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A new Festival format is coming to Master Duel as an event! This time, only Xyz Monsters and Link Monsters are allowed int he Extra Deck! Welcome to the Xyz x Link Festival!
| Event Start | November 14, 2024 |
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| Event End | November 23, 2024 |
Xyz x Link Festival Event Guide & Rewards
The EX-ZERO Festival is making its return to Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel for the first time in over two years! In this event, the Extra Deck is completely forbidden! Only the Main Deck is allowed!
| Event Start | November 18, 2024 |
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| Event End | November 28, 2024 |
EX-ZERO Festival 2024 Event Guide & Rewards
The most recent maintenance period for Master Duel will be on November 7, 2024! This will also be an update to Version 2.1!
November 7 Maintenance & Version Update
A new Selection Packj is set to release on November 7, 2024. This new Card Park marks the debut of the Shining Sarcophagus archetypes, alongside additional support for various archetypes--including Melodius and Madolche!
| Confirmed Cards for Illusion Beast's Roar | |
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 Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction
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 Flowering Etoile the Melodious Magnificat
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 Madolche Queen Tiarafraise
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 Nightmare Apprentice
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 Ultimate Flame Swordsman
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Geas of the Light Selection Pack
In line with the release of more Illusion-type Monsters in the upcoming Selection Pack, a new Secret Pack was released simultaneously on November 7, 2024! The featured archetypes include Chimera and Nightmare!
| Confirmed Cards for Illusion Beast's Roar | |
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 Chimera the Illusion Beast
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 Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts
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 Darkest Diabolos, Lord of the Lair
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 Nightmare Magician
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Nightmare Apprentice
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Illusion Beast's Roar Secret Pack
In line with the release of more support for Madolche in the upcoming Selection Pack, a second new Secret Pack will also be released simultaneously on November 7, 2024! The featured archetypes include Madolche and Nemleria!
| Confirmed Cards for Sugar-Suffused Reverie | |
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 Dreaming Nemleria
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 Sweet Dreams, Nemleria
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 Dream Tower of Princess Nemleria
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 Madolche Queen Tiaramisu
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Madolche Queen Tiarafraise
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Sugar-Suffused Reverie Secret Pack
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has crossed 1000 days since the game's official launch! To celebrate, players can log in for eight days to receive a special gift each time!
| Day # | Campaign Gift |
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| 1 |  Gem x300 |
| 2 |  Geas of the Light Selection Pack Ticket(SR Card Guaranteed) |
| 3 | Gem x300 |
| 4 |  Geas of the Light Selection Pack Ticket
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| 5 | Gem x200 |
| 6 |  Icon: 1000 Days since Launch Celebration |
| 7 | Geas of the Light Selection Pack Ticket
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| 8 | Gem x100 |
 Eclipse Wyvern
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 Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon
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 Ultimate Offering
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Three cards that have been marked as Forbidden since the launch of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel will become craftable for the first time! These cards can only be used in Unlimited Rooms due to their Forbidden status, thus are unallowed in Ranked Duels, Casual Duels and Events.
The Banlist: List of Forbidden & Limited Cards
Another Banlist Update will take effect on November 1, 2024, set to be implemented right after maintenance. Only two cards will have their playability updated!
November 7 2024 Banlist Update
A surprise Banlist Update will take effect on November 1, 2024, hours before the start of Ranked Season 35. Six cards will have their playability updated!
November 1 2024 Banlist Update
To celebrate Halloween, Master Duel is releasing a new Selection Pack with new cards on October 28th, 2024. This Card Pack features a first in Yu-Gi-Oh! history: a simultaneous release of two new cards for the physical card game and in Master Duel!
Tricky Reception Selection Pack
| Confirmed Cards for Tricky Reception | |
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 Hallo, the Spirit of Tricks
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 Ween, the Spirit of Treats
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 Moon of the Closed Heaven
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 Gold Pride - Eradicator
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 Summon Sorceress
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Following its inclusion in the upcoming Tricky Reception Selection Pack, Summon Sorceress will become playable as a Limited card starting on October 28, 2024! This also includes it becoming craftable for the very first time!
Alongside being made playable, Summon Sorceress will have its effect be given an errata. This means how it is played will be fundamentally changed.
