shadowofthelamp:

Headcanon that in the Yugioh world, often cards are exchanged during important steps in a relationship.

Sometimes when people come out, they’re given a card with a rainbow on it by a friend or a parent to show their acceptance of them. (Or a card with a color scheme similar to the flag of whatever they came out as.) It’s a physical representation of that acceptance, and it’s often added to the person’s deck.

Cards are also often exchanged during birthdays, getting the birthday person a card to either enhance their deck or just that reminds the gifter of them. Using a gifted card in your deck is considered an honor to the gifter, especially if the person is a tournament duelist.

The gifting of a personal card to another is a silent ‘I love you’, whether platonic or romantic.

I feel like card sleeves would make more sense but I hear you.