Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Yu-Gi-Oh!
Backside of an English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game card.
Other namesYu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game
PublishersJapan and SEA:
Konami
North America and Europe:
Upper Deck (2002−2008)
Konami (2008−present)
South Korea:
Daewon
China:
Shanghai Windo Entertainment
Publication4 February 1999 (1999-02-04)
GenresCollectible card game
Players2 (1 vs. 1)[1]
Age rangeOCG:
12 and up (1999−2015)
9 and up (2015−present)
TCG:
6 and up

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game[a] 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.[2]

The trading card game 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.[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, 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.

As one of the most popular CCGs, the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are among the most expensive CCG cards.

  1. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME". yugioh-card.com. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Kaufeld, John; Smith, Jeremy (2006). Trading Card Games For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 123–139. ISBN 0470044071.
  3. ^ Miller, John Jackson (2003), Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition, pp. 667–671.
  4. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Sales Set New World Record". Konami.jp. August 7, 2009. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "Best-selling trading card game". Guinness World Records. March 31, 2011. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  6. ^ "「ワンピース」でも「鬼滅」でもなく…史上最も稼いだ意外なジャンプ作品". Livedoor News (in Japanese). Livedoor. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "『鬼滅の刃』は『ジャンプ』史上最も稼いだマンガではない! 売り上げ1兆円作品とは(週刊女性PRIME)". Yahoo! News (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. January 29, 2021. p. 2. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.


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