Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Forbidden and Limited Cards (Banlist) – February 6, 2025
Key features:
- Genre: TCG Strategy
- Origin: Japan
- Number of Players: 1, online
- System Support: PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Steam, iOS, and Android
Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL lets players old and new enjoy the hugely popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in digital form. Players across the globe can compete in intense collectible card Duels, both thrilling to play and watch.
Master Duel has a curated card pool of more than 10,000 cards. Among them are several cards that may not have been released physically in the TCG or OCG, leading to a disparity between the digital platform and physical game. Additionally, Master Duel allows players around the world to compete against each other using the same mechanics and available cards.
As a result, Master Duel has been separated from both the TCG and OCG formats, becoming its own, independent form of Yu-Gi-Oh! This means the Forbidden and Limited card list (banlist) for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is entirely original and will help cultivate a unique meta.
The banlist is still broken down into three specific parts, along with a fourth being included at the end of certain updates to show which cards are no longer having their usage limited.
- Forbidden: A card is not allowed to be used in a player’s Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.
- Limited: Only one copy of a card is allowed to be used in a player’s Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.
- Semi-Limited: Only two copies of a card are allowed to be used in a player’s Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.
Historically, Konami spaces out its banlist updates by about three months, giving players time to implement new product releases into their strategies and create new decks, while also allowing the company to gather more data and make informed decisions about which cards to hit next. This method will likely still apply to Master Duel.
Here is the current Master Duel Forbidden and Limited card list in effect for ranked gameplay, which will be in effect from February 6, 2025 until the next list is released:
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel January 23, 2025 Banlist Update
Master Duel has announced a Forbidden / Limited List Update! Published on January 23, 2025, it will be implemented on February 6th, 2025.
The Forbidden/Limited List will be updated with the following changes:
Card | Card type | Rarity | Old status (January 2025) |
New status (February 2025) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Secret Village of the Spellcasters | Spell Card | Super Rare | Unlimited | Forbidden |
Summon Limit | Trap Card | Super Rare | Limited | Forbidden |
Anti-Spell Fragrance | Trap Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited | Limited |
Maxx “C” | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Unlimited | Semi-Limited |
Nightmare Throne | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Unlimited | Semi-Limited |
Sangen Kaimen | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Unlimited | Semi-Limited |
Cyber Jar | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden | Unlimited |
Destiny HERO – Celestial | Monster Card | Rare | Forbidden | Unlimited |
Bystial Saronir | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited | Unlimited |
Morphing Jar | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited | Unlimited |
Aluber the Jester of Despia | Monster Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited | Unlimited |
Branded Opening | Spell Card | Common | Semi-Limited | Unlimited |
Will update the master list around mid February, check back soon!
Master Duel Forbidden and Limited Cards
Card | Card type | Rarity | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Agido the Ancient Sentinel | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Amazoness Archer | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Blackwing – Gofu the Vague Shadow | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Block Dragon | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Cannon Soldier | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Cannon Soldier MK-2 | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Catapult Turtle | Monster Card | Rare | Forbidden |
Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Crystron Halqifibrax | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Cyber-Stein | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Dandylion | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Djinn Releaser of Rituals | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Eclipse Wyvern | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Elder Entity Norden | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Fiber Jar | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Fishborg Blaster | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Gimmick Puppet Nightmare | Monster Card | Common | Forbidden |
Glow-Up Bulb | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Grinder Golem | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Guardragon Agarpain | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Guardragon Elpy | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Ido the Supreme Magical Force | Monster Card | Rare | Forbidden |
Jowgen the Spiritualist | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Knightmare Corruptor Iblee | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Lavalval Chain | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Level Eater | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Linkross | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Magical Scientist | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Mind Master | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Number 16: Shock Master | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Number 86: Heroic Champion – Rhongomyniad | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Outer Entity Azathot | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Performage Plushfire | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Phantasmal Lord Ultimitl Bishbaalkin | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Substitoad | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor | Monster Card | Common | Forbidden |
Tearlaments Merrli | Monster Card | Common | Forbidden |
Tempest Magician | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
The Tyrant Neptune | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Toadally Awesome | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Toon Cannon Soldier | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Topologic Gumblar Dragon | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
True King of All Calamities | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Union Carrier | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Wind-Up Hunter | Monster Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Zoodiac Broadbull | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Butterfly Dagger – Elma | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Card of Demise | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Card of Safe Return | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Cold Wave | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Confiscation | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Delinquent Duo | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Dimension Fusion | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Divine Sword – Phoenix Blade | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Giant Trunade | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Graceful Charity | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Instant Fusion | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Kaiser Colosseum | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Last Will | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Mass Driver | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Metamorphosis | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Mirage of Nightmare | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Mystic Mine | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Painful Choice | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Pot of Greed | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Pot of Prosperity | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Premature Burial | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Primeval Planet Perlereino | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Secret Village of the Spellcasters | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Set Rotation | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Smoke Grenade of the Thief | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Soul Charge | Spell Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Summon Limit | Trap Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Terraforming | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
