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Personality:   What is the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME? With the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME you can take part in the exciting card game action seen in the family of Yu-Gi-Oh! TV and comic mega-hits. In this game, two players Duel each other using a variety of Monster, Spell, and Trap Cards to defeat their opponent’s monsters and be the first to drop the other’s LP (Life Points) to 0. Everything you need to start playing is in this Deck, but there are thousands more cards to choose from, so collecting additional cards in Booster Packs will let you customize your Deck and increase your chances of winning! This is the official Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME rulebook. It’s important to learn how to play correctly, so you should read this rulebook before playing if you’re new to the game. Understanding the rules will help you make the best use of your cards, so keep the rulebook handy during your first few game assemble your favorite cards into a Deck that follows these rules: lThe Deck must be 40 to 60 cards. lYou can only have up to 3 copies of the same card in your Deck, Extra Deck and Side Deck combined. Also, some cards are Forbidden, Limited or Semi-Limited in official tournaments. (See page 45 for details.) Try to keep your Deck close to the 40-card minimum. Having a Deck with too many cards makes it hard to draw your best cards when you need them. This Deck is called your Main Deck. This Deck consists of Xyz Monsters, Synchro Monsters and Fusion Monsters, which can be used during the game if you meet certain requirements. The rules for Extra Decks are: lYou can have up to 15 cards in the Extra Deck. lThe Extra Deck can contain Xyz Monsters, Synchro Monsters and Fusion Monsters, in any combination. lThese cards are not counted towards the 40-card minimum limit \\ of your Main Deck. This is a separate Deck of cards you can use to change your Deck during a Match. After each Duel in a Match, you can swap any card from your Side Deck with a card from your Deck and/or Extra Deck to customize your strategy against your opponent. The number of cards in your Side Decks must not exceed 15. The number of cards in your Side Deck before and after you swap any cards must be exactly the same The Game Mat helps you organize your cards during a Duel. When you use your cards you place them on the Game Mat. Different kinds of cards are placed in different Zones. Each Duelist needs their own Game Mat; place them together while Dueling. This combined space is known as “the field.” The Game Mat contained in this product is just for your half of the field. The cards you “control” are the cards on your side of the field. You can also Duel without using the Game Mat as long as you remember where to place the cards. This is where you put your monsters when they’re played. You can have up to 5 cards here. There are 3 ways to position your Monster Cards: face-up Attack Position, face-up Defense Position, and face-down Defense Position. Place the card upright for Attack Position, and sideways for Defense Position. This is where you put Spell & Trap Cards. You can have up to 5 cards here. You place them here face-up to activate them, or place them face-down. Pendulum Monster Cards can be activated in the leftmost and rightmost zones as Spells. This causes the zone you use to also become a Pendulum Zone for as long as the Pendulum Monster Card is there. (See page 23 for details on Pendulum Monster Cards.) When Monster Cards are destroyed, and when Spell & Trap Cards are used, they’re sent face-up to this space. The contents of both players’ Graveyards are public knowledge, and your opponent can look through yours at any time during the Duel. The order of the cards in the Graveyard should not be changed. Graveyard is shortened in the card text to “GY”. Your Deck is placed face-down in this space. You draw cards from here to add to your hand. If a card effect requires you to reveal cards from your Deck, or look through it, shuffle it and put it back in this space afterwards. Special Spell Cards called Field Spell Cards are played here. Each player can have 1 Field Spell Card on their own side of the field. To use another Field Spell, send your previous one to the Graveyard. Field Spell Cards do not count towards the 5-card limit of your Spell & Trap Zone. Place your Extra Deck face-down in this space. You can look at the cards in your own Extra Deck during the game. During a Duel, Extra Deck Monsters may be Summoned to the field from here using special methods. Pendulum Monster Cards that would be sent from the field to the Graveyard are placed face-up here. Field Zone This is where you put your monsters that are Summoned to the field by special methods from the Extra Deck, like Link Monsters and Fusion Monsters. Normally, each player can only use 1 of these zones. A monster placed in this zone does not count towards the 5-monster limit of your Main Monster Zone. Monster Cards are used to battle and defeat your opponent. Battles between Monster Cards are the foundation of any Duel. There are many kinds of Monster Cards. This game is more than a simple slugfest, so monsters with high Attack and Defense Points will not be enough. There are also monsters with strong special effects even though their ATK and DEF points are low. Therefore, your success in a Duel depends on how skillfully you can make use of the different kinds of cards. Let’s take a look at the different kinds of monsters. his effect is active while the Effect Monster Card is face-up on the field. The effect starts when the face-up monster appears on the field, and ends once that monster is gone or is no longer face-up; there is no trigger for its activation. These monsters are most useful if you have a strategy to protect them while they are on the field. Monsters with 2000 or less ATK cannot declare an attack. Example 8 9 Game Cards Game Cards Ignition Effect You use this type of effect just by declaring its activation during