Highlights

  • Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has announced two events will be running in the digital trading card game during May, featuring special deck-building restrictions and rewards.
  • The Limit 1 Festival tasks players with building decks using only one copy of each card, while Fusion x Link Festival restricts players to only using Fusion and Link Monsters in their Extra Deck.
  • Each event will feature a variety of rewards including 950 Gems, exclusive cosmetics, and Legacy Packs for progressing through the event.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has announced a pair of new events set to run during May, featuring the return of one of the game's most popular events. Since the launch of Konami's massively popular digital TCG in January 2022, the developer has pushed regular updates to the online card game. Each month typically sees a new Selection Pack and Secret Packs added to Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, bringing a plethora of cards from the game's physical formats into the online simulator. Now, May will play host to a pair of events for the digital trading card game.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel regularly runs a variety of events within the game, offering players an alternative way to play with special deck-building restrictions. Many of Master Duel's "festivals" revolve around a particular Extra Deck type, such as limiting players to building decks with only Fusion Monsters or only Synchro Monsters. Some events even include more unusual restrictions, like the "Legend Anthology" events focusing around cards and deck types from the Yu-Gi-Oh anime. Now, two of Master Duel's previous events are coming back for another run.

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Konami recently announced the two featured events for Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel set to run in May, with both the "Limit 1" and "Fusion x Link" Festivals returning. The "Limit 1" event features one of the most unique deck-building restrictions of Master Duel's events, with players only able to include one copy of each card in their Deck. "Fusion x Link" focuses around the previously-mentioned Extra Deck restrictions, with players only able to use Fusion and Link Monsters in their Extra Deck. Limit 1 Festival is scheduled to begin on May 14, while Fusion x Link Festival will launch on May 20.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Reveals Two New Events

Limit 1 Festival

  • May 14 - May 26
  • Players can only include one copy of each card in their Deck.
  • 950 Gems, Magical Thorn Field Parts, Legacy Packs as rewards
  • Exclusive Event missions

Fusion x Link Festival

  • May 20 - May 29
  • Players can only include Fusion and Link Monsters in their Extra Deck.
  • 950 Gems, Aleister the Invoker of Madness card protectors, Legacy Packs as rewards
  • Exclusive Event missions

Both of Master Duel's newest events are set to come with plenty of rewards, including exclusive cosmetics for achieving certain milestones. Earning 3500 points within Master Duel's Limit 1 Festival will reward players with exclusive Field Parts for their Graveyard and Banishment, themed around the "Magical Thorn" Spell Card. The Fusion x Link event grants players card sleeves based on "Aleister the Invoker of Madness" for reaching the same point total. Both will also reward Master Duel players with 950 Gems for progression in the events, alongside extra rewards for special Event missions.

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel's new events come as the game's competitive scene is in the midst of a "Tier 0" meta. The dominant "Snake-Eye" strategy has stood as one of Master Duel's strongest competitive decks since the archetype's release in February. Snake-Eye's dominance has been seen across Yu-Gi-Oh's multiple different formats, with a recent banlist update from the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG addressing several Extra Deck cards used in the deck. Limit 1 and Fusion x Link Festival will give players a unique new way to play the beloved card game.