Balance (Skill)

update 04/10/2022

Skill Details

Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck. This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card (Monster, Spell, and Trap) in your Deck. You cannot Special Summon or activate monster effects until the end of the Main Phase of your first turn.

How to Get

How to get drop skills

List of all skills

Character	How to Get
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Lvl 20
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward

Character	How to Get
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward

Character	How to Get
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
	Lvl 13
	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Paradox	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward

Character	How to Get
Kite Tenjo	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward

Character	How to Get
Declan Akaba	Lvl 13

Character	How to Get
Playmaker and Ai	Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward

Updated History

Description (Since 2018 Jun 26)

Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck. This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card (Monster, Spell, and Trap) in your Deck.

Description (Until 2018 Jun 25)

Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck.

Description (Until 2021 Mar 24)

Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck. This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card (Monster, Spell, and Trap) in your Deck.

Comments

Hot New Top

Anonymous

Ban this.🔥 skill. it just manipulate starting hand and create all 🔥ing.disadvantage everywhere on earth

Reply

See all 24 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

What do you mean that a lot of people don't use it? Balance is the No.1 skill in the popularity ranking. I am betting that a massive nerf will come on this month end after KC. Dec banlist they nerfed all the broken decks - Invoked, DM, Shiranui, Crystron, Karakuri.. I am happy that they are finally serious with the banlist.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Time to get rid of second batch after the next KC. NK will not escape for sure.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Thunder Dragons are annoying af and don't use balance either. The most used ranking doesn't always mean anything since it usually makes up a good chunk of lower rank play in ranked and KC. Noble Knights are overrated and had to have a bunch of decks nerfed to hell and back just to be good. If anything it will just get the "hey trunade hit".

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Thunder Dragon will lose Lightsworn engine for sure.

Narukami Safacki

Imagine intelligent people asking Konami to nerf this skill.

Reply

See all 20 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

🔥 off just ban balance and time to.seee those 🔥ers ragequit soon

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

You have been raging about it more than anyone else. They're probably just going to find another skill and not think much of it. You on the other hand need to take a chill pill.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Balance nerfed. Who's the stupid idiot now?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Me

Anonymous

I think I understand how the updated Balance skill works now. You are given a percentage of the type of cards that will go in your starting hand. So let's say you have a 20 card deck with 15 monsters and 5 spells. That means you have a 75% chance of obtaining a monster card and a 25% chance of obtaining a spell card. Unlike the old balance skill, where this setup gives you 100% chance of having 3 monster cards and 100% chance of having 1 spell card, this change means you have more randomness and your deck will no longer be as consistent as it used to.
That kinda sucks tbh. Haha

Reply

See all 13 comments..

<< Anonymous(Anon)

Anonymous Reply

Indeed hahaha

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

The dumbest comment of the century goes to you! Congratulations!

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

This is basic math. If your deck was set up that way, those would be the chances of getting those cards..... using balance or not.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Then this skill would be meaningless. Even without this skill, your chance of drawing a spell card is 25% already, when 1/4 of your deck are spell cards.

Anonymous

What a broken skill.

Reply

See all 13 comments..

<< Anonymous(Yami Aster)

Yami Aster Reply

*skill

<< Anonymous(Yami Aster)

Anonymous Reply

They nerfed balance earlier but it is still the most used skill now. Every single user know that this is currently the most broken skill. Starting hand manipulation should not be allowed.

<< Anonymous

Yami Aster Reply

Well! Then I suppose we will just have to agree to disagree! That's all I have left to say on this matter. Happy New Year.

<< Anonymous(Yami Aster)

Anonymous Reply

No, no, no. I will not stand for peaceful resolutions on this here internet contraption.

You will call him a name and engage in a long winded circular argument immediately.

Anonymous

Everybody was playing starting hand manipulation. Just give us a new skill.

You start your hand with 4 tuner monsters. We just need this.

Reply

See all 11 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Dm playstyle was like cheating with balance. However, dm decks needed a turn to set their field and if circle was gone they was an auto loss. On the other hand nk can be explosive in their first turn. Going 1st or 2nd is the same for them.
A good nerf for balance could be "you can't summon any moster in your first turn", just like the nerfing of "duel stand by".

