Extra Deck (original) (raw)

The Extra Deck (Japanese: エクストラデッキ Ekusutora Dekki, abbreviated ＥＸ（エクストラ）デッキ in card text since Code of the Duelist), formerly known as the Fusion Deck (融（ゆう）合（ごう）デッキ Yūgō Dekki), is a Deck where Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters are stored during a Duel; Pendulum Monsters that would otherwise have been sent from the field to the Graveyard are also sent to the Extra Deck face-up instead.

The Extra Deck is separate from the Main Deck and is placed face-down in the Extra Deck Zone. Like the Main Deck, the number of cards in the Extra Deck is public knowledge. Unlike the Main Deck, a player may look through their own Extra Deck at any time. The face-down contents of the Extra Deck are not public knowledge, so a player may not look through face-down cards in their opponent's Extra Deck; however, the face-up cards in the Extra Deck are public knowledge, so either player may look through them at any time.[1]

It is not necessary to shuffle the Extra Deck, even when a card specifies that the card would be shuffled into the Deck.

Contents

• 1 Construction restrictions
  • 1.1 OCG/TCG
    * 1.1.1 Master Duel
    * 1.1.1.1 Constructed Deck format
    * 1.1.1.2 Sealed Format
    * 1.1.2 Speed Duel
  • 1.2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel
• 2 Anime and manga
• 3 In other languages
• 4 References

Construction restrictions[edit]

OCG/_TCG_[edit]

• The player can choose to not include an Extra Deck.
• The Extra Deck can only include Legal cards.
  • The Extra Deck cannot include Main Deck cards or Token Cards.

Master Duel[edit]

Constructed Deck format[edit]

• The Extra Deck can include up to 15 cards.
• The Main Deck, Side Deck, and Extra Deck combined can include up to 3 copies of any Unlimited card.
  • The combined Decklist can include up to 2 copies of any Semi-Limited card and up to 1 copy of any Limited card. Forbidden cards cannot be included.
  • Cards which have their name permanently treated as a different name are considered to be the same as that card for deck construction. Cards that are permanently treated as multiple names are counted as both names.

Sealed Format[edit]

• The Deck must be constructed using only card product provided at the event.
• There is no limit on the number of cards with the same name that can be included in the player's Decks.

Speed Duel[edit]

• The Extra Deck can include up to 6 cards.
• The Extra Deck can only include cards with the Speed Duel Logo.
• The Extra Deck cannot include Skill Cards.
• The Main Deck, Side Deck, and Extra Deck combined can include up to 3 copies of any Unlimited card.
• The combined Decklist, including the Skill Card, can include up to 1 Limited 1 card (in total), 2 Limited 2 cards (in total), and 3 Limited 3 cards (in total).

_Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel_[edit]

• The Extra Deck can include up to 15 cards.
• The player can choose to not include an Extra Deck.
• The Extra Deck can only include Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel cards.
  • The Extra Deck cannot include Main Deck cards.
• The Main Deck, Side Deck, and Extra Deck combined can include up to three copies of any Unlimited card.
  • If a Forbidden, Limited, or Semi-Limited List is used, the number of copies must not exceed those requirements.
• The Main Deck and Extra Deck combined can include a maximum of 1 Legend Card of each card type (Monster, Spell, and Trap).[2]

Anime and manga[edit]

Limits on the number of cards that are stored in the Extra Deck in the anime and manga are not yet determined. It is also not clear at all times of the series if the Extra Deck even exists; in many early Duels, the players seem to simply fuse monsters without ever apparently pulling the Fusion Monster card from anywhere.

It is also not clear at all times where the Extra Deck is kept:

• In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Fusion Monster Cards are not seen to be played from anywhere, but the Fusion Monster Card is present on the Duel Disk after it is Summoned.
  • Zane Truesdale's Fusion Deck is shown to be mixed in with his Main Deck; on one occasion, he searches his Main Deck for "Chimeratech Overdragon" when Fusion Summoning it.[3]
• In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Akiza Izinski can clearly be seen to have an Extra Deck Zone built into her Duel Disk. Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas's Extra Decks are stored with their Main Decks; both are shown adding "Stardust Dragon" to their Main Decks before a Duel.[4][5]
• In Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, the Extra Deck is stored in a box on the Duelist's belt.
• In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Duel Disks are specifically shown to have an Extra Deck Zone compartment.
  • In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 134134: "Relentless", there are 15 cards face-down behind "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" and "Performapal Coin Dragon". This number matches the Extra Deck limit in the TCG and OCG.
• In Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, Yusaku Fujiki adds the "Borreload Furious Dragon" that Roken Kogami gives him to his Main Deck. When "Firewall Dragon", a Link Monster, was resonating in the anime, a slot on the back of his Duel Disk glows blue, suggesting it may be the Extra Deck. During his final Duel with Ai, Playmaker used exactly 15 Extra Deck monsters.

In other languages[edit]

"Extra Deck" in languages other than English

"Fusion Deck" in languages other than English

References[edit]

1. ↑ Konami. Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015. p. 43.
2. ↑ NeoArkadia (October 31, 2022). "[RUSH DUEL] Change To How Legends Work". The Organization. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
3. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 06565: "No Pain, No Game"
4. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode 0044: "A Blast From The Past Part 1"
5. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode 02323: "Duel of the Dragons, Part 1"