Luckily RJ didn't need fodder for the Blaze Accelerator they played in Episode 7, because Volcanic Shell got banned when it was played in this deck in Episode 5
What is Gem-Knight?
Frog FTK wins Worlds
SJC Edison (yes that one) is held
What is 2010?
This ubiquitous backrow hate card was first used by Tea in the Virtual World against the Penguin guy
What is Mystical Space Typhoon?
This Cyberdark Impact card managed to make an impact, by making moves and bouncing cards
What is Storm Shooter?
This monster draws you 2 cards on Summon...as long as you have literally no other cards in hand or on field
What is Elemental HERO Bubbleman?
This normally powerful Counter Trap was powerless to stop Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth, and was consequently banned by her effect
What is Solemn Judgment?
Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS first airs in Japan
Crystron Halqifibrax is released in the TCG
What is 2020?
This Trap card was used by Jaden Yuki against, ironically, Jinzo, to stop him from Summoning himself, and then Jaden never used it again
What is Solemn Judgment?
A member of one of the worst archetypes of all time, in Junior Format this card finally managed to become as threatening as it is in Gradius
What is B.E.S. Tetran?
This card that shares its name with a popular Yu-Gi-Oh YouTube series has 5 different conditions under which it can draw you 2 cards
What is Dueltaining?
Although it would make its presence known later in the Duel, this card was technically banned when it was discarded for Herald of Orange Light
What is Archlord Kristya?
Ignition Effect Priority is removed from the TCG
Slifer the Sky Dragon is released in the TCG, meaning all 3 Egyptian Gods are now in playable form
What is 2012?
This card, maybe the most powerful card in all of Yugioh, was used by Kaiba's dad in DM with the pieces of Exodia, and by Chazz in GX, with cards he fished out of a well
What is Painful Choice?
A menace in Junior immediately upon its release, this card would receive a Toon version 13 years later and a full retrain, which could search the original, 16 years later
What is Barrel Dragon?
This card can become a draw 2 if your opponent controls its namesake monster...just hope that monster doesn't get its effect off, or those 2 cards are gonna be all you get
What is Legacy of Yata-Garasu?
One of the most infamous cards in the game, this card's effect was never used, it was instead banned when it was discarded in Episode 1 for Quickdraw Synchron
What is Maxx "C"?
Starlight Rares are introduced to the TCG
Soul Charge is banned in the OCG and TCG
What is 2019?
When Joey Tribute Summoned Garoozis, an 1800 ATK vanilla, Mako felt it necessary to become the first anime character to activate this staple Trap card
What is Torrential Tribute?
This card was the boss monster of GX character Adrian Gecko's first of...many different decks over the course of the series
What is Cloudian - Eye of the Typhoon?
This Trap card allows your opponent to draw 2 cards! But, given all of the cards your opponent has to shuffle back into their deck as this card's activation requirement, I don't think they'll be too happy about it
What is Heavy Slump?
The only 3-material Rank 4 banned in S4 was NOT Shock Master as we may have expected, but this card, which was used to out a Malefic monster
What is Evilswarm Ouroboros?
The famous 2,222-card Deck incident
People present at Worlds get the illegal promotional card "Get Your Game On!", which can only be activated if you were present at this year's Worlds
What is 2007?
When the dub episode where Kaiba Summoned this monster aired, it was already banned in the TCG. Bastion Misawa even acknowledges it, when the Yugi cosplayer Summons its counterpart in GX.
What is Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End?
These two Junior banned cards are depicted fighting each other on a TCG banned card
This Trap card can copy one of 4 classic power Spells, including Pot of Greed, but only if there is a veeeery specific set of monsters on the field (or one of many Doriados)
What is Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan?