Initially, I was confused on this decision and surprised they didn't ban Nekroz of Trishula instead.  However, looking at ARG's custom format, however, Nekroz were dominating most of the competition even without Trishula.  So, Konami called it right on this one.  Let Nekroz keep their powerhouses, but don't allow them to be summoned for free.  Even with Shurit at 1, it was still searchable, recoverable, and it not only gave you a Ritual monster for free, but it also plussed the player when it searched.  Good riddance.
 
4/5 (in Traditional)

Bye Bye Nekroz. I won't miss your overwhelming price tag and power. Shurit is the mvp of the deck. He made every single Nekroz Ritual Monster easy to Special Summon. Then, once a turn, he would get you a free Warrior Nekroz Ritual Monster to your hand. Just for being tributed! Nekroz ran 3 when they could run 3, 1 when they could only run 1, and now they have to actually try to get Trishula out without him in the deck at all. Or just abandon the deck because it's dead. Banhammer kills another deck. 
 
Score: Banned/5
Art: 4/5 I love heterochromia. 
 
-WarlockBlitz

I always love banlist week; it’s a great time to look over the changes and see how they affect the metagame. The list this time around made some massive changes, and the game we have now is really quite different from the game we had just a few weeks ago.
 
Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz was a key piece to the Nekroz strategy, but it wasn’t the card that I was expecting to get banned. I anticipated Limits on both Brionac and Unicore, but if any Nekroz card was going to get banned, I was expecting Trishula.
 
However, Shurit was a much smarter choice in terms of nerfing the power of the Deck, because of how much he did for it. Being not only search fodder, but also a way to easily summon any Nekroz monster for practically no investment is what allowed the Deck to remain so powerful even after a wide array of hits. There isn’t really a card that can replace Shurit, and the Deck’s consistency took a massive blow with his loss.
 
Advanced: BANNED (4/5 when legal)

“Aw yeah, Desu-Desu bitches!” -Jaden, YGO Abridged series 

As a whole, I both admire and despise the Nekroz theme. I admire its beautiful artwork and the fact that it's built around a mostly underrated strategy (Rituals), while at the same time I hate that it's so easy to summon power houses and overwhelm your opponent here. (That, for the most part, is thanks to the added Pendulumn Monsters.) Don't get me wrong, I like a challenge; but Nekroz is- in my honest opinion- a bit broken and unfair to the average player. How so? Well, just look at THIS guy. 

Shurit may be weak in ATK and DEF, but nobody played him for his stats. They played him for his effect: he alone can be the summoning requirement for a Ritual Nekroz Monster, and if tributed for something, he has his own Reinforcement of the Army effect for Nekroz. We'll get to ROTA later... (*shivers*) But the bottom line here is, Shurit is... or rather WAS... a force to be reckoned with, even for beginner Nekroz players. Now that he's banned, the theme as a whole suffers, but it's at least not as broken as before. 

Final Score: 5/5 (Nekroz only)