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Yu-Gi-Oh! Limited and Forbidden Card Lists

Effective from January 1, 2024

  • Cards that are "Forbidden" cannot be used in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.
  • You can only have 1 copy maximum of a "Limited" card in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.
  • You can only have 2 copies maximum of a "Semi-limited" card in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.

The next update after this will be in a few months.

The previous (September 25, 2023) list will remain in effect until January 1, 2024.

Updated: 12/19/2023

Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster/Effect AGIDO THE ANCIENT SENTINEL Forbidden Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect ARCHNEMESES PROTOS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect ARTIFACT SCYTHE Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect BARRIER STATUE OF THE STORMWINDS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect BLACKWING – GOFU THE VAGUE SHADOW Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect BLOCK DRAGON Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect CYBER-STEIN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect DANDYLION Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect DJINN RELEASER OF RITUALS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect ECLIPSE WYVERN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect EVA Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect FAIRY TAIL – SNOW Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect FIBER JAR Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect FISHBORG BLASTER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect GLOW-UP BULB Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect GRINDER GOLEM Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect KELBEK THE ANCIENT VANGUARD Forbidden Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect LEVEL EATER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect MAGICAL SCIENTIST Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect MAJESPECTER UNICORN – KIRIN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect MASTER PEACE, THE TRUE DRACOSLAYING KING Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect MATHMECH CIRCULAR Forbidden Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect MAXX "C" Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect MIND MASTER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect PERFORMAGE PLUSHFIRE Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect PHOENIXIAN CLUSTER AMARYLLIS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect RONINTOADIN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect SPYRAL MASTER PLAN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect THE TYRANT NEPTUNE Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect TIDAL, DRAGON RULER OF WATERFALLS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Effect VICTORY DRAGON Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Fusion ELDER ENTITY NORDEN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Fusion SUPREME KING DRAGON STARVING VENOM Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Fusion TEARLAMENTS KITKALLOS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Fusion THUNDER DRAGON COLOSSUS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link CRYSTRON HALQIFIBRAX Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link CURIOUS, THE LIGHTSWORN DOMINION Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link GUARDRAGON AGARPAIN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link GUARDRAGON ELPY Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link HEAVYMETALFOES ELECTRUMITE Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link ISOLDE, TWO TALES OF THE NOBLE KNIGHTS Forbidden Limited New
