Contrary to the original Yu-Gi-Oh! card games, Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM has its own special rules, which is somewhat similar to the effect of "Subspace Battle": * Each side of the field consists of 6 slots; 3 for Monster Cards and 3 for Spell Cards. The slots are arranged in columns called "channels", and each player has 3 channels. * During a Duel, each player starts with 3 cards in his/her hand, and each turn they draw until they have 3 cards in their hand. The cards left unused from the previous turn remain in the hand. Players can use the Shuffle option, at the cost 15 Energy, to shuffle 3 cards in his/her hand into the Deck and draw 3 new ones. * The total Life Points of the player when starting the Duel is determined by the total Life Point stats of all Monster cards in the player's