HUGE Ban List for Master Duel! This Changes EVERYTHING! 

www.masterduelmeta.com/articles/news/august-21-2023/master-duel-forbidden-list-update

I really appreciate all the little changes you guys make to the website to make it user friendly

I swear bishballkin being banned is because konami doesn’t want to see coder get ftk´d anymore 😂

Secret packs definitely need to come at a faster pace. I wanted to play Exosister, but without them having a secret pack, it was really expensive

Noticed these small changes on the website the other day. I really like details like this and this looks pretty clean. Especially for newer users this could be a nice help. I sometimes saw people get a bit confused about expired packs. And these "craftable only URs/ bundle URs" helps to seperate a deck on what is the main core and what is the expensive extra fluff.

if dragon link is good...then it's buster blader time

Lets push for more Bundle deals with staples: TTT, DRNM and Veiler. Might as well get a bundle with every Ghost girl too. Who would not buy these?

They sure want people to buy Kashtira.

I feel like the Bishbalkin hit was more a future response to the Crimson Dragon/King Calamity combo thats bound to pop up when it and Manadium release.

They banned merli because kashtira one card starter can end up spright sprind and sending merli

Labrynth is the least affected by pot restrictions. Because you could simply run 2 extrav & 1 prosp. Which is the better option anyway.

Dragon Link always rises as the other tier decks get hit...

Love the entire list. Been playing Armed Dragon Kash FTK with Bishbalkin, so I'm glad to see it go so I can free up some space in my Extra Deck lmao

Nadir to 3 is brilliant tbh

I was using a bunch of Tearlament stuff in my Orcust build, so while it's mildly annoying to see it hit, I was advocating for those 2 specific bans (Merrli and Agido) for a while. I've actually gotten surprisingly effective use out of Azalea, Zeke and H.A.M.P. in my build for the Light v. Dark event, which is a modified version of an experimental Orcust Striker build I'm working on(that's currently using Tearlaments as a mill engine). Earth Box is nearly dead without Block Dragon now until the Superheavy Samurai support comes out. So that must be on the way soon. Maybe. Dragon Link, Branded and Dracoslayer are probably the best Bystial users, though Dogmatika, Orcust and even Sky Striker have managed to make decent use out of them too so that's something to consider for why they left it alone. The only way to search Grass until Triple Tactic Thrust comes out is Left Arm Offering, which only really Branded(which might consider searching Fusion with it now), Witchcrafter and Infernoids are fine with(and I guess a couple other banish focused decks off my radar, MAYBE Ghoti likes it with certain hands?). Rhongo is fine in the OCG since XYZ Encore, the new trap Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon, and even sometimes Herald of the Abyss are all played to deal with both Purrely and Kashtira. But MD can't side so you can't expect as many people to have those as contingencies. Bishbaalkin gets used in some annoying SHS FTKs in the near future, so they probably wanted it gone since it's already an option in P.U.N.K. and formerly Scrap Dinos.

You could also use left arm offering for coszmo Deck, banish for field spell, when it was destroyed (when it was negated mostly), you searching it for 2 times in a row (which needs 2-3 negates to stop that) and you can play the banished monster into your hand and summon them. Idk which other decks are good for coszmo, DD-/D i thinking at first, but i dont know any card.

To avoid spoiling yourself, you could react first to every change before looking up decks and then make a second round where you talk about the implications.

I like the way they hit tearlaments, hitting kit just make the deck feel so awkward to use but now tear is limited to 2 fusion summons every turn

D.D Crow doesn’t do much since BF would still be accessible through Springans Kitt, which is most likely gonna be played at more than 1 now. (Not to mention, Sprind the Irondash Dragon is a really good Albaz fusion target)

15:15 that backfire so quickly

The reasoning for the merli ban instead of kitkalos because they still want your turn to be good just not as good also the spright link monsters being allowed to stay is another. This list more then any other seems to really take the best of 1 format of master duel serious

They really hit all the meta decks, Tearlaments might even actually just completely fall off now. I am now a bit tempted to play my rogue decks again in ranked lmao.

I'm fine with anything but branded fusion. Like wth man, i just finish my blue eyes branded.

After the hits on Tearlaments I also thought in Dragon link going up. Time to play branded Despia but the hit on branded fusion hurts a lot also. Now you can negate it with a "negate the activation" card without thinking what if they have another in hand. Now Branded Despia, Super poly is the way to deal with Dragon Link. Protos also.

This list will be considered good but it's very clear to me they are tired of players using the same decks from months ago. This was done to force people to buy the new cards

I was hoping they would hit kit and elf instead of merrli and hit kashtira by getting rid of mind hacker so the kashtira winter won't be so rough besides that im cool with the list

Its about damn time XD I love the meta hits honestly and truly a momentum changer.

15:15 dkayed caught red handed😂

a heavy bandlist! surely they did it to be able to sell the next pack with: mikanko, rescue-ace, purily and photonic

This makes me very excited to see what ranked has it store :D

The forbidden list is just awesome, especially rhongo cuz there's just no option but to surrender and save time. Block was also hell lot of annoying with just drawing 3 cards again and again like crazy, branded fusion really didn't deserve it though, time to add verte for easy access lol and better add some chainlink blocks so it doesn't just get ash everytime

I believe at this point, MD unban almost the entire "Eternal Format". That is wild, and also a good news for returning players too, they have something to try and stick around with.

So for a new player what deck would be worth investing in after this ban list hits? I’ve never played master duel. Only duel links but I want try this game.

With rhongo being banned, do you think they’ll unban the rank three xyz monster people used to stack it up?

Somedays I feel like I was the only one not playing bishbalkin in an ftk deck. I liked using the card in my PUNK+Reptilianne decks, getting 5 searches from the Link and 5 draws from the lvl 6 synchro (can't remember their names lol) was damn near orgasmic every time it happened. Looks like another one of my fun decks is going into the trash can...

Having to hard draw poly for additional fusions is going to be crazy. Or they can run verte and dump a normal poly or super poly and fuse with the field. Also is this going to be a Droll meta?

Definitely the best ban-list so far. Merrli banned, Agido banned, Block Dragon banned, Kelbek to 1 etc. I admit the Branded Fusion hit was kinda heavy since I'm a Branded main but overall I'm happy with this ban-list.

As much as this ban list is good, im going to hate that this spells the doom of chaos ruler dragon. I use him in so many rogue decks that benefit off of him but i do understand why he'll be getting shot down in the upcoming ban list. Just gotta wait for his time to fall.

It is a very interesting list for sure, meta will change

My galaxy eyes support is coming next month, agito and merrli getting banned, master duel really trying to get me playing regularly again. Only way to make it official is if they add the red eyes support.

As a Evil Twins mixed with Spright player, I'm kinda surprised and somewhat glad (cuz I actually find them fun when mixed with other decks like Tri-Brigades and Evil Twins) that Sprights didn't get hit as hard, like I honestly thought they were gonna at least limit Spright Elf to 1 or Gigantic or do some banning with one of them but instead they kept those around and limited Jet to 1 which to be honest, I might have to test but I don't think is much of a nerf? as 1 is usually what I personally summon per duel before someone presses the surrender button. lol at least I summon 1 and you can recycle that one with Elf if you need it for searching Gamma Burst or something that can give me the win, assuming I don't get negated etc.

I think this banlist proved that konami making a new era through MD never seen in ocg and tcg. 😢

because of the decks that can actually beat kashtira getting hit, kash will be tier 0 once it second wave released even with limit/semi.

