Ability Ban

Ability Ban
Heroes can't use their Hero Abilities until the end of your next turn "It's not your abilities that make you a Hero." Said no Monkey evar. Class Exotic Card Pack Classic Rarity Super Rare Keywords — Introduced Version 2.0 Stats Cost 2 Charges 1

Ability Ban is an Exotic Power card in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 2.0. It prevents both the player and the opponent from using their Hero's abilities, including passive abilities, until the end of the player's next turn, when the player presses the "end turn" button. The player can play multiple copies of this card on the same turn, though the other copies do nothing other than consuming the card and Gold.

While active, each player has a large red 'Banned' text on a translucent black rectangle, overlapping both players' ability menus.

The card artwork depicts Obyn Greenfoot berating an ashamed Gwendolin as both stand near a burning forest.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 6.0

• You can use Ability Ban to force players to use strong power cards like Super Monkey Storm or Spike Storm!.
• Ability Ban can be used in combo decks to shut down Adora in the late game. This is particularly handy when going against Adora and your deck heavily involves OTK strategies.
  • If you go Adora yourself and are defending from a large rush with Sun Shield, note the opponent's most likely deck archetype, and avoid exceeding leak amount if the opponent is midrange. Versus combo decks, be the aggressor and overwhelm the opponent before they can build their wincon.
  • Players can combine with multiple Quick Ready on the same turn as an Ability Ban to prevent the opponent from defending against rushes, especially against Adora's Sun Shield.
  • Obyn has little effect from Ability Ban when he is not going to use his actives. Obyn control decks may use Ability Ban to outlast other Hero decks.
• Despite primarily being a hard counter to Adora, Ability Ban can be used to slow down other Heroes, such as Gwendolin's Flame Strike or Zee Jay's Rad Bloon Time.
• For Striker Jones, this card has the beneficial effect of increasing the Bloontonium he gains from played Bloons, since it disables the Bloontonium penalty from his passive ability.
• There's not much reason to equip more than one Ability Ban in a deck, as its main strength is in conjunction with a finisher, and it has too many downsides elsewhere.

Update history

Version 6.0

•  Added UI visuals and effects when this card's effects are active

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Evneforbud	—
German	Fähigkeiten-Bann	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Bloqueo de habilidad	—
French	Interdiction d’aptitude	—
Italian	Abilità vietate	—
Japanese	アビリティバン	—
Korean	능력 차단	—
Norwegian	Evnebannlysning	—
Polish	Ban na umiejętności	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Banimento de Habilidade	—
Russian	Бан способности	—
Swedish	Förbud mot förmåga	—
Chinese (traditional)	能力禁用	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	"Det er ikke dine evner, der gør dig til en helt." Sagde ingen abe nogensinde.	—
German	„Nicht deine Fähigkeiten machen dich zum Helden.“ Hat noch nie ein Affe gesagt.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	"No son tus habilidades las que te hacen un héroe", dijo ningún mono nunca.	—
French	« Ce ne sont pas tes aptitudes qui font de toi un héros. » N’a jamais dit personne.	—
Italian	"Non sono le nostre abilità a renderci eroi." - Nessuna scimmia l'ha mai detto.	—
Japanese	「アビリティがヒーローのすべてではない」 そんなの、モンキー的にはありえない。	—
Korean	"영웅의 자격은 능력에서 오는 게 아니야." 라고 말하는 원숭이는 없지요.	—
Norwegian	«Det er ikke evnenene dine som gjør deg til en helt.» Har ingen ape noensinne sagt.	—
Polish	„To nie umiejętności czynią z ciebie bohatera” – nie powiedziała żadna małpka nigdy.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	"Não são suas habilidades que fazem de você um herói." Palavras que nunca saíram de uma boca símia.	—
Russian	«Героем делают не способности», — не говорила еще ни одна обезьяна.	—
Swedish	"Det är inte dina förmågor som gör dig till en hjälte." Sade ingen Apa nånsin.	—
Chinese (traditional)	「你能做英雄，並不是因爲你有技能。」 沒有猴子會這樣說。	—