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Article 26: ____, you're BAN!

Well, I promised that I'll type up an article after the new ban list come out

New Ban/Restriction
Just in case you still don't know the list:
http://www.yugioh-card.com/japan/tou/seigen_f.html
or
http://dmcomet.vzz.net/news/36.htm

Well, here we go...

The first thing, obviously, is KoJ's choice to keep Soldier as it is (Not banning it, as "request" by MANY people).

Well, I don't like that either, and I have no idea why it's not ban also. But, Chaos do lose some support in this restriction (DWG to 1, Painful ban). Even though CS is still very powerful, and more as a marketing product of KoJ (If they ban CS, the market will go down as no one will buy EE2)

Then, Makyura and Eruma got axed. The first isn't really used outside of OTK decks anyway (Not to mention [Pharoah's Shrine] is still limited to 3). Eruma...the loop is VERY annoying...I think KoJ want to put a stop to the Gearfreed + Eruma abuse (Since there's like 10 combos out there involving those 2 cards)

Scientist get axed as well...to kill Cata-Sci and stop the abuse of all the Fusion monsters like it's nothing. I expect him to be ban, so, nothing too special on him.

Mirage & Sixth Sense...both very good hand refresher got axed together. Banning Sixth Sense is kind of expected, but banning of Mirage is kind of unexpected...yeah...they try to put a stop to all the god drawing / Massive draw cards?

Fiber, Change of Heart, and Painful Choice hits the list again...I expect Fiber to go back, so is CoH (They release Brain Control for a reason...). Painful Choice doesn't surprised me either...it's a very broken card if used correctly.

The exchange of Demon Twins with the other 2 Hand Control cards...quite a few people already guess that would happen. Demon Twins may be good, but, unless you draw it at Turn 1 or 2, it's pretty much a dead card (Unlike the other 2)

Moving on to restriction.

Dimensional Warrior Girl to 1...that card is WAY overuse anyway, plus, this card reduce the power of Chaos by a little (Not much...)

Marshmallon...never expected him to get restricted. Maybe this is the cause of DWG to 1? (Marshy is darn broken anyway...)

Vortex and Phoneix God...expected both to be on restriction. Even though I think [Guiding Hand of Nepthtys] deserve to be ban over Phoneix...who cares...

Critter, Mirror Force, Power of Teamwork, Angel's Gift, and Demon Twins are back. Critter, MF, and PoT...I expected them to get unban anyway...Angel's Gift is the "replacement" slot for [Painful Choice]. Demon Twins...I already discussed him, even though I think it shouldn't come back EVER.

Moving to the semi-restriction list, where many changes occur.

First, Abyss Soldier to 2. Doesn't really matter to me, 2 and 3 isn't much difference when it's always [Killer Snake] you would discard.

Abyss Assassin to 2...I expected this, and don't know why KoJ hesitate some much semi-restrict him

The biggest surprise of all, though, is Vampire Lord. Even though I expect that sooner or later V-Lord will get to semi-restrict, I didn't expect KoJ to do it in this restriction. V-Lord is indeed a powerful card...maybe b/c of all the Gorilla to take care of him.

Level B and G-Bind to 2...expected, and didn't affect burner that much anyway...

Goblin Management Expert to 2...well, 3 is way too crazy. So, KoJ goes: "Why not 2?"

Otherwise...Chikku and Ration are on there b/c of English Traditional Format, and Rich Goblin...who cares...

Too lazy to do my TLM analysis now...