Players in other locations must get duelpasses from one of the other methods or buy them from a third party. The USB Duelpass Key is sold only in the United States and Mexico. The 3 cards gained from this type of duelpass are chosen randomly from a set. The flashdrive itself has only 128K or so of memory, unusable for anything but the duel pass credits. A CD-ROM with the full version of the game is included in the packaging for the USB Duelpass Key. It works like a standard USB flash drive, except it only contains the information necessary to transfer game credits to your account. It is a USB device that is sold in retail stores in the United States, such as Toys 'R' Us and Target. The USB Duelpass Key is equivalent to 3 Duelpasses (90 Duelpass points). At one point, sale of the Duelpass 150 was suspended in the United States due to fraud, but since the release of Duel Evolution, the Duelpass 150 is available in United States again. The 5 cards gained from this type of Duelpass are chosen randomly from a set. This is an online purchase that is equivalent to 5 Duelpasses (150 Duelpass points). Ten Duelpass points are given for free to every account when they are first created. Purchasing a Duelpass gains the player 30 Duelpass Points, 1 card in the game, and 10 Mileage (that players can exchange for cards). Duelpass points are obtained by purchasing Duelpasses.

To duel, players must spend Duelpass Points ( DP). For example, a Level 2 player winning from a Level 5 player would gain more points than a Level 6 player winning from a Level 3 player. The amount of points received or deducted depends on the player's level and the opponent's level. Each time a player wins a duel, that player's score increases, and whenever a player loses a duel, their score decreases. The player's Level is decided by their score. Once a player has played at least 36 duels, he or she can advance beyond Level 1, and must to move from the beginner's lobby to the other lobbies where all players Level 2 and above play.

There are 30 player Levels, Levels 1 through 30. The game includes cards from OCG boosters up to and including Invader of Darkness, as well as a variety of OCG promos. Whenever a match game (2 or 3 duels, first to win twice wins) is played, both players get 3 cards from a card pack of their choice. Whenever a single game (1 duel) is played, both players get 1 card from a card pack of their choice. After that, players need to duel to get more cards. Each player starts with a 40-60 card starter Deck. Players duel using cards, in the same way as in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.

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Konami does not guarantee that the game will run on Windows Vista, although it usually runs fine on Vista.

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