So we have a new ban that's finally official (go to the United Kingdom's Yu-Gi-Oh webpage if you want to see it, for some reason KDE-NA hasn't updated their page) and it is a great list, if this where 6 months ago.  The list tackles ZERO problems in the current TCG metagame.  Let's take a look at the list shall we?

Newly Banned

Glow-Up Bulb
Spore
These belong together since they where both used in the same deck and where that deck's primary tuners.  This essentially says good bye to Synchro based decks and hello to Xyz based decks.  Spore and Glow-Up Bulb where our best tuners since they had a FREE revival effect (sorry Plaguespreader) and allowed you to gain advantage by making Formula Synchron (sorry Debris Dragon, Junk Synchron, Karakuri Komachi, Krebons, Blackwing-Gale the Whirlwind, Genex Ally Birdman) who allowed you to Synchro Summon AGAIN since Formula Synchron itself was a Tuner and could be used for a Synchro Summon during your opponent's main phase.  Other cards made Glow-Up Bulb and Spore insanely powerful.  These cards being One for One and Dandylion which was the primary power play of our best Synchro based deck.  Now what are synchro players left with.  Karakuri?  Good but can't keep up with Wind-Ups, Rabbit, and is extremely vulnerable to Maxx "C" and Cyber Dragon and the power of Turn 1 Naturia Beast is negated by the power of Turn 1 Evolzar Dolkka, Evolzar Laggia and Wind-Up Loop.  Legendary Six Samurai?  If your a herp derper sure but many top players have expressed a huge hate for the deck and Rabbit does the same thing pretty much only better.  Pretty much these cards being banned means the end of Synchros being used for a while.  I believe that this is NOT a good thing.

Trap Dustshoot
I love the card but if I'm going to ban Royal Oppression under the pretense of "You draw it you win" then I have to ban Trap Dustshoot because if you do draw it, you win.  Perfectly fine with this card being banned.

Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
The 3rd power powerful monster in Yu-Gi-Oh right behind Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning and right ahead of Judgment Dragon.  Like Dustshoot, if you get a successful Trishula off, you won the game.  It was well worth the 3 card investment because it hit 2 cards of your opponents (one on field, one in hand), banished a card in grave as well, and didn't target.  That with a 2700 body?  (Only BLS, Scrap Dragon, Archlord Kristya, and Master Hyperion match or surpass it) and you've got the most powerful synchro not named Dark Strike Fighter (sorry Goyo Guardian).  Like Trap Dustshoot, perfectly fine with this card being banned.


Limited

The Agent of Mystery-Earth
Elemental Hero Stratos is at 1 per deck so in theory this should be the same as well.  If you're going to hit Agents than hitting Earth is perfectly fine.  Take away the consistency of them getting their Agent of Creation-Venus and Gachi Gachi Gantetsu out.  However I'm not sure Agents even posed a threat in the new meta.  A first turn Earth gets destroyed by Rabbit (they all main 3 Jurrac Guaiba now and still have 3 Rescue Rabbit) and the deck in general has 0 Mid game plays.  Its way to top heavy with boss monsters and bottom heavy with turn 1 plays.  If your Venus-Gachi is stopped then you have nothing until you draw a boss monster.  That lack of versatility kept it from winning a YCS (I predicted that it would last September though I'll admit, I underestimated Plants and I'm glad I did) and would probably keep it in a lower tier here in the TCG.  Fine on the OCG list.  TCG?  Not so much

T.G. Striker
Well the deck had it's last stand, winning YCS Atlanta despite all the Wind-Ups, Inzektors, and Rabbit decks around.  In the decks short existence it certainly did well despite never being considered universally the best deck (Plants where considered that once T.G. Hyper Librarian came out and then Rescue Rabbit once that came out) it won the N.A. WCQ, a YCS, and topped several other events (not to mention helping me get my 3rd straight invite so this one is bitter sweet for me).  Like Earth this is fine for the OCG since they had been splashing the T.G. engine (2-3x Striker, 3x War Wolf) in various decks to give them Dark Access, easy Synchro plays, floaters, and access to T.G. Wonder Magician (a highly underrated Synchro).  However because we have a different card pool, it didn't have the same impact over here in the TCG.  (In case you haven't figured out, I believe that the OCG and TCG should have different lists)


