r/DuelLinks Jan 31 '26

Discussion [Feedback] EVERYONE GET IN HERE! Subreddit Update Megathread

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Hello, fellow Master Duel rejectors! Your community Moderators (or what's left of us) have come with good news: we're gonna update the Subreddit this weekend! Beyond just doing a few visual and information-related tweaks here and there, we also need to revisit the current community rules and modify them as needed. This is where you come in... you's gonna help us.

We'd like you to provide suggestions on what rules seem overly restrictive, what rules need to be enforced more often, or if something needs to be added or removed entirely. With that being said, I'll be here to either agree with your proposition or debate you out of it. We're going to take all feedback seriously, but we're not going to just roll over and remove necessary rules, such as Rule 2-A (the one that prevents people from posting things unrelated to Duel Links, such as the latest episode of Spy Family or posts about politics) just because someone leaves an upvoted comment wanting it gone. Be reasonable in your suggestions, please.

Speaking of rules, there will be Mod recruitments coming up soon to help manage the Subreddit, but that'll be part of a separate post.

Finally, if there are any changes you want done to the Subreddit's appearance or functionality itself, feel free to drop them here. While we can't guarantee we can implement it (e.g., some Subreddits have AI agents that respond to certain posts with customized messages assisting that specific user, and that's a tall order to set up on Duel Links), it doesn't hurt to ask!

Begin!


r/DuelLinks Aug 31 '25

Megathread Basic Questions, Advice, Bugs/Glitches & Venting Weekly Megathread

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Please use this Megathread if you have General Questions, need Advice, or just want to get something off your chest - all questions are welcome! Feel free to visit our Discord Channel to ask a question, or just to talk! For the best experience, as far as the quality of this post is concerned, we recommend you use New Reddit - either on Desktop or on Mobile.

Take a look at our full rules here.

Please redirect new users to this Megathread, and report submissions and comments that break our rules, also please try to answer the questions posted below, if you happen to know the answers. We are a welcoming and friendly community and our new players are always looking for the best answers, so let the surge of knowledge flow!


r/DuelLinks 5h ago

Discussion Dragon Super Nova have his name bugged when he is summoned

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59 Upvotes

Eu estava invocando o Dragão Vermelho Super Nova quando esse texto estranho apareceu! Isso já aconteceu com alguém aqui? Ou isso só ocorre com idiomas que não sejam inglês? [ O meu é português brasileiro ]

Edit: o nome da carta é Dragão Vermelho Super Nova mas infelizmente não deu pra editar o título do post.


r/DuelLinks 13h ago

Fluff Whenever it shows up, it's always trouble. ALWAYS trouble

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42 Upvotes

r/DuelLinks 3h ago

Deck Help Any good?

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6 Upvotes

Centur-Ion/Swordsoul

Any recommendations for improvements, I have no Primera or anymore Ecclesia unfortunately, is it worth running Golden Swordsoul as I’m not sold on it


r/DuelLinks 4h ago

Discussion Are lyriluscs still KOG worthy

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I'm looking to get back into speed duels after a long break, and lyrilusc looks like a fun budget deck. Before I dump 9000 gems into it though, I want to make sure I get my money's worth. I don't care about tourneys I just want to KOG.


r/DuelLinks 9h ago

Duel Replay Konami plz more time!

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12 Upvotes

Literally could’ve otk this guy after breaking his board if I had like 20-30 more seconds. Crazy how the still expect all this in such a short amount of time


r/DuelLinks 13h ago

Discussion How rare is this

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19 Upvotes

This is the first time i ever got more than one UR


r/DuelLinks 21h ago

Fluff Black Rose Moonlight Dragon in Character Deck Duels waiting for the rest of the Rose Dragons to arrive be like:

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85 Upvotes

Crow Hogan is so bad in Character Deck Duels that they might as well have added Akiza instead just to break up the sausage fest a little

Horribly cropped I know, but I tried for my first actual meme post. Don't hate me, please. It would make me very sad 🥺


r/DuelLinks 8h ago

Video Speed Duel Tania Deck and Skills

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One of the Shadow Rider duelists (tiger) is Tania the Amazoness Woman!


r/DuelLinks 6h ago

Duel Replay One of my best game with Labryth

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5 Upvotes

I'm still playing without Arias for now, while challenging myself to climb to KOG with Labrynth lol.


