Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
Backside of an English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game card. | |
| Alternative names | Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game |
|---|---|
| Named variant | Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel |
| Publishers | Japan and SEA: Konami North America and Europe: Upper Deck (2002–2008) Konami (2008–present) South Korea: Daewon China: Shanghai Windo Entertainment |
| Release date | February 4, 1999 |
| Players | 2 (1 vs. 1) |
| Age range | OCG: 12 and up (1999–2015) 9 and up (2015–present) TCG: 6 and up |
| Cards | 40 to 60 (Main Deck) ≤15 (Extra Deck) ≤15 (Side Deck) |
| Playing time | 50 minutes |
| Website | www |
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a collectible card game developed and published by Konami, based on the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! created by Kazuki Takahashi. The card game is based on the fictional game of Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), which appears in portions of the manga series and is the central plot device throughout its various anime adaptations and spinoff series.
As the Official Card Game (OCG), it was launched by Konami in 1999 in Japan. It was later launched in March 2002 in North America, where it was originally sold under license by the Upper Deck Company until they lost rights in 2009. 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.