Hello Pojo Fans,
 
Solemn Judgment is another overly powerful card that had to be banned.
 
Half your LP for a Summon, Spell, or Trap negation and destruction can seem steep, but late game this can mean nothing. This card was tremendous back in the day, and at one time it was at 3, if you can believe that. Nowadays I'm not sure how dominant this card would be. So much depends on destruction and grave-centric strategy that this card may come back and, while it could have a impact, I'm not sure it will be as dominant and devastating as it used to be. If you negate a summon that is great, but if the monster has an effect off destruction it still gets destroyed by Judgment. You took away a resource on the field, but they still got something from it, while you lost half your LP. Regardless of that oversight, this card is still amazing and powerful. I'd love to see it come back and see what an impact it'd have.
 
It's almost perfect, but it doesn't negate monster effects, and because the game has evolved, its power has been hit slightly.
 
Advanced-4.5/5
Art-5/5
 
Until Next Time

Was a very interesting all-or-nothing card at first.  However, as cards became more powerful, SJ did too since it stopped most things.  Banning was the only solution at the end of the day.

One of the main concerns is the fact that being willing to endure that kind of cost has been often used in decks which rely on a sole strategy: burn, autowin, resolving an otk or protecting a floodgate setup.