What is banned in Pokémon TCG?

Table of Contents
  • Scoop Up Net (RCL)
  • Milotic (FLF)
  • Oranguru (UPR)
  • Sableye (DEX)
  • Shaymin-EX (ROS)
  • Mismagius (UNB)
  • Bellelba & Brycen-Man.
  • Chip-Chip Ice Axe.
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Why was Misty's Tears banned?

#9: Misty's Tears, for obvious reasons.

In the Japanese version of Misty's tears, Misty is depicted holding her famous Staryu… while nude. And crying. Just a naked, crying 10-year-old girl on a trading card for children.
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Why was unown banned?

25 Unown (Lost Thunder)

One of the most popular reasons for a card being banned is because of fears that it may become too powerful. This is why two cards from Lost Thunder, based on the popular Unown Pokémon, were banned.
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Why was Oranguru banned?

Oranguru's Resource Management attack and Sableye's Junk Hunt attack allow for infinite resource recursion strategies that are relatively simple to achieve. In an attempt to curb the effectiveness of some of these control and lock strategies, these cards have been banned.
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Is there a ban list in Pokémon?

While there are no cards currently restricted within the Standard and Unlimited Pokémon Trading Card Game (Tcg) formats, there have been some recent updates to the list of banned Pokémon cards in the Expanded format fo 2023.
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Why was shiny Greninja banned?

While Ash Hat Pikachu is basically a normal Pikachu with a unique Z-Move. Pikachu still can't compete with most VGC-level Pokémon, so it's allowed, while Greninja, who can compete with VGC-level with its normal abilities, is banned because Battle Bond gives it too big an advantage.
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Why is Jynx banned?

Jynx's original design led to accusations of racism, resulting in changes to its appearance, but not before many episodes featuring Jynx were banned. The controversy surrounding Jynx eventually led to the Pokémon being phased out of the anime, with limited appearances in later episodes.
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Why is Milotic banned?

Milotic Had Some Undesirable Combos In Pokémon TCG

When the ability was used with Pokémon-GX and Pokémon V cards, particularly with Trevenant & Dusknoir-GX, there was an unfair advantage gained. As more Pokémon V cards release, The Pokémon Company predicts there would likely be even combos utilizing Milotic's ability.
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Why was Porygon banned and not Pikachu?

The actual culprits of the incident are the flashy animation and flashing lights used to represent the aftereffects of the missiles and Pikachu's attack. While Porygon did appear in the episode, it played a basic role in the plot and was not responsible for any of the problematic visual effects.
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What does R stand for on Pokémon cards?

Guide to Rarity Symbols

Throughout this document, letters have been used to represent rarity symbols. H: rare Holo R: rare U: uncommon C: common RH-LV. X: rare Holo LV. X Thus, a card with the text “Rarity: C” would be a common card.
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Will Unown ever evolve?

Unown are hieroglyph-like, thin, black ancient Pokémon usually found on walls. There are 28 forms of Unown: one for each of the 26 letters in the Latin alphabet, a question mark, and an exclamation mark. Unown is a Psychic-type Pokémon, and is not able to evolve.
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Did Porygon get banned?

"Electric Soldier Porygon" is a banned episode of Pokémon that caused hundreds of children in Japan to experience seizures and other symptoms.
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Why did Ash not use Pikachu against Misty?

If you recall from "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City" In Ash's gym battle with Misty, Pikachu refused to battle her because she was Pikachu's friend. What kind of bugs me about it is that during the battle when Misty has the upper hand, Pikachu was actually cheering for Misty.
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What episode of Pokémon Jynx was banned?

"Holiday Hi-Jynx" (Episode 65)

This episode has been banned since April 2013 after being accused by Carole Weatherford of stereotyping African American women.
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Who is Misty's crush?

Misty's crush on Ash is reciprocated but Ash is simply oblivious to his own feelings and treats Misty as a friend, even if he actually has romantic feelings for her. Many fanworks depict them as adults, where Ash finally matures and recognizes Misty's feelings for him.
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Why is Shaymin illegal?

It's banned because of Scrubs. More specifically Smogon Scrubs. You mean all of the smogon players who saw how good Shaymin-S was and used it for themselves? Nintendo bans it in competitive scenes since they ban all event legendaries.
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Why is Sableye banned?

Sableye became the star of highly defensive stall-focused teams, and was so difficult to deal with that it was eventually banned from the standard format, OU, on the popular Pokemon battling site Smogon. No matter the game, Sableye has always been a menace.
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Why is Shaymin banned?

In an attempt to curb the effectiveness of some of these control and lock strategies, these cards have been banned. The sheer amount of card drawing provided by Shaymin-EX's Set Up Ability allowed dangerous combo decks to function at an alarmingly consistent rate.
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Why is Kadabra banned?

The famed Israeli-British illusionist/magician and self-proclaimed psychic took legal action claiming the use of his likeness for the Psychic-type Pokémon in the year 2000, leading to the card being banned from being included in the original Pokémon TCG 151 card set.
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Why does Ash have 30 tauros?

Kanto. Ash spent some time in the Safari Zone in the banned episode EP035. He was attempting to catch as many Pokémon as possible, though all he ended up with were thirty Tauros, since they always ran in front of his Safari Balls whenever he tried to make a catch.
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Why was Kadabra banned for 18 years?

However, something as simple as a little old spoon had landed Kadabra in all sorts of trouble after self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller launched a lawsuit against Nintendo claiming they were using his likeness on Pokémon card.
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Why did Japan banned Pokémon?

In 1997, the Pokemon episode "Denno Senshi Porygon" was banned and was never aired outside Japan. Why? Because it supposedly caused seizures in 700 Japanese children. Pokemon was also taken off the air for four months and suffered a barrage of abuse from the media.
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Is Pokémon banned in China?

Yes, Pokemon GO is banned in China.
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Why is Pokémon banned in Japan?

After the episode “Electric Soldier Porygon” in Japan caused numerous amounts of seizures in kids at the time, the show went on hitaus. So, the crew decided to remove the Pokemon altogether and has only been shown in cave scriptures, or other cameos.
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