March 2010 Banlist Prediction

Happy Birthday Julia Hedberg!!!

So everyone is posting up on youtube and blogs what they think is gonna be on the new banlist. Well I might as well do one as well.

Banned!
Brain Control
Sky Scourge Norleras

Limited!
Blackwing-Vayu the Emblem of Honor
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Boundary
Burial From the Different Dimension
Colossal Fighter
Dark Magician of Chaos
Deep Sea Diva
Mezuki
Judgment Dragon
Tragoedia

Semi-Limited!
Black Whirlwind
Charge of the Light Brigade
Honest
The Transmigration Prophecy


Unlimited!
Chaos Sorcerer
Gold Sarcophagus
Mind Crush
Smashing Ground

Okay that's a lot of changes. Okay let me start by explaining my card decisions. Brain Control has always changed the outcome of duels by instantly taking one card presence from your opponent with a laughable 800 lifepoints. It deserves to be banned. Sky Scourge Norleras is unfair. Many people get frustrated when the duel starts they just lost everything in their hand and field to a Phantom Norleras combo. With the amount of advantage this card provides it deserves to be banned.

I limited Vayu to deal with the growing threat of Blackwing Treasure and instant +1's it provides. Brionac should have instantly hit the limited list upon release but its assumed that Konami left it unlimited to sell out the Hidden Arsenal. With its ability leading to otk's it finally gets what it deserves. Burial gets a hit because it was abused with Necro Gardnas, Vayu's, Mezukis, and Plaguespreaders. Basically anything that abused the graveyard was enhanced with Burial. Colossal Fighter gets hit because it leads to otk's with its unmatched strength and unwillingness to die by battle. Every successful deck runs 2-3 of these bad boys. Hopefully it gets limited. DMOC. WTF! Why not? It won't be as broken as it was before. Monster Reborn has been banned. Lightsworns cant use it since its almost impossible for them to bring him out to the field. Blackwings rarely tribute 2 monsters for anything. The only deck that this would help is a dark deck. Deep Sea Diva gets limited because it allows double synchro summons to happen to quickly. This further hurts Zombie decks using the Divas and limits the power of Zero decks using the Diva Engine. Mezuki should have never been taken off the limited list. It leads to unfair advantage in a zombie deck and leads to multiple synchro summons which in turn leads to otk's. Konami hates otk decks. Judgment Dragon. I wont go into detail about him because everyone should know why this should be limited. Tragoedia has been splashed in many decks after it helped Lightsworn win a Shonen Jump events. Its a permanent Brain Control and can be real hard to get over.

Black Whirlwind needs to get hit because Blackwings need to be dealt with before they take over the format again and with the rise of Shining Darkness in May, Blackwings will be a force to be reckoned with. Charge of the Light Brigade will limit the power of Lightsworns even further and slow decks that abuse the Lightsworn engine. Transmigration Prophecy hasn't seen play in years and would help stabilize decks that have been hit by the banlist or help recover key cards that were lost to effects.

Chaos Sorcerer will never hit three but I want it that way so I can have a playest of Ultras in my deck. Gold Sarcophagus will help those slower decks speed up and help decks that have been hit recover faster. If it leads to otk's then it should be dealt with. Mind Crush hasn't seen play either and can limit plays for decks that reveal cards in their hands like Black Whirlwind or Charge of the Light Brigade. Fissure hasn't changed the format so why should Smashing. Unlimit the card.

Well that's my idea for the banlist. If you have any questions or comments feel free to ask.