How many cards can you have in your extra deck

Want to know how many cards you can have in a Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel deck? There are over 10,000 cards available in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, which is a truly staggering number for newcomers and veterans alike. With so many cards on offer, you might be wondering how many you can squeeze into a deck.

Below, we’ll cover how many cards you can have in a Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel deck and discuss how you should use those cards to have the best chance of winning.

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How many cards can you have in a Yu-Gi-Oh deck?

In Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, you must have somewhere between 40 and 60 cards in your deck. As long as your deck falls between these two numbers, you can use it in Ranked Duels online and in Solo Mode. While you might think it’s best to have 60 cards, filling a deck with high level monsters that could deal massive damage, this can lead to bricking.

Bricking is when you draw a bad hand in Yu-Gi-Oh that doesn’t allow you to summon cards or use your deck’s strategies, leaving you open to attacks from your opponent. If you have 60 cards, it’s more likely that you will get a wide range of cards which could result in bricking. However, if you keep your deck at 40 cards, this can minimise bricking as your deck will only contain cards that are key to your strategy.

In Yu-Gi-Oh, speed is key. If you’ve already played some Master Duel online, you might have run into extremely powerful meta decks that wipe the board and defeat you in one turn. These meta decks make sure that every card in their deck is essential, which allows them to instantly pull important cards and start their winning strategy as soon as possible.

Of course, this is a general rule and some decks do function better with 60 cards. However, if you find yourself bricking and don’t understand why, try stripping out unnecessary high-level monsters from your deck.

It’s worth noting that you can only have 3 cards of the same name in a single deck. If there is a card that you really need to win and it is essential to your strategy, consider putting 3 of that card in your deck. You then have a higher chance of pulling this card when you’re in a duel, helping you get it into your hand and win.

That’s everything you need to know about deck size in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. If you want to get a specific card for your deck, check out our Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel card crafting guide. If you'd rather bulk up your collection, take a look at our guide on how to get more gems in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel so that you can buy more packs. When you're ready to hop online and challenge other players, take a look at our Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel crossplay guide. If you're waiting to play on an IOS or Android device, check out our Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel mobile release guide.

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The Extra Deck (previously referred to as "Fusion Deck") is a Deck where Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monsters are stored during a Duel. They are separate from the Main Deck, and you can search through it to find a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster that you need. There is a 15-card limit to the Extra Deck, regardless of how many monsters you include. The "Maximum of 3 Rule" for cards of the same name still applies.

If a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monsters on the field, in the Graveyard or Removed from Play is returned to its owner's hand or Deck, it is instead sent to the Extra Deck, since those 4 types of monsters cannot exist in either the hand or the Main Deck.

The contents of your Extra Deck are not public knowledge to your opponent, and only you may look through its contents.

The Extra Deck (Japanese: エクストラデッキ Ekusutora Dekki; usually abbreviated ＥＸ(エクストラ)デッキ 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 (as well as Pendulum Monsters that would otherwise have been sent from the field to the Graveyard) are stored during a Duel.

Contents

• 1 Mechanics
  • 1.1 Construction
  • 1.2 Gameplay
    • 1.2.1 Pendulum Monsters
    • 1.2.2 Extra Monster Zone
    • 1.2.3 Knowledge
• 2 Anime and manga
• 3 Notes
• 4 References

Mechanics

The Extra Deck is separate from the Main Deck, and contains combinations of Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters. During the game, it is placed face-down in the Extra Deck Zone, and a player can Special Summon Monsters included in there.

Construction

The Extra Deck has a maximum size of 15 cards (including all Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters combined). Per the "Maximum of 3 Rule", during Deck construction there can be at most 3 cards with the same name in a player's Main Deck, Extra Deck and Side Deck (combined). Usage of Extra Deck is not mandatory by rule.

Gameplay

During a Duel, players can Special Summon Monsters from the Extra Deck through Fusion Summon, Synchro Summon, Xyz Summon, Pendulum Summon, Link Summon, or any other cards that Special Summons from Extra Deck. It is not necessary to shuffle the Extra Deck, even when a card specifies that the card would be shuffled into the Deck.

If a Fusion Monster, Synchro Monster, Xyz Monster, or Link Monster would be returned to the hand or Main Deck, it is instead returned to the Extra Deck (face-down), since Fusion Monsters, Synchro Monsters, Xyz Monsters, and Link Monsters cannot exist in the hand or the Main Deck.

Pendulum Monsters

Unlike other Monster cards, Pendulum Monsters that would be sent to the Graveyard from the field are placed face-up into the Extra Deck.

Pendulum Monsters placed face-up in the Extra Deck during a Duel can cause the total size of the Extra Deck to exceed the maximum size permitted during Deck construction.

Extra Monster Zone

Link Monsters and Pendulum Monsters that are Special Summoned from the Extra Deck must be Special Summoned to an Extra Monster Zone or a Main Monster Zone pointed to by a Link Monster.

Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Monsters that are Special Summoned from Extra Deck may be Special Summoned to either Extra Monster Zone or Main Monster Zone.

In case of Fusion Pendulum, Synchro Pendulum and Xyz Pendulum Monsters, they can be Fusion/Synchro/Xyz Summoned to any zone from face-down. But when Pendulum Summoning them from face-up, they must be Summoned to an Extra Monster Zone or a Main Monster Zone pointed to by a Link Monster.

When Special Summoning from the Graveyard or banished, an Extra Deck Monster must be Summoned to a Main Monster Zone.

Knowledge

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.

The face-up cards in the Extra Deck are public knowledge, so either player may look through them at any time.

The number of cards in the Extra Deck is public knowledge.

Anime and manga

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.[1]
• 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.[2][3]
• 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 Episode 134, 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, the Extra Deck is not specifically shown due to the streamlining of most LINK VRAINS Duel Disks. However, if the Duelist is using a "Storm Access"-like Skill, cards can be randomly added to it from Data Storms and formed into actual cards in the real world.

Notes

1. ↑ The frequently used abbreviated form. Simply substitute the furigana with the Latin letters for the full form.

   Is there an extra deck limit?

   The Extra Deck has a maximum size of 15 cards (including all Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters combined).

   How many cards can you have in your deck?

   Deck of Cards Questions - There are 52 cards in a standard deck of cards - There are 4 of each card (4 Aces, 4 Kings, 4 Queens, etc.)

   Why is there a 60 card limit in Yu

   If you ever wondered why 60 cards is the upper limit for YuGiOh! decks it's because someone once entered a tournament with a 2222 card deck with the intent of wasting as much time as possible by shuffling it frequently.

   How many of each card can you have in a Yu

   Every YuGiOh deck has to have a minimum of 40 cards, with a maximum of 60. This number does not include the contents of the optional Side Deck or Extra Deck, each of which have a limit of 15 cards.