Summary
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duelhas revealed the newest update to the digital card game’s “Forbidden and Limited List,” with more than 20 cards moving up and down the banlist. Since the initial launch of the online TCG nearly two years ago, Konami has regularly rolled out changes to keep the game’s most popular decks in check.December’s monthly banlist updatesaw a whopping twelve cards moving up and down the list, with popular strategies like “Labrynth” and “Mathmech” receiving hits. Now, Konami is preparing to roll out an even bigger update to the banlist for January.
Recent additions toYu-Gi-Oh Master Duelhave helped to make a major swing in the game’s meta with a variety of powerful new cards coming into the game.Master Duel’s most recent Selection Pack, December’s “Beginning of the Next Journey,” introduced the “Mannadium” archetype to the game as a combo-oriented Synchro strategy. The pack would also include new support for an archetype featured in the original anime, strengthening the Paradox Brothers' “Gate Guardian” deck. Now, a new banlist looks to shake upYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel’s meta for January.
Konami recently announced the January update toYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel’s banlist with a staggering 21 cards moving up and down the list. The January update will feature four different cards moving to the Forbidden status, with powerful staple cards like “Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon” and “Card of Demise” banned. The limited section of the banlist sees an astounding ten different cards set to one copy per deck, including bothMaster Duelstaples like “Kashtira Fenrir"and a variety of “floodgate” cards like “There Can Be Only One.” Dismantling affected cards following the banlist’s release on January 10 will also grant additional crafting dust for players.
Semi-Limited
Unlimited
While the Forbidden and Limited sections are seeing several cards added,Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duelwill only add one card to its Semi-Limited list. The popular “Purrely” deck is receiving multiple hits with the January update, featuring “Purrely Delicious Memory” limited to one copy and “Purrely Pretty Memory” as the lone new Semi-Limited card. The Unlimited Section sees the once-dominant “Dragon Ruler” cards all set to three copies per deck, alongside key cards fordecks featured in theYu-Gi-Oh ARC-Vanimelike “Speedroid” and “Predaplant.”
The plethora of changes coming toYu-Gi-Oh Master Duelwill look to curb the power of some decks expected to get powerful new additions soon. Purrely is expected to receive a new Xyz Monster with “Epurrely Noir” in the near future, giving the deck another option for its Special Summoning effects. “Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor” was also banned ahead of the release ofthe new “Superheavy Samurai” support, rumored to be arriving in January.Master Duel’s new banlist should shake up the game’s meta and help more decks to shine.
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