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

DM still got a lot of play with destiny draw, sealed tombs, born from earth, master of rites, etc. compared to noble knights with balance. So it wasn't as big a thing. Book of moon could be a different story (no pun intended) for balance.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

.....that would actually benefit Battle Tuned deck I guess XD

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

I hated it since the gladiator beast era

Anonymous

they commented this skill in dlm, they said it was a fair skill

Reply

See all 10 comments..

<< Anonymous

anonymous Reply

go file a complains to Konami Company. no need to spread your idealism here

<< Anonymous(anonymous)

Anonymous Reply

🔥.. i don't care, i will always buy the best tier 1 deck to play after they nerf NK.. i don't mind paying money for 3 new structure decks to 🔥 all of you noob 🔥ers

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

^Marvel Fun is that you?

<< Anonymous

anonymous Reply

yeah bro. its him. the way his word typing is really suit marvel disney fan

Anonymous

I've got beaten by someone who used this skill. That's why it should get nerfed.

Reply

See all 8 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

🔥ing human abusing this broken skill everywhere

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

^ So would it be okay if a giraffe used this skill?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Giraffes don't play card games, silly. You must be thinking of monkeys.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

^ no, I'm pretty sure I'm not thinking about argentinians

Anonymous

all of you scrub forgot that original yugioh doesnt have beatdown and other 🔥

Reply

See all 8 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Main character got skill that can fuse whatever the fck they want. Eg: Yugi fuse his Golden Mammoth with Kaiba BEUD so Kaiba can't attack with it and get 1000 dmg per turn. Get your fact straight. Rofl

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yugi cheating with Destiny Draw is fine imo. My favorite part was in his duel against Mako, when he attacked his own Mysterious Moon (that stayed on the field when the equipped monster was destroyed) with his Stone Soldier, causing Umi to return to Makos half of the field, causing his monsters to strand on the now dry field, get destroyed and make Mako lose the duel. That is some cheating bs xD

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yeah its super dif from the actual card game we play but if you watch the original season zero Yu-Gi-Oh you would notice that fields and field spells are actually a huge part of the game. So I feel like after watching season zero it kind of makes sense a little bit more.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

You all act like he has 13 different skills, its actually called BS plot armor. Didnt he even get the physical manifestation of plot armor in capsule monsters

Anonymous

heh everyone using balance these days: triamid, aromage, noble knight, satellarknight, etc. If they can't build a deck of 20 cards by themselves I can't imagine what they would do in tcg.

Well at least konami will put an eye on it again, closer to a nerf to render it useless

Reply

See all 8 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yea, hope Konami will nerf it to "This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card - with different names (6 different monsters, 6 different spells, and 6 different traps), in your Deck.

lol

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

^ funny enough the skill would still work fine for witchcrafter

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yeah, except you open with two verres and no unveiling

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Even better, that but 7 different monster/spell/trap each, instead of 6

Anonymous No. 2

In the revamped Balance skill - is the 4th card always random or can you predetermine that one too, e.g. by having 12 monsters, 6 spells and 6 traps, so that you always get 2 monsters, 1 spell and 1 trap?

Reply

See all 7 comments..

<< Anonymous(Nope)

Anonymous Reply

"This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card (Monster, Spell, and Trap) in your Deck."

You only have 2 traps mate

<< Anonymous(Anonymous No. 2)

Anonymous Reply

@ the "nope" anon

lol you're so dumb it's hilarious

<< Anonymous(Anonymous No. 2)

Anonymous Reply

Not working. I have 12/6/6 still I get 3 mons and 1 spell/trap

<< Anonymous

Another Anon Reply

We use balance to improve consistency. And apparently konami's smart peoples don't like it. So they nerfed it so that even with 12 6 6 it's still don't guarantee your opening hand MST ratio. It's a "balance" skill that don't guarantee opening band's balance.

Konami is smart. Don't complain.

