Trading Card Game
The card game first originated in Japan and was marketed by Takara Tomy. It was produced in English by Wizards of the Coast, who purchased the rights to the name Duel Masters from Reality Simulations, Inc., which ran a play-by-mail gladiator game called Duelmasters, now known as Duel2. The English-language printing of the TCG ran from DM-01 Base Set (May 5, 2004) until DM-12 Thrash of the Hybrid Megacreatures (November, 2006). It was the twelfth and final expansion released by Wizards of the Coast for the English-language game; the Japanese game is still being produced.
These are the twelve sets as published by Wizards of the Coast:
- DM-01 Base Set
- DM-02 Evo-Crushinators of Doom
- DM-03 Rampage of the Super Warriors
- DM-04 Shadowclash of Blinding Night
- DM-05 Survivors of the Megapocalypse
- DM-06 Stomp-A-Trons of Invincible Wrath
- DM-07 Thundercharge of Ultra Destruction
- DM-08 Epic Dragons of Hyperchaos
- DM-09 Fatal Brood of Infinite Ruin
- DM-10 Shockwaves of The Shattered Rainbow
- DM-11 Blast-O-Splosion of Gigantic Rage
- DM-12 Thrash of the Hybrid Megacreatures
The game was discontinued in 2006 by Wizards of the Coast; despite petitioning and other indications of interest from the fanbase. The game, therefore, has official status only in Japan, where it is still marketed by Takara Tomy, though there exist numerous which have attempted to provide community-supported online play, with varying success. Recently in early October 2010, the English Mainsite redirects to a Wizards of the Coast brandpage that links to the OCG sites, with the official English site taken down.
The spin-off product Kaijudo (as well as the animated series Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, which was premiered in June 2012 on The Hub in the United States) was announced by Wizards of the Coast on February 2012. A relaunch of the TCG product line with Wizards of the Coast working along with its parent company Hasbro, it was released on June 26, 2012, with previous Duel Master cards being incompatible.
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