your Main Phase. (See Turn Structure, page 30.) There are some Ignition Effects that have a cost to activate, like discarding cards from your hand, Tributing a monster, or paying LP. Because you can choose when to activate this type of effect, it’s easy to create combos with them. You can Tribute this card, then target 1 monster on the field; destroy that target. Example Quick Effect These are special monster effects that you can activate even during your opponent’s turn. These types of effects have a Spell Speed of 2, even though all other monster effects have a Spell Speed of 1. (See Spell Speed, page 41.) Since it’s difficult for your opponent to predict these cards, they can give them an unexpected surprise. (Formerly called Multi-Trigger Effects.) When an effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can target 1 card in your Graveyard; Special Summon it. Example Trigger Effect These effects are activated at specific times, such as “during the Standby Phase” or “when this monster is destroyed”. These cards can make for some great combos, but it’s easier for your opponent to predict what will happen, so they might try to stop you. When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: Target 1 card on the field; destroy that target. Example Flip Effect Flip effect is a part of the Trigger Effect. This is an effect that is activated when a face-down card is flipped face-up. This can happen when it is Flip Summoned, attacked while face-down, or flipped face-up by a card effect. These effects start with the word “FLIP:” on the card. When you have a face-down monster, your opponent must be wary because they don’t know if it has a Flip effect or not. FLIP: Draw 1 card. A Link Monster is a new kind of monster with the ability to increase the number of monsters you can Summon from your Extra Deck. In addition to the 1 Extra Monster Zone you can usually use, you can also Summon monsters from the Extra Deck to any of your Main Monster Zones that has a Link Monster’s red arrow pointing to it. LINK Rating - This is the number of Link Arrows that monster has and the number of monsters needed to Summon it. Link Arrows - A Link Monster can apply its effects on cards or zones that its lit-up, red Link Arrows point to. When a Link Monster’s red arrow points to a monster, those monsters are “linked”. When two Link Monsters have red arrows that point at each other, they are “co-linked”. Link Materials - These are the Link Materials you need to Summon this Monster. Use this “recipe” printed here to Link Summon this monster. HOW TO LINK SUMMON Check the materials of the Link Monster you want to Summon. During your Main Phase, declare that you are Link Summoning, send a number of face-up monsters from your field to the Graveyard equal to the Link Rating of that Link Monster. They must also match the material requirements listed in the monster’s “recipe” written on the card. Place the Link Monster from your Extra Deck in the Extra Monster Zone, or one of your Main Monster Zones that another Link Monster is pointing to. If 2 Extra Monster Zones are available, you can choose either one to Summon your monster. If there is a Link Monster already on the field, you can Link Summon a monster in one of your zones it points to. 12 13 LINK MONSTERS LINK MONSTERS LINK MONSTER BONUSES Link Monsters already on the field make great material! Normally, 1 monster equals 1 Link Material. But when you use a Link Monster as material for another Link Summon, you can count it as either 1 monster, or as a number of monsters equal to its Link Rating. For example, if you want to Summon a Link 3 monster that requires 2 or more materials in its “recipe”, you can either use 3 monsters (each counts as 1 material) or else a Link 2 Link Monster (counts as 1 or 2 materials) and a second monster (counts as 1 material). Special Summon to the Main Monster Zones Monsters Summoned from the Extra Deck normally have to go in the Extra Monster Zone. But Link Monsters open up more zones for you to use, because every Main Monster Zone that a Link Monster points to can also be used to Summon monsters from your Extra Deck. Monsters that started in the Extra Deck, but later end up in the Graveyard (or are banished) and are Summoned from there, also go in the Main Monster Zones (and don’t need a Link Monster to point to them). Special Summon monsters from your Extra Deck in these zones! Link Monsters have no DEF and cannot ever be in Defense Position. They can’t be changed to Defense Position by a card effect. They can’t even be flipped into face-down Defense Position. If your opponent has a monster in the Extra Monster Zone, it’s still a monster they control so you can’t attack directly. You have to battle and destroy all their monsters first, including the one in the Extra Monster Zone. If you take control of your opponent’s monster in the Extra Monster Zone, it moves to your Main Monster Zone. When it goes back to your opponent, it goes to their Main Monster Zone, not the Extra Monster Zone. As long as the materials meet the requirements of the Link Monster you want to Summon, you can use a Token or Trap Card that is treated as a monster as the Link Material. Remember that when you Link Summon, you need to meet 3 goals: The amount of materials you use matches the Link Rating (Link Monsters count as 1 OR their own Link Rating). The number of materials you use meets the number specified in the materials line or “recipe”. The materials match any other requirements in the materials line (such as only Effect Monsters, or only a specific Type of monster) endulum Monster Cards are a unique kind of card that blurs the line between Monsters and Spells! They can be Summoned as monsters to attack or defend, or you can activate them as Spell Cards in your Pendulum Zones to activate extra special abilities and allow you to Pendulum Summon! Pendulum Effect - When you play this card as a Spell Card in your Pendulum Zone, this is its effect. Some Pendulum Monster Cards may not have Pendulum Effects. During your Main Phase, activate Pendulum Monster Cards