Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! - Chapter 96 – Rampaging King of the Skull Servant

... times in the anime. It costs just 800 Life Points to steal an opponent's monster and was once considered ban-worthy. Though it was nerfed and eventually unbanned in 2017.

That said, even in real life during the GX era, Brain Control hadn't been banned yet. It wasn't until 2010—deep into the 5D's era—that it got locked up.

[Kira, LP 4000 → 3200]

Naturally, Kira chose to take control of the King of the Skull Servant on the opponent's field. The brainwashed monster once agai ...