Duel Masters Trading Card Game

2004
Charlie Catino, Mike Elliott, Tyler Bielman
BGG Geek Rating
5.6
based on 281 ratings
BGG Average Rating
6.4
community average
BGG Ranking
#10474
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Players
2-4
Weight
2.10/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
10+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Variable Player Powers Hand Management

📂 Categories

Science Fiction Card Game Fighting Fantasy Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction Collectible Components

🎨 Artists

Dai Dustmoss Haccan Gyokan Masaki Hirooka Nakagawa Tomofumi Ogasawara Nakoi Saito Sansyu Shishizaru Fruit Parfait Koji Harada Imo Kajii sgr Ittoku Atsushi Kawasaki Jason Youichi Kai Eiji Kaneda Katsuya Tsutomu Kawade Kou1 Yusaku Nakaaki Seki Nottsuo Yarunoca D-Suzuki Dreamwave Asai Genji Soushi Hirose Masateru Ikeda Ryoya Yuki Katsuhiko Kojoh Hisanobu Kometani Takesi Kuno Miho Midorikawa Mikumo Miya Yoko Tsukamoto Tsuu Akifumi Yamamoto Taro Yamazaki Toshiaki Takayama Norikatsu Miyoshi Hisashi Momose Ken Sugawara Yoshio Sugiura Koji Watanabe Akira Hamada Daisuke Izuka Hikaru Ikusa Iron Pot Ippei Soeda Syuichi Obata Hideaki Takamura

🏢 Publishers

Wizards of the Coast

📖 About This Game

In Duel Masters, players build a deck of creatures and spells using cards from starter decks and booster packs. Your creatures are brought into play by paying the mana cost associated with it and are used to attack your opponents creatures or shields. Each player starts the game with 5 shields in play. These shields are merely 5 cards from your deck that are dealt face-down in front of you before the game starts. The shields, along with any "tapped" creatures you have in play, form your defenses. When a creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that creature breaks one of that player's shields. Each time a player's shield is broken, the player puts the shield into his hand. You win the game if on of your creatures attacks your opponent when he has no shields left (as long as your creature isn't blocked). Duel Masters is played in a very similar fashion to Magic: The Gathering, which is also made by Wizards of the Coast. Much of the terminology used in Duel Masters is the same as in Magic as well, such as "tapped", "summoning sickness", etc. Re-released as: Kaijudo