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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

CharacterHow to Get
Yami YugiLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Seto KaibaLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Mai ValentineLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Mako TsunamiLvl 20
Yami MarikLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Yami BakuraLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Bandit KeithLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Ishizu IshtarLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Maximillion PegasusLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Paradox BrothersLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Espa RobaLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
CharacterHow to Get
Zane TruesdaleLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Aster PhoenixLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Alexis RhodesLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Vellian CrowlerLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Sartorius KumarLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
CharacterHow to Get
Crow HoganLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Akiza IzinskiLvl 13
LunaLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
Paradox
Paradox
Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
CharacterHow to Get
Kite Tenjo
Kite Tenjo
Legendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward
CharacterHow to Get
Declan Akaba
Declan Akaba
Lvl 13
CharacterHow to Get
Playmaker and Ai
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

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Anonymous
new balance give you the ratio base on your deck and it sucks because when it proc, and if you go first you can't draw the fifth card.
it's like skip a turn just like restart. Had it happen twice to me lol.
<< Anonymous(Anonymous)
Anonymous Reply
Are you joking? Player who goes first can't draw their fifth card, not because of the skill itself but the game's rule.
IC weiner
Skill is absolutely useless now.
<< Anonymous(IC weiner)
Anonymous Reply
Doubt it, ladder now is full of balance skill
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?
<< 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
I'm a bit confused. I just got Balanace with Mako, but I can't use the skill with Yami Yugi or even Marik, but I have seen people using it with Aster Phoenix. Do I need to fight Aster at the gate until he personally drop the skill to use with him or any other character besides Mako for that matters?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Its random drop.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
That wasn't exactly my concern, but thanks for clarifying that part.
Anonymous
WHAT A HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE COMEBACK FOR BALANCE DUE TO MASKED HEROES !
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
it came back with nk and gladiator beasts
<< Anonymous
HC Reply
Maybe it can be useful with cyberdarks as well.
Dr.Agon
Sometimes it activates, but doesnt give either the spell or the trap... is that normal? I have 6+ of each tipe of card btw.
<< Anonymous(Dr.Agon)
DrillDude Reply
Is your deck have 20 cards or more than that?

I've tried before, if I have 30 cards (18M, 6S, 6T), I get something like 3 M + 1 S/T in hand.

But if 20 cards deck (6M, 8S, 6T), I always start with 1M,1S,1T + 1 random card. (Every time, and never failed yet, NK deck)

The skill actually doesn't ensure you have 1M,1S,1T, but it reflects your deck.
Anonymous
ADD Zane to the list. Just dropped for me.
Anonymous
6 of each seems a bit overdone tbh...
can't it at least be 5?
ScrewdaRules
Balance for Kaiba doesn't work!
<< Anonymous(ScrewdaRules)
Anonymous Reply
Read the announcement -_-
<< Anonymous(ScrewdaRules)
Hippiesmoke Reply
How does Kaiba get the balance skill?
<< Anonymous(Hippiesmoke)
Anonymous Reply
By farming legendary duelist using Seto Kaiba.
Tackrad
now with the update still dead
Anonymous
Alexis 🔥 can learn balance.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
(-u- )
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
proof?
Anonymous
Skill is trash now
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I got KOG two weeks ago with balance glad beasts. Can't abuse it any longer tho for handless decks
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
New to game, what was the nerf to it?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
It's three cards that reflect your deck, and the 4th card is random.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Where did u find that explanation?
Because I've never seen that

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