As promised, here is the much awaited July 2022 update to the System Gate Ban List!
<<Chess>> cards can no longer be included in decks where the gate is “Uranus Gate”. After careful consideration and TONS of playtesting, this was the best path forward. Uranus as a planet was designed around having Units with low states that were easy to remove from the field. They were never really meant to have access to [Soulguard]. With <<Chess>> getting it’s recent wave of support, we’ve seen tons of improvements to the game! Other planets like Neptune that previously never saw tournament success are now getting tops! <<Chess>> is providing new players a easy to use package with any planet that will give them a solid deck right out of the gate. However, it has also given Uranus access to a tool that it never should have had. Therefore, we will need to prevent this interaction until further balancing can be done on the card design front. Chess Uranus walked out of testing with a 4-1 win ratio, while Alpha only had a 2-1 and Uranus without <<Chess>> boasted a 1-1 ratio. This indicates that Chess Uranus was just far too strong to allow currently. An important note to make is that players can still use chess with Uranus cards as long as the Gate is “Endless Frontier Gate”, this ban is only for the basic Uranus Gate. Thank you for your understanding.
One more change is an errata has been added. Iaijustsu was never meant to work in face down positions other than soul, so that was adjusted. Thank you for your support of System Gate!