Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel Starter Decks Announcement

Wanted to share some details with you around an upcoming release from Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME.

Speed Duel Starter Decks, available Friday, November 30, each contain 3 ready-to-duel Speed Duel Decks and 3 Ultra Rare variant cards specially chosen to boost each strategy.

Speed Duel Starter Decks: Destiny Masters contains Decks for the Millennium Item users Yami Yugi, Ishizu Ishtar and Maximillion Pegasus to face off against up-and-comers from Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow containing Decks for Seto Kaiba, Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler.

Speed Duel Starter Decks: Destiny Masters contains:

  • 1 20-Card Yami Yugi Deck
  • 1 20-Card Ishizu Ishtar Deck
  • 1 20-Card Pegasus Deck 
  • 9 Skill Cards (3 for Yugi, 3 for Ishizu and 3 for Pegasus)
  • 3 Ultra Rare variant cards

Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow contains:

  • 1 20-Card Seto Kaiba Deck
  • 1 20-Card Mai Valentine Deck
  • 1 23-Card Joey Wheeler Deck
  • 9 Skill Cards (3 for Kaiba, 3 for Mai and 3 for Joey)
  • 3 Ultra Rare variant cards

Speed Duel Starter Decks Fact Sheet:

Real-life Speed Dueling is here!

Following the hugely successful Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Mobile Game, Speed Dueling will now be supported as a brand-new way to play the physical card game!

The Speed Duel Starter Decks each contain 3 ready-to-duel Speed Duel Decks and 3 Ultra Rare variant cards specially chosen to boost each strategy. Speed Duel Starter Decks: Destiny Masters contains Decks for the Millennium Item users Yami Yugi, Ishizu Ishtar and Maximillion Pegasus to face off against up-and-comers from Speed Duel Starter Decks:  Duelists of Tomorrow containing Decks for Seto Kaiba, Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler.

Also included are brand-new Skill Cards to change Deck-building decisions and flip the tables on your opponents! Some Skills come right out of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, but as a bonus, each Deck contains a brand new original Skill for their respective characters!  

All cards in the Speed Duel Starter Decks contain a new marker confirming their legality for Speed Dueling. Only cards with this special symbol may be used for Speed Dueling*, however players are free to Duel with Speed Dueling cards in regular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME tournaments and events.**

Speed Dueling is a great way to get a taste of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME while also providing compelling new gameplay options for existing fans. Keep an eye out on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME events page to find out where you can play Speed Dueling events!

Speed Duel Starter Decks:  Destiny Masters contains:
1 20-Card Yami Yugi Deck
1 20-Card Ishizu Ishtar Deck
1 20-Card Pegasus Deck 
9 Skill Cards (3 for Yugi, 3 for Ishizu and 3 for Pegasus)
3 Ultra Rare variant cards

Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow contains:
1 20-Card Seto Kaiba Deck
1 20-Card Mai Valentine Deck
1 23-Card Joey Wheeler Deck
9 Skill Cards (3 for Kaiba, 3 for Mai and 3 for Joey)
3 Ultra Rare variant cards

*To use a card in Speed Dueling it must have the Speed Dueling Symbol on the card, other versions of the same card are not legal.

**Skill cards may only be used in Speed Dueling events.