Why is slifer sky dragon banned

Polish name. Portuguese lore. Portuguese name. ROD Status. Romaji name. Ruby Japanese name. Ruby text. Spanish lore. Spanish name. Stars string. Swedish name. TFK Status. TFK number. Thai name. Translated name. WC07 Status. WC08 Status. Universal Conquest Wiki. Slifer der Himmelsdrache Check translation. Slifer il Drago del Cielo Check translation. Card descriptions English.

Reshef of Destruction. A dragon that can power up based on the cards in the hand. For every card in the player's hand, power is upped 3 levels. Nightmare Troubadour. You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. While this card is face-up on the Field , it cannot be targeted by Spells , Traps , or Monsters that designate a target. GX Spirit Caller. While this card is face-up on the field , it cannot be targeted by Spells , Traps , or Monster effects. World Championship GX Tag Force 2.

While this card is face-up on the field , it cannot be targeted by Spells , Traps , or Monsters that designate a target. The Normal Summon of this card cannot be negated. This card cannot be targeted by the effects of Spells, Traps, or Effect Monsters. TCG sets English—Worldwide.

English—North America. OCG sets Japanese. Video game sets The Eternal Duelist Soul. Multi-colored Millenium Puzzle Rare. Other Cards. GX Tag Force. Quite a few Illegal cards, such as Legendary Dragon of White are Match Winner cards meaning that you automatically win not just the duel, but the entire match if you bring your opponent's life points to zero with a direct attack from that monster tournaments are usually held with three duel matches.

The problem was that players would surrender before the player with this monster resolved the attack, which led to accusations of bad sportsmanship. So these cards were banned from tournaments, and Match Winner cards are useless in a casual game with your friends since you aren't playing in a tournament setting. Other ones include ones that are only playable if you attended a certain tournament e.

Get Your Game On! I imagine that these are Illegal because someone could demand you show proof you were there, which pretty much stops a duel in its tracks. There's also cards like Card of Last Will that were based on absurdly powerful cards in the anime.

Basically, there wasn't really a way to make it playable and still resemble the anime effect, so they just made them as Illegal cards to be fun promo cards and it says a lot that this card is too powerful given that it's actually weaker than the one the anime had. So making a card Illegal generally is Konami's way of indicating that "this card is unplayable even in casual duels with your friends".

Regarding the Egyptian God Cards, the originals were also unplayable. While it might have worked as a high point Normal Monster, I suppose they probably just made it illegal to match the other two Egyptian God Cards.

Put another way, these Egyptian God Cards are just fancy pieces of promo art that don't have enough rules on them to be playable. While the original prints were Illegal, Konami made rereleases of these Egyptian God cards that are actually playable and are completely legal to play in tournaments and they lack the "This card cannot be used in a Duel" text. They are all Effect Monsters and have their abilities explained which are more balanced than the ones in the anime.

The Dark Side of Dimensions at my local movie theater. I can assure you, Konami does not make the original set of Egyptian God cards Illegal because they fear that a random duelist will summon the card and lose control of them, inadvertently destroying the world. I have played my Obelisk before and the world is still intact. But then again, maybe it's only a risk if I grow hair as crazy as Yugi's ;-.

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