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Ok, I'm not going to copy and paste a ban list and add suggestions. Base this thread off of the current banlist. I will include my changes in here. I will provide reasoning if needed, but please do the same.

 

Newly Banned

 

CARD OF SAFE RETURN

CHIMERATECH FORTRESS DRAGON

CHIMERATECH OVERDRAGON

CRUSH CARD VIRUS

CYBER-END DRAGON

CYBER-TWIN DRAGON

DARK ARMED DRAGON

DECK DEVASTATION VIRUS

DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON

GLADIATOR BEAST GYZARUS

GORZ THE EMISSARY OF DARKNESS

LIMITER REMOVAL

MONSTER REBORN

RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION

TREEBORN FROG

ULTIMATE OFFERING

 

Newly Limited

 

ARCANA FORCE 0 - THE FOOL

BREAKER THE MAGICAL WARRIOR

CALL OF THE HAUNTED

CHAIN STRIKE

EMERGENCY TELEPORT

LYLA, LIGHTSWORN SORCERESS

NECROFACE

X-SABER AIRBELLUM

Newly Semi-Limited

 

DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS

 

Newly Unlimited

 

ADVANCED RITUAL ART

BOOK OF MOON

CYBER DRAGON

D.D. WARRIOR LADY

FOOLISH BURIAL

FUTURE FUSION

GRAVITY BIND

JUDGMENT DRAGON

MAGICIAN OF FAITH

MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION

MANTICORE OF DARKNESS

MASK OF DARKNESS

METAMORPHOSIS

MONSTER GATE

MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON

OVERLOAD FUSION

RAIZA THE STORM MONARCH

REASONING

ROYAL DECREE

SUMMON PRIEST

THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY

 

Not Sure Where to Place

ACCUMULATED FORTUNE

TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS

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You forgot banning Judgment Dragon. It rivals Dark Armed Dragon in power and is, therefore, very banworthy.

 

Also, I'm not so sure about Necroface or Demise, but Cyber Dragon CANNOT go back to 3. It should stay at 1. It is too powerful at 3 because it is a 2100 ATK monster that can Special Summoned at no cost when you have no monsters and the opponent has at least 1. That is pretty powerful, based on the fact that you can't find Level 4 monsters with that strength without a negative effect paired with it. Also, the fact that this monster is special summoned by its effect lets it be tributed for a Monarch or something more powerful. I personally don't think it was the Chimeratech Fusions making it powerful.

 

I'm not too sure of Future Fusion being put back up to 3, mainly because there were quite a few other Fusion monsters in which ditching their fusion material causes a problem, e.g., Five-Headed Dragon ditching 5 powerful Dragons into the grave or 5 Level 3 dragons for Cyberdarks.

 

Also, I think Emergency Teleport should also be Limited or Banned. It sends out Krebons or Psychic Commander WAY too fast for Synchro Summoning. Its combo with Malicious is very dangerous.

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Ok' date=' I'm not going to copy and paste a ban list and add suggestions. Base this thread off of the current banlist. I will include my changes in here. I will provide reasoning if needed, but please do the same.

 

Newly Banned

 

CARD OF SAFE RETURN

CHIMERATECH FORTRESS DRAGON

CHIMERATECH OVERDRAGON

CRUSH CARD VIRUS

CYBER-END DRAGON

CYBER-TWIN DRAGON

DARK ARMED DRAGON

GLADIATOR BEAST GYZARUS

GORZ THE EMISSARY OF DARKNESS

LIMITER REMOVAL

MONSTER REBORN

[b']REASONING

RESCUE CAT[/b]

RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION

TREEBORN FROG

ULTIMATE OFFERING

 

Newly Limited

 

ARCANA FORCE 0 - THE FOOL

CHAIN STRIKE

LYLA, LIGHTSWORN SORCERESS

 

Newly Semi-Limited

 

BREAKER THE MAGICAL WARRIOR

DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS

 

Newly Unlimited

 

ADVANCED RITUAL ART

BOOK OF MOON

CYBER DRAGON

D.D. WARRIOR LADY

FOOLISH BURIAL

FUTURE FUSION

GRAVITY BIND

MAGICIAN OF FAITH

MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION

MANTICORE OF DARKNESS

MASK OF DARKNESS

MONSTER GATE

MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON

OVERLOAD FUSION

RAIZA THE STORM MONARCH

ROYAL DECREE

SUMMON PRIEST

THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY

 

Not Sure Where to Place

 

DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON

NECROFACE

 

I demand explanations for the bolded.

