After 17 long years, players of the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card Game can reintroduce the beloved Change of Heart card into their decks. On Tuesday, Konami released an update of the latest list of banned and restricted cards for the trading card game, showing that Change of Heart can be played in the official card game. The card was originally banned in April 2005, according to records on Yugipedia.
Starting Tuesday, the card will move from the banned category to restricted, meaning players can have a copy of the card in their Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck together. You can see the full, up-to-date list of banned and restricted cards at officially Yu-Gi-Oh! website.
To fans who grew up Yu-Gi-Oh!, The Change of Heart card is an iconic spell card in both the game and the anime. Its power allows you to take complete control of one of your opponent’s Summoned monsters and use it against them until the End Phase of a turn. It is quite powerful and has therefore been banned.
Online fans were quick to express their excitement with hyped messages, leading to the news trending on Twitter on Tuesday. A user said “BRO WHAT?!?!?!1 THE CHANGING HEART IS BACK” and another said: “NO WAY IS A RE-REGISTRATION BACK.”
The revival of the map comes a bit on its heels Yu-Gi-Oh! Revival. In January, many content creators streamed themselves playing games Yu-Gi-Oh! master duel which led to a surge in the game’s popularity. If you want to relive the nostalgia of the beginnings through old magic cards, you can do so within the framework of the official rules.
