Duel Disk
A Duel Disk (デュエルディスク Dyueru Disuku) is a piece of Dueling equipment attached to the left forearm within the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. They were first manufactured by KaibaCorp as a portable form of Dueling Arenas used in the early part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime. They use a portable hologram generator to display Duel Monsters cards and in the case of the Mark 1, the player's hand. Cards that are played are placed on the Duel Disk's blade. Since their introduction in the anime and manga, they have become a fundamental necessity among Duelists.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!
DiaDhank
In the Dawn of the Duel arc, the Pharaoh and the High Priests use a DiaDhank, a golden device worn similarly to the Duel Disk that uses the user's Ba (Life Force) to summon Ka (spirit monsters) from their stone tablets and control them. Shimon Muran describes a DiaDhank as a device use for calling for Duel Monster Spirits that are sealed away in Stone Tablets. Unlike the Duel Disk, the DiaDhank can only control up to three monsters at once. In place of the Life Point counter is the Eye of Wdjat, which contains a glowing yellow meter that measures the user's Ba, as the Duel Disk measures LP.
DiaDhanks do not appear in the manga, or the anime prior to the Dawn of the Duel arc; the Priests instead use their Millennium Items to summon monsters. While Shimon suggests that it should be impossible to use a DiaDhank without a Millennium Item, Bandit King Bakura, Abidos the Third and his servants are shown to do so with no ill effects.
The Academy Duel Disk in standby mode resembles the DiaDhank while it is in standby mode. Yubel's Rainbow Duel Disk resembles the ancient device as well.
Prototype
The Duel Disk was introduced in the first series anime just in its movie. It consisted of only a round disc attached to the wrist where the Deck was placed. The hands of the players were shown as huge holograms in front of them, and their Life Points as green squares behind them.
Duel Disk (version 1)
During the Duelist Kingdom arc, Seto Kaiba developed the first generation Duel Disk prototypes as a means of countering Maximillion Pegasus' mind reading abilities. Kaiba hypothesized that Pegasus needed face to face contact for his mind reading to work so as a feature of the Disks, holographic projections of the cards obstruct the Duelists from seeing each other.
This Duel Disk was physically and functionally different than the ones that would follow. Where the others are a single piece construct which houses the Deck, Graveyard, Life Point counter and Field, the first Duel Disk system had two components joined by a retractable cable.
The wrist component stores the Deck, Life Point counter and the actual disk component holds five cards. Users would load the cards as explained later into the disk and throw it like a yo-yo, causing a hologram to be projected from it.
The Duel Disk system also changed the rules of Duel Monsters to the Expert Rules. They followed Duelist Kingdom rules except for the following changes:
- Both players draw until they have five cards in their "hand". If they have five cards in their hand, they can't draw any more cards.
- 1 monster card is placed on the "Main card stage", the center place on the disk.
- The other 4 cards are placed face-down into the other places, the "Sub card stage".
- The players can only attack with the monster in the main card stage, provided it is in Attack Position first. It can attack the opponent's main card stage monster or one of the sub stage cards.
- Any monsters in the sub card stage are considered to be in Attack Position and damage calculation is done accordingly. Spell and Trap Cards are destroyed with no calculation done.
- The players may shuffle their sub card stages at their discretion.
An early variation of this system is used in Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! movie.
Duel Disk (version 2)
Prior to the Battle City Tournament, KaibaCorp developed the second generation Duel Disk, the first one to be released to the public. Issued to participants of Battle City, this Disk played the game according to the Super Expert Rules (which make it closer to TCG/OCG). After Battle City was over, the Duel Disk was made available to purchase by anyone.
Unlike the previous Duel Disk, it did not need to be thrown. In the manga, projectors below the card zones projected the holograms directly from the Disk; in the anime, each Duel Disk launches two holographic projectors from around the wristband to the sides of the Dueling area, though their use ceased in the Battle City finals. When in use, it resembled an arm blade. Monsters that are in play are placed on the five slots on the blade.
Directly underneath each Monster slot is another slot for Spell and Trap Cards. If a Duelist were to activate a Set card, they would activate a button on the round portion of the disk. Another slot can open on the front end of the disk that is used for the Field Spell Card. These zones do not appear in the manga until GX, and the Spell and Trap cards are instead played in the "Monster Card Zones" which act as zones for all cards. Whether or not there is a limit of five cards on the field at a time is unknown.
The center of the Disk includes the Deck and Graveyard slot and Life Point counter. The wristband also contains a retractable cable that could be attached to Dueling Arenas if one player opted not to use a Duel Disk. Ever since their introduction, almost all Duels were conducted with these or with the later introduced Chaos Duel Disk.
Despite other models of Duel Disks being used primarily in each series, this version of the Duel Disk has appeared in 4 out of 6 anime series. The students who try out for Duel Academy use this Duel Disk prior to receiving the Academy-issued Duel Disk in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, this version of the Duel Disk is shown being used by citizens of Satellite, indicating that this model has become obsolete, replaced with the more modern versions shown in GX and 5D's as well as the Duel Runner. Yusei Fudo uses a hybrid Duel Disk from his Duel Runner which has a startling resemblance to this version, possibly indicating that he has modified the obsolete model for use with his Duel Runner. In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Leo Akaba used this model to test the ARC System with Yusho Sakaki in Paradise City; these Duel Disks were the default Disks used following the creation of the Standard Dimension prior to the creation of the Standard Duel Disks.
Real-Life Duel Disk
Manufactured replicas of this Duel Disk were produced as toys. These were produced in Japan by Konami and in America by the toy company Mattel. There are a couple of notable differences between the Mattel Duel Disk and its fictional counterpart. The Spell and Trap Cards are loaded into the bottom of the blade rather than the top but most notably, it cannot project holographic images.
While the toy Duel Disk was advertised as being compatible with the TCG/OCG, there are a few flaws that make this impractical:
- Most players used card protectors to prevent damage to their cards. Cards in protectors will not fit into the Duel Disk.
- The Deck Zone can only hold about 50 to 69 cards safely. The Academy Duel Disk can hold 70 cards in total. While most players stick to the minimum, there are those who use bigger Decks and cannot use the Duel Disk. The new rules made a maximum of 60 cards making the limited holding capacity problem moot. Cards with protectors do not fit in the Duel Disk, and due to that and other things, the Duel Disk damages cards.
- The Graveyard can only hold about 25 cards. This would present a problem when playing against someone who relies on running an opponents Deck out. It also has "walls" with a little slot, which means removal often means bending the cards.
- No place for the Extra Deck or cards that have been banished.
- This is also true in the anime, as any banished cards are usually placed into the Duelist's pockets, and separate Extra Deck chambers were not introduced until the 5D's standard Disks.
- The Life Points counter can only go up to 9990 life points. While both players start with 8000, 4000 or 2000, it could rise to 9000 or 10,000+ Life Points due to card effects. The reason for the zero at the end is because while there are four buttons on the Disk, only three of them change the counter, the last one lights up the display. This also serves the problem that some cards can cause the Life Points in the ones digit to be a number different than zero.
