Yu-Gi-Oh! Limited and Forbidden Card Lists

Effective from September 2nd, 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 (April 15 2024) list will remain in effect until September 2nd, 2024.

Updated: 9/2/2024

Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster/Effect AGIDO THE ANCIENT SENTINEL 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 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
Monster/Effect LEVEL EATER Forbidden Limited
Monster/Effect MAGICAL SCIENTIST Forbidden Limited
Monster/Effect MASTER PEACE, THE TRUE DRACOSLAYING KING Forbidden Limited
Monster/Effect MATHMECH CIRCULAR Forbidden Limited
Monster/Effect MAXX "C" Forbidden Limited
Monster/Effect MIND MASTER 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 VICTORY DRAGON Forbidden Limited
Monster/Fusion ELDER ENTITY NORDEN Forbidden Limited
Monster/Fusion FIENDSMITH’S LACRIMA Forbidden Limited New
Monster/Fusion SUPREME KING DRAGON STARVING VENOM Forbidden Limited
Monster/Fusion TEARLAMENTS KITKALLOS Forbidden Limited
Monster/Synchro BARONNE DE FLEUR Forbidden Limited
Monster/Synchro BORRELOAD SAVAGE DRAGON Forbidden Limited
Monster/Synchro CHAOS RULER, THE CHAOTIC MAGICAL DRAGON Forbidden Limited
Monster/Synchro HOT RED DRAGON ARCHFIEND KING CALAMITY Forbidden Limited New
Monster/Synchro TEMPEST MAGICIAN Forbidden Limited
Monster/Xyz BEATRICE, LADY OF THE ETERNAL Forbidden Limited Was 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 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 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 SUMMON LIMIT 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 Limited
Monster LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited Limited
Monster RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited Limited
Monster RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited Limited
Monster/Effect ARCHNEMESES PROTOS Limited Limited
Monster/Effect ASTROGRAPH SORCERER Limited Limited
Monster/Effect BLACK DRAGON COLLAPSERPENT Limited Limited
Monster/Effect BYSTIAL MAGNAMHUT Limited Limited
Monster/Effect CYBER JAR Limited Limited
Monster/Effect DANGER!? JACKALOPE? Limited Limited
Monster/Effect DANGER!? TSUCHINOKO? Limited Limited
Monster/Effect DARK GREPHER Limited Limited
Monster/Effect EVA Limited Limited Was Forbidden
Monster/Effect EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE Limited Limited
Monster/Effect KELDO THE SACRED PROTECTOR Limited Limited
Monster/Effect MISCELLANEOUSAURUS Limited Limited
Monster/Effect MORPHING JAR Limited Limited
Monster/Effect MUDORA THE SWORD ORACLE Limited Limited
Monster/Effect PERFORMAPAL MONKEYBOARD Limited Limited
Monster/Effect PHANTOM SKYBLASTER Limited Limited
Monster/Effect PSY-FRAMEGEAR GAMMA Limited Limited
Monster/Effect RESCUE-ACE AIR LIFTER Limited Limited
Monster/Effect SNAKE-EYE ASH Limited Limited New
Monster/Effect SNAKE-EYES POPLAR Limited Limited New
Monster/Effect SUBSTITOAD Limited Limited
Monster/Effect TEARLAMENTS HAVNIS Limited Limited
Monster/Effect TEARLAMENTS MERRLI Limited Limited
Monster/Effect TEARLAMENTS SCHEIREN Limited Limited
Monster/Effect UNCHAINED SOUL OF SHARVARA Limited Limited
Monster/Effect WHITE DRAGON WYVERBURSTER Limited Limited
Monster/Effect ZOODIAC RATPIER Limited Limited
Monster/Fusion GEM-KNIGHT MASTER DIAMOND Limited Limited
Monster/Synchro PSY-FRAMELORD OMEGA Limited Limited
Monster/Synchro T.G. HYPER LIBRARIAN Limited Limited
Monster/Xyz DAIGUSTO EMERAL Limited Limited
Monster/Xyz NUMBER 40: GIMMICK PUPPET OF STRINGS Limited Limited New
