Duel Terminal The Duel Terminal ( デュエルターミナル " Dyueru Tāminaru " ) was designed by Konami to assist in introducing the then new " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " anime to new and existing players . Overview . The Duel Terminal itself looks like a traditional arcade machine , and has a variety of game modes , using cards from the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! Official Card Game " . Players can either use a Deck chosen by the system , or the Duelist can use his / her own cards , provided they have ＤＵＥＬ ＴＥＲＭＩＮＡＬ as the Edition . These cards are recognized by the built - in card scanner , allowing the player to use the card in the game . " Duel Terminal Edition " cards are only available from " Duel Terminals " . The game itself is priced at ¥100 per play in Japan , $ 1 per play in the United States , and $ 13 per play in Mexico . After ending the game , a Duel Terminal Edition card is released at the bottom of the machine . However , Duel Terminal cards themselves are not playable in sanctioned tournaments unless they have also been released in a more widely available source . Story . These new cards that Konami has released even come with their own storylines , which were shown in Master Guide 3 . First Part . The first Duel Terminal series features non - stop wars between tribes for supremacy , but none of them had the powers to overcome the others . However , invaders from space , the " Worms " , arrived , interrupting their endless war . The native tribes created a temporary truce to fight off the invaders . Chaos seemed to be arriving . Second Part . In the second Duel Terminal series , there lived 4 different elemental tribes : ( " Gem - Knight " , " Laval " , " Gishki " , " Gusto " ) . Like the first series , they too fought each other , but for their own reasons , not for supremacy . In the heavenly sky , the " Vylon s " descended to cease wars ; however , at the same time , deep within the earth ' s crusts , an evil group of creatures known as the " Steelswarm " awoke and began to invade the surface world . Wanting to protect their homeland , the 4 tribes joined together with the " Vylons " and obtained new powers from them . After defeating the " Steelswarm " , the " Vylons " decided the most logical way to prevent any more wars was by eliminating the other tribes . As the other tribes were all threatened by this , they joined together and combined their powers to resist the judgement of the Vylons . This new alliance finally triumphed , as they found the Vylons ' weakness and used it against them . After the " Vylons " fled , the clans broke up their temporary truce . The " Laval s " have now become a massive power source to fuel the rituals of the " Gishki " . Then , the " Gishki " decided to take over the Mist Valley region in order to collect raw material for their projects , which began a large genocide against the " Gusto s " . Though there were a few " Gustos " left , they were saved by the justified " Gem - Knight s " . While another fight had been brought again , a new evil appeared ; it seemed that the " lswarm " virus had spread rapidly , infecting any and all it came in contact with . Seeing nothing but despair around them as their own allies attack one and another , they prayed for the assistance of the " Constellar " , a legend that has been passed down for generations . Somewhere around the battle , the " Gishki " tried to revive the dragons of the " Ice Barrier s " to fight off the infection , but then the leader of the " Gishki " was plagued by the " lswarm " and so far , the rest began to follow . Unable to control their movements , the " Gishki " managed to resurrect the leader of the " Steelswarms " ; however , the " Gem - Knights " , with their sense of justice , stood by with the " Constellar " knowing there was still hope left . Using every amount of their powers , the " Gem - Knights " combine together into the light that would save the world . After being amazed by the fusion power of justice and unity of the " Gem - Knights " , the " Constellar " awakened their true power transforming themselves in one being of a legendary dragon . With all this non - stop negative impact giving off , the winds of the Shrine of Mist Valley stirred even more , which unintentionally summoned " Sophia , Goddess of Rebirth " . With the world threatened , " Constellar Sombre " and " Evilswarm Kerykeion " teamed up to defeat " Sophia " . After this , " Sombre " and " Kerykeion " ascend to a higher state of being . The only few survivors are Gishki Avance and Gishki Emilia ( who would later become Great Sorcerer of the Nekroz and Dance Princess of the Nekroz ) , Kamui , Hope of Gusto ( who would later become Ritual Beast Tamer Elder ) and Reeze , Whirlwind of Gusto , and Steelswarm Roach ( who would later become Evilswarm Exciton Knight ) . Game Modes . The Duel Terminal allows you to choose between several modes of play : Releases . Japan . Fourteen Duel Terminals were released in Japan . Duel Terminal Edition cards were also released in Limited Edition 13 , Limited Edition 16 , and V Jump Edition 2 . Duel Terminal cards were also reprinted in four sets . For every two Duel Terminal sets released , a guidebook that also includes a promotional card was published . Acceleration Guides include Synchro Monster s , while Overlay Guides include Xyz Monster s . United States . Seven Duel Terminal sets were released in the United States , in addition to two versions of the preview set . Impact . The Duel Terminals have introduced many new archetype s to the OCG , including " Ice Barrier " , " Mist Valley " , " Flamvell " / " Neo Flamvell " , " X - Saber " / " XX - Saber " , " Ally of Justice " , " Worm " , " Genex " / " R - Genex " / " Genex Ally " , " Naturia " , " Fabled " / " The Fabled " , " Jurrac " , " Dragunity " , " Gem - Knight " , " Laval " , " Vylon " , " Gishki " , " Gusto " , " lswarm " and " Constellar " .