- The way the Duel Disk moves from stand-by to in use is also different. In the anime, the Graveyard is locked over the Deck and the two field parts are retracted into the main part of the disk. When triggered, the field parts and Graveyard are unlocked and the central piece rotates the Graveyard and field into play position. The toy does not have a rotating center and the two halves of the field aren't locked in closer to the central piece. When the player triggers the play mode, the smaller half of the field, in which is spring loaded, is released from its lock at the same time as the larger half, which has a weaker spring, and thus the smaller part pushes the larger part into play position.
Chaos Duel Disk
The Chaos Duel Disk is a Duel Disk designed for the members of the organization called Doma in the Waking the Dragons arc. Functionally, it is identical to the Battle City Duel Disks, other than the fact that the field area of the standard version can retract and expand as opposed to being split in half, while the Orichalcos Soldier version is built into their arm-mounted weapons.
It resembles a scythed blade when deployed. It is believed to be modeled after the scythes on the armor of the Orichalcos Soldiers. When the Disk is in standby mode, it is circular in shape. It has the same script inscribed on it as "The Seal of Orichalcos", in addition to the Eye of Wdjat on the center. When active, a semi-circular section of the Disk extends and deploys the five card zones and the point of the blade.
Real-Life Duel Disk
Like the KaibaCorp Duel Disk, replicas of the Chaos Duel Disk were produced only by Mattel in America. They are compatible with the TCG/OCG, however, the same flaws in the KaibaCorp Disk appeared in these ones. These include not being able to use card protectors, a lack of an Extra Deck Zone and not being able to have more LP than 9999 even though a card effect such as "Solemn Wishes" can boost your Life Points beyond this.
Therefore, in order to calculate the user's Life Points if they exceed this the user must use some way to keep track such as a calculator. It also folds in differently; instead of the front tip folding into the center, the two Monster Zones closest to the Field Card Zone is visible.
In the anime, the Chaos Duel Disk folded in on itself until the field was completely folded into the hinged 'spell trigger' part of the Disk and then folded into the central part of the Disk, creating a compact form. The toy is much the same, but cannot fold all the way as the anime Disk can, but instead leaves the first two card spaces out. The hinge on the toy is the whole of the first and second card spaces, which pushes to the back of the central part and though not as compact as the anime Chaos Disk, it is still the most compact and light-weight of the toy Duel Disks.
Yu-Gi-Oh! R
In the spinoff manga Yu-Gi-Oh! R, the KaibaCorp Duel Disk is used, identical to the ones used in the series proper, with two notable exceptions.
- The Black Disk is a special one-of-a-kind Disk owned by Yako Tenma, and given to the strongest of his Card Professors, originally Richie Merced. Following Richie's defeat, Bandit Keith takes the Disk, as he has proven himself to be stronger than Richie. He uses it in his Duel with Jonouchi. When Keith attempted to slip a card from his wristband to the disk, it set off the cheat-prevention alarm, indicating that the Disk would not accept any cards on the Disk aside legitimate ones within the Duel, though this appears to be a feature of all the Duel Disks used in the arc as a whole, as indicated by the rules shown in the back of Volume Four (Keith had no knowledge of this due to the Disk being developed after his Penalty Game.). The Disk was taken by Jonouchi upon Keith's defeat, and he gave it to Tilla Mook, as he had borrowed hers and left it with Keith.
- Maico Kato uses a Duel Disk that is stored in the side of her wheelchair. The card platform features the five card zones aligned beside each other in a straight line, with the Deck slot (identical to other Duel Disks) beside them, and the Graveyard chamber located above the card zone beside the Deck slot. Due to this, the front of the Disk is shaped to make room for all five Solid Vision projectors. She plays her cards as if she were sitting at a table.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Capsule Shooter
In Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, The Capsule Shooter is the Capsule Monsters version of the Duel Disk. The capsule is removed from the belt and slotted into the Capsule Shooter, then launched. Three slots are shown for capsules, but as one of Alexander followers played four monsters, there could be more.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions
Duel Disk (version 3)
Yugi and Kaiba use new Duel Disks during Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions. The new Duel Disks were developed by Kaiba Corporation and creates Solid Vision holograms from the user's imagination through a neural link. They appear similar in shape to the Capsule Shooter and appear as a hybrid of a KC Mass Production Disk, a D-Pad and the ARC-V Duel Disks: the overall design mimics that of the KC Mass Production Disk, the blade folds up on top of the body when not in use, similar to the blade of a D-Pad, and as demonstrated by Kaiba, it can produce a virtual blade similar to the Solid Vision blade of the ARC-V Duel Disks.
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In addition, the Duel Disk operates with a headset similar to a Duel Gazer, albeit larger in design, and rather than possessing a glass lens, it projects a series of holographic circles over the eye. It appears to lack a Graveyard Zone and Extra Deck Zone. When cards are drawn or inserted into the Duel Disk, it produces a brief flash of blue light. As demonstrated by Kaiba in the KaibaCorp Satellite, this Duel Disk is also capable of producing virtual locations and people from its user's thoughts, as Kaiba used his to produce a church-like setting to Duel against a virtual replica of Atem (which was produced from his memories). It can also display the (virtual) hand of a Duelist like the latest model Duel Disks in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, albeit with more detail and status screens.
With the exception of the new-model Duel Disks from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, it is the thinnest and most streamlined Duel Disk to date; even after Yugi converts his into its alternate mode, it maintains a level of thinness not seen before. Kaiba's Duel Disk is even more streamlined; it uses a virtual blade and Deck rather than a physical one.
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| Yugi Muto/Atem: White body with pink accents. |
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| Seto Kaiba: Dark blue (almost black) body with light blue accents and virtual blade and Deck. In certain promotional images, it has a dark blue body with light blue accents. Unlike the one used by Yugi, Kaiba's features an extra attachment on his shoulder, which features a cable that attaches to the back-underside of his Duel Disk, and (as seen briefly during his first Duel against Aigami) actually produces the virtual cards for his Duel Disk to deposit. |
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| Aigami: Aigami's Duel Disk is produced from his Quantum Cube, and thus composed of a series of cubes, which Kaiba implies is similar to this particular Duel Disk model. Also, instead of wearing it on his arm, Aigami's Duel Disk hovers in front of him, with each cube being used for a set of Zones. The Deck Zone contains an orb of light which can produce Duel Monsters cards when Aigami needs to draw them. |
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| Seto Kaiba: At the end of the movie, Kaiba wields an improved version of this Duel Disk against Atem in the afterlife. Unlike the first one, this one appears be connected to a special suit that he wears, as he is seen with glowing blue lines on his body. It's possible the suit allow him to stay in the afterlife by drawing on the Quantum Cube's power. | 
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Academy Duel Disk
A streamlined version of the second Duel Disk. This is the standard Duel Disk issued to students of the various Duel Academies established by Seto Kaiba in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series. Aside from the obligatory alternate folding feature, and a cosmetic refit, this Disk functions identically to the second Duel Disk. The shift from standby to active mode of this version of the Duel Disk is much less pronounced than the Battle City variant, only requiring the card zones to extend, revealing the Graveyard, and the first two card zones to extend from within the others. The Field Spell Zone functions the same as the Chaos Duel Disk. The section of the Disk that covers the blade in standby mode has five rectangles traced on it, possibly the activation buttons for Spell/Trap Cards. This Duel Disk is also seen in the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's manga rather than the 5D's standard Disk.
