Gundam Card Game ban list explained (October 2026)

Bandai keeps one banned and restricted list for the Gundam Card Game and revises it roughly every six months, usually when a new booster set releases. Here is what is on it as of October 2026 and why. Always check the official news page before a tournament.

Timeline

• 1 April 2026 — the first list. Corsica Base (ST02-016) was restricted to 2 copies per deck.
• 24 July 2026 — the first ban. Anksha (GD01-020) was banned, which Bandai tied to the dominance of Blue/Purple decks. The same update introduced banned pairs: two cards that are each legal but may not be in the same deck. Examples include Amuro Ray with Mikazuki Augus, and Guntank with M1 Astray Shrike.
• 25 September 2026 — revised again alongside the ST11–ST14 starter decks.

What banned pairs mean

A banned pair targets a combination rather than a card. You can still play Amuro Ray, and you can still play Mikazuki Augus, just not both in one deck. It lets Bandai break up a dominant engine without invalidating a whole colour's collection.

What a ban does to prices

A ban usually drops a card's price within days. Anksha fell after July's announcement, while cards that slot into the decks that replace it tend to climb. A card's page here charts its price history, so you can see the effect directly: Anksha is $0.29 today.

Track it on price movers, or bookmark the card pages you expect to move when the next list lands with Blazing Fist (GD07) in January 2027.