Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Feature: How Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 1999 starter decks turned the card game from a flop into a phenomenon

Revisiting the Duel Monsters EX set as it’s reprinted for the series’ 25th anniversary.

Yu-Gi-Oh! card types: Every monster, spell and trap type explained

Get up to speed with everything you might encounter during your next duel.

Belgian McDonald’s mixes Yu-Gi-Oh! and Hello Kitty in latest Happy Meal offering

Keroppi dressed as Kuriboh is inspired, no notes.

After seven years, Yu-Gi-Oh! is bringing back its Legendary Decks set featuring Yugi, Kaiba and Joey's cards

Just in Time Wizard.

5 best Yu-Gi-Oh! structure decks in the TCG’s history

Build a solid foundation for your next duelling powerhouse.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s biggest competition returns to the US for the first time in eight years.

Land of the free, home of the Pendulum Summoned.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG brings back one its most iconic monsters as a 5-card Fusion Summon

Those two words everyone wants to hear: “Exodia, obliterate!”

How to summon in Yu-Gi-Oh!: Every summoning type explained

Looking to learn your Fusion, Ritual and Synchro Summons from your Xyz, Pendulum and Link Summons? Start here!

Are we entering a new golden age of trading card games?

Gotta play 'em all.

Feature: Could AI and virtual reality be the future of Yu-Gi-Oh? We tried it for ourselves to find out

Duelling an AI opponent and battling in VR during the TCG’s 25th anniversary event in Tokyo.

Feature: On Japan’s biggest stage, Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25th anniversary event celebrated its past by looking to the future

Hesitancy to delve too deeply into the making of the hit series and its card game couldn’t stop The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century from being a meaningful tribute to its creators and community.

6 best Phantom Nightmare cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s latest set

Dream pulls.

How to build a Yu-Gi-Oh! deck for beginners

Take your first steps toward becoming a master duelist by putting together a top-notch deck.

New Yu-Gi-Oh! anime short marks the TCG’s 25th anniversary as Konami opens its own animation studio

Six-minute animation The Chronicles focuses on the lore behind cards such as Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Yu-Gi-Oh! will bring back classic video games - some in English for the first time - in Early Days Collection

Upcoming collection features Game Boy classics, including titles never released outside of Japan.

Yu-Gi-Oh! has shown off the TCG’s first virtual reality game

Duel Links demo playable during 25th anniversary event isn’t yet confirmed for a public release.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is experimenting with AI players that ‘learn’ the TCG

Konami hasn’t decided whether the proof-of-concept tech demo will see a public release just yet.

This Yu-Gi-Oh! themed Wordle spin-off laughs in the face of your puzzle-solving prowess

Ygordle boy!

Yu-Gi-Oh!'s next set is apparently packed with Dark Souls references

References to the Fire Keeper, Dragon God and more notable FromSoftware characters abound in Phantom Nightmare expansion.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh!’s new starter set is the easiest the TCG has been to learn in 25 years

The step-by-step intro to the card game’s dense rules is basic, but not boring.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Maze of Millennia set makes anime cards real for the first time in 25 years, without being relics

Thoughtful changes balance on-screen power with the modern meta.

6 best Yu-Gi-Oh! decks of all time from the card game’s 25-year history

From Yata Lock to Tearlaments.

Latest Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel banlist

Check yourself before you deck yourself.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 2024 release schedule: Every upcoming core booster, structure deck and set

As the trading card game marks its 25th anniversary, expect some exciting core boosters, the return of classic cards and more.

As Yu-Gi-Oh! prepares to turn 25, the card game has never felt more welcoming for newcomers

Ample digital offerings, wide card availability and a healthy competitive scene have helped the TCG put its best foot forward a quarter-century in.

Feature: Japan’s card game shops have cultivated community and companionship to fill the gap left by vanishing public spaces

Meeting Yu-Gi-Oh! players who have made a local store their second home.

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25th Anniversary reprints keep its best cards accessible for every player - and should be the norm for every TCG

More cards in more rarities gives players the choice of what they want to buy, without having to cough up ridiculous prices.

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s three stainless steel Egyptian God cards will set you back $399

Mind like a stainless steel trap card (I’m sorry).

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel invites three Egyptian God cards to the TCG’s 25th anniversary

Obelisk would rock a black-tie tuxedo.

