A Legend Card (レジェンドカード Rejendo Kādo) is a type of card exclusive to Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel. Legend Cards are indicated by the icon .
Up to 1 Legend Card of each card type (Monster, Spell, and Trap) can be included in the same Deck.[1] Prior to January 1, 2023, only a single Legend Card (regardless of card type) could be included in a Deck.[2]
So far, all Legend Cards are OCG/TCG cards imported to the Rush Duel format. They usually have too-powerful effects, or excessively high ATK and/or DEF for their Levels, relative to other Rush Duel cards, though some of them receive specific support in exchange of the limitation.
Legend Cards are indicated by the Legend Icon (「LEGEND」アイコン) .[3] It is printed on the top left corner of the card's artwork. Normally, the icon is golden in color, but can be other colors depending on the card's rarity; Secret Rare cards have a silver icon, while colorful rares have icons in a matching color.
Most Legend Cards are included as high-rarity pulls from booster packs. Deck Mod Packs always introduce a new Legend Monster Card each set, while side sets (such as the Maximum Ultra Packs) always introduce 2 new Legend Spells/Traps each. So far, all Legends included in Deck Mod Packs have been Rush Rares, with later sets also including them in Secret Rare; Legends in side sets have all been Secret Rares. Certain preconstructed decks have also introduced a handful of new Legend Cards in the form of randomized bonus card pools (for example, the Strongest Battle Deck +1 Bonus Card). Additionally, Legend Cards have also been introduced or reprinted as promotional cards in varying rarities.
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS and Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime, cards that appear as Legend Cards in the real-life game lack the Legend Icon. However, no Duelist (with the sole exception of Nomurandamas)[4] has used more than 1 Legend Card during a Rush Duel, though some Duelists have used multiple different Legend Cards across different Duels. As a reference to the real-life mechanic, characters sometimes mention these cards to be "legendary" in-universe.[5][6]