Does E hero Stratos still banned ??

He is, yes

Yes, Stratos is still banned in the TCG. However plenty of hero searchers were unlimited to recoup the loss

Honestly, it might be because there really wasn't a whole lot to hit, or was really a threat

The big decks these days are Fire Fist, Prophecy, Bujin, and Infernity. Everything else just seems slow and uninvolving after Dragon Rulers were a thing. We got so used to fighting those things that everything else seems slow and more manageable. They hit decks that would likely rise back up in popularity once they hit other stuff

Because lets face it, these days if one or two cards gets hit, people will trash the deck because they're too lazy to edit it, and go to the next best thing. Konami hit the next best thing so it wasn't as much of an option, making the playing field more even

I'm just ticked about the Morphing Jars, I've been using those things since started this game so many years ago. I love those cards~

Haha, I gotcha there. Bujin remaining untouched is kind of annoying, but primal origin is getting released in june I think? They'll only be big about a month until the july list. That's why nothing happened to them, they are strong right now but fair. Going to hate when rabbit and hirume are tcg =w=

Point for coon! *wags* x3

Yeah, Bujins have always just been fair, never outstanding because they're all about self control. They're only as good as the support put in them, which is probably why they'll be hard TO ban. Really, with Yamato or Mikazuchi, the deck isn't good because the support NEEDS those cards

Ehhhh those are pretty mediocre to me, I'm not gonna run them xD

... I'm sorry? Hare is amazing and hirume banishes used cranes for Susanowo or any rank 4.it adds a lot of power to the deck

I suppose I should explain. Bujingi Hare IS a pretty good card, and Hirume might have its uses. My particular build just doesn't have room for either, I have a tad more different build in mind than most use xP

You forget about mermail?
it, Fire fist, Bujin and geargia were the top decks... and mermail just out sped it all

I'm not forgetting them, they aren't a threat. Not in the same way Bujins and Fire Fist are. All Mermails do is drop a bunch of monsters for XYZ summoning and shuffle cards around. That's something almost every other big deck does these days, only they have other tricks to work with

You must not have played against good mermail players then... i normaly domminate most matchups...
water now can spam out rank 4s with ease... and have access to rank 7s... and have Gunde, who deserves to be limited..

Oh, I've played a good few Mermails, and what you're describing is just what I said: Swarm with monsters to XYZ or Synchro. There's nothing else to it really. I've used them myself, there's no deeper meaning behind them. Once you realize that, they're not that hard to beat

This format is, in my opinion, a fair one. The decks that are at the top aren't AS big a threat because most of the time people are predictable in what they'll do. They're strong but not overly so, and I could name you various ways how to handle each one. That doesn't mean you'll win because these cards are at the top for a reason, but they're not unjustly so

I look forward to this format, the game is finally starting to shape up a tad. I'm not kidding when I say that once you've fought Dragon Rulers, most other decks just seem slow compared to them xD

Well, mermails thrive in a easy, simple format...

but, this may be true that DRulers were the fastest we've had(especially rejuvDrags) but with the new Sylvan stuff coming out, the new bujin and the new LS stuff... its going to be FAR from a fair format in about a month or so

Hehehe, Sylvans. I could go on about those, but I'll sum it by saying I'm not impressed. Nor am I with the new Bujin stuff other than Hare and Peacock. Again, Bujins are only as good as the support you give them. They are a fair deck

As for Lightsworns, yeah, those are trouble. But it depends on how well the duelist uses them. I stand by my statement that this is a fair format, if not just in regards to the last few

If you say so... sylvans can easly dominate someone... charity and sagequoa too good...
and with the new bujin support... amatarasu and their new level 4, speeds the deck up like no tomorrow

Trust me, Slyvans are not that good and rely too heavily on luck to do anything

I'll admit, my deck builds differ from the one or two most use. So when I say the new support doesn't impress me, its because my build can't use them/doesn't need to. That, and I can punch holes in their usefulness anyway

Not saying these new cards aren't good, people can use them if they wish ^^

Sylvans do have a problem with bricking, i'll give youthat
but their charity is too good to pass up, normally if i get one off i win

Yes, yes they do. As for Charity, in the context of the cards mechanic, it is okay. But I've fought a few Sylvan decks, one the users being one of the best I know, and even then I won pretty effortlessly. The deck boils down to rearranging your cards and hoping you get lucky with your mills. They have mediocre stats aside from a handful of monsters, their support does nothing but more rearranging, you can't DO anything without getting the right card at the right time

