Yu-Gi-Oh! 10 Powerful Cards So Good They Were Banned!

Yu-Gi-Oh! has come a long way from its first release. Originally a spin-off card game from a manga by Kazuki Takahashi, the game was relatively simple and focused on a few big noticeable monsters like the fabled Dark Magician or legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon.

With matches often being decided by who managed to summon the biggest monster first to overpower the enemy whereas certain weaker monsters had special effects that made them more playable, easier to summon and versatile.

As time passed, these effect monsters became more and more powerful to an almost game breaking degree. As the game developed, it became more and more unbalanced, with certain cards becoming overpowered, either through other combo's or because it just became too easy to win with them.

So, in order to keep the game fresh and balanced for players, Konami had to put some of these big boss monsters onto the ban-list.

Although not physically strong Maxx "C"s effect lead to it becoming one of the most powerful cards in the game. It's a weak Lv2 monster that is considered one of the first “handtraps”. During either player’s turn, it could be discarded to the graveyard from the had, and for the rest of the turn, you get to draw a card every time the opponent 'Special Summons' a monster.

With how common special summoning is in the current meta, allowing "C" meant that a player either had to forfeit their turn or risk their opponent being able to draw multiple cards and respond by breaking their board. It became the equivalent of consecutive Pot of Greeds with no cost whatsoever. So it lead to the card being utilized in almost every deck and that whoever played first was in fear of being "C"d.

The original idea behind the card was to create a level of risk to special summoning too many cards, but it became apparent that whoever would draw "C" first would immediately gain an unprecedented advantage and the card was simply too powerful to be left unchecked.