Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game is the version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game for Eastern Asia.

OCG products are advertised as suitable for 9-years-old children or older (in contrast to the TCG's 6+, and it used to be 12+ until 2015), and tournaments are divided into three age brackets: Expert, which has no age restriction, Regular, for high school students, and Challenge, for junior high school students.

Regions and Languages

The OCG is played mainly in Japan and South Korea, but also in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. It was printed exclusively in Japanese and Korean for most of its history, but is also currently printed in English (referred to as Asian-English) and Simplified Chinese, and has been previously printed in Traditional Chinese for a brief period.^[1]

Japanese cards used to be distributed in all OCG territories, though this has since ceased and are now only sold in Japan, by Konami of Japan. These Japanese cards distributed outside Japan were referred to as "Japanese-Asian" prints. Asian-English, Japanese-Asian, and Traditional Chinese cards are distributed by Konami of Hong Kong. Korean and Simplified Chinese cards are distributed by Daewon Media and Shanghai Windo Entertainment Co. Ltd respectively.

Even though they are part of the OCG, Korean and Asian-English cards use the edited artworks made for the TCG. Asian-English cards also have "Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game" printed on their backings, though with a different logo.

Card Legality

TCG cards are not legal in OCG tournaments. Due to Japanese, Asian-English, and Korean cards having different backings, if a player chooses to use a mix, they must use sleeves with an opaque reverse side to cover the backings.

Since September 2013, the OCG and TCG have had different banlists, with multiple cards being Forbidden in one list but Unlimited in the other (in both directions).

Names

Language	Name	Romanization	Language code
Japanese	遊☆戯☆王（YU-GI-OH!）オフィシャルカードゲームデュエルモンスターズ	Yūgiō Ofisharu Kādo Gēmu Dyueru Monsutāzu	JP (formerly omitted)
	遊☆戯☆王（YU-GI-OH!） 5D's（ファイブディーズ）オフィシャルカードゲーム	Yūgiō Faibu Dīzu Ofisharu Kādo Gēmu
	遊☆戯☆王（YU-GI-OH!） ZEXAL（ゼアル）オフィシャルカードゲーム	Yūgiō Zearu Ofisharu Kādo Gēmu
	遊☆戯☆王（Yu-Gi-Oh!） ARC-V（アーク・ファイブ）オフィシャルカードゲーム	Yūgiō Āku Faibu Ofisharu Kādo Gēmu	JP (Japan) and JA (other regions)
Korean	유☆희☆왕（Yu-Gi-Oh!） OFFICIAL CARD GAME	Yuhuiwang OFFICIAL CARD GAME	KR (formerly K)
	유☆희☆왕（YU-GI-OH!） 5D's（파이브디즈） 오피셜 카드 게임	Yuhuiwang Paibeudijeu Opisyeol Kadeu Geim
	유☆희☆왕（YU-GI-OH!） ZEXAL（제알） 오피셜 카드 게임	Yuhuiwang Jeal Opisyeol Kadeu Geim
	유☆희☆왕（Yu-Gi-Oh!） ARC-V（아크 파이브） 오피셜 카드 게임	Yuhuiwang Akeu Paibeu Opisyeol Kadeu Geim
Asian-English	遊☆戯☆王（YU-GI-OH!） TRADING CARD GAME	YU-GI-OH! TRADING CARD GAME	AE (formerly omitted)
Traditional Chinese	遊☆戯☆王（YU-GI-OH!） ZEXAL（ゼアル）公式卡片遊戲	Yóuxìwáng Zearu Gōngshì Kǎpiàn Yóuxì Jau4 hei3 wong4 Zearu Gung1 sik1 Kaat1 pin2 Jau4 hei3	TC
Traditional Chinese	遊☆戯☆王（Yu-Gi-Oh!） ARC-V（アーク・ファイブ）公式卡片遊戲	Yóuxìwáng Āku Faibu Gōngshì Kǎpiàn Yóuxì Jau4 hei3 wong4 Āku Faibu Gung1 sik1 Kaat1 pin2 Jau4 hei3	TC