Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel's Synchro Festival: How to participate, start date and more

The latest event for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is all about the power of Synchro Summons. The Synchro Festival starts today, April 12, 2022, and will continue for a few weeks with a wealth of rewards for players in tow.

There’s also a specific banlist and rewards for players who put in the work to harness the power of Synchro against other duelists. Here is what is known about the event.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s Synchro Festival details

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s Synchro Festival has begun and will run from April 12 to 22, 2022. The rewards for the event can be picked up until April 24, 2022.

Players are limited to only Synchro Summons in their Extra Deck for this event. This means that no Fusion Monsters, XYZ Monsters, or Link Monsters can be used. Three loaner decks can also be added to the mix. Win, lose or draw, players stand to earn medals, but the way they're handed out has changed from previous events.

The number of medals handed out to players will not change whether they use a Loaner or Custom Deck. This means that fans who don’t have the cards to play can just use a loaner deck to get the same rewards as everyone else.

Loaner decks for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Shining Crystal Wings (Clear Wing Synchro Dragon)
Revolution Calls Thy Name (Baronne de Fleur)
Miracles of Convergence (Stardust Dragon)

To participate in this event, players just need to click on the “Synchro Festival” icon, select their deck, and dive into the duels against other players. The total rewards will include 1900 Gems, 20 Synchro Reward Tickets, and an Accessory called “Flower Gathering.”

Banlist for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel's latest event

In this event, the Extra Deck cannot have any Fusion Monsters, XYZ Monsters, or Link Monsters. Synchro Summons is the only choice available to players. There is also a specific, separate banlist and limited list for this event to make the matches as fair as possible.

Banlist for Synchro Festival

Altergeist Multifaker
Archlord Kristya
Artifact Scythe
Contact "C"
Darklord Nurse Reficule
Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous
Dragon Buster Destruction Sword
Eater of Millions
Eldlich the Golden Lord
Exodia the Forbidden One
Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
Garbage Lord
Ghostrick Skeleton
Giant Kozaky
Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher
Gnomaterial
Gundari
Inspector Boarder
Jowgen the Spiritualist
Knightmare Corruptor Iblee
Malevolent Mech - Goku En
Memory Crush King
Subterror Guru
Vanity's Fiend
Vanity's Ruler
Zaborg the Mega Monarch
Zap Mustung
Zefraath
Amorphactor Pain, the Imagination Dracoverlord
Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon
Cyber Angel Benten
Drytron Meteonis Draconids
Evigishki Gustkraken
Gishki Zielgigas
Herald of Perfection
Herald of Ultimateness
Nekroz of Unicore
Dark Highlander
Chain Strike
Domain of the True Monarchs
Final Countdown
Intercept Wave
Interrupted Kaiju Slumber
Jackpot 7
Lair of Darkness
Nadir Servant
Nekroz Kaleidoscope
Performapal Popperup
Pot of Extravagance
Pot of Prosperity
Soundproofed
Star Blast
Synchro Control
The Monarchs Stormforth
White Veil
Appointer of the Red Lotus
Bad Reaction to Simochi
Banquet of Millions
Chain Burst
D.D. Dynamite
Dark Contract with the Eternal Darkness
Destiny Board
Destruction of Destiny
Dimensional Barrier
Discord
Dogmatika Punishment
Extinction on Schedule
Forbidden Apocrypha
Grisaille Prison
Pinpoint Dash
Relay Soul
Subterror Final Battle
Tuner's Scheme
Vanity's Emptiness
Warning Point

Limited bans

Michion, the Timelord
Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter
Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster
Megalith Phul
Hippo Carnival
Super Hippo Carnival
Phantasm Spiral Battle

Semi-Limited bans

Raphion, the Timelord
Generaider Boss Stage

The festival has already begun, and it’s another fun way to play Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, thanks to the strict requirements the players’ Extra Decks must stick to. It will be interesting to see how this one is received since players can simply use the Loaner Decks without losing out on rewards.