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Why did you Limit Lyla and Semi-Limit Breaker?

 

As for where to place Demise. It is ban worthy because of the Demise OTK. It also stops a perfectly balanced card from being at 3 without damaging the game. That card being Advanced Ritual Art.

 

I would also like to know why Judgment Dragon isn't banned. It is banworthy for much the same reasons as Dark Armed Dragon. The Deck dedication does not in any way balance it.

 

Cyber Dragon should be banned. It is an overaggressive beatstick that rewards bad play and can be tributed for a Monarch or be used as Synchro fodder or attack over almost any if not any Level 4 or lower monster.

 

Also, why ban Reasoning?

 

And why arent the other 2 Virus cards banned? They are ban worthy for much the same reasons as Crush Card Virus.

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Ok' date=' I'm not going to copy and paste a ban list and add suggestions. Base this thread off of the current banlist. I will include my changes in here. I will provide reasoning if needed, but please do the same.

 

Newly Banned

 

CARD OF SAFE RETURN

CHIMERATECH FORTRESS DRAGON

CHIMERATECH OVERDRAGON

CRUSH CARD VIRUS

CYBER-END DRAGON

CYBER-TWIN DRAGON

DARK ARMED DRAGON

GLADIATOR BEAST GYZARUS

GORZ THE EMISSARY OF DARKNESS

LIMITER REMOVAL

MONSTER REBORN

[b']REASONING[/b] - Mainly because of the ability to easily Synchro Summon with it. If played right, you could get out Synchros with this card faster than you could with Emergency Teleport.

RESCUE CAT - It's either this or Summon Priest, and I think that this card has a cost that is much easier to fulfill and much less damage. For the mere cost of Tributing this, you can get out Goyo, Brionac, or any other Level 6 or lower Synchro Monster. It, like Reasoning, makes Synchro Summoning too easy.

RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION

TREEBORN FROG

ULTIMATE OFFERING

 

Newly Limited

 

ARCANA FORCE 0 - THE FOOL

CHAIN STRIKE

LYLA, LIGHTSWORN SORCERESS - She's much easier to use than Breaker. I mean, not only does she have more ATK, she can destroy a Spell or Trap more easily than Breaker, and she provides free mill. I realize that 100 ATK more doesn't make a big difference, but there's that, the fact that it's easier to destroy a Spell or Trap Card with her effect, and the free mill that, in my opinion, makes this card superior to Breaker.

 

Newly Semi-Limited

 

BREAKER THE MAGICAL WARRIOR - This one seems rather ridiculous, but I thought that it might be a nice choice. I'm not really comfortable with placing this at three, but I don't feel it needs to be limited or banned either. This seems like the best place for it. Especially with Gravity Bind and Future Fusion at three. Lyla gets priority, but Breaker's priority is only placing a counter. Still, he's 1900 with a counter, so sometimes he could be more useful than Lyla. I'm open to suggestions about where to place this, but its current location seems like the best choice.

DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS

 

Newly Unlimited

 

ADVANCED RITUAL ART

BOOK OF MOON

CYBER DRAGON - So you get a 2100 ATK monster? With cards like Oppression and Bottomless Trap Hole, Cyber Dragon is prone to destruction easily. However, I'm not saying that it's should be unlimited because it is counterable. Not only is it easily counterable, it's only 2100 ATK. Vice Dragon, on the other hand, is DARK, and can be extremely powerful with cards like Crush Card Virus. Again, I'm open to suggestions.

D.D. WARRIOR LADY

FOOLISH BURIAL

FUTURE FUSION

GRAVITY BIND

MAGICIAN OF FAITH

MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION

MANTICORE OF DARKNESS

MASK OF DARKNESS

MONSTER GATE

MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON

OVERLOAD FUSION

RAIZA THE STORM MONARCH

ROYAL DECREE

SUMMON PRIEST

THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY

 

Not Sure Where to Place

 

DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON

NECROFACE

 

I demand explanations for the bolded.

 

Why did you Limit Lyla and Semi-Limit Breaker?

 

As for where to place Demise. It is ban worthy because of the Demise OTK. It also stops a perfectly balanced card from being at 3 without damaging the game. That card being Advanced Ritual Art.

 

I would also like to know why Judgment Dragon isn't banned. It is banworthy for much the same reasons as Dark Armed Dragon. The Deck dedication does not in any way balance it.

