DRAW
A Duel results in a DRAW (Japanese:
Examples:
- Both players' Life Points become 0 by a single card effect at the same time, such as that of "Self-Destruct Button", "Tremendous Fire", or "Destruction Ring".
- A single card effect causes both players to draw cards when neither player has enough cards left in their Deck, such as that of "Card Destruction" or "Morphing Jar".
- A single card effect causes both players to add all 5 pieces of "Exodia" to their hand, such as "Emissary of the Afterlife" or the above "Card Destruction" or "Morphing Jar". This can also happen during the initial draw of the game, which is the only way to DRAW before either player starts their turn.
- Both players activate "Final Countdown" on adjacent turns, and then the later player uses "Pyro Clock of Destiny" to advance their "Final Countdown" by one turn, causing both to win simultaneously 19 turns later.
- At the end of a turn when "Last Turn" was activated, both players' monsters remained on the field or both left the field. This is the only card whose text specifically mentions a DRAW.
- It is also possible for two different types of victory conditions to be fulfilled by one effect, such as completing "Exodia" by returning a piece from the field to the hand that was Summoned by "Relay Soul".
Unlike a Duel, a Match can never end in a DRAW in official tournaments. If a Match would end in a DRAW, extra Duels are played until one player wins the necessary two Duels to win the Match (or until the Match time limit runs out).
Since ending Duels in DRAWs tends to significantly slow down progression in official tournaments, many cards that easily enable DRAWs (such as the majority of the cards listed above) have been made Limited or Forbidden. "Ring of Destruction" has specifically had its text changed to prevent it from causing a DRAW, with the victory condition rules changed with it as a result.
In card texts, the term DRAW is always written with all capital letters to distinguish it from the common term of "to draw a card".
In the anime
In the anime, a DRAW has occurred a total of twelve times
- Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler[1]
- Alister and Seto Kaiba[2]
- Jaden Yuki and Zane Truesdale[3]
- Yubel and Jesse Anderson (who was with Jaden)[4]
- The Supreme King and Axel Brodie[5]
- Jaden Yuki and Yubel[6]
- Luna and Professor Frank[7]
- Crow Hogan and Broder,[8]
- Kite Tenjo and Yuma Tsukumo[9]
- Astral and Number 96[10]
- Gong Strong and Kit Blade[11]
- Yuya Sakaki and Aster Phoenix.[12]
Unsuccessfully attempted DRAW
- Joey Wheeler (against Mai Valentine)
- Alexis Rhodes (against Chazz Princeton)
- Tyranno Hassleberry (against Syrus Truesdale)
- Mr. Stein (against Jaden Yuki)
- Atticus Rhodes (against Yusuke Fujiwara)
- Jack Atlas (against Carly Carmine)
- Nicolas (against Jack Atlas)
- Number 96 (against Yuma Tsukumo)
- Mizar (against Don Thousand)
- Yuma Tsukumo (against Nash)
- Barrett (against Declan Akaba)
- Crow Hogan (against Battle Beast)
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Friends 'Til the End, Part 4" 78: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Deja Duel! - Part 2" 150: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode The Graduation Match, Part 2" 52: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode Unleashing the Dragon, Part 2" 130: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode What Lies Beneath, Part 3" 143: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode The Power Within, Part 2" 152: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode Return to the Spirit World, Part 2" 19: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode Tricking The Trickster" 127: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode Hunting Down the Hunter, Part 2" 24: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode The Dark Mist Rises: Part 2" 102: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode Going, Going, Gong" 11: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode Fighting Between The Rubble" 104: "