Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist 2022: Forbidden, Limited and Semi-Limited

Yu better check your decks.

How To by Holly Alice Contributor

Updated on Feb. 15, 2022

The Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG (Original Card Game - the version played at tournaments) has had an ever-updating Banlist since the start - and there's some good reasons why! Some quick-thinking players discovered loopholes involving some pretty crazy combos, allowing moves that would quickly break or ruin the game - we are looking at you Last Turn. Basically, there are some cards that are far more powerful than even the creators intended, due to the complexity and growth of the game.

Konami's updated Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist came into effect on February 7th 2022 - revising the list of Forbidden, Limited and Semi-Limited cards in the OCG meta. And although there haven't been too many wild changes, now being able to have three Skill Drains in your deck seems pretty OP.

Below we've broken down the Banlist into ban type and card type, and will be updating this list every time Konami update the meta:

Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
Semi-Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! cards

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Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are cards deemed too powerful to have in any of your decks and include the seemingly humble Pot of Greed and the ridiculously powerful Harpie’s Feather Duster.

Seto Kaiba summoning a monster in the film Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions — Forbidden Yu-Gi-Oh! cards aren’t permitted for use in any official duels, often due to their unfair power.

Forbidden Monster/Effect Cards

Archnemeses Protos
Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow
Blackwing - Steam the Cloak
Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos
Block Dragon
Cyber Jar
Dandylion
Djinn Releaser of Rituals
Eclipse Wyvern
Eva
Fiber Jar
Fishborg Blaster
Glow-Up Bulb
Grinder Golem
Jet Synchron
Level Eater
Magical Scientist
Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin
Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King
Maxx “C”
Mecha Phantom Beast O-Lion
Mind Master
Orcust Harp Horror
Performage Plushfire
Performapal Monkeyboard
Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders
Samsara Lotus
Spyral Master Plan
Substitoad
The Tyrant Neptune
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls
Victory Dragon
Yata-Garasu

Forbidden Monster/Fusion Cards

Elder Entity Norden
Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom
Thunder Dragon Colossus

Forbidden Monster/Synchro Cards

Ancient Fairy Dragon
Denglong, First of the Yang Zing
Ib the World Chalice Justiciar
Tempest Magician

Forbidden Monste/Xyz Cards

Lavalval Chain
M-X-Saver Invoker
Number 16: Shock Master
Number 42: Galaxy Tomahawk
Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon
Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL
Outer Entity Azathot
Tellarknight Ptolemaeus
True King of All Calamities
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity
Zoodiac Broadbull
Zoodiac Drident

Forbidden Spell Cards

Brilliant Fusion
Butterfly Dagger - Elma
Card of Safe Return
Change of Heart
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
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Smoke Grenade of the Thief
Snatch Steal
Soul Charge
Spellbook of Judgment
That Grass Looks Greener
The Forceful Sentry
Zoodiac Barrage

Forbidden Trap Cards

Imperial Order
Last Turn
Return from the Different Dimension
Royal Oppression
Self-Destruct Button
Sixth Sense
Time Seal
Trap Dustshoot
Ultimate Offering
Vanity’s Emptiness

Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

You are only allowed to have one copy of any Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! card in your deck. These are still feisty cards though, with the high-risk Wall of Revealing Light and the devastating Magical Explosion sitting among the mix.

Limited Monster Cards

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

Limited Monster/Effect Cards

Armageddon Knight
Astrograph Sorcerer
Black Dragon Collapserpent
Cyber-Stein
Danger!? Jackalope?
Danger!? Tsuchinoko?
Dark Grepher
Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frisson
Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter
Dinowrestler Pankratops
Exodia the Forbidden One
Fairy Tail - Snow
Genex Ally Birdman
Infernity Archfiend
Lunalight Tiger
Miscellaneousaurus
Morphing Jar
Night Assailant
Phantom Skyblaster
Salamangreat Gazelle
Servant of Endymion
Speedroid Terrortop
Spyral Quik-Fix
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms
True King Lithosagym, the Disaster
White Dragon Wyverburster
Zoodiac Ratpier

Limited Monster/Fusion Cards

Gem-Knight Master Diamond

Limited Monster/Link Cards

Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu
Striker Dragon

Limited Monster/Ritual Cards

Cyber Angel Benten

Limited Monster/Synchro Cards

Psy-Framelord Omega
T.G. Hyper Librarian
Trishula, Dragon Of The Ice Barrier

Limited Monster/Xyz Cards

Beatrice, Lady Of The Eternal
Daigusto Emeral
Lyrilusc - Recital Starling
Salamangreat Miragestallio

Limited Spell Cards

Called By The Grave
Card Destruction
Card Of Demise
Chain Strike
Dimensional Fissure
Divine Wind Of Mist Valley
Draco Face‐off
Dragonic Diagram
Final Countdown
Fire Formation – Tenki
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
Pot Of Desires
Reasoning
Reinforcement Of The Army
Sekka’s Light
Set Rotation
Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones
Sky Striker Mecha Modules – Multirole
Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage!
Slash Draw
Spyral Resort
Terraforming
Trickstar Light Stage
Upstart Goblin

Limited Trap Cards

Macro Cosmos
Magical Explosion
Metaverse
Red Reboot
Wall Of Revealing Light

Semi-Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

You are only allowed to have two copies of any Limited Yu-Gi-Oh! card in your deck. The Semi-Limited list might be short, but believe us, they certainly all still deserve their place on the banlist.