Effective immediately, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are banned in the Eternal format.
An additional alternate formats ban list update will release on October 26th.
Illus. Midori Harada
The following cards and any alternate printings they may have are banned in the Eternal format, effective immediately:
These cards, in combination with other cards available in the format, have been found to create an environment where there is insufficient counterplay.
Illus. Hitoshi Ariga
Effective 11 August 2023, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are banned in their respective formats.
In the 345 Format
In the Aceless Format
Also effective 11 August 2023, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are no longer banned in their respective formats.
In the Eternal Format
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Effective 23 June 2023, the following cards, and any alternate printings they may have, are banned in their respective formats.
In the 345 Format
In the Aceless Format
In the Eternal Format
Illus. yuu
Effective March 31st, the following cards are banned in the Eternal format:
Also effective March 31st, the following cards are no longer banned in the Eternal format:
Effective immediately, the following card is banned in the Eternal format:
Poké Drawer + SF 89
Unfortunately, this card’s effect has proved too potent in the format, even with the removal of Green’s Exploration. Alternate searching cards, including Irida and Korrina, also worked to make the card’s two-card effect far more readily available to use than is healthy for the format. As a result of Poké Drawer +’s ban, Green’s Exploration has been removed from the format’s ban list on a probationary basis. After more data has been collected without Poké Drawer + in the format, whether or not Green’s Exploration warrants a ban will be revisited.
The following card has been removed from the format’s ban list:
Green’s Exploration UNB 175
Effective immediately, the following cards are banned in the Eternal format:
Lugia VSTAR SIT 139
Earthen Seal Stone SIT 154
Tickling Machine G1 119
Effective immediately, the following cards are banned in the 345 and Aceless formats: Cramorant LOR 50 and Sableye LOR 70.
Effective immediately, the following cards are banned in the Eternal format: Mr. Briney’s Compassion DR 87 and Arceus VSTAR BRS 123.
All of the following ban list updates below are effective immediately.
345 Format
Two cards have been added to the ban list for the 345 Format: Dewgong LOR 34 and Machamp LOR 88.
Eternal Format
Two cards have been added to the ban list for the Eternal Format: Lost Blender LOT 181 and Green’s Exploration UNB 175.
Ten cards have been added to and two cards have been removed from the ban list for the Eternal Format, effective immediately. Please review the full ban list for the Eternal format and keep these bans in mind when constructing your deck for August 20th’s Eternal format tournament.
This brings the total number of cards banned in the format to 126.
Removed from Ban List
