Independent Research on the Business of Trading Card Games
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Published by Konami Digital Entertainment. The organizations, platforms and series in this game’s ecosystem.
30 businesses across the value chain, published by Konami Digital Entertainment; most in engagement.
Marketplace operatorSupports marketplace category for game
Businesses on each stage of Yu-Gi-Oh!, by role. Acting in the same game or stage is not a business relationship; documented partners are shown in orange.
8 published figures, exactly as the companies state them.
Revenue by business: Card (distribution division)
KRW 9,560 million
Jun 2026
Revenue: Trading card games (Europe, Oceania, Middle East and Africa)
EUR 71,406,099
Mar 2025
Revenue by business: Card (distribution division)
KRW 21,880 million
Dec 2025
Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL downloads milestone
over 100 million downloads
Oct 2026
599 events since 2021 in 40 countries.
Next events
The latest 3 briefs naming Yu-Gi-Oh!.
When its relationships started, ended or were announced; the latest first.
Revenue (Cardmarket marketplace)
EUR 21.752 million
Dec 2024
Revenue by business: Card (distribution division)
KRW 14,610 million
Jun 2026
Figures as the companies publish them in investor-relations and corporate documents. They describe the reporting company or segment, not the size of the trading card market; segments may include non-TCG business. Nothing is converted, combined or estimated.

Cardmarket's October recap reports eight card games added at once as sealed-only listings, bringing it to 25 active games, an upgraded card search, and over 4,800 new catalog products from sixteen games in the month.
Digital Entertainment, the segment that includes card games such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, grew revenue 44.3% to ¥243,521 million in April to September 2026. Konami now forecasts ¥583,000 million in revenue for the year to March 2027.
Konami lifted its forecast for the year to March 2027 from ¥505,000 million to ¥583,000 million in revenue and from ¥150,000 million to ¥200,000 million in business profit, citing strong core titles such as Yu-Gi-Oh!. The year-end dividend forecast rises to 187.00 yen.
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