SPONSORED: Pulled a rare Lorcana, MTG or Pokémon card? You can now get them professionally graded for just $9

Take note if you find an Enchanted rare in Rise of the Floodborn this weekend.

The best decks in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime you should play for real

Looking back on the decks and cards that leapt from cartoon to cardboard as the series celebrates its 25th anniversary.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh!'s new Diabellstar archetype could flip the TCG’s meta upside-down

Introduced with just a single monster in the latest Age of Overlord set, this archetype already has huge potential.

The best reprints in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 25th Anniversary: Dueling Heroes Mega Tin

Along with the three new World Premiere cards.

Feature: How Yu-Gi-Oh! took its iconic Egyptian God cards from their legendary anime appearance to the TCG

A decades-long journey via limited availability, counterfeits and tournament absence.

Here’s your chance to win a copy of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25th Anniversary Tin, including some of the TCG’s most iconic cards!

Plus a brand new Quarter Century Secret Rare card.

Feature: A weekend with Jessica Robinson: the expectations and pressures of the record-making British Yu-Gi-Oh! pro at this year’s World Championships

The TCG’s first female European champion and first woman to compete at Worlds recalls her journey to the top.

Feature: A weekend of celebration, competition and community among Yu-Gi-Oh!’s top players at the first World Championships in four years

Meeting with hopefuls - and eventual champions - ahead of their appearance on the card game’s grandest stage.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh!’s first Master Duel world champions and Duel Links winner on the sacrifice of qualifying and team camaraderie on the TCG’s grandest digital stage

Team snipehunters and Jian Yu Jiang discuss their victories at the first Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships in four years.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh! champion Paulie Aronson on winning the TCG’s first Worlds since 2019 to become its first-ever US victor

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s top player discusses the nerves of competing on the global stage, dealing with human mistakes - and missing his birthday celebrations to practise.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens update for Duel Links brings Rush Duels to mobile

The first time English-speaking players will be able to use new cards alongside Japanese fans.

Yu-Gi-Oh! will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an event in Japan’s biggest stadium next February

The TCG returns to the 55,000-capacity Tokyo Dome for the two-day Quarter Century: The Legend of Duelist.

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 2023 World Championships crowned their first North American winner in nearly 10 years

As no Asian duelists qualified for top cut for the first time in the returning tournament’s history.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG introduces its first new monster type in six years

Duelist Nexus adds Illusion monsters, the first new type since 2017’s Cyberse cards.

Feature: Why the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship is such a big deal - and why you should be watching

As the tournament of top-tier duellists returns for the first time in four years.

The best Yu-Gi-Oh! decks to look for at this year's World Championships

From the tournament-tested Rikka and Kashtira to more unexpected hopefuls.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh!’s strangest monsters are back, and they could shake-up the TCG’s competitive scene

Looking back on the long and bumpy history of ritual monsters.

Someone’s mum found £35,000 worth of old Pokémon cards in a forgotten plastic tub

“I did the math and I was uncomfortable with the result.”

Yu-Gi-Oh!'s biggest-ever European tournament crowned its first-ever female champion last weekend

British duelist Jessica Robinson walked away with a place in this summer’s World Championships, the first since 2019.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG to revamp starter decks and release two new sets by end of 2023

Calendar full of cardboard.

Feature: South Korea’s Yu-Gi-Oh! scene is a TCG community unlike anywhere else in the world

The heart in the cards.

Feature: Blue-Eyes White Dragon for dessert? We tried Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Japan-only 25th anniversary food menu

The hungriest heart of the cards.

6 best Cyberstorm Access cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s latest set

Unleash the set's evolutionary new cards.

Feature: The story of Yata-Lock, the deck that broke Yu-Gi-Oh! and birthed the TCG's first competitive banlist

Bird of prey.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG prepares for World Championship with Duel Links and Master Duel freebies

Start walking the road to Tokyo Big Sight.

Feature: The history of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Exodia, the most complicated win condition in trading card games

Victory for an arm and a leg?

The most legendary Yu-Gi-Oh! cards in the TCG’s new Legendary Collection

You’ve activated my nostalgia trap card!

Yu-Gi-Oh! announces dates and location for 2023 World Championship

Separate paper TCG, Master Duel and Duel Links events will be held at Tokyo Big Sight in August.