Real-Life Duel Disk
As with the KaibaCorp Duel Disk and Chaos Disk, Konami in Japan and Mattel in America made replicas of the Duel Academy Disk. They fixed one of the main problems of the Disks in resizing the card zones, along with Deck and Graveyard to fit cards with protective sleeves without problems. Although, it can only hold 40 cards with sleeves. Many of the other problems remained.
- No place for banished cards and the Extra Deck.
- Straps are one size only. This was a major problem for players who were bulky in the wrist region and used the Academy Disk in order to save space and not use a table or for fans who wished to use the Disk as part of a cosplay outfit.
- The Life Point counter is still limited to 9990.
- Owners of the Academy Disk accounted that between different Academy Disk that there was a variance of 34 - 40 cards held within the Deck Zone.
Though the main flaw with the Duel Disk was addressed in the new Academy Disk, many of the major flaws still remained unaddressed. Though the Duel Disks are perceived as "toys", few use the Academy Disk in place of taking up space on a table. Along with the release of the Academy Disk, Mattel produced a specialized carrying pack for the new Disks, though none have been actually seen used or in stores. Due to past sales of the Academy Disk and the limited popularity with the toy as a Dueling medium Mattel discontinued the production of the Academy Disk several months after its release.
Academy Duel Disk (version 2)
The upgraded version, with Slifer Red colors.
The upgraded version, with Ra Yellow colors.
The upgraded version, with Obelisk Blue colors.
An updated version of the Academy Duel Disk which now has the color of the user's respective dorm on it. They are introduced in Season Four. Many characters who no longer attend Duel Academy (such as Aster Phoenix and Zane Truesdale) continue to use the silver style Academy Duel Disk. The change is cosmetic only and the Disks still retain the exact functionality of the original Academy Duel Disks.
In November 2007, a real-world version of the red-trimmed Slifer Red Disk was also produced in Japan, known as Academy Duel Disk Osiris Red and came boxed with several Booster Packs and promotional cards.
Others
Other versions of the Duel Disk appear in GX, and by the time the series takes place, it seems as if many Duelists have taken to individually customizing their Disks. It's never specified if the disks below are manufactured by Kaiba Corporation or customized by the owners.
Duel Coats
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| Duel Coat - A different version of the Duel Disk. It is used primarily by both Vellian Crowler and Jean-Louis Bonaparte. The latter's has a wheel attached to its underside to compensate for his short stature. Unlike many other Duel Disks, the card platform is completely separate from the Deck and Graveyard section.
In its standby position, the card platform is slung across the back and carried by a strap, leaving both arms free. When active, the card platform is held in front of the body, much like a guitar. The Deck and Graveyard are contained in a hub on the support strap, usually resting in the center of the Duelist's chest. The Duel Coat also does not require the user to manually draw a card, a motion sensor will eject a card into the Duelist's hand during each Draw Phase when triggered by a motion. |
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| Titan's Duel Disk - Titan's Duel Disk is an altered version of the Duel Coat. The Deck Zone and the hologram projectors are contained within the coat portion, while the gauntlet contains the Graveyard, which is located in the normal position; the Field Spell Zone, which is located in a compartment on the top of the Disk; and the blade, which is shaped like a bat's wing, is stored within the gauntlet when not in use. | 
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| Thelonious Viper's Disk - Thelonious Viper's Duel Disk is an altered version of the Duel Coat, like Titan's Duel Disk. It is a very heavy Duel Disk that works like a fold-out table. The armor on Viper's shoulders look snake-like in appearance. The Graveyard is actually found in a compartment on his belt, and the Deck Zone at his hip. The Field Spell Zone functions in a similar manner to the KaibaCorp Duel Disk, and it has five rectangular sections that appear to be the activation buttons for Spell/Trap Cards. | 
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Academy-like Duel Disks
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| Admiral's Duel Disk - Admiral's Disk is encrusted with jewels and other treasures of the sea. | 
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| Jewel Disk - The Gecko family's most valuable possession. Offered as a prize by Adrian Gecko in the "Duel for Jewels" tournament. Looks the same as the Admiral's, but golden in color. | 
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| Amnael's Duel Disk - This Duel Disk is used by the seventh and final of the Shadow Riders, Amnael. It is a black model of the Academy Duel Disk. It appears as an unlockable in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller on which it is known as the Alchemy Disk. | 
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| Jim Crocodile Cook's Duel Disk - This Disk resembles the KC mass production Duel Disk, but is shaped like a boomerang and features a handle extending off the main zone, which Jim uses to carry it. The edges are apparently very sharp, and it can be used as a blade. It is activated by pushing the handle into the Disk, deploying the blade and the Graveyard compartment. | 
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| Adrian Gecko's Duel Disk - Adrian's Duel Disk appears to be a slightly modified Academy Disk with a blue inside & gray outline. In standby mode, rather than having the back three slots visible, only the back two slots are visible. The third/middle slot is hidden under the other two, so when Adrian activates it, the back two slots extend out to reveal the middle one. | 
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Pseudo Academy-like Duel Disks
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| Dark World Duel Disk - The same as the Academy Duel Disk, but with a sharper edge, and it looks like a combination of the Academy Duel Disk and the KC mass produced model. This is the Disk used by most inhabitants of the Dark World, including Freed. It is activated by pulling a switch. | 
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| Brron's Duel Disk - A black version of the Dark World Disk with a green trim. | 
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Personalized Duel Disks
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| Gravekeeper's Chief's Duel Disk. - This Disk is used by Gravekeeper's Chief and appears to actually be made out of stone. When activated, the blade materializes from golden light. | 
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| Camula's Duel Disk - This Duel Disk is used by the second of the Shadow Riders, Camula. It is shaped like a bat wing. | 
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| Tania's Duel Disk - This Duel Disk is used by the third of the Shadow Riders, Tania. It resembles a large sword blade, with five spikes around the Deck Zone, possibly the activation switches for Spell/Trap Cards. In several video games, it is referred to as the Amazoness Disk. | 
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| Kaibaman's Duel Disk - A Duel Disk resembling the wing of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". | 
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| Abidos' Duel Disk - This Duel Disk is used by the fifth of the Shadow Riders, Abidos the Third. It resembles a scarab beetle. | 
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| Axel and Mr. Brodie's Duel Disk - A golden Duel Disk shaped like a gun that can also shoot flaming cards. It also features a hidden camera, as seen in Axel's Duel with Trueman. It was destroyed by Trueman after his Duel with Axel. | 
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| The Rock Spirit's Duel Disk - A Duel Disk used by Titan the Rock Spirit. | 
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| Masked Knight's Duel Disk - Used by the Three Masked Knights, these disks have blades that pop to show the Card Zones when activated. These Duel Disks appear similar to Yubel's first Duel Disk. | 
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| The Supreme King's Duel Disk - In standby mode, this Duel Disk is shaped like a star. When the Disk is activated, the five Monster Card Zones appear out of center of the Duel Disk and spin around it for approximately a second, before aligning themselves horizontally. | 
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| Yubel's second Duel Disk - A purple Duel Disk with three blades on it that work as a normal Duel Disk does and was used by Jesse Anderson while possessed by Yubel. It resembles the DiaDhank. In Duel Art, Kazuki Takahashi's design notes refer to this Duel Disk as the Rainbow Duel Disk. | 
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Organic Duel Disks
Several characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX have Duel Disks that seem to literally be part of their bodies, and are thus organic in nature.
