Rules - YuGiOh TCG: Duelists Island Forum

Topic: Rules

First of all, you must be familiar with the Yu-Gi-Oh Rules, as of at least volume 4.0. You must also be familiar with dueling outside of forums, with your friends. I can't offer you a tutorial on how to play the whole game right now, just the online format. Please begin each of your turns with a template that looks like this.

Life Points: 8000

Deck: 33 Cards

Hand: 3 Cards

Monster Zone: Luster Dragon(1900ATK/900DEF)

Magic/Trap Zone: 1(Face-Down)

Current Arena: NONE

Graveyard: (CONTENTS)

Then, you must describe what you're doing on your turn. You must ask your opponent if they would like to start a chain after every time you attack, play a magic card etc. to avoid confusion if they do want to start a chain. You must then end your turn with another template, identacle to the first one in form, with your UPDATED information. Your newest Template should always be the one that is EXACTLY correct.

#1 May 15th 2007, 6:25am . Edited May 15th 2007, 5:48pm

BANNED/RESTRICTED CARD LIST

Your dueling deck must obey this list when you play in the tournament. If you are not a tournament participant, you may instead follow either the Advanced or Traditional versions of the official format.

Check the official lists here: http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/forbidden/default.aspx

Banned Cards (NO copies may exist in your deck or side deck):

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning

Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End

Slifer the Sky Dragon/Saint Dragon, God of Osiris

Obelisk the Tormentor/God of Obelisk

Winged Dragon of Ra/Sun Dragon Ra

Emes the Infinity

All five cards for Exodia the Forbidden One

Fiber Jar

Butterfly Dagger - Elma

Raigeki

Delinquent Duo

Last Turn

Last Will

Limited Cards (ONE copy of these cards may exist in your deck and side deck combined)

Monster Reborn

Change of Heart

Pot of Greed

Breaker the Magical Warrior

Morphing Jar

Morphing Jar #2

Cyber Jar

Victory Dragon

Harpie's Feather Duster

Mirror Force

Sangan

Witch of the Black Forest

Tyrant Dragon

Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys

Chaos Sorceror

Ring of Destruction

Tsukiyomi

Cyber-Stein

Snatch Steal

Magical Scientist

Spirit Reaper

Exchange of the Spirit

Level Limit - Area B

Mystical Space Typhoon

Swords of Revealing Light

Graceful Charity

Nobleman of Crossout

Lightning Vortex

Limiter Removal

Magic Cylinder

Royal Decree

Ceasefire

D. D. Warrior Lady

Gold Sarcophagus

Dark Magician of Chaos

Elemental Hero Stratos

Wall of Revealing Light

Makyura the Destructor

Marshmallon

Future Fusion

Card Trooper

Semi-Limited (TWO copies of these cards may exist in your deck and side deck combined)

Upstart Goblin

Call of the Haunted

Jinzo

Axe of Despair

Magician of Faith

Nobleman of Crossout

Light and Darkness Dragon

Book of Moon

Dark Hole

Cyber Dragon

Foolish Burial

Allure of Darkness

Scapegoat

Card Destruction

All other cards are limited to three per deck and side deck combined

#2 May 15th 2007, 6:33am . Edited by Tulip-Jin, May 17th 2008, 4:59pm

Every player in the game starts with 4 Star Chips which they can wager to duel. You can duel in the No-Strings-Attached Duel Arena for no Star Chips, or in any other Arena for 1 or more Star Chips.

STANDINGS:(Star Chips)

LostInHyrule: 8

Lance Menard: 7

Tulip-Jin: 7

Amorphusshadow: 6

Frank DM: 5

DemiGod Soul Reaver: 4

Yoda's Padawan: 4

Zee-Liam: 4

FFFX: 4

Huajun: 3

Ari Pheonix: 3

Solarice: 0

Chibifurby: *dropped*

Usyra: *dropped*

Dr. Nitro: *dropped*

#3 May 18th 2007, 12:21pm . Edited Nov 21st 2007, 4:32pm

chibifurby

Chibifurby has been removed from ranking.

#4 May 21st 2007, 8:38pm

I'm sad about that.

#5 May 21st 2007, 9:36pm

Ari Phoenix

Why am I not on there? I still have 2 stars

#6 May 21st 2007, 10:59pm

spiritfire

okay so how do I get this started and I already have a deck prepared so what's next

#7 May 22nd 2007, 12:19am

spiritfire

okay so how do I get this started and I already have a deck prepared so what's next

#8 May 22nd 2007, 12:20am

Why am I not on there? I still have 2 stars

Hmm... I must have forgotten to put you on in the beginning. Sorry. I'll add you.

okay so how do I get this started and I already have a deck prepared so what's next

Post your deck in the "Deck Construction" thread, then we can duel.

#9 May 22nd 2007, 8:39am

Lance Menard

add 2 to my score and 1 to Tulip's

#10 May 22nd 2007, 4:41pm

Okay... who are those taken from?

#11 May 22nd 2007, 7:18pm

My 1 was chibi's last one.

#12 May 23rd 2007, 10:23pm

So are the standings correct now?

#13 May 24th 2007, 8:06am

Ari Phoenix

thats right where I am concerned.

#14 May 24th 2007, 9:07am

Don't forget to put Huajun on here, Lost.

#15 May 24th 2007, 11:10am

Oh hyeah, I forgot. ^_^

#16 May 24th 2007, 12:40pm

And I think I won one of Hua's star chips, too.

#17 May 25th 2007, 9:26am . Edited May 25th 2007, 10:55am

Ari Phoenix

I need to finish that deck, so that I can gain some stars, I only have 2

#18 May 25th 2007, 9:34am

You did? I'll fix that, Jin.

#19 May 25th 2007, 10:41am

Sorry for the edit, Hua, but I had to account for the starchip I won from you.

#20 May 29th 2007, 11:08pm

You're a Mod now, you can edit when you want. ^_^

#21 May 30th 2007, 11:43am

Wow. You have no idea how tempted I just was to edit your name as 'LostInHyrule, aka Mister Monkey'. ^_^

Have you noticed? At least 3 people haven't been dueling at all yet.

#22 May 30th 2007, 6:00pm

Yeah. FFFX, Zee, and... who else?

Hey Tulip. Do you have any ideas for additions or revisions for the Forbidden and Limited List?

#23 May 31st 2007, 3:31pm

...Not really. I've been following the official banned-restricted list anyway, so I haven't really been paying strict attention to this one. ^_^()

#24 May 31st 2007, 3:33pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:33pm

Mine's a little less stringent. I don't ban any cards unless they're stupid good. Do you think I should ban Raigeki?

#25 May 31st 2007, 3:34pm

Yours makes me think of the 'Traditional Format' banned-restricted list.

That one's not as strigent as the 'Advanced Format' banned-restricted list, which is used in tournaments and the one I use.

http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/forbidden/default.aspx

See if this gives you any ideas.

#26 May 31st 2007, 3:46pm

Hmm... not really.

Do you guys think I should ban Raigeki? I think I might, for being too good. I don't know what some of the other cards do.

I'm officially banning Cyber Jar#1 and #2 because their effects could wreeck havoc on an online form, because there'd be so much to add to your template and to do and... ugh.

#27 Jun 01st 2007, 12:00pm

YES.

BAN RAIGEKI.

AND HARPIES FEATHER DUSTER.

Limit Monster Reborn and Graceful Charity to one.

Unban Emens the Infinity and Trap Hole. Emes the Infinty is a terrible card that I don't even begin to understand it's reason on the banned list. Nobody uses that over Bottomless Trap hole anyway, plus Exiled Force pawns Trap Hole too.

...there is no Cyber Jar #2. If you mean Morphing Jar #2, meh...then ban Fiber Jar as well. Fiber Jar is the deadliest of all the jars.

#28 Jun 01st 2007, 12:53pm

I don't really want to ban the Feather Duster, but Raigeki goes.

I banned all the jars, as their in-depth effects suck and wouldn't really work on this online format.

Emis the infinity, if I remember, gains 700 attack every time it deals damage. In 2 turns it could have 3900 attack. Ouch.

#29 Jun 01st 2007, 1:09pm

Except for Cobra Jar, right? :P

Sorry, but I disagree with your ban on Emes the Infinity. It's a two-tribute monster summon. And the effect works when it destroys a monster and sends it to the graveyard.

If something like Banisher of Light was in play or Marco Cosmos, the effect would not work.

Besides -- very, very few duelists win duels by beatdown in tournments these days. That's why you rarely see BEWD in competitions. What's the point of a high ATK monster? They're so vulnerable to everything. For example:

"Now I sacrifice Spirit Reaper and Airknight Parshath to summon Emes the Infinity!!!"

"I chain with Bottomless Trap Hole. Too bad you used up your only defenses. You lose."

"Aww, shucks..."

OR:

"Emes the Infinity! Attack his Mashmallon!"

"Sakuretsu Armor."

"Shittake mushrooms."

Limit Level - Area B, Gravity Bind, and Messenger of Peace all make fun of him.

Book of Moon and Tsuyukomi laugh at him. Use their effects and BOOM. He's down to his original 2,500 and a monarch equipped with Big Bang Shot can kill him.

Exiled Force kills it...Mirror Force kills it...Ring of Destruction kills it...

Really. It's not a great card.