Feature: An introduction to Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, the faster, simpler reboot breathing fresh life into the TCG

Why you should play Rush Duel, if you ever can.

Feature: Does Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel have a future? A look back - and forward - at the TCG’s troubled spin-off

Duel or die.

Rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! card of all time, one-of-a-kind Tyler the Great Warrior, going up for sale

Created in 2005 as a Make-A-Wish for a teenage fan battling cancer.

6 best Photon Hypernova cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s latest booster set

Kashtira rules everything around me.

Yu-Gi-Oh! fans, here’s your chance to win over £230 of cards and prizes for the TCG!

No trap cards here.

Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Tell us what’s on your table.

5 best Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel decks 2024

Crown duels.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden and Limited list update aims the banhammer at Tearlaments archetype

Dry your Tearlaments.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s World Championship 2023 brings back physical attendance and a dedicated Master Duel tourney

Publisher Konami has not detailed any additional safety measures for August’s world championship in Japan

Yu-Gi-Oh! Lego set turns Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Dark Magician into bricks, along with a deck box for your cards

Yugi Duplo.

Feature: New cards, old nostalgia and digital ambitions: Yu-Gi-Oh! at Jump Festa gave a glimpse at how the TCG will mark its 25th anniversary

As the home of Yu-Gi-Oh! prepares to celebrate the iconic series.

New eBay rival promises Pokémon, MTG and Yu-Gi-Oh! fans an easier way to PSA grade and sell their valuable cards

Goldin Marketplace aims at more affordable collectables and casual traders by wrapping PSA authentication and storage into one process.

Yu-Gi-Oh! is bringing back some of its most iconic cards in standalone boosters for the TCG’s 25th anniversary

Birthday celebrations will include cards from Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Invasion of Chaos and more, plus a return of the Legendary Collection.

Yu-Gi-Oh! in 2022: Master Duel and a long-awaited return to tournaments help the TCG to thrive ahead of its 25th anniversary

The future is looking brighter than ever for the long-running card game.

5 best Yu-Gi-Oh! video games

Console duels.

Yu-Gi-Oh! brings big team battles to the digital field in Master Duel update

Roving gangs of duelists.

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Christmas Charity Event will give you cards for donating food to good causes

Duel to donate.

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh! European champion Marcus Patel on his unbeaten Rikka deck and the social side of TCG tournaments

Returning to in-person events after COVID.

Feature: What’s the future of Yu-Gi-Oh? We go hands-on with the TCG’s latest video games at TGS to find out

Master Duel, Duel Links, Cross Duel and Rush Duel impressions from this year’s Tokyo Game Show.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel pairs two popular summoning strategies in latest festival

Stacking and synching and summoning and...

The best Yu-Gi-Oh! GX decks you can play for real

How would the anime’s top duelists have fared in the TCG’s competitive scene?

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s new Tactical Masters expansion is full of mazes and pendulums

One of the cards is legitimately called Labrynth Labyrinth

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel introduces Duelist Cup and casual modes

Our cup runneth over with game modes.

Feature: Digital Duels: How Yu-Gi-Oh! players are enjoying the TCG - without needing cards

Cyber Spike.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s current in-game event is the EX-Zero Festival

Special summon haters, rejoice.

Tired of the cost to compete in Yu-Gi-Oh? Play cute, not competitive

Pot of Greed.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG manga creator Kazuki Takahashi has passed away

At the age of 60.

5 classic Yu-Gi-Oh! formats that changed the TCG

Frogs, DADs and GOATs, oh my!

10 best Yu-Gi-Oh! trap cards

You just activated my trap card!

Feature: Yu-Gi-Oh!’s new Dimension Force set and latest bans are turning the TCG’s competitive scene upside-down

Recent releases and the return of powerful classics have made the meta less predictable than ever.

Feature: Pot of Greed: The game-breaking card that changed Yu-Gi-Oh! history

Three little words.

10 best Yu-Gi-Oh! spell cards

Tricks of the trading card game.

The best Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel decks for every summoning type

This is just a Tribute.

Two of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s most powerful cards have been unbanned after almost 20 years

Yata-Garasu and Change of Heart were put on the Forbidden list in 2004 and 2005.