 

Cyber Dragon should be banned. It is an overaggressive beatstick that rewards bad play and can be tributed for a Monarch or be used as Synchro fodder or attack over almost any if not any Level 4 or lower monster.

 

Also' date=' why ban Reasoning?

 

And why arent the other 2 Virus cards banned? They are ban worthy for much the same reasons as Crush Card Virus.

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I'll be honest, the other two Virus cards slipped my mind. Before I just place them on the list, explain why they are ban worthy for reasons similar to those that justify the banning of Crush Card Virus.

 

EDIT: As for Judgment Dragon, it's theme based. While it is good, possibly even better than Dark Armed Dragon, I'm reluctant to ban it because of the fact that it relies on a specific theme to be successful.

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Future Fusion shouldn't be at 3. :\

 

Why? It's only limit-worthy because of Chimeratech Overdragon. Banning one card to get back two seems like a good deal to me.

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Why did you Limit Lyla and Semi-Limit Breaker?

 

As for where to place Demise. It is ban worthy because of the Demise OTK. It also stops a perfectly balanced card from being at 3 without damaging the game. That card being Advanced Ritual Art.

 

I would also like to know why Judgment Dragon isn't banned. It is banworthy for much the same reasons as Dark Armed Dragon. The Deck dedication does not in any way balance it.

 

Cyber Dragon should be banned. It is an overaggressive beatstick that rewards bad play and can be tributed for a Monarch or be used as Synchro fodder or attack over almost any if not any Level 4 or lower monster.

 

Also' date=' why ban Reasoning?

 

And why arent the other 2 Virus cards banned? They are ban worthy for much the same reasons as Crush Card Virus.

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I'll be honest, the other two Virus cards slipped my mind. Before I just place them on the list, explain why they are ban worthy for reasons similar to those that justify the banning of Crush Card Virus.

 

EDIT: As for Judgment Dragon, it's theme based. While it is good, possibly even better than Dark Armed Dragon, I'm reluctant to ban it because of the fact that it relies on a specific theme to be successful.

 

For DDV, it may have a harder to achieve activation requirement than CCV, but like CCV, it kills monsters with a certain ATK range while making them unusable for a certain period of time like CCV.

 

For EEV, simple. It is an overpowered type killer. It destroys a certain group of card while making it unusable for a certain period of time.

 

Future Fusion shouldn't be at 3. :\

 

Chimeratech Overdragon is the only thing stopping this from being at 3. With Chimeratech Overdragon banned, there is no reason why this shouldnt be at a number less than 3.

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Why did you Limit Lyla and Semi-Limit Breaker?

 

As for where to place Demise. It is ban worthy because of the Demise OTK. It also stops a perfectly balanced card from being at 3 without damaging the game. That card being Advanced Ritual Art.

 

I would also like to know why Judgment Dragon isn't banned. It is banworthy for much the same reasons as Dark Armed Dragon. The Deck dedication does not in any way balance it.

 

Cyber Dragon should be banned. It is an overaggressive beatstick that rewards bad play and can be tributed for a Monarch or be used as Synchro fodder or attack over almost any if not any Level 4 or lower monster.

 

Also' date=' why ban Reasoning?

 

And why arent the other 2 Virus cards banned? They are ban worthy for much the same reasons as Crush Card Virus.

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I'll be honest, the other two Virus cards slipped my mind. Before I just place them on the list, explain why they are ban worthy for reasons similar to those that justify the banning of Crush Card Virus.

 

EDIT: As for Judgment Dragon, it's theme based. While it is good, possibly even better than Dark Armed Dragon, I'm reluctant to ban it because of the fact that it relies on a specific theme to be successful.

 

For DDV, it may have a harder to achieve activation requirement than CCV, but like CCV, it kills monsters with a certain ATK range while making them unusable for a certain period of time like CCV.

 

For EEV, simple. It is an overpowered type killer. It destroys a certain group of card while making it unusable for a certain period of time.

 

Future Fusion shouldn't be at 3. :\

 

Chimeratech Overdragon is the only thing stopping this from being at 3. With Chimeratech Overdragon banned' date=' there is no reason why this shouldnt be at a number less than 3.

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EEV is practically useless. There's barely any good DARK monsters with 2500+ ATK, and you wouldn't want to Tribute any good ones that you did have out. Dark Armed Dragon and Darklord Zerato, two of the good DARK monsters with 2500+ ATK, can take care of Spells and Traps without having to Tribute themselves.