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| Yubel's first Duel Disk - A Duel Disk with a tray shaped like a bat wing and a sharp-toothed mouth that contains the Graveyard. It is used by Marcel Bonaparte when he is possessed by Yubel and also by Yubel herself when she Duels on her own. When Yubel activates it, it grows from her arm. | 
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| Zure's Duel Disk - A Duel Disk that is part of Zure's body. Zure activates the Disk by pulling on a horn on his arm, revealing a flap of skin with five Monster Card Zones. When a Field Spell Card is placed in the Field Spell Card Zone, door-like hinges open up on the right side of the horn, where the card is placed inside. | 
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| Trueman's Duel Disk - Trueman's Duel Disk is merged with his suit, and is shaped like a dragon's wing. He produces the Duel Disk by concentrating black cards around his arm. | 
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| Nightshroud's Duel Disk - This Duel Disk is used by Nightshroud, when the entity reveals its true form. It is incorporated into Nightshroud's body, with each of his five wings holding a Monster Card Zone and a Spell & Trap Card Zone. | 
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Pseudo-Organic Duel Disks
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| Alien of Light's Duel Disk - The Alien's Duel Disk seems to be perpetually active, as seen when he was wearing it while exiting its ship. Semicircular in shape, it's rounder than most others. As the Alien is from another dimension, it is unlikely that this device is a Duel Disk at all, but rather an instrument from The Light of Destruction's world that serves the same function. | 
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| Scarr's Duel Disk - Used by Scarr, this is a single-bladed disk that can also function as a weapon and he threatens a small boy with prior to Dueling Jaden Yuki. | 
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Duel Disks in New Domino City are sharper-looking than the previous types. Unlike previous Duel Disks, there is a chamber for the Extra Deck located on the opposite side of the spot where the Main Deck is inserted. The Deck Zone is capable of automatically shuffling the Deck and ejecting cards that have been searched from the Deck while the cards are locked in. The Duel Disk responds to the its activation and placement of cards by shimmering with rainbow light.
Some Duel Disks are compatible with Duel Runners for Turbo Duels. Usually in these cases, the Wrist Dealer is able to attach the card zones to the Duel Runner and then detach itself so the Duelist only holds the Deck on his/her arm, though there are exceptions.
Yusei's Duel Disk
Yusei Fudo's Duel Disk is a modified version of the Battle City Duel Disk. When connected to his Duel Runner, it attaches just below the dashboard. When in use, it will fold together as it normally would. When inactive, the two parts of the blade separate and fold vertically on each side of the Duel Runner. Like most other hybrid Duel Disks, the Deck Zone is on his Wrist Dealer and not in the Duel Disk itself. Yusei also has a two-way microphone installed in his disk, as seen in episode 61. Unlike the regular Battle City Duel Disk, Yusei's appears to not fold away for ground mode when not in use, and always looks "active" whenever he pulls it out. His Extra Deck is stored within his Main Deck.
Real-Life Duel Disk
Konami released the first Duel Disk of the 5D's Era, starting with Duel Disk - Yusei Version. It was released in the OCG Market on September 26, 2009 for 4,000 Yen (Including Tax). It includes Yusei's Duel Disk and two Promotional Cards: "Vice Dragon" and "Shield Wing" (both Duel Terminal compatible). The Yusei Duel Disk can hold up to 50 sleeved cards in the Deck area, but only holds around 15-18 sleeved cards in the Graveyard. The Life Point Counter can go up to 99990 Life Points and can only display 0 in the single-digit column.
In November 2010, Konami released an update to this Duel Disk, the Duel Disk - Yusei Version 2010. This version addresses many of the issues present in the 2009 version and the Mattel versions. In addition to being the first Duel Disk with spaces for the Banished Zone and Extra Deck Zone, this is also the first Duel Disk to feature a bottom covering on the arm blade. Konami removed the "flip action" feature present in the 2009 version, opting instead for a more realistic portrayal of the Duel Disk featured in the show - the clips that hold the cards on the blade are similar to those on the original Mattel disks. The Deck Zone can hold 50 sleeved cards, and the Graveyard can hold up to 30 sleeved cards.
Specific Examples
Duel Disks show different colors and decorations, possibly in addition to compatibility with Duel Runners, depending on the tastes and tasks of the Duelist using the Disk.
There are also customized Duel Disks existing in New Domino, as seen in the images below.
Hybrid Duel Disks
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| Jack Atlas' Duel Disk is a single-bladed version with a style reminiscent of the Battle City Duel Disk. It is usually attached to his Duel Runner, where it forms the left armrest. It is the only hybrid Duel Disk shown that doesn't feature a removable Deck Zone as the Deck slot is located on the inner corner of the blade rather than at his wrist. The activation buttons for Spell and Trap cards are located at the base of the individual card zones. As with Yusei's, Jack's Extra Deck is stored within his Main Deck. | 
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| Leo and Luna's Duel Disks are smaller blue/pink and white versions of the standard model with yellow gems. Yusei modified their old ones to fit their arms. It can be used in conjunction with the Duel Board, but requires a physical "Speed World 2" card. | 
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| Crow Hogan's Duel Disk is a customized Duel Disk resembling the Chaos Duel Disk. When connected to his Duel Runner, it is attached just below the dashboard. When inactive, the card zones fold in a semicircle around the center area. Like most other hybrid Duel Disks, the Deck Zone is on his Wrist Dealer and not in the Duel Disk itself. It's Life Point counter can double as a GPS. The Deck slot has a beak-like spike on top of it. | 
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| Sherry LeBlanc's Duel Disk is similar in design to Crow Hogan's only with inverted colors and the board being straight with circular edges. When attached to her Duel Runner, Duel Disk's base is attached below the dash board with the blade swirving around to face the long neck of the Duel Runner and connect to it vertically. When inactive in ground mode, it folds into three corners around the Duel Disk's base. The Field Spell Card zone has an attachment that functions like a police tazer after it pops out. | 
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| Akiza Izinski's second Duel Disk is purple with a dark red trim. Similar to Yusei's, when her disk is attached to her Duel Runner, it is positioned just below the dashboard. When not in use, the blade folds over the Duel Disk's base with the the outer four slots connected to the Duel Runner's steerer. While inactive for ground mode, the disk will connect to her Wrist Dealer and the blade will still slide over the Duel Disk's blade, but the addition of the outer four slots contracting into the disk's base. | 
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| Elsworth's Duel Disk, like other hybrid models, has a separate Wrist Dealer that connects to the actual Duel Disk when for ground Duels. It is black with an oblong base with the card zone base shaped like a katana blade. Like Jack Atlas's Duel Disk, it holds all five card slots on one blade. Similar to the Chaos Duel Disk, when not in use the blade folds into each slot until completely folded into the hing which then slides into the Duel Disk base, creating a compact form. The Disk contains a parachute, and the blade can be used as a weapon. | 
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Standard Duel Disks
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| The standard New Domino City Duel Disk. It bears the same colors as the original model and it is the most used color by Duelists in the anime. No Duel Disks of this type have been shown to combine with Duel Runners. | 
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| Lenny's Duel Disk is a light and dark gray version of the standard model with with navy gems. | 
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| Akiza Izinski's first Duel Disk is a pinkish-red version of the standard model with purple gems. | 
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| Mr. Armstrong's Duel Disk is a black and dark gray version of the standard model with amber gems. This version is also used by Dragan during his ground Duel against Jack. In some video games, guards in the jails also used this Disk. This Disk was obtainable in-game and was called the 'Jail Disk', suggesting that it may be a Sector Security-issue model. | 
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| Professor Frank's Duel Disk is a green version of the standard model with yellow gems. | 
