Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Forbidden and Limited Cards (Banlist)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel – Banlist

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Forbidden and Limited Cards (Banlist) – February 6, 2025

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master DuelKey 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.

ⓒ Studio Dice / Shueisha TV Tokyo KONAMI
© Konami Digital Entertainment

We will update as soon as we learn more.

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