 

I will ban Deck Devastation Virus, though.

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RESCUE CAT - It's either this or Summon Priest, and I think that this card has a cost that is much easier to fulfill and much less damage. For the mere cost of Tributing this, you can get out Goyo, Brionac, or any other Level 6 or lower Synchro Monster. It, like Reasoning, makes Synchro Summoning too easy.

 

X-Saber Airbellum is in this combo too ya' know,

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RESCUE CAT - It's either this or Summon Priest' date=' and I think that this card has a cost that is much easier to fulfill and much less damage. For the mere cost of Tributing this, you can get out Goyo, Brionac, or any other Level 6 or lower Synchro Monster. It, like Reasoning, makes Synchro Summoning too easy.[/quote']

 

X-Saber Airbellum is in this combo too ya' know,

 

There's no justifiable reason to ban a Level 3 Beast-Type Tuner monster with 1600 ATK that can make your opponent discard a card when it inflicts Battle Damage.

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If you're dumping for 5 Headed Dragon you can dump 5 with one card. :\

 

Give me an example of a situation where dumping five Dragon-Type monsters could give you some sort of unfair advantage that you couldn't get with something like Foolish Burial or Armageddon Knight?

 

Before you ask, yes, I know that Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon can Summon from the Graveyard. Still, no one is going to make a Dragon Deck and use three Future Fusion. Dragon Decks would run Allure of Darkness and Trade-In. With draw power like that, you probably won't be able to use three Future Fusion. You'd draw into a lot of your Dragon-Type monsters, and Future Fusion would become a dead draw.

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By the way, you banned Cyber Twin and Cyber End, but didn't unban Metamorphosis. Any particular reason?

 

REASONING - Mainly because of the ability to easily Synchro Summon with it. If played right' date=' you could get out Synchros with this card faster than you could with Emergency Teleport.[/color']

 

"If played right"? God forbid we reward players for playing well.

 

Also, Synchro Summoning relies on having monsters that add up exactly the right level. Reasoning allows your opponent to deny you a specific level, and therefore a specific sum.

 

Also, Synchro Summoning relies on having exactly one Tuner monster - or, given the right Extra Deck, at least one Tuner monster and at least one non-Tuner monster. Reasoning makes it uncertain whether you will receive a Tuner or a non-Tuner. Also, if your deck does not run Tuners of a variety of different levels, your opponent can easily stop you from getting any Tuners at all.

 

Also, there are loads of ways to spend two cards to get one Synchro Monster without requiring any prior setup. Reasoning makes Synchro Summoning at least this expensive, and isn't even fully reliable. I notice that you haven't banned any other such cards.

 

RESCUE CAT - It's either this or Summon Priest' date=' and I think that this card has a cost that is much easier to fulfill and much less damage. For the mere cost of Tributing this, you can get out Goyo, Brionac, or any other Level 6 or lower Synchro Monster. It, like Reasoning, makes Synchro Summoning too easy.[/color']

 

You are being too narrow-minded. It's not either this or Summon Priest. You are neglecting the third option.

 

LYLA' date=' LIGHTSWORN SORCERESS[/b'] - She's much easier to use than Breaker. I mean, not only does she have more ATK, she can destroy a Spell or Trap more easily than Breaker, and she provides free mill. I realize that 100 ATK more doesn't make a big difference, but there's that, the fact that it's easier to destroy a Spell or Trap Card with her effect, and the free mill that, in my opinion, makes this card superior to Breaker.

 

First of all, Lyla does not have more ATK than Breaker - at least not in practical terms. If your monster attacks before using its effect, then Breaker has 1900 ATK to Lyla's 1700. If your monster uses its effect before attacking, then Breaker has 1600 ATK while Lyla cannot attack at all - and, with only 200 DEF, is just waiting to get run over by the nearest Mokey-Mokey.

 

Second of all, on the turn she is Summoned, Lyla only destroys a Spell or Trap "more easily" than Breaker if she was Special Summoned. This implies one of two things: either you're running Lightlords, in which case she's merely decent theme support, or you've used a generic Special Summon effect like Reasoning, Monster Gate, or Summon Priest to get her out, in which case the price balances out the far-from-fabulous reward.

 

Third of all, the underlying problem with Breaker was that he not only breaks a Spell/Trap but also then proceeds to swing for 1/5 LP. Lyla eliminates this problem with her inability to attack after using her effect.

