The Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game is a turn-based card game where you Duel against opponents and their Deck of cards!


The objective of the game is to Summon monster cards from your Hand to attack, and reduce your opponent's LP to 0!

• Card Types
• Reading The Cards
• Placing Cards: The Duel Field
• For New Beginners
• Official Rulebook
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Official Card Database : Q & A

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Card Types

Cards are separated into three main types: Monster Cards, Spell Cards, and Trap Cards.

	Monster Cards Monster Cards are protagonist of the battle! Normal Monsters have no effects. Effect Monsters have special effects in addition to their basic stats. Other powerful cards also exist such as Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, and Link Monsters! Find out more in the Official Rulebook!
	Spell Cards Theeffects these cards can bring are far beyond your imagination! It’s a must to have!
	Trap Cards These cards may have specific conditions to be activated, but their strong effects could be the key to turning a duel in your favor! Activatetrap to outsmart your opponent!

Reading The Cards

Monster Cards

① Card Name

Name of this card.

② Attribute

Most monsters have one of 6 attributes! Certain effects may depend on this!

③ Level/Rank

The ★ represent the Level/Rank of the monsters!

④ Monster's Description

Effects of monsters are written here (if any).

⑤ Monster Type/Tribe

All monsters belong to one of many types! Each Type have their unique strength and weaknesses!

⑥ Attack/Defense

ATK and DEF are the attack and defense of this monster. Higher ATK means stronger in battle!

Spell Cards

① Card Name

Name of this spell card!

② Card Type

Spell cards are marked with a 「魔」 in this corner!

③ Effect Icon

This icon represents 1 of the 6 categories of Spell cards each with their unique effects!

④ Effect Description

The conditions to activate Spell Cards and their effects are described here! Read it carefully!

Trap Cards

① Card Name

Name of this spell card!

② Card Type

Trap cards are marked with a 「罠」 in this corner!

③ Effect Indicator/Icon

This icon represents 1 of the 3 categories of Trap Cards each with their unique effects!

④ Effect Description

The conditions to activate Trap Cards and their effects are described here! Read it carefully!

Placing Cards: The Duel Field

① Main Monster Zone

Summon your monsters here! You can have up to 5 monsters here!

② Spell & Trap Zone (Pendulum Zone)

Spells and Traps are activated or set in this zone! If Pendulum Monsters placed in the leftmost and rightmost zones as Spells, those zones will become Pendulum Zones, and you can activat their Pendulum effects or use it for Pendulum Summons!

③ Field Zone

Field Spells affect the entire field of play are placed here!

④ Graveyard

Place your destroyed Monsters and used Spells/Traps Cards here!

⑤ Extra Deck Zone

Put specific cards (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Link Monsters) which require special methods of summoning face-down here!

⑥ Deck Zone

Place your Main Deck face-down here! Draw your cards from here!

⑦ Extra Monster Zone

Reserved for monsters that are Special Summoned to the field from the Extra Deck normally

For New Beginners

Starter Deck is recommended for those who wants to learn how to play!(Starter Deck)

It has Ready to Play cards and a Beginner's Guide! A Rulebook is also included to check upon other rules!

View Starter Deck here.

Official Rulebook for New Master Rule

The Official Rulebook is included in Starter and Structure Decks.
You can also download and print yourself a copy for taking along!

Download Download Master Rule 2020
(Version 1.0)(Japanese Only)

Official Data Base : Q & A

Check out Card information and more here!

Official Data Base : Q & A