Master Duel and real yugioh the same or similar?

[Big2kSmoke]

I played Yugioh as a kid in real life. It was very easy to learn.
Started with Master Duel a few months ago. I enjoy it but for a newbie it is quite overwhelming.

Played Hearthstone and MTG Arena too. In both you are not able to drop a boss monster and a couple of spells in your first turn because you dont have the resources in turn one.

Now Im wondering is yugioh in real life the same or similar? Are you able to drop some decent monsters and spells in turn one like in master duel?

[Mango]

Yes but, they have different ban lists. (Not every card is in this game) and that makes the meta change. You could say that Master Duel is a "light" version of the actual tcg.

[Angel]

yes you can also spam out your entire extra deck irl, the cards irl do the same things they do in master duel, the experience of dueling irl is much much different however rather than having the game do all the necessary things for you YOU are the one who needs to do those things, did you forget search? too bad. did you make an illegal play and got a warning? too bad

[Astrallight]

Atleast in HS you can get robed for wasting too much time doing nothing.

[Filipino Enjoyer]

Originally posted by Astrallight:

Atleast in HS you can get robed for wasting too much time doing nothing.

And you can run out of time in MD aswell, what's ur point

[HeraldOfOpera]

It's modern Yugioh, give or take the fact that it's slightly behind on card releases and has a mostly-but-not-quite OCG banlist (Maxx "C" is legal here, the other stuff is really just window dressing).

[Warhack]

chungu

[Thain]

The cards effect is the same, if you can do what you do in MD, you can do it in IRL as well. However, IRL is very very different.

First there is NO system prompt to handheld you. You better read and know your own deck well when to activate your cards. Your opponent may not even bother wait or ask if you have any interruptions and just play their combo. There is also no logs to keep track what both of you have done. Both of you could have misplay or illegal moves without both of you realizing. Also, manual shuffle deck after search and add minus LP.

Next is the price of cards. A lot of people are playing budget decks. Some meta deck may not even have the complete pieces. Not a lot of people willing to paid for 1 card that is more than a dollar. Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax, a common boss monster is an example.

Next is the environment. It may not always be quiet like you in a room. The table next to you maybe playing other cards or board games. The table behind you could be opening a case of booster box and scream opening a Royal-Finish-ish foil cards. The counter maybe fill with people trying to nego for the price of the card to buy and sell and trade. Careful not to curse and swear too much too loud or may get banned depending shop rules.

Overall IRL is totally different, more fun to me at least.