Welp i might add another branded retribution or super ploy because of branded fusion going to 1

Let's see how long it takes for them to realize Gossip Shadow is no longer needed on the banlist

Looks like Konami reads surveys after all

I run three tragedy despia and one retribution. So you can get branded fusion back pretty easily but if it gets banned…rage quit. Have to rely on poly and super poly, but I also run tear so I can fusion a branded/despia monster that way

Im guessing they banned merrli to make it so tear doesnt get splashed into other decks anymore since you could just access that part lf the deck by summoning sprind. A weird change but i can see where they were coming from

finally girsu to 3! I've been holding to my 3 UR's for like a year now coping hard and now it's real! they said I was crazy 🤪

If you just started playing now, previously played DL, what would you build off the start? Have 9k gems, bought some of the masters; Solumn, Droplet and Ash( crafted 2 more ash)

With less tear around Dragon is also gonna drop a bit, also they already got hit hard with both magma and druis at 1

Even though I haven't played the deck for a while, I'm not thrilled with the Branded Fusion hit. Limiting it to 1 copy basically ruins the deck.

finally a list that atleast does SOMETHING!

Well I’m not running swap in tear anymore, you would swap into almiraj and link it off with ronin for Sprind

I'm good I been using crystal beast anyway. I'm in master 1 with the deck. I like Branded Despia too.

Sprite as an engine needed to be tinkered with on the ban list. It’s a splashable engine which puts a target on its back. Will be interesting to see if these changes pop into a tcg or ocg ban list in the near future. Dragon ruler especially.

wow I'd like to see the impact of tearlaments deck after Merlii is banned.. personally, I like this hit better than banning kitkal.. well, either one is fine by me as long as the power(our turn) level is finally getting nerfed!

Nadir to three is great for my dogmatica deck!

the funny thing is i have a super heavy samurai deck thats if i recall like 97 to 99% super heavy samurai and i say that because of ash blossom maxx c and nib

Branded fusion at 2 makes sense, but 1 feels a little overkill in my opinion. Was there really nothing else in the deck they could've hit?

Branded to 1 means more brain plays to get your best card back zo your hand more than once. I think this will make my rounds more complicated bit i love it

Honestly, pretty good banlist overall, but it's missing the one big hit D-Link needed. Either limiting Wyver/Collar/Striker Dragon, or banning Chaos Ruler.

nadir to 3 is just goodly! been maining dogmatika for quite a while, if we get lillith + quem in the next set I will freak out 😁

With Bishbaalkin gone Coder lost 1 video per week

Tear will not be missed Sword soul flying under the radar is beautiful

Damn. Just built a spright deck last month, not the worst hit, but damn that sucks.

My only complaint really is that I wish all the dragon rulers were at 1. I played them back in the day and loved them. I also know how strong they can be. I just want my boys back in a fair way lol.

Thank god MD has his own ban list

This ban list pretty much hits every deck i have made. Guess I'll dust off swordsoul or start running more blackwings

Literally in TEARS 🤧 not only my Sprights getting continually hit but now also Tearlaments. It’s a sad day

"wait... I can explain" 😂😂 burst into laughter on that one

No dragon Link hit? Damn On the other hand, nadir servant to 3? As a Dogmatika main, I approve

Reduce the cost of gems. People will spend more money and be willing to try different decks

Im so happy because of dogmatika, orcust and mekk knight, 3 of my favorite decks are getting some love

This is why I like playing ygo omega more, because you can select what type of ban list you want to go by, tcg,Ocg, goat, and master duel, unlimited,etc. and all the cards are free

Every time I see Ichizu cards limited or banned I know its a good banlist, even more seeing all of the other cards affected.

Still no Maxx "C" ban...

Actually good banlist. I can finally use my non meta decks at full power(galaxy eyes and mekk-knight)

That extrav to 2 came out of nowhere.

Branded fusion getting nerfed just made me sad. But i guess that’s where a second kitt comes in Edit: nvm block dragon banned. W list.

I feel like Konami hits a lot of cards way past the time they are most relevant. Spright didn't need two hits in the current format. Maybe they're scared it'll be too strong when tear falls off? If that's the case though, you'd think they would have hit Dragon Link in some way. How is it not the best deck going forward, at least until new Kash stuff comes out? Rhongo getting banned now does basically nothing. They should have banned it back when it was actually a relevant problem in the meta with Phantom Knights. Branded Fusion to 1 is...annoying, and I don't personally like it. It doesn't quite kill the deck, but it's a hard hit for sure. The problem with that is that Branded Fusion actually makes a lot of non meta decks able to somewhat compete. Kinda glad for the tear hits. I was getting tired of tear rematches a month ago, but the way they hit the deck feels kinda wild. Guess they hit Merrli to further hit the potential Spright combos. Block dragon was definitely deserving a ban or a once per turn clause at the very least.