as Spell Cards in your leftmost and rightmost Spell & Trap Zones. These Spell & Trap Zones also become Pendulum Zones. After you have one in each Pendulum Zone, once per turn during your Main Phase, declare that you’re Pendulum Summoning. Check the Pendulum Scales on the sides of your 2 Pendulum Monster Cards, then Special Summon as many monsters as you want from your hand and as many faceup Pendulum Monsters from your Extra Deck, whose Levels are in between those Pendulum Scales. Whenever one of your Pendulum Monster Cards on the field (regardless of which Zone it is in, or even if it is a monster or not) would be sent to the Graveyard, place it face-up on your Extra Deck instead. You can Pendulum Summon it back to the field later! Monsters Pendulum Summoned from the Extra Deck must be Summoned to the Extra Monster Zone or your Main Monster Zone pointed to by a Link Monster. HOW TO PENDULUM SUMMON Monster Effect - When you play this card as a regular Monster Card, this is its effect. Some Pendulum Monster Cards may not have monster effects. Pendulum Scale - Pendulum Scale is a number that determines which monsters you can Special Summon during a Pendulum Summon. The Pendulum Scale of this card is 1. You can Special Summon monsters with Levels 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. yz Monsters (pronounced “ikseez”) are a powerful kind of monster! You can Summon an Xyz Monster whenever you control monsters that are the same Level. Xyz Monsters start in your Extra Deck, not in your Main Deck, and wait for you to call them into action. Materials needed for an Xyz Summon Xyz Monster’s Rank - This is the Rank of your Xyz Monster. Xyz Monsters have Ranks instead of Levels. Stronger Xyz Monsters have higher Ranks. This is a Rank 4 Xyz Monster. Xyz Materials - These are the Xyz Materials you need to Summon this monster. You use 2 Level 4 Monsters as the Xyz Materials to Summon this monster. Xyz Materials must be face-up before you can use them. Xyz Summoning is your cool and easy way to Special Summon Xyz Monsters from your Extra Deck. Here’s how to do it! Choose an Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck that you have the right Xyz Materials for. The Xyz Materials should be face-up on your field. During your Main Phase, declare that you are Xyz Summoning and stack the Xyz Materials on top of each other. Take the Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck and put it on top of the stacked Xyz Materials in the Extra Monster Zone in face-up Attack or Defense Position. LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Xyz Summon! If there is a Link Monster on the field, you can Xyz Summon a monster in one of your zones it points to. When an Xyz Monster tells you to “detach” a material, take one of the stacked Xyz Material cards beneath your Xyz Monster and put it in the Graveyard Synchro Monsters are placed in the Extra Deck, separate from the Main Deck. You can Special Summon a powerful Synchro Monster to the field in an instant just by using the Levels of your monsters. They can be Synchro Summoned from the Extra Deck by sending 1 face-up “Tuner” monster and any number of face-up non-Tuner monsters from your field to the Graveyard, when the sum of all their Levels is exactly equal to the Level of the Synchro Monster. HOW TO SYNCHRO SUMMON During your Main Phase, you can declare a Synchro Summon when the combined total Levels of 1 face-up Tuner monster and any number of other face-up monsters you control are equal to the Level of the Synchro Monster you want to Synchro Summon. LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 5 In order to Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster, you need 1 Tuner (look for “Tuner” next to its Type). The Tuner monster and other face-up monsters you use for the Synchro Summon are called Synchro Materials. The sum of their Levels is the Level of Synchro Monster you can Summon. After double-checking the Level of the Synchro Monster you want, send the face-up Synchro Materials from your field to the Graveyard. After sending the Synchro Materials from the field to the Graveyard, take the Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck and play it in the Extra Monster Zone in face-up Attack or Defense Position. If there is a Link Monster on the field, you can Synchro Summon a monster in one of your zones it points to. TUNER MONSTERS FOR SYNCHRO SUMMON TUNER MONSTERS FOR SYNCHRO SUMMON Fusion Monsters are also placed in your Extra Deck (not in your Main Deck). They are Summoned by using the specific monsters listed on the card (called Fusion Materials) combined with a Summoning card like Polymerization. They usually have special abilities and very high Attack Points as well. Since Fusion Summons require specific cards, be sure and include those necessary cards in your Main Deck! Ritual Monsters are special monsters that are Special Summoned with a specific Ritual Spell Card, along with a required Tribute. Ritual Monster Cards are placed in the Main Deck and cannot be Summoned unless you have all the proper cards together in your hand or on the field. Ritual Monsters generally have high ATK and DEF and some have special abilities, just like Fusion Monsters. If you have all the Fusion Materials listed on the Fusion Monster Card, in the places specified on your Summoning card, you can activate your Summoning card by placing it in your Spell & Trap Zone. Send the Fusion Materials to the Graveyard, then take the appropriate Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck and play it in the Extra Monster Zone in either face-up Attack or Defense Position. Finally, place your Summoning card in the Graveyard. (If another card effect causes your Fusion Materials to be sent to a place other than the Graveyard when your Summoning card resolves, send them to that other place, but the Fusion Summon still happens anyway.) When you have a Ritual Spell Card, along with the matching Ritual Monster Card, in your hand, along with the required Tribute (as listed on the Ritual Spell Card), you can activate the Ritual