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Head-to-head

Black Deck vs Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Black Deck 4.6★ · Free + IAP 58
Winner Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 4.7★ · Free + IAP 75

Pick Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links for a more polished experience and better community support.

While both apps offer engaging card gameplay, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links stands out for its larger community and more consistent performance. Black Deck struggles with frequent loading issues and aggressive monetization, which detracts from the overall experience.

Head to head

features edge: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksR1R34R68R85
Black Deck Black Deck has unique mechanics but is criticized for its overwhelming monetization and lack of variety in gameplay.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links offers a rich variety of cards and gameplay modes, but some users feel it lacks single-player options.
ease of use edge: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksR10R34R51R66
Black Deck Black Deck users report issues with tutorials and navigation, making it less user-friendly.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is generally considered easy to pick up, though some users mention it can be overwhelming with notifications.
reliability edge: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksR4R18R65R108
Black Deck Black Deck faces frequent loading and crashing issues, frustrating many players.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links also has stability issues but is perceived to be more reliable overall.
price/value edge: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksR3R12R75R96
Black Deck Black Deck's in-game purchases are seen as overpriced, with many users feeling they need to spend excessively to progress.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has similar complaints about monetization but offers more opportunities to earn cards without spending.
support edge: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksR4R46R71R26
Black Deck Black Deck users report poor support experiences, with many unable to resolve issues.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has mixed reviews on support, but some users have had positive experiences.
Pick Black Deck if

you want a unique card game experience and are okay with high monetization.

Pick Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links if

you prefer a more reliable game with a larger community and better support.

Evidence note: Black Deck has a significant amount of negative feedback regarding monetization and reliability, which may skew recent perceptions against its overall rating.

Frequently asked

Is Black Deck free to play?
Yes, Black Deck is free to play with in-app purchases, but many users find the costs for in-game items to be excessively high, with some items priced over £100.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 110 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] Black Deck 1/5 · GB Packs and more packs: Unfortunately you spend more time pressing the 'x' button on packs that are repeatedly thrown in your face than you do playing the card game. Every change of screen there is a pack thrown at you and it's not as though they're all different packs. They're the same pack. If I didn't buy it the first time I'm probably not going to the 3rd, 4th or even 10th time!!!!!!!!!! What a
  2. [R34] Black Deck 1/5 · GB Pay to play: Don’t touch this game if you want to make any sort of progress with out spending any money. The in game transactions are insanely overpriced and get you little to no progress. You are basically gambling real money for cards with little to no chance of any improvement. Really only recommended this game for people who don’t care about spending a few thousand pounds to play the game
  3. [R68] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 3/5 · GB Enjoyable: I know it’s supposed to be played against others online. But I wish it had more single player options. I would pay money for a proper single player mode.
  4. [R85] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 5/5 · US The best game of the year: I love every Yugioh series and getting to play as my favorite characters is amazing and I love the fact that I can use the cards in the shows. I love the storyline and events and the fact that they are always making new cards and boxes for players to collect. It is also so cool that when I battle the cards come to life in the game and this game is far better than master
  5. [R10] Black Deck 1/5 · GB Good idea, poor execution: Doesn’t explain things properly , poor tutorial. Doesn’t explain how the events properly , and is the only game to pop more ads than Mech Arena. And that’s saying something.
  6. [R51] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1/5 · US Too Much Clicking: Too much clicking to close notifications. It is definitely spam. So annoying. I would avoid this app.
  7. [R66] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1/5 · US horrible: this game has reached an entirely new low. writing this is probably pointless but i’m extremely disappointed and don’t see myself continuing to “play” this anymore. great job at ruining something many people use to enjoy.
  8. [R4] Black Deck 1/5 · GB Great Game but….: My advice to you is find a different game to play, don’t get emotionally invested in this on it will only disappoint. I have been playing this game faithfully for about a year now and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I even subscribed to a modest upgrade membership but I’ll be cancelling that. recently it has began to frequently fail to load and disconnects during fights. I can’t e
  9. [R18] Black Deck 3/5 · GB Loading issues again: Once again the game is having loading issues. Happens way to often pls sort it out
  10. [R65] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 3/5 · GB Crashes: Keeps crashing mid duel online with perfect connection please Konami fix the game
  11. [R108] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1/5 · GB Too many glitches: There are too many glitches when it comes to using special effects or spell cards or trap cards. On soo many occasions they don’t activate properly and it’s super annoying
  12. [R3] Black Deck 3/5 · GB Game is alright so so: I enjoy the game it’s just jeez lower the prices a bit on micro transactions it’s like 17.99 and up price wise on everything in the shop.. and for 10 summons in the treasure tower it’s like 50.00 bucks game has potential if you’re a millionaire
  13. [R12] Black Deck 3/5 · GB Great game but….: I think the game is great and love to play it. The only thing is that I’m not a millionaire and won’t put thousands into the game to try and progress. Making discount look like you are getting a great offer for only one benefit in the game. I feel that they would get better benefits by lowering prices for all to enjoy or even people who aren’t paying to play. But if you love to w
  14. [R75] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1/5 · US Greedy Cash Grab: Duel Links is a terrible app that feels more like gambling than gaming and Komoney is a horrible greedy soulless company. The app has two main problems: greedy over-monetization and a horrible meta that revolves around character skills. The meta/skills change based on whichever character or cards Komoney thinks they can make the most money from. It’s impossible to fully enjoy thi
  15. [R96] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1/5 · US Over it: The gameplay can be fun but eventually it becomes repetitive and ridiculous to try and acquire gems for cards you need and certain items are locked behind other nonsensical things and the game is just recently started to become a huge cash grab unfortunately. I finally spent 40$ just to try to get a ur card after grinding over 7,500 gems for a box just to still have 21 packs left and 3 ur
  16. [R46] Black Deck 1/5 · GB Support?: Game server just keeps losing network connection for the last 2 days. The support button doesn’t work. I’m going to have to give up with this game for now because it’s unplayable
  17. [R71] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 3/5 · GB A fun game but: Don’t get me wrong this game is very fun to play and I love playing it however the contact for support and account recovery is awful It took days to get my account back when I had to do an account recovery and I’m currently dealing with an issue where my entire phone freezes mid game which I don’t think is an issue with my phone as it only happens on deul links and my phone is bran
  18. [R26] Black Deck 5/5 · GB Great support team: My son had issue with app loading and support team replied so quickly to resolve it - thanks Kate
  19. [R6] Black Deck 3/5 · GB Good game. Ridiculous in-game add on purchase prices: This game would be perfect if they sorted the favourite card issue and they didn’t charge stupids amounts for in game purchase add on. They Charge like £40 for 5 rare items, for items to upgrade is like £29.99 for 10 crystals which you can earn easily, it’s insane. Everything is massively over priced. You would Make more money by charging a fai

Synthesized from 110 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store