YuGiOh Master Duel Banlist December 2022

December 2, 2022

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YuGiOh Master Duel introduced a new way to play the TCG in 2022, and a YuGiOh Master Duel banlist quickly followed. The digital version of the game is expanding all the time, often in different directions from its physical tabletop sibling, so it naturally needs a banlist of its own to fix what gets broken. This banlist gets updated pretty regularly – luckily we’re on-deck with our eyes peeled, ready to communicate changes in this guide at a moment’s notice.

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What is the YuGiOh Master Duel banlist?

The Master Duel card pool doesn’t look quite the same as the one from the physical trading card game, so a separate banlist is needed to keep things balanced. Despite this, the Master Duel banlist follows roughly the same rules as the regular YuGiOh banlist.

By this, we mean there are three degrees of ‘ban’ a card can be subject to:

Forbidden – Can’t be used in the Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck
Limited – Can only have one copy in the Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck
Semi-limited – Can have two copies max in the Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined

Banlist updates tend to come every few months, and the most recent ban was enforced on December 1. This update to the list included:

Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds joining the Forbidden list
Anti Spell Fragrance moving to Semi-limited
Genex Ally Birdman joining the Semi-limited list
Galatea, the Orcust Automoton being made Semi-limited
Magical Meltdown becoming Unlimited

YuGiOh Master Duel banlist 2022

Below you’ll find the full list of YuGiOh cards banned in Master Duel:

Forbidden Master Duel cards

Monster/Effect

Amazoness Archer
Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds
Blackwing – Gofu the Vague Shadow
Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos
Cannon Soldier
Cannon Soldier MK-2
Cyber Jar
Dandylion
Destiny HERO – Celestial
Djinn Releaser of Rituals
Eclipse Wyvern
Fiber Jar
Fishborg Blaster
Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition
Glow-Up Bulb
Grinder Golem
Level Eater
Magical Scientist
Majespecter Unicorn – Kirin
Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King

Mind Master
Performage Plushfire
Performapal Monkeyboard
Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders
Substitoad
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls
The Tyrant Neptune
Toon Cannon Soldier
Wind-Up Hunter
Yata-Garasu
Zoodiac Ratpier

Monster/Fusion

Elder Entity Norden
Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon

Monster/Synchro

Ancient Fairy Dragon
Ib the World Chalice Justiciar
Tempest Magician

Monster/Xyz

Lavalval Chain
M-X-Saber Invoker
Number 16: Shock Master
Number 75: Bamboozling Gossip Shadow
Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon
Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL
Outer Entity Azathot
Tellarknight Ptolemaeus
True King of All Calamities
Zoodiac Broadbull

Spell

Butterfly Dagger – Elma
Card of Safe Return
Change of Heart
Cold Wave
Confiscation
Delinquent Duo
Dimension Fusion
Divine Sword – Phoenix Blade
Giant Trunade
Graceful Charity
Heavy Storm
Last Will
Mass Driver

Metamorphosis
Mirage of Nightmare
Mystic Mine
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Set Rotation
Snatch Steal
Soul Charge
The Forceful Sentry
Zoodiac Barrage

Trap

Imperial Order
Last Turn
Life Equaliser
Magical Explosion
Return from the Different Dimension
Royal Oppression
Self-Destruct Button
Sixth Sense
Time Seal
Trap Dustshoot
Ultimate Offering
Vanity’s Emptiness