Spell Card, placing it in the Spell & Trap Zone. If the activation of the Ritual Spell Card is successful, Tribute monsters by sending them from your hand or the field to the Graveyard. The Ritual Spell Card will list the required amount to Tribute. After sending the Tributed monsters to the Graveyard, play the Ritual Monster Card in your Main Monster Zone in either face-up Attack or Defense Position. Finally, place the Ritual Spell Card in the Graveyard. There are several ways to play monsters onto the field. These ways can be categorized into 2 groups: actions that can be done only once per turn, and actions that can be done multiple times per turn. This is the most common way to Summon a monster. Simply play a Monster Card from your hand onto the field in face-up Attack Position. All Normal Monsters, and most Effect Monsters (unless they have a specific restriction), can be Summoned in this way. Summoning Monster Cards You can do one of these once per turn You can do as many of these during a turn as you want Normal Summon You can change a face-down Defense Position monster into faceup Attack Position, without using a card effect. This is called a Flip Summon. When you Flip Summon, you cannot change the monster to face-up Defense Position, only to face-up Attack Position. A Monster Card cannot be Flip Summoned in the same turn that it was Set onto the field. You cannot use most monsters’ effects until they are face-up. Some monsters can be played onto the field without being Normal Summoned or Set. This is called a Special Summon. Pendulum Summons, Xyz Summons, Synchro Summons, Fusion Summons and Ritual Summons are all Special Summons. Some Effect Monsters also have specific conditions that allow you to Special Summon them. Unless otherwise specified, a Special Summoned monster is played onto the field in your choice of face-up Attack Position or face-up Defense Position. Monsters can also be Special Summoned onto the field through the effect of another card. This is different from “Special Summon Monsters.” You cannot use a card effect to Special Summon those monsters from your hand, Deck, or the Graveyard unless it was properly Special Summoned first. For example, if a Synchro Monster is sent from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard without being Synchro Summoned, you cannot use a Spell Card to Special Summon it from the Graveyard, because Synchro Monsters have to be properly Special Summoned first, before they can be Special Summoned by another card’s effect. Flip Summon Special Summon Special Summon with a Card’s Effect Level 5, 6 Level 7 or higher 1 Tribute 2 Tributes  To play a Monster Card from your hand in face-down Defense Position is called a Normal Set. A monster Normal Set on the field is NOT considered Summoned. It has been Normal Set, and can be Summoned with a Flip Summon or flipped face-up by an attack or card effect. Remember, you can only Normal Summon OR Normal Set (Normal Summon/Set, in short), once per turn, so if you Normal Set a monster you cannot also Normal Summon a monster that turn. Note: You cannot play a monster from your hand onto the field in face-up Defense Position. Normal Set  For monsters that are Level 5 or higher, you must Tribute at least 1 monster you control before the Normal Summon/Set. This is called a Tribute Summon. Monsters that are Level 5 or 6 require 1 Tribute and Monsters that are Level 7 or higher require 2 Tributes. remember, cards with the same name are considered to be the same card, and you can only have up to 3 copies of the same card in your Main Deck and Side Deck combined. Instead of having an Attribute symbol like Monster Cards, a Spell Card has the “SPELL 魔” symbol and a Trap Card has the “TRAP 罠” symbol. Each card’s activation conditions and effects are provided here. Read the card description carefully and follow the instructions. A card’s identification number is found here. This number is useful for collecting, and for sorting your collection. There are 6 types of icons that represent special properties a Spell or Trap Card may have. Spell and Trap Cards without an icon are called Normal Spell Cards or Normal Trap Cards. Equip Field Quick-Play Ritual Continuous Counter Normal Spell Cards have single-use effects. To use a Normal Spell Card, announce its activation to your opponent, placing it face-up on the field. If the activation succeeds, then you resolve the effect written on the card. After resolving the effect, send the card to the Graveyard. These Spell Cards are used to perform Ritual Summons. Use these cards in the same way as you would use Normal Spell Cards. These cards remain on the field once they are activated, and their effect continues while the card stays face-up on the field. By using Continuous Spell Cards, you can create lasting positive effects with a single card, which is great but there’s the chance that the opponent will remove it from the field before you benefit from the effect. These are special Spell Cards that can be activated during any Phase of your turn, not just your Main Phase. You can also activate them during your opponent’s turn if you Set the card face-down first, but then you cannot activate the card in the same turn you Set it. These cards give an extra effect to 1 face-up monster of your choice (either your own or your opponent’s, depending on the card). They remain on the field after they are activated. The Equip Spell Card affects only 1 monster (called the equipped monster), but still occupies one of your Spell & Trap Zones. If possible, place it in the zone directly behind the equipped monster to help you remember. If the equipped monster is destroyed, flipped face-down, or removed from the field, its Equip Cards are destroyed. These cards go in your Field Zone and stay there. Each player can have 1 Field Spell Card on their own side of the field. To use another Field Spell, send your previous one to the Graveyard. Many Field Spell effects apply to BOTH players. These cards may be placed facedown in the Field Zone, but are not active until flipped face-up Just