It is also the second set to have 120 cards, including reprints of cards introduced in the Base Set.

Due to this popularity, it was released in the United States on March 5, 2004, where it has also done well.

In fact, Duelmaster was originally intended as an alternative tradename for Magic: The Gathering and that the earlier game play was abandoned in the Duel Masters manga plot to promote this latest experience.

Key differences include the fact that all creatures and spells can act as mana producers, creatures cannot block attacking creatures without having the blocker ability, and that creatures only have one power statistic.

Furthermore, duelists have shields in the form of cards that go to their hand when broken as opposed to Magic s life points.

Due to its popularity, it has successfully launched four video games (three in GBA and the other in PS2), titled DuelMasters Kaijudo Showdown, DuelMasters Sempai Legends, DuelMasters Shadow of the Code for the GBA and DuelMasters PS2.

Each player has 5 shields that protect them from damage; once these are gone, all it takes is one successful attack to win the duel.

Also, if a player runs out of cards to draw from their deck, or library, when required, then that player loses.

Players battle each other by playing mana, and then using that mana to summon creatures or cast spells, described below.

There are many types of creatures, with different powers and abilities.

Spells can do a variety of things, like give the player more shields, power up their creatures, etc.

For example, if a creature attacks one of your shields, you can use a creature with the Blocker ability to stop the attack.

Sometimes this is specific to a given trait, e.g.

For example, a creature that has power 3000 and Power Attacker 2000 will deliver an attack of 5000.

For example, a creature with water stealth cannot be blocked by an opponent who has water cards in their mana zone.

For example, a 1000 power creature with slayer can battle and destroy a 5500 power creature.

This is done by placing the evolved creature on top of the original.

Both the original and evolved creature must be of the same type (human, guardian, etc.).

Expansions are sets of cards that build upon the foundation laid out by the base set, the original set of cards released.

At the time of this writing, boosters are available for the following expansions.

It also contains Billion-degree Dragon, the card with the highest base power (15000).

These are abilities that activate when the creature is tapped.

All Duel Masters Cards