Hand size limit

Hand size limit
Japanese	手（て）札（ふだ）制（せい）限（げん）枚（まい）数（すう）
Japanese (ruby)	てふだせいげんまいすう
Japanese (base text)	手札制限枚数
Japanese (romanized)	Tefuda Seigen Maisū
Japanese (translated)	Hand limit number of cards
English	hand size limit
Other names French: limite de cartes dans la main (formerly limite du nombre de cartes de la main) Italian: limite di carte nella mano (formerly limite di/delle carte in mano) Korean: (카드)패 제한 ((Card) 牌制限) (Kadeu)pae Jehan Portuguese: limite da mão

The hand size limit (手（て）札（ふだ）制（せい）限（げん）枚（まい）数（すう） Tefuda Seigen Maisū) refers to the number of cards a player may keep in their hand at the end of their turn. If, during a player's End Phase, they have more than that number, they must choose cards to discard until they drop down to that number.

The usual hand size limit during a Duel is five. A small number of cards have effects that can change this limit, namely:

• "Hieroglyph Lithograph": This card requires a cost of 1000 Life Points to activate, and raises the activator's hand size limit to seven for the rest of the Duel.
• "Enervating Mist": As long as this card stays on the field, the opponent's hand size limit is lowered to five.
• "Infinite Cards": This card removes the limit on both players' hand sizes, as long as it remains on the field.
• "Silent Wobby": This lowers its own controller's hand size limit to three, as long as it remains on the field. Its other effect is designed to help give control of it to the opponent.