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| Greiger's Duel Disk is a tan and black version of the standard model with green gems. | 
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| Commander Koda's Duel Disk is a blue gray version of the standard model with teal gems. | 
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| Lazar's Duel Disk is a gold colored version of the standard model with orange gems. It was briefly abandoned by Lazar during the Black fog incident, but makes a reappearance later in Season Two. | 
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| Leo's Old Duel Disk is a blue and white version of the standard model with yellow gems. | 
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| Sayer's Duel Disk is a goldish version of the standard model with red gems. Sayer loses this Duel Disk after his second Duel with Carly and instead uses a Sector Security Duel Disk. | 
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| Carly Carmine's Duel Disk is a silverish version of the standard model with blue gems that was loaned to her. This Duel Disk was lost when Carly was killed and turned into a Dark Signer. It is also used by Halldor in Tag Force 6. | 
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| Sector Security Duel Disk is a metallic blue and white version of the standard model with green gems. It is used primarily by members of Sector Security, a prime example being Trudge. It is also used by Sayer when he pretends to be a member from Sector Security. | 
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| Dexter's Duel Disk is a dark teal version of the standard model with cerulean gems. It's been shown in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia. | 
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| Heitmann's Duel Disk is green with yellow gems, much like Professor Frank's, the main exception is that his is more of a lime-green color. | 
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| Syd's Duel Disk is a black and dark-grey version of the standard model with purple gems. | 
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| Bruno's Duel Disk in his normal persona, as shown in Tag Force 6, is a gold right-handed version of the standard model with green gems. | 
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| The members of Team Unicorn, as shown in Tag Force 6, use dark blue and white version of the standard model with orange gems. | |
| Don Piero's Duel Disk is a gold and silver version of the standard model with ruby red gems. |
Other Duel Disks
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| Gill Randsborg's Duel Disk is the shield of his knight armor. The Monster Zones are divided into two groups of two, with the fifth on top of them; the Graveyard is on the left of the middle row. The Spell/Trap Zones are on the other side of the Graveyard. When not in use, the Duel Disk serves as a prop for his costume. It is strong enough enough to deflect sword attacks. | 
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| This Duel Academy's standard-issued Duel Disk is predominately yellow and white that features a red gem on top, black accents and the Monster and Spell/Trap Zone closest to the Field Spell Zone appears to be able to retract into the blade. This model is presumably used by all the students at the New Domino City Duel Academy. Interestingly, it appears vaguely similar in design to "Power Tool Dragon's" head. | 
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| The Dark Signers' Duel Disks are almost completely black, and are decorated to look like the head of a dragon. The Deck is placed in the "mouth" of the dragon head. These disks are used by the Dark Signers Carly Carmine, Misty Tredwell, Devack, and Roman Goodwin. Roman's Duel Disk is modified to attach to his mechanical arm instead of going around his wrist. They are activated in a similar manner to the Chaos Duel Disks; the card zones are kept compressed at the back of the Duel Disk, and rotate and expand to a parallel | 
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| Rex Goodwin's first Duel Disk is integrated within his mechanical left arm. When activated, the blades rotate 90 degree, ending up perpendicular to his wrist. The blade on the right has three Monster Zones and three Spell/Trap Zones; the left blade has two of each. The Graveyard is on the right of the Deck. The Solid Vision generator is located in the wrist. It is later torn off and replaced with Roman's severed arm. | 
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| Rex Goodwin Duels utilizing an altar atop the Stairway to the Dragon Star instead of a Duel Disk for his 3-on-1 Turbo Duel against Yusei, Jack, and Crow. It looks like an Inca-style Dueling arena, and is the third ancient Duel Disk (the first being the large Duel Disk-like blades wielded by the Orichalcos Soldiers, the second being the DiaDhanks used in Ancient Egypt) to be shown in the anime. It is worth noting that, despite its ancient origins, it displays certain features of the modern-day Duel Disks: whenever Rex places a card onto the field, it briefly produces a rainbow-colored aurora and the Deck slot features the automatic deck-shuffling feature. Also, for his 3-on-1 Turbo Duel, Rex uses an physical card of "Speed World". |
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| The Skeleton Knight's Duel Disk contains an extra slot to hold his hand, while he holds the reins of his horse. | 
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| The Duel Disks used in Crash Town are shaped like guns. The Duelist who pulls first, puts their Duel Disk on their arm, and then draws their opening hand the fastest gets the first turn. They are slightly similar to Axel Brodie's Duel Disk. In the dub, these Duel Disks are remodeled to look less violent.[citation needed] Instead of arrows in the Monster Card Zones, there are bullet-shaped symbols. | 
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Future Duel Disks
In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 134, Yusei and the others were given a vision of the future, showing how New Domino City would develop and how technology would evolve. In that vision new Duel Disks were shown that no longer rely on metallic frames, but teal energy beams that that cards rest on. This technology is used in the Duel Disks wielded by the Three Pure Nobles, as they are from the future.
Yliaster Duel Disks
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| Lester's Duel Disk was the first example of a futuristic Duel Disk seen in the anime. The Deck, Graveyard, and Field Spell Zones are a part of the central body with the Spell, Trap and Monster Card zones are played on the teal energy beams between the six gold cylinders. When not in use, it goes on Lester's back instead of around his wrist. When Turbo Dueling, Lester uses a physical "Speed World 2" card, as he uses the Disk in conjunction with a Duel Board. | 
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| Primo's sword transforms into his Duel Disk when he merges with Terrible Omen. When this occurs, the hilt lowers itself from the blade and then the hilt itself divides into two sections that project the energy beams. In Tag Force 5 Primo uses his sword Duel Disk in ground Duels. However when this happens the hilt is removed from the blade and floats beside the Deck like Lester's. | 
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| Jakob's Duel Disk opens from the compartment hidden in his chest and resembles closely to Thelonious Viper's Duel Coat. Like Lester and Primo’s Duel Disks, the field is formed by teal energy beams. In BELIEVE IN NEXUS Jakob's Duel Disk is wider. | 
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| Aporia's Duel Disk is similar to Lester's, inherited after Lester, Primo, and Jakob combined to form him. When combined with his Duel Runner, the six gold cylinders form wing-like appendages on his back. | 
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| Bruno's Duel Disk, while in his Vizor persona, is shown in the trailer for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5. It has a metallic-purple main base with a teal gem; but its tray resembles a stealth bomber. Since the Monster Card Zones are designed the same way as those on his Duel Runner; it may be a hybrid model In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus, this disk is referred to as The Missing Ring. | 
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| Z-one's hoverchair manifests two oversized arms and a proportionate Deck for Duels. The holograms simply appear out of the cards when he plays them. It is used for both Ground and Turbo Duels. | 
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time
Paradox's Duel Disk
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| Paradox wields a bladed, hybrid disk in his right hand, one of the few characters to do so. | 
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
The Duel Disks used in ZEXAL are wrist-mounted devices called D-Pads. It is a much smaller version with major design differences, the most notable is its multifunction capabilities, overall design, and lack of holographic projection. Because of this, the device must be linked to the Duel Gazer system for visual effects.
The playing field slides in twice, with the Zone on the right folding over the middle, followed by the two Zones on the left. The entire blade can be stored inside the D-Pad itself when not in use.
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, the Duel Disks that are used are similar to a combination of the D-Pad and the Duel Disks seen in the alternate future in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. The main body of the Disk retains the touch screen and single Spell and Trap Card Zone (which is also where the Field Zone is located) seen in D-Pads, while the Monster Card Zones and Pendulum Zones are located on the arm blade, which, like the 5D's future Disks, is composed of energy (likely the same "touchable Solid Vision" used in Action Duels) and is aligned parallel to the main body of the Disk.
The blade can be customized to be a variety of shapes; a shape similar to the KaibaCorp Duel Disk, a similar shape with an equilateral triangular end rather than the normal shape seen, a parallelogram, a shape resembling the layout of a D-Pad's card zone, a curved arc, a sword-shape, a unique dual-boomerang shape, a shape similar to the Kaiba Corp Duel Disk but with symmetrical points, and a crescent moon shape.
Duel Disks respond by briefly lighting up a rainbow-colored circuitry pattern on the blade when cards are placed on the Monster Zones or Pendulum Zones. The word "PENDULUM" will appear on the blade when both of the Duelist's Pendulum Zones are occupied. Regardless of the card zone, the Duel Disks will eject removed cards and they retain the auto-shuffle and the auto-ejection features that debuted in 5D's rather than having a Duelist manually remove their Deck and searching through it; instead Duelists can forfeit or end a Duel inconclusively by removing their Deck. However instead of shuffling the Deck and ejecting the searched cards from the top, the cards are simply ejected from the Duel Disk after being manually selected on the touchscreen.
When it is used in conjunction with the ARC System the holograms gain mass and appear to become self-aware, able to perform actions such as catching people and grabbing action cards without command. However this is limited, as Crow Hogan's "Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower" did not react to the presence of Tarren clinging onto its back. If the system is damaged, then the holograms will disappear. They are also able to generate normal holograms under their own power for normal Duels.
In addition players can use the touch screen to check the contents of their Extra Deck, Graveyard and opponent's field. In comparison with the Battle City Duel Disk, this Duel Disk is notably much lighter in weight, due to the streamlined body and virtually weightless Monster Card Zone. This enables Duelists to run and jump without difficulties during Action Duels.
These Duel Disks are also multipurpose tools with internet and communication functions, similar to tablets in real life as well as D-Pad in ZEXAL series. They can even serve as phones, as shown when Julia Krystal called in the Leo Corporation security to capture Yuto and Shay. These functions as well as Duel Mode come in the form of apps. The hologram screens used to make video calls are also used to communicate with opponents from far across a Duel Field.
Duel Disk Models from both the Fusion and Xyz Dimensions are fitted with devices that allow one to travel among the Four Dimensions and seal defeated opponents into cards.
The Disks belonging to members of the Lancers have been modified to allow interdimensional travel (using Xyz Dimension technology as a reference) and initiate Action Duels without the need of a ARC System.
Standard Dimension
The Standard Dimension disk is a rectangular model with angular blade. The Deck Zone, unlike other Duel Disks, is placed diagonally pointing towards the thumb rather then parallel to the sides of the disk, while the Extra Deck is placed in a similar direction towards the body on the back, and both zones are stored within the Duel Disk while it is deactivated. The Graveyard is behind the blade, facing away from the Duelist as it was in previous Duel Disks, while the Spell/Trap Zone is located on the opposite side of the disk.
Before Leo Akaba reinvented the ARC System, the people of the Standard Dimension are seen using Duel Disks that greatly resemble the KaibaCorp Duel Disk.[1]
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| Yuya Sakaki/Zarc: Red body and yellow blade. Modified by Zarc after Yuya was possessed by him to have a blade shaped like a draconian head with an elongated skull, with a green claw/mouth at the tip. Returned to normal after the Duel against Zarc. |
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| Gong Strong/Sylvio Sawatari: Grey body and orange blade. Given to Sylvio as the latter's Disk was no longer functional to let him continue in the Duel against Zarc. Returned after the Duel against Zarc. | 
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| Yusho Sakaki: Purple body and yellow blade. | 
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| The Sledgehammer/Grizzlepike Jones: Black body and violet blade. | 
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| Zuzu Boyle: Pink body and blade. Lost in the Synchro Dimension after her Duel against Sergey Volkov. Replaced by Sora Perse's Standard Dimension Disk. | 
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| Sylvio Sawatari: Forest green body and lime blade. Damaged to the point of malfunctioning by Crow's "Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower". Replaced by Gong Strong's Disk for his Duel against Zarc. Fixed after the Duel against Zarc. | 
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| Sora Perse/Zuzu Boyle: Yellow body and blue blade. Replaced by his Duel Academy Disk before his reappearance in the Standard Dimension. Later given to Zuzu to help her defend herself against Sector Security. | 
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| Skip Boyle: Red body and light green blade. | 
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| Dipper O'rion: Purple body and blue blade. | 
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| Julia Krystal/Tate: Blue body and orange blade. | 
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| Kit Blade: Orange body and green blade. | 
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| Declan Akaba: White body and parallelogram red blade. | 
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| Reed Pepper: White body and greenish-yellow blade. | 
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| Herk: yellow parallelogram blade. | 200px |
| Pierre L'Supérieure: A shorter model with light yellow-green body and light green blade. | 
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| Aura Sentia: Light blue body and purple blade. | 
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| Frederick: Green body and yellow blade. | 
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| Trevor: Red body and blue blade. | 
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| Allie: Light blue body and pink blade. | 
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| Riley Akaba: White body and light lime green blade. | 
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| Trick Tagart: Maroon body and blue blade. | 
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| Ryozan Godagawa: Black body and red blade. | 
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| Iggy Arlo: Dark yellow body and violet blade. Replaced by Duel Academy Duel Disk given to him before his reappearance in the Fusion Dimension. | 
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| Micky Starlett: Darker pink body and blue blade. | 
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| Olga: Grayish green body and lighter blue blade. | 
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| Halil: Maroon body and green blade. | 
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| Dennis McField: Dark blue body and red blade. Replaced by his Duel Academy Duel Disk before his reappearance in the Fusion Dimension. | 
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| Taka: Dark green body and orange blade. | 
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| Trout: Dark grey body and yellow blade. | 
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| Moon Shadow: A left-handed model with grey body and violet blade. | 
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| Sun Shadow: Grey body and purple blade. | 
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| Yoko Sakaki: White body and red blade. | 
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Xyz Dimension
The dimension's normal model has a white, irregular body and a blade that resembles the shape of a D-Pad's card zones viewed from above. Some can have colored trims at the circular edge facing the user.
