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

While these are evidently two separate cards, they have long been considered counterparts, and their effects are so similar they both received identical errata to make them more suitable for contemporary play.

Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest have always been amongst the most diverse cards in all of Yu-Gi-Oh!, and are both able to seamlessly slot themselves into any deck. Upon hitting the graveyard, the DARK Fiend lets the player add any Monster with 1500 ATK or less to their hand, while its Spellcaster foil allows for players to out any creature with 1500 or less DEF.

While these numerical restrictions seem tight (new players would be forgiven for thinking that it would be better to search out Monsters with higher stats), between them the cards offer a vast search potential, and are often able to seek out the perfect card needed for almost any situation.

While Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest still retain their search abilities, they now come with the stipulation that the added card cannot be Summoned for the rest of the turn, and existing Monsters on the Field that share its name cannot activate their effects. While the pair are still near-perfect face-down cards, now that the ability to attack into a more powerful Monster for the sake of searching and Special Summoning a vital card has been taken away, these DARK creatures have become shadows of their former selves.