"Confiscation" is too powerful because it lets you see your opponent's hand. "Mirror Force" is powerful, but not powerful enough to be banned. It can only be activated in response to an opponent's attack, which means it can be stopped by "Mirage Dragon", "Jinzo", or "Trap Jammer". You also can't Chain it to something like "Mystical Space Typhoon". That's why it's Limited, not Forbidden.
And yes, that game has Friend Codes.
I don't think looking at your oppenents hand one time counts as too powerful. There are two cards I know of that show both player's hands for as long as they are out. Then there is Eye Of Truth, which lets you ses you opponents hand as long as you want, but they will gain 1000 life points whenever a magic card is drawn. Mix this is Bad Reaction to Simochi, then its a win win situation. Even without it, it can be pretty darn good if the person doesn't have THAT many magic cards. Given the time span of some duels, they won't have time to draw that many. (LOL I guess 1000 lifepoints doesn't mean much too me with how much I usually make. You wouldn't think it by my deck, but I really do rack up a lot of life points. Maybe I should get another Solomon Wishes...) All and all, I don't think it is over powered by the whole, see the hand thing. Its a part of it, but there are other reasons. I still agree with Golden Charm a bit on that one. Mirror Force does seem a bit more powerful. Aslo, Confiscation can be countered as well. I will admit, its harder to get rid of as a magic card. That part of what is say is true. But still....1000 life points to see and get rid of a card....or a no cost 'I kill many!'. Negating an attack is one thing, but to negate and destroy that much... Its doesn't seem right to me. I am also surized not to see Swords of Revealing Light on the Forbiddon list too. '3 turns no touchy.' But then again, it can be destroyed before 3 turns are up.
I don't know why we keep talking about this. (me talking about it isn't helping either....) Its not like we get a say so in the matter. Its what they think and we have to sadly live with it. But again, its some of the reasoning behind certain card bannings that make me upset. At least the list did get smaller. I do remember Don Zaloog being in their for some reason. I KNOW he was in there. Or at least I could have sworn he was.
I am kinda wanting to play this again. I might get the World Championship 2007. Keyword there is MIGHT. I am not really sure. I was thinking about it a long time ago. ...I think. Was that the one where it said you can change the way you look? Whatever one that was, was the one I was thinking about getting a long time ago, but only when it got cheaper. Thats not the reason I was going to get it of course. Thats just the unique factor that stuck out in my mind about it that helps me remember it.
I guess I get upset at the bans of a lot of common and uncommon cards because us poorer people or those that don't spend THAT much money on the game need them against those ultra expensive and powerful decks others have. In my time, Chaos Sorceror was the only real good defense I had against a lot of decks....