This change looks awesome. I only don't like limiting branded fusion because I'm a branded player, but it's understandable. However, they should have definitely banned dimensional barrier.

Hey Guys i have a question. When i reach master v, will my Deck then be showed on the master Duel Meta Website or do i have to reach in the deck?

Branded at 2 was completely fine block dragon and rhongo needed to go

To be fair, branded fusion is super recyclable and super searchable. Just makes it easier to hault there mid game plays

Welp my fossil fusion admanticipator vernusylph deck is dead. It was only working cause I was able to banish my xenoguitar effortlessly with block dragon and it even kept my resources up.

I thought having Branded Fusion at 2 was a good middle ground between the tcg and ocg. Oh well.

Well, Dlink best deck I guess

Better to learn now not to spend my money on this game anymore.

Guess ill sacrifice my 2nd copy of Branded Fusion, to summon my 3rd copy of Nadir Servent

I’m happy as long as my mathmech circular stay at 3

Woah, what a PUNCH in the stomach to tearlaments...oh man that feels good af. If I never see tearlaments again it'll still be too soon. Also the community once again shows how dence they are and keep forgetting how Konami operates with these banlists (primary example: Destiny HERO - Celestial). Truly 5Head and I wish Dkayed brainstormed about the banlist like he used to, it's very educational for me to learn about the impact certain cards have on the game, outside of the obvious (even though he does do it throughout the video anyways). I am a bit disappointed about grass, if anything...we all know that grass is glued to our opponent's hand so it'll be just that much more frustrating when they open it even at 1 anyways...now all of those 60-card decks are just pure rng on whether you pull it and play or don't and scoop...same goes for branded ig but at least that one can be searched in a variety of ways so it's not as bad, as well as the follow-up being possible through tragedy, on top of everything else. P.S. Petition for the devs to not implement the limits on cards on the website until Dkayed has uploaded his video so we don't get spoiled by him going through the decks...it happens every time and it's kinda annoying.

I wanted more Lab hits more than anything to be honest. It’s legit unfair that they can consistently skip your turn with D Barrier and skip your next three turns with Eradicator.

So do I get more material back for cards I can no longer use or use multiple of??

‏‪17:47‬‏ fr fr i started playing this game at the start of this year and i got matched against this cancer i didn't know what's happening why my card's weren't working and i was so mad about that and i quit for 2 months

Block Dragon Banned can only mean SHS is coming in the next releases.

if not for the extravagance ban this would be the greatest banlist in master duel history

I think slayer/dragon link best decks. Dark worlds may end up tiered now as well. D.D crow and nibiru gonna see a lot of play. D.D crow is good against dragon link and any branded deck u see now just hit fusion with it and they basically auto lose. I think the only way to make branded decent now is to mix it with shaddolls or invoked as a smaller engine. I say nibiru becasue the card basically killed dragon link in tcg its super good against them and slayer if slayer doesnt play around it

This is probably the biggest W of a banlist (imo) in a long time. Nadir Servant is awesome since I play Dogmatika, Girsu at 3 finally gives me a reason to play Orcust/Mekk Knights. Im probably gonna get hate for this but Im glad Branded Fusion is at 1. Fusing with the deck in any scenario is broken as hell and if the opp doesnt have an ash or some other way to stop it at turn 0, then they pretty much lose 80-90% of the time. I am sad about Grass since now I cant really play Skull Servants anymore but fair is fair. Block dragon gone kinda kills my magnet warriors so that sucks. And I was weirded out about the Merrli and Agido ban but after hearing Dkayed’s explanation, it makes sense and I think now it makes it a bit more fair to play. All and all, great banlist that will definitely shift alot of the meta and I also feel kinda bad for Spright players but there are so many variants of it so some variants are just more viable now so at least the deck isnt dead.

How did kit and elf outlive merrli