like Continuous Spell Cards, Continuous Trap Cards remain on the field once they are activated and their effects continue while they are face-up on the field. Some Continuous Trap Cards have abilities similar to the Ignition Effects or Trigger Effects that can be found on Effect Monster Cards. Continuous Trap Cards can have effects that limit your opponent’s options, or that slowly damage your opponent’s LP. Counter Trap Cards These Trap Cards are normally activated in response to the activation of other cards, and may have abilities like negating the effects of those cards. These types of Traps are effective against Normal Spell Cards or Normal Trap Cards, which are otherwise hard to stop, however many Counter Trap Cards require a cost to activate them. Normal Trap Cards Before you can activate a Trap Card, you must Set it on the field first. You cannot activate a Trap in the same turn that you Set it, but you can activate it at any time after that—starting from the beginning of the next turn. Normal Trap Cards have single-use effects and once their effects are resolved, they will be sent to the Graveyard, just like Normal Spell Cards. They are also similar to Normal Spell Cards because once activated, their effects are not likely to be stopped. However, your opponent can destroy your face-down Trap Cards on the turn they were Set, or before the time is right to activate them. Because of this, you must be smart about how you use your Trap Cards. <<< Trap Cards Trap Cards will help you out with different effects, just like Spell Cards. The big difference between them is that you can activate Trap Cards during your opponent’s turn. Many Spell Cards have effects useful for offense, but Trap Cards have the ability to surprise the opponent by disrupting their attacks and strategies. Using Trap Cards can sometimes be tricky, since your opponent might have to do certain things before you can unleash them. Spell Cards can be Set face-down on the field like Trap Cards. However, the rules for the two types of cards are different. Spell Cards can be activated during the Main Phases even in the same turn that you Set them (except for Quick-Play Spell Cards). Setting them does not allow you to use them on your opponent’s turn; they still can only be activated during your Main Phase. You can Set a Spell Card face-down on the field to bluff your opponent into thinking you have a powerful Trap A single game is called a Duel, and a Duel ends when one player wins or the game ends in a draw. Duels are played in sets of 3 called a Match, and the winner of best 2-out-of-3 wins the Match. How to Duel and How to Win Each player starts a Duel with 8000 LP (Life Points). You win a Duel if: you reduce your opponent’s LP to 0; if your opponent is unable to draw a card; or if a card’s special effect says you win. If you and your opponent both reach 0 LP at the same time, the Duel is declared a draw. Winning a Duel Before starting a Duel, follow these 4 steps. Also, make sure you have all your extra items that your Deck might need, like a coin or counters. Preparing to Duel • Reduce your opponent’s LP to 0. • Your opponent is unable to draw a card when they are supposed to draw. • Win with a card’s special effect. Victory Conditions After greeting your opponent, shuffle your Deck thoroughly. Then you may shuffle and cut your opponent’s Deck (be careful when touching your opponent’s cards). After cutting, place the Decks face-down in the proper Deck Zones on the field. If using an Extra Deck with Xyz Monsters, Synchro Monsters or Fusion Monsters, place it face-down in the Extra Deck Zone. Both players show each other their Side Decks, and record the number of cards in it, also confirming that they have 15 or fewer cards (the cards should be counted face-down). If you exchange cards between your Side and Main Decks after a Duel, count the cards of your Side Deck for your opponent again to show that the number of your cards remain the same. Play rock-paper-scissors or flip a coin. The winner decides to go first or second in the Duel. For your next Duels, the loser of the previous Duel decides who goes first. If the previous Duel ended in a tie, determine who starts first in the next Duel with another coin toss, etc. Finally, draw 5 cards from the top of your Deck; this is your starting hand. A Duel progresses in a series of turns which are divided into phases. Prepare to Duel 1st Player’s turn Draw Phase Standby Phase Main Phase 1 Battle Phase Main Phase 2 End Phase 2nd Player’s turn If no battles are conducted Main Action in this Phase Possible Other Actions Draw 1 Card (except for the very 1st turn of the Duel). Activate Trap Cards, Quick-Play Spell Cards, etc. Some cards have effects that activate, or costs you must pay, in the Standby Phase. If you do not have any of these cards on the field, you can still activate Trap Cards or Quick-Play Spell Cards before moving on to your Main Phase 1. Standby Phase Main Action in this Phase Possible Other Actions Resolve card effects that happen in this phase Activate Trap Cards, Quick-Play Spell Cards, etc. This is the first phase. The player whose turn it is (the “turn player”) draws 1 card from the top of their Deck. A player with no cards left in their Deck and unable to draw loses the Duel. After you draw, Trap Cards or Quick-Play Spell Cards can be activated before proceeding to the Standby Phase. IMPORTANT: The player who goes first cannot draw during the Draw Phase of their first turn. Draw Phase 34 35 How To Play How To Play Now it’s time to battle with your Monster Cards! This phase is divided into steps. You do not have to conduct a Battle Phase every turn, even if you have a monster on the field. IMPORTANT: The player who goes first cannot conduct their Battle Phase on their first turn. Battle Phase There is no limit to the number of times you can Flip Summon or Special Summon during a turn, but you can only Normal Summon or Set a monster (including a Tribute Summon) once per turn. Main Phase 1 Possible Actions in this Phase Summon or Set a Monster This includes Flip Summoning a monster, or changing the position of a face-up monster to face-up Attack or Defense Position. You can change the position of each monster you control, except in three cases. 