Rules

Banned and Restricted Cards

The following cards are banned or restricted from use in official/certified tournaments according to tournament regulations.

Normally up to 3 copies of the same card may be included in a Battle Spirits deck, but some cards are banned or restricted from in official/certified tournaments.
There are 4 classes: Banned cards, Restricted Cards <1>/ Restricted Cards <2>/Restricted Cards <20>. Each class has their own set limit to be included in a deck.

Please note that some cards maybe removed from the list of Banned and Restricted Cards upon each list renewal due to changes in the game environment.

The [Battle Spirits Special Research Department] is constantly reviewing the game balance in order to keep Battle Spirits fun.
To tidy up the current game meta and in considerations of the latest meta, we have decided to add the following cards to the Banned and Limited list starting Aug 31, 2024.

In the current meta, there is no big discrepancy in the ratio of decks being used where there are many types of decks being used.
However, a few specific decks have higher win rates as compared.
[Contract Saga: Shin] introduced the new gimmick [Contract GranWalker Nexus] but there are more [Contract Spirit] and [Contract Ultimate] decks being used.
We feel that the problem lies with the meta not having a big change as compared to the previous year.

We have mange some adjustments to the banned and limited list with the 2 problems in mind, to adjust the meta and providing fresh experience for the battlers.

Firstly, in the competitive meta, there are many types of decks being used and of which, the [Aibou Sudden Contract] with [Top buddy, Aibou] as the contract card which has a high usage and win rate.
Even though the deck’s usage rate is within an acceptable range, it has an increased win rate as compared to previous year due to the high power that the deck originally has and addition of anti-GranWalker nexus cards due to the appearance of [Contract GranWalker Nexus].
As such, to reduce the usage and win rate of [Aibou Sudden Contract] deck to an acceptable range, we decided to skip limiting, but instead ban [BS60-001 Stegoro] which is able to place many cores from GranWalker nexus to the void and [BS66-068 The Secret Training Ground] that replenish hands easily.
Apart from that, as parts of the cards from [Aibou Sudden Contract] are getting banned, we estimate the increased usage rate for [Prison Contract] deck using [Partner Demon Lord, Javat] will have an increased usage rate.
To avoid [Prison Contract] deck taking over the extremely high usage rate of [Aibou Sudden Contract] deck, we decided to limit [BS64-059 The DemonLordButler Barandoll] which recovers life every turn, extending the game time, to <1>.

In this year’s [Contract Saga: Shin], we designed [Contract GranWalker Nexus] with the theme of having various Contract GranWalker nexus that everyone will like.
In fact, prior to [Contract Saga: Shin], there are many cards targeted at the GranWalker nexus meta and to overcome them, we created [Contract GranWalker Nexus] with a new effect, [Revive].
However, in the current meta, the usage of [Contract GranWalker Nexus] is lower than expected and to change the current meta, we decided to include cards with strong interference to GranWalker nexus into the banned and limited list.

「BS64-X02 The CloudNumberBondDeity Frag-Judgment」 has a strong effect which makes opposing nexus and GranWalker nexus lose their effects until the next start step instead of destroying them.
As such after the effect resolves, newly deployed Contract GranWalker nexus cannot activate their effects.
One of such card can nullify the ideology of [Contract GranWalker Nexus] decks and hence, we decided to ban it instead of limiting it.
As [BS52-X09 God Break] is a staple card that can be used in any deck and apart from destroying GranWalker nexus, its effect on field to make their symbols 0 is also very strong and as such, we decided to limit it to <1>.
Similarly, [BS55-TX04 The Genesis Mega-Grandstone/The EarthDivineChild Vina] makes the symbol of cost 3 or lower nexus and GranWalker nexus 0. As strong it is, it lacks the effect to destroy GranWalker nexus we decided to limit it to <1>.

We have also identified the high usage and win rate of [Hades] deck during the [Battlers Tour 2024] Makuhari Messe. As the usage of [Contract GranWalker] due to the banned and limited list, we will keep a close attention to changes in the meta.

Banned Card
  • BS60-001 Stegouro
  • BS64-X02 The CloudNumberBondDeity Frag-Judgment
  • BS66-068 The Secret Training Ground
Limited Card <1>
  • BS52-X09 God Break
  • BS55-TX04 The EarthDivineChild Vina
  • BS64-059 The DemonLordButler Barandoll

2024.8.12
Battle Spirits Special Research Department

※Currently no cards specified
Banned Cards(Cards that cannot be included in your deck.)
  • ●Non-Japanese Battle Spirits TCG cards
  • ●GX-numbered cards (Anime character cards)
  • ●Non-Paper Cards (Exchange Card etc)
Restricted Cards<1>(Cards which you can only include 1 copy of, in your deck.)
Restricted Cards<2>(Cards which you can only include 2 copies of, in your deck.)

The are currently no cards in this class.

Restricted Cards<20>(Cards which you can only include 20 copies of, in your deck.)
Pair Ban
Limited Card <1> release

*In official tournaments, this limit will take precedence over the card text.