<b>A quick explanation of the list.</b>
A card which is <i>Forbidden/Banned</i> may not be included in a deck.
A card which is <i>Limited</i> may have only 1 copy included in a deck.
A card which is <i>Semi-Limited</i> may have up to 2 copies included in a deck.

With general bans, such as whole archetypes, this largely refers to decks which are that archetype only; splashing a few cards from an archetype here or there probably won't break anything.
Please be advised that the administration reserves the right to ask you to drop or modify a deck. If you think this right is being abused, come and talk to me. The point here is to make things fun; if one deck is just curbstomping everything, it's going to get boring for everyone, including the person running it. If you want to haggle a point with me, feel free. Banlists have been changed over less.
Bear in mind that this banlist is for the player characters; NPC villains controlled by staff may be using cards on this list, because what YGO villain didn't use complete horseshit cards?

The following decks are banned:

<b>Bujin.</b> Unfortunately, even without Crane, their newer support is kind of amazing and makes them very hard to play against for most RP decks. If only.
<b>Burning Abyss.</b> Sadly, at the moment, they're <i>way</i> too good as a Rank 3 archetype.
<b>Fire Fists.</b> "Rush ALL THE THINGS!"
<b>FTK/OTK/Lock</b> decks. Yes, I know it happened in the anime a few times, but it's very boring to try and RP against - and do you really want to write out the entirity of an FTK hand?
<b>Harpies.</b> It's either this, or everyone starts siding Cloak & Dagger.
<b>Ghostricks.</b> As much as we all like them, they're honestly really boring to play against, and they shut down a lot of decks that would otherwise be fun.
<b>Mermail.</b> These are actually currently going out of style, but for now they're off-limits.
<b>Satellaknights.</b> Because we really need LIGHT!Warrior!Blackfeathers all over again.
<b>Shadoll.</b> As really cool as these cards are, they also completely shut down most decks, so they're out.
<b>Quiz.</b> Yes, I'm banning the Quiz archetype. Yes, the new support is ridiculous. Yes, I feel ashamed.


The following decks (meaning decks which are largely pure iterations of this archetype) are banned in conjunction with specific cards:

<b>Dark World</b>, with <i>Dragged Down to the Grave</i>.
<b>Hieratics</b>, with <i>Gaia Dragon the Thunder Charger</i>.
<b>Any deck except</b> Artifacts, with <i>Theosophy of the Artifacts</i>.
<b>Any deck except</b> Sacred Beasts, with <i>Lost Paradise</i>.
<b>Any deck except</b> Toons, with <i>Toon Kingdom</i>.

The following cards are banned:

<b>Apple of Enlightenment.</b> There are a lot of decks this card could be really good in, most notably Artifacts.
<b>Beast Burial Ritual.</b> Beasts <i>really</i> don't need help to plus hard.
<b>Chaos Blast.</b> Machines do not need SUPER Foolish w/nuke.
<b>Convert Ghost.</b> I like Kikoutei too, but effectively-free Herald of Perfection isn't very legit.
<b>Cursed Twin Doll.</b> This one isn't so much because the effect is broken, but because I don't want to have to adjuciate arguments over it, because it's a fucking weird card. Anything you could use it for is super degenerate anyway.
<b>D-Force.</b> It's possible to set D-Force up on top of the opponent's deck, preventing them from drawing cards.
<b>Destiny Overlay.</b> If this was a Trap card, it would actually be okay, but as a spell, it has serious Potential(TM).
<b>Evilswarm Ophion.</b> Why yes, I would like to lock your field and tutor my rape-tier backrow.
<b>Gimmick Box.</b> This is designed to work with Gimmick Puppets, and Gimmick Puppets extra don't need a defensive play that sets up their Xyz monsters.
<b>Infinity Force.</b> Even as a gimmick play, defensive Raigeki isn't happening.
<b>Last Question.</b> Heads, I win; tails, you lose.
<b>Persona Shutter Layer 2.</b> Read the card. Now read it again and pretend it isn't OP as shit.
<b>Number 62: Prime Photon Dragon.</b> I'm somewhat on the fence about this card, but it's been amazing in every RP I've ever seen it played in, so for now it's out.
<b>Raigeki.</b> Rly.jpeg
<b>Sad Story - Atrocious Day.</b> Sorry, no SUPER Decree for you.
<b>Shining Sly.</b> Guess what 99% of cards aren't immune to? Being Tributed.
<b>The Soul-Binding Gate.</b> "I hope you didn't plan on summoning monsters~!"
<b>Zen Garden.</b> This is less about it completely hosing WATER decks and more about the pump it gives to Plant decks, which really don't need it.

The following cards are Limited:

<b>Big Return.</b> This card is secretly amazing.
<b>Power Wall.</b> You know what isn't happening @3? SUPER MILL that is also damage reduction.

The following cards are Semi-Limited:

<b>The Necloth of Trishula.</b> It's less consistent than Trish, but it's still Trish. Probation.