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| Kite Tenjo (Past): White body and blue blade. | 
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| Lulu Obsidian (Past): White body, pink trim and blue blade. | 
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| Saya Sasayama (Past): White body, orange trim and greenish-yellow Blade. | 200px |
| Shay Obsidian (Past): Purple Body. | |
| Yusho Sakaki (Past): White body and yellow blade. | 
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The Resistance Model has a similar but different body, a different Deck slot, a round touch screen with a purple body, and the same blade shape as most Standard Disks. Both the Spell & Trap Zone and the Graveyard are located in the back of the rectangular section of the Disk, with the Spell/Trap on the upper one and the Graveyard on the lower one. Some of them are equipped with the ability to turn people into cards and they all appear to have the ability to use the ARC System outside of an Action Duel. The Extra Deck is kept on the back left side, facing away from the user. The disk's touchscreen's may pop up and be used as a radar, as seen with Shay's Disk. The disk requires minimal booting time before being ready to Duel.
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| Yuto/Yusho Sakaki: Purple blade. | 
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| Shay Obsidian/Lulu Obsidian: Blue blade. After Shay joined the Lancers, Declan disabled his Disk's Human Sealing Technology function. | 
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| Kite Tenjo: Crystal shaped white body with crescent moon shaped blue blade that points away from the Duelist. The Deck Zone is on the side of the wrist facing away from the Duelist, rather than on the top. Its overall design is reminiscent of the D-Pad his ZEXAL counterpart used. The Extra Deck is in the same spot as Standard Model disk. The Graveyard is accessed via the opposite face of the section that contains the Extra Deck. | .png)
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| Saya Sasayama: Greenish-yellow blade. | 200px |
| Allen Kozuki: Orange blade. | 200px |
| Yusho Sakaki: Yellow Blade. |
Synchro Dimension
The Synchro Dimension's basic Duel Disk has a circular body with four laterally-placed slots (the bottom-right one being the Graveyard and the upper-left one the Extra Deck), a curved blade, and a small hourglass-shaped touchscreen. However, unlike other Dimensions, this one also has a number of alternative models. Many of them can be attached to a Duel Runner (for Turbo Duels) and to a Wrist Dealer-like accessory carrying the Deck Zone (for normal Duels), similar to the hybrid models seen in 5D's.
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| Jack Atlas: An alternative model with white triangular body and darker blue angular blade. The screen is bigger, and the Deck Slot is located in the inner side of the device similar to how his 5D's version did, as he holds his Duel Disk in his armrest rather than in front of him. | .png)
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| Sector Security/Stomptroopers: Blue body and green blade. The model has two screens, one round touchscreen for selecting apps and one semicircular-shaped screen for general duel information. In addition to the apps that normal Duel Disks have, there are apps to call fellow Sector Security officers for help and materialize handcuffs for restraining criminals. The Extra Deck is kept away from the body on the left side. | 
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| Crow Hogan: A differently styled model with grey body and orange blade, and the screen being slightly larger in the Extra Deck side. It is unclear where he places his Spell & Traps with this version. The Extra Deck access slot appears to be above his Main Deck slot. | 
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| Sergey Volkov: Gold Trim, blue body and red blade with elongated upper tips. This Duel Disk is produced from Sergey's cybernetic left arm. | 
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The Facility stores a model that has slightly oblate body, round touchscreen, and an angular blade with pointy ends. They seem to be used for prisoners who can bribe the guards in order to be allowed to Duel, but have also been seen on the streets of the City.
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| Chojiro Tokumatsu: Green body, grey trim and orange blade. | 
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| Yuya Sakaki (borrowed): Green body, grey trim and yellow blade. | 
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| Underground Labor Facility Guards: Blue body, gold trim and Green Blade | 
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| Shinji Weber: Blue Body, grey trim and Orange Blade | 
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| Lucas Swank: Gold body encrusted with jewels and orange blade. | 
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| Damon Lopez: Grey body, red trim and light green blade | 
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| Tony Zomboni: Black body, orange trim and light green blade | 
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The Duel Runner's Disk has a hourglass-like touchscreen. The Spell/Trap Zone is located at the bottom left slot, and Field Spells can also be activated here, the Graveyard at the bottom right slot, and the Extra Deck in the upper left slot. The disk can also be detached and used in a grounding Duel. All of these disks have a blue body. The Spell/Trap and Graveyard slots are always open, but the Extra Deck and the upper right slot (possibly for banished cards) are kept closed until an action occurs that requires the slot to open, and it will thus eject the necessary card.
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| Yugo: Double, angular and symmetrical green blade. |
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| Yuya Sakaki: Yellow blade. | 
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| Gong Strong/Shinji Weber/Chojiro Tokumatsu: Orange blade. | 
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| Moon Shadow: Violet blade. | 
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| Zuzu Boyle: Pink blade. | 
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| Tony Zomboni: Light green blade. | 
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| Sylvio Sawatari: Lime green blade. | 
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| Shay Obsidian/Celina: Blue blade. | 
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| Dennis McField: Red blade. | 
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| Sergey Volkov: Symmetrical, indented Red blade on the outside. The disk's touchscreen is larger than normal, and is lost after he merges with his Duel Runner. | 
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| Sergey Volkov: After merging with his Duel Runner, the body is lost. His indented slot above his blade now acts as his body, with the Graveyard slot placed horizontally and the Spell/Trap zone vertically under the Graveyard. The blade is retained from the original model, although it doesn't appear as wide when viewed from the front. |
Fusion Dimension
There are two known models of Duel Disks that are used in the Fusion Dimension; the model used by Duel Academy students and the model used by students of the Fusion Dimension's You Show Duel School. Both models have sword shaped energy blades, although they differ between models, and both appear to have the ability to materialize Real Solid Vision independently of an ARC System.
The Duel Academy model has a shield-like body and a sword-shaped blade. The touch screen is contained under a hemispherical display, similar to the LP display the on the Academia Disk model from GX. This Duel Disk contains numerous functions unrelated to Dueling, like Human Sealing, Interdimensional Travel Technology, and a "Hacking Mode". The Extra Deck is on the left side of the Disk, away from the body, and opens up parallel to the Disk's opposite side. The Graveyard slot is on the back of the Disk, opposite the Deck Zone. A slot on the side of the wrist ejects cards containing defeated opponents, and a possible Spell/Trap Zone. The normal screen border color of the Disk is gray.
