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Another version of Tryout Duels will go live in Master Duel immediately after the end of the 2024 World Championship Qualifier, and this time it will be following a format from the last format change in 2010!
| Tryout Duels: Time Travel 2010 Links | |
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| Event Rules | Event Format Banlist |
Konami has announced that the 2024 World Championship will be taking place on September 7-8 in the United States!
This will be Master Duel's second appearance in the event, following last year's debut!
The second-ever WCS Qualifiers for the 2024 World Championship is set to take place this June 2024!
| Round 1 Start | June 11, 2024 |
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| Regional Qualifiers | June 21, 2024 |
| Event Ends | June 24, 2024 |
| This event has already concluded. | |
World Championship 2024 Qualifiers Event
With the World Championship 2024 Qualifiers being very close, Master Duel has launched a couple of campaigns for everyone to enjoy! These include special bundles and login bonuses!
The most recent maintenance period for Master Duel was on June 7, 2024!
June 7 2024 Maintenance and Version Update
A banlist has taken effect after maintenance on June 7th, 2024. Eight cards in total have had their playability status changed, just in time for the upcoming World Championship Qualifiers!
A new Selection Pack has been released starting June 7, 2024; this Selection Pack release features the debut of some very powerful cards that have made their rounds in the TCG/OCG scene.
Some of the new cards being added include support for Odd-Eyes and Pendulum monsters, Sky Strikers getting a new boss monster, a new archetype in Vaalmonica, and the much-anticipated Fire King cards that synergize perfectly with the Snake-Eyes archetype!
| Confirmed Cards for Lord of Dimensions Selection Pack | |
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 Selettrice Vaalmonica
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 Odd-Eyes Arcray Dragon
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 Combined Maneuver - Engage Zero!
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 Exceed the Pendulum
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 Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings
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Lord of Dimensions Selection Pack
A second Selection Pack is releasing ont he same day, June 7, 2024. This Selection Pack focuses on powerful cards that have been staples in the Meta since last year; most likely since the previous World Championship Qualifier!
| Confirmed Cards for Victory in Progress Selection Pack | |
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 Effect Veiler
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 Water Enchantress of the Temple
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 Noh-P.U.N.K. Deer Note
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 Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Amazing Dragon
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 Diabellstar the Black Witch
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Victory in Progress Selection Pack
A brand-new Structure Deck has been released, this time highlighting the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and its various support cards from the Photon and Galaxy archetype!
| Confirmed Cards for Origin of the Galaxy Structure Deck | ||
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 Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon
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 Galaxy-Eyes Solflare Dragon
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 Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon
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Origin of the Galaxy Structure Deck
Two cards from the Sky Striker archetype have received special Alternate Card Arts, which are available for a limited time through their Secret Pack, Singular Strike Overthrow!
| Original Card Art | Alternate Card Art |
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 Sky Striker Ace - KagariAvailable since Launch |
 Sky Striker Ace - KagariReleased June 7, 2024 |
 Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage!Available since Launch |
 Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage!Released June 7, 2024 |
A New Selection Pack has been released after maintenance on May 9th, 2024!
This new Card Pack features additional support to Salamangreat and other Cyberse-related archetypes, as well as the debuts of two retrain-centric archetypes in Horus and Memento!
| Confirmed Cards for Revived Legion Selection Pack | |
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 Altergeis Adminia
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 Evolzar Lars
NEW |
 Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts
NEW |
 Fusion Armament
NEW |
 S:P Little Knight
NEW |
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After the maintenance update on April 24 2024, a new Secret Pack has been added to the in-game shop called A Full Course of Magic, providing the Nouvelles and Suship archetypes their very one Secret Pack, among other cards themed around food!
A Full Course of Magic Secret Pack
Two Selection Packs are set to end their availability in the in-game shop at the start of maintenance.
| Selection Packs Ending Availability | |
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 Return of the King |
 Blazing Arena |
There are two new cards added to Master Duel for the first time via Master Pack, where they cannot be obtained anywhere else outside of crafting them.
| Cards Added to Master Pack | |
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 Doomstar Ulka
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 Overexaggeration
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The following cards have been added to their appropriate Secret Packs, added after maintenance on May 9, 2024!
 Denizens of Sacred Tree Grove |
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 Naturia Mole Cricket
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 Naturia Camellia
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 Naturia Blessing
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 Electron Illusions |
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 Evil★Twin's Trouble Sunny
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 Lil-la Rap
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The following cards have been added to the Legacy Pack, added after maintenance on May 9, 2024!
| Cards Added to Legacy Pack | |
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 Hamburger Recipe
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 Hungry Burger
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The Duel Pass has refreshed its rewards, and with it comes new rewards to collect!
| Current Duel Pass Duration |
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| February 7, 2024 - April 21, 2024 |
| Duel Pass Rewards | Gold Duel Pass Rewards |
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| World Championship 2024 Qualifiers Pages | |
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| Event Rules and Rewards | Best Decks |
| Tryout Duels: Time Travel 2010 Links | |
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| Event Rules | Event Format Banlist |
| Master Duel List of Codes | Version 1.8.0 Details and Changes |
| Team Battle Mode Launched | Mobile Version Release Date |
| Casual Mode Rules and Rewards | Casual Mode Launched |
| Available Consoles | - |
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Tryout Duels - Time Travel 2010
Updated 6/24/2024
The next Tryout Duels will be following a format from 2010! Edison format incoming?!
WCS 2024 Qualifiers Event
Updated 6/18/2024
This is Master Duel's second year to hold the WCS Qualifiers, for a chance to play in USA!
Lord of Dimensions Selection Pack
Updated 6/7/2024
This Pack marks the debut of Vaalmonia, and support for Sky Strikers and Fire Kings!
Victory in Progress Selection Pack
Updated 6/7/2024
This Pack has some of the best cards used competitively over the past year!
VS NEW CHALLENGER! Secret Pack
Updated 6/7/2024
Vanquish Soul and Therion are the newest recepients of their own Secret Pack!
Origin of the Galaxy Structure Deck
Updated 6/7/2024
Galaxy-Eyes are now the newest archetype to have their own Structure Deck!
06/07/2024 Banlist Update
Updated 6/7/2024
Eight crucial cards have had their playability adjusted just before the WCS Qualifiers!
06/07/2024 Maintenance
Updated 6/7/2024
Details about the maintenance just before the annual WCS Qualifiers are all found here!
A Full Course of Magic Secret Pack Released
Updated 6/7/2024
Hungry yet? Nouvelles and Suship are the newest recepients of their own Secret Pack!
Revived Legion Selection Pack Released
Updated 6/7/2024
Master Duel now has S:P Little Knight! Horus and Memento are also the newest archetypes!
Version 1.8.0 Update Details
Updated 1/16/2024
Some changes and QOL adjustments have been made ahead of MD's 2nd anniversary!
Deck Tier List June 2024
Updated 6/20/2024
Check out our latest update in the Tier List for Best Decks of June 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 6/7/2024
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 30
| 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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