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| Event Start | April 18, 2024 |
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| Event End | April 30, 2024 |
A brand new event called the Duel Triangle pits three Extra Deck Summoning methods against each other, and only one can reign supreme! Join the fight representing either Fusion, Synchro or Xyz players!
Duel Triangle Event Guide and Rewards
Another round of Tryout Duels has been announced to start on April 26, 2024. This time, the new rules will have the infamous Continuous Trap Card Skill Drain be active on both players' Fields at the start of the Duel!
Tryout Duel: Skill Drain Event
The next maintenance period for Master Duel will be on April 24, 2024!
April 24 2024 Maintenance and Patch Notes
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!
Another banlist update is happening at the very start of Season 29 of Ranked Duels, with three cards currently slated to have playability changed!
A new Selection Pack has been announced to be available starting April 11, 2024, and but this one is special; this Selection Pack release features the debut of the Illusion-type monsters into Master Duel, just a year after they were introduced into the TCG and OCG in 2023!
| Confirmed Cards for Nightmare Arrivals Selection Pack | |
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 Altergeis Adminia
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 Evolzar Lars
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 Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts
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 Fusion Armament
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 Nightmare Magician
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Nightmare Arrivals Selection Pack
The first of the three Secret Packs being added to the game, Rescue Team, Emergency Dispatch! features the Rescue-ACE and Machina archetypes; both Machine-type archetypes with powerful Special Summon effects!
| Confirmed Cards for Rescue Team, Emergency Dispatch! Secret Pack | |
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 Rescue-ACE Hydrant
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 Rescue-ACE Turbulence
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 Machina Citadel
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 Machina Ruinforce
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 Rescue-ACE Preventer
(NEW) |
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Rescue Team, Emergency Dispatch! Secret Pack
The second new Secret Pack being added focuses on the Mikanko Ritual Monsters, as well as a small feature of the Guardian archetype!
| Confirmed Cards for A Dance Dedicated to the Heavens Secret Pack | |
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 Ohime the Manifested Mikanko
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 Guardian Eatos
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 Mikanko Fire Dance
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 Mikanko Water Arabesque
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 Arahime the Manifested Mikanko
(NEW) |
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A Dance Dedicated to the Heavens Secret Pack
The third and final new Secret Pack being added in the April 11 2024 update features two low-level Beast-type archetypes: Melffy and Purrely!
| Confirmed Cards for My Cute Lovely Friends Secret Pack | |
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 Expurrely Happiness
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 Expurrely Noir
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 Melffy of the Forest
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 Joyous Melffys
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 Epurrely Noir
(NEW) |
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My Cute Lovely Friends Secret Pack
Two Secret Packs have received additional cards to their respective card pools. These cards now have a bigger chance to be pulled should players decide to pull on these following card packs!
| New Cards Added to Secret Pack Card Pool |
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Rapid Aircraft Advancement Secret Pack
The next update to the current Forbidden & Limited List is set to take effect on April 11, 2024!
A new Solo Mode Gate has been added under the Terminal World category, and it features one of the most recognizable Warrior archetypes in the game: X-Saber!
Solo Mode Guide: All Rewards
A surprise release after the March 29th Maintenance, Volcanic Arena is the newest Selection Pack to be released in Master Duel!
It features additional support to popular archetypes like Labrynth, Runick and Unchained, niche archetypes such as Xyz Armor and Battlin' Boxer, and the debuts of even more support for the FIRE Affinity!
| Featured Cards for Volcanic Arena Selection Pack | |
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 Volcanic Emperor
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 Number C79: Battlin' Boxer General Kaiser
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 Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer
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 Infernal Flame Banshee
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 Bonfire
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has reached over 60 Million Downloads across all platforms! To celebrate such a milestone, the game has launched a couple of new campaigns and new additions to the in-game shop!
Log into the game for 7 total times during the campaign's duration to receive a special reward each day!
Players do not need to log in consecutively to obtain all the rewards; simply logging in enough times before the end of the campaign is enough to obtain all prizes.
| Day # | Reward |
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| 1 | 300  Gems |
| 2 |  Blazing Arena Selection Pack Ticket (SR Guaranteed) |
| 3 | 200 Gems |
| 4 |  Blazing Arena Selection Pack Ticket |
| 5 | 200 Gems |
| 6 | 200 Gems |
| 7 | Blazing Arena Selection Pack Ticket |
| 8 | 100 Gems |
Special Master Pack bundles have been added to the in-game shop to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game, where special accessories like icons, protectors and monster art wallpapers are also included in the bundle!
They are a limited edition set, however, and are only available in the shop from March 29th to April 24th, 2024!
| Dragon of Pride and Soul | Magicians of Bonds and Unity |
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| Time Left for Bundles in In-Game Shop | |
The winners of the 2024 Card Illustration Popularity poll have finally been added to Master Duel! Buy your favorite for 100 Gems each!
| Dark Magician Girl | Diabellstar the Black Witch | Traptrix Sera |
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A new Selection Pack has been released upon the end of maintenance, featuring additional support to the Resonator and Earthbound archetypes! This also brings the debut of the Tistina archetype in Master Duel!
| Confirmed Cards for Return of the King Selection Pack | |
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 Earthbound Servant Geo Grasha
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 Scarred Dragon Archfiend
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 Tistina, the Divinity that Defies Darkness
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 Tokusano Shinkyojin
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 Transaction Rollback
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Return of the King Selection Pack
It would seem that a brand new function involving codes have been added to the submenu in the main menu! Look out for future codes becoming available in the future; it might contain gifts like accessories or even cards!
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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| 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 - Skill Drain Mini-Event Announced
Updated 4/23/2024
Skill Drain is already active on both players' fields at the start of the Duel in this event!
05/01/2024 Banlist Update Announced
Updated 4/22/2024
For the first time ever, Snake-Eyes has been hit in the banlist of a Yu-Gi-Oh! format!
Wings that Span the Sky Secret Pack Released
Updated 4/24/2024
Floowandereeze and Simorgh finally have their very own Secret Pack in Master Duel!
Raging God of the Sea Secret Pack Released
Updated 4/24/2024
Umi-related Cards, Sharks and Xyz support cards share space in a brand-new Secret Pack!
04/24/2024 Maintenance Announced
Updated 4/24/2024
All the details you need to look at the upcoming maintenance on April 24, 2024!
Duel Triangle Event - Fusion vs. Synchro vs. Xyz
Updated 4/22/2024
It's all out war between Fusion, Synchro and Xyz! This is the first Duel Triangle Event!
Nightmare Arrivals Selection Pack
Updated 4/11/2024
Various archetypes have received support, and Illusion-type monsters make their debut!
Rescue Team Emergency Dispatch! Secret Pack
Updated 4/11/2024
Rescue-ACE and Machina have received their very own Secret Pack!
A Dance Dedicated to the Heavens Secret Pack
Updated 4/24/2024
Two archetypes good with Equip Cards, Mikanko and Guardian, now have a Secret Pack!
My Cute Lovely Friends Secret Pack
Updated 4/24/2024
Melffys get to share a new Secret Pack with another Xyz-centric archetype: Purrely!
Blazing Arena Selection Pack Released
Updated 4/11/2024
FIRE monsters are getting a boost with this Selection Pack, with lots of support cards!
Master Duel's 2nd Anniversary!
Updated 2/16/2024
Blue-Eyes White Dragon is the thematic monster for Master Duel's 2nd birthday
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 April 2024
Updated 4/23/2024
Check out our latest update in the Tier List for Best Decks of April 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 4/22/2024
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 28
| 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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Duel Triangle Event Guide and Rewards
