Tag Archives: organized play

Yu-Gi-Oh! Day Coming July 23rd & 24th

Yu-Gi-Oh! Day is taking place on July 23 & 24!

OTS logoYu-Gi-Oh! Day is a day for all to celebrate the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand, create excitement for our brand at our Official Tournament Stores (OTS), and to further distinguish OTS from non-OTS. Yu-Gi-Oh! Day is held simultaneously throughout North America. The event is scheduled to occur on either Saturday, July 23rd, 2016, or Sunday, July 24th, 2016.... Read More

Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Providence Announced

POPULAR Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES COMES TO NEW ENGLAND OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Includes Dragon Duel Tournament for Younger Players and Debut of School Tournament Series

El Segundo, Calif. (May 19, 2016) – Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Duelists from up and down the Eastern seaboard are readying their Decks and organizing their card portfolios in anticipation of Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Providence (YCS). This premier-level event is presented by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) May 28 and 29 at the Rhode Island Convention Center.... Read More

Winners Crowned at the Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SANTIAGO

NICOLAS GONZALO GODOY and Dragon Duelist AGUSTIN MALLEA VELASQUEZ Win Big at Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Santiago, Chile

El Segundo, Calif. (May 3, 2016) – Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Duelists from across South America spent an exciting weekend in Santiago, Chile, competing for the chance to raise the Champion’s trophy at the Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (YCS) Santiago. TCG powerhouse Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) brought its premier-level event to the Centro de Extensiones Universidad Católica for a weekend of head-to-head competition among veteran and novice players, but only two emerged victorious: Nicolas Gonzalo Godoy of the Main Event and Dragon Duel winner, Agustin Mallea Velasquez.... Read More

TCG FORBIDDEN & LIMITED CARDS LISTS UPDATED on 04/08/16

Current TCG Forbidden & Limited Cards list was updated on April 8, 2016

Effective from April 11, 2016

Almost all tournaments follows the Advanced format, which has many forbidden & limited cards. Cards are banned in order to keep the game interesting. Without these lists, tournament matches will just be a game of luck: whoever draws the super powerful card first will win.... Read More

Juan Sebastian Andrade earns an epic win at the Ultimate Duelist Series in Guayaquil, Ecuador

JUAN SEBASTIAN ANDRADE CAPTURES ULTIMATE DUELIST SERIES INVITATIONAL – SOUTH AMERICA WIN

El Segundo, Calif. (March 28, 2016) – Dueling for pride and reputation, the Centro de Convenciones de Guayaquil was packed with Duelists hoping to win the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Ultimate Duelist Series (UDS) Invitational – South America hosted by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI).... Read More

South American 2016 UDS Invitational in Guayaquil Ecuador

Are You The Ultimate Duelist?

It’s time to find out – the Ultimate Duelist Series will test your worth against all other contenders.  Earn Ultimate Duelist Series Points so you can take your place in the Ultimate Duelist Invitational, where only one Duelist will emerge as the Ultimate Duelist!... Read More

OTS Championships are this Weekend!

OTS Cham logoThe Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Championships is a way for Official Tournament Stores (OTS) to provide Duelists with a Store level Championship which offers Duelists the opportunity to earn invites to the World Championship Qualifier at one of our OTS. Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Championship tournaments are held simultaneously throughout North and Latin America. This Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Championship is scheduled to occur on Saturday, February 27th, 2016.... Read More

Important news regarding the Forbidden & Limited Cards

Konami to implement a new idea called the Adjusted List.

Here’s some important news regarding the Forbidden & Limited Cards List used for high-level tournaments!

Konami constantly monitors the Decks and cards used at sanctioned events of all levels, from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series all the way down to local tournaments. Some cards and Decks are always doing better than others, and that’s okay. But we need to make sure that no Deck becomes so powerful that it drowns out the others, because you, the Duelists, have always told us that you like to have a wide variety of Decks show up at your tournaments.

There’s a lot of buzz these days about the Performapal/Performage Decks that have been growing in strength. And while we always expected this deck to be very strong (or even the strongest), it’s strangling some of the other competitive Decks right now, and we’re going to take steps to even things out a little bit.

Performage Plushfire - DOCS-EN-016At the same time, we don’t want to perform a knee-jerk reaction on the Forbidden & Limited Cards List, because that list isn’t just for high-end tournament play, but also for when Duelists play at their friend’s house, at school, or wherever their Dueling might take them.

So what they’re going to do is implement a new idea called the Adjusted List. The Adjusted List places additional restrictions on certain cards, but only for certain sanctioned events.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Demo Day Announced!

The Demo Day ‘Bring a Friend’ campaign is a great way to introduce even more players to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Organized Play

The New Challenders Booster Pack - NECH foil Mock ENKonami is announcing today the next Yu-Gi-Oh! Demo Day. This exciting program is being held nationwide at Official Tournament Stores (OTS), on December 5, 2015. Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Duelists are encouraged to bring a friend to Demo Day to get a one-of-a-kind item not available anywhere else!... Read More