Tag - Team Duel A Tag - Team Duel ( タッグヂュエル " Taggudyueru " ) ( also known as " 2v2 Duel " or " Tag Duel " ) is a Duel played between two teams of 2 players each . All standard rules apply , and each team is given a shared Life Points counter of 8000 or 16000 . See TCG Official Tag Duel Rules as of August 27th , 2013 . Rules . When taking part in a Tag - Team Duel , both teams consist of 2 players . Players share a combined Life Point total and their field s and Graveyards . Teammates are allowed to compare hands and communicate strategies , as long as the other team is able to hear them , and they can use each other ’ s cards while they are on the field ( i . e . Set Spells , Traps , or Monsters ) . However , no player can summon from their teammate ’ s Extra Deck . In addition , cards that effect or have requirements concerning the Field must have both teammate ’ s Fields be taken into consideration ( i . e . if your teammate controls a monster , you cannot Special Summon Cyber Dragon . This rule setup is not to be confused with the similar Battle Royal . Video games . Players can play in a style similar to Tag Dueling in various video games , such as the " World Championship " and " Tag Force " series . In these games , both players share 5 Monster Card Zone s , five Spell & Trap Card Zone s , a Graveyard , a Banished Zone and a Field Card Zone . The Duel proceeds like a normal Duel , with the Main Deck , Extra Deck , and hand changing as each teammate becomes the new turn player of the team at the start of every other turn . Any player - specific cards will only affect the turn players of each team at the moment , making it entirely possible for a player to get a card owned by a teammate returned to their hand . The same rules apply for Tag Turbo Duels in Over the Nexus . Tag - Team Duels in the anime . Yu - Gi - Oh ! The first Tag Team Duel in the anime was Joey Wheeler and Yugi Muto vs . the Paradox Brothers . There have also been occurrences of 2 vs . 1 Duels ( e . g Yugi and Kaiba vs . Dartz ) and even 3 vs . 1 Duels ( Tristan , Serenity and Duke vs . Nezbitt in the Virtual World Arc ) . Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . Tag - Team Duels are also found in Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . The first was Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale VS the Paradox Brothers , followed by Frost and Thunder VS Syrus Truesdale and Tyranno Hassleberry , then followed by Sarina and a clone of herself VS Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix . A Tag - Team tournament was seen in Season 4 . The rules of the Frost / Thunder VS Syrus / Hassleberry Duel are different than most anime tag Duels , since the four players were all given their own Life Point counter . Yu - Gi - Oh 5D ' s . These rules have been also used in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " series , when Crow Hogan and Yusei Fudo teamed up to face off against Sector Security . Furthermore , even though it took place through a Turbo Duel , the 2008 World Championship rules weren ' t changed . In the series it has been revealed that this type of Team Dueling is supported even on the world of Turbo Dueling . As there has been shown in the anime the existence of special Duel Runner s for Tag - Team Duels . A 3 - on - 1 Tag Duel happened from episodes 62 to 64 . Rex Goodwin , who was alone , started with 3 times the standard amount of Life Points , or 12000 , while Yusei Fudo , Jack Atlas and Crow Hogan had separate fields , Decks and Life Point counters of 4000 . Effects of cards used by Rex that targeted the opponent player targeted only one of the three , by his choice . According to " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 3D Bonds Beyond Time " during the 3 vs . 1 Duel between Yugi , Yusei and Jaden vs Paradox , tag - team players are able to share cards on the field . An example of this is displayed when Yusei allowed Yugi to use the effect of " Reincarnation of Hope " or when Jaden borrowed Yusei ' s " Junk Gardna " to fuse with " Elemental Hero Neos " to Summon " Elemental Hero Neos Knight " . In addition , Spell s or Trap s could be used to affect monsters that are under your partner ' s control . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " , a Tag Duel is seen in episode 11 , only with a rule set similar to Yugi ' s and Kaiba ' s Duel in Battle City where all 4 players have separate Life Points . Another is seen in episode 37 , this time being a 2v1 match , all players with separated Life Points , and if one player lost , his / her partner would lose as well . It is seen again in episode 42 where Yuma and Kite Dueled against Trey and Quattro . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " , a Tag Duel occurs in episode 107 between Gloria Tyler and Grace Tyler against Allen Kozuki and Sayaka Sasayama . In this Duel both players followed the normal Tag Team Rules where each player shared a set of 4000 LP and the same field and Graveyard . Another Tag Duel occured in episode 108 between Yuya Sakaki and Shay Obsidian against once again Gloria Tyler and Grace Tyler . Tag - Team specific cards . Some anime - only cards in the anime can only be used in a Tag Team Duel :