Great news for Master Duel players! Konami has implemented a number of quality of life updates to make the play experience better for players. We won't go over every change, but we'll highlight what we deem to be the important ones.

First up, the game is receiving Team Battles where you can team up with a friend in Free Duels. We don't know how exactly this will work, but we'll find out more on the 11th, when the new Selection Pack is coming out. Don't expect a 2v2 mode, though, it's more likely still 1v1 as part of designated teams.

There's also some improvements to effect activation. When selecting a card, effects on cards that can be activated are now highlighted in blue, and the effects of cards that were activated recently will be highlighted in white. This should make it easier to follow what's happening during a duel. Only some cards have this option, though.

Solo players will be delighted to hear there's now a Retry button, so you can easily restart a duel without having to go to the main screen. The notes do say that "you cannot retry only when rewards are available for winning the first time", which we're not sure how to interpret.

Probably the biggest addition is the ability to delete multiple decks at once (THANK YOU!), which should make cleaning up unused decks less of a hassle. You can also export your decks, but you're limited to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Database. Hopefully, they'll add deck codes that you can copy and paste at some point.

Last, but certainly not least, you can now highlight cards in selection packs after certain criteria. The default is to show all cards as normal, but you can now grey out cards you don't own or cards that aren't new with the pack. That last one is gonna help us at Out Of Cards a lot when writing pack articles, so, again, THANK YOU!

Quote From Konami (in-game notifications)

Notice: Version Update

New Update Available

Date of Mandatory Update

2022 Nov 11

From the new update onward, the game will now automatically update upon launch for Steam users.

Thank you for your patience in waiting for automatic updates.

Room Matches between accounts with different versions are not possible.

If you are unable to enter a match in Room Matches, please update your game version.

Furthermore, a room is automatically disbanded when the host performs a version update.

Notable Updates (Applied upon update)

Duel—Related Updates

- Added Team Battle as a Duel mode.

We are adding a new "Team Battle" mode in which you can compete in Free Duels in teams.

The feature will be released after the maintenance scheduled for Nov 11. For more details, please check the notification that will be posted on Nov 11.

- Added card activation animation during Duels.

- Choosing the order of effect activations in the Standby Phase/End Phase

Example: You can now choose the order of effect activations for effects that activate in the End Phase, such as those of "Sky Striker Ace - Shizuku" cards.

You can enable this by going to "Activation Order Settings" in the Duel tab in the Game Settings.

- Highlighting effects that can be activated (Certain cards only)

When effects that can be activated are available, the text of the available effects will now be highlighted in blue when selecting that card. (Certain cards only.)

We plan to implement this feature for other cards in the future as well.

- Highlighting of which of a card's effects was activated (Certain cards only)

When a card activates an effect, the text of the effect that was activated will now display in the top right of the screen. (Certain cards only.)

When a card activates an effect, the text of the effect that was activated will now be highlighted in white when selecting that card. (Certain cards only.)

We plan to implement this feature for other cards in the future as well.

- Added a "Related Cards" button in the Card Details screen during Duels

Room Match—Related Updates

- Decks can now be edited from a room

- "Room Expiration Date" (the time when the room is closed) now displays in the room information

Solo Mode—Related Updates

A "Retry" button has been added to the Game Settings via the cog icon, located in the upper left corner of the screen during Duels.

If you select "Retry," you can start the Duel over from the beginning without returning to the chapter selection screen.

- You can now select "Retry" to start the Duel over without returning to the chapter selection screen

Please note that you cannot retry only when rewards are available for winning the first time.

- Announcements in the center of the screen that appear in practice chapters can now be skipped by tapping

You can continue to the next page by clicking on them with a mouse or by pressing the confirm button on a controller.

Deck Editing—Related Updates

- Linking Decklists with the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Card Database

You can now link your Decks to the Deck Editor in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Card Database.

By linking your Card Game ID to the KONAMI ID you have set up data transfer for in Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, you will be able to access your Decklists in the game.

For details, select "DECK" from "Help" in the Submenu in the collapsed menu button located in the upper right corner of the home screen, then access "Linked Decklists" from "Linking with the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Card Database."

- Added a button to delete multiple selections in the Deck Editor

Multiple Decks can now be selected and deleted with the trash button in the upper right corner of the "Deck Editor" screen.

- After navigating to the Shop from the Edit Deck screen, the return button will now return you to the Edit Deck screen instead of the Home Screen.

Shop—Related Updates

- "Newly Added Cards" added to the list of cards displayed in "Cards included in this pack" and "Featured Cards"

From the button in the upper right of the Card List that displays "Cards included in this pack" and "Featured Cards," you can now switch between "All Cards," "Your Cards," and "Newly Added Cards."

In the "Newly Added Cards" display, cards other than those newly added in the pack will be grayed out.

- The Product screen can now be swiped to display the next item

Issues patched. (applied after update)

The following issues can be fixed by updating the game to its latest version.

Issue With the "Dinomorphia" Related Cards Button Being Unselectable

Number of cards in possession per foil rarities displayed at the bottom right of card images will not be updated when generating/dismantling cards.

When using the following card effects, "Adventurer Token was treated as one of the card that mentions 'Adventurer Token'".

Dunnell, the Noble Arms of Light

Starlit Papillon

When using the following effect of "Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon" during the End Phase, the effect is applied/resolved as the effect that doesn't build a Chain instead of that does.

Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can send Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to the GY that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" as material; banish 1 monster on the field, also this card cannot use this effect next turn.

This issue has been fixed in PvE Duels. This issue in PvE Duels was fixed on Sep 12.

We recommend setting up Data Transfer in case Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL needs to be reinstalled for some reason.

We strongly recommend setting this up as soon as possible in order to protect your game data.

For more information, check "Notifications" and "About Data Transfers".

To create an even better Dueling experience for our players, we will continue to work on balancing issues and feature updates.

Thank you for playing "Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL."

Which new feature are you looking forward to the most? Share your opinion down in the comments!