Define these terms....

[Agent9]

What are Traditional and Advanced format?

 

[Mullet]

Here's a breakdown, and then my personal thoughts:

Traditional Format: No cards are banned, but there is still a limited list, on the Upper Deck YGO site.

Advanced Format:A ban list is posted on the Upper Deck YGO site, and so is a limited list.

Despite what you may think Advanced Format is much more fun. It opens up strategies that no one would even think about using (or think about them, but they suck because of the extreamely broken cards not being banned) in Traditional Format.:D

 

[Zaikiro]

Forbidden Cards List Announcement
In February of 2004, a Forbidden List for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME was created for tournaments in Asia. A list of 10 cards was forbidden for use, with the intention that the Forbidden List would change every few months (and would not always be 10 cards).

Upper Deck Entertainment now offers the choice to stores and tournament organizers to run tournaments using the Forbidden List in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Oceana. A tournament that uses the Forbidden List is called an Advanced Format Tournament. All premier events are run in the Advanced Format.

However, we realize that some players and stores will not want to use a format with a Forbidden List. So we will be offering TWO formats: one that uses the Forbidden List, and one that does not. When the Forbidden List is not used, cards normally on the Forbidden List are Limited instead. These tournaments are called Traditional Format Tournaments.

Stores and Tournament Organizers will have the choice of which types of tournaments to run. Also, they are not locked into one format or the other. A store can run an Advanced Format Tournament on one day and a Traditional Format Tournament on the next day.

You, the player, can participate in any tournaments you want, no matter what the format. Both tournament formats will count toward the same player ranking. There will not be separate rankings for the two formats.

The cards on the Forbidden and Limited Lists for both formats will change on April 1st and October 1st every year.

Mullet said basically explain the difference though.

Traditional Format List

Avdenced Format List

 

[Mullet]

Most stores seem to play Advanced Format.

Thanks for the history lesson, lol.:dead:

 

[Zaikiro]

Most stores seem to play Advanced Format.

Thanks for the history lesson, lol.:dead:

Anytime. ^^ Just explaining.

Traditional is not bad Agent9. But everyone plays the same old thing :/