Let’s Take a Look at the Ban List for Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel’s Upcoming EX-Zero Festival

Konami announced the EX-Zero Festival for Master Duel earlier today, and we've got a breakdown of the forbidden and limited list for the event. As usual, we'll only focus on the cards that are banned specifically for this event, and we won't bring attention to the regular ban list (though some cards are further limited compared to the norm).

Forbidden Cards

While looking over the forbidden cards, keep in mind that ALL Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters are banned from the Festival. The list has the usual suspects taken care of, with D.D. Dynamite and most self-harm cards completely banned.

Of note this time around is that both Eldlich and True Draco are pretty much untouched, which has never happened in such an event. On the other hand, Timelords, which are usually simply limited, now have some of their most powerful monsters banned. It'll be interesting to see how the Festival's meta looks.

Main Deck Monsters

• Darklord Nurse Reficule
• Garbage Lord
• Giant Kozaky
• Inspector Boarder
• Malevolent Mech - Goku En
• Michion, the Timelord
• Raphion, the Timelord

Ritual Monsters

• Amorphactor Pain, the Imagination Dracoverlord
• Herald of Perfection
• Herald of Ultimateness

Spells

• Cybernetic Fusion Support

Traps

• Appointer of the Red Lotus
• Bad Reaction to Simochi
• Ceasefire
• Chain Burst
• D.D. Dynamite
• Destruction of Destiny
• Extinction on Schedule
• Imperial Order
• Relay Soul

Limited & Semi-Limited

Lots more spells here than in the Forbidden section, mostly ones that impede your opponent's game plan in some way. There's also a single card that's been Semi-Limited for the Festival, it's at the end of this section.

Main Deck Monsters

• Anchamoufrite
• Ghost Fairy Elfobia
• Servant of Endymion

Ritual Monsters

• Megalith Hagith
• Megalith Ophiel

Spells

• Black Garden
• Burden of the Mighty
• Card of Demise
• Chicken Game
• Hippo Carnival
• Level Limit - Area B
• Necrovalley
• Secret Village of the Spellcasters
• Spell Power Mastery
• Super Hippo Carnival
• Zombie World

Traps

• Gozen Match
• Gravity Bind
• Mask of Restrict
• Ojama Duo
• Ojama Trio
• Rivalry of Warlords
• Skill Drain
• The Monarchs Erupt
• True Draco Apocalypse
• True King's Return

Semi-Limited

• Pandora's Jewelry Box

What do you think of these lists? Do they mess with any strategy you were planning to use? Let us know in the comments below!