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

==Comparison to other media==
In its original incarnation in [[Kazuki Takahashi]]'s ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga series, ''Duel Monsters'', originally known as ''Magic & Wizards'', had a rather basic structure, not featuring many of the restricting rules introduced later on and often featuring peculiar exceptions to the rulings in the interest of providing a more engrossing story. Beginning with the Battle City arc of the manga and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' anime series, more structured rules such as tribute requirements were introduced to the story, with the series falling more in line with the rules of the real life card-game by the time its spin-off series began. From the ''Duel Monsters'' anime onwards, characters use cards which resemble their real life counterparts, though some monsters or effects differ between that of the real life trading card game and the manga and anime's ''Duel Monsters'', with some cards created exclusively for those mediums. Some of those anime original cards have been printed since, usually through various side sets, with their effects being adjusted for the real card came. ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' featured an anime-original card type known as Dark Synchro, which involved using "Dark Tuners" to summon Dark Synchro monsters with negative levels. Dark Synchro cards were featured in the [[PlayStation Portable]] video game, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4'', while Dark Synchro monsters featured in the anime were released as standard Synchro monsters in the real-life game. ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V]]'' features Action Cards, spell and trap cards that are picked up in the series' unique Action Duels, which are not possible to perform in the real life game. In the film ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'', an exclusive form of summoning known as Dimension Summoning is featured. This method allows players to freely summon a monster by deciding how many ATK or DEF points it has, but they receive damage equal to that amount when the monster is destroyed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvMhuZmk2uk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/UvMhuZmk2uk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions - Sneak Peek Clip - Dimension Summoning|last=InnovationYGO|date=January 10, 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime series features Speed Duels which use a smaller number of monster and Spell & Trap zones and remove main phase 2 for faster duels. In the anime, characters can activate unique Skills depending on the situation (for example, the protagonist Yusaku can draw a random monster when his life points are below 1000) once per duel. A similar ruleset is featured in the ''Duel Terminal'' arcade machine series and the ''Duel Links'' mobile game.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} 

With the exception of the films ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie: Pyramid of Light|Pyramid of Light]]'' and ''The Dark Side of Dimensions'', which base the card's appearance on the English version of the real-life card game, all Western releases of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' anime and its subsequent spin-off series, produced by [[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]] and later [[Konami Cross Media NY]], edit the appearance of cards to differentiate them from their real-life counterparts in accordance with [[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]] regulations in concerning [[FCC regulations on children's programming#Program-length commercials|program-length commercials]], as well as to make the show more marketable across non-English speaking countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bertschy |first1=Zac  |last2=Sevakis |first2=Justin  |date=July 22, 2010 |title=Kirk Up Your Ears |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2010-07-22 |access-date=September 1, 2016 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> These cards are edited to only display their background, illustration, level/rank, Attribute, and ATK/DEF points.