Hopes for the September 2011 Ban List

I might as well, since everyone else is sharing their opinions.

Now, be warned, this isn't a comprehensive list. This is just going to be some of my hopes for what Konami will do with the next ban list.

EDIT: I added Mind Control to Forbidden and provided an explanation for it.

Forbidden:

Dandylion

Fishborg Blaster

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

Morphing Jar

Mind Master

Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth

T.G. Hyper Librarian

Card Destruction

Future Fusion

Gateway of the Six

Giant Trunade

Limiter Removal

Mind Control

Monster Reborn

Royal Tribute

Limited:

Archlord Kristya

Grapha, Dragon God of Dark World

Judgment Dragon

Lonefire Blossom

Rescue Rabbit

Treeborn Frog

XX-Saber Faultroll

Formula Synchron

Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En

Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Heavy Storm

Mystical Space Typhoon

Pot of Avarice

Shien's Smoke Signal

Double-Edged Sword Technique

Solemn Warning

Semi-Limited:

Reborn Tengu

Dewloren, Tiger Prince of the Ice Barrier

Nothing for Unlimited

Okay, so I might as well explain the choices that need explaining. So, for the cards I want banned:

Fishborg Blaster and Coelacanth have been abused by so many combos. They just really need to go.

Morphing Jar and Card Destruction are to hit Dark Worlds. They're basically hand destruction cards that let the Dark World player plus a mess load off of their discard effects. Cards shouldn't have that much power.

Gorz promotes bad play more than skillful play. Besides, there are plenty of other cards that work to stop reckless OTK's.

Mind Control basically says "Take one of your opponent's Monsters, use its effect to ravage them, then use it as a Synchro/Xyz Material." I wouldn't mind so much if it was only limited to face-up Monsters, but it's not. I mean, I've gotten a huge plus stealing a Set Super-Nimble Mega Hamster to Special Summon my own Ryko and Synchro for Scrap Dragon. That was pretty game-breaking. Not that this is very relevant, but Flip Effect Monsters are weak enough as it is.

You shouldn't be rewarded a win just because you opened with Future Fusion, Gateway, Royal Tribute, or Limiter Removal.

And for the cards I want Limited:

Grapha is a huge beater that is a plus-1 just for summoning it. It basically turns all of your Dark World wienies into 2700 ATK floaters...

The limit on Judgment Dragon and XX-Saber Faultroll is long overdue.

Treeborn Frog shouldn't have left the Limited list. Its main weakness is that if it's banished, it's gone for good. However, in combination with Swap Frog, you can just dump another one and continue on. Really, if it weren't for Swap Frog, I'd be fine with Treeborn Frog at three. Maybe I should call for the limit of Swap Frog instead...

The cards I want Semi-Limited, as well as the rest of the cards that I didn't bother explaining should be pretty self-explanatory. Everyone else has already explained many of my choices for me, so yeah... If you have any questions and such, feel free to leave them in the comments.

I will speak a little bit on the whole Heavy Storm thing, though. I'm on the side that believes that people shouldn't just be setting their entire hand to the back row. After playing without Heavy Storm for so long, it feels as though I've lost the ability to determine which and how many cards I could safely Set to the back row. We don't really have to think about it at all anymore; I can just Set all of my Quick-Play Spells, Traps, and even some bluffed Normal Spells to the back row and not care.

Others might say that it takes skill to be able to read your opponent's back rows and be able to play around them. But really, if all of their four/five back rows are live Traps, it wastes a lot of your cards and LP to just try and push through them. Your only effective answers are Giant Trunade or copying your opponent.

Personally, I find it more challenging to try and see what my opponent would do next turn, and Set back rows accordingly. That's why I want Heavy Storm back.

There is one thing that caught my eye, though. Someone on Pojo had the idea of bringing back Heavy Storm, but banning Mystical Space Typhoon. His argument was that MST is basically another Heavy Storm if you haven't already played your Heavy Storm, since people will only Set one card. So, with MST banned, you would be forced to play inferior alternatives like Dust Tornado and Nobleman of Crossout. I can't say that I disagree. I would actually be pleasantly surprised if Konami actually did that...