Monster/Link KNIGHTMARE GOBLIN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link KNIGHTMARE MERMAID Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link LINKROSS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link MECHA PHANTOM BEAST AURORADON Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link PRANK-KIDS MEOW-MEOW-MU Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link PREDAPLANT VERTE ANACONDA Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link SIMORGH, BIRD OF SOVEREIGNTY Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link SPRIGHT ELF Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link SUMMON SORCERESS Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI SCARECROW Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link TOPOLOGIC GUMBLAR DRAGON Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Link UNION CARRIER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Synchro CHAOS RULER, THE CHAOTIC MAGICAL DRAGON Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Synchro TEMPEST MAGICIAN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz KASHTIRA ARISE-HEART Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz LAVALVAL CHAIN Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz M-X-SABER INVOKER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz NUMBER 16: SHOCK MASTER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz NUMBER 42: GALAXY TOMAHAWK Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz NUMBER 86: HEROIC CHAMPION – RHONGOMYNIAD Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz NUMBER 89: DIABLOSIS THE MIND HACKER Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz NUMBER 95: GALAXY-EYES DARK MATTER DRAGON Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz NUMBER S0: UTOPIC ZEXAL Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz OUTER ENTITY AZATHOT Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz TRUE KING OF ALL CALAMITIES Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz WIND-UP CARRIER ZENMAITY Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz ZOODIAC BROADBULL Forbidden Limited  
Monster/Xyz ZOODIAC DRIDENT Forbidden Limited  
Spell BRILLIANT FUSION Forbidden Limited  
Spell BUTTERFLY DAGGER – ELMA Forbidden Limited  
Spell CARD OF SAFE RETURN Forbidden Limited  
Spell CHICKEN GAME Forbidden Limited  
Spell COLD WAVE Forbidden Limited  
Spell CONFISCATION Forbidden Limited  
Spell DELINQUENT DUO Forbidden Limited  
Spell DIMENSION FUSION Forbidden Limited  
Spell GIANT TRUNADE Forbidden Limited  
Spell GRACEFUL CHARITY Forbidden Limited  
Spell HEAVY STORM Forbidden Limited  
Spell KAISER COLOSSEUM Forbidden Limited  
Spell LAST WILL Forbidden Limited  
Spell MASS DRIVER Forbidden Limited  
Spell METAMORPHOSIS Forbidden Limited  
Spell MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE Forbidden Limited  
Spell MYSTIC MINE Forbidden Limited  
Spell PAINFUL CHOICE Forbidden Limited  
Spell POT OF GREED Forbidden Limited  
Spell PREMATURE BURIAL Forbidden Limited  
Spell SMOKE GRENADE OF THE THIEF Forbidden Limited  
Spell SOUL CHARGE Forbidden Limited  
Spell THAT GRASS LOOKS GREENER Forbidden Limited  
Spell THE FORCEFUL SENTRY Forbidden Limited  
Spell ZOODIAC BARRAGE Forbidden Limited  
Trap APPOINTER OF THE RED LOTUS Forbidden Limited  
Trap BRANDED EXPULSION Forbidden Limited  
Trap IMPERIAL ORDER Forbidden Limited  
Trap LAST TURN Forbidden Limited  
Trap RED REBOOT Forbidden Limited  
Trap RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION Forbidden Limited  
Trap ROYAL OPPRESSION Forbidden Limited  
Trap SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON Forbidden Limited  
Trap SIXTH SENSE Forbidden Limited  
Trap TRAP DUSTSHOOT Forbidden Limited  
Trap ULTIMATE OFFERING Forbidden Limited  
Trap VANITY’S EMPTINESS Forbidden Limited  
Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited  
Monster LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited  
Monster RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited  
Monster RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited  
Monster/Effect ARMAGEDDON KNIGHT Limited  
Monster/Effect ASTROGRAPH SORCERER Limited  
