if so, whats it like and what is this "duelist pass".

It a pass they give in the Shonen Jump Magazine

There was also a game cd in one of the Shonen Jump mags. and i didnt really like it, everyone had the same deck and everytime you dueld you only got ONE card one measly card and it usually sucked, so to be different from everyone you would literally have to spend every waking moment of your life playing that game just to get a mediocre deck that was different from everyone. I didnt like it.

Gosh aren't you negative? anyway, i sorta liked it i didn't like the realy bad deck in the beginning, but it had neat cards that aren't in the english game, like Cyber-Stein and Dunames Dark Witch in the game. and you could do a match and get three cards. and now after the beta you have to enter duelpass codes, or buy duel points online in order to duel. with the duelpass card you get 30 duel points and a rare card like celtic gardian, green and black backround red-eyes black dragon, acid trap hole, tiger axe, gaia the fierce knight. by the way each duel costs one duel point, and