The game shares several similarities with Magic: The Gathering, the world's first collectible card game, which was also published by Wizards of the Coast. Owing to this popularity, it was released in the United States on March 5, 2004. The game was released in Japan in May 2002, where it quickly became the number one selling trading card game for over a year. The card game is part of the Duel Masters franchise. two team collectible card game (CCG) jointly developed by Wizards of the Coast and Takara Tomy (itself an affiliate of Hasbro, which owns WotC). The Duel Masters Trading Card Game is a two-player or two vs.

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