Anonymous

"You cannot Special Summon or activate monster effects until the end of the Main Phase of your first turn."

Konami didn't implement this when they nerfed Duel Standby, so that people abuse Amano Iwato.
Very clever.

Reply

See all 6 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

"Still cant get how triamids still activate their effects in main phase 1 although they uss balance."

Did you mean Triamid Hunter? Its extra normal summon is continuous, not an activated effect.
On the other hand, with balance skill, Triamid Dancer cannot activate its effect during 1st turn.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

same goes with aromages.
Extra normal summon from Jasmine is still possible, while the other aromages can't activate their effects.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Imagine those restrictions also applied on onomat and resonator

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

and gaia, and TG, and shooting star dragon, and ultimate dragons.

Anonymous

Anyone know what exactly was nerfed? It seems to work pratically the same way as it always has.

Reply

See all 6 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

So in a way there's no point running this skill anymore since it defeats the purpose of being balanced.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

It's still balanced, but Konami just nerfed it's consistency.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

hence the not balanced part being its not always guaranteed, some what based on luck as well.

<< Anonymous(Mah Boi)

Anonymous Reply

Spell / Trap have always been the same for this skill.

Submission form

Thank you for visiting Duel Links wiki by GameA! We update this Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links community day by day to provide quality guides and the latest news.

Duel Links Wiki Updates

How to Report Abuse

3/24	Harpie: Deck Recipe [Mar 24]
	Pendulum: deck recipe [Mar 24]
	Super Quant: deck recipe [Mar 24]
	Invoked Neos: deck recipe [Mar 24]
	King of Game decks [March 2023]
3/23	Raid Duel - The Last Survivor of Mankind: Zone! Unlock Event
	Ice Barrier: deck recipe [Mar 23]
	Maintenance Information [Mar 23]
	Dark Magician: deck recipe [Mar 23]
	Galaxy: deck recipe [Mar 23]
3/22	Abyss Actor: deck recipe [Mar 22]
3/22	Elementsaber: deck recipe [Mar 22]

→ Past updates

[Job Offer] Duel Links Wiki Writers

GameA Discord

Duel Links News & Events

Duel Links World Championship 2023

Raid Duel - The Last Survivor of Mankind: Zone! Unlock Event

Structure Deck EX: Secret of Magicians

Secret of Magicians

45th Main Box: Raider's Requiem

Raiders Requiem

Yugioh! Card Game 25th Anniversary Campaign

"Power Pros" App x "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Collaboration Campaign

6th Anniversary Campaign on 12 January 2023

6th Anniversary Campaign

Upcoming events [March]

Upcoming events [March]

Early March 2023	Duel Links Mission Research
	PvP Duel: Turbo Duel Grand Prix
	Tour Guides Mission Bingo Event

Leaked Characters

Yu-Gi-OH Vrains

Yu-Gi-Oh Vrains Duel Links

Vrains' World Stage Missions

Vrains Character Unlock Missions

Vrains World Celebration Campaign

Vrains Characters

Playmaker & AI	Varis	Soulburner
The Gore	Blue Angel

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

Playmaker Lvl 40 Farm	Soulburner Lvl 40 Farm	The Gore Lvl 40 Farm
Blue Angel Lvl 40 Farm	-	=

Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V

Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V Duel Links

Arc V Characters

Yuya Sakaki	Declan Akaba	Zuzu Boyle
Gong Strong	Sylvio Sawatari	Yuto
Sora Perse	Shay Obsidian

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

[ARC-V] Legendary Duelists Lvl 40
Yuya Sakaki Lvl 40 Farm	Zuzu Boyle Lvl 40 Farm	Gong Strong Lvl 40 Farm
Sylvio Sawatari Lvl 40 Farm	Declan Akaba Lvl 40 Farm	Yuto Lvl 40 Farm
Sora Lvl 40 Farm (Gate)

Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal

Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal in Duel Links

Legendary Duelists

Yuma and Astral	Reginald "Shark" Kastle	Bronk Stone
Tori Meadows	Kite Tenjo	Quattro
Trey	Anna Kaboom	Rio Kastle
Girag