1. You cannot change the battle position of a monster that was played onto the field this turn. 2. You cannot change it in Main Phase 2 if the monster attacked during the Battle Phase. 3. You cannot change it if you have already changed its battle position once this turn. Change Your Monsters’ Battle Positions You can activate Spell and Trap Cards, or the effects of Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster Cards as many times as you want during this phase, as long as you can keep paying any costs involved. Active a Card or Effect You can Set Spell and Trap Cards face-down in your Spell & Trap Zone during this phase, as long as you have space. Set Spell Cards and Trap Cards Possible Actions in this Phase Battle with monsters Activate Trap Cards and QuickPlay Spell Cards Start step Battle Step End Step Damage Step Flow of the Battle Phase The Battle Phase is split into 4 steps and is conducted in the order shown in the diagram. The Battle Step and Damage Step are repeated each time you attack with a monster. This is when you play most of your cards: you can Normal Summon, Set, or change the battle position of a monster, activate a card’s effect, and Set Spell and Trap Cards. These actions can be done in any order you want, but some actions have restrictions. 36 37 How To Play  How To Play After you’ve announced your attacking monster and the attack target monster during a Battle Step, the attack target might be removed from the field, or a new monster may be played onto the opponent’s side of the field before the Damage Step, due to a card’s effect. This causes a “Replay.” When this occurs, you can choose to attack with the same monster again, or choose to attack with a different monster, or choose not to attack at all. Note that if you attack with a different monster, the first monster is still considered to have declared an attack, and it cannot attack again this turn. Replay Rules during the Battle Step This step starts the Battle Phase. The turn player should announce “I’m entering the Battle Phase.” Remember, the player who goes first cannot conduct a Battle Phase in their very first turn. Start Step Select 1 monster on your side of the field to attack with, and 1 of your opponent’s monsters as your attack target, and then declare the attack. If your opponent does not have any monsters on the field, you can attack directly. Play then proceeds to the Damage Step. Afterwards, the attacking player returns to the Battle Step, and repeats this procedure. Each face-up Attack Position monster you control is allowed 1 attack per turn. You do not have to attack with a monster if you don’t want to. Battle Step In this step, the players calculate the result of the battle and whatever damage is done. (See “Monster Battle Rules”, page 37.) After finishing the Damage Step, return to the Battle Step. Damage Step After you’ve resolved all your battles by repeating the Battle and Damage Steps, and you have no more monsters you want to attack with, announce to your opponent that you are ending your Battle Phase. End Step Declare your attacking monster and your attack target monster. A replay happens! Re-select a target monster. The monsters your opponent controls change before the Damage Step. 38 39 4 Battles and Chains    Battles and Chains How To Play Monster Battle Rules Main Phase 2 If you conducted your Battle Phase, your turn moves to Main Phase 2 afterwards. The actions a player can perform in this phase are the same as in Main Phase 1. However, if the player already did something in Main Phase 1 that has a limit to the number of times it can be done, the player cannot do it again in Main Phase 2. Consider if you want to activate and Set Spell & Trap Cards, or Summon or Set a monster (if you didn’t do that in Main Phase 1) based on your situation after the Battle Phase. Use this phase to prepare for the opponent’s turn. End Phase Announce the end of your turn, and if there are any cards on the field which say “…during the End Phase…” in their text, resolve those effects in this phase. If you have more than 6 cards in your hand at the end of this phase, select and discard cards to the Graveyard until you only have 6 cards in your hand. Possible Actions in this Phase Summon or Set a monster Change your monsters’ battle positions Active a card or effect Set Spell Cards and Trap Cards Actions in this Phase Resolve card effects which activate in this phase Discard if you have more than 6 cards in hand Possible Other Actions in this Phase Activate Trap Cards and Quick-Play Spell Cards DAMAGE STEP RULES During the Damage Step, you can only activate Counter Trap Cards, or cards with effects that directly change a monster’s ATK or DEF. Also, these cards can only be activated up until the start of damage calculation. Limitations on Activating Cards If you attack a face-down Defense Position monster, flip the card to face-up Defense Position in the Damage Step. Now you can see the monster’s DEF and then calculate damage. Attacking a Face-Down Card When an attacked monster is flipped face-up, any Flip effects are activated and resolved after damage calculation. If you need to select a monster for the Flip effect to target, you cannot target a monster that has already been destroyed during damage calculation. Activation of a Flip Effect During the Damage Step, there are limits on what cards you can activate. Also, during the Damage Step, Flip effects resolve a bit differently than they normally do. For more info on the Damage Step, please visit: www.yugioh-card.com/en/gameplay/damage\_step/ 40 41 VS. VS. Battles and Chains Battles and Chains You calculate battle damage based on the battle position of the monster you are attacking. If you attack an Attack Position monster, compare ATK vs. ATK. If you attack a Defense Position monster, compare your monster’s ATK vs. the attacked monster’s DEF. When your attacking