#30 Jun 01st 2007, 3:40pm

Be specific on what jars you want banned. There are a lot of jars, and most of them don't have effects worth banning. Except for the Morphing Jar and Cyber Jar, those that shouldn't be banned don't even need to be limited, really.

#31 Jun 01st 2007, 7:11pm

Maybe... Hmm...

What is Cobra Jar?

#32 Jun 01st 2007, 7:11pm

When Cobra Jar is flipped, it summons a serpent token (500 atk 500 def) which causes direct damage when destroyed (300 damage, if I remember correctly)

Should I just list all the jars, then?

#33 Jun 01st 2007, 7:14pm

Just the ones that have game-changing headache-inducing ones like Cyber or Morphing Jars.

#34 Jun 01st 2007, 7:18pm

Sorry Jin, but you seem to be under the conception I have the following: 1) Patience 2) A life.

Monster Cards:

Morphing Jar (Morphing Pod)

Morphing Jar #2 (Morphing Pod #2)

Cyber Jar (Cyber Pod)

Fiber Jar

Dimension Jar

Dice Jar

Dragon Capture Jar

Cobra Jar (Snake Pot)

Magic Cards:

Jar Robber

Trap Cards:

Jar of Greed

#35 Jun 01st 2007, 7:21pm

And it really depends on what 'game-changing means'.

Like Dice Jar, for example, can deal as little as 2,000 to 6,000 life points. So it depends.

#36 Jun 01st 2007, 7:22pm

Can you tell me what its effect is?

And by "Game-Changing" I mean something as headache-inducing as taking all the cards on the field, discarding them, and replacing them.

#37 Jun 01st 2007, 7:24pm

Dragon Capture Jar is a trap card, not a monster card.

#38 Jun 01st 2007, 7:25pm

Yeah, that's true. It's a pretty sucky card, too.

#39 Jun 01st 2007, 7:39pm

What about broken cards? Those need to be at least limited to 1, if not banned.

#40 Jun 01st 2007, 8:00pm

What is a Broken Card? An explanation and a list would be appreciated... ^_^

#41 Jun 01st 2007, 9:05pm

'Broken' is slang for a card that's too powerful to use. Monster Reborn is an example of a broken card because you can special summon any monster from either Graveyard under any condition with no LP payment, sacrifices, or any other conditions.

#42 Jun 01st 2007, 9:13pm

I'll limit them better. Can you list some?

#43 Jun 01st 2007, 9:50pm

The forbidden and limited list has been edited.

#44 Jun 01st 2007, 9:52pm

Thanks for pointing that out, Jin. Must have missed it.

Some broken cards?

Breaker the Magical Warrior

Magician of Faith (Saint Magician)

Delinquent Duo (Double Demon Twins)

Exchange of Spirit (Reversal of Worlds)

Tribe-infecting Virus

Yata-Garasu

#45 Jun 02nd 2007, 8:36am

Hmm... some of those cards I don't really look at as broken. I agree with Tribe Infecting Virus, Yata-Garasu, and Exchange of Spirit, but... Magician of Faith? You have to waste a turn's summoning on it. And Delinquent Duo? You have to sacrifice 1000 lifepoints!

EDIT: I just looked up Breaker the Magical Warrior. It doesn't seem really broken, just very good. I might consider adding one to my deck...

#46 Jun 02nd 2007, 8:57am . Edited Jun 02nd 2007, 8:59am

Fine, not Delinquent Duo. Magician of Faith is the key to Cookie Jar decks, but fine, don't ban that either. (Just limit it to two. Please.)

Tsuyukomi (Moon Diviner) kills literally EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

Monarchs die to it.

Cyber Dragon dies to it.

Nearly every single E and D-hero dies to it.

Both Breaker the Magical Warrior and Tribe-infecting Virus dies to it.

It breaks the Maruading Captain/Command Knight/Spirit of Victory Freya/Solar Flare Dragon lock AND kills them all. (With the exception of Command Knight.)

(I'm listing the monsters that see the most play. So obviously Spirit of the Harp with her 2000 DEF can't get scratched by Tsuyukomi but most people don't waste a slot in their deck for her.)

#47 Jun 02nd 2007, 9:59am

Oh, and ban The Seal of Orichalcos.

It does exist.

There are fifteen of the cards in existence.

O_________O

Despite what most people think, THIS CARD DOES EXIST. There are only 15 copies in existence, all in the possession of members of Upper Deck Entertainment's R&D division, who used them in the Decks they played in the Orichalcos "Duel the Master" side event at previous National Tournaments.

#48 Jun 02nd 2007, 10:03am

...The thing is, I'm following the Advanced version of the official banned-restricted list, so I don't really care what this list bans, to be perfectly honest.

#49 Jun 02nd 2007, 11:26am