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

[Zexal] Legendary Duelists Lvl 40
Yuma and Astral Lvl 40	Tori Meadows Lvl 40	Bronk Stone Lvl 40
Reginald Kastle Lvl 40	Kite Tenjo Lvl 40 Farm (Gate)	Quattro Lvl 40 (Gate)
Trey Lvl 40 Farm (Gate)	Anna Lvl 40 Farm (Gate)	Rio Kastle Lvl 40 Farm (Gate)

Other Zexal Duelists

Yuma Tsukumo

Astral

Flip Turner

Yu-Gi-Oh Dark Side of Dimension [DSOD]

Yugioh DSOD in Duel Links

Legendary Duelists

Seto Kaiba (DSOD)	Mokuba Kaiba (DSOD)	Yugi Muto (DSOD)
Joey Wheeler (DSOD)	Tea Gardner (DSOD)	Aigami (DSOD)
Sera (DSOD)	Scud (DSOD)	Bakura (DSOD)

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

[DSOD] Legendary Duelists Lvl 40
Seto Kaiba (DSOD) Lvl 40	Mokuba Kaiba (DSOD) Lvl 40	Yugi Muto (DSOD) Lvl 40
Joey Wheeler (DSOD) Lvl 40	Tea Gardner (DSOD) Lvl 40	Aigami Lvl 40
Sera (DSOD) Lvl 40	Scud (DSOD) Lvl 40	-

Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's

Yugioh 5D'S in Duel Links

Legendary Duelists

Yusei Fudo	Jack Atlas	Crow Hogan
Akiza Izinski	Leo	Luna
Officer Tetsu	DS Kalin Kessler	DS Carly Carmine
DS Rex Goodwin	Carly Carmine	Kalin Kessler
Antinomy	Primo	Aporia
Paradox

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

[5D's] Legendary Duelists Lvl 40
Yusei Fudo Lvl 40	Jack Atlas Lvl 40	Crow Lvl 40
Akiza Lvl 40	Leo Lvl 40	Luna Lvl 40
Officer Tetsu	DS Kalin	DS Carly
DS Rex Goodwin	Carly Carmine Lvl 40 (Gate)	Kalin Kessler Lvl 40 (Gate)
Antinomy Lvl 40 (Gate)	Primo Lvl 40 (Gate)	Aporia Lvl 40 (Gate)
Paradox Lvl 40 (Gate)	-

Useful links

Top Pick - UR & SR Dream Ticket	How to unlock Legendary Duelists
Synchro Summon Guide: The Advent of Synchros in Duel Links	Starter Guide for New Duelists
New player guide: What packs to buy first?	-

Forums

Duel Links forums
General discussion	Vagabond trade
Deck advice	Duel room

Decks

Deck pages
PvP Best decks	All decks
Auto Duel	Tips for farming LDs

King of Games decks

Decks to farm LD Lvl 40

[GX] Legendary Duelists Lvl 40
Jaden Yuki	Zane Truesdale	Aster Phoenix
Jesse Anderson	Chazz Princeton	Alexis Rhodes
Vellian Crowler	Bastion Misawa	Syrus Truesdale
Tyranno Hassleberry	Sartorius Kumar	Yubel
Jaden/Yubel	Blair Flannigan	Axel Brodie Lvl 40 (Gate)
Supreme King Jaden Lvl 40 (Gate)

Characters (Legendary Duelists)

Yu-Gi-Oh! (DM)

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Yu-Gi-Oh GX in Duel Links

Jaden Yuki	Zane Truesdale	Aster Phoenix
Jesse Anderson	Chazz Princeton	Alexis Rhodes
Vellian Crowler	Bastion Misawa	Syrus Truesdale
Tyranno Hassleberry	Sartorius Kumar	Yubel
Jaden/Yubel	Blair Flannigan	Axel Brodie
The Supreme King	-	-

Related pages

Duel / Level rewards
Level rewards	Duel rewards
Skill pages
Skill database	How to get drop skills

