Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Box art
Names
EnglishYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Development
Platform
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC
  • iOS
  • Android
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Japanese
  • Korean
DeveloperKonami
Release dates
JapaneseJanuary 19, 2022
North AmericanJanuary 19, 2022
EuropeanJanuary 19, 2022

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a console, PC, Android, and iOS video game. It was released on consoles and PC on January 19, 2022.[1]

Features[edit]

  • Cross-play and cross-progression - all systems can play against each other, and can use the same save file for each player.
  • Solo Mode - learn the card game's mechanics through tutorials and enjoy the storylines of cards.
  • Events - timed events called Festivals, with special rules and Forbidden/Limited lists.

Gameplay[edit]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free-to-play multiplayer game where players can either duel against other players or play a singleplayer mode. Player can obtain cards via spending Gems on pack openings or crafting specific card(s) using Craft Points based on its rarity. The game uses a modified OCG Forbidden & Limited List that will be updated with each updates. Master Duel also features various accessories to personalize player's profile and dueling field, mostly based on a popular and notable cards.

Earning Gems[edit]

Main article: Gem (Master Duel)

Ranked Duel[edit]

Main article: Ranked Duel (Master Duel)

The main gameplay mode of Master Duel, where players from all across the world face off against each other.

Solo Mode[edit]

Main article: Solo Mode

This single-player mode lets the player sample several archetypes of the game, and offers the option of using loaner decks to help new players get a feel of these archetypes.

Events[edit]

Main article: Event Duel (Master Duel)
See also: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel events

Time-limited events impose a special deck-building restriction to add some variation to the game, and offer more Gems or special cosmetics as rewards.

DUEL LIVE[edit]

A side mode where the player can watch replays of recent matches from either Ranked, Event, or Casual Duels. It's intended to help expose a player to new playstyles or inspire them to build new Decks. There's a daily mission that yields 5 Gems for watching a DUEL LIVE replay.

An update in 14 Jul 2023 expanded on this mode, allowing the player to pick from a selection of replays or enable autoplay for the mode. The selection menu shows the "main cards" for the Decks to give a clue on the matchup.

Proficiency Test[edit]

Main article: Master Duel Proficiency Test

A side mode added on 6 Nov 2023, where players can test themselves by answering questions about card trivia and completing basic tasks in Dueling. Rewards include Legacy Pack tickets and various accessories.

Cards[edit]

The game includes 13,348 cards (plus 43 alternate artworks) as of October 28, 2025. The card pool is updated at least monthly, usually (but not always) with cards that have received release in both TCG and OCG within the previous year.

Cards are typically only added to the game after they have been released in both the TCG and OCG, usually being added within a year of being released in both the TCG and OCG. Outside of the Series 1 Normal Monsters (which have been in the game since launch), it is rare for cards to be added to Master Duel before their TCG debut.

Cards with animations[edit]

Some popular cards have animations when used, with new ones being added with almost every update (including for cards that were already in the game).

The following cards cause the game to play a Live2D-style animation when Summoned. Most cards with an alternate artwork in-game have an animation, with each artwork having a different matching one. In the Deck builder, these cards can be searched with the option "Summon Cut-In".

Cards with Summon animation
Main Deck

Monster Cards

Normal Monsters

Effect Monsters

Spirit monsters

Tuner monsters

Pendulum Monsters

Ritual Monsters

Extra Deck

Fusion Monsters

Synchro Monsters

Xyz Monsters

Link Monsters

The cards below have animations when they succefully resolve their effects or cause a player to win (whether by attacking and reducing the opponent's LP to 0, or by fulfilling their own Duel winner condition). In the Deck builder, these cards can be searched with the options "Visual Effect" and "Victory Effect" respectively.

Cards with other animations
Main Deck

Monster Cards

Normal Monsters

Effect Monsters

Tuner monsters

Spell Cards

Normal Spells

Quick-Play Spells

Trap Cards

Normal Traps

Counter Traps

Continuous Traps

Extra Deck

Xyz Monsters

Alternate artworks[edit]

The following cards have 2 or more artworks available in-game. Alternate artwork cards cannot be generated using Craft Points, and are only available for a limited time as part of special promotions.

Cards with alternate artworks
Main Deck

Monster Cards

Normal Monsters

Effect Monsters

Tuner monsters

Ritual Monsters

Spell Cards

Normal Spells

Quick-Play Spells

Extra Deck

Fusion Monsters

Synchro Monsters

Link Monsters

Missing cards[edit]

Almost all legal cards that have been available in both the TCG and OCG for over a year are included in Master Duel, with even long-Forbidden ones being present in the complete card list despite unobtainability. The small number of those that are still completely absent from the game are:

Of these, only "Harmonic Oscillation" and "Mooyan Curry" are available in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links.

Starting Deck[edit]

Main article: Starting Deck

Sets[edit]

Main article: Portal:Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel sets

PC System Requirements[edit]

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 10 Home (64bit) latest revision Windows 10 Home (64bit) latest revision
CPU Intel Core i5-7300U or equivalent Intel Core i5-9400F or equivalent
Memory 8GB RAM 8GB RAM
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 or equivalent NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or equivalent
Screen Resolution 1280 x 720 1920 x 1080
Storage 16GB or higher 16GB or higher
Internet Broadband Connection Broadband Connection
Sound Card On Board On Board
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11

Forbidden/Limited list[edit]

Main article: March 2026 Lists (Master Duel)

The game's Forbidden/Limited Lists, at initial release, was a variant of the April 2021 OCG Lists to match the availability of cards at the time.

Banlist changes in the game's Standard format are more frequent than the physical game, and different cards get affected to account for the game's best-of-1 format and staggered card release schedule. For instance, cards can become unbanned to coincide with an expansion that introduces them, and known powerful cards can be preemptively restricted the moment they debut in this game.

Various events feature their own specific Forbidden/Limited Lists which are usually the same as the Standard format but have additional cards restricted to fit the theme of the event (such as all non-Synchro Extra Deck Monsters being Forbidden in the Synchro Festival event).

Media[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Kevin Tewart, the U.S. head of development for the TCG, has previously expressed his opposition to using a regular hexagram as an occult symbol for that reason.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Konami (19 January 2022). "It's Time To Duel! Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL is Available Today On Consoles And PC". Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Tewart, Kevin (2009-05-30). "Cards that need to be released!". Pojo.com Forums. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2024. How is portraying the Star of David as some sort of occult symbol "better"?

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