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| 2+ monsters with the same Type, except Tokens If this card is Link Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 monster from your hand in Defense Position, to your opponent's zone this card points to. You can target 1 face-up monster this card points to; Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck in Defense Position, with the same Type as that monster, to a zone this card points to, but negate its effects. You can only use this effect of "Summon Sorceress" once per turn. |
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| 2+ monsters with the same Type, except Tokens If this card is Link Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 monster from your hand in Defense Position to your opponent's zone this card points to (but negate its effects), then you can Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck in Defense Position with the same type as that monster (but negate its effects). If you Summon from your Deck this way, you cannot Special Summon for the rest of the turn, except monsters with that same original Type. You can only use this effect of "Summon Sorceress" once per turn. |
In line with the release of more Gold Pride cards in the Selection Pack, a new Secret Pack has also been released starting on October 28, 2024! The featured archetypes include F.A. and Gold Pride!
The Most Dangerous Race of the Cosmos! Secret Pack
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2024 will hold Master Duel as a category for the second year in a row! The absolute best of the best will all meet in Seattle, Washington, USA!
| Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2024 | ||
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| Championship Finals News | Cheer for your Champion! | Finals Results and Rules |
Congratulations to Team 7 for winning the 2024 Master Duel World Championship! They faced off against last year's World Champions snipehunters in a Grand Finals rematch one year in the making!
A new Selection Pack called Outlaws from the Inferno has been released on October 10th, 2024. This new Card Pack features newer support cards for known Decks like Infernoid and Ritual Beast, and features the debut of Goblin Biker and Tenpai Dragon in Master Duel!
| Confirmed Cards for Outlaws from the Inferno | |
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 Goblin Biker Big Gabonga
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 Infernoid Flood
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 Ritual Beast Ulti-Reirautari
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 Flametongue the Burning Blade
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 Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion
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Outlaws from the Inferno Selection Pack
The Duel Pass has refreshed its rewards, and with it comes new rewards to collect!
| Current Duel Pass Duration |
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| September 16, 2024 - November 24, 2024 |
| Duel Pass Rewards | Gold Duel Pass Rewards |
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| Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2024 | ||
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| Championship Finals News | Cheer for your Champion! | Finals Results and Rules |
| Master Duel List of Codes | Mobile Version Release Date |
| Casual Mode Rules and Rewards | Casual Mode Launched |
| Available Consoles |
Xyz x Link Festival Event Guide and Rewards
Updated 11/14/2024
Xyz & Link Monsters are only allowed in the Extra Deck! One of two events to run this November!
EX-ZERO Festival 2024 Event Guide and Rewards
Updated 11/7/2024
The Extra Deck is banned! Rely only on your Main Deck in this rerun of the EX-ZERO Festival!
Geas of the Light Selection Pack Released
Updated 11/7/2024
Flame Swordsman gets retrains! Madolche gets a boss monster! Shining Sarcophagus is here!
Illusion Beast's Roar Secret Pack Released
Updated 11/7/2024
A new Secret Pack coinciding with a Selection Pack: The Illusion-type archetypes are here!
Sugar-Suffused Reverie Secret Pack Released
Updated 11/7/2024
A new Secret Pack coinciding with a Selection Pack: Nemleria and Madolche now have one!
11/07/2024 Maintenance and Version Update Announced
Updated 11/7/2024
Version 2.1 is a mandatory update set to happen after maintenance on November 7th, 2024!
11/07/2024 Banlist Update Announced
Updated 11/5/2024
Only two new cards affected on November 7th, 2024, but one of them is off the Forbidden List!
Tricky Reception Selection Pack Released
Updated 11/7/2024
A new Selection Pack featuring two simultaneously released cards for Halloween!
The Most Dangerous Race of the Cosmos! Secret Pack Released
Updated 11/7/2024
F.A. and Gold Pride are the newest recepients of a Secret Pack, and it even has new cards!
Tryout Duels - Hallo & Ween Event
Updated 10/28/2024
Celebrate Halloween with this new Tryout Duels featuring two new cards!
10/28/2024 Maintenance Announced
Updated 10/28/2024
A new event and new cards are coming after maintenance to celebrate Halloween!