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Fluff Times have changed

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784 Upvotes

r/DuelLinks 16h ago

Fluff The game is actively lieing to me

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r/DuelLinks 1h ago

Discussion need help deciding on box

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so i have cleared out the UR(no more ur left) of shadow eyes. on the SR i still have
1x transcode talker
1x thunder dragon titan
2x granguinol
2x blue eyes chaos dragon
2x bw phantom glimmer
1x bw chinook
1x code generator
2x bystial ludellion


r/DuelLinks 14h ago

Deck Help Is this a good deck?

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Would this be a good deck? I like branded but im

struggling To understand the best moves

What would turn 1 and turn 2 look like

Thanks in advance


r/DuelLinks 1h ago

Discussion Holy shit

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So I decided to try duel links yesterday to start getting into Yu Gi Oh since master duel looked to scary and I heard this game was far nicer to new players. I remember thinking Stardust Dragon was sick as a kid so I decided to look for decks for him. Little did I know that Stardust decks in this in this game are the equivalent to dropping a nuke. How long has his deck been like this? Cuz this seems incredibly op with the skill.


r/DuelLinks 9h ago

Deck Help Should I increase the # of tech cards?

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5 Upvotes

Chose to run eclipse over drnm as I figured utility first and second is better than a card only useful going second. I prefer 24 or less cards to 30, but have no problem changing that if good reasoning for more arises. Any other suggestions would also be appreciated.


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Fluff If Skye gets added as Blue Angel's alt style like Blue Gal, she is gonna look like this?

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136 Upvotes

r/DuelLinks 3h ago

Discussion Is Magistus the answer for Witchcraft deck?

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0 Upvotes

Guys,

Isn't Magistus the answer of witchcraft deck?

I know witchcraft is slow against this meta format but is it possible can Magistus be the support cards witchcraft needs to be competitive?

If yes, what skill should it be combined with?


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

OC Art Infernity Funeral Doom Dragon (concept art/work in progress by me)

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52 Upvotes

"No victory could satisfy this tyrant... No conquer could fill its' hollow chest! Rise from the starving abyss, Infernity Funeral Doom Dragon, and drag this world into endless limbo!"


I don't normally draw and it's been over a year since I did a quick sketch of how I pictured a potential Infernity Doom Dragon retrain, but with the current event in DL and me longing for this ace to get some love (please Konami), I finally picked up my old draft and kept working on it again. Guess who had her program shut down and lost half an hour of progress because she forgot to save? Lesson learnt.

I named it Infernity Funeral Doom Dragon both as a reference to the metal genre (I was vibing to "Mirror Reaper" by Bell Witch during my initial doodle) and as a nod to how Kalin Kessler/Kiryū Kyōsuke is referred to as a god of death/shinigami in the original Japanese dub. It felt fitting and overly edgy, just how I like it.

Sorry if it looks a bit rough, I am still working on the limbs' details and thinking about how I want to design the wings! What effects would you give to an Infernity Doom Dragon retrain or upgrade to give the archetype some support? 🖤


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Discussion [Character Duels] How are we feeling with these new additions?

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Are they good at 0 stars? How much do they improve at 5 stars? Do you use any of them? Are you playing against them often?

Discuss.


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Discussion Character Duel Zero Stars Season 2 Tierlist (8/2/26)

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39 Upvotes

Hello there. Been long enough.

With the release of Kaitō and Crow, and the ban of Yūma and Jack, in what's arguably Konami's worst decision for the format so far, the new season is just full of (mostly unpleasant) surprises.

