Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a collectible card game developed and published by Konami. It is based on the fictional game of Duel Monsters (also known as Magic & Wizards in the manga) created by manga artist Kazuki Takahashi, which appears in portions of the manga franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! and is the central plot device throughout its various anime adaptations and spinoff series.
Back of an English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game card | |
| Publishers | Japan: Konami (1999−present) US: Upper Deck (2002−08) Konami (2008−present) |
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| Publication | 4 February 1999 |
| Genres | Collectible card game |
| Players | 2 (1 vs. 1) |
| Age range | 12 and up (OCG) 6 and up (TCG) |
The trading card game was launched by Konami in 1999 in Japan and March 2002 in North America. It was named the top selling trading card game in the world by Guinness World Records on July 7, 2009, having sold over 22 billion cards worldwide. As of March 31, 2011, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Japan sold 25.2 billion cards globally since 1999. As of January 2021, the game is estimated to have sold about 35 billion cards worldwide. Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel, a faster and simplified version of the game, was launched worldwide in January 2019. Another faster-paced variation, Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, launched in Japan in April 2020.