Weiss Schwarz Updated Ban List [02/06/2026]

It feels like forever hasn’t it, but Bushiroad has finally provided us with their updated ban list. And, I’ve gotta say, this is probably one of the most controversial ban lists we have been presented with yet. These restrictions are live on February 7th, 2026.

There are no restrictions this time around, and all changes were removing cards from the ban list. The first of the removals on our list is Rest! from Little Busters!. This card really is a relic of its time that should have probably been removed long before. The last ban list left the card in a limited state compared to its earlier full restriction, but even then, the series from which the card was from barely shows up in a modern competitive setting anyways. Little Busters! is really old and out of its time. Furthermore, while healing two is quite a strong ability, especially for its cost, this isn’t very relevant in the modern day.

Firmly, I believe that just healing two is not enough to make any significant impact. Its removal from the ban list should not cause any ripples of change I’d expect.

In comparison to Rest!, these two being removed from the ban list does have significant repercussions. Firmly, I do believe that this will hardly change anything in the modern game, but I will say that these two having been removed really does show a dramatic change in the expectations and gameplay patterns of modern decks. While in their hay day, both cards combined formed a powerful pattern of play, we are in 2026, and the reality is that most decks perform the same thing that these two were able to do as a normal function.

For many players, the removal of this duo’s restriction on the ban list does draw back some memories and personally for me, highlights the end and start of a new era of design at least in acknowledgement.

Again, a relic from its past, especially since 1/0 Alice still remains on the ban list, I don’t think the removal of these two is bound to cause any uproar. These two were excellent cards to recycle advantage and try to ensure that you could get your 2/1 Alice out by level one. Leafa’s Riko ability let you discard any 2/1 Alices to be recycled back to deck with Sortiliena while giving you a salvage on return. Without the 1/0 Alice, the play pattern is just cute at best.

I thought this would be coming at some point or another. The Symphogear unban feels like another victim of powercreep just surmounting what Symphogear was within its prime. The deck is still relatively good at doing what it wants to do. Having to play 0/0 Shirabe over 0/0 Kirika was painful granted that Kirika’s ability was far more relevant than Shirabe’s. As a climax discard outlet in a eight bar deck, Kirika really helped with transforming extra bars in hand into relevant value. Now that she’s free, we have full powered twins again. I doubt there’d be any big ripples in the format with the return of the twins given how powerful the modern game has become since then.

Probably the most surprising and random in terms of changes, Randall is now at three. I virtually see very little difference between fully unbanning him at this point versus keeping him at a three-of since the consistency values barely change. At two copies, you have lost half the efficiency which is a bit hit, but at three, it’s just a twenty-five percent hit. His early game spawn chances will be slightly increased I guess.

I think this just screams that you can do whatever you want as long as you can only play one Ney. I think Bushiroad has acknowledged the raw power of a single Ney and don’t want that back into the game with multiple copies. Otherwise, PaD players can just enjoy and play as they like. Just no super gambling extra kill power.

Probably the most controversial change of the ban list is that the previous Yuru Camp restrictions has been completely lifted. This is a very bad sign from my perspective. It means the company is redacting on previous choices. What that means is that the banning was more of an inconvenience than anything else. Perhaps the drop in play numbers is the reason for the removal from the list, but I don’t think that is ever a valid reason. Balancing is about creating a more fun and fair atmosphere and environment for players to enjoy. This just seems like pointless meandering and further proof that the quality assessment team didn’t think things through.

It was just by minor coincidence that all the cards linked above are red. However, I do not like the precedence that the balance team is setting by adding nothing to the ban list and especially with Yuru Camp’s removal. As evidenced from the recent Worlds’ finals, there are some pretty big and powerful series out there that may be needing some amount of tweaking. Furthermore, three out of the four topping decks were all standby piles.

None of the sets that were topping this year were newer series released during the time between the recent ban lists. While this isn’t exactly a problem, it does showcase a lack of ingenuity and newer design spaces. Despite the restrictions, Hasunosora managed to take the top spot with the same standby limitations that were implemented at the middle of the year. Overlord’s new deck seems to be quite powerful and there are circulating rumours that it is downright oppressive, especially with the recent unban of the Aura tap counter.

At base, the fact that three of the four topping decks were all standby piles should be giving some alarm to Bushiroad about the powerful design of standby. If anything, this might be the absolute proof that there may need to be fundamental questions and potential redesigns to be considered around that trigger itself. I would wish for more transparency to be added to explain how these decisions were made. But alas, there is nothing but silence from Bushiroad.

Don’t consider this to be a curse, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there may be some emergency announcement for changes within the next couple months. So, regardless, what do you think? Do you agree or disagree? What changes would you have implemented?