The game was released in Japan in May 2002, where it quickly became the number one selling trading card game for over a year.[citation needed] Owing to this popularity, it was released in the United States on March 5, 2004. The game shares several similarities with Magic: The Gathering, the world's first collectible card game, which was also published by Wizards of the Coast. In fact, Duel Masters was originally intended as an alternative tradename for Magic: The Gathering and the earlier game play was abandoned in the Duel Masters manga plot to promote this latest experience.
As in Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters players summon creatures and cast spells using mana. Key differences include the fact that all creatures and spells can act as mana producers, creatures cannot block attacking creatures without having the “blocker” ability, and that creatures only have one “power” statistic. Furthermore, duelists have shields in the form of cards that go to their hand when “broken” as opposed to Magic's “life points”. Owing to the popularity of Duel Masters, four video games (three released for the Game Boy Advance and the other for the PS2) based around the game have been produced, titled Duel Masters: Kaijudo Showdown, Duel Masters: Sempai Legends, Duel Masters: Shadow of the Code for the GBA and Duel Masters: Cobalt for the PS2.
As of December 2006, the English sets of Duel Masters were discontinued by Wizards of the Coast due to weak sales and was hosted by Takara Tomy in Japan for a brief time.[2] However, in June 2012, Wizards of the Coast relaunched Duel Masters under a new franchise named Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters. Based on the existing Duel Masters brand, Kaijudo featured an online game, trading card game, and a television series.[3][4] In 2014, the company announced they would stop production of the paper version of the game in the United States.[5]
Game Playedit
In Duel Masters, two players play the role of duelists, using the "art" of "kaijudo" (a marketing term created for the North American version which supposedly describes the "art of battling with giant monsters," from the Japanese words kaiju, strange beast or giant monster, and do, way or art) to bring their creatures to life to do battle. Players battle each other by placing cards into their respective "mana zones," then using that mana to cast spells or summon creatures into the "battle zone."
Each player has five shields that protect them from damage; once these are gone, it takes one successful attack to win the duel. When a player's deck runs out of cards, that player automatically loses the duel.
Each player's deck must have a minimum of 40 cards in it. As with all trading card games, players construct their own decks out of cards from their collection. Players can purchase booster packs to increase the number of cards they have in their collection. Boosters are available in English for the first 12 DM-series sets, and Japanese for each expansion set released.
duel, masters, trading, card, game, player, team, collectible, card, game, jointly, developed, wizards, coast, takara, tomy, itself, affiliate, hasbro, which, owns, wotc, card, game, part, duel, masters, franchise, card, back, duel, masters, tcgdesignersmike, . The Duel Masters Trading Card Game is a two player or two vs two team collectible card game CCG jointly developed by Wizards of the Coast and Takara Tomy itself an affiliate of Hasbro which owns WotC The card game is part of the Duel Masters franchise 1 Duel Masters Trading Card GameThe card back of the Duel Masters TCGDesignersMike Elliott Charlie Catino and Tyler BielmanPublishersWizards of the CoastTakara TomyPlayers2 or 4Playing timeApprox 20 minChanceSomeSkillsCard playingArithmeticBasic Reading AbilityStrategy The game was released in Japan in May 2002 where it quickly became the number one selling trading card game for over a year citation needed Owing to this popularity it was released in the United States on March 5 2004 The game shares several similarities with Magic The Gathering the world s first collectible card game which was also published by Wizards of the Coast In fact Duel Masters was originally intended as an alternative tradename for Magic The Gathering and the earlier game play was abandoned in the Duel Masters manga plot to promote this latest experience As in Magic The Gathering Duel Masters players summon creatures and cast spells using mana Key differences include the fact that all creatures and spells can act as mana producers creatures cannot block attacking creatures without having the blocker ability and that creatures only have one power statistic Furthermore duelists have shields in the form of cards that go to their hand when broken as opposed to Magic s life points Owing to the popularity of Duel Masters four video games three released for the Game Boy Advance and the other for the PS2 based around the game have been produced titled Duel Masters Kaijudo Showdown Duel Masters Sempai Legends Duel Masters Shadow of the Code for the GBA and Duel Masters Cobalt for the PS2 As of December 2006 the English sets of Duel Masters were discontinued by Wizards of the Coast due to weak sales and was hosted by Takara Tomy in Japan for a brief time 2 However in June 2012 Wizards of the Coast relaunched Duel Masters under a new franchise named Kaijudo Rise of the Duel Masters Based on the existing Duel Masters brand Kaijudo featured an online game trading card game and a television series 3 4 In 2014 the company announced they would stop production of the paper version of the game in the United States 5 Game Play editIn Duel Masters two players play the role of duelists using the art of kaijudo a marketing term created for the North American version which supposedly describes the art of battling with giant monsters from the Japanese words kaiju strange beast or giant monster and do way or art to bring their creatures to life to do battle Players battle each other by placing cards into their respective mana zones then using that mana to cast spells or summon creatures into the battle zone Each player has five shields that protect them from damage once these are gone it takes one successful attack to win the duel When a player s deck runs out of cards that player automatically loses the duel Each player s deck must have a minimum of 40 cards in it As with all trading card games players construct their own decks out of cards from their collection Players can purchase booster packs to increase the number of cards they have in their collection Boosters are available in English for the first 12 DM series sets and Japanese for each expansion set released References edit Kaufeld John Smith Jeremy 2006 Trading Card Games For Dummies John Wiley amp Sons ISBN 0470044071 Official website must select Duel Masters from the Brands dropdown Now redirects to Japanese site of Takra Tomy Kaijudo Relaunch of Duel Masters announced Article by Greg Haenig Kaijudo Rise of the Duel Masters Archived from the original on 2013 10 14 Retrieved 2013 10 18 Wizards of the Coast to Cancel Kaijudo TCG Anime News Network August 23 2014 Retrieved August 28 2021 External links edit nbsp Anime and manga portal The old official website at the Wayback Machine archived 2012 03 01 Official website at Wizards of the Coast Official website at Takara Tomy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duel Masters Trading Card Game amp oldid 1190002927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
