Re: Unlock All Cards Yugioh Master Duel
Latrisha Adan
Want to know how to unlock more cards in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel? With over 10,000 cards available in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, you should definitely want to know how to move beyond your starting deck and unlock more cards. Whether you want to collect every card in Master Duel or just find specific cards for a new deck, there are lots of ways to add to your collection and discover new strategies and synergies.
That covers everything you need to know about unlocking new cards in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. If you want to use your new cards to duel your friends, take a look at our guide on Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel crossplay. If you want to keep duelling while away from your PC or console, check out more on the Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel mobile release.
When Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel was first announced, Konami boasted there would be over 10,000 cards in the game. Of course, a lot of newer cards released during development have not been added to the game yet, but likely will be added through updates. And like previous online Yu-Gi-Oh! games, there are cards that are banned in ranked and event duels, but they're still available to use in private matches.
The Spell Card Convulsion Of Nature is the only Yu-Gi-Oh! card of its kind, forcing both players to turn their decks upside-down and stay that way for as long as it remains on the field. It's understandable why this card wouldn't be in the game, as it could be difficult to program with just how many cards and how much deck variety there is in Master Duel. Despite this, Convulsion Of Nature has been in Yu-Gi-Oh! video games before, first appearing in the Nintendo DS game Nightmare Troubadour in 2005, with its last appearance being in Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy Of The Duelist: Link Evolution.
Question is a Spell Card that prevents the opponent from checking cards in the Graveyard, then has them guess what the monster at the bottom of the player's Graveyard is. If guessed correctly, that monster is banished, but if the opponent guessed wrong, that monster is Special Summoned to the player's side of the field. Once again, it's understandable why Question isn't available in Master Duel due to the sheer number of cards present in the game. Question has been in Yu-Gi-Oh! video games before, most recently Legacy Of The Duelist Link Evolution, so it's still strange that Master Duel was the first time they decided not to include it.
Transmission Gear is a Trap Card where the player plays rock-paper-scissors with their opponent during damage calculation when their monsters battle. Whoever loses must then banish their monster face-down, which is a strange effect since both players would already know what the banished monster is. Since rock-paper-scissors mechanics have been present in previous Yu-Gi-Oh! video games as a way to select which player gets the first turn, Transmission Gear could be more easily included in those games. Master Duel loses the rock-paper-scissors turn selection mechanic in favor of a coin flip, a mechanic that a more significant number of cards already use.
Bait Doll is a Spell Card that forces the player or opponent to reveal and activate a targeted card in their Spell & Trap card zone, then negates the effect and destroys the card if it is a Trap Card and the timing is incorrect but returns the targeted card to face-down position if not.
After Bait Doll has resolved, it is also shuffled back into the deck instead of being sent to the Graveyard. Due to Bait Doll's first effect, it can help the player activate a Trap Card as soon as possible instead of waiting longer to activate it. Bait Doll was most recently in Link Evolution, so it's unclear why it isn't in Master Duel.
Spirit Elimination is a Spell Card that lets the player use monsters on their side of the field as substitutes to be banished instead of monsters in their Graveyard, and it remains active until the end of the turn it was activated. Because many newer monsters have effects that activate when they're banished, and the player can use Spirit Elimination's effect until the end of the turn, it makes some sense why it wouldn't be included in Master Duel. But why not just have it on the ban list instead of not having it in the game at all? Maybe Konami felt it was too unfair despite its appearance in previous games.
Spellbinding Circle is a classic Trap Card that has been around since the earliest days of Yu-Gi-Oh! and was once a Spell Card in the OCG and some early Yu-Gi-Oh! video games. Spellbinding Circle allows the player to target one of their opponent's monsters and prevent it from attacking or changing its battle position. Once the targeted monster has been destroyed, Spellbinding Circle is also destroyed.
It is completely unknown why Spellbinding Circle is not present in Master Duel, as it has been in many other Yu-Gi-Oh! video games before. Spellbinding Circle could still be added in the future, but it's still confusing that it has been missing.
