STANDARD RULES FOR SPEED DUELING!

Compare the attacker’s ATK to the other monster’s ATK. The weaker

monster is destroyed. The player with the destroyed monster takes

damage equal to the difference in Attack Points.

A destroyed monster is placed face-up in

its owner’s Graveyard.

If your ATK is bigger

• Destroy the other monster

• Opponent takes damage

If your ATK is smaller

• Destroy the attacker

• You take damage

If both monsters

have the same ATK

• Destroy both monsters

• No one takes damage

ATTACKER

TARGET

2000-1200=800

800 LP Lost

2000 ATK 1200 ATK

ATTACKER TARGET

3000-2000=1000

1000 LP Lost

2000 ATK 3000 ATK

ATTACKER TARGET

2000 ATK = 2000 DEF

No LP Lost

Compare the attacker’s ATK to the other monster’s DEF. Your opponent

does not take any damage when you attack their Defense Position

monster.

If your ATK is bigger

• Destroy the other monster

•

No one takes damage

If your ATK is smaller

• Both monsters survive

• You take damage equal to the

difference between your ATK and

their DEF

If the ATK equals the DEF

• Both monsters survive

• No one takes damage

ATTACKER

TARGET

ATTACKER

TARGET

ATTACKER

TARGET

No LP Lost

2000 ATK 700 DEF

2500-2000=500

500 LP Lost

2000 ATK 2500 DEF

2000 ATK = 2000 ATK

No LP Lost

AT TACK POSITION

DEFENSE POSITION

vs.

AT TACK POSITION

DEFENSE POSITION

vs.

Your

Speed Duel Starter Deck

contains

3 Speed Duel Decks. You can play these

Decks as they are, or combine cards from

each to build your own Deck the way you

want. If this is your ﬁrst time playing the

Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, this Dueling

Guide will teach you the basics. You can

also ﬁnd the complete rulebook online at

http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook

Skill Cards are chosen before the start of the Duel. You choose 1 Skill

Card and place it face-down before the Duel starts (so the character’s

name is showing). It might say that you can flip it face-up at the start of

the Duel. If it does not, then the instructions on the hidden side of the

card will tell you when you can activate it by flipping it face-up. When

you do, just follow the instructions on the card.

Skill Cards should be a secret from your opponent until you use them,

so don’t let them see what the card is when you set up at the start of

the Duel!

Speed Duels are played with a carefully selected set of cards.

For Speed Duels, you should only use cards with the Speed Duel

watermark on them.

You can use all your Speed Duel cards when you play the full

Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, and put them in your Decks, except

for Skill Cards. They can only be used in Speed Duels!

• Each player begins with 4000 LP (Life Points). If your LP hit zero, you lose!

• If you have Fusion Monsters (purple cards), like

Thousand Dragon, place them in the Extra Deck zone.

• Your Deck needs to contain between 20 and 30 cards. Your Extra Deck, if you have any Fusion Monsters,

can be between 0 and 5 cards.

• Shuffle the cards in your Deck together before the Duel (but not your Extra Deck).

• You can’t have more than 3 copies of the same card in your Deck.

• Each player chooses 1 Skill Card before the Duel and places it face-down in front of them.

• Flip a coin at the start. The winner gets to choose to go first or second. If you go first, don’t draw a card

on your first turn.

• Each player draws the top 4 cards from their Deck for their starting hand.

The Duel is played in turns. At the start of your turn, draw a card. Then you can Set Traps, play Spells, and Summon a

monster, in any order. After all that, you can attack. When you are done attacking, your turn ends, and now it’s your

opponent’s turn.

During your turn, you can Normal Summon 1 monster from your hand, in Attack Position (upright), or Set 1 monster face-

down in Defense Position (sideways). Count the monster’s Level Stars when you Summon it. If it has 4 or less Level Stars,

then you can just Summon or Set it. If it has more than 4 Stars, you need to Tribute a monster you already have in play

first, by sending it to the Graveyard. You need to Tribute 1 monster to Summon or Set a Level 5 or 6 monster, or Tribute 2

monsters to Summon or Set a Level 7 or higher monster. If a card effect says to Special Summon a monster, you don’t need

to Tribute unless the card effect says to. Also, Special Summons are “free” so they don’t take up your 1 regular Normal

Summon/Set during your turn, and can even sometimes be done during your opponent’s turn!

Monsters with yellow borders have no special abilities, but are good at battling. Monsters with orange borders have

special abilities – just follow what the card says. Monsters with blue borders, like

Relinquished, cannot be Summoned

except by using the Spell explained on the monster.

You can play Spells right from your hand to the Spell & Trap Zone. Just follow the card directions. If it’s a Field Spell ,

place it in the Field Zone. If a Spell or Trap has an Equip or Continuous

symbol, it stays in play in the Spell & Trap

Zone. All other Spells and Traps go to the Graveyard after you do what the card says.

Traps are not played face-up during your turn. Instead, you Set Traps face-down in your turn. Then on any turn after

that (yours OR your opponent’s turn), you can flip them face-up and use their effect, then send them to the Graveyard.

This lets you do a surprise move!

Each of your Attack Position monsters can attack once per turn. Pick a monster for it to attack, or if your opponent has

no monsters, you can attack their LP directly. Subtract your monster’s ATK points from your opponent’s LP. If you battle

an opponent’s monster, refer to the chart on the right to see what happens! If you attack a face-down monster, flip it

face-up, and if it survives the battle, it stays face-up.

These are just the basics. You can find out some more cool moves, and learn about advanced things like Quick-Play Spells

by reading the full rulebook online at http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook

CARDS LEGAL FOR SPEED DUELING

STANDARD RULES FOR SPEED DUELING!

Flip your Skill

over to

activate it

YUGI

MOTO

SETO

KAIBA

MAXIMILLION

PEGASUS

JOEY

WHEELER

ISHIZU

ISHTAR

MAI

VALENTINE

GAMEMAT

DESTINY MASTERS

DUELISTS OF TOMORROW

CHOOSE YOUR SKILL WISELY, IT WILL

HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE DUEL!