TCGeniusAnswers
Straight answers to the questions Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon and One Piece players and collectors ask most. Every number is worked out from our own card, price, ban list and tournament data, so it stays current.
How many cards are in a Yu-Gi-Oh! deck?Yu-Gi-Oh!
A Yu-Gi-Oh! Main Deck has 40 to 60 cards, with an optional Extra Deck of up to 15 cards and a Side Deck of up to 15. You can run up to 3 copies of a card, fewer if the ban list limits it.How many cards are in a Pokémon deck?Pokémon
A Pokémon TCG deck has exactly 60 cards. You can run up to 4 copies of any card with the same name, except basic Energy, which has no limit, and the deck needs at least one Basic Pokémon.How many cards are in a One Piece Card Game deck?One Piece
A One Piece Card Game deck has exactly 50 cards plus 1 Leader card, and you play it with a separate DON!! deck of 10 DON!! cards. You can run up to 4 copies of a card with the same card…Are my old Pokémon cards worth anything?Pokémon
Often, yes: of the 1,749 Pokémon cards from 1999 to 2003 that we track, half sell for $12.14 or more, 250 are worth $100 or more, and the top one goes for about $14,999. 33% of them sell…What's on the Yu-Gi-Oh! ban list right now?Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Forbidden & Limited list in effect since September 21, 2026 has 122 Forbidden cards, 95 Limited cards and 8 Semi-Limited cards, and no announced changes are waiting to…What are the best Yu-Gi-Oh! decks right now?Yu-Gi-Oh!
Light and Darkness Ritual is the most successful Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG deck right now, in 26% of top tournament decks since September 22, 2026, followed by Elfnote and Blitzclique.What are the best Pokémon TCG decks right now?Pokémon
Dragapult is the most successful Pokémon TCG deck right now: 115 of the 736 top-8 decklists (16%) from 92 tournaments in the last 30 days, ahead of Dragapult Dusknoir and Basic Box.What are the best One Piece Card Game decks right now?One Piece
Rocks.D.Xebec is the most successful One Piece Card Game deck right now: 15 of the 80 top-8 decklists (19%) from 10 tournaments in the last 30 days, ahead of Luffy & Ace and Dracule Mihawk.How do I check what my cards are worth?All games
Search the card on TCGenius: every card page shows what it sells for on TCGplayer, refreshed every night (last on October 10, 2026), with a price history chart. We price 35,405 Yu-Gi-Oh!…Master Duel vs paper Yu-Gi-Oh!: what's the difference?Yu-Gi-Oh!
Master Duel is Konami's free digital Yu-Gi-Oh!: it plays by the same rules and card text as the paper game, but it has its own card pool (13,892 cards so far) and its own ban list: 172…What's the cheapest deck that wins tournaments?All games
The cheapest recent tournament winner we've priced is a Rocket's Honchkrow Pokémon deck at about $18.18. The typical top deck costs $382 in Yu-Gi-Oh!, $68.24 in Pokémon and $6,287 in One…
A Yu-Gi-Oh! Main Deck has 40 to 60 cards, with an optional Extra Deck of up to 15 cards and a Side Deck of up to 15. You can run up to 3 copies of a card, fewer if the ban list limits it.How many cards are in a Pokémon deck?Pokémon
A Pokémon TCG deck has exactly 60 cards. You can run up to 4 copies of any card with the same name, except basic Energy, which has no limit, and the deck needs at least one Basic Pokémon.How many cards are in a One Piece Card Game deck?One Piece
A One Piece Card Game deck has exactly 50 cards plus 1 Leader card, and you play it with a separate DON!! deck of 10 DON!! cards. You can run up to 4 copies of a card with the same card…Are my old Pokémon cards worth anything?Pokémon
Often, yes: of the 1,749 Pokémon cards from 1999 to 2003 that we track, half sell for $12.14 or more, 250 are worth $100 or more, and the top one goes for about $14,999. 33% of them sell…What's on the Yu-Gi-Oh! ban list right now?Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Forbidden & Limited list in effect since September 21, 2026 has 122 Forbidden cards, 95 Limited cards and 8 Semi-Limited cards, and no announced changes are waiting to…What are the best Yu-Gi-Oh! decks right now?Yu-Gi-Oh!
Light and Darkness Ritual is the most successful Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG deck right now, in 26% of top tournament decks since September 22, 2026, followed by Elfnote and Blitzclique.What are the best Pokémon TCG decks right now?Pokémon
Dragapult is the most successful Pokémon TCG deck right now: 115 of the 736 top-8 decklists (16%) from 92 tournaments in the last 30 days, ahead of Dragapult Dusknoir and Basic Box.What are the best One Piece Card Game decks right now?One Piece
Rocks.D.Xebec is the most successful One Piece Card Game deck right now: 15 of the 80 top-8 decklists (19%) from 10 tournaments in the last 30 days, ahead of Luffy & Ace and Dracule Mihawk.How do I check what my cards are worth?All games
Search the card on TCGenius: every card page shows what it sells for on TCGplayer, refreshed every night (last on October 10, 2026), with a price history chart. We price 35,405 Yu-Gi-Oh!…Master Duel vs paper Yu-Gi-Oh!: what's the difference?Yu-Gi-Oh!
Master Duel is Konami's free digital Yu-Gi-Oh!: it plays by the same rules and card text as the paper game, but it has its own card pool (13,892 cards so far) and its own ban list: 172…What's the cheapest deck that wins tournaments?All games
The cheapest recent tournament winner we've priced is a Rocket's Honchkrow Pokémon deck at about $18.18. The typical top deck costs $382 in Yu-Gi-Oh!, $68.24 in Pokémon and $6,287 in One…