Here’s every forbidden and limited card in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel
These cards are too powerful for ranked matches.
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Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has a list of forbidden and limited cards to help keep gameplay balanced and fair in ranked gameplay. If you’ve recently dived into Konami’s free-to-play card game, you’ll know that there are a ton of cards to choose from, withsecret packsjust one way of expanding your collection. Once you’re comfortable enough with the game’s mechanics to branch out from your originalstarter deck, you might be wondering which cards are banned or why such a system is in place.
You might already be familiar with the concept of Yu-Gi-Oh ban lists—basically, if a card is deemed too powerful, it might be moved to this list to help maintain a competitive balance. It’s also worth noting that Master Duel specifically uses a custom list, separate from the TCG and OCG version. Like the original list, Master Duel’s forbidden and limited cards are likely to change in the future as new cards are added.
So with all that in mind, here’s a list of all Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel forbidden and limited cards.
Forbidden
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel forbidden cards list
Forbidden cards are essentially banned from use in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck. These are:
Monsters
Traps
Spells
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Limited
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel limited cards list
Limited cards are allowed but you can only have one copy of the card in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck. These are:
Monsters
Traps
Spells
Semi-limited
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel semi-limited cards list
Semi-limited cards can be used but you’re only allowed two copies of the card in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck. These are:
Monsters
Spells
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