Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, often shortened TCG, is the part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game manufactured by Upperdeck Entertainment under Konami's direction. The TCG is played Worldwide, but mostly in North America, Europe and Australia. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG began in 2002 under Kazuki Takahashi.

The TCG is printed in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. It was also printed in Portuguese in the past but seems to have been discontinued. All TCG cards are legal in countries where the game is played. For example, a Spanish Mirror Force is playable in Great Britian, as is a French Dark Armed Dragon in Germany, but not a Japanese Crush Card Virus in any of these countries, because all Japanese, Korean and Chinese cards are part of the OCG, the cards of which are not legal for play in the TCG, even if they are already released. In contrast, all TCG cards (excluding those that do not have a corresponding OCG release) can be used by players in South Korea or Japan in the OCG.

Tournaments are held each year that give out prizes which are usually rare cards or exclusive game mats. Players first start out in the Regionals and advance their way to the Championships. Shonen Jump also hosts their own tournament known as the Shonen Jump Championship. There are tournaments in the OCG as well as the TCG.