Fundamentals
Unless otherwise specified, each player is only allowed one ____ per turn
Normal Summon
You can Ritual Summon this card with "_____". If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 Reptile monster in your GY, except "______"; Special Summon it. You can only activate this effect of "______" once per Chain. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "______" card from your Deck to your hand, except "______", then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "______" once per turn.
Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi
This archtype consisting of machines and warriors currently stands as the most successful deck at the YCS-topping level in yugioh history
Sky Striker
Player A activates and resolves the effect of "Parasite Paracide" - per the rules of tournament conduct which of the following is accurate?
A. Player B is allowed to shuffle the Parasite Paracide into their deck even if it is in a sleeve that does not match the rest of the deck
B. Player B is not required to shuffle Parasite Paracide into their deck if the sleeve it is in is distinguishable from their own sleeves, thus the effect per tournament conduct rules "fizzles"
C. Player B is permitted to use a matching sleeve from their Side or Extra Deck as replacement for maintaining game integrity, but failure to properly accomodate Parasite Paracide in a matching sleeve results in a gameloss
D. Player B must use a matching sleeve that is not from their main, side, or extra deck, and failure to properly accomodate Parasite Paracide in a matching sleeve results in a gameloss
EJ I think your theory might be on to something... the plot of the original duel monsters anime revolves around the cursed evil of these items:
The millenium pieces
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion can be activated during the damage step, but Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring cannot? What gives?
Ash Blossom negates the effect but Ghost Belle negates the activation
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Level 4 Cyberse monster in your GY; Special Summon it, but it cannot activate its effects. A "_____" monster that was Synchro or Xyz Summoned using this card on the field as material gains the following effect.
● Once per turn, during the turn this card was Special Summoned, when your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can negate that effect.
You can only use each effect of "______" once per turn.
Mathmech Diameter
Dont be fooled! Colloquially known as "Master Rule 5" but officially referred to as "Master Rule 4 Revisions" went into effect on this day in 2020
April 1st
Famously in Yugioh, conditions that check gamestates such as Rivalry towards Attibutes or TCBOO towards types "see the future," meaning that under TCBOO you cannot tribute summon a monster with a type you already control, even if the monster being offered for tribute is the only monster of that type. Despite that, this archtypal spell card allows you to summon a monster that by game mechanics shouldn't be allowed, solely because Konami said you're allowed to.
Interrupted Kaiju Slumber
Though closely followed by Christopher LeBlanc, Andre Torres, and Christian Urena, this player holds the record for the most YCS wins
Jesse Kotton
Though it has fallen by the wayside in the modern age, Patrick Hoban is credited with the proliferation of playing this card, allowing yugists to functionally begin a game with a 37 card deck
Upstart Goblin
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing all face-up monsters on the field that activated their effects this turn in your opponent's Monster Zone. Gains 1500 ATK for each monster Tributed to Special Summon this card. During your End Phase: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your field. You can only use this effect of "______" once per turn.
Kurikara Divincarnate
This player made history in 2023 by being the first United States of America based duelist to win the World Championships, too bad his victory was followed by a 6-month suspension
Paulie Aronson
This seemingly innocuous trap card, until a rules change in 2021, faciliated a gamestate by which your opponent attempting to activate a card would begin an infinite loop and put the game in an irreparable state, which per tournament conduct rules would result in a game loss.
Pole Position
This was the first non-vanilla monster yugioh card to ever have its artwork censored when it transitioned from the OCG to the TCG
Ring of Destruction
In Master Duel, the highest number a chain link can reach before neither player is allowed to add effects to that chain is
16
2 monsters
You cannot Link Summon this card unless you have at least 3 more cards in your Extra Deck than your opponent's.
Linkerbell
Plant Synchro
This Level 3 WIND monster found itself briefly on the limited list due to complications of keeping track of a "Soft Once Per DUEL Effect"
Twinheaded Behemoth
This level 4 DARK pendulum card is currently the only monster in the entire game that has an effect that is an "If: you can" NOT a "When: you can" but can miss the timing.
Abyss Actor - Leading Lady
Can you Ash the effect of "Last Will?"
Any answer is acceptable
To Special Summon "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder" using its own procedure, you can also use face-down Spells you control. Once per turn, while you control an Attack Position "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder", you can negate any Spell/Trap effect activated by your opponent, then, change 1 "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder" you control to Defense Position. If a face-up "Uria, Lord of Searing Flames", "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder", or "Raviel, Lord of Phantasms" you control leaves the field: You take no damage this turn.
Cerulian Skyfire
The "Tokyo Dome Riot" refers to a a mass civil unrest that took place among yugioh players trying to be the first to get their hands on this iconic monster in the TCG
Exodia, The Forbidden One
The yugioh ruling under the subsection "Loops with an indeterminate outcome" currently only applies to one possible scenario faciliated by this tuner monster
Morphtronic Telefon
This now-deceased alternate format had players choose to abide by one of 5 banlists corresponding to an "era" of yugioh yet still play in one ecosystem. Unfortunately, this format arguably met its demise by True Draco being horrifically unbalanced due to the "5Ds Banlist" having a rule zero of only banning extra deck monsters and spell cards
Generation Duel