My View on the March 2009 Banlist

There is much contoversy over the new banlist, some lvoe it, others hate it. So I thought I'd go through every card on the ban list and give my personal opinions, and here they are:

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Description: Way to easy to summon, can remove any Monster, and can attack more than once.
Verdict: Will remain Banned.

Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
Description: Way to easy to summon, can blow up the whole field and both players hands, while doing burn damage.
Verdict: Will remain Banned.

Cyber Stein
Description: Can bring out ANY fusion monster, probably the best card for OTKs and even FTKs.
Verdict: May be unbanned, but very unlikely.

Cyber Jar
Description: Reset button, can get you out of any situation with basically no draw backs.
Verdict: Hmmm... This is a tough one... May be Unbanned, but very, VERY unlikely.

Dark Magician of Chaos
Description: Effect can be abused, awesome for FTK decks.
Verdict: Won't be unbanned.

Destiny Hero - Disk Commander
Description: Effect is VERY easily abused, stats make it easy to search out.
Verdict: Won't be unbanned.

Fiber Jar
Description: Resets almost the whole game, can get you out of almost ANY situation.
Verdict: It will be a cold day in Hell when this card makes it off the banlist.

Magical Scientist
Description: Easily creates an FTK, is also a duelist's swiss army knife, you can get any Fusion for any Situation (TER anyone?).
Verdict: Very unlikely it will be unbanned.

Magician of Faith
Description: Easily abused with Book of Taiyou/Moon, can fuel FTKs.
Verdict: Won't be unbanned unless for some strange reason Book of Moon hits the list.

Makyura the Destructor
Description: Is part of an OTK.
Verdict: I can see this card getting unbanned (If it gets unbanned I am getting some ideas for a Trap deck...)

Sinister Serpent
Description: Makes discard costs Null & Void, but could be a dead draw pretty often.
Verdict: Unlikely, but you never know.

Thousand-Eyes Restrict
Description: Complete Monster lockdown, and you can steal your Opponent's best Monster.
Verdict: I wish it was unbanned, but I doubt it ever will be.

Tribe-Infecting Virus
Description: Against themed decks, this card is practically a Raigeki.
Verdict: This may be unbanned given the popularity of Stardust Dragon, but I can only see it off the list if draw power is decreased.

Tsukuyomi
Description: An OTK/FTK's best friend, reuses Magician of Faith/Mask of Darkness Once per turn!
Verdict: May be unbanned if the Meta gets rid of abusable Flip Effects.

Victory Dragon
Description: Contrary to popular belief, only banned because the rules on scooping in the OCG are different to the TCG, which screws this card up.

Witch of the Black Forest
Description: Sangan's older sister, this beauty can search basically all the best effect Monsters in the game.
Verdict: I doubt it will ever see the light of day again.

Yata-Garasu
Description: If you summon this card, and your Opponent has nothing in their hand/field that can stop it, you win. Period.
Verdict: Never EVER will this little birdy come off the list.

Butterfly Dagger - Elma
Description: This card was often combo'd with Gearfried the Iron Knight, for infinite Spell Counters (Royal Magical Library), Infinite Lifepoints (Spell Absorbsion), even Infinite Burn (Type Zero Magic Crusher).
Verdict: Won't come off the list as long as Gearfried still exists.

Cathedral of Nobles
Description: This card... isn't as overpowered as you'd think. Unlike Makyura the Destructor, you can't activate Traps straight from your hand, you can only activate them the same turn they are set.
Verdict: Although there are combos with Scrap Iron Scarecrow and the like, I can definitely see this card off the list.

Change of Heart
Description: Mid Game this card is deadly. You have no useful cards and you're getting hammered by the opponent's monster, taking one for a turn could completely change the game in your favour. On the other hand, Brain Control is only limited and the meta game is fine so...
Verdict: Maybe unbanned, but pretty unlikely.

Confiscation
Description: 1000 points is often worth it to see your opponent's strategy, and screw it up. With alot of duelist's main cards being limited, this card combined with D.D. Crow = Good Game in your favour.
Verdict: Very unlikely it will be unbanned, to disruptive.

Dark Hole
Description: Reset button, basically a Raigeki if you have no monsters on the field.
Verdict: See 'Cyber Jar'.

Delinquent Duo
Description: This card was that devlish bird, Yata's best friend. Similar to Confiscation this card caused a lot of disruption.
Verdict: To hand disruptive for the current Format.

Dimension Fusion
Description: If your opponent plays this card, 90% of the time, you're f*cked. Given how easy it is to remove your best Monsters from play, this card fueled the majority of Advanced Format OTKs until it was banned.
Verdict: Unless Removing from Play becomes harder, this card is not coming back.

Graceful Charity
Description: This card has no down side in most decks. Lets you draw 3 new cards, generating hand advantage, then lets you discard two for revival later. This card was perfect in any deck (especially Chaos).
Verdict: This format basically revolves around our graveyards, so it might come back another format where it's downside is actually bad.

Harpie's Feather Duster
Description: Getting rid of the opponent's backline is game finishing. If you had all your powerful monsters out and were a bit worried about the facedowns, this card was your best friend.
Verdict: This format has alot of Spell/Trap destruction without Feather Duster, very unlikely to come back.

Last Will
Description: So many good effect Monsters were easily summoned by this card. If you look at my Magical Scientist FTK deck you will see just how useful this card is.
Verdict: I can see it getting unbanned, but it isn't the most likely card.

Metamorphosis
Description: One of the main cards in Goat Control, this card was like a better version of Magical Scientist. Any necessary Fusion could be easily brought out. This card + Scapegoat + Thousand Eyes Restrict = Awesome!
Verdict: This card may come back if Fusions lose some support, but otherwise, it's staying on the list.

Mirage of Nightmare
Description: MASSIVE draw power, use this card and then destroy it with Mystical Space Typhoon, or just make sure you had no cards in your hand when the drawback kicks in.
Verdict: Too easily abused, it has a nice warm spot on the list.

Painful Choice
Description: Similar to Graceful Charity, getting cards in the graveyard is to useful in this format.
Verdict: See 'Graceful Charity'

Pot of Greed
Description: Card advantage with no draw back? Yes please. Pot of Greed could help you get a +2 against your opponent, and in this format, that is to good.
Verdict: May come back, but don't expect it in the near future.