The trading card game was launched by Konami in 1999 in Japan and March 2002 in North America. It is based on the fictional game of Duel Monsters created by manga artist Kazuki Takahashi, which appears in portions of the manga franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! (under the name of 'Magic and Wizards'), and is the central plot device throughout its various anime adaptations and spinoff series.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a Japanese collectible card game developed and published by Konami. Card back to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game