What's on the Yu-Gi-Oh! ban list right now?

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Forbidden & Limited list in effect since September 21, 2026 has 122 Forbidden cards, 95 Limited cards and 8 Semi-Limited cards, and no announced changes are waiting to take effect.

Forbidden (122)

Abyss Dweller, Agido the Ancient Sentinel, Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess, Appointer of the Red Lotus, Archlord Kristya, Archnemeses Protos, Artifact Mjollnir, Artifact Scythe, Bahamut Shark, Baronne de Fleur, Barrier Statue of the Drought, Barrier Statue of the Inferno, Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds, Barrier Statue of the Torrent, Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal, Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow, Block Dragon, Borreload Savage Dragon, Branded Expulsion, Butterfly Dagger - Elma, Card of Safe Return, Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon, Cold Wave, Confiscation, Crystron Halqifibrax, Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion, CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix, Cyber-Stein, Dandylion, Delinquent Duo, Dimension Fusion, Dimension Shifter, Dimensional Barrier, Djinn Releaser of Rituals, Eclipse Wyvern, Evilswarm Ouroboros, Fiber Jar, Fishborg Blaster, Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo, Giant Trunade, Gimmick Puppet Nightmare, Graceful Charity, Grinder Golem, Guardragon Agarpain, Guardragon Elpy, Harpie's Feather Storm, Heavy Storm, Heavymetalfoes Electrumite, Herald of the Arc Light, Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity, Imperial Order, Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights, Jowgen the Spiritualist, K9-04 Noroi, Kaiser Colosseum, Kashtira Arise-Heart, Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard, Kewl Tune Rotary, King of the Feral Imps, Knightmare Goblin, Knightmare Gryphon, Knightmare Mermaid, Last Turn, Last Will, Lavalval Chain, Level Eater, Link Decoder, Linkross, Magical Scientist, Maliss <Q> White Binder, Mass Driver, Maxx "C", Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon, Moon of the Closed Heaven, Mystic Mine, Naturia Rosewhip, Number 16: Shock Master, Number 42: Galaxy Tomahawk, Number 67: Pair-a-Dice Smasher, Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad, Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker, Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon, Number S0: Utopic ZEXAL, Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye, Outer Entity Azathot, Painful Choice, Phantasmal Lord Ultimitl Bishbaalkin, Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis, Pot of Greed, Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu, Predaplant Verte Anaconda, Protectcode Talker, PSY-Framelord Omega, Red Reboot, Reprodocus, Return from the Different Dimension, Ronintoadin, Royal Oppression, Self-Destruct Button, Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty, Sixth Sense, Smoke Grenade of the Thief, Soul Charge, Splash Mage, Spright Elf, SPYRAL Master Plan, Summon Limit, Superheavy Samurai Scarecrow, Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom, Tearlaments Kitkallos, Tempest Magician, The Forceful Sentry, The Tyrant Neptune, Topologic Gumblar Dragon, Trap Dustshoot, True King of All Calamities, Ultimate Offering, Union Carrier, Vanity's Emptiness, Victory Dragon, Wind-Up Hunter, Zoodiac Broadbull

Limited (95)

"A Case for K9", Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi, Anti-Spell Fragrance, Astrograph Sorcerer, Bonfire, Branded Fusion, Brilliant Fusion, Bystial Druiswurm, Bystial Magnamhut, Called by the Grave, Card Destruction, Card of Demise, Chain Strike, Chaos Space, Chicken Game, Crossout Designator, Cupsy★Yummy Way, Cupsy☆Yummy, Daigusto Emeral, Divine Wind of Mist Valley, Dracotail Mululu, Elfnote Tinia, Exodia the Forbidden One, Ext Ryzeal, Fairy Tail - Snow, Fiendsmith's Lacrima, Final Countdown, Foolish Burial, Gateway of the Six, Gem-Knight Master Diamond, Gold Sarcophagus, Gozen Match, Harpie's Feather Duster, Infernity Launcher, Instant Fusion, Into the Void, K9-66a Jokul, Keldo the Sacred Protector, Ketu Dracotail, Left Arm of the Forbidden One, Left Leg of the Forbidden One, Linkuriboh, Magical Explosion, Magical Mid-Breaker Field, Maliss <P> Dormouse, Maliss <P> White Rabbit, Mathmech Circular, Miscellaneousaurus, Monster Gate, Monster Reborn, Mudora the Sword Oracle, Naturia Sacred Tree, Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings, Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings, Obedience Schooled, One Day of Peace, One for One, Phantom of Yubel, Pot of Prosperity, Prohibited Power Patron Portal - Terminus, PSY-Framegear Gamma, Radiant Typhoon Chant, Rahu Dracotail, Reasoning, Reinforcement of the Army, Right Arm of the Forbidden One, Right Leg of the Forbidden One, Rivalry of Warlords, Ryzeal Detonator, Sangen Kaimen, Sangen Summoning, Sekka's Light, Set Rotation, Skill Drain, Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones, Slash Draw, Solemn Judgment, Striker Dragon, Substitoad, Summon Sorceress, Sunavalon Dryas, Sunvine Healer, Synchro Overtake, T.G. Hyper Librarian, Tearlaments Havnis, Tearlaments Merrli, Tearlaments Scheiren, Tenpai Dragon Chundra, Terraforming, That Grass Looks Greener, There Can Be Only One, Triple Tactics Talent, Vanquish Soul Hollie Sue, Yummy★Snatchy, Zoodiac Ratpier

Semi-Limited (8)

Branded in High Spirits, Dracotail Arthalion, Dracotail Lukias, Droll & Lock Bird, Ice Ryzeal, Maliss in Underground, Purrely Sleepy Memory, Sword Ryzeal

Other formats

OCG has its own list, and Genesys uses a 100-point budget instead.

Checked every night against Konami's official list (last check October 10, 2026).

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Updated October 10, 2026 from TCGenius data. Numbers on this page are worked out from our database each time it changes.