Accessories

Card Sleeves & Game Mats

Booster packs/Card Trader

Card Trader & Ranked Rewards

Card Trader	Ranked Rewards
Card Trader	Ranked Rewards

Card box

Available card boxes

Selection Box

Selection Boxes

Special Packs

Special Pack

Structure decks

Structure decks

Other Pages

Quick links
Card sets overview	Discontinued card sets
Reroll tier list	Best cards

Duel Links Basics

Quick Starter Guide

FAQ

Stage 1-10	Stage 11-20	Stage 21-30
Stage 31-40	Stage 41-50	Stage 51-60

Facilities in Duel World

Cards you should trade

How to beat the Vegabond

How to solve Duel Quizes

How to get/collect items

Gem	Gate Key	Gold
Duel Orb	Jewel/Stone	Icon

Standard duelists & Legendary Duelist Lvl 30

Standard Duelists
Lvl 14	Lvl 20	Lvl 27
Lvl 33	Lvl 39	Lvl 45
Lvl 51	Lvl 57	-
Legendary Duelists
Lvl 30 (DM)	Lvl 30 (GX)	Lvl 30 (5D's)

[DM] Legendary Dueslist Lvl 40
Yami Yugi Lvl 40	Seto Kaiba Lvl 40	Joey Lvl 40
Mai Lvl 40	Tea Lvl 40	Yugi Lvl 40 (Gate)
Weevil Lvl 40	Rex Raptor Lvl 40	Mako Lvl 40
Yami Marik Lvl 40	Yami Bakura Lvl 40	Bandit Lvl 40
Ishizu Lvl 40	Odion Lvl 40	Pegasus Lvl 40
Mokuba Lvl 40	Paradox Lvl 40	Arkana Lvl 40
Bonz Lvl 40	Espa Roba Lvl 40	Tristan Lvl 40
Lumis & Umbra Lvl 40	Duke Devlin Lvl 40 Farm	-

Yami Yugi	Seto Kaiba	Joey Wheeler
Mai Valentine	Tea Gardner	Yugi Muto
Weevil Underwood	Rex Raptor	Mako Tsunami
Yami Marik	Yami Bakura	Bandit Keith
Ishizu Ishtar	Odion	Maximillion Pegasus
Paradox Brothers	Mokuba Kaiba	Arkana
Bonz	Espa Roba	Tristan Taylor
Umbra & Lumis	Duke Devlin

Content

Balance (Skill)

Table of contents

Skill Details

How to Get

Updated History

Description (Since 2018 Jun 26)

Description (Until 2018 Jun 25)

Description (Until 2021 Mar 24)

Comments

Commens and feedback

Recommend

Duel Links Wiki Updates

Duel Links News & Events

Duel Links World Championship 2023

Raid Duel - The Last Survivor of Mankind: Zone! Unlock Event

Structure Deck EX: Secret of Magicians

45th Main Box: Raider's Requiem

Yugioh! Card Game 25th Anniversary Campaign

"Power Pros" App x "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Collaboration Campaign

6th Anniversary Campaign on 12 January 2023

Upcoming events [March]

Leaked Characters

Yu-Gi-OH Vrains

Vrains Characters

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V

Arc V Characters

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal

Legendary Duelists

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

Other Zexal Duelists

Yu-Gi-Oh Dark Side of Dimension [DSOD]

Legendary Duelists

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's

Legendary Duelists

How to beat/farm Legendary Duelists Lvl 40

Useful links

Forums

Decks

Decks to farm LD Lvl 40

Characters (Legendary Duelists)

Yu-Gi-Oh! (DM)

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Related pages

Accessories

Card Sleeves & Game Mats

Booster packs/Card Trader

Card Trader & Ranked Rewards

Card box

Selection Box

Special Packs

Structure decks

Other Pages

Duel Links Basics

FAQ

Facilities in Duel World

How to get/collect items

Standard duelists & Legendary Duelist Lvl 30

Menu

Card Packs

Duel World

Forum

Booster Packs & Card Trader

Ranking

Comments (updated every hour)

Popular Decks

Popular Cards

QA

Another Game Site