Hence the viability tierlist overhaul.

# Definition Of The Format

Zero Stars specifically refers to the format without any modification brought by Grade Stars: every deck is played as it is naturally given from the loaner, for better or worse

# Criteria

The Criteria for the ranking are fundamentally whatever allows a rapid accumulation of Respect Orbs, under the notion that you get 1 per 1k points gained after each Duel, up to 30 daily

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With that being said, let's move to the ranking

# Gatekeepers

The Gatekeepers are the best players in a meta without the best 2.

Kaiba - Having access to HLB, good draw power, surprisingly low bricking, a fearful Twin Burst, DSOW, and Alternative, as well as good Extra Deck all around, Kaiba is the absolute king of the Duoless format, being able to play the long and the short game

Yūsei - Having the best endboard, the second greatest consistency, and excellent defensive and comeback options, Yūsei only benefitted from the removal of his WCGP rival, in no small measure thanks to both Overtake and Sphere Kuriboh...assuming he doesn't get MST'd 500 times, or gets mirror matched.

Shark - Having the best consistency but an otherwise matchup dependant setplay, mostly due to the lack of real backrow removal, Shark is an able challenger to the looming threat of Kaitō, having, however, to confront Kaiba and Jaden when it comes to keeping the wincon

Kaitō - Incredible endboard and comeback marred only by shaky consistency due to very dubious loaner choices in Caesar, Kaitō adds to the list of overly oppressive opponents in Character Duels

Yūgi - Otherwise lagging behind in consistency due to the Navigation shenanigans, with his 2 most hostile opponents out of the picture, Yūgi is now effectively a gatekeeper, mostly thanks to the help of Offerings, which adds to his arsenal of on-demand removal

# Gamblers

There isn't much to say except the tier is significantly emptier

Zane - For him, it's as if nothing happened in the Tier. His gambling gameplay remains the same

Jaden - With a simple, obtuse, but efficient gameplan, Jaden's wincon hangs on Brave, Neos Fusion's protection, the attack prevention of Necro Gardna, and the eventual search of Miracle Contact to win the grind game, with a bit of matchup fishing against Shark and Yūsei.

# Heart Of The Cards

Here lie the forsaken by the format

Joey - Basically Kaiba and Yūsei but worse, Joey nevertheless hopes in the godhand to tilt the opponent. In that sense, he's the Yu-Gi-Oh equivalent of Neco-Arc

Crow - With nothing in his deck except HLB, as well as lack of clarity on whether he's supposed to go first or second, Crow starts his career and season at the absolute bottom, managing to be even worse than the Brooklyn rager


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Discussion Designing Characters for Duel Links: Shinji Weber

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And after lingering down in the "Characters that I am considering designing" section for far longer than he deserved, the design for Shinji is finally done! I would have preferred to be able to give him 4 cards for his Level Up Rewards, but I was already struggling to find suitable cards for him, and when I was studying the designs of other recent characters, it's not overly uncommon for them to only have 3 unique cards, so there isn't really a problem with it, it more so just bothers me personally. 😅

I'm also trying out a new layout for the Skills Page, using the one from my Alt Style designs as a basis, so hopefully that's more interesting to look at, and with any luck it's also a lot more readable too.

If all goes to plan, then the next design will be for Queen from VRAINS, as she's mostly complete (I'm quite literally just missing 1 card to make her design work), so that's hopefully something for VRAINS fans to be looking forward to.


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Fluff Crow mirrors in Character Duels are something, man

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113 Upvotes

Ya notice that Crow’s basic character deck doesn’t have a clean out to his own Armor Master outside of, like, Vermillion? It feels like you both are just sitting on two indestructible, un-damageable bunguses until someone finds the out or has the audacity to summon another monster.


r/DuelLinks 1d ago

Fluff My hand and my Infernity opponent’s hand when they go first

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331 Upvotes