And as a preface to everyone who says "I'll wait for UDE to confirm it." don't expect the TCG list to be all that different from this. At the very least though, it should give you a hint on the direction of things. (And I'll admit, I'm hoping UDE will make at least 1 addition to said list, but I don't see it happenning given the last time they implimented multiple additions.)
That said, here we go. My comments will be at the end.
Newly Banned (You can use 0 at most):
Confiscation
Metamorphosis
Ring of Destruction
Snatch Steal
Newly Restricted (You can use 1 at most):
Brain Control
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Card Trooper
Destiny Hero - Disk Commander
Fissure
Magician of Faith
Megamorph
Smashing Ground
Snipe Hunter
The Transmigration Prophecy
Trap Dustshoot
Wall of Revealing Light
Newly Semi-Restricted (You can use 2 at most):
Destiny Hero - Malicious
Green Gadget
Jinzo
Nobleman of Crossout
Pot of Avarice
Red Gadget
Royal Decree
Yellow Gadget
Newly Unrestricted (You can use 3 at most):
D.D. Assailant
Deck Devastation Virus
Good Goblin Housecleaning
Protector of the Sanctuary
Side Note: Marshmallon and Gold Sarcophagus should be Restricted to 1 for the TCG since they are already restricted in Japan (and why they're not on the list here).
Comments: Wow, this list feels... "safe". Nothing looks overly surprising when you think about it. In fact, the biggest surprise that I see on this is what isn't on the list: Treeborn Frog still restricted to 1. Perfect Circle has been slightly hampered (noone ran more than 1 Disk Commander anyway. It's Metamorphosis to 0 that hurts it more.) But, Apprentice Monarch (ugh)? What can you say, it's 2006 all over again. Despite Shield Crush and Nobleman of Crossout being more playable, people love Crystal Seer right now and with Magician of Faith playable again (and Breaker when you think about it), Apprentice Magician will be in a lot of top tier decks again, at least in the short term.
What else. Fissure and Smashing Ground Restricted? Time to break out Hammer Shot. Seriously though, those should ensure that Cyber Phoenix may still be around.
Like I said, the changes are very conservative and does very little to change the meta other than reverting it back to what you heavily saw last year. So say goodbye to Troop-Dupe-Scoop, and say hello to 6 more months of "Cyber Dragon, sack for <fill in Monarch here>."
That said, here we go. My comments will be at the end.
Newly Banned (You can use 0 at most):
Confiscation
Metamorphosis
Ring of Destruction
Snatch Steal
Newly Restricted (You can use 1 at most):
Brain Control
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Card Trooper
Destiny Hero - Disk Commander
Fissure
Magician of Faith
Megamorph
Smashing Ground
Snipe Hunter
The Transmigration Prophecy
Trap Dustshoot
Wall of Revealing Light
Newly Semi-Restricted (You can use 2 at most):
Destiny Hero - Malicious
Green Gadget
Jinzo
Nobleman of Crossout
Pot of Avarice
Red Gadget
Royal Decree
Yellow Gadget
Newly Unrestricted (You can use 3 at most):
D.D. Assailant
Deck Devastation Virus
Good Goblin Housecleaning
Protector of the Sanctuary
Side Note: Marshmallon and Gold Sarcophagus should be Restricted to 1 for the TCG since they are already restricted in Japan (and why they're not on the list here).
Comments: Wow, this list feels... "safe". Nothing looks overly surprising when you think about it. In fact, the biggest surprise that I see on this is what isn't on the list: Treeborn Frog still restricted to 1. Perfect Circle has been slightly hampered (noone ran more than 1 Disk Commander anyway. It's Metamorphosis to 0 that hurts it more.) But, Apprentice Monarch (ugh)? What can you say, it's 2006 all over again. Despite Shield Crush and Nobleman of Crossout being more playable, people love Crystal Seer right now and with Magician of Faith playable again (and Breaker when you think about it), Apprentice Magician will be in a lot of top tier decks again, at least in the short term.
What else. Fissure and Smashing Ground Restricted? Time to break out Hammer Shot. Seriously though, those should ensure that Cyber Phoenix may still be around.
Like I said, the changes are very conservative and does very little to change the meta other than reverting it back to what you heavily saw last year. So say goodbye to Troop-Dupe-Scoop, and say hello to 6 more months of "Cyber Dragon, sack for <fill in Monarch here>."