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[TCG] An ideal banlist


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Working off the one we have. I think this is pretty good, but I'm sure I missed some cards; any feedback is greatly appreciated!

 

Newly Forbidden:

Denko Sekka

Djinn Releaser of Rituals

Exodia the Forbidden One

Wind-Up Hunter

Nekroz of Trishula

T.G. Hyper Librarian

Fusion Gate

Royal Tribute

 

Newly Limited:

Aria the Melodious Diva

Elemental HERO Shadow Mist

Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz

Tribe-Infecting Virus

Thousand-Eyes Restrict

Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity

A Hero Lives

Instant Fusion

Kaiser Colosseum

Sinister Shadow Games

Stellarnova Alpha

 

Newly Semi-Limited:

Neo-Spacian Grand Mole

Reckless Greed

 

Newly Unlimited:

Left Arm of the Forbidden One

Left Leg of the Forbidden One

Right Arm of the Forbidden One

Right Leg of the Forbidden One

Glow-Up Bulb

Dark Strike Fighter

Sacred Sword of Seven Stars

Exchange of the Spirit

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Preeeeeeeety sure an "Ideal banlist" wouldn't want Geargiauger at 2.

 

Also, hitting Hero Lives over Mist makes more sense, IMO, since it's a far more prominent play.

Plus, it would force HEROs to do dumb stuff/jump through hoops to trigger Mist to get Change-cards, rather then just straight-up HERO-E-Tele into it.

Not to mention, Mist@1 just means HEROs need to run stuff like Call of the Haunted, which won't really hinder it that much.

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Limited: Nekroz of Valkyrus

what the fuck

you hit like the only cool card in the deck, which isn't even the problem.

Brionac, Unicore limited, okay.

Trishula banned, just because this is ideal and its existence isn't healthy.

But why Valkyrus of all things?

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Ban Trishula if you want to hit Nekroz because it's the only thing that really gives them teeth - the fact that people jump through hoops to play around Trish shows how degenerate it is and without it all the deck can really do is summon big-ish monsters. Also, you've failed to even touch the other 3 top decks in Shaddoll, Satellar and Burning Abyss and have instead hit bad decks like HEROes and Melodious Divas (lol).

 

At least Denko is banned.

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Oh no not these lists again...

 

But to be a bit more constructive, don't hurt Tier 2-3 decks until you didn't get rid of the God Tier decks. As I see from the title, it is an "ideal list", but in reality, keep it in mind that Konami won't hurt decks that will boost sales. In other words, they won't hurt Melodious when they're just releasing new cards for that. 

 

Geargiagear is also fine at 1. If anything, Deep Sea Diva should be banned, not put to 2. Hit Trishula instead of Valkyrus.

 

And so on...

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Working off the one we have. I think this is pretty good, but I'm sure I missed some cards; any feedback is greatly appreciated!

 

Newly Forbidden:

Denko Sekka Sure, fair enough.

Djinn Releaser of Rituals I like this. Makes Nekroz less oppressive.

Exodia the Forbidden One Doesn't really affect the meta, but it is a damn good idea

Wind-Up Hunter Wait what?

T.G. Hyper Librarian I mean, the card is legitimately degenerate, so I can see the rationale

Fusion Gate I have no clue on this. Seriously no clue at all.

Royal Tribute I would say Gravekeepers aren't relevant, but, well, f*** THIS CARD. Fair enough.

 

Newly Limited:

Aria the Melodious Diva I have literally no clue here.

Cyber-Stein PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFffffffffffffffffffFFFFFFFFFFfFfFfFfFFFFFFFFFFFffffffffff

Elemental HERO Shadow Mist I think outright banning Dark Law is the better bet, to be perfectly honest.

Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz I mean, he does give a bit too much advantage, but this doesn't feel like the right hit.

Tribe-Infecting Virus Ufookinwotm8?

Thousand-Eyes Restrict With Instant Fusion Limited as well, I actually really like this here.

Nekroz of Valkyrus See what black said.

Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity Is this why Hunter was banned?

Instant Fusion Yes. This is a good idea.

Kaiser Colosseum Wut?

 

Newly Semi-Limited:

Deep Sea Diva Umm....

Neo-Spacian Grand Mole This deserves to go to 3, IMO.

Gold Sarcophagus Ummmmmmm.........

Geargiagear Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............................

Reckless Greed Ok, I guess...

 

Newly Unlimited:

Left Arm of the Forbidden One 

Left Leg of the Forbidden One

Right Arm of the Forbidden One

Right Leg of the Forbidden One too broken with rabbit, must be banned

Card Trooper Ever heard of Troop Dupe Scoop?

Glow-Up Bulb I have can't imagine it being toooo bad, but still a sketchy idea.

Dark Strike Fighter Card sucks, so it should be here already.

Sacred Sword of Seven Stars Yes.

Exchange of the Spirit Card is pretty bad now, so i don't see why not.

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Thanks for the feedback! I've updated the OP based on what you all have been saying, with these changes:

 

Cyber-Stein, Nekroz of Trishula moved to Forbidden

A Hero Lives, Deep Sea Diva, Geargiagear, Gold Sarcophagus, Sinister Shadow Games, Stellarnova Alpha moved to Limited

Card Trooper moved to Semi-Limited

Nekroz of Valkyrus moved to Unlimited

 

To address some of the questions:

 

Fusion Gate was banned because of the Blaze Fenix OTK. Because of the Electrum OTK. Because of the Dragoon OTK. Etc. It's actually similar to the reason I banned Exodia - Fusion Gate + Chain Material is a combo that makes a bunch of completely degenerate OTKs possible, so for an ideal banlist, hitting one of those two was a necessity. I chose Fusion Gate because it seemed to do less splash damage (though I honestly can't think of any non-degenerate decks that use Chain Material, so it could have just as easily gone the other way).

 

Aria was limited because Aria + Elegy is nigh on impossible to get rid of outside of Triverr. I don't think having a gamestate where one player is literally incapable of doing anything at all is healthy for the game.

 

Cyber-Stein...even I don't know what I was thinking with that one, lol. Oh yeah, "high-risk high-reward", but still...not good enough. Back to banned.

 

Hunter is banned because of the Wind-Up loop. It's pretty much a required side effect of unbanning Zenmaity, but unlike Zenmaity it has no legitimate use that I'm aware of.

 

Hadn't heard of Troop Dupe Scoop, wouldn't have unlimited it if I was aware of that.

 

I hit Shaddolls and tellarknights in the new revision (f*** you Alpha, why I didn't limit you in the first place is beyond me). I would have hit BAs but 1. they already took a hit with Tour Guide and 2. I'm honestly not sure what to hit, if I were to hit them. I considered limiting Dante, but I'm not sure if that'd be too excessive.

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Ideal banlist doesn't exist. Even if you ban out all of the unfair cards in the game like byak did in that old topic, something new will appear. You saw from the posts. "Oh this is strong". And byak considered it banned from then on. It's an endless circle. Even if you "balance" something, people will figure out the best thing and the best thing will overwhelm the rest. Also, even if you do achieve perfect balance, you can't make new cards since each new card added to the equation makes you reconsider the entire balance.

 

tl;dr perfect balance doesn't exist.

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Which is why if you build a custom card pool, it's easier to create a "perfect imbalance" with fun and refreshing potential.

 

You start out with a foundation. Dominant strategies becomes evident? Add more cards that aren't strictly better, but offer new perspectives.

 

Also if you attempted to create an "ideal banlist" today, the modern card pool has evolved to the point where the list would be humongous. 

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