11/01/2024 Banlist Update
Updated 10/22/2024
Six cards have been hit in this latest banlist update. More importantly, Malicious is free!
Outlaws from the Inferno Selection Pack
Updated 11/7/2024
Ritual Beast and Infernoids get support; Tenpai Dragon and Goblin Bikers make their debut!
2024 World Championship
Updated 9/8/2024
Time to crown the Best in the World! 12 teams will compete in Seattle, USA for the WCS Finals!
Deck Tier List November 2024
Updated 11/13/2024
Check out our latest update in the Tier List for Best Decks of November 2024!
Team Battle Mode Guide
Updated 11/9/2023
Compete in 3v3 or 5v5 teams and help your team win!
How to Spot a Bot?
Updated 3/6/2023
Players seem to have encountered a spreading problem in Master Duel.
Mobile Version Release Date
Updated 2/4/2022
Find out when the Mobile Version will release!
Banned and Limited Card List
Updated 11/5/2024
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has a different pool of Banned and Limited cards compared to other versions of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Available Platforms
Updated 11/27/2022
Learn about all the platforms Master Duel is on!
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Deck Archetypes
Deck Tier List: Best Decks for Season 35
| 2024 World Champions: Team 7 | ||
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| Horus Tearlaments | Yubel | Fire King Snake-Eyes |
| Salamangreat | Purrely | Vanquish Soul |
| Decks Used By All Teams in Worlds 2024 | ||
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| snipehunters | CER | Hero's Future |
| BOTB | MYYGO | Thank Love |
| CER 2 x FCG | BRAZ IL | Maxx “Yee” |
| Double Noir | Rogue Ruler | |
| List of All Burn Decks | ||
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| Red-Eyes Burn | Timelord Burn | Chain Burn |
| D.D. Dynamite | Igknight OTK | Cubic |
| Dinosaur Bishbaalkin FTK | Volcanic Snake-Eyes | Transaction Rollback Burn |
| List of All Alternate Win Decks | ||
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| Crooked Cook Exodia | Flower Cardian Exodia | Treasure Panda Exodia |
| Suicide | Defense OTK | |
| Best Cards | ||
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| Best Searchers | Best Hand Traps | |
| Best Board Wipes | Best Negates | |
| Best Fusion Monsters | Best Synchro Monsters | |
| Best Xyz Monsters | Best Link Monsters | |
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is Konami's newest entry to the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise and is taking the world by storm! With new and updated graphics and animations and playability on nearly all consoles, Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is the most advanced entry in the franchise to date!
It was confirmed by Konami's Senior Producer, Kenichi Kataoka, in their official Master Duel trailer that Master Duel will be the next platform for official Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments. If you're looking for a competitive scene to play one of the most famous card games of all time, Master Duel is a great place to get started!
Synchro? Fusion? Link Summon? XYZ? Pendulum? Master Duel has it all! Veterans will feel at home with Master Duel's freedom in deck making, as most of the latest decks will be available (depending on non-banned cards) to the players that are active within the Yu-Gi-Oh competitive scene.
However, this does not mean new players will be left behind! The game offers several guides and tutorials to get you started to catching up with the newest features of Yu-Gi-Oh! And if that's not enough, we at Game8, offer the highest quality Yu-Gi-Oh guides for Master Duel to help you start on your journey!
While consoles need not worry about their device's capability to run the game, PC users will have to check their systems to see if their current machine is capable of playing the game. Below are the required specs for Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel on the PC!
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
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| Required | 64 Bit OS. | 64 Bit OS. |
| OS | Windows 10 Home (64bit) latest revision | Windows 10 Home (64bit) latest revision |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-7300U | Intel Core i5-9400F |
| Ram | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| GPU | Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection | Broadband Internet connection |
| Storage | 16 GB available space | 16 GB available space |
| Sound Card | On Board | On Board |
| Monitor Resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
Recommended specs are from Steam's official Master Duel page.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel's initial release date was on January 18, 2022. While the mobile release date was on January 26, 2022 for select countries, but it is now available worldwide as of February 2nd.
| Platform | Date |
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| PC | January 18, 2022 |
| PS4/PS5 | January 18, 2022 |
| Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S | January 18, 2022 |
| Android/iOS | January 26, 2022 |
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