Summary
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duelhas officially revealed the newest banlist update coming to the game in early December, including one newly-banned card and multiple limited cards. The massively popular digital trading card game from Konami has regularly seen updates since its January 2022 launch, bringing both new cards and new ways to play the game. The game’s monthly cycles typically add one totwo new Selection Packs, with each month also featuring new limited-time events granting more Gems and exclusive cosmetics. One of the most notable monthly changes, however, typically comes to the game’s banlist.
Unlike the three to four banlist updates the physicalYu-Gi-Oh TCGreceives each year,Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duelfeatures monthly updates to the in-game banlist. Konami often uses new changes to the banlist to curb the power of many of the game’s most powerful decks, limiting or even banning key cards from popular strategies. The developer has even used banlist updates to “pre-hit” new decks, restricting access to certain cards in order to ensure a deck doesn’t immediately take over the game on release. Now,Master Duel’s newest update is addressing multiple popular meta staples for December.
Konami officially revealed the December banlist forYu-Gi-Oh Master Duelon Friday, confirming that one card would be banned and several more will see new restrictions. Popular staple Spell card “Pot of Prosperity” will be the newest addition to the “Forbidden” list, with the powerful draw card previously set to 1 copy per deck. Three different cards were restricted to one copy per deck with the new update,including generic Hand Trapslike “Dimension Shifter” and “PSY-Framegear Gamma” alongside “Fairy Tail - Snow.” The banlist update will go live inYu-Gi-Oh Master Duelon December 6.
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While the Forbidden and Limited sections of the banlist saw major changes, the rest of the banlist saw a few other smaller adjustments. Only one new card was added to the game’s Semi-Limited list with"Lightning Storm" restricted to two copiesper deck, similar to its limitations in the physical TCG. Two cards will be freed from the banlist entirely, with “Trickstar Light Stage” helping the fan-favorite anime “Trickstar” deck and “Chronograph Sorcerer” set to be a boon to Pendulum decks.
The new changes toMaster Duel’s banlist look to address some of the digital trading card game’s most problematic cards. Many fans of the game have called for the banning of Dimension Shifter, with the card’s powerful banish effect able to shut down manypopularMaster Dueldecksfor an entire turn. “Fairy Tail - Snow” has also often been abused in decks that can quickly put it into the Graveyard, including strategies like “Tearlaments” and “Lightsworn.” The newest update toMaster Duelwill bring welcome changes for many fans to some of the game’s most powerful decks.
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