 

Sixth and lastly, nothing you have said does anything to show that Lyla is a problem for the game at 3 - and even less of what you have said shows that Lyla is a problem for the game at 3 but provides some benefit at 1. You have merely attempted to explain why you would rather deck her than Breaker.

 

BREAKER THE MAGICAL WARRIOR - This one seems rather ridiculous' date=' but I thought that it might be a nice choice. I'm not really comfortable with placing this at three, but I don't feel it needs to be limited or banned either. This seems like the best place for it. Especially with Gravity Bind and Future Fusion at three. Lyla gets priority, but Breaker's priority is only placing a counter. Still, he's 1900 with a counter, so sometimes he could be more useful than Lyla. I'm open to suggestions about where to place this, but its current location seems like the best choice.[/color']

 

Translation: you had no clue where this should go, so you just chose a completely arbitrary location because it felt good to you.

 

CYBER DRAGON - So you get a 2100 ATK monster? With cards like Oppression and Bottomless Trap Hole' date=' Cyber Dragon is prone to destruction easily. However, I'm not saying that it's should be unlimited because it is counterable. Not only is it easily counterable, it's only 2100 ATK. Vice Dragon, on the other hand, is DARK, and can be extremely powerful with cards like Crush Card Virus. Again, I'm open to suggestions.[/color']

 

Cyber Dragon's problem is that it is essentially a completely generic beatstick that consistently Special Summons itself for free and tramples over the majority of monsters or swings for 1/4 LP. The result of Cyber Dragon's presence is that defensive play becomes invalidated. This does not just apply to pure Stall, although the ability of the opponent to easily flood the field in a single turn does weaken removal-forcers such as The Fool and Gravity Bind; it also applies to pretty much every other deck that isn't hyper-aggro, such as those that rely on Flip Effects.

 

As for Vice Dragon: Watapon can be extremely powerful with cards like Pot of Greed. Clearly, the fact that Vice Dragon combos with a card that you already banned makes it far more dangerous. Also, better ban Gearfried; he's too strong with Butterfly Dagger - Elma. >_> At any rate, Vice Dragon's low ATK makes it

 

EDIT: As for Judgment Dragon' date=' it's theme based. While it is good, possibly even better than Dark Armed Dragon, I'm reluctant to ban it because of the fact that it relies on a specific theme to be successful.

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Dark Armed Dragon is theme-based. It requires DARKs. DARKs, like Lightlords, are a set of cards united by some property outside of the card lore and stats; in one case, the attribute, and in the other case, the name. DARK may be a bigger theme than Lightlords, but it is still a theme of sorts; the basic principle of some property designating each card in the game as being "in this theme" or "not in this theme" remains.

 

As such, you are faced with two options: either admit that requiring some sort of theme support does not automatically balance a card, or create some completely arbitrary designation about when a theme is too big.

 

Oh, and by the way, you banned Gyzarus. Just in case it slipped your mind, he's themed too.

 

If you're dumping for 5 Headed Dragon you can dump 5 with one card. :\

 

First of all, a big of themed graveyard-prepping support is not going to damage the game.

 

Second of all, the big advantage of cards like Foolish Burial is that you can dump the card you need dumped. With Future Fusion, you can dump more cards, but you are unlikely to be able to take advantage of them all.

 

Third of all, Future Fusion can do the same thing at 1. Should it be banned, or did you arbitrarily decide that 3 is too many but 1 is somehow just right?

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Why isn't Magician of Faith banned?

 

It's a FLIP that has incredibly low ATK and gives you back a Spell Card. With Nobleman of Crossout semi-limited (which I should change), Magician of Faith stands no chance at being used competitively.

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This list is missing Dark Dive Bomber.

 

Rescue cat is fine banned airbellum isn't the only problem. You are forgetting GB samnite, test tiger, CB amethyst cat, even the wicked worm beast.

 

Future fusion should be at least limited. Five-Headed Dragon (specially with REDMD), Elemental Hero Absolute Zero, Superalloy Beast Raptinus...

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Rescue cat is fine banned airbellum isn't the only problem. You are forgetting GB samnite' date=' test tiger, CB amethyst cat, even the wicked worm beast.

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Care to explain how those other cards you've listed are problems?

 

Future fusion should be at least limited. Five-Headed Dragon (specially with REDMD)' date=' Elemental Hero Absolute Zero, Superalloy Beast Raptinus...

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Again, give some justification for why it is a problem when used with these cards, and then gives some justification why it magically stops being a problem when it cannot be used in multiples.

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