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A new Forbidden & Limited List for the Advanced Format\u00a0just took effect on December 1<\/a>st<\/a><\/sup>, and it\u2019s currently in play for YCS Remote Duel! Check out the big changes that were made that will affect this weekend\u2019s competition!<\/em><\/p>\n Newly Forbidden<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Mystic Mine\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion<\/strong>\u00a0have joined the Forbidden List!\u00a0Mystic Mine\u00a0<\/strong>had recently become a key card in competitive Dueling, forcing many Duelists to include cards in their Deck that can get it off of the field, or risk losing once\u00a0Mystic Mine\u00a0<\/strong>is played. With\u00a0Mystic Mine\u00a0<\/strong>now Forbidden, Duelists no longer need to consider the possibility of this controversial Field Spell Card stalling a Duel for several consecutive turns.<\/em><\/p>\n Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion<\/strong>\u00a0was a popular card, especially among Tearlaments Duelists, because it was adept at sending cards from the Deck the Graveyard. Perhaps most importantly, it\u2019s able to send a card of your choosing to the Graveyard if it\u2019s Link Summoned. By sending highly impactful cards like\u00a0Eradicator Epidemic Virus<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Deck Devastation Virus<\/strong>\u00a0to the Graveyard, Duelists were able to return those cards to the field with\u00a0Knightmare Gryphon\u00a0<\/strong>and use them to annihilate an opponent\u2019s chances of winning. The addition of\u00a0Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion<\/strong>\u00a0to the Forbidden List prevents this from happening and deals a blow to Decks like Tearlaments that made the most effective use of Curious.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Newly Limited<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Tearlaments have been dominating the Advanced Format of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME ever since the release of\u00a0Magnificent Mavens\u00a0and the Fairy-type Ishizu cards. Those Decks typically used three copies of\u00a0Herald of Orange Light\u00a0<\/strong>because it could stop an opponent\u2019s monster effect while sending one of the Ishizu cards to the Graveyard, allowing the effect of the sent monster to be used. The new Limitation on\u00a0Herald of the Orange Light\u00a0<\/strong>weakens Tearlaments Decks that incorporated the Fairy-type Ishizu monsters from\u00a0Magnificent Mavens\u00a0into them.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Newly Semi-Limited<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Lyrilusc, Recital Starling\u00a0<\/strong>was previously Limited, and has now been bumped up to 2 copies per Deck effective December 1st<\/sup>! The Lyrilusc strategy hasn\u2019t recently been popular in competitive Dueling, so this change may give them a much-needed boost.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Removed from the Forbidden & Limited List<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A whopping 5 cards were removed from the Forbidden & Limited List entirely, effective December 1st<\/sup>! Two of those cards \u2013\u00a0Dimensional Fissure\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Macro Cosmos\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 were previously both Limited to 1. Both of these cards remain on the field after they\u2019re activated and will banish any key card that would be sent to a Tearlaments Duelist\u2019s Graveyard. Generally, this will completely shut down the Tearlaments Duelist\u2019s plays, since virtually all of the monsters in a Tearlaments Deck need to be sent to the Graveyard to use their most powerful effects. The removal of these two cards from the Forbidden & Limited List gives other Decks the power they need to defeat Tearlaments Decks.<\/em><\/p>\n Tellarknight Ptolemaeus<\/strong>, which was just removed from the Forbidden List in the latest update, can serve a similar function to\u00a0Dimensional Fissure<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Macro Cosmos<\/strong>\u00a0because you can Xyz Summon it and then go straight into\u00a0Stellarknight Constellar Diamond<\/strong>\u00a0by using it as an Xyz Material.\u00a0Stellarknight Constellar Diamond\u00a0<\/strong>can be Xyz Summoned in Main Phase 2 by using a \u201ctellarknight\u201d Xyz Monster you control, like\u00a0Tellarknight Ptolemaeus<\/strong>, as an Xyz Material. While it\u2019s on the field, neither player can send cards from the Deck to the Graveyard, and any card that returns from the Graveyard to the hand is banished instead. Sending cards from the Deck to the Graveyard is core to the Tearlaments strategy, allowing\u00a0Stellarknight Constellar Diamond<\/strong>\u00a0to put a complete stop to just about any Tearlaments Deck. In addition,\u00a0Stellarknight Constellar Diamond<\/strong>\u00a0can give up an Xyz Material to negate the activation of a DARK monster\u2019s effect and destroy it, which comes in handy against many popular monsters.<\/em><\/p>\n Finally,\u00a0Metaverse\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Fire Formation \u2013 Tenki<\/strong>\u00a0were removed from the Forbidden & Limited List entirely.\u00a0Metaverse<\/strong>, which was previously Limited, was most often used to get\u00a0Mystic Mine<\/strong>\u00a0from the Deck. Now, with\u00a0Mystic Mine\u00a0<\/strong>on the Forbidden List, Duelists can use more copies of\u00a0Metaverse\u00a0<\/strong>to help them get the Field Spell Cards they need.\u00a0Fire Formation \u2013 Tenki<\/strong>\u00a0was previously Semi-Limited and was removed from the Forbidden & Limited List entirely on December 1st<\/sup>. Tenki is a key card for improving the consistency of Decks that rely on Beast-Warriors, including Decks utilizing the Tri-Brigade strategy. Decks built around Beast-Warriors haven\u2019t recently been popular in competitive Dueling due to the dominance of Tearlaments and Spright strategies, but being able to use an extra copy of Tenki may help out some of the Duelists still relying on Beast-Warriors to win.<\/em><\/p>\n The latest Forbidden & Limited List update isn\u2019t the most drastic one we\u2019ve seen, but it weakens the Tearlaments Decks that dominated the three most recent YCS events: YCS Pasadena, YCS Dortmund, and YCS Costa Rica. This weekend\u2019s Remote Duel YCS is the first YCS event in which the new Forbidden & Limited List is in effect, so we\u2019ll soon see the full impact that it\u2019s having on competitive Dueling!<\/em><\/p>\n