Return of the Duelist contains many cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, including cards used by Yuma Tsukumo, Kite Tenjo, Trey, Nelson Andrews and Nistro. The TCG version of the set also includes cards used by Jaden Yuki, Jesse Anderson, Flip Turner and Thunder Spark.
It introduces the "Chronomaly", "Heroic", "Madolche", "Prophecy", and "hunder" archetypes and the "Elemental Lord" series. It includes more cards and support for "Number", "Spellbook", "Geargia", "Photon", "Gagaga" and "ZW -" archetypes/series, Xyz Monsters, the EARTH-Attribute and Machine, Rock, Spellcaster and Warrior-Types. The TCG set also contains support for the "Ninja", "Ninjitsu Art", "Elemental HERO", "Neos", "Lightray" and "Crystal Beast" archetypes and series, and the first support for the "Noble Knight" archetype.
In the TCG there are 9 cards per pack and 24 packs per box. The set contains 100 cards or 111 in the Master Set. This consists of:
1 Ghost Rare
10 Ultimate Rares
8 Secret Rares
10 Ultra Rares
14 Super Rares
20 Rares
48 Commons