Yu-Gi-Oh! ( 遊☆戯☆王 YU - GI - OH ! Yūgiō , Japanese for " Game King " or " King of Games ") is a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise from Kazuki Takahashi that mainly involves characters who play a card game called Duel Monsters (originally called Magic & Wizards in the manga. See the section " Card game " below for different names of the game) where in each player purchases and assembles a Deck of Monster , Spell , and Trap Cards in order to defeat one another and gain victory . Back