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Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist September 2009

The September 2009 Forbidden & Limited List of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Advanced Format: what changed from the list before it, the whole list, and each card's history across all 83 lists.

Lists: 83; May 7, 2002 → Oct 19, 2026
Cards ever listed: 559; On at least one list
Changes: 1,398; Additions, releases and moves
In force · October 2026: 256; 156 Forbidden · 93 Limited · 7 Semi-Limited

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List 25 of 83 · TCG

September 2009

Sep 1, 2009 → Feb 28, 2010

Forbidden: 43+3
Limited: 62+3
Semi-Limited: 16−1

What changed · 25

To Forbidden4

LtoFCard of Safe Return
LtoFCrush Card Virus
UtoFDark Strike Fighter
LtoFMonster Reborn

To Limited11

UtoLBlack Rose Dragon
UtoLBlackwing - Gale the Whirlwind
FtoLCall of the Haunted
UtoLCold Wave
UtoLDemise, King of Armageddon
UtoLMind Control
UtoLMind Master
UtoLOne for One
StoLRescue Cat
UtoLSolemn Judgment
StoLSummoner Monk

To Semi-Limited4

UtoSBottomless Trap Hole
LtoSChaos Sorcerer
UtoSLonefire Blossom
LtoSMezuki

Released · Unlimited6

LtoUBreaker the Magical Warrior
LtoUD.D. Warrior Lady
StoUDestiny Draw
LtoUFissure
StoUGreen Baboon, Defender of the Forest
StoURaiza the Storm Monarch

Full list · 121

Forbidden43

Limited62

Semi-Limited16

Allure of Darkness
Bottomless Trap Hole
Chain Strike
Chaos Sorcerer
Destiny HERO - Malicious
Foolish Burial
Goblin Zombie
Gold Sarcophagus
Judgment Dragon
Lonefire Blossom
Magical Stone Excavation
Mask of Darkness
Mezuki
Mind Crush
Necroface
Ultimate Offering

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Card history

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Banlist questions

When did the September 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist take effect?

On Sep 1, 2009. It stayed in force until Feb 28, 2010.

What was banned in the September 2009 banlist?

4 cards went to Forbidden: Card of Safe Return, Monster Reborn, Crush Card Virus, and Dark Strike Fighter.

What was unbanned or released in the September 2009 banlist?

6 cards left the list and went back to Unlimited: Breaker the Magical Warrior, D.D. Warrior Lady, Fissure, Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, Raiza the Storm Monarch, and Destiny Draw.

How many cards are on the September 2009 banlist?

121: 43 Forbidden, 62 Limited and 16 Semi-Limited.

What is the current Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG banlist?

The October 2026 Forbidden & Limited List, in force since Oct 19, 2026. It has 156 Forbidden, 93 Limited and 7 Semi-Limited cards.

TCG (Advanced Format) data from Yugipedia's Historic Forbidden/Limited Chart and each list's page. OCG lists are not included. Card names as printed in the TCG. Source: Yugipedia · Historic Forbidden/Limited Chart

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