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.
This time, to improve meta for [Battle Spirits Championship 2024 Qualifiers], the new ban and limited list will be implemented from 23 November 2024.

The previous ban and limited list was mainly targeting cards that Anti-GranWalker Nexuses. Even though the GranWalker Nexus decks have higher appearance and win rates as compared to the meta at the beginning of [Contract Saga: Shin], due to the speed and deck construction, mill decks have an advantage over GranWalker decks as we noticed that mill decks revolving around [The GiganticFortress Thor-Castle] has a high appearance and win rates.
In the current meta, we feel that this deck’s set up speed and high stability has changed the whole meta and part of the reason lies in the older BS cards which are difficult to attain now.
Firstly, [P043/EX017 Revol Arms] can negate the 2 classic anti-mill cards, 「Mobius Loop] and [Gardenia Field] as well as negating other Magic card effects that are on the field.
Being able to negate magic effects on the field is not planned for during the time it was produced and was not expected to affect future card designs. As such, we decided to ban it directly instead of limiting it to <1>.
Also, [BS13-059 Forbid Vulture] that can deploy a big number of Nexuses in this meta where there are multiple “Strong Draw” available and these Nexuses’ effect when deployed is the key to explosively gain cores and other advantages. Which is why it is a key card that makes the [The GiganticFortress Thor-Castle] deck possible. As such, we decided to ban [BS13-059 Forbid Vulture] instead of limiting it to <1>.
Next, [BS03-148 Construction] which works similar to [BS13-059 Forbid Vulture] will also be limited to <1>.
Even though it works differently from [The GiganticFortress Thor-Castle], after the [Contract Saga], due to the mechanic of <Contract Descend>, it is easier to stack <Radiant Descend>. Even in a non mill deck, it is easy to slot in the limited <1> card, [BS40-X06 The LegendaryKing Titus-El-Grande] to end the game suddenly through deck out. We feel that this is a card that changes deck construction and hence decided to ban it.

Apart from the rise of mill decks, we will continue to limit and ban cards that targets GranWalker nexuses.
As it seems from the current meta, as the number of mill cards decrease, the next powerhouse will be Yellow decks that can compete against GranWalker decks.
As such, [BS60-051 The BewitchingPrincess Mizua] will be banned as even if it is being limited to <1>, it has a recursion effect and through its effect on summon, it can render GranWalker nexuses effectless for multiple turns.
[BS55-075 Holy Sign] that has a similar effect, though of limited use, will be limited to <1>.

We welcome battlers to construct new decks with a combination of new cards and old cards from the big pool of cards, and we feel that it is one of the joy of Battle Spirits. However, as the historic cards may have different performance from what was expected during their release and impact the game more than expected.
As such, to allow battlers to play in a suitable meta, we may periodically adjust the limited and ban list. We seek your understandings on this.

We will continue to observe the meta for [Battle Spirits Championship 2024 Qualifiers] and do our best to provide a suitable meta.

Banned Card
  • BS13-059 Forbbid-Vulture
  • BS40-X06 The LegendaryKing Titus-El-Grande
  • BS60-051 The BewitchingPrincess Mizua
  • P043 / EX017 Revol-Arms
Limited Card <1>
  • BS03-148 Construction
  • BS55-075 Holy Sign

2024.11.08
Battle Spirits Special Research Department

* Effective from November 23, 2024
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.