March 2012 Banlist Discussion

Forbidden Cards :
Glow-Up Bulb 「グローアップ･バルブ」
Spore 「スポーア」
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier 「氷結界の龍　トリシューラ」
Trap Dustshoot 「ダスト・シュート」

Restriction Cards 「制限カード」:

Tech Genus Striker 「ＴＧ－ストライカー」
Agent of Mystery, Earth 「神秘の代行者 アース」

Semi-Restriction Cards 「準制限カード」:

Marshmallon 「マシュマロン」
Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner 「ライトロード･サモナー　ルミナス」
Emergency Teleport 「緊急テレポート」
Shien's Smoke Signal 「紫炎の狼煙」
Level Limit Area B 「レベル制限Ｂ地区」
Torrential Tribute 「激流葬」
Ultimate Offering「血の代償」
Reborn Tengu 「Reborn Tengu」

No longer restricted 「準制限」:

Call of the Haunted 「リビングデッドの呼び声」

I actually planned to do a tourney report but this occupied so much on my mind and I grew extremely depressed upon discovering it was real.

And I play Six Sams.

Let's face it, it's a bad list. Even if you are an Inzecter player or Hand Loop player you know the herp derp you are doing shouldn't exsist and if you don't, please kill yourself.

I don't disagree with the bans though I must say, going around the plant engine just to save Dandylion was a bold move which I support, Tori ban was unecessary IMO, but meh... Dustshoot was expected anyway, even if I would personally have liked it to stay.
WHAT I DON'T LIKE is the fact that Monster Reborn is still around.

I support Striker limit and Earth limit though I never thought they would do it but these were the most dangerous floaters in the TGAA deck and fuck TGAA anyway.

As for the semi-limit, all are fine. Smoke Signal to 2 should make me happy but it doesn't. And we really don't need 2 Torrential, my Shi'en just lost even more power.

Call to 3 is fine, Inzecter grows stronger but TGAA and Dandy varients are given more breathing room to stay in Tier 2, yes Dandy decks are still playable IMO. Jus WAAAAY more sacky, and much more boss mob focused. DebrisLord maybe, with 2 Krebons?

I guess the reason we are all unhappy with the list is not cos it is bad per say, everything that moved on the list deserved to move, except maybe the Torrential and Smoke Signal (that's right, Smoke Signal) to me.

We are unhappy simply because the problems that were created were not addressed IN THE SLIGHTEST. I don't think the plant engine is a bigger issue than Inzecter or Hand Loop herp derp, a Veiler could ruin their big plays just as much.

But what's done is done, and honestly, I think I should have known better. After all, this is a perfect demonstration of what I explained in a very old post of "Why Royal Oppression will not get unbanned". I turned away from that opinion the moment I heard rumours that ORCS was released earlier in TCG jus to hit Inzecters. I guess if I stuck by my theories I would have been more accepting of this list.

That said here's a round up of what March 2012 format will be like in OCG meta IMO:
Inzecter will continue to dominate, ofc.
HERO Beat will be a close competitor.
TGAA and Dandy varients will be fucked and see almost no play.
Heiroglyph Dragons will receive same hype as BF when they first came.
Dark World will be a strong but inconsistent competitor in the meta
Six Samurai given the extra Smoke Signal to totally lock down a bad hand Inzecter
GBs to make a slight revival.
GKs to make a slight revival.
Rabbit will be as per normal.

Well I guess that rounds it up, have to start gearing up for the next format. I will NOT play Inzecter or Hand Loop, cos that is not how I want to win, but what Wesley had said today has a point, in a meta where everyone is playing the same thing, if you win with it the most that's the greatest proof that you're a good player.

So I'll jus own everyone with Six Smas
and Six Sams will be the new meta LOL.

But I may focus more on Vanguard now, even if I accept the list, Konami has lost the faith of their players, with such clear evidence that all they want to do is to MAKE MOAR MUHNEEE....