A look at the new ban list -- Michaelo92


In the ban list effective Sept. 1st, you can see a major change: Chaos Sorcerer is BANNED!!!!!! :)

However, like all ban lists, this provides new opportunities all around. Reflect Bounder and Lightning Vortex are triple-able (you can have 3). Just in case, I have the changes right here.

Newly banned: Chaos Sorcerer, Snatch Steal, Thousand-Eyes Restrict, Tsukuyomi

Newly at 1 per deck: Future Fusion, Gravity Bind, Magician of Faith, Nobleman of Crossout, Ring of Destruction, Spirit Reaper, Ultimate Offering

Newly at 2 per deck: Exiled Force, Giant Trunade, Reckless Greed, Wall of Revealing Light

Newly at 3 per deck: Drop Off, Emergency Provisions, Lighning Vortex, Reflect Bounder

I'm surprised Chaos Sorcerer wasn't even on the list before. Snatch Steal was just another Change of Heart before now. Tsukuyomi deserved to be here, but TER's ban is not well justified, even with Cyber-Stein running around.

Getting back Ring of Destruction is one of the two major highlights of this rotation (the other being Chaos Sorcerer's ban). I saw Future Fusion at one since I saw Zane use it on the show. It seems like Magician of Faith and Nobleman of Crossout have been moving between 1 and 2 ever since the Advanced Format was created. The others are for controlling stall and swarm, which I saw a lot of.

We get some huge drawing power with Reckless Greed at 2. If you use them both on one turn, you can draw 4 cards and skip 2 draw phases. Exiled Force fills in for NoC.

Drop Off helps control decks, since Time Seal is banned. (Time Seal is only banned because of that mother****ing Victory Dragon in Japan!!!!) Lightning Vortex, when used with Book of Taiyou or something like that, spells extreme trouble. (This is why Sinister Serpent was banned.) The other cards are nicely placed.

In conclusion?

Nice work, Upper Deck.

Michael Ogden

michaelo92@aol.com