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A trading card game where players summon Monsters and activate Spells and Traps to deplete their opponent's Life Points. The game has a strong fantasy theme, and is usually played with 2 players, although it has been adapted to work with more. It has no direct resource system, but utilizes face-down cards in play. It is based on the Japanese anime "Yu-Gi-Oh!" .

About:

The game Yu-Gi-Oh is a Trading Card Game launched by Konami in the year 1999. It is based on the manga by Kazuki Takahashi from 1996. It is meant to be a simulation of what really happens in a "duel" in Yu-Gi-Oh .

Aim:

To defeat their opponent by either of the three victory conditions

Number of players: 2

Equipment:

  • A deck
  • Something to record your Life Points with
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Why is Pot of Greed banned?

Out of all the Forbidden (banned) cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!, the one that confuses me the most is Pot of Greed. The card effect is simple: Draw 2 cards. I don't see why this is so game-breaking that it has to be banned. You just get cards. What's the big…
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Cause of abbreviations on Yu-gi-oh! cards

Why are certain Yu-gi-oh! cards abbreviated in unusual and inconsistent ways? A number of Yu-gi-oh! cards have unusual, inconsistent abbreviations in their card names that stand out. Perhaps the most notable is the Lord of D.: This card abbreviates…
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Can Japanese Cards be played if using an English based Deck?

I was reading on the Yu-Gi-Oh Wiki that some cards have their artwork changed due to censorship, examples are the Fortune Lady's Original Japanese version English Version with Censor Now I am wondering, if I were in a sanctioned tournament in an…
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Can Slifer be summoned using Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's effect?

I'm running the first gen print of Slifer. Before I get asked about it, no I don't do tourneys or follow the modern card rulings. I stopped playing yu-gi-oh back in 2007 so I use the same limited rules that we had back then. I don't think we had any…
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What to do if I do not have any Link Monsters?

I understand that recently, there has been a change in the Yu-gi-oh! game mat. It now has another two zones called the Extra Monster Zones, and the Pendulum Zones have been removed. The new rules regarding these changes mean it is a massive holdback…
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Why has Mass Driver been banned from play?

Mass Driver: You can tribute 1 monster to deal 400 points of damage to your opponent's life points. I can sort of see why this card has been banned, because it deals 400 for every monster you tribute. But however if you were reduce your…
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How does face-down Attack Position (via Darkness Approaches) work?

The card Darkness Approaches has the following text: Discard 2 cards from your hand. Select 1 face-up monster and flip it face-down, but do not change its battle position. Because it specifically says to not change its battle position, this would…
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Is a monster considered "destroyed" if I tribute it?

Say that I have activated the Trap Card Shattered Axe on my opponent's monster: Activate this card by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field. During each of your Standby Phases: It loses 500 ATK. When that target is destroyed, destroy this…
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What got Yata Garasu banned?

The rules for Yata Garasu are as follows: Cannot be special summoned. This card returns to the owner's hand at the end of the turn in which it was normal or flip summoned. When this card does damage to your opponent's life points, they skip their…
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Does the print version matter, or the card name?

I thought of this question while reading Why are there illegal cards?, which mentions that the illegal Egyptian God cards were later printed as legal versions with the same names. In Magic, all tournament-legal printings (non-tournament-legal ones…
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How does the new Sangan errata affect Exodia?

Just reading up on the new sangan errata which is; If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: Add 1 monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck to your hand, but you cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with that name for the…
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Why are there illegal cards?

I mean: why the Egyptian God Cards are not just forbidden cards? Why there's a separate category for illegal cards. I understand that the difference is that you can use Forbidden cards in a private duel if both players agreed to it before, or in a…
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How is Yu-Gi-Oh played with more than two players?

When I play Yu-Gi-Oh, I want to play with my brother and sister. The problem is that we don't know how to play with more than two people playing. Are there any additional rules I have to incorporate to be able to play this way? For example, how do…
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Zero ATK Fighting zero ATK

What happens if a 0 ATK monster attacks another 0 ATK monster? I would say that since monsters do not have any attack, they can't do any damage, so nothing happens. On the other hand there is this rule stating that if a monster attacks an equal ATK…
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Halving Points in Yu-Gi-Oh!

What happens if points (Life Points, Attack Points or Life Points) should be halved, but are a odd number? Some cards like Solemn Judgement can half a variable, while some monsters like S39 Utopia Prime have weird stats that can generate odd stats…
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