Structure Deck

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Structure Deck

Structure Deck: Dragon's Roar, one of the first two Structure Decks to be released worldwide
Structure Deck: Dragon's Roar, one of the first two Structure Decks to be released worldwide

Japanese (base text)

ストラクチャーデッキ

Japanese (romanized)

Sutorakuchādekki

English

Structure Deck

A Structure Deck (Japanese: ストラクチャーデッキ Sutorakuchā Dekki) is a retailed, pre-made Deck. It is similar to a Starter Deck, but is based on a certain Type, Attribute, strategy, or Yu-Gi-Oh! character. Each Deck is designed to be playable straight from the box.

The older Decks included at least one single new card, printed as an Ultra Rare; after the Curse of Darkness Structure Deck, they always introduce 5 new cards, 1 or 2 of them being Ultra Rare, 2 of them Super Rares, and the remaining 2 as Commons (usually Spells or Traps).

As opposed to Starter Decks (with the exception of Duelist Toolbox, V for Victory, Space-Time Showdown, and Yuya), Structure Decks may include multiple copies of the same card. They are made to play with them, unlike starter decks, that are made to learn how to play. The mat included, also features the cover monster in the background somewhat blocking the visibility of the card zones. You can get cards that are good for your structure deck in booster packs. Another popular way to power up a structure deck is to buy multiple copies of a single Deck and combine the Deck's best cards into one.

Differences between the OCG and TCG[edit]

The OCG has a subseries of Structure Decks known as Structure Deck R, which revamp old OCG Structure Decks for the modern environment. In the TCG, these decks are simply released as standard Structure Decks with the word "Reloaded" on the bottom left of the cover.

Modern OCG Structure Decks come with an Enhancement Pack. These packs typically come with five cards associated with the Structure Deck's theme, with one or two new cards included. All Enhancement Packs come with the same five cards, but one random card is a Secret Rare. All standard Structure Decks from Structure Deck: Soulburner onward, and all Structure Deck R Decks from Structure Deck R: Dragunity Drive onward, contain an Enhancement Pack. In the TCG, the cards from the Enhancement Packs are included in the main Structure Deck, and have fixed rarities.