The entire archetype, to me, is very situational and requires a lot of busywork and knowing just what card to play and when, and thinking three steps ahead of not just your opponent, but your own moves, and praying whatever cards you stack or mill are what you'll need next turn. This is a strategy deck that requires a lot of luck, and as such I don't expect it to become big at any time unless it gets support that does something other than "look at such number of cards and place them in such order" xD

thats just what the deck does... you must be missing the point of the deck honestly

it controls what you are going to draw, what effects you are going to use, it plays in the future and can easly respond to what your opponent does. The deck can also easly OTK using their new XYZ and miracle fertilizer... you get one of her effects off and you win right there.
the deck has its problems yes, drawing multiple marshaleaf or mushroom, but the draw card fixes that completly.

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Every variant I've see the opponent spends 3 - 4 turn shuffling cards about with minimal field advantage, then suddenly they get a small play off, but then it fades back to shuffling. I haven't missed the point of the deck, I know exactly what it does (its my job to know how decks work), and I still say its too situational

Does it have good cards and combos? Yes. But it takes too long to set all this up, giving your opponent time to plan ahead since you have to show them what cards you're putting in what order (not all the time, but a good chunk of it). You have to be lucky to mill and stack what you want, and there's too much left to chance

Any deck can be good, and in the format we're entering these guys might stand a better chance of getting somewhere. But against decks like Fire Fist, Bujin, and so on they aren't going to do well. Twice I've beat them with a Plant deck of mine because the ATK of the Sylvans wasn't high enough, and they didn't mill the cards they needed after five turns of excavating

Then... i say you were playing against some really bad players... or soemthing
i almost always go first turn felgrand or dracossac...

Well, its possible your build is different than theirs. I like to think every deck isn't limited to one or two builds that people give them

Well, DW is officially dead.

damn it I like morphing jar lol XD

Fairly garbage list. Sure it made some great hits, but it didn't do anything to some of the decks that are going to be real threats next format. I can understand morphong jar to an extent, but jar 2 makes zero sense. Konami of America really hates troll decks! Thankfully rekindling is at 1 since it's stupid. The semi limits were pointless, since hieratic are still lol busted. Hooray mermail/water spam is basically dead, and fire fist received some kind of hit, but they're still going to be good.

For the decks that escaped judgment, Bujin were completely untouched as expected, since Konami is still making a decent amount of money on them. Geargia/Karakuri/machine spam was completely unscathed as well, and will be one of the top decks as well. Set all backrow + Geargiarmor = lol gg.

I don't play much anymore since I've lost the desire, so i suppose the list keeps me away from going out to whichever locals i attend once or twice a month. Can always pull up my DW or chain burn if i care enough.

Hieratic seal limit was to keep the dragon ruler varient in check, nothing more than that. And water isn't dead, theyll just use an abyssturge to reuse the highly searchable gunde. It is a fair hit and probably all the deck needs, unlike the ocg's weird hits on the deck.

They've still been doing really well with the hieratic engine. Hieratic Seal of Ashes could be set up for free dragon rulers too. with hieratics having slightly less consistency, the deck probably isn't going to explode anymore and be perfectly fair.

If they ever do well in tournaments again, maybe. the royal tribute hit ages ago, and general slowness still present in the deck, i think they are just fine. they do well, pretty good at anti-meta, but not amazing. I think GK's will do fine haha

Shit, deleted my comment T^T I was saying how I found the list pretty lazy, though they were generally good hits. Rekindling does not jeed a ban, but design-wise it was a horrible card. Gunde was the derpy play enabler, yet still usable and recoverable with the limit. Wolfbark got limited since they didn't want to semi-limit tenki I suppose (both should be at 2). Jars can go, I really don't care. Necro and primal seed are interesting boosts.

Zzz

hmm will starduston be tcg

Primal Origins comes out in June I believe

Well, I've been hearing a lot of outrage towards this banlist for reasons I can't entirely understand...

