Mario here.. with the thoughts on the ban list...
New Banned cards:
Fishborg Blaster
Mind Master
Giant Trunade
Royal Oppression
New Limited cards:
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En
T.G. Hyper Librarian
Debris Dragon
Formula Synchron
Lonefire Blossom
Heavy Storm
Primal Seed
Shien's Smoke Signal
Pot of Avarice
New Semi-Limited cards:
Summoner Monk
Tragoedia
Necro Gardna
Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier
Destiny Draw
Swords of Revealing Light
Mind Crush
Call Of The Haunted
New Unlimited cards:
Judgment Dragon
Spirit Reaper
Overload Fusion
Mystical Space Typhoon
Megamorph
Gravity Bind
Icarus Attack
Banning Fishborg and Mind Master was very intelligent because they are ridiculous tuners. Giant Trunade banned is also good because it's a trap clearer that is skill-free. Banning Royal Oppression was Konami's first fuck up on this list (Remember, we are dealing with Konami and they always make some bad choices on each list). Royal Oppression is a card that requires a little bit of skill because you can stop at any special summon at the cost of a little bit of your life each time. It was also a risky card to use because you can pay the life points and your opponent will MST it or something. Special summons are the bread and butter of Yu-Gi-Oh and Royal Oppression was a great card because of all the above mentioned reasons. It should've stayed especially with MST at 3 now...
BLS shouldn't have come off the list. It's true that we have many more ways to stop it today then we did when it was big last time. However the card is broken and can easily eliminate any other boss monsters of this format. Trishula, Shi En, Avarice, Formula, Smoke Signal and Storm I wrote about why they should be at 1 in my prediction list and my reasons were valid, thus I am happy for the sake of the format they are all at 1. I won't get into it again why they went to 1 but my explanations are on prediction list somewhere on this blog. Librarian should've been banned because with 1 Formula and no Fishborgs I can still draw many cards in one turn the way I play. Lonefire at 1 reduces the chance of drawing it but I don't care because I was playing Lonefire at 1 from May to July. It also makes particular combo plays a little harder but once again I don't care. Debris at 1 doesn't bother me either. That actually helps me more than it hurts me because recently I wasn't playing Debris because I couldn't successfully throw two copies in my deck without going over 40 cards. You only need 1 Debris, especially with Tour Guide... Sangan...
I'm not sure what to think with the new semi-limited cards. Monk at 2 interests me because of exceeds and Rescue Rabbit soon... It is a risky card though so I will be interested to see what happens with it. Tragoedia and Gardna at 2 are really good because it stops explosive plays, plus Tragoedia in general is a very good card and assists when summoning other synchro and exceed monsters. Dewloren at 2 is very smart because now there are no more loops with Symbol of Heritage... Fish FTK... D-Draw at 2 gives destiny heroes a little more chance but they will be rarely played competitively unless they are splashed into other Hero builds. Swords at 2 is just stupid and no one really cares. Mind Crush at 2 is a nice pick because of all the searching, particularly because of Tour Guide... Sangan... Call of the Haunted at 2 was another stupid move by Konami because having 3 general special summon cards like that isn't exactly helpful. Maybe it's Konami fucking with us. Everyone wanted Reborn banned so instead of doing that they just give us another Call... assholes....
The unlimited list is absolute bullshit. JD at 3 along with BLS and Necro Gardna at 2 makes Twilight extremely sacky and extremely un-skilled. More Konami bullshit I guess... Spirit Reaper at 3 with 3 MST is very stupid as well because you can eliminate cards from the hand all the time now. 3 Overload Fusion make machine players a little happier. I can possibly see offering gadgets splashing Cyber Dragons and 3 Overload Fusions to summon big machines. 3 MST is really stupid because traps are no longer safe, especially with Heavy Storm back. Megamorph at 3 is a little random and a little insignificant. Gravity Bind at 3 is interesting simple because of exceed monsters rising in popularity. Icarus at 3 gives Blackwings a little more support which is random but nothing big for me.
This is list is both good but bad. Unfortunately my hope for a more skilled format has been extinguished. Then when Dark World and Rescue Rabbit become big in the TCG almost every bit of skill will be thrown out the door. I guess there is a tiny bit of hope that the official TCG list might hit Tengu or Tour Guide and make things a little more fair... but other than that...
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