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TCG · Forbidden & Limited

Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist April 2016

The April 2016 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 44 of 83 · TCG

April 2016

Apr 11, 2016 → Aug 28, 2016

Forbidden: 76=
Limited: 77+4
Semi-Limited: 15+1

What changed · 16

To Forbidden2

UtoFChicken Game
UtoFWavering Eyes

To Limited7

UtoLDraco Face-Off
UtoLElder Entity Norden
UtoLIgnister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer
UtoLReasoning
FtoLThousand-Eyes Restrict
UtoLUpstart Goblin
UtoLWisdom-Eye Magician

To Semi-Limited3

LtoSAllure of Darkness
LtoSDebris Dragon
UtoSEmergency Teleport

Released · Unlimited4

StoUAdvanced Ritual Art
LtoUCrush Card Virus
FtoUDark Magician of Chaos
StoUTragoedia

Full list · 168

Forbidden76

Limited77

Semi-Limited15

Allure of Darkness
Atlantean Dragoons
Card Trooper
Ceasefire
Chain Strike
Charge of the Light Brigade
Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
Dark Hole
Debris Dragon
Dragon Ravine
Emergency Teleport
Honest
Necroface
Ojama Trio
Summoner Monk

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Card history

559 cards

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Banlist questions

When did the April 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist take effect?

On Apr 11, 2016. It stayed in force until Aug 28, 2016.

What was banned in the April 2016 banlist?

2 cards went to Forbidden: Chicken Game and Wavering Eyes.

What was unbanned or released in the April 2016 banlist?

4 cards left the list and went back to Unlimited: Dark Magician of Chaos, Crush Card Virus, Tragoedia, and Advanced Ritual Art.

How many cards are on the April 2016 banlist?

168: 76 Forbidden, 77 Limited and 15 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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