monster’s ATK is higher than the ATK of the opponent’s monster, the attacking monster destroys the opponent’s monster and sends it to the Graveyard. The amount that your attacking monster’s ATK exceeds the ATK of your opponent’s monster is subtracted from your opponent’s LP as battle damage. When your attacking monster’s ATK is equal to the ATK of the opponent’s monster, the result is considered a tie, and both monsters are destroyed. Neither player takes any battle damage. When your attacking monster’s ATK is lower than the ATK of the opponent’s monster, the attacking monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. The amount that the opponent’s monster’s ATK exceeds the ATK of your attacking monster is subtracted from your LP as battle damage. When your attacking monster’s ATK is higher than the DEF of the opponent’s monster, the attacking monster destroys the opponent’s monster and sends it to the Graveyard. Neither player takes any battle damage. When your attacking monster’s ATK is equal to the DEF of the opponent’s monster, neither monster is destroyed. Neither player takes any battle damage. When your attacking monster’s ATK is lower than the DEF of the opponent’s monster, neither monster is destroyed. The amount that the opponent’s monster’s DEF exceeds the ATK of your attacking monster is subtracted from your LP as battle damage. If there are no monsters on your opponent’s side of the field, you can attack directly. The full amount of your attacking monster’s ATK is subtracted from the opponent’s LP as battle damage. When You Attack an Attack Position Monster ATK of Attacking Monster ATK of Opponent’s Monster ATK of Attacking Monster DEF of Opponent’s Monster WIN TIE LOSE WIN TIE LOSE If Your Opponent Has No Monsters DETERMINING DAMAGE When You Attack a Defense Position Monster 42 43 Battles and Chains Battles and Chains Chains and Spell Speed Chains are a way to order the resolution of multiple card effects. They are used when the effects of more than 1 card are activated at once (see page 46), or when a player wants to use an effect after a card has been played, but BEFORE that card has an effect on the game. If a card’s effect is activated, the opponent is always given a chance to respond with a card effect of their own, creating a Chain. If your opponent responds with an effect, then you can choose to respond and add another effect to the Chain. If your opponent does not respond, you may activate a second effect and create a Chain to your own card’s activation. Both players continue to add effects to the Chain until they both wish to add nothing else, then you resolve the outcome in reverse order – starting with the last card that was activated. You must always be careful not to resolve the effects of your cards before asking your opponent if they wish to make a Chain. WHAT IS A CHAIN? Every type of card effect has a Spell Speed between 1 and 3. If you want to respond to a card effect in a Chain, you have to use an effect with Spell Speed 2 or higher, and it cannot have a lower Spell Speed than the effect you are responding to. Please see page 41 for an introduction to each type of card’s Spell Speed. SPELL SPEED Spell, Trap, and Effect Monster effects have different Spell Speeds. There are Spell Speeds from 1 to 3. You can only respond with an effect if it is Spell Speed 2 or higher, and has an equal or greater Spell Speed than the effect on the Chain Link before it.  This is the slowest of all Spell Speeds. These cards cannot be activated in response to any other effects. Typically, these effects cannot be Chain Link 2 or higher, unless multiple Spell Speed 1 effects are activated simultaneously. Spell Speed 1 These cards can be used to respond to a Spell Speed 1 or 2 effect, and can typically be activated during any phase. Spell Speed 2 This is the fastest of all Spell Speeds and can be used to respond to a card of any Spell Speed. Only another Spell Speed 3 card may be used to respond to these cards. Spell Speed 3 Spells (Normal, Equip, Continuous, Field, Ritual), Effect Monster’s effects (Ignition, Trigger, and Flip) Traps (Normal, Continuous), Quick-Play Spells, Effect Monster’s Quick Effects Counter Trap Spell Speeds 44 45 Battles and Chains 3 2 1 Battles and Chains How a Chain Works \[Chain Complete\] \[Chain Link 4\] \[Chain Link 3\] \[Chain Link 2\] \[Chain Link 1\] Spell Speed 2 or 3 card used against Chain Link 3 Spell Speed 2 or 3 card used against Chain Link 2 Spell Speed 2 or 3 card used against Chain Link 1 Spell Speed 1 or 2 card that’s used As shown in the diagram above, the first effect activated is Chain Link 1. The next effect is Chain Link 2, and so on. Every time a new Chain Link is made, they are stacked up in the order that the cards are activated. Once the Chain is completed, the outcome is resolved starting with the most recent card to be activated at the top of the Chain and proceeding down to Chain Link 1. Order of activation Order of resolution Player A plays “Heavy Storm” and Player B responds by activating their Set “Threatening Roar.” Then, Player A responds to that by activating “Seven Tools of the Bandit.” In this case, Chain Links are stacked up as seen below. EXAMPLE OF A CHAIN Chain Link Chain Link Chain Link “Seven Tools of the Bandit” Negates the effect of “Threatening Roar” Spell Speed 3 “Threatening Roar” Prevents the opponent from declaring attacks this turn. Spell Speed 2 “Heavy Storm” Destroys all Spell and Trap Cards on the field. Spell Speed 1 ”Seven Tools of the Bandit” (Chain Link 3) is resolved first and negates the activation of “Threatening Roar.” “Threatening Roar” (Chain Link 2) would then be resolved, but the effect of “Seven Tools of the Bandit” stops its activation. The turn player will still be able to declare attacks. Then the effect of “Heavy Storm” (Chain Link 1) is resolved successfully, destroying all Spell and Trap Cards on the field, allowing the turn player to attack without interference from Spell or Trap Cards. 