10 Totally Broken Yu-Gi-Oh Cards They Had To Change For Being Too Powerful

The counterpart to Dark Magician Of Chaos, Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy Of The End was another Monster awarded an early position on the ban list.

While the Dragon's infamous field-clearing effect has still been retained on the updated version, and continues to inflict 300 damage to the opponent per card sent to the Graveyard, since 2018 this ability has come with a restriction. The turn player "cannot activate other cards or effects during the turn" they activate Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect, meaning that, after clearing the field, they are more or less forced to end their turn, leaving their opponent with a blank slate on which to play.

On the surface, it seems as though there's little difference between this updated card and the original effect. After all, the Envoy Of The End clears itself (and the turn player's hand) after destroying the board, meaning players would have previously struggled re-setting the Field after using its effect, anyway. However, this argument ignores the increasing amount of effects that can be activated from the Graveyard, often involving the Special Summoning of Monsters to the Field. Moreover, players are no longer able to use Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect after using other effects in the same turn, meaning that, besides from attacking, if a player chooses to use the Dragon's effect, that can be the only thing they do that turn.