Shuttleroid is a monster of the Roid archetype used by the character Syrus Truesdale, or Sho Marufuji in the Japanese version, of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime and manga series. When Shuttleroid is targeted for an attack, the player can banish it and then Special Summon it during their next Standby Phase. When summoned this way, Shuttleroid also causes 1000 points of effect damage to the player. As of writing, Shuttleroid has only been released in Japan and seems to have not appeared in any video games despite releasing in 2007. Interestingly enough, all other cards from Premium Pack 11 are available in Master Duel but are all Forbidden other than Carrierroid.
Shiba-Warrior Taro isn't the only card with art drawn and signed by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi that isn't available in Master Duel, but it is one of the oldest not available in the game, and unlike the others, it has appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! video games before. Taro is based on Takahashi's dog and cannot be destroyed by battle. There might be specific copyright issues with Shiba-Warrior Taro and other cards with exclusive art by Kazuki Takahashi. Still, one would think it would be easier to include cards with art by the creator of the franchise.
The exclusion of Elemental Hero Air Neos is one of the most baffling Yu-Gi-Oh! mysteries. Air Neos is one of many fusions featuring Elemental Hero Neos combined with a Neo-Spacian monster, in this case, Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird. Not only is Air Neos not present in Master Duel or Duel Links, but it also has not been reprinted since 2007. It does not appear in the art of the Spell Card Instant Contact either, which features Neos and all his Neo-Spacian fusions, and is based on an image from the third season opening of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. The most prominent theory is that there are unspecified copyright issues, but nothing has been confirmed.
Konami has been celebrating Yu-Gi-Oh's 25th anniversary by releasing new sets, an all-new quarter-century foiling, and collections to nab the famed Egyptian God cards in the trading card game. Now, the 25th-anniversary love comes to Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel with this week's update.
Master Duel has been Konami's money maker, since its release early last year. Even though Master Duel is a free-to-play live-service game with extremely generous in-game currency, so players do not have to spend any real money to build the best decks, Master Duel continues to reap profits with a strong player base each month.
By logging in to Master Duel from November 29, 2023 to January 10, 2024, players can receive an assortment of rewards such as in-game currency, but most importantly new alternative art for the esteemed Egyptian God cards from the series. Players need to log in on seven different days from now until January 10th to receive all of the rewards.
Duelists have raised concerns since Master Duel's release that even though the Egyptian God cards can be acquired, they do not have special animations like many other boss/important monsters, but that changes this week. All three Egyptian God cards--Slifer the Sky Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor, and The Winged Dragon of Ra--have finally received their summon animations. The Alternative art of each Egyptian God card has received its own summon animations, as well.
Until January 10, players can also purchase the Slifer the Sky Dragon Bundle for 2,500 Gems to receive 25 Master Packs, a Slifer the Sky Dragon Profile Icon, a special duel field, card sleeves, and an Alternative Slifer the Sky Dragon card in Royal Finish.
Thanks to a few great effect monsters, Zombie cards have become a staple of the Yu-Gi-Oh! meta game. Whether players like it or not, they will undoubtedly see at least a few zombie effect monsters in every deck they face. Aside from some new powerful archetypes and extra deck monsters, the ghost girls are practically a given for any deck type.
Players will need to use their discretion and get creative when using certain zombies in their decks. In some cases, they may run parallel to the duelists' play style or deck philosophy. Additionally, many players have come up with effective ways to shut down zombies such as by using Called By The Grave to negate them. However, having different card types can keep a deck well-rounded and ready for anything, and some zombies stand alone as solid cards that can fit right into any deck build.
By far, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is the most widely used Zombie card and perhaps the most popular effect monster in the game. Due to the direction Yu-Gi-Oh! has headed, allowing for numerous special summons and card searching in one turn, it's pretty much necessary to have Ash Blossom in any competitive deck.
Ash Blossom's effect activates from the player's hand and lets her negate effects that interact with the opponent's deck. Because searching the deck is crucial for getting out the most powerful cards immediately, a well-played Ash Blossom can mean the difference between winning or losing a duel in the first turn.
Ghost Belle is an extremely useful ghost girl effect monster that has made its way into the meta game. Helpful for interrupting combos on the opponent's turn, Ghost Belle's effect lets the player discard her to negate the effect of cards that interact with the Graveyard.
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