Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Celebrates Its First Anniversary on Xbox – Now is a Great Time to Duel
It’s nice to be right here on Xbox Wire, speaking in regards to the one-year anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel, the free-to-play buying and selling card sport based mostly on the favored manga created by Kazuki Takahashi.
This time final 12 months, we had simply launched Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel for Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One. Our aim was to deliver the Yu-Gi-Oh! Buying and selling Card Sport to duelists throughout the globe and provides them the definitive digital version of the beloved aggressive card sport.
To ship this, we ensured Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel supplied next-gen presentation, together with 4K Extremely HD help and dynamic audio and music. We included a deep single-player Solo Mode based mostly across the tales and lore behind the playing cards. We added greater than 10,000 playing cards to the sport at launch, in addition to deep deck-building mechanics. On high of supporting on-line dueling, we held competitions and occasions all year long, and we even added a Staff Battle mode in November.
Since launch final 12 months, Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel has achieved greater than 50 million downloads. Duelists have fought in over 2.1 billion PvP Duels, they usually’ve obtained greater than 34.4 billion playing cards!
If you happen to’ve not but performed Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel, now could be the right time to start out. It’s been an unimaginable first 12 months, and to rejoice it, in the present day we’re kicking off the One Yr Anniversary Marketing campaign.
To get into the celebratory spirit, we’ve launched the first Anniversary Bundle to supply a great deal of bonus gadgets that improve the dueling expertise. Anybody who purchases the bundle will obtain the brand-new 1st Anniversary Protector, Duel Discipline and Icon Body.
The bundle additionally grants you a brand new card that includes alternate artwork of some of the well-known playing cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! lore, the Darkish Magician. The cardboard options an superior new Summoning scene as nicely! One other one of many bundle equipment is an Icon that options the staff-wielding wizard.
A complete of three 1st Anniversary tickets are given away simply by merely logging into the sport. One UR Royal End card is unlocked with every free 1st Anniversary Pack you get by utilizing 1st Anniversary tickets. The first Anniversary Packs function legendary monsters which have starred within the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime over its lengthy historical past. Moreover, the playing cards within the 1st Anniversary Pack will be mixed with playing cards from the “New Step for Duelists” Choice Pack that’s now accessible to reinforce your deck.
There’s one other brand-new Choice Pack accessible to accumulate from in the present day. The “Sprites of Miracle” Choice Pack introduces the brand new “Spright” archetype to Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel. This archetype is about to burn brightly, that includes highly effective new playing cards which are out of this world!
If you happen to want a bit extra Darkish Magician in your dueling life, we’ve bought you coated with the Construction Deck “Vortex of Magic.” Out there now, it consists of playing cards based mostly across the energy of Darkish Magic together with Grasp of Chaos and Phantasm of Chaos.
Lastly, beginning February 16, Duelists can stay up for a really particular PVP occasion. Within the “Legend Anthology” occasion, you possibly can battle it out together with your fellow Duelists utilizing among the most well-known themes in Yu-Gi-Oh! historical past. You’ll have the ability to take management of free Rental Decks that function iconic archetypes chosen particularly for this occasion! This PVP showdown for the ages will function loads of particular rewards for contributors to accumulate, so make sure to not miss it.
All of us at Konami are very grateful to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel group for making the sport’s first 12 months such an incredible one. There’s heaps extra to return in Yr 2 and past, like the primary ever World Championship for Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel. Whether or not you’re a Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel veteran or new to the sport, now could be the right time to duel.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel is obtainable now, free to play on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One. For extra particulars, please go to https://www.konami.com/yugioh/masterduel.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel
Konami Digital Leisure Co., Ltd.
Lastly, the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” digital card sport you have been ready for!
The definitive version of the aggressive card sport that has been evolving for over 20 years!
Duel on the highest degree in opposition to Duelists from everywhere in the world.
Prepare: it is time to Duel!
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[About “Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL”]
Now you possibly can play the “Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG,” digitally, wherever.
Quick-paced Duels with gorgeous HD graphics and a brand new, dynamic soundtrack! Get able to problem Duelists world wide!
◇Play Duels at Any Degree!
The total Yu-Gi-Oh! expertise is obtainable for anybody at any Talent Degree. Don’t be concerned when you’re a brand new participant or if you have not Dueled shortly, the in-game tutorials will train you the fundamentals on easy methods to play the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. You may be given a Deck while you end that will help you begin your journey!
Accumulate new playing cards as you progress by way of the sport to energy up your Decks!
◇Rotating Event Codecs
Combine it up and put your Dueling expertise to the check! All kinds of occasions and tournaments will probably be accessible for gamers.
Construct and Duel with completely different Decks using 10,000+ distinctive playing cards and particular guidelines distinctive to Tournaments!
Select the event YOU need to Duel in and intention for that primary spot!
◇Uncover the Tales Behind the Playing cards
The Solo Mode guides you thru storylines of the themes from the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Hone your Dueling expertise by finishing the tales.
Really useful for novices, returning gamers, and people of you who’re considering studying extra in regards to the lore of the world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.
◇Options
Hyperlink with the cell app “Yu-Gi-Oh! Neuron.”
View Decklists from Duelists worldwide and enhance your individual Deck!
Attempt the pattern draw function to simulate what playing cards you might get in your first hand!
[About “Yu-Gi-Oh!”]
“Yu-Gi-Oh!” is a well-liked manga created by Kazuki Takahashi that was serialized in SHUEISHA Inc.’s “WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP” since 1996. Konami Digital Leisure Co., Ltd. supplies a Buying and selling Card Sport (TCG) and console video games, based mostly on “Yu-Gi-Oh!” created from the unique manga, that has been loved world wide.
[Recommended for the following players]
TCG gamers
Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS gamers
Gamers who take pleasure in aggressive gameplay
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