Deck Cost

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Deck Cost is a system used in some of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters video games and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.

There are two important components to this system: Deck Capacity and Deck Cost. Deck Capacity is a player stat that dictates the kind of cards they can put in their deck, while Deck Cost determines how much Capacity a single card takes up. The total Deck Costs of the player's cards cannot exceed their Deck Capacity, and stronger cards typically have higher Deck Costs. This keeps a player from accessing really strong cards from the start of the game and establishes a "power curve" across the game; the player will initially be restricted to very weak cards at the start of the game, but over time can increase their Deck Capacity (by winning Duels) to accommodate stronger cards to match well against tougher opponents.