Victory Conditions

You are declared the Winner when any of the following conditions are met:

Normal win conditions

These are the typical ways to win in the game's mechanics.

• Your opponent's Life Points drop to 0.
• Your opponent runs out of cards when he/she is required to draw a card, either as part of his/her Draw Phase, or as part of a card effect, such as Morphing Jar. Note the difference between "draw" and "pick up", you do not win if your opponent is required to pick up a card from his/her deck and he/she can't comply.

Special win conditions

These cards allow you to win the duel through its effect.

• Exodia the Forbidden One: If you hold "Exodia the Forbidden One" along with "Left Arm of the Forbidden One", "Right Arm of the Forbidden One", "Left Leg of the Forbidden One", and "Right Leg of the Forbidden One" in your hand at once you win the duel by Exodia the Forbidden One's effect.

• Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord: If "Exodia the Forbidden One", "Left Arm of the Forbidden One", "Right Arm of the Forbidden One", "Left Leg of the Forbidden One", and "Right Leg of the Forbidden One" are sent to the graveyard by Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord's effect you win the duel. Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord sends monsters from your hand or Deck to the graveyard every time it attacks.

• Destiny Board: If "Destiny Board", "Spirit Message "I"", "Spirit Message "N"", "Spirit Message "A"", and "Spirit Message "L"" are all on your side of the field Destiny Board's effects will let you win the duel provided that you placed them on the field in the above order. Destiny Board's effect allows you to place one of the "Spirit Message" cards from your hand or deck onto the field during each of your opponent's turns.

• Final Countdown: Once Final Countdown is activated, you win in twenty turns.

• Last Turn: When you activate Last Turn you choose one monster on your side of the field, all other cards on the field are and in player's hands are sent to the graveyard. Your opponent Special Summons a monster from his/her Deck. A special Battle Phase occurs in which the two monsters battle (battle damage is ignored). The player whose monster remains alone on the field at the End Phase of this turn wins the Duel. This strategy is currently forbidden in the advanced format.

• Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes: If Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes on your side of the field has three Hyper-Venom Counters on it you win the duel. Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes gains a Hyper Venom Counter every time it inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points.

• Match Winners: If a Match Winner attacks your opponent directly and makes his/her Life Points 0 by the Battle Damage it inflicted, you win the entire Match.

Gameplay and Glossary

Basic Gameplay Monster Cards • Spell Cards • Trap Cards Token Monsters Types of Monster Cards Effect • Fusion • Normal • Ritual • Synchro • Dark Synchro • Transformation Types of Spell Cards Continuous • Field • Equip Normal • Quick-Play • Ritual Types of Trap Cards Continuous • Counter • Normal Turn Phases Draw Phase • Standby Phase • Main Phase 1 Battle Phase • Main Phase 2 • End Phase Start Step • Battle Step Damage Step • End Step

Intermediate Gameplay ATK • DEF • Level • Attribute • Type Main Deck • Side Deck Fusion Deck • Extra Deck Hand • Graveyard • Playing Field • Removed from play Life Points • Damage • Game mechanics 3 Card Rule • Spell Speed • Battle position Attack Position • Defense Position Face-up • Face-down • Flip Draw a card • Pick up a card Hand Size Limit Playing Field Zones Monster Zones • Spell/Trap Zones Field Spell Zone • Graveyard Zone Deck Zone • Removed from Play Zone Fusion Deck Zone • Extra Deck Zone Types of Summon Normal • Flip • Special Set • Tribute • Tribute Set Fusion • Ritual • Synchro Dark Synchro • Transformation

Advanced Gameplay Activate • Chain • Costs • Counters • Destroy Discard • FTK • Lockdown • OTK • Resolve Spell Counter • Target • Tribute Types of Monster Effects Continuous • Flip • Ignition • Quick Summon • Trigger Compulsory • Optional • Lingering Types of Effect Monsters Flip • Gemini • Spirit • Toon • Tuner • Union • Dark Tuner Types of Spell Speed Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Expert Gameplay Tournament Guidelines Activation & Targeting Eligibility Breakdown of the Battle Phase • Duel Infinite Loop • Maintenance Costs Missing the Timing • Match Replay • Piercing • Priority Spell Monsters • Trap Monsters Double Tributer • Victory Conditions Field Advantage • Hand Advantage Fusion Material Monsters Fusion Substitute Monsters Synchro Material Monsters Attributes DARK • EARTH • FIRE • LIGHT • WATER • WIND DIVINE Types Archetype Aqua • Beast • Beast-Warrior • Dinosaur Divine-Beast • Dragon • Fairy • Fiend Fish • Insect • Machine • Plant Psychic • Pyro • Reptile • Rock Sea Serpent • Spellcaster • Thunder Warrior • Winged Beast • Zombie Human • Immortal • ??? Black Magic • White Magic