Should Maxx C be banned or not?

[ㄨ♥♪ [TF]CrimsonAria ♪♥ㄨ]

I have always had a love hate relationship with Maxx C and frankly I was never able to tell whether it should be banned or used. What do you think? Should it be a banned card like in the TCG or otherwise? I feel many decks are countered with this card especially those that cannot afford to put in Ash or other such counters, etc but this card does prevent many people from over summoning like crazy.

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This board talks about this every day.

[Mr Snow]

I'd argue its a necessity in a BO1 format.

[76561198927737043]

it is banned in tcg

[BoxxyB]

No, if you see Maxx C, and don't end your turn then you deserve to be punished for it. thats literally what the card is intended for. It is a relic of an older time though when at best you'd get 4 or 5 cards from it. but knowing someone can gain a massive advantage over you and continuing to play is a choice you make

[Unforgiven]

Originally posted by ㄨ♥♪ TFCrimsonAria ♪♥ㄨ:

I have always had a love hate relationship with Maxx C and frankly I was never able to tell whether it should be banned or used. What do you think? Should it be a banned card like in the TCG or otherwise? I feel many decks are countered with this card especially those that cannot afford to put in Ash or other such counters, etc but this card does prevent many people from over summoning like crazy.

kinda curious what kind of decks you play that get hard-countered by maxx-c and can't afford to put in crossout/called by/ash ?

[aben WHY (VC Off)]

The problem with Maxx C isn't that it counters decks, it's that it counter deck at pretty much zero cost. It trade for a negate or immediately replaces it's slot in the hand with at least one draw. There's other turn ending hand trap like shifter, droll, Nib, but they reduce the cards you have in hand, and that's true for all other hand trap.

A Errata like this would be interesting: Instead of just being a quick effect, you can only play it at the beginning of a phase.

[Zelwy]

I would say yes, but keeping it unbanned make the forum more alive in general

[76561199378662608]

Konami won't ban it to differentiate between MD and TCG.

[Merilirem]

Originally posted by LeCroix:

I would say yes, but keeping it unbanned make the forum more alive in general

Nah, just distracts from reality. If Maxx C was gone people might talk more about things that aren't pointless. Like actually strategies. We get those sometimes but salt is more appealing to the masses.

[Merilirem]

The answer is yes, it should be banned immediately. Unfortunately people live in an illusory state in which Maxx C helps the Meta cope with decks EVERYONE IS PLAYING ANYWAY!

You know what Maxx C does? It keeps Dragoon banned. That's it. If you don't like Dragoon then just propose both live on the banlist. It isn't worth a greater evil. Also Maxx C means Birds have to take constant hits because they don't care about it which is bad when its in 90+% of decks.

[ヒシオ]

No it shouldn't be banned. how else are players supposed to counter the 20 card summon spam with a field lock if we cant exhaust the effects with cards. Dont say hand traps if i have to put in 9 hand traps just to play it would better off playing solo or uninstalling the game or going back to duel links. theres 9k+ cards i shouldn't be restricted to the 100 or so over powered ones

[ヒシオ]

also i only use max c for a few decks that dont have any special summon cards since baron and sword soul will 100% be summoned first turn

[Merilirem]

Originally posted by Dam-Ho:

No it shouldn't be banned. how else are players supposed to counter the 20 card summon spam with a field lock if we cant exhaust the effects with cards. Dont say hand traps if i have to put in 9 hand traps just to play it would better off playing solo or uninstalling the game or going back to duel links. theres 9k+ cards i shouldn't be restricted to the 100 or so over powered ones

Maxx C is just another hand trap. Its not replacing the 9 you mentioned.

Also putting Maxx C there just makes it seem less important to keep those truly impossible decks in line. With a proper banlist you could stop the powerful ones and stuff that does 20 summons and ends on mediocrity wouldn't just be dead on arrival. Which is quite a few decks.

If the problem is big combo decks you can't beat, Maxx C isn't the answer. Banning the cards from those decks is the answer.

[ヒシオ]

agreed

[Gauche]

Maybe.