May 2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden List Review

A new forbidden list has been released and as usual, there are a few surprises. We'll work our way through the list by limit as we did before. You can see this list for yourself here. Let's begin with the forbidden cards.

The following cards are now forbidden: Astrograph Sorcerer,
                                                                Master Peace the True Dracoslaying King,
                                                                Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis,
                                                                Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom,
                                                                Ancient Fairy Dragon,
                                                                Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force,
                                                                and That Grass Looks Greener.

I understand all of these since they can all be abused in one way or another. However, Phoenixian Cluster and Ancient Fairy Dragon are rather old cards, as Yu-Gi-Oh! cards go, so I don't see why they would be suddenly more dangerous than before. Either way, not a bad a start for this list.

The following cards are now limited:  Dinomight Knight the True Dracofighter,
                                                             Gem-Knight Master Diamond,
                                                             and Chain Strike.

I can see why these are all limited. They can be abused, but they're not as good as any of the cards on the forbidden list. It seems a fair and understandable choice. Let's move on to semi-limited cards.

The following cards are now semi-limited: Apoqliphort Towers and Ring of Destruction.

Each of these has perks and drawbacks. I don't see how either of these would be worth limiting since it is only practical to use 1 of each, if at all, in a deck.

Now the cards no longer limited in any way: Atlantean Dragoons,
                                                                        Grandsoil the Elemental Lord,
                                                                        Ignis Heat, the True Dracowarrior,
                                                                        Mathematician,
                                                                        Neo-Spacian Grand Mole,
                                                                        and Compulsory Evacuation Device.

First of all, I don't know why Grandsoil was limited to begin with since it has such specific summoning requirements. Ignis Heat seems no less dangerous than the rest of the True Dracos that were hit this time around. Mathematician is a decent card and should be used if you need cards in your graveyard. The ones that I find most exciting are the last two. Both of these cards are pretty good despite some drawbacks. I would definitely use some of each of the two cards if I could. Being able to return a card to the hand would be very useful in a tight spot. Either way, this month's forbidden list has been interesting and fair. I hope all future choices follow this pattern.

That's it for this week. I hope you enjoyed this post and will follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. What did you think of the May 2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! forbidden list? Leave a comment below with your thoughts. I look forward to reading them. As always, have a good weekend and keep on gaming!!! :)