Today I'll be discussing my thoughts on the September 2012 banlist. For those of you who don't know the list, it is as follows:
Forbidden:
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Future Fusion
Limited:
Inzektor Dragonfly
Inzektor Hornet
Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
Chaos Sorcerer
Spore
Evigishki Gustkraken
Tsukuyomi
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity
Ultimate Offering
Semi-Limited:
Tour Guide from the Underworld
Debris Dragon
Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow
Rescue Rabbit
The Agent of Mystery - Earth
Reasoning
Pot of Duality
E - Emergency Call
A Hero Lives
Hieratic Seal of Convocation
Mirror Force
No Longer On List:
Marshmallon
Necro Gardna
Emergency Teleport
Destiny Draw
Level Limit - Area B
Swords of Revealing Light
Magic Cylinder
As you can see, this list is quite good compared to past formats. It takes care of some of the overpowered/problematic decks of the format and revives some old decks that lost playability, although not all of them. There is always something on these lists that just made the playerbase go "WTF"? Without further ado, here are my thoughts on this list.
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Forbidden:
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier:
As much as I love this card, I understand his ban. Brionac is the reason behind many loops, OTK's and FTK's. However, it was one of the last good level 6 synchros this game has left, which can explain why Emergency Teleport was put to 3.
Future Fusion:
This was long overdue to get the banhammer. Dragons open this first turn and they basically win. Like Brionac, it allows for crazy plays and loops.
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Limited:
Inzektors Dragonfly and Hornet:
I'll talk about these 2 together. These hits still leave Inzektors at a playable level, not a "herp derp" deck that makes your opponent cringe at the sight of. The deck still has the Sword OTK, along with Centipede, Hopper, and Ladybug to utilize.
REDMD:
I bet all of those who voted for Gustav Max on the SJA poll feels pretty stupid right about now. Limiting Dr. Red slows down Hieratic OTK and the ability to drop Gustav Max in many decks. Good hit.
Chaos Sorcerer:
First of the "WTF Konami?" moments. By this logic, Chaos Sorcerer is equally powered as BLS, which is obviously not true. BLS should have gone to 0 before this card was touched.
Spore:
Ok cool, Spore is back... but to 1? Last I checked, Spore has the "once per duel" clause in the effect. Who would even bother to play more than 1 Spore? It could've easily went to 3 without any problems.
Evigishki Gustkraken:
The Gishki loop never even got to see the light of day in the TCG. However, the hand loop was not going to be ignored by Konami forever. I saw this coming, but I didn't believe it would happen so soon.
Tsukuyomi:
This card isn't even ban-worthy to begin with. It has very few uses in the current meta and takes up the Normal Summon, which many decks rely on. IMO this could've came back along ago with TIV.
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity:
Limiting Zenmaity over banning Hunter still makes the deck a top contender, being able to loop 2 cards generally. I've also been told of some new OTK that this deck has, but not sure how it works. When I figure that out, I'll be sure to post here explaining it.
Ultimate Offering:
This card is ban-worthy. It makes Gadgets and even Madolches auto-pilot and spam Rank 4's all over the place.
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Semi-Limited:
Tour Guide from the Underworld:
TGU will still be used with Sangan. Easy access to rank 3's and Sangan searches are too good to pass up. The engine is definitely viable still, just without another target. People may play Bus over the 3rd TGU, but imo it's better to just play the 2 TGU and 1 Sangan.
Debris Dragon:
This along with Spore makes me happy to see Plants have playability again.
Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow:
Blackwings have more power now, but I'm not sure if this was the right move. 2 Honests seem overpowered to me, and I think semi-limiting Whirlwind or Gale would've been smarter. All in all, at least Blackwings and Plants have playability again.
Rescue Rabbit:
This doesn't hurt the deck by much at all. It should've been limited, but probably stayed to 2 to promote sales of the new TCG tins. Dino Rabbit will still be a top contender of this format even with 1 less of Rabbit and TGU.
The Agent of Mystery - Earth:
Agents will have a comeback this format, whether it's pure, TG, or some Psychic hybrid. However, this card should go to 3 and Konami should hit Hyperion instead. Earth was never really that much of a problem card, it's the 2800 beater that you can summon with little cost and acts like a DAD that is the problem.
Reasoning:
I'm iffy on this. Sure it doesn't see much play at all, but with D-Draw at 3, some form of DDT or Airblade will come back.
Pot of Duality:
This is my #2 "WTF?" of the list. Duality is a key card to many lower tier decks, as it increases their consistency by a lot. However, stun decks that can also swarm like Heroes gain too much off of it. I would've left this at 3 though.
E - Emergency Call and A Hero Lives:
Here's "WTF?" numbers 3 and 4. I know the Arrive Hero deck is rampant in the OCG, but what does this solve? I really don't know what to say about these.
Hieratic Seal of Convocation:
So it slows down Hieratics that were already slowed down by the loss of 2 REDMD's. Not sure what the point of this was.
Mirror Force:
This, along with TT last format, is Konami's answer to hitting swarm decks. Instead of hitting the problem cards in those decks, they give us more counters to them instead. Not the best idea to do.
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No Longer On List:
Marshmallon:
Ok sure, does nothing to meta.
Necro Gardna:
Lightsworns gain a little more defense. That's about it to say here.
Emergency Teleport and Destiny Draw:
E-Tele at 3 seems ok without Brionac. 3 can even be excessive in modern TeleDAD and can lead to dead draws. D-Draw does help decks like TeleDAD and Diva Zero gain more consistency, but won't come back without another Malicious.
Level Limit - Area B:
Still promoting Xyz's are we Konami?, although it's rarely seen and is only used as a side deck card.
Swords of Revealing Light:
Ok sure.
Magic Cylinder:
Because burn decks need another card to use, right?
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Summary:
The list does take care of problematic decks, but it also doesn't solve everything. Even with most of last format's meta decks gone, there are new ones about to emerge rampant on the new format.
~Shadow
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