LOCK, answered.

[KuroKibo]

I am (yes, not 'was'. Don't fix me for that) currently browsing the Yugioh! Wikia and I found this phrase: Illegal.

 

What do I got about Illegal cards are: They cannot be used in Decks, Duels, Official Duels, and are not an official TCG cards. What do I want to ask about them is:

 

1. If they're cannot be used in Decks, Duels, and Official Duels, then why are they created?

 

2. Most of the illegal cards I saw are monsters, and most of the cards written 'If this card attacks your opponent's Life Points directly and makes them 0, the controller of this card wins the Match'. Is this what makes them illegal? Or are there any reasons?

 

3. This isn't a new feature, is it? I mean, I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh! IRL and I only have one 2004 PSP game about YGO and it doesn't have features about illegal cards. (I was so outdated T_T)

 

4. If fan-made and counterfeit cards are illegal, is this the reason why we, from the cards we make here, cannot use them in tournaments?

 

5. I saw one special Illegal card called 'Get Your Game On!'. The effect's pretty funny, in which:

'You can only play this card if you were present at the 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship. The ATK of all your "Elemental Hero" and "Neo-Spacian" monsters on the field is doubled.'

This is pretty much OP, isn't it?

 

6. Illegal here means very OP, right?

 

I need explanation about these cards. Thanks to those who already helped me here ^^

[Max Darkness]

To add onto Strawberry, the Illegal status is reserved for promotional cards that are Forbidden; but because they were never officially released, they aren't put on the Forbidden List. They don't have to be overpowered; a lot are, but it's their rarity and lack of general release that makes them Illegal instead of Forbidden.

 

The first cards you're referring to are called the Match-Winners. A Match is made up of three, five or seven Duels; the winner of the Match being whoever wins the most Duels. So, if you Summon, Direct Attack and win with a Match-Winner in the first Duel, you automatically win. You can skip up to six duels with one attack.

 

In a short answer, Illegal is relatively new due to the lack of early special promo cards and they only have that status because they were never officially released, and thus never made the Official Banlist.

[KuroKibo]

Yeah, I know about Match. My 2004 PSP game has it xD

 

Thanks for the help. I'll go lock this thread.

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

Konami may release those cards in a collectors-only set later on, and will probably just leave them by default Forbidden, or Limited for casual gameplay. Not too difficult to do so, as some people ARE interested in using them.

[Βyakuya]

Cards called this can also be called forbidden. That means people who moderate these cards see them as unfair, or just not good. Cards like Harpie's Feather Duster, Time Seal, Chaos Sorcerer, Chaos End Dragon, Cyber Jar, Magic Scientist, and so much are banned. They ban them saying they're illegal. Its because mostly they're unfair, and having no drawbacks or balance in the card game. Other than banned, they are bad made cards, or explicit it in bad ways.

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

They were only used back then as special tournament-only monsters, and I am pretty sure the people who won those tourneys got to keep them as a little gift.

 

Basically, tourneys work in rounds, and a match contains several rounds. You had to get the majority of the rounds won to actually beat the match, but those monsters, if you managed to reduce your opponent's Life Points to 0 with them, you automatically won the match regardless.

 

If you legitimately own one, I don't see why you can't just stick it in your deck and play with them for fun, but I guess that's what Konami wants.