The Forceful Sentry | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Appointer of the Red Lotus | Trap Card | Common | Forbidden |
Branded Expulsion | Trap Card | Common | Forbidden |
Imperial Order | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Last Turn | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Life Equalizer | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Magical Explosion | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Return from the Different Dimension | Trap Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Royal Oppression | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Self-Destruct Button | Trap Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Sixth Sense | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Time Seal | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Trap Dustshoot | Trap Card | Super Rare | Forbidden |
Ultimate Offering | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Vanity’s Emptiness | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Forbidden |
Amano-Iwato | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Astrograph Sorcerer | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Blaze Fenix, the Burning Bombardment Bird | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Bystial Magnamhut | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Dimension Shifter | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Exodia the Forbidden One | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Fairy Tail – Snow | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Heavymetalfoes Electrumite | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Inspector Boarder | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Kashtira Fenrir | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Keldo the Sacred Protector | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Left Arm of the Forbidden One | Monster Card | Common | Limited |
Left Leg of the Forbidden One | Monster Card | Common | Limited |
Mathmech Diameter | Monster Card | Rare | Limited |
Mudora the Sword Oracle | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Nimble Beaver | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Performapal Five-Rainbow Magician | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Predaplant Verte Anaconda | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
PSY-Framegear Gamma | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
PSY-Framelord Omega | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Right Arm of the Forbidden One | Monster Card | Common | Limited |
Right Leg of the Forbidden One | Monster Card | Common | Limited |
Snake-Eye Ash | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Snake-Eyes Poplar | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Superheavy Samurai Soulpiercer | Monster Card | Rare | Limited |
Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Swap Frog | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
T.G. Hyper Librarian | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Tearlaments Havnis | Monster Card | Common | Limited |
Tearlaments Kashtira | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Tearlaments Kitkallos | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Tenpai Dragon Chundra | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Zoodiac Ratpier | Monster Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Branded Fusion | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Brilliant Fusion | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Card Destruction | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Crossout Designator | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Floowandereeze and the Magnificent Map | Spell Card | Rare | Limited |
Foolish Burial | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Foolish Burial Goods | Spell Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Gateway of the Six | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Harpie’s Feather Duster | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Heavy Storm | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Monster Reborn | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
One Day of Peace | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
One for One | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Pot of Desires | Spell Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Pot of Duality | Spell Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Pot of Extravagance | Spell Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Pressured Planet Wraitsoth | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Purrely Delicious Memory | Spell Card | Rare | Limited |
Reinforcement of the Army | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Runick Destruction | Spell Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Runick Fountain | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
That Grass Looks Greener | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
WANTED: Seeker of Sinful Spoils | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Anti-Spell Fragrance | Trap Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Gozen Match | Trap Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Rivalry of Warlords | Trap Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Sangen Summoning | Spell Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Skill Drain | Trap Card | Super Rare | Limited |
Synchro Zone | Trap Card | Common | Limited |
Tearlaments Sulliek | Trap Card | Rare | Limited |
There Can Be Only One | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Limited |
Dark Beckoning Beast | Monster Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Fire King High Avatar Kirin | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Kashtira Unicorn | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Labrynth Chandraglier | Monster Card | Common | Semi-Limited |
Labrynth Stovie Torbie | Monster Card | Common | Semi-Limited |
Maxx “C” | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Necroface | Monster Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Parallel eXceed | Monster Card | Common | Semi-Limited |
Phantom of Yubel | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Purrely | Monster Card | Rare | Semi-Limited |
Purrelyly | Monster Card | Rare | Semi-Limited |
Rescue-ACE Air Lifter | Monster Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Spright Blue | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Spright Jet | Monster Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Tearlaments Scheiren | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Bonfire | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Called by the Grave | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Cynet Mining | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Emergency Teleport | Spell Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Gold Sarcophagus | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Lightning Storm | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Nadir Servant | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Nightmare Throne | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Opening of the Spirit Gates | Spell Card | Rare | Semi-Limited |
Raigeki | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Runick Freezing Curses | Spell Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Runick Slumber | Spell Card | Rare | Semi-Limited |
Runick Tip | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Sangen Kaimen | Spell Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
D.D. Dynamite | Trap Card | Super Rare | Semi-Limited |
Red Reboot | Trap Card | Ultra Rare | Semi-Limited |
Aluber the Jester of Despia | Monster Card | Super Rare | Unlimited |
Bystial Saronir | Monster Card | Super Rare | Unlimited |
Cyber Jar | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Unlimited |
Destiny HERO – Celestial | Monster Card | Rare | Unlimited |
Morphing Jar | Monster Card | Ultra Rare | Unlimited |
Branded Opening | Spell Card | Common | Unlimited |
Konami has not confirmed the date for Master Duel‘s next Forbidden and Limited card list update yet.
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We will update as soon as we learn more.
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