Rush of Ikorr Developer Update: Banned & Restricted List 8/14/2026
The following cards are banned in Rush of Ikorr constructed play. This means that none of these cards may be registered in decklists for sanctioned events.
Banned
Python, Spite of Hera RMB-053 R
Toad Wahy ROI-088 C
Troublesome Tanuki ROI-090 C
Descent into Yomi RMB-083 U
Salt Block (Infusion) ROI-284 C
Banned Infusion Combinations
Disguised Shinobi ROI-035 U + Roaring Aegis (Infusion) ROI-266 C
Unbanned
Unrelenting Taskmaster ROI-092 U + Omamori of Fortune (Infusion) ROI-276 C
Python, Spite of Hera
We believe that effects that prohibit players from taking certain game actions are both necessary and an interesting design space. What we don’t believe is that these effects should be asymmetrically backbreaking. The interaction with Python and Ryujin’s Rush ability creates a play pattern that is neither interesting or enjoyable. While it proves an objectively powerful action to take, player sentiment and experience vastly outweigh that. For that reason, Python, Spite of Hera is banned.
Toad Wahy
Toad Wahy has been a swiss army knife from the start being a 1-drop with 2 pips, a strong keyword, and a relevant champion type. Typhon has solidified itself as one of the strongest decks in the format, presenting early victory conditions with his Rush ability. Toad Wahy adds a level of resilience to this strategy that we find is a bit too strong. In an effort to soften up the beast pile, Toad Wahy is banned.
Troublesome Tanuki and Salt Block (Infusion)
The rules update regarding the procedure for drawing a card without a deck poses a significant remedy to current infinite combos, but if these two cards are still available, it does not solve the problem of starting your turn with no deck and no cards in hand. To encourage some alternative scrap-based win conditions and to avoid a poor play experience, Troublesome Tanuki and Salt Block are both individually banned.
Descent into Yomi
While we do want to promote setting up exciting and impactful champions to resurrect ahead of curve with things like Vision Serpent and Curse of the Defiler, we find that Descent into Yomi is far too efficient and consistent. To encourage alternative ways of putting a champion in the graveyard, Descent into Yomi is banned.
Disguised Shinobi + Roaring Aegis
It is no question that avatar powers are some of the most interesting and utilized effects in the game and using them each turn is something we find exciting. However, Disguised Shinobi with Roaring Aegis offers a repeatable two 2 damage plus a free avatar power for just 1 influence. This is a rate we have found to be too aggressive and powerful, therefore it is banned.
Currently Banned Cards
Champions
- Niobe, Sulking Stone ROI-123 R
- Python, Spite of Hera RMB-053 R
- Ritual Practitioner ROI-075 U
- Stargazer ROI-084 C
- Starry Deer Crocodile ROI-085 U
- Toad Wahy ROI-088 C
- Troublesome Tanuki ROI-090 C
Spells
- Amaterasu’s Dawn RMB-078 UR
- Blessing of Osiris ROI-159 R
- Descent into Yomi RMB-083 U
- Trade Skills ROI-188 U
- Tsukuyomi’s Twilight ROI-189 UR
Avatars
- Ix Chel, Lady Rainbow ROI-009 R/ROI-010 R
Infusions
- Hermes’ Lyre (Infusion) ROI-269 R
- Salt Block (Infusion) ROI-284 C
- Tresses of Nephthys (Infusion) RMB-274 R
- Tzolk’in (Infusion) ROI-289 R
Infusion Combinations
- Ashigaru Gunner ROI-023 C + Sumptuous Cacao ROI-290 U
- Onryō ROI-066 U + Eager ROI-247 C
- Venomous Asp ROI-093 C + Eager ROI-247 C
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Rush of Ikorr Developer Update: Banned & Restricted List
The following cards are banned in Rush of Ikorr constructed play. This means that none of these cards may be registered in decklists for sanctioned events.
Banned
Amaterasu’s Dawn
Amaterasu’s Dawn
It is without question that a lot of the strongest effects in the game are SUMMON abilities. This is by design of course, but poses a challenge when considering cost reducers, keywords like Reanimate, or effects like Amaterasu’s Dawn that allow these abilities to retrigger. When initially balancing Amaterasu’s Dawn, the development team thought its influence cost was prohibitive enough to print. Now that the card has had plenty of time to find its place in the meta and the addition of powerful SUMMON retriggers in Luminary Strike, the context of the card’s power has drastically changed. Its influence cost of 6 is inconsequential, and its effect leads to deterministic wins a bit earlier than we want for the combo archetype. In addition to a guaranteed victory, the steps the combo must take involve long turns with many game actions that cannot be interrupted or interacted with. The combo potential is even more efficient in multiplayer with more resources available at once for players. Due to its powerful effect, efficiency in multiplayer, and ability to create uninteractable deterministic wins a little too quickly, Amaterasu’s Dawn is banned.
Current Banned Cards
Blessing of Osiris ROI-159 R
Venomous Asp ROI-093 C + Eager ROI-247 C
Onryō ROI-066 U + Eager ROI-247 C
Unrelenting Taskmaster ROI-092 U + Omamori of Fortune ROI-276 C
Ashigaru Gunner ROI-023 C + Sumptuous Cacao ROI-290 U
Stargazer ROI-084 C
Ritual Practitioner ROI-075 U
Starry Deer Crocodile ROI-085 U
Niobe, Sulking Stone ROI-123 R
Ix Chel, Lady Rainbow ROI-009 R/ROI-010 R
Tsukuyomi’s Twilight ROI-189 UR
Trade Skills ROI-188 U
Tzolk’in (Infusion) ROI-289 R
Tresses of Nephthys (Infusion) RMB-274 R
Hermes’ Lyre (Infusion) ROI-269 R
Amaterasu’s Dawn RMB-078 UR
Cards with Functional Errata
Enlightenment ROI-168 R
Kitsunebi ROI-055 U
Thessaly Covenstead RLS-078 U
Humiliation RLS-093 C
Vulture Wahy ROI-094 U
Cards with Templating Errata
…Five Hundred More RMB-077 U
Agamemnon, Resolute King RMB-035 R
Apep, Horizon’s Nemesis RLS-040 UR
Chamiabac, the Rottenbone RLS-041 R
Curse of the Defiler ROI-163 C
Drought of Envy RMB-085 UR
Fierce Spearman ROI-040 C
Forged by the Cyclopes ROI-169 C
Grane Shrine of Izumo ROI-146 R
Great Sphinx of Giza ROI-149 U
Hachiman, Charge Forth! ROI-004 U
Horus, Revered Sky ROI-005 U
Hun Came and Vucub Came, Lords of Xibalba RLS-003 U
Hun Hunapu, Wellspring ROI-006 U
Inari, Prosperous Patron ROI-117 R
Izanagi, He Who Beckons RMB-003 U
Izanami, She Who Heeds RMB-004 U
Kindred Miracle RLS-094 C
Kitsunebi ROI-055 U
Kukulkan, Plumed Scales ROI-012 U
Lamentation of Osiris RMB-097 C
Onryō ROI-066 U
Osiris Reborn ROI-176 U
Osiris, Lord of Silence ROI-014 U
Qebehsenuef, The Keen-Eyed RMB-054 U
Ritual Practitioner ROI-075 U
Sap of the Severed Head RMB-104 C
Typhon, Sire of Beasts ROI-018 U
Unrelenting Taskmaster ROI-092 U
Vision Serpent ROI-191 U
Wahy Watcher ROI-095 C
Wandering Tengu ROI-096 U
Yomotsu Hirasaka RMB-071 U
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