Q&A for How to Play Yu Gi Oh!

Stores like Target or Walmart will carry them. You can also find them in toy store or game/hobby shops, such as Toys R Us or Game Stop. Lastly, you can always buy them online.

Yes, it certainly can.

Now you have a good reason to learn the rules if you want :) Once you practice, you'll be able to play against, and maybe even beat, the people who are teasing you. However, don't rely on the power of your god cards or the five headed dragon. (Remember that you have to special summon them or tribute.) Try to improve without them, and then when you're ready to add them to your deck, you'll be even better.

Make her watch Yu- Gi-Oh and show her all the cool cards.

The player who goes first will draw 5 cards only, which make their hand. The second player will have 6 cards after drawing one more. After their first turns, both players then draw 1 card each turn.

Follow the instructions on the cards, as each has unique capabilities. Some may require you to tribute 3 monsters or pay life points.

When an effect of a card asks you to Special Summon a token, you do so, and it can gain attack from other card effects.

You can summon any number.

You must use a card effect to banish a card, such as Caius the Mega Monarch, and then you may banish using that card's effect.

Just say "Using X monster, I attack your Z monster." Replace "X" and "Z" with the monsters you and your opponent are using in the game.

Short answer: No, monsters cannot attack spells or traps. Long answer: While monsters themselves can't attack spells and traps, there are plenty of effects (spell, trap, and monster) that can destroy spells and traps.

You draw a spell card whenever it is on top of your deck. Unless a card effect says otherwise, you simply draw the top card of your deck. It only depends on how many spell cards are in your deck.

Because if every episode had them with 8000 LP, the show would drag on.

You practice. It's easier to understand and remember the rules if you watch the animes. Don't watch the original anime, though, because they do not play by the modern rules. I recommend watching Arc-V - every summoning method is used, and the gameplay is at a speed similar to modern Yu Gi Oh. You can also practice Yu Gi Oh using an automatic online simulator. They'll resolve cards you play for you, so you won't get rules wrong. I recommend YGOPro, which has an AI.

During your main phase, if the conditions for changing a monster's battle position are right (it hasn't been summoned, declared an attack, or changed positions this turn), switch it from defense to face-up attack position.

You start out with 8000 health.

Yes.

Pick one monster on the field, send it to the graveyard, and place the monster you want to summon on the field unless otherwise stated.

Each monster you have on the field gets one attack each. For example if you have 2 monsters you can declare 2 attacks, 3 monsters you can declare 3 attacks, and so on.

You can find a rule book in special packs, or by going to the official website.

You can't place spell or trap cards in the extra deck. You can only place cards that can be summoned from the extra decks.

Yes, and if you have a powerful monster on the field, you would want to destroy the weakest monster on the field.

Yes. Polymerization's text will tell you as much.

See the Yu Gi Oh "Forbidden & Limited" list for tournament restrictions.

Monsters used to perform an Xyz summon. They are stacked under the Xyz monster and are usually used to activate effects.

In tournaments, it's always 8000, but in Friendlies it can be 2000, 4000 or 8000.

You can always play against yourself. It's not as enjoyable, but it's​ a good way to master your deck and improve your strategies.

In friendlies, there's no limit to the amount of players as long as they have their own decks.

Your deck must have at least 40, but no more than 60 cards.

The rules have been adjusted to 8000 LP, because it prolonged the game.