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Forbidden Characters is a form of card text featured on cards in the Duel Masters Trading Card Game.
Details
Forbidden characters are a type of encoding system that is first featured on a promotional version of Forbidden. It encodes English and thus the forbidden Characters correspond to English characters. At first the text is considered to have an unknown meaning, but players managed to decipher the text, revealing the mysterious Seal mechanic. This mechanic was an unknown mechanic and thus many players thought it is a non-card object.
Later on in the Duel Masters Versus Revolution Final: Episode Listing season of the anime, a card named kndn legend dkdm x appeared and is used by Basara, revealing the Seal mechanic. The card itself is actually a secret version of Dokindam X, The Legendary Forbidden which appears extremely rarely and is nearly impossible to obtain by regular players due to its extremely low packaging rate and thus high prices.
Despite forbidden characters are not Japanese characters, Forbidden character cards can be used in official tournaments. However, in order to prevent younger players from unable to recognize the card's effect, tournaments may disallow Forbidden character cards to be used. As a result, it is recommended to bring a proxy copy of the Japanese version of the card for reference purposes. Additionally, despite that it references English text, cards with forbidden characters can't be used in the English game, and is still a card in the Japanese game.
Letter Chart
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m |
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| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m |
| n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
| n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
DMR-23 Dogiragolden VS Dormageddon X later released Dormageddon X, Forbidden Armageddon with a capital X character.
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It also introduced Initials X creatures that had Forbidden Characters for Greek letters.
- These were previously used for Survivors.
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Examples of cards with Forbidden Characters
| KNDN kndn | ||
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| Fire / Creature / 9 / 9999 | ||
| ■ Creatures can't attack. creatures can't attack. ■ Seals can't be removed from creatures. | ||
| The world will come to end when the forbidden seal becomes unlocked. the world will come to end when the forbidden seal becomes unlocked. | ||
| KNDN ~SEALED X~ kndn ~sealed x~ | ||
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| Fire / KNDN Pulse | ||
| ■ This pulse starts the game in the battle zone with 6 seals on it. this pulse starts the game in the battle zone with 6 seals on it. ■ This pulse can't leave the battle zone. ■ Unsealing—When this pulse has no seals on it, flip it to its creature side. ■ Whenever a player puts a command into the battle zone, he puts seal from one of his cards into graveyard. | ||
| KNDN LEGEND DKDM X kndn legend dkdm x | ||
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| Fire / KNDN Creature / 99 / 99999 | ||
| ■ Triple breaker triple breaker ■ When this card is flipped to this creature side, your opponent puts a seal on each of his creatures. ■ Whenever a spell that costs 4 or less would cause your opponent to choose a creature, he can't choose this one. ■ If this card is anywhere other than the battle zone, you lose the game. | ||
| Artist: MITSUAKI MATSUMOTO (mtsk mtmt) | ||
| DEMON HAND demon hand | ||
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| Darkness / Spell / 6 | ||
 ST (When this spell is put into your hand from your shield zone, you may cast it for no cost.) ST (when this spell is put into your hand from your shield zone, you may cast it for no cost.)
■ Destroy one of your opponent's creatures. | ||
| Artist: hippo | ||
Red-End, Super Lightning Sonic was also seen played by Basara. Its name and race was in Japanese characters, but the ability and other card details were in forbidden characters.
| 超轟速 レッド・エンド | ||
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| Fire / Evolution Creature / ソニック・コマンド + 侵略者 / 5 / 6000 | ||
| ■ Evolution - Put on one of your fire creatures.
evolution - put on one of your fire creatures. ■ Invasion - Fire command invasion - fire command ■ Double Breaker double breaker ■ When this creature is destroyed, you may put one of the cards that was under it from your graveyard into the battle zone. when this creature is destroyed, you may put one of the cards that was under it from your graveyard into the battle zone. | ||
Other Characters
Additionally, forbidden characters have been featured in creature's artworks, reading as follows:
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| Card: | Forbidden Characters: | Translation: |
| Forbidden ~The Sealed X~ | seal | SEAL |
| Marmo, Forbidden C | save kndn | SAVE (KNDN on the Promotional card.) |
| Trooper, Forbidden U | unchain | UNCHAIN |
| Red-End, Super Lightning Sonic | thered | THERED |
| Redzone X, Forbidden Lightning Sonic | darkness | DARKNESS |
| The End of X | dkndm | DKNDM |
| Trig, Forbidden C | vol si | VOL SI |
| Typhoon, Forbidden C | honcen | HONCEN |
| The Black V, Roaring Sound | rudo | RUDO |
| Kizamu, Forbidden V | slash | SLASH |
| Walsura Prince S | scepter | SCEPTER |
| Metal Walsura S | guard | GUARD |
| Savage, Forbidden U | summon | SUMMON |
| Hook, Dark Armor K | tenebris scutum | TENEBRIS SCUTUM |
| Luciano, Explosive G | ferus ignis flatus | FERUS IGNIS FLATUS |
Since each of the cards with a Forbidden Characters card exist with a Japanese printing, they can be directly compared to the original card.
| Forbidden Characters: | Japanese: | English: | Reference: |
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| kndn | 禁断 | Kindan / Forbidden | Forbidden |
| dkdm | ドキンダム | Dokindam | Dokindam X, The Legendary Forbidden |
| unsealing | 禁断解放 | Forbidden Liberation | Forbidden ~The Sealed X~ |
| st | S・トリガー | Shield Trigger | Terror Pit |
| knda | 禁断機関 | Forbidden Engine | VV-8, Forbidden Machine |
| forbidden riser | 禁断機動 | Forbidden Mechanism | |
| dormaggedon X | ドルマゲドン X | Dormageddon X | Dormageddon X, Forbidden Armageddon |
| forbidden star ~the last day of the world~ | FORBIDDEN STAR ～世界最後の日～ | FORBIDDEN STAR ~The Last Day of the World~ | FORBIDDEN STAR ~World's Last Day~ |
Appearances in the anime
Red-End's effect changing to Forbidden Characters
Only Basara is able of reading the forbidden characters, this being the reason why Zakira let him have the unsealed version of Forbidden. Later on, when Basara duels against Lucifer in a revenge match, the card of Red-End, Super Lightning Sonic had its effect changed from kanji to Forbidden Characters which only he could read, which influenced the outcome of the duel as Lucifer accidentally destroyed it and helped his opponent unseal Dokindam X after playing a Fire Command.
Whenever a seal was removed, a number would be displayed in Forbidden Characters as ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE and SIX. Additionally, Forbidden Characters seem to appear around the creatures as well as on their cards.
Add a photo to this galleryThe letters surrounding Red-End, spell out his name, REDEND redend
The letters showed during Dokindam's liberating and those shown on cards that seal the opponent's creatures read, SEAL seal
The letters on Redzone X's bracelets spell out DARKNESS darkness
Gallery
Keyword Actions
Awaken ● Battle ● Block ● Break ● Cast ● Charge ● Cross
Destroy ● Discard ● Dragsolution ● Expand ● Forbidden Liberate
Fortify ● Gachinko Judge ● Generate ● Gacharange Summon ● Link ● Reveal ● Seal
Search ● Shuffle ● Summon ● Switch ● Tap ● Trigger ● Upside Down ● Use
Other Terms
Attack ● Active Player ● Draw ● Defending Player ● Equip ● Flip ● Ignore ● Instead ● Leave
Look ● Mana ● Number ● Object ● Opponent ● Owner ● Player ● Summoning Sickness
Characteristic
Ability ● Artist ● Card Illustration ● Card Name ● Card Number
Card Rarity ● Card Type ● Cost ● Civilization ● Mana Cost ● Mana Number
Power ● Race ● Soul ● Subtype ● Summon Cost ● Supertype
Category
Name Category ● Race Category
Card Frame
Old Frame ● New Frame
Silver Frame ● Metal Frame
Full Frame ● Full Frame Foil
Block Icon
PS Icon ● E1 Icon ● E2 Icon ● E3 Icon ● DS Icon
Other
Ability Words ● Back ● Flavor Text ● Keywords
Reminder Text ● Text ● Timeline ● Forbidden Characters
D2 Field ● DG Field ● Dragheart Creature ● Dragheart Fortress ● Dragheart Weapon
Evolution Creature ● Evolution Cross Gear ● Evolution Exile Creature ● Exile Creature
Final Forbidden Creature ● Final Forbidden Field ● Forbidden Core ● Forbidden Creature
Forbidden Field ● Forbidden Impulse ● Gacharange Creature ● Happiness Field
Moonless Night Field ● Neo Creature ● Neo Evolution Creature ● Orega Aura
Psychic Creature ● Psychic Evolution Creature ● Psychic Super Creature ● Twinpact
Main Zones
Battle Zone ● Deck ● Graveyard
Hand ● Mana Zone ● Shield Zone
Side Deck Zones
Hyperspatial Zone ● Super Gacharange Zone
Other Zones
Anywhere Zone ● Bottom of Deck ● Top of Deck
Top of Evolution Creature ● Zone other than the battle zone ● Collection
Under
Under a Creature ● Under Evolution Creature
Under this field ● Under a Deck ● Under a Shield
Zone Types
Public Zone ● Private Zone
Common ● Uncommon ● Rare ● Very Rare ● Super Rare
Victory Rare ● Double Victory ● Legend Rare ● Secret Rare ● Master Card ● DG Rare ● Ultra Golden Card
Cycle ● God
Monocolored ● Multicolored
Multiple Races ● No Race
Special Race ● Vanilla
Category
Name Category ● Race Category
Hall of Fame
(History / Timeline / Reasons)
Cheating ● Errata ● Metagame (summary) ● Stalling ● Restricted Card
March 25, 2017 Rules revision
Tournament Formats
Block Constructed ● 2 Block Constructed
After Generate League
Special Restriction
Hall of Fame Zero Duel ● 10 Races Deck Battle
Mega Deck Duel 7 ● Zero Civilization King Finals
Monocolored Tournament
Sealed
Limit 10 ● Tokkyu 8 ● Booster Draft
Prebuilt Decks
Super Deck Zero Duel ● Start Deck Champion Finals
Events
Duel Road ● Due Festival ● Duema Festival
Certified Grand Prix ● Certified Judge Test ● Official Tournament
Championship ● Challenge Cup ● Super CS
Adds Civilization ● Adds Race ● Alternate Win ● Alternative Cost
Attack Bend ● Basic Card ● Cantrip ● Card Discard ● Chump Block
Cost Reduction ● Deck Manipulation ● Degenerate ● Diamond State
Draw Engine ● Draw Lock ● Draw Source ● Draw Spell
Extra Turn ● Finisher ● Graveyard Fertilizer ● Graveyard Summon
Hand Addition ● Hand Change ● Increase Power
Infinite ● Infinite Attacker ● Infinite Blocker
Mana Acceleration ● Mana Burn ● Mana Curve ● Mana Summon
Opponent Reliance ● Peeping ● Prevents Attack ● Prevents Defeat
Reset ● Resistance ● Reverse Fury Charge ● Reverse Slayer ● Shield Addition
Shield Burn ● Shield Change ● Shield Peek
Suicide ● Skip the rest of the turn ● Trample
Unattackable ● Unblockable ● Unchoosable
Vigilance ● Win All Battles ● 3D Dragsolution
Recovery (Salvage)
Graveyard Recovery ● Mana Recovery ● Shield Recovery
For No Cost
Madness ● Reanimate ● Recruit ● Shield Trigger creature
Removal
Blocker Based Removal ● Bounce ● Can Attack Untapped Creatures
Card Based Removal ● Decrease Power ● Fixed Removal ● Force Battle ● Mass Removal
Power Based Removal ● Reset ● Sealing ● Self Removal ● Tap In ● Tap and Destroy
Deck Feed ● Graveyard Feed ● Mana Feed ● Shield Feed
Advantage (Merit)
Disadvantage ● Board Advantage ● Field Advantage
Hand Advantage ● Information Advantage ● Mana Advantage
Tempo Advantage ● Time Advantage ● Suppression
Demerits
Can't Attack ● Can't Block
Attack if Able ● Block if Able
Alternate Loss Condition
Characteristic support
Cost 1 ● Cost 9
Last 3 Digits
Power 6000 or more ● Power 12000 or more
4 or more of this card in your deck ● Activation Cost ● Additional Cost ● Attacking Creature
Can't be destroyed ● Choose a race ● Color Accident ● Concept ● Consists of ● Counter
Dead Card ● Deck Building ● Deck Compression ● Designer's Combo ● Evolution Icon
Evolution Source ● Face Up ● Forced ● Gacha Figure ● Game
Game Table ● Key Card ● Limited Card ● Mode ● Name Rule ● Optional ● Overkill
Play ● Power Creep ● Psychic Cost ● Quasi-Vanilla ● Real Cost ● Repair
Rock-Paper-Scissors ● Stop ● System Creature ● The Over Eggplant-cross
Touch ● Trivia card ● Twinpactification
Reprint Policies
DASH Golden List ● Duema Golden List
Card Power
Weenie ● Midrange ● Fatty
Lightweight ● Heavyweight
