Yu-Gi-Oh! Limited and Forbidden Card Lists
(Effective, September 1, 2011)

Cards that are "Forbidden" cannot be used in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.

You can only have 1 copy maximum of a "Limited" card in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.

You can only have 2 copies maximum of a "Semi-Limited" card in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.



FORBIDDEN


You cannot use these cards in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.
Card Type Card Name Changes
Monster/Effect SUBSTITOAD New
Monster/Effect VICTORY DRAGON
Monster/Effect CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON - ENVOY OF THE END
Monster/Effect BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER - ENVOY OF THE BEGINNING 
Monster/Effect SINISTER SERPENT
Monster/Effect WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST
Monster/Effect DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
Monster/Effect CYBER JAR
Monster/Fusion THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT
Monster/Effect MAKYURA THE DESTRUCTOR
Monster/Effect MAGICIAN OF FAITH
Monster/Synchro DARK STRIKE FIGHTER
Monster/Effect TSUKUYOMI
Monster/Effect DESTINY HERO - DISK COMMANDER
Monster/Effect CYBER-STEIN
Monster/Effect TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS
Monster/Effect FIBER JAR
Monster/Effect MAGICAL SCIENTIST
Monster/Effect YATA-GARASU
Monster/Effect RESCUE CAT From Limited ? Forbidden
Spell MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE
Spell DELINQUENT DUO
Spell CONFISCATION
Spell HEAVY STORM From Limited ? Forbidden
Spell PAINFUL CHOICE
Spell THE FORCEFUL SENTRY
Spell SNATCH STEAL
Spell POT OF GREED
Spell CHANGE OF HEART
Spell RAIGEKI
Spell DIMENSION FUSION
Spell CARD OF SAFE RETURN
Spell BRAIN CONTROL From Limited ? Forbidden
Spell BUTTERFLY DAGGER - ELMA
Spell GRACEFUL CHARITY
Spell HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER
Spell PREMATURE BURIAL
Spell METAMORPHOSIS
Spell LAST WILL
Trap IMPERIAL ORDER
Trap EXCHANGE OF THE SPIRIT
Trap CRUSH CARD VIRUS
Trap TIME SEAL
Trap RING OF DESTRUCTION
Trap LAST TURN

LIMITED

You can only have 1 copy maximum of each of these cards in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.
Card Type Card Name Changes
Monster/Effect ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS  
Monster/Effect CARD TROOPER  
Monster/Effect GLADIATOR BEAST BESTIARI  
Monster/Effect SANGAN  
Monster/Synchro GOYO GUARDIAN  
Monster/Effect SUMMONER MONK  
Monster/Effect PLAGUESPREADER ZOMBIE  
Monster/Effect DARK ARMED DRAGON  
Monster/Effect SPIRIT REAPER  
Monster/Effect TRAGOEDIA  
Monster/Effect NIGHT ASSAILANT  
Monster/Effect NEO-SPACIAN GRAND MOLE  
Monster/Effect NECRO GARDNA  
Monster/Effect NECROFACE  
Monster/Synchro BRIONAC, DRAGON OF THE ICE BARRIER  
Monster/Effect EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE  
Monster RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE  
Monster RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE  
Monster LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE  
Monster LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE  
Monster/Effect BLACKWING-GALE THE WHIRLWIND  
Monster/Effect MARSHMALLON  
Monster/Effect GORZ THE EMISSARY OF DARKNESS  
Monster/Effect MEZUKI  
Monster/Effect MORPHING JAR  
Monster/Effect MIND MASTER  
Monster/Effect LUMINA, LIGHTSWORN SUMMONER  
Spell BURIAL FROM A DIFFERENT DIMENSION  
Spell INFERNITY LAUNCHER New
Spell OVERLOAD FUSION  
Spell FOOLISH BURIAL  
Spell MEGAMORPH  
Spell EMERGENCY TELEPORT  
Spell BLACK WHIRLWIND From Semi-Limited ? Limited
Spell ADVANCED RITUAL ART  
Spell MONSTER REBORN From Forbidden ? Limited
Spell SCAPEGOAT  
Spell MIND CONTROL  
Spell REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY  
Spell COLD WAVE  
Spell DESTINY DRAW  
Spell CARD DESTRUCTION  
Spell GIANT TRUNADE  
Spell CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE  
Spell SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT  
Spell DARK HOLE From Forbidden ? Limited
Spell FUTURE FUSION  
Spell REASONING  
Spell MONSTER GATE  
Spell ALLURE OF DARKNESS  
Spell LIMITER REMOVAL  
Spell LEVEL LIMIT - AREA B  
Spell ONE FOR ONE  
Trap RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION  
Trap ROYAL OPPRESSION From Semi-Limited ? Limited
Trap SOLEMN JUDGMENT  
Trap GRAVITY BIND  
Trap TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE  
Trap MIRROR FORCE  
Trap TRAP DUSTSHOOT  
Trap CEASEFIRE  
Trap THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY  
Trap WALL OF REVEALING LIGHT  
Trap MIND CRUSH  
Trap MAGICAL EXPLOSION  
Trap CALL OF THE HAUNTED  

SEMI-LIMITED

You can only have 2 copies maximum of each of these cards in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck combined.
Card Type Card Name Changes
Monster/Effect HONEST  
Monster/Effect CHAOS SORCERER From Limited ? Semi-Limited
Monster/Effect JUDGMENT DRAGON  
Monster/Effect DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON  
Monster/Effect SNIPE HUNTER From Limited ? Semi-Limited
Monster/Effect DANDYLION  
Monster/Effect DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS  
Monster/Synchro DEWLOREN, TIGER KING OF THE ICE BARRIER New
Monster/Effect LONEFIRE BLOSSOM  
Spell MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON From Limited ? Semi-Limited
Spell CHAIN STRIKE  
Spell GOLD SARCOPHAGUS  
Spell MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION  
Trap OJAMA TRIO From Limited ? Semi-Limited
Trap SKILL DRAIN  
Trap ULTIMATE OFFERING  
Trap BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE  
Trap MAGIC CYLINDER From Limited ? Semi-Limited

NO LONGER ON LIST
Card Type Card Name Changes
Monster/Effect GOBLIN ZOMBIE From Semi-Limited ? No longer on list
Monster/Effect CYBER DRAGON From Semi-Limited ? No longer on list
Monster/Synchro BLACK ROSE DRAGON From Limited ? No longer on list
Monster/Effect TREEBORN FROG From Semi-Limited ? No longer on list
Spell UNITED WE STAND From Semi-Limited ? No longer on list
Trap ROYAL DECREE From Semi-Limited ? No longer on list