Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
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The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game[lower-alpha 1] 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.[2]
Publishers | Japan: Konami (1999−present) US: Upper Deck (2002−08) Konami (2008−present) |
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Publication | 4 February 1999; 25 years ago (1999-02-04) |
Genres | Collectible card game |
Players | 2 (1 vs. 1)[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.[3] 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.[4] As of March 31, 2011, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Japan sold 25.2 billion cards globally since 1999.[5] As of January 2021[update], the game is estimated to have sold about 35 billion cards worldwide.[6][7] 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.