One Turn Kill
A One Turn Kill is achieved when a player wins a Duel in the space of a single turn, as soon as said player has the appropriate cards in their hand/Graveyard and has control over the duel.
In one turn, all of the opponent's Life Points, which is normally assumed to be no more than 8000, must be depleted, or an alternate victory condition must be fulfilled.
Significant or reliable OTKs generally consist of 4 or fewer cards, do not require the opponent to have particular cards or rely on indefinite chance, such as the effect of "Snipe Hunter".
Traditional and Advanced Formats will have very different OTK styles, owing to the allowable Card Pools. The Advanced Format banlist is updated every six months to reduce the viability of OTKs.
OTKs are rare in Yu-Gi-Oh! media, but are not non-existent. Since duelists usually start with 4000 Life Points in the anime, an OTK is declared when all 4000 are depleted in one turn. Some duelists have OTKed their opponents in the anime, such as Yami Yugi against Seeker[1], Yami Yugi against Noah Kaiba[2], Zigfried von Schroeder against Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor[3], Zane Truesdale against Mad Dog[4],Jaden Yuki against Nightshroud[5], Yuma Tsukumo against Anna Kaboom[6], Quattro against Bronk Stone and Caswell Francis[7], Yuma Tsukumo against Cathy Katherine and Tori Meadows[8], Yuma Tsukumo against Girag[9], Kite Tenjo against Scritch[10], Don Thousand against Mizar[11], Yuto against Sylvio Sawatari[12], Julia Krystal against Zuzu Boyle[13], and Jack Atlas against Yuya Sakaki[14].
A One Turn Kill that is pulled off during the player's first turn is referred to as a First Turn Kill.
Contents
List of One Turn Kills
Advanced Format OTKs
- Asura Priest OTK
- Bad Reaction to Simochi OTK
- Batteryman OTK
- Ben-Kei OTK
- Blaze Fenix OTK
- Chimeratech OTK
- Colossal Fighter OTK
- Cyber Dragon OTK
- Darklord OTK
- Demise OTK
- Evil HERO Dark Gaia OTK
- Elemental HERO Gustav Max OTK
- Empty Jar
- Exodia OTK
- Guardian Eatos OTK
- Gigaplant OTK
- Gear Golem OTK
- Karakuri OTK
- Magical Explosion FTK
- Quickdraw Synchron OTK
- Quillbolt Hedgehog OTK
- Reversal Quiz OTK
- Spell Counter OTK
- Voltic OTK
- Vylon OTK
- Witch Doctor of Sparta OTK
Traditional Format Only OTKs
- Athena OTK
- Butterfly Dagger - Elma OTK
- Chaos Emperor Dragon OTK
- Cyber End/Metamorphosis OTK
- Cyber-Stein OTK
- Dark Magician of Chaos OTK
- Dark Scorpion/Makyura OTK
- Frog Burn FTK
- Magical Scientist OTK
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Yugi vs. The Rare Hunter, Part 2" 57: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Noah's Final Threat, Part 2" 118: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode Child's Play" 189: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode No Pain, No Game" 65: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode The Last Hope! Judai Yuki" 178: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode Love Hurts" 29: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode Foolish Fans" 33: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode The Friendship Games" 81: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode Dual Duel: Part 2" 88: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode Now or Never, Part 2" 117: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode The New World" 138: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode Mr. Mystery" 7: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode You Show 'Em" 10: "
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode Match with the Master" 64: "