Monster/Effect BLACK DRAGON COLLAPSERPENT Limited  
Monster/Effect BLASTER, DRAGON RULER OF INFERNOS Limited  
Monster/Effect BYSTIAL MAGNAMHUT Limited  
Monster/Effect CYBER JAR Limited  
Monster/Effect DANGER!? JACKALOPE? Limited  
Monster/Effect DANGER!? TSUCHINOKO? Limited  
Monster/Effect DARK GREPHER Limited  
Monster/Effect EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited  
Monster/Effect KELDO THE SACRED PROTECTOR Limited  
Monster/Effect LUNALIGHT TIGER Limited  
Monster/Effect MISCELLANEOUSAURUS Limited  
Monster/Effect MORPHING JAR Limited  
Monster/Effect MUDORA THE SWORD ORACLE Limited  
Monster/Effect ORCUST HARP HORROR Limited Was Forbidden
Monster/Effect PERFORMAPAL MONKEYBOARD Limited  
Monster/Effect PHANTOM SKYBLASTER Limited  
Monster/Effect PSY-FRAMEGEAR GAMMA Limited  
Monster/Effect RED ROSE DRAGON Limited  
Monster/Effect REDOX, DRAGON RULER OF BOULDERS Limited Was Forbidden
Monster/Effect RESCUE-ACE AIR LIFTER Limited New
Monster/Effect SUBSTITOAD Limited  
Monster/Effect TEARLAMENTS HAVNIS Limited  
Monster/Effect TEARLAMENTS MERRLI Limited  
Monster/Effect TEARLAMENTS SCHEIREN Limited  
Monster/Effect TEMPEST, DRAGON RULER OF STORMS Limited  
Monster/Effect UNCHAINED SOUL OF SHARVARA Limited New
Monster/Effect WHITE DRAGON WYVERBURSTER Limited  
Monster/Effect ZOODIAC RATPIER Limited  
Monster/Fusion GEM-KNIGHT MASTER DIAMOND Limited  
Monster/Link STRIKER DRAGON Limited  
Monster/Link SUNAVALON DRYAS Limited New
Monster/Link SUNVINE HEALER Limited New
Monster/Synchro ANCIENT FAIRY DRAGON Limited  
Monster/Synchro DENGLONG, FIRST OF THE YANG ZING Limited  
Monster/Synchro IB THE WORLD CHALICE JUSTICIAR Limited Was Forbidden
Monster/Synchro PSY-FRAMELORD OMEGA Limited  
Monster/Synchro T.G. HYPER LIBRARIAN Limited  
Monster/Xyz BEATRICE, LADY OF THE ETERNAL Limited  
Monster/Xyz DAIGUSTO EMERAL Limited  
Spell CALLED BY THE GRAVE Limited  
Spell CARD DESTRUCTION Limited  
Spell CARD OF DEMISE Limited  
Spell CHAIN STRIKE Limited  
Spell CHANGE OF HEART Limited  
Spell CHAOS SPACE Limited  
Spell DIVINE WIND OF MIST VALLEY Limited  
Spell DRAGONIC DIAGRAM Limited  
Spell FINAL COUNTDOWN Limited  
Spell FOOLISH BURIAL Limited  
Spell GATEWAY OF THE SIX Limited  
Spell GOLD SARCOPHAGUS Limited  
Spell HARPIE’S FEATHER DUSTER Limited  
Spell INFERNITY LAUNCHER Limited  
Spell INSTANT FUSION Limited  
Spell INTO THE VOID Limited  
Spell MAGICAL MID-BREAKER FIELD Limited  
Spell MONSTER GATE Limited  
Spell MONSTER REBORN Limited  
Spell ONE DAY OF PEACE Limited  
Spell ONE FOR ONE Limited  
Spell PURRELY DELICIOUS MEMORY Limited  
Spell REASONING Limited  
Spell REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY Limited  
Spell SEKKA’S LIGHT Limited  
Spell SET ROTATION Limited  
Spell SKY STRIKER MECHA – HORNET DRONES Limited  
Spell SLASH DRAW Limited  
Spell SNATCH STEAL Limited Was Forbidden
Spell TERRAFORMING Limited  
Trap GOZEN MATCH Limited New
Trap MAGICAL EXPLOSION Limited  
Trap NATURIA SACRED TREE Limited  
Trap RIVALRY OF WARLORDS Limited New
Trap THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE Limited New
Trap TIME SEAL Limited  
Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster/Effect DESTINY HERO – MALICIOUS  Semi-Limited  
Monster/Effect DINOWRESTLER PANKRATOPS  Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect SPEEDROID TERRORTOP  Semi-Limited Was Limited
Spell LIGHTNING STORM  Semi-Limited  
Spell PURRELY SLEEPY MEMORY  Semi-Limited New
Spell RUNICK FOUNTAIN  Semi-Limited  
Spell SKY STRIKER MOBILIZE – ENGAGE!  Semi-Limited  

 

Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster/Effect INFERNITY ARCHFIEND No Longer On List Was Limited
Monster/Effect KASHTIRA UNICORN No Longer On List Was Semi-Limited
Spell MIND CONTROL No Longer On List Was Limited
Spell POT OF DESIRES No Longer On List Was Semi-Limited
Spell SPELLBOOK OF JUDGMENT No Longer On List Was Limited
Spell SPRIGHT STARTER No Longer On List Was Semi-Limited
Spell UPSTART GOBLIN No Longer On List Was Limited