Monster/Xyz NUMBER C40: GIMMICK PUPPET OF DARK STRINGS Limited Limited New
Spell BRANDED FUSION Limited Limited New
Spell CALLED BY THE GRAVE Limited Limited
Spell CARD DESTRUCTION Limited Limited
Spell CARD OF DEMISE Limited Limited
Spell CHAIN STRIKE Limited Limited
Spell CHANGE OF HEART Limited Limited
Spell CHAOS SPACE Limited Limited
Spell CHICKEN GAME Limited Limited
Spell DIVINE WIND OF MIST VALLEY Limited Limited
Spell DRAGONIC DIAGRAM Limited Limited
Spell FINAL COUNTDOWN Limited Limited
Spell FOOLISH BURIAL Limited Limited
Spell GATEWAY OF THE SIX Limited Limited
Spell GOLD SARCOPHAGUS Limited Limited
Spell HARPIE’S FEATHER DUSTER Limited Limited
Spell INFERNITY LAUNCHER Limited Limited
Spell INSTANT FUSION Limited Limited
Spell INTO THE VOID Limited Limited
Spell MAGICAL MID-BREAKER FIELD Limited Limited
Spell MONSTER GATE Limited Limited
Spell MONSTER REBORN Limited Limited
Spell ONE DAY OF PEACE Limited Limited
Spell ONE FOR ONE Limited Limited
Spell OPENING OF THE SPIRIT GATES Limited Limited New
Spell POT OF PROSPERITY Limited Limited New
Spell REASONING Limited Limited
Spell REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY Limited Limited
Spell SANGEN SUMMONING Limited Limited New
Spell SEKKA’S LIGHT Limited Limited
Spell SET ROTATION Limited Limited
Spell SKY STRIKER MECHA – HORNET DRONES Limited Limited
Spell SLASH DRAW Limited Limited
Spell SNATCH STEAL Limited Limited
Spell TERRAFORMING Limited Limited
Spell THAT GRASS LOOKS GREENER Limited Limited Was Forbidden
Trap ANTI-SPELL FRAGRANCE Limited Limited
Trap GOZEN MATCH Limited Limited
Trap MAGICAL EXPLOSION Limited Limited
Trap NATURIA SACRED TREE Limited Limited
Trap RIVALRY OF WARLORDS Limited Limited
Trap SKILL DRAIN Limited Limited New
Trap THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE Limited Limited
Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster/Effect BLASTER, DRAGON RULER OF INFERNOS Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect DINOWRESTLER PANKRATOPS Semi-Limited Semi-Limited
Monster/Effect LUNALIGHT TIGER Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect REDOX, DRAGON RULER OF BOULDERS Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect TEMPEST, DRAGON RULER OF STORMS Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Effect TIDAL, DRAGON RULER OF WATERFALLS Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Fusion THUNDER DRAGON COLOSSUS Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Monster/Synchro IB THE WORLD CHALICE JUSTICIAR Semi-Limited Semi-Limited Was Limited
Spell LIGHTNING STORM Semi-Limited Semi-Limited
Spell PURRELY DELICIOUS MEMORY Semi-Limited Semi-Limited
Spell PURRELY SLEEPY MEMORY Semi-Limited Semi-Limited
Spell RUNICK FOUNTAIN Semi-Limited Semi-Limited

 

Card Type Card Name Advanced Format Traditional Format Remarks
Monster/Effect ARMAGEDDON KNIGHT No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Semi-Limited
Monster/Effect MAJESPECTER UNICORN – KIRIN No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Limited
Monster/Effect PERFORMAGE PLUSHFIRE No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Forbidden
Monster/Effect RED ROSE DRAGON No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Limited
Monster/Synchro ANCIENT FAIRY DRAGON No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Limited
Monster/Synchro DENGLONG, FIRST OF THE YANG ZING No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Limited
Trap TIME SEAL No Longer On List No Longer On List Was Limited