46 47 Other Rules 5 Other Rules  Normally, your Deck (including Extra Deck and Side Deck) can contain up to 3 copies of a card that has the same name. However, certain cards have specific quantity restrictions that further limit the number that can be included in a Deck. There are 3 types of restrictions: Limited cards are restricted to 1 copy in a Deck, while Semi-Limited cards are restricted to 2 copies in a Deck. Forbidden cards are not allowed to be included at all. The list of Forbidden and Limited cards is updated regularly and is posted on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Official Website. This list is applied to official tournaments so please check it before participating. Official Website: www.yugioh-card.com Forbidden & Limited Cards  Monster Tokens are monsters that appear on the field as the result of a card’s effect. They are not included in the Deck, and cannot be sent anywhere other than the field, such as the hand or Graveyard. When a Token is destroyed or returned to the hand or Deck, they are simply removed from the field instead. You can use official Token cards or use coins, card sleeves, or any similar marker (as long as it can indicate Attack Position or Defense Position) as Monster Tokens and play them in Monster Zones. Each Monster Token takes up 1 of your 5 Monster Zones. Their battle position is always either face-up Attack Position or faceup Defense Position. Tokens cannot be used as an Xyz Material. Tokens on the field are treated as Normal Monsters. Monster Tokens Battles and Chains The turn player always starts with Priority, or the choice to activate a card first, in each phase or step of their turn. As long as the turn player has Priority, the opponent cannot activate cards or effects, except for effects that activate automatically, like Trigger or Flip effects. The turn player can either: TURN PLAYER’S PRIORITY A player must pass Priority to the opponent when moving on to the next phase or step. Strictly speaking, you would always declare that you’re passing Priority before the end of every phase and step, and ask your opponent if they wish to play a card. However, for ease of play, announcing the end of your phases or steps implies giving up Priority. Therefore, when announcing the end of a phase, your opponent can just say “Before the end of your phase, I activate this card” and use a card. • Use Priority to play a card or activate an effect OR • Pass Priority to the opponent so they can activate an effect. • The turn player starts with Priority to activate a card or effect first. • After a card’s activation, and at the end of each phase or step, Priority passes to the opponent. 48 49 Other Rules  The number of cards in a player’s hand and Decks, the cards in their Graveyards, and each player’s current LP are all public knowledge and both players can verify these things at any time. If asked, you must answer these things to your opponent truthfully. You are allowed to pick up and verify the cards in your opponent’s Graveyard but you must ask their permission first. Also, you may not change the order of the cards when verifying their Graveyard. Public Knowledge  For cases like “Each player targets 1 monster,” where both players resolve an effect simultaneously, the turn player resolves the effect first. In this example, after the turn player makes their selection, the other player makes theirs. If both players conduct actions simultaneously  If effects of Spell Speed 1 cards (like Trigger Effects) are activated at the same time, they will be resolved in a special Chain. This Chain is made starting with the turn player’s mandatory effects. If there is only 1 effect, that will be Chain Link 1. If there are 2 or more effects, the turn player builds the Chain starting with their mandatory effects, in any order. Then the opponent continues the Chain with their mandatory effects in any order. Afterwards, the turn player adds their optional effects in any order, and finally the opponent adds their optional effects in any order. When multiple cards are activated simultaneously  Monsters with 0 ATK cannot destroy anything by battle. If two Attack Position monsters with 0 ATK battle each other, neither monster is destroyed. 0 ATK monsters  If there is a discrepancy between the basic rules and a card’s effect, the card effect takes precedence. For example, a monster can only attack once per turn, but with a card effect, it is possible to attack twice. Rules vs. Card Effects  You may need to place these on cards for some card effects. You cannot place counters unless a card effect allows it. Cards may have effects that change with the number of counters on them, or require you to remove counters as a cost. Some counters have specific names, such as “Spell Counter” or “Clock Counter.” Other than their names, each individual counter itself does not have any effects. Counters  You can only create a Chain by responding to the activation of a card or effect. Summoning a monster, Tributing, changing a monster’s battle position and paying costs are not effect activations and therefore you cannot respond to those actions using a Chain. Actions which cannot be Chained to  Monsters that are used to Xyz Summon are called “Xyz Materials”, and are placed underneath the Xyz Monster, to show that they are attached to it. Monsters that have become Xyz Materials are not treated as cards on the field. When an Xyz Monster leaves the field, all of the Xyz Materials attached to it are sent to the Graveyard. If an Xyz Monster is flipped face-down, or becomes controlled by the opponent, the Xyz Materials are not sent to the Graveyard. They remain attached to the Xyz Monster. Xyz Materials  Some monsters have effects that activate when they “leave the field”. For example, these effects activate when the monster is sent to the Graveyard, or is banished, or is returned to the hand or Extra Deck. When a monster on the field is shuffled into the Main Deck, or becomes an Xyz Material, it is no longer a card on the field, however its effects that activate when it “leaves the field” will no write in at least 2 paragraphs.

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