5 best budget decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

No Pot of Greed necessary.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s Fusion Festival in-game event begins today

It takes two (or more).

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel updates the digital TCG’s Forbidden and Limited list, teases Fusion Festival

Have fun exploring the Shadow Realm, conquistador.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG replaces cancelled 2022 World Championship with regional tournaments

Territorial championships will be held in North America, Europe, Central America, Oceania and South America this summer.

The 10 best Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, from legendary icons to game-changing powerhouses

Precious duels.

Here’s your chance to win some Yu-Gi-Oh! goodies, including cards, merch and Rush Duel on Nintendo Switch

No traps here.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s next in-game event N/R Festival begins today

Back to basics.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series dates first in-person tournament for TCG in over two years

Event to return next month following multiple cancellations due to COVID-19.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel gets free single-player content today after passing 20m downloads

Less than two months after launch.

5 best meta decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

From Adamancipator to Zoodiac.

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Tin of the Pharaoh’s Gods collects the biggest cards of the last year for the TCG

Final release in mega-set trilogy after Tin of Lost Memories and Tin of Ancient Battles.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel: The best starter deck to choose for beginners

Pick up your first starter deck, unlock structure decks and find out how to get more cards in our guide to Yu-Gi-Oh!’s latest digital offering.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s first in-game event Xyz Festival kicks off next week

It’s pronounced “ex-seez”.

Mobile users can now join 10 million other Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel players

Duels in the decamillions.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist for 2024

Yu better check your decks.

New Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG booster features re-imagining of Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Alongside Dark Magician and Kuriboh.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel finally makes the trading card game more inviting than intimidating

Caught in the trap.

Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-No!? We test our TCG monster knowledge on the Dicebreaker Podcast!

Prepare to have Ghost Beef.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently bigger than GTA 5 and Apex Legends on Steam

Number of concurrent players sees free-to-play card game rocket to third place in the rankings.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel app gets a surprise release on PC and console

Out of the Blue-Eyes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel digital, a stripped-back version of the TCG, is out on Nintendo Switch

Speedy summoning.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Brothers of Legend booster set features cards from the animated series

Including the famous Kuriboh Brothers.

Yu-Gi-Oh! returns to in-person Championship Series, says pandemic safety guidelines coming “at a later date”

It’s time to d-d-d-d-d-mask up.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links adds ARC-V characters and Pendulum Summons to digital card game

Swing and a hit for fans of even more math in their matches.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon booster case sells for $584,000, setting a new record for the TCG

Sealed boxes of first-edition packs for 2002 US release potentially include some of the game's rarest cards.

Pokémon TCG expert talks the collecting boom, celebrity fans and why your cards probably aren’t worth anything

“Almost everyone thinks they have something of value.”

The 11 most rare and expensive Yu-Gi-Oh! cards

From the iconic Blue-Eyes White Dragon to a one-of-a-kind warrior, here are the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of all time.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel looks to be the trading card game’s premier digital experience

Duel ex machina.

Konami ends contract with star football player Antoine Griezmann amid allegations of racism

The official Yu-Gi-Oh ambassador was stripped of his title after a video leaked earlier this month.

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Premium Blue-Eyes White Dragon card is made of silver, already reselling for thousands on eBay

After selling out in a handful of hours.

A Rare Yu-Gi-Oh card prompts exorbitant bidding on a now-cancelled Chinese court auction

Serving Time Wizard.

How would Phoebe Bridgers and Insane Clown Posse RPGs play? D&D rapper Dizzy Roseblade joins the Dicebreaker Podcast to find out!

Rock ‘n’ roll for initiative.

Footballer Antoine Griezmann is now the official ambassador of Yu-Gi-Oh

And apparently a big fan.

Free Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG companion app arrives on mobile, includes duel mode and deck editor

It’s time to d-d-d-d-download.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG organised play heads online with ‘remote duels’ in wake of COVID-19 tournament cancellations

Digital initiative coming to apps Duel Links and Legacy of the Duelist.

How to play the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game: A beginner's guide

Get to grips with the basics of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, from card types and summoning to building your first deck.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship 2020 cancelled in response to coronavirus

All WCS qualifiers suspended and national championships postponed.

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2020 dates announced for this summer

Blue eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s next expansion is bringing back characters from the TV show

Believe in the heart of the cards… again.