Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (section)

{{Short description|Trading card game}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox game
| name = ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''
| image = Yugioh_Card_Back.jpg
| caption = Backside of an English-language ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game'' card.
| image_size = 250
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| other_names = ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Official Card Game
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| publisher = Japan and SEA:<br />[[Konami]]<br />North America and Europe:<br />[[Upper Deck Company|Upper Deck]] (2002−2008)<br />Konami (2008−present)<br />South Korea:<br />[[Daewon Media|Daewon]]<br />China:<br />Shanghai Windo Entertainment
| date = {{Start date and age|1999|2|4|df=y}}
| years = 
| genre =[[Collectible card game]] 
| ages = OCG:<br />12 and up (1999−2015)<br />9 and up (2015−present)<br />TCG:<br />6 and up
| players = 2 (1 vs. 1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/league/dueling/tag_dueling.html|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME|publisher=yugioh-card.com|access-date=August 24, 2014}}</ref>
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The ''' ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game'''{{efn|{{Nihongo|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Official Card Game|遊☆戯☆王オフィシャルカードゲーム|Yū Gi Ō Ofisharu Kādo Gēmu}} in Asia.}} is a [[collectible card game]] [[Game design|developed]] and [[Publishing|published]] by [[Konami]], based on the [[manga]] series ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' created by [[Kazuki Takahashi]]. The card game is based on the fictional game of '''''Duel Monsters''''' (originally known as '''''Magic & Wizards'''''), which appears in portions of the manga series and is the central plot device throughout its various [[anime]] adaptations and spinoff series.<ref name="DUMMIES">{{cite book|title=Trading Card Games For Dummies|url=https://archive.org/details/tradingcardgames00kauf|url-access=registration|last1=Kaufeld|first1=John|last2=Smith|first2=Jeremy|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|year=2006|isbn=0470044071|pages=[https://archive.org/details/tradingcardgames00kauf/page/123 123–139]}}</ref>

The trading card game was launched by Konami in 1999 in Japan. It was later launched in March 2002 in North America, where it was originally sold under license by the [[Upper Deck Company]].<ref name="MILLER2">{{Citation |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |title=Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition | year=2003 |pages=667–671 |postscript=.}}</ref> It was named the top selling trading card game in the world by [[Guinness World Records]] on July 7, 2009, having sold over 22 billion cards worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konami.jp/topics/2009/0807/index-e.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810144853/http://www.konami.jp/topics/2009/0807/index-e.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2009|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Sales Set New World Record|publisher=Konami.jp|access-date=March 5, 2014|date=August 7, 2009}}</ref> As of March 31, 2011, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Japan sold {{formatnum:25.2}} billion cards globally since 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-trading-card-game/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227213305/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-trading-card-game/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2014|title=Best-selling trading card game|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=March 31, 2011|access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> {{As of|2021|1}}, the game is estimated to have sold about {{nowrap|35 billion}} cards worldwide.<ref name="livedoor">{{cite news |title=「ワンピース」でも「鬼滅」でもなく…史上最も稼いだ意外なジャンプ作品 |url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19610252/ |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=[[Livedoor News]] |publisher=[[Livedoor]] |date=29 January 2021 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=『鬼滅の刃』は『ジャンプ』史上最も稼いだマンガではない！ 売り上げ1兆円作品とは（週刊女性PRIME） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2 |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |publisher=[[Yahoo! Japan]] |date=29 January 2021 |page=2 |language=ja |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205071512/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  [[#Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Speed Duel]], a faster and simplified version of the game, was launched worldwide in January 2019. Another faster-paced variation, [[#Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Rush Duel]], launched in Japan in April 2020.

As one of the most popular CCGs, the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are among the [[list of most expensive CCG cards|most expensive CCG cards]].