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| Celina: Pink-trimmed maroon body and blue blade. | 
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| Barrett: Light forest green-trimmmed dark green body and orange blade. | 
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| Obelisk Force: White-trimmed blue body and red blade. | 
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| Sora Perse: Yellow-trimmed blue body and blue blade. | 
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| Yuri: Black-trimmed purple body and violet blade. | 
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| Jean-Michel Roget: Green-trimmed violet body and blade. | 
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| Duel Academy Duelists: White-trimmed indigo body and violet blade. | |
| Juvenile Officer: White-trimmed purple body and violet blade. | 
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| Aster Phoenix: Dark blue-trimmed white body and blue blade with a gold screen border. This disk can initiate a Duel with "Steel Cage Match" and connect the wielder to an opponent in manner similar to a Duel Anchor. | .png)
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| Gloria Tyler: Indigo-trimmed red body and violet blade. | 
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| Grace Tyler: Indigo-trimmed violet body and violet blade. | 
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| Dennis McField: Dark blue-trimmed white body and red blade. | 
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| Iggy Arlo: Black-trimmed dark yellow body and violet blade. | 
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| Captain Cutter: Orange-trimmed yellow body and red blade. | 
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| Diana: Light blue-trimmed blue body and light green blade. | 
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| Apollo: Orange-trimmed magenta body and yellow blade. | 
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| Rin: Green-trimmed white body and violet blade. | 
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| Battle Beast: Red-trimmed green body and red blade. | 
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| Lulu Obsidian: Dark blue-trimmed white body and violet blade. | 
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| Sanders: Black-trimmed red body and light green blade. | 
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| Alexis Rhodes (Past): Dark blue-trimmed white body and light blue blade. | 
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| Leo Akaba: Yellow-trimmed purple body and blade. | 
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The You Show Duel School's Disks' overall design is similarly reminiscent of the Academia Disk in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. The difference is the colored borders covering the left and right sides, with the Graveyard slot aligned at the front border, while the Spell/Trap Zone is on the side facing the Duelist. The blade's leftmost end resembles that of that Duel Academy Disk from GX, but the right part still resembles ARC-V's Duel Academy hilt shape.
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| Alexis Rhodes: Dark blue body and light blue blade | 
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| Unknown You Show Duel School student: Orange body and blade | 
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| Yusho Sakaki: Purple body and yellow blade | 
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Original Dimension
The Original Dimension Duel Disk is attached to the wrist of the Duelist via a wristband. Connected to the wristband is the Deck Zone, similar to a Wrist Dealer. The blade is curled with a pattern on each side.
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| Leo Akaba: Violet blade | 
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| Zarc: Yellow blade | 
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| Unnamed Duelist: Blue blade | 
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| Ray: Pink blade | 
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Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
The Duel Disks that are featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS are a brand new model invented by SOL Technologies, and appear to function similar to the ones featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, but presumably due to being solely used in LINK VRAINS, they lack a physical blade.[2] Models that require physical cards still exist but are considered outdated.
Old Model
The older models require actual cards to enter LINK VRAINS and seemingly lack the touchscreen interface seen since Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. The body heavily resembles a hybrid of the Kaiba Corporation and GX Duel Academy Duel Disks. While the blade is energy-based and follows the same color scheme as blades of the ARC-V Duel Disks, it is shaped differently and additionally features a metallic dark gray border around the black strip. Like the 5D's Standard Disk, the Extra Deck Zone is located behind the Main Deck Zone, and like a D-Pad, it has a single slot for the Spell/Trap Zones. The Spell/Trap slot also functions as the Graveyard. It can also project information screens.
Whenever a Deck is placed into the Deck Zone to enter LINK VRAINS, the words "Into the VRAINS" appear on the side where the blade is projected from. Although physical cards are needed to access LINK VRAINS, they are data constructs within LINK VRAINS itself, disappearing when dropped and reappearing as needed, a feature shared by the blade. These Duel Disks do not possess AI, though AIs can be downloaded into them if necessary.
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| Yusaku Fujiki: White, with a purple orb outlined by a red circle with a blue side. The blade is long trapezoid shape with extra detailing along the edges, colored light blue with a black strip.
As of episode 1, Ai is trapped inside as a Duel Program and can only be removed if Yusaku himself is defeated in a Duel. Sometime before the events of episode 27, the Duel Disk was modified to become capable of functioning as a drone by Ai and Roboppy. |
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| McKendrick Kellenbocker/Naoki Shima: White, with a blue orb outlined by an orange circle with a green side. | 
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| Takeru Homura: Maroon, with a purple orb outlined by a yellow teardrop with an orange side and red blade. As with Yusaku's Duel Disk, his Duel Disk contains Flame as a Duel Program. |
New Model
The newer models use a Cloud function connected to SOL's card database, therefore physical cards are not needed. Because of this, they look more like wristbands with a touchscreen interface. When activated, they project the user's hand in front of them by swiping their drawing hand in front of them; also, the cards can be played either by voice command or through physical interaction. There are no visible Zones for the Duelist to physically play cards, instead they are merely being played in a normal fashion before disappearing from view.
When actions that require interacting with the Main Deck, Graveyard or Extra Deck are triggered, a white ring of energy that features a changeable colored glow and three trapezoid-shaped ridges with a thin slot in the middle of each one arranged in a triangular fashion is projected around the user's wrist; the one on top acts as the Main Deck Zone, and the ones on the sides act as the Graveyard and Extra Deck Zones.
Moreover, they include a support AI program that helps the user during Duels for simple tactical advice and allows them to access LINK VRAINS itself. These AI programs also seem to forbid the usage of certain words, such as "idiot". They can project small screens that bear information on certain cards or their actual positions on the field, and they can project a Duelist's entire Deck if necessary for searching out specific cards.
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| Knights of Hanoi: White and grey with green light and a red ring. | 
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| Naoki Shima/Sato/Tanaka/Suzuki/Skye Zaizen: A standard-issued version of the latest model. It is blue with an elongated hexagonal shape, a gray-and-orange wristband, and a yellow attachment on one end. | 
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| Skye Zaizen: Light blue with a shape similar to a tulip flower, a small dark blue gem at the back and a white armband that features a glowing light blue stripe, as well as a teal ring when Dueling. When entering LINK VRAINS, the word "Into the VRAINS" appear on the screen. | 
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| George Gore: Gold plated gauntlet with an elongated hexagon-shaped screen (which is shaped exactly like the latest Duel Disk model, but turned in the opposite direction) and a dark red band that features a single spike on each side, a red arrow where the Main Deck Zone should be and glowing yellow accents around the spikes and the upper edges of the screen. It has a red ring. | .png)
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| Varis: Golden and white with red light and a red ring. | 
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| Emma Bessho: White and purple with magenta light and a blue ring. This Duel Disk has a built-in rope feature. | 
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| Akira Zaizen: Grey and black with blue light and a blue ring. | 
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| Prototype Green-A: Purple with a green border. | 
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| Prototype Red-B: Blue with an orange border and an orange ring. | 
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| Dr. Genome/Kyoko Taki/Faust/Spectre: White and silver with yellow light and a red ring. | 
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See also
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 127: "Revival Zero"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS episode 1: "Link into the VRAINS"
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