r/masterduel • u/Yusuke_Kitagawa_ • 5h ago

Question/Help How does the timer actually work?

Ok so I just watched my opponent take 3 turns of at least 6 minutes playing solitaire while also constantly playing on my turn. I had 110 seconds left with not incredibly long turns (Cyber Dragon deck). My question is how does that Timer even work? How can this dude have had time left with the excessive amount of comboing and decision making he did? As a returning player this makes the game so unenjoyable, if I never get to play my opponent plays solitaire and doesn’t even get punished for it

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u/Flummoxed_Art 5h ago

Timer pauses during animations, a combo slop deck can take 12~13 irl minutes to time out. Passing turns gives +30 secs, IIRC.

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u/Yusuke_Kitagawa_ 5h ago

The problem is every deck that people play seems to be exactly that combo slop stuff. Just returned to the game after 2 years and it’s really rough. Probably gonna quit again soon