SPEED DUELING, A NEW WAY TO PLAY THE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, NOW AVAILABLE

Speed Dueling is now available in UK stores, making the physical card game more accessible and easier to play than ever before

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today announced that “Speed Dueling”, a specialised version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, is now available for purchase in UK stores.

The Speed Duel Starter Decks start from £9.99 and are available to purchase from select retailers and numerous independent hobby stores across the UK and Europe.

Based on the rapid style of Dueling featured in the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links mobile game, which has achieved more than 80 million global downloads since launch, Speed Dueling features four basic card types (Monster Cards, Spell Cards, Trap Cards and Skill Cards). A game (or “Duel”) takes around 10 minutes to complete, making it a fast and enjoyable experience for players of all ages and skill levels. With Skill Cards putting players in the shoes of their favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! character, they can battle their opponents with powerful monsters and enhance their strategies with Spell or Trap Cards.

Starting from today, KONAMI is also hosting a series of Speed Dueling tournaments at participating stores and conventions across the UK and Europe. Players competing in the official tournaments at participating stores will receive exclusive goodies, along with the opportunity to win more by completing special challenges in-store. Prizes include items such as a lanyard, scorepad and high-quality rubber Game Mat. A full list of participating stores, dates and times can be found at https://yugioh-card.com/uk/events/.

Speed Duel Starter Decks: Destiny Masters contains Decks for the Millennium Item users Yami Yugi, Ishizu Ishtar and Maximillion Pegasus to face off against rivals from Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow containing Decks for Seto Kaiba, Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler.

The Speed Duel Starter Decks each contain three ready-to-Duel Speed Duel Decks and three Ultra Rare variant cards specially chosen to boost each Deck’s strategy. Speed Dueling is a great way to get a taste of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG while also providing compelling new gameplay options for existing fans and an opportunity for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links players to experience the game in real-life.

“Master Dueling”, the standard version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, features bigger Decks and a larger Dueling Field, with special Card Zones for additional monster types, introducing more advanced types of monster, like Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum and Link Monsters. Players can use cards from over 15 years of Yu-Gi-Oh! history, allowing for more powerful card interactions and strategies. While TCG cards cannot be used in Speed Duel tournaments, Speed Duel cards can be used in Master Dueling. This provides Speed Duelists with an opportunity to experience the wider world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.

Find out more about Speed Dueling here: https://www.yugioh-card.com/speedduel/

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About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a duel while using cards that represent powerful Monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in Europe and Oceania.

About Konami Group

Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.

About Konami Digital Entertainment

Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as Pro Evolution Soccer, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game series. www.konami.com/games/corporate/en/.