Announcement Date: October 11, 2024
Banned List:
Naia is banned.
Limited List:
No changes.
Banned and Limited List Effective Date: November 1, 2024 (11/01/2024)
The development team has decided to ban Naia for a handful of reasons. The most glaring problem that has become evident over the first couple months of the game is the overwhelming value that Naia brings an opportunity cost of zero. Additionally, we have received sufficient player feedback about the negative gameplay experience due to the non-engaging nature of Naia. It is not uncommon for games to be decided by a turn 1 Naia into Rainbow Paint Brush. For these reasons, Naia is banned (effective November 1, 2024).
Why now? Originally, the development team wanted to wait until the next expansion to make a ban announcement. However, due to her performance in both competitive and casual settings, we felt that moving this ban announcement up was the best option for the health of the current metagame and overall enjoyment of players.
As for the limited list, there are a few cards on our radar but nothing we feel needs addressed at the moment. As the card pool grows, so does the potential for powerful interactions with preexisting cards and we are always considering this during the development process. In the meantime, we will continue to keep an eye on the metagame, player sentiment, and tournament results to help inform future banned and limited decisions.
Future Banned and Limited updates
We are developing processes to identify cards that may need to be limited or banned for the health of the game. We are closely monitoring the card pool and health of the metagame from both casual experiences and competitive organized events. We plan on the next Banned and Limited update occurring early 2025.
What are Banned and Limited Cards?
Banned Cards
Cards that have been banned may not be included in your deck, Neopet deck, or Rainbow pool. A deck containing a card from the ban list will render it illegal for organized play.
Limited Cards
Cards that have been limited may have a single copy included in your deck to be considered legal for organized play. Cards that allow you to have multiple copies of a card in your deck cannot bypass this restriction.
