#Ver yu gi oh duel monsters series#

Monsters were divided into Monster and Magic-User Cards.Virus Cards are used to destroy cards in the opponent's Deck using a virus.Trap Cards can be activated during either players' turn in response to certain actions.Several hybrids, such as Trap Spell, also exist. More types of cards were added, including Equip, Trap, Illusion and Virus.These were used during the Japanese National Duel Monsters Championship and the Duelist Kingdom tournament. The Standard rules contained the basic rules, with some additional ones. Some monsters have effects which alter gameplay.Spell Cards are sent to the Graveyard after they have been used.Spell Cards can be played face-down on the field until they are ready to be used.Spell Cards cannot battle, but can be used to affect other cards or the players.The turn player can activate Spell Cards from their hand.If a player does not have a monster to defend from their opponent's monsters attack, the monster's ATK is deducted from the defenseless player's Life Points.If an Attack Mode monster attacks a Defense Mode monster and its ATK is lower than the defending monster's DEF, neither monster is destroyed and the controller of the attacking monster loses Life Points equal to the difference in the ATK and DEF.If an Attack Mode monster attacks a Defense Mode monster and its ATK is higher than the defending monster's DEF, the defending monster is destroyed and no Life Points are lost.When Attack Mode monsters with equal ATK battle, both are destroyed.If an Attack Mode monster battles another Attack Mode monster, the monster with the lower ATK is destroyed and its controller loses Life Points equal to the difference.The turn player can attack with Attack Mode monsters.The turn player can Summon cards from their hand in Attack or Defense Mode.If a player cannot draw because there are no more cards in their Deck, they lose.Each turn the turn player draws one card from their Deck. At the beginning of a Duel, each player draws five cards, which become their hand.If a player runs out of Life Points they lose. Each player starts with 2000 Life Points.There are two kinds of cards Monster Cards and Spell Cards.Each player makes a Deck using 40 cards.The Basic rules were used during Death-T and earlier. Other dubs and localizations, such as the Swedish Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime, kept Magic & Wizards despite the change.

The Toei anime and the other anime series, and reprints and new portions of the English manga, use Duel Monsters. The name Magic & Wizards is used in the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and early portions of the English Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, while it was printed in Shonen Jump.

It was created by Maximillion Pegasus, who based the card designs on ancient Egyptian carvings and hieroglyphs. However, in dialogue, the characters refer to the game as Duel Monsters.ĭuel Monsters (デュエルモンスターズ, De~yueru Monsutāzu), originally known as Magic & Wizards (マジック＆ ( アンド ) ウィザーズ or Ｍ＆Ｗ ( マジックアンドウィザーズ ), Majikku ando Wizāzu), is the card game played in the various Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series.

#Ver yu gi oh duel monsters series#

The animation for this series suggests the game is still called Magic & Wizards, indicated by the MW on the card backings. Yugi Muto playing Duel Monsters against Ridley Sheldon in the Toei anime. Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler playing Duel Monsters For other uses, see Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (disambiguation).