The Advanced Format will be used at premier events, and the World Championship.
ADVANCED FORMAT LIST EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1st
I. Forbidden Cards
You cannot use these cards in your Deck or Side Deck:
BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER - ENVOY OF THE BEGINNING
BUTTERFLY DAGGER - ELMA
CHANGE OF HEART
CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON - ENVOY OF THE END
CHAOS SORCERER
CONFISCATION
CYBER JAR
CYBER-STEIN
DARK HOLE
DELINQUENT DUO
EXCHANGE OF THE SPIRIT
FIBER JAR
GRACEFUL CHARITY
HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER
IMPERIAL ORDER
LAST TURN
LAST WILL
MAGICAL SCIENTIST
MAKYURA THE DESTRUCTOR
METAMORPHOSIS
MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE
MONSTER REBORN
PAINFUL CHOICE
POT OF GREED
RAIGEKI
RING OF DESTRUCTION
SINISTER SERPENT
SNATCH STEAL
THE FORCEFUL SENTRY
THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT
TIME SEAL
TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS
TSUKUYOMI
VICTORY DRAGON
WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST
YATA-GARASU
NEW! - Confiscation, Metamorphosis, Ring of Destruction, Snatch Steal
II. Limited Cards
You can ONLY use one of the following cards in the Deck & Side Deck combined:
BOOK OF MOON
BRAIN CONTROL
BREAKER THE MAGICAL WARRIOR
CALL OF THE HAUNTED
CARD DESTRUCTION
CARD TROOPER
CEASEFIRE
CHAIN STRIKE
CRUSH CARD VIRUS
D. D. WARRIOR LADY
DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
DESTINY HERO - DISK COMMANDER
DIMENSION FUSION
ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS
EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE
FISSURE
FUTURE FUSION
GIANT TRUNADE
GOLD SARCOPHAGUS
GRAVITY BIND
GREEN BABOON, DEFENDER OF THE FOREST
HEAVY STORM
LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEVEL LIMIT - AREA B
LIMITER REMOVAL
MAGE POWER
MAGIC CYLINDER
MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION
MAGICIAN OF FAITH
MARSHMALLON
MEGAMORPH
MIND CRUSH
MIRROR FORCE
MORPHING JAR
MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON
NEO-SPACIAN GRAND MOLE
NIGHT ASSAILANT
OVERLOAD FUSION
PREMATURE BURIAL
RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
SANGAN
SCAPEGOAT
SMASHING GROUND
SNIPE HUNTER
SPIRIT REAPER
SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT
THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY
TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE
TRAP DUSTSHOOT
TREEBORN FROG
TWIN-HEADED BEHEMOTH
ULTIMATE OFFERING
UNITED WE STAND
WALL OF REVEALING LIGHT
NEW! - Brain Control, Breaker the Magical Warrior, Card Trooper, Destiny Hero - Disk Commander, Fissure, Gold Sarcophagus, Magician of Faith, Marshmallon, Megamorph, Smashing Ground, Snipe Hunter, Trap Dustshoot, The Transmigration Prophecy, Wall of Revealing Light
III. Semi-Limited Cards
You can ONLY use two of the following cards in the Deck & Side Deck combined:
APPRENTICE MAGICIAN
CREATURE SWAP
DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS
GREEN GADGET
JINZO (!!!)
MANTICORE OF DARKNESS
MASK OF DARKNESS
NOBLEMAN OF CROSSOUT
POT OF AVARICE
RECKLESS GREED
RED GADGET
REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY
ROYAL DECREE
YELLOW GADGET
NEW! - Destiny Hero - Malicious, Green Gadget, Jinzo, Nobleman of Crossout, Pot of Avarice, Red Gadget, Royal Decree, Yellow Gadget
NEW! - The following cards are no longer Limited: D.D. Assailant, Deck Devastation Virus, Good Goblin Housekeeping, Protector of the Sanctuary
....can you say Apprentice RAPE?