# Card Game ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters!’ Now has a Record of 10,000 Unique Cards <p><img src="http://a.nime.me/0165/4063/card-game-yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters-29.png" alt="" width="726" height="409" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Since its creation in 1999 (feeling old yet?), <em>Yu-Gi-Oh!</em> is still one of the world&rsquo;s popular trading card games to date with annual tournaments and with thousands of players from around the world. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The game, which is based on the manga of the same name created by Kazuki Takahashi in 1996, has paved the way for a lot of adaptations from anime, movies, films, video games, and so on.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As of October 2019, the original Japanese releases of the cards have reached 10,000. As a way to celebrate this achievement and the card games&rsquo; 20^th anniversary in Japan, special Twitter campaigns have been launch as well as various events to be held in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. A special website was also being launched. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you want to see all these unique cards, a special exhibit will happen at Osaka&rsquo;s Grand Front from October 21 to 24. An exhibit will also happen at Oasis 21 in Nagoya from November 5 to 7, and in Shinjuku Station in Tokyo from November 18 to 24. Those who drop by during the limited exhibit runs will have a limited edition Kanan the Swordmistress card. These cards will only have 30,000 copies and exclusive for this special event. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Aside from this, 100 copies of a &ldquo;secret rare&rdquo; version of Kanan the Swordmistress card will also be given via a Twitter campaign. For you to join you must follow the YuGiOh_OCG_INFO Twitter account and tweet the name of the memorable Yu-Gi-Oh card that you own. Don&rsquo;t forget to use the hashtag #</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">遊戯王</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">OCG10000</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">種突破</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (10,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG types achieved). More details can be found in the tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/YuGiOh_OCG_INFO/status/1184279686244732929">here</a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To all the duelists, good luck and hope you will have more duels in the future. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Source: <a href="http://otakomu.jp/archives/20382157.html">Otakomu,</a> <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-10-18/yu-gi-oh-card-game-now-has-over-10000-unique-cards/.152351">ANN</a></span></p>