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The game as it was in spring 2010. Synchro Monsters, a full back row of traps, and no Xyz yet.

What Edison is

Edison is the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG as it was in spring 2010. It uses the Forbidden and Limited list of 1 March 2010 and only the cards that were out by then.

The name comes from the Shonen Jump Championship held in Edison, New Jersey, on 24 and 25 April 2010. It was the last SJC and the biggest, with 2,175 players. Jeff Jones won it with a Quickdraw Plant deck.

The format lasted until The Shining Darkness came out in North America in May 2010. Many different decks could win, which is a big reason people still play it.

The card pool here is Format Library's Edison list: 3,675 cards, with boosters up to Absolute Powerforce and Duelist Pack: Kaiba.

Rules that differ from today

The duel engine here plays these 2010 rules for you. Life Points start at 8000 and the hand limit is 6, as today.

The first player drawsThe player who goes first draws a card on turn 1 too, so they start that turn with 6 cards. The rule that skips this draw came in 2014. Nobody can attack on the first turn.

Synchro SummonsSend a Tuner and any other face-up monsters you control to the graveyard. If their Levels add up to a Synchro Monster's Level, Special Summon it from your Extra Deck.

No Xyz, Pendulum or LinkThose came later: Xyz in 2011, Pendulum in 2014, Link in 2017. The Extra Deck holds Fusion and Synchro Monsters only, up to 15 cards.

Five Monster ZonesThere is no Extra Monster Zone. A monster from the Extra Deck can go to any of your five Monster Zones, so you can fill the field with Synchros.

One Field Spell for both playersOnly one Field Spell can be face up on the whole field. Activating a new one destroys the old one, even your opponent's. Today each player has their own Field Zone.

Priority after a summonAfter you summon a monster, if the summon did not start a chain, you may use an Ignition Effect first, as Chain Link 1. Your opponent can still respond, but your effect is already on the chain. Today this right is gone.

Triggers at the same timeEffects that trigger together go on the chain in this order: the turn player's mandatory ones, the other player's mandatory ones, the turn player's optional ones, then the other player's optional ones. This changed in 2017.

Two 0 ATK monstersWhen two Attack Position monsters with 0 ATK battle, both are destroyed. This changed in 2011.

Trap MonstersA Trap Monster uses one of your Monster Zones and one of your Spell and Trap Zones while it is on the field.

The Damage StepOnly some cards can be used in the Damage Step: Counter Traps, cards that change ATK or DEF until damage is calculated, and effects that happen by themselves, like flip effects. Most other cards must wait.

Card textsSome cards had different text in 2010. Brain Control could take any face-up monster, even a Synchro. The duel lobby has a Card texts switch: Original texts or Today's texts.

The March 2010 list

A few of the cards on each part of the list.

Forbidden43 cardsMonster Reborn, Pot of Greed, Dark Hole, Raigeki, Graceful Charity, Premature Burial, Snatch Steal, Change of Heart, Crush Card Virus, Imperial Order, Ring of Destruction, Witch of the Black Forest, Magician of Faith and Dark Strike Fighter.

Limited (1 copy)70 cardsHeavy Storm, Mystical Space Typhoon, Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Solemn Judgment, Brain Control, Dark Armed Dragon, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, Black Rose Dragon, Goyo Guardian, Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind, Plaguespreader Zombie and Charge of the Light Brigade.

Semi-Limited (2 copies)19 cardsBlack Whirlwind, Treeborn Frog, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom, Judgment Dragon, Cyber Dragon, Gold Sarcophagus, Bottomless Trap Hole, Royal Oppression and Skill Drain.

Free to play 3Book of Moon, Dimensional Prison, Starlight Road, Dust Tornado, D.D. Crow, Pot of Avarice and Caius the Shadow Monarch.

Staples

Cards you will see in almost every deck, with how many copies the list allows.

Heavy Storm1 copyDestroys every Spell and Trap on the field.

Mystical Space Typhoon1 copyDestroys one Spell or Trap. It is a Quick-Play Spell, so it works on their turn too.

Dust Tornado3 copiesDestroys one of their Spells or Traps, then lets you Set a card.

Mirror Force1 copyWhen they attack, destroys all their Attack Position monsters.

Torrential Tribute1 copyWhen a monster is summoned, destroys every monster on the field.

Solemn Judgment1 copyPay half your Life Points to stop a summon, a Spell or a Trap.

Bottomless Trap Hole2 copiesBanishes a monster with 1500 or more ATK when they summon it.

Dimensional Prison3 copiesBanishes a monster when it declares an attack.

Starlight Road3 copiesStops a card that would destroy two or more of your cards, then can bring out Stardust Dragon.

Trap Dustshoot1 copyWhen they hold 4 or more cards, look at their hand and send a monster back to the Deck.

Brain Control1 copyPay 800 Life Points to take one of their face-up monsters until the End Phase.

Book of Moon3 copiesTurns a face-up monster face down. Good for stopping an attack.

Cyber Dragon2 copiesA free 2100 ATK monster from your hand when only your opponent has monsters.

Caius the Shadow Monarch3 copiesA Tribute Summon that banishes any card on the field.

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness1 copyComes from your hand when you take damage while you control no cards.

D.D. Crow3 copiesDiscard it to banish a card from their graveyard, on either turn.

Royal Oppression2 copiesEither player can pay 800 Life Points to stop a Special Summon. Strong against Synchro decks.

Your first duel

Open Play
Go to the Edison lobby and keep Computer picked.
Pick an easy deck
Hero Beat, Machina Gadget and Gravekeeper are the easiest to start with.
Set the computer to Easy
Move up to Normal and Hard once you win.
Draw on turn 1
Even going first, you draw. You still cannot attack that turn.
Watch the back row
Most decks Set several traps. Think about Mirror Force before you attack with everything.
Look for Synchros
A Tuner plus monsters whose Levels add up to a Synchro Monster's Level lets you summon it from the Extra Deck.

Play Hero Beat Open the lobby

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