Omega HubOmega HubOmega HubBackup Soldier on every Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Forbidden & Limited List: its status today, when it was banned and each change across all 83 lists.
No. Backup Soldier is Unlimited on the current TCG list (October 2026), so you can play up to 3 copies.
Backup Soldier has never been Forbidden in the TCG. It first went on the list in December 2002 (Dec 1, 2002), as Semi-Limited.
Backup Soldier was last on the July 2003 list, as Semi-Limited. It has been Unlimited since Aug 25, 2003.
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