Yu - Gi - Oh ! Online 3 : Duel Accelerator Yu - Gi - Oh ! Online 3 : Duel Accelerator was the last update of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Online series , and it added more cards along with many characters from the Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s anime series . Yu - Gi - Oh ! servers closed on September 30 , 2012 at 19 : 00 EST ( October 1 , 2012 at 02 : 00 GMT ) , due to an internal decision by Konami not to support the service beyond that date . Cards . Players dueled using cards , in the same way as in the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Trading Card Game . Each player started with a 40 - 60 card starter Deck . In this version , you could not obtain cards when dueling . Cards could also be obtained through trading ( only if the player had played 36 or more duels ) . Cards could also be obtained through beating NPCs at KaibaCorp experimental labs ( e . g . beating Yami Yugi 14 times will got you a free " Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight " ) . You could also buy cards with " Boosterpass Points " . Ranking . There were 30 player Levels , numbered 1 through to 30 . Once a player had played at least 36 duels , he or she could advance beyond Level 1 , and must move from the beginner ' s lobby to the other lobbies where all players Level 2 and above played . The player ' s Level was decided by their score . Each time a player won a duel , that player ' s score increased , and whenever a player lost a duel , their score decreased . The amount of points received or deducted depended on the player ' s level and the opponent ' s level . For example , a Level 2 player beating a Level 5 player would gain more points than a Level 6 player beating a Level 3 player . Payment . To buy cards , players had to spend " Boosterpass Points " ( BP ) . Boosterpass Points were obtained by purchasing Boosterpasses . Purchasing a Boosterpass gave the player 30 Boosterpass Points , 1 Themed Deck and 1 Random Bonus Card in the game . Boosterpass 150 . This was an online purchase that was equivalent to 5 Boosterpasses ( 150 Boosterpass points ) . The 5 cards gained from this type of Boosterpass were chosen randomly from a set . At one point , sale of the Duelpass 150 was suspended in the United States due to fraud , but since the release of Duel Evolution , the Duelpass 150 was available in the United States and Europe . USB Duelpass Key . The USB Duelpass Key was equivalent to 3 Duelpasses ( 90 Duelpass points ) . It was a USB device that was sold in retail stores in the United States , such as " Toys ' R ' Us " and " Target " . It worked like a standard USB flash drive , except it only contained the information necessary to transfer game credits to your account . A CD - ROM with the full version of the game was included in the packaging for the USB Duelpass Key . The Flash Drive itself had only 128K of actual memory capacity , unusable for anything but the Duelpass credits . The 3 cards gained from this type of Duelpass were chosen randomly from a set . The USB Duelpass Key was sold only in the United States and Mexico ; Players in other locations has to get Duelpasses from one of the other methods , or buy them from a third party . SMS Boosterpass . SMS Boosterpass was available only in Europe . SMS Boosterpass was a method of using a mobile phone to text a SMS with the word " Booster " and sending it to a certain phone code that was different for each country ; you would receive a 16 figured alphanumerical code that would give 30 BP and 1 random card from previous Boosterpasses if redeemed . Notice of Game Closure . As of 30 September 2012 , Yu - Gi - Oh ! Online 3 : Duel Accelerator has been closed down permanently by Konami . Though Konami does not confirm the reason for their decision , many of the players are stating hackers are to blame for this action . You may read the official game close statement from one of the Game Managers for Europe and for the United States Note : the only difference between the two is the actual Time / Date , that was corrected for the appropriate time zones .