Online duel is the use of internet and its services to duel using Yu-Gi-Oh! cards with other people in remote distances.
Instant Messaging The most recent application is through IM's like Yahoo Messenger and Hotmail.
Format At the beginning of a turn, the player starts and declares draw by typing in "draw". After, a player may summon/set monster cards of magic/trap/spell cards using the following format: x0, where x (use a or b) denotes whether the card to be set is in the field or in the magic/trap zone and the 0 denotes the position of the card in the deck so that an attack/effect to a facedown monster or to a single magic/trap card may be used with clarity as to which card is designated the attack/effect is used. During the Battle phase, the player declares an attack by using the following format: attack:a0-a0, where the first monster mentioned is the player's monster and the second monster is the opponent's monster. A player may also activate a magic or trap card with the format: activate:b0, xxxx, or if the magic card is in hand, activate card in hand, xxxx, where xxxx is the name of the card. A tribute summon is accomplished with the following format: tribute summon:a0, xxxx, where a0 is the tribute fodder and xxx is the name of the monster to be summoned. At the end of a turn, the player types in "finish"
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