I mean I admit that it does perhaps randomly put together, but I can't be the only one that gets tired of the anger and superiority complexes involved in response to things like this. =/

because this format had issues with going first, and this list did nothing to solve that. They unlimited 2 cards that should not be @3 and the hits they made for what could be perceived as a threat (wolfbark, gunde) were reasonable hits but compared to the format that's coming up because of the next set? yeah i'm really not in the mood for that all over again.
On a side note I do have an alternative. the idea behind the format is that we assume because yugioh is 0 sum, for it to be good and fun multiple optimal strategies need to be in place. Contrary to popular opinion this is easier done when you un ban cards rather than ban them. So far people have given positive reviews after playing in tournaments. Even if they lost because someone topdecked a broken spell it usually happened at a point in the game-state where such a thing is acceptable. games usually go on long and i've won games because my opponent was careless with or her life total and couldn't activate solemn whatever or oppression. (yes those cards are legal)
also unlike a lot of previous formats, going first isn't an auto win if you actually know what cards to run.

goddammit konami, make bestiari at 3 again!!!

also PRIMAL SEED AT 3? WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY THINKING, DIDNT THEY KNOW YOU CAN LITERALLY GET AN UNLIMITED ATTACK MONSTER OUT WITH THAT??

in terms of cards that were hit. I WAS running Hieratic Rulers but after coming 40th in a recent regional with them. I'm no longer gonna be using them as my main deck. seems I made the right choice, seeing as they loose consistency next list due to Covocation being at 2.
Gunde, I'm pleased about, Mermails NEEDED to be hit in some way, but it was only a glancing hit, limit Sphere to 1 then I'd be happy. As for hardly touching firefists or bujins, I say they made a bad decission. But what really pisses me off/I don't understand is hitting random crap like both Morphing Jars, Infernity Barrier and Rekindling. Rekindling I'm really upset about being banned, I was soo hyped up for playing Hazy Flame next format. ;_; and now with Rekindling gone, it's pretty much dead. at least my version is anyway. -.-;

i think the issue was with morphing jars was that jackpot 7 made them too good. Like its possible jackpot 7 could get banned and then come back next format but honestly meh.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet.....DZ21GOXc#gid=0 js

No not morphing jar, it's a life saver when your hand is empty and when trying to empty your oponents deck
well, back to the dect construction :)

Hmm... hitting the jars was an interesting choice. I can kinda understand why they'd go for morphine jar #1 but #2? Maybe putting that to 1 before they banned it might have been a better course of action but whatever.

I was also surprised to see rekindling on there but I don't question why it's been limited. I've been a lot of OTK's/huge advantage pushes because of that card and as for Infernity Barrier? Thank goodness. I'm not sure if everyone's seen it but there was a new infernity OTK out there where they could fairly consistently open up with a field of 3 barriers, a full field, and no cards in hand. That's nigh impossible to get around so barrier at 1 would make that much more manageable.

Now onto magical stone excavation... I see that it doesn't quite pack the same punch that it had back in 2007 with the diamond dude turbo. Diamond dude was pretty much the only card that made it playable so okay, having it back at 3 is fine. Primal seed back to 3 again? Also surprised at that and although YES there is a way to make a monster with limitless power out of it but now it's extremely hard to do because limiter remover, BLS, and Macro cosmos are all at one. You need all of those AND 2 primal seeds to do it so the likelyhood of pulling out ALL of that in a 40 card deck is extremely slim. You'd need to build the entire deck around doing that. Would it work? Yes. Would it work every game? Doubtful. I really don't see that becoming the next big deck in card games. (but hey, that's just my opinion)

Finally: I'm happy to see mermail finally taking a hit in the TCG... lets see if it does anything ('cause all in all I don't understand how the mermail deck works in its entirety yet, even to this day...)

Welp. Empty Jar is dead.

Well, I affirm everything I have been feeling and saying yesterday and then some.

Yes, I'm not particularly happy with the random hits and bans, but you know what? I deal with it!

As harsh as this may seem, I encourage every one of you that is sick of the banlist to just quit Yu-Gi-Oh! At the very least, you would be doing better service for people that actually want to play a balanced game and not giving people hell for something like this.

Otherwise, if there was ever a time for me to quit, it's because I never seem to have peace with the game, let alone any friends that play that are actually down-to-earth and chill about the game, regardless of what they are playing against and what has been going on with the game.

Goodbye to my Flamvell deck, the fourth deck that Konami have hit in the space of three lists >.> I'll survive with Harpies and Chaos, but #SparksForGame will be less-frequent and my Blood Mefist will be lonely without his Flamvell brevean...