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 motto of <Battle Spirits Special Investigation Team> is to investigate, and maintain the balance of [Battle Spirits], allowing battlers to enjoy the game.
To balance the meta after 「Battle Spirits Championship 25-26 Cycle1 3on3 qualifier」, the following cards will be included in the banned and limited list from 1st May 2025.

The [Gekiha Deck] revolving around the family, [Gekiha]’s appearance rate in 「Battle Spirits Championship 2024」 Japan Finals and ASIA FINAL is high. And many teams used the deck during [Battle Spirits 3on3 in BCGFest] in 「BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 24-25 in Japan(FINAL)」.
Even though the win rate of [Gekiha Deck] is not significantly higher than other decks, the current meta has become a [Gekiha Deck] vs [Anti-Gekiha Deck] which makes the competition revolve around [Gekiha Deck].
Not only does the deck have flexibility during construction of multi color, but it is also a deck which filters quickly through big number of draws, making it adapt to most meta decks easily.
Also, even though the [Gekiha Deck] is designed to revolve around [Gekiha] cards, after the exploration of battlers, the deck construct has gone past expectations, and it might continue to adapt to the new meta through minor adjustments.
To sum it up, we expect many teams’ main battle plan to be using [Gekiha Deck] during the「Battle Spirits Championship 25-26 Cycle1 3on3 Qualifiers」.
As such, we have adjusted the Banned and Limited list to prevent [Gekiha Deck] from staying on as the meta.

Not only does 「BS70-078 Neo Mother Core」 strengthen the defense of 「BS70-CP01 The Gekiha Contractor, Dan」, it provides multi-colored reduction as well as card draw effects, giving all-rounded support through a single card. As such, it has been limited to <1>.
Also, 「BS55-075 Holy Sign」 that is currently limited to <1>, can be drawn easily due to the high filtering power of [Gekiha Deck] through drawing, has a strong effect to negate nexus and GranWalker nexuses’ effects. As such, it will be banned.

In consideration of the current meta, the following cards will be unlimited.
「BS30-075 Necro Blight」, 「BS46-095 Sheer Heart Attack」 and 「BS51-038 The StaveBeast Buffaloscore」 will be unlimited.

  • *Should they be affecting the meta in a negative way, they might be placed in the banned and limited list again.
Banned Card
  • BS55-075 Holy Sign
Restricted Cards<1>
  • BS70-078 Neo Mother Core
Restricted Cards<1> Removed
  • BS30-075 Necro Blight
  • BS46-095 Sheer Heart Attack
  • BS51-038 The StaveBeast Buffaloscore

April 18, 2025
Battle Spirits Special Investigation Team

*Effective from May 1, 2025
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

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