Semi-Limited 

Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner
If Judgment Dragon was at 1 than this would make perfect sense.  Give a deck that's not tier 1 a slight boost by adding some consistency to it.  Lightsworns main turn 1 play was to get Lumina-Garoth out and Mill 5 and hopefully draw some cards from the cards that Garoth milled.  This is perfectly fine if Judgment Dragon is at 1.  The problem is Judgment Dragon is at 3.  This MIGHT make Lightsworn relevant again (not a good thing).  They have an insanely powerful boss monster that you can drop 3 of IN ONE TURN and that DESTROYS EVERY OTHER CARD ON THE FIELD.  A deck with a win condition like that shouldn't be allowed to gain back consistency but I'm biased since I lost to the deck nearly every time I played it until Charge and Lumina went to 1.  Either way this decision makes me nervous.

Marshmallon
Not worried about this coming back.  Gives us another meat shield against Rabbit (as long as they don't have Dolkka out) and the burn effect, while ok, isn't something to write home about.  Spirit Reaper is a better card and it just went to 3 with no problems.  If Spirit Reaper is fine at 3, then so is Marshmallon.  I'd use 3 Reaper before using Marshmallon.

Reborn Tengu
Again another hit I'm perfectly fine with.  At 3 it just provided constant field presence and if you had one out when you did One for One+Dandylion then you should win as long as your opponent doesn't have Maxx "C".  Like Malicious before it, Reborn Tengu provided powerful non Tuner fodder only it was better since you didn't need to discard it and it was a 1700 level 4 so it could put some pressure on your opponent and drawing 2 wasn't the end of the world (unlike drawing 2 Malicious).  Card deserves to be a 2 and should stay at 2 for quite awhile.

Emergency Teleport
I've wanted this card to come back for awhile.  Now that Mind Master is banned, I can finally have my wish.  The days of TeleDAD dominating are over (D-Draw at 2, Malicous at 2, Allure at 1, DAD at 1) so that shouldn't even be a problem though I do expect to see some players trying it out casually (I know I will).  Heck it might be the best Synchro based strategy we have for all we know.  It certainly gives us something to think about though I wish we had a Level 1 Psychic Tuner that wasn't broken.  So many ideas with this that are killed because of that.  Either way this card should be fine at 2 and why not?  Maxx "C" kind of kills this card.

Level Limit-Area B
Like Gravity Bind, because of the Xyz mechanic and them having Rank's instead of Levels, this card playability, even in stall decks, has been hindered.  Now your opponent can just Xyz summon to Number 39. Utopia or Number 17. Leviathan Dragon and not have to worry about this.  I expect this card to go back up to 3 come September.

Shien's Smoke Signal
Like Lumina, I worry about this card going back up to 2 simply because it brings consistency to a deck that has a "sacky" win condition.  Legendary Six Samurai-Shi En is just as powerful as it ever was and maybe even more so now.  It's bigger than both Evolzar's (Though Laggia can negate it), it's bigger than anything Wind-Ups can bring out besides Rank 5's, and it still has an effect that forces your opponent to waist valuable resources to get rid of it.  Smoke Signal allows that deck to exist again and like I said, I'm extremely worried (note I have a huge bias against Legendary Six Samurai, hence the lack of informative post there)

Torrential Tribute
This is very interesting.  With 2 Torrential Tribute, players are going to have to be very careful about committing monsters to the field if their opponent has backrow (Dark Hole made them wary as is).  I like this move for that reason.  Hopefully this forces players to play more conservatively and makes games more of a grind and a fight for advantage.  Floaters like Sangan, Card Trooper, Gadgets, Elemental Hero-Stratos much more valuable.  Sadly because Wind-Ups can just loop you, and Rabbit has Laggia and mains Forbidden Lance, the true effect of this card going to 2 won't be felt until both decks are gone.  2 Torrential is going to be VERY nice to have.

Ultimate Offering
Offering Gadget does nothing in the TCG (though it is about to get Number 16: Shock Master) so I don't think this card should go to 2.  The deck just isn't good enough.  Again an OCG hit and not a TCG one.


Unlimited

Call of the Haunted
This card is just too slow now.  Rabbit brings out Laggia and Dolkka first turn (notice the recurring theme here) and Wind-Ups will just loop you first turn making it useless.  Useful in Inzektors using Card Trooper but not much else.