Summary

  • Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel reveals the newest update to the game's Forbidden and Limited List for October 2024, affecting several popular and powerful decks.
  • Dominant strategies like Snake-Eye and Yubel saw major hits to the strategies, while underlying decks like Tearlaments also saw adjustments by Konami.
  • The anti-meta Stun strategy also saw significant changes with the banlist, including "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" and "Jowgen the Spiritualist" being banned.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has released a large list of changes coming with the digital trading card game's newest banlist update, going into effect later this week. The massively popular online TCG from Konami regularly sees a plethora of changes as the developer continues to implement new cards and tinker with the game's banlist. September saw the release of the game's newest Selection Pack, bringing new support for fan-favorite themes like "Lightsworn" and "Ancient Gear," alongside multiple Master Duel events. Now, the game's banlist is receiving a huge shake-up for October.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel's monthly banlist updates typically look to make a variety of smaller changes to the game's competitive format. The regular nature of the updates to the game's Forbidden and Limited List allow Konami to make more fine-tuned adjustments, typically changing small sets of cards rather than wide-reaching changes. Banlist updates also give Konami a unique opportunity to bring previously banned cards, like "Change of Heart" and "Snatch Steal," back into the game. However, Konami looks to be making major changes to Master Duel with its newest update.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel officially announced its newest banlist update late last week, featuring fifteen different cards seeing their status changed as a result. The new update will see several of the game's most powerful decks affected, with the "Tearlaments" strategy losing its Field Spell in "Primeval Planet Perlereino" and "Snake-Eyes Poplar" limited to 1. Konami also appears to be taking aim at Stun strategies, with "Knightmare Corruptor Iblee" and "Jowgen the Spiritualist" banned and "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" set to 1 copy. The newest Master Duel banlist update will go into effect on October 10.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Announces October 2024 Banlist Update

Forbidden

  • Primeval Planet Perlereino
  • Knightmare Corruptor Iblee
  • Jowgen the Spiritualist

Limited

  • Snake-Eyes Poplar
  • Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo

Semi-Limited

  • Fire King High Avatar Kirin
  • Phantom of Yubel
  • Gold Sarcophagus
  • Dark Beckoning Beast
  • Opening of the Spirit Gates

Unlimited

  • Thunder Dragon Colossus
  • Water Enchantress of the Temple
  • Change of Heart
  • Eradicator Epidemic Virus
  • Chaos Space

The Semi-Limited section of Master Duel's banlist will see some of the biggest changes with five different cards being affected. The popular "Yubel" deck will see several hits to its core engine, with cards like "Phantom of Yubel" and "Dark Beckoning Beast" restricted to 2 copies per deck. "Gold Sarcophagus" will serve as the only card moving up the list to Semi-Limited status after being previously Limited. A selection of five cards are also being removed entirely, with cards like "Thunder Dragon Colossus" and "Change of Heart" freed from the banlist.

Konami's newest banlist update not only targets the most powerful decks in the game, but several strategies sitting just under the threshold. "Snake-Eye" and "Yubel" both saw multiple hits on the banlist, with each deck serving as a dominant force in Master Duel's competitive meta. Underlying strategies like Stun and "Tearlaments" also saw hits, with each deck losing core pieces of their strategy through the newest banlist update. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel's October banlist update should look to majorly shake up the competitive meta for the popular card game.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
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trading card game
Strategy
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Released
January 18, 2022
ESRB
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Engine
Unity
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Franchise
Yu-Gi-Oh!
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Developer
Konami, Konami Digital Entertainment
Publisher
Konami, Konami Digital Entertainment
Genre(s)
trading card game, Strategy
How Long To Beat
35 hours
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