hope of Escape Exodia might not make that possible, if the Head of Exodia gets banned (Konami seems to be in the mood of killing decks that are regarded as degenerate), then it could come to 2. Another card that I think should be unlimited is Advanced Ritual Art. -- Dark Ace SP ( Talk ) 14:10, February 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * The Transmigration Prophecy will not come down from 1 because it loops another copy of itself at more than 1. The Geargia cards (Geargiagear, Geargiarmor and Geargiaccelerator) don't have to be hit, if anything you should limit or ban the Karakuri Synchros (Burei and Bureido), because they're what really cause the OTK's. The fact a pure Karakuri deck won the first YCS of the format proves that the Karakuri synchros themselves are the real problem, the Geargias by themselves are just decent rank 3-4 toolbox cards. I've never seen a pure Geargia deck top. I'd rather ban Infernity Launcher than limit Barrier, but the deck isn't too hard to beat regardless. As for Mermails, they're not topping nearly as much as they could've, Sphere and/or Teus might go to 2 but not 1. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 18:35, February 20, 2014 (UTC)

Moja619' Predictions
So here's my predictions for the April format:

Banned

Dark Hole - I think it's finally time

Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms - Hieratic Rulers are one of the top decks right now, and many are saying "ban the big rulers", but i think that banning just the searcher is good enough to finally render any Ruler variant too difficult to build with just 3 rulers

Limited

Fire Formation - Tenki - fire fists and bujins are among the top 5 decks right now, in large part due to this card.

Dark Magician of Chaos - if dark hole gets banned

Sinister Serpent - i still think it's worth experimenting at 1

Dragon Ravine - if at least 1 Big Ruler gets banned

Super Rejuvenation - if at least 1 Big Ruler gets banned

Semi-Limited

Genex Ally Birdman - i still think that it got hit too hard despite being part of the Harpie Dancer OTK

Thunder King Rai-Oh - it's an anti-meta card after all

Mermail Abyssteus - mermails just went 1-2 at the YCS berlin this past weekend, so mermails do need at least one hit

Geargiagear - maybe? Just to keep geargia karakuri decks in check

Gold Sarcophagus - if at least 1 Big Ruler gets banned

Torrential Tribute - if Dark Hole gets banned

Unlimited

Advanced Ritual Art - noone plays this anymore

Magical Stone Excavation - same as above

Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts - if Tempest gets banned

Sacred Sword of Seven Stars - whether they hit Rulers or not, this did not need to be limited

So yeah, there you have it. --Moja619 (talk • contribs) 04:03, February 26, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd personally prefer a 3rd Mirror Force and/or D-Prison if they ban Dark Hole, 2 Torrentials might be too much in a format with no Heavy. If Konami decides to hit rulers again, they'll likely ban all of them instead of one. Super Rejuvenation won't come back, it gives too much draw power and it won't help improve the game. If you want to hit Karakuri Geargias, I'd go after the Karakuri synchros because they're what really cause the OTK's, not Geargiagear or the other Geargia cards. DMoC and Faith can both go to 3 if the last staple spell gets banned, and Sinister...I'm still hoping on it's return but Konami will likely leave it banned. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 17:07, February 26, 2014 (UTC)

My Prediction (Updated)
Banned

The adult Dragon Rulers: These are just badly designed cards. Instead of punishing other cards/decks, ban these monsters

Abyss-sphere: Mermails won the YCS Berlin and went 2nd. just like plant synchro in the past, this deck has been topping for a long time, its time to kill them.

Limited

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Rooster: Fire Fist is the most dominant deck this meta.

Fire Formation - Tenki: Fire Fist and Bujins are topping this format, so this is a good hit.

Mermail Abyssteus: Same as Abyss-sphere.

The Karakuri synchro monsters: Geargia has been good this format, the synchros are the reason why they are good.

Gear Gigant X: another hit for Geargia.

Vanity's Emptiness: This card is somewhat similar to Royal Oppression in the past. also Bujins do need to get hit.

Kaiser Colosseum: another hit for Bujins.

Infernity Barrier: negates almost anything and is searchable.

Dark Magician of Chaos: not as good as it used to be.

Sinister Serpent: Too slow for the meta.

Dragon Ravine: If adult Dragon Rulers get banned, this card doesnt have to be banned.

Semi-Limited

Spellbook Magician of Prophecy: Spellbooks are still good even with their hits in the list.

Spellbook of Secrets: Same as Magician.

Magician of Faith: This card has done nothing in the meta

Neo-Spacian Grand Mole: no one uses this card or even needs it.

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness: no one uses him

Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier: Limiting this card wasnt really necessary.

Unlimited

Gold Sarcophagus: If the adult Dragon Rulers get banned, this card can get off the list.

Sacred Sword of Seven Stars: Same as Gold Sarc.

The baby Dragon Rulers: Same as Gold Sarc.

Reborn Tengu: not gonna be as good anymore.

Reasoning: no one uses this card.

Magical Stone Excavation: no one uses this card.

Deep Sea Diva: If Teus gets limited and Sphere gets banned, this can get off the list.Guardian Skunk (talk • contribs) 05:57, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think they'd be so harsh on Kaiser/Emptiness and Prophecies don't need to be hit any more than they have already. The others seem realistic. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 23:08, March 3, 2014 (UTC)

Banned

 * Exodia the Forbidden One - Even though this is an out-there fringe pick, I honestly think getting rid of the decks considered "degenerate" is a healthy thing for the game. However, I'd also be fine if it was kept limited.
 * Rulers - I don't want to do this, but it might be the best possible thing.
 * Dark Hole - If this is the last card truly that's keeping DMoC from coming back, then lets just get rid of it. However, I believe that Dark Hole and DMoC can co-exist, heck, Magician of Faith and Dark Hole have existed together. Besides, mass-monster destruction isn't as good as it once was, so it may stay limited.

Limited

 * Dark Magician of Chaos - The "Staple Trinity" is pretty much gone, I don't want it back, and DMoC isn't that game-breaking, as long as Dimension Fusion stays banned.
 * Sinister Serpent - This card is interesting, but the fact is that if you're running this for free discard fodder, you probably have other cards that you don't mind chucking away. Sinister is probably really inconsistent, aside from Foolish Burial and Chain, and maybe even a discard from a loaded hand at the end of a turn in Piper, but that's about it.
 * Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier - The OCG has done it, and I can't see that many decks beyond Agents using it.
 * Thousand-Eyes Restrict - How is this better than Number 101: Silent Honor ARK? Only a few select decks are going to run this in the Extra, and even then it will be summoned (by Instant Fusion) only in a few decks like Monarchs or Piper.
 * Dragon Ravine - I'm not a fan of destroying entire decks. I understand why Konami did it, but one Ravine can't hurt right? Especially with 3 MST around.
 * Fire Formation - Tenki - Either limited or semi-limited. Just depends on how much Konami feels like hitting Bujins and Fists.
 * Vanity's Emptiness - This card has become the new Royal Oppression.

Semi

 * Gorz the Emissary of Darkness - I think that Gorz has become less powerful than it once was. It's still really powerful, but the same can be said for something like Trag, which might be even more powerful due to Xyz and Synchro plays using the opponent's monsters.
 * Neo-Spacian Grand Mole - This should come down to two. I don't think that every deck will run this, but some slower decks might.
 * Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier - Has to be at two to avoid Symbol of Heritage, but that's it.
 * Gladiator Beast Bestiari - I'm not a fan of Gyzarus Spam, which 2 Bestiari will lead to, but at the same time, I think GB's need a little bit of love. But I'm not for this card going to three.
 * Magician of Faith - Since she's barely done anything, I think we should semi her.
 * Spellbook of Secrets and Spellbook Magician of Prophecy - I think that Spellbooks need a small slow-down, but Secrets and Magician shouldn't go lower than 2.
 * Rekindling - As a Laval/Flamvell player for almost 2 years, I can safely say that Rekindling is the only card that makes the deck work, but also it's most broken card. As such, I think 2 is a fair number. It allows the deck to function, but at the same time slows the deck down. However, seeing as Konami doesn't seem to be in a crazy mood, I don't think this is likely.

Unlimited

 * Magical Stone Excavation - Sure, Empty Jar may love this, but barely anyone is going to use this.
 * Reasoning - Could work to mill a ton of cards, but no one uses it.
 * Reborn Tengu - This was crazy when Plants were around, but now? Barely anything is going to use this, and 1700 ATK isn't a lot.
 * Summoner Monk - I kinda want to see what this guy will do at 3. He might not leave the two spot, but I don't see he being that crazy except outside of Crane and Utopia.
 * Advanced Ritual Art - So this was at one, went to two, and should now be at 3. Sure Herald might be your only issue, but I don't think this is truly a problem.
 * Sacred Sword of Seven Stars - Without Rulers, this card becomes something like Trade-In.
 * Gold Sarcophagus - Without Rulers, what is this?

Thoughts? -- Dark Ace SP ( Talk ) 23:34, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm don't think they'll ban one of the mascots of the game, while Exodia is a win-condition, I think both it and Final Countdown are fine where they're at. Alternate win-conditions bring a special element to the game, and we don't need to get rid of that, unless it's a "flip me, instantly game over" card, like Last Turn or Self-Destruct Button. I'm also not a fan of Trishula, while it's not easy to summon in every deck, it's still very powerful and it can be looped with De-Synchro in Infernities for pluses. Since Konami is still promoting Bujins with Hirume come primal origin's TCG release after the banlist, I think they'll hit something out of Fire Fists themselves, like limit Wolfbark or even ban Spirit, instead of limit Tenki. A semi might do though. Emptiness doesn't need to be hit, it's easy to get off the field and MST becomes a 2 for 1 against it. I initially thought Dewloren would be fine at 2 earlier on, but I found out there's actually an OTK/FTK with 1 Dewloren + Grandsoil the Elemental Lord + Cannon Soldier, so if anything he'll go to 0 before he comes down from 1. If you hit Secrets and Blue Boy down to 2 in Prophecies, give them Fate back at 3. Lastly, if you ban Dark Hole, unlimit Mirror Force, and I think ROTA should go to 2 as well. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 13:04, March 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * The "win-condition" hits were just things that Konami probably won't do, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Fate is really the problem card in Spellbooks, so maybe just leave it at 1 and hit only one of the searchers? -- Dark Ace SP ( Talk ) 19:50, March 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Or leave them the way they are right now since they're not too hard to beat anyways. The only problem with 2 or more Fates was you could banish one to use the 2nd, and use Eternity to get the 1st back, and repeat. Now with Fate at 1, they have to rely on Tower to recycle it or use Priestess+Eternity or World. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 23:04, March 3, 2014 (UTC)

LeerRosh Banlist Predictions
I like a lot of these predictions that people have mentioned, but frankly, there isn't a major clear-cut winner between all decks, which is what we all want. SO some of the decks will be touched, but I don't think anything on this banlist is going to kill any deck at all:

Banned:

No change, except maybe Dark Hole.

Considering there isn't a single card except Magician of Faith that is banned in the TCG that the OCG hasn't already banned, I don't see rulers getting banned unless the OCG does, and I doubt they will. I know everyone wants them to, but Konami just doesn't work like everyone wants them to.

Limited:


 * Cyber-stein: won't be used much.


 * Card Trooper: Draw and mil power galore.


 * Mermail Abyssteus: To balance mermails.


 * E-hero Stratos: No one e-heroes much at the top level.


 * E-hero Bubbleman: Draw power?


 * Advanced Ritual Art: I can see this being used as a huge deck thinner.


 * Fire-fist - Rooster: To balance fire fists a bit.


 * Trishula: Give some power back to synchros.


 * Number 11: Big Eye: They have banned or limited almost every card that changes control of your opponent's monsters. They need to get this one too, as well as anything else that does.


 * Evilswarm Ophion: It limits an opponent's summon abilities way too much.


 * Crimson Blader: Same reason.


 * Summoner Monk: High use, and its cheap and easy.


 * Ultimate Offering: Maybe...but OCG just might be thinking of banning this thing.

I think I can seriously say that none of these will change the game too much. Its all about balancing.

Semi-limited:

Nothing. The TCG pretty much emptied this list, so I think they will continue to do so.

Unlimited:


 * Dimensional-prison
 * Mirror Force
 * Ojama Trio
 * Magical Stone Excavation
 * Chain Strike
 * Tragoedia
 * Reborn Tengu
 * Lonefire blossom
 * Chaos Sorcerer

I seriously see no need for a semi-limited list anymore. Anything that is too powerful for 3 can pretty much be set to 1. Also Konami usually doesn't hit just released cards unless it is highly broken or was made for the purpose of the anime. The semi-limited list was made for Sangan and Witch of the black forest, to weaken Exodia decks. Now, that purpose just doesn't exist.

LeerRosh (talk • contribs) 04:06, March 10, 2014 (UTC)
 * The semi-limited list makes sense for things like Tengu or Chain Strike, they're too good at 3 but nearlyv useless at 1. Since Konami is a business, it wouldn't surprise me if they decided to hit Ophion or Blader to promote artifacts in PRIO, but they're both real easy to play around (especially Xyz Encore in case of Ophion), so I don't expect it. Offering will never come back, it's a stupid card and the last thing this game needs is more win-buttons, the TCG has shown they don't like those cards (Gateway, Card Destruction, ect). Advanced Ritual Art and Summoner Monk are both bad cards and can go to 3. Cyber-Stein is too strong, going up against Exterio, Last Warrior, or Cyber-Twin is ridiculous, and big eye doesn't need a limit, his summoning condition was meant to balance him out, if anything ban the dragon rulers so big eye becomes nearly impossible to summon consistently. Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 15:43, March 10, 2014 (UTC)

Format release date
The organizers from the upcoming YCS in Mexico said the new format would be announced by March 15th. (P.S. Haven't found a link yet, this is just something I've heard). Ninety-eight (talk • contribs) 01:34, March 7, 2014 (UTC)

My predictions, not wants
Hi everyone! I'm sure we all know the format is about to change once again, so here are my predictions. All will be explained next to the card, or in the lower section.

Banned:

Blaster, Tidal, Tempest and Redox: These cards were meant to be used as tech in their respective attributed decks, but seeing as how they are still being used together in the meta, they need to be banned. Besides this, so many cards can make a comeback due to these cards' absence. (count how many cards could come back if these get banned, it's disgusting!)

Number 11 - Big Eye: Since it has been reprinted recently, it may get banned this time. Basically, whichever deck can make rank 7s, is meta. They can't really ban draco, due to mecha phantoms.

Limited:

Rekindling: This is simply a broken card in all fire decks - fists, kings and especially red nova laval. It could even be banned, but Konami may just limit it first to see what happens.

Coach Soldier Wolfbark: Fists are a tier 1 deck this format, and hence will probably get nerfed in some fashion. I think this card, because it has been out for a while, and Konami has made enough money out of it.

Abysssphere: Speaking of Tier 1 decks, Mermails are still dominating as well. It is likely that they will also get nerfed, and nerfing consistency is probably the best option, which will still make the deck viable, but not as powerful first turn.

Dragon Ravine: If rulers get banned, this might be able to come back. Dragunities didn't deserve their main engine to get banned because of rulers.

Sinister Serpent: Konami is bringing old stuff off the banlist lately, this could be the next target. It is good in theory; but its not a tuner or anything, I doubt even mermails would use it (because it is water).

Geargiagear: Geargia variants are also doing a bit well in the meta. Mainly due to this cards' versatility. You can synchro, xyz, or just leave them there for next turn. Hey their effects aren't even negated, and they can still attack, so we can do what we like with them. I think this needs to be nerfed.

Semi-Limited

Gladiator Beast Bestiari: New support in Primal Origin for the Glad Lads. This could come back to 2, to boost PRIO sales.

Reinforcement of the Army: With the Stellaknights coming out soon, this could go to 2 to boost Konami's sales, and also might help other warrior decks, such as Six Sams and Noble Knights, which aren't doing a lot in the meta atm.

Unlimited:

Gold Sarcophagus: Rulers banned, can come back

Sacred sword of seven stars: ^^ ^^

Burner, Stream, Lightning, and Reactan: ^^ ^^

Magical Stone Excavation: No-one runs this anymore

Advanced Ritual Art: ^^ ^^

Reasoning: No idea why this has to be at 2

I think this is it. I haven't hit tenki, because Bujin are still getting more support. In fact, Konami usually doesn't (or shouldn't, if they still want to make money) nerf decks that still have more support being released. This explains a lot of the choices I have predicted. They generally bring down some support cards, for example; lonefire blossom for sylvans, went to 2 last list. This is to encourage duellists to spend their money on a new deck, so Konami can make more money.

Always remember Konami is a business, and their overall aim is to make money. They will only encourage players to build the newest decks. Thanks for reading. Comments?

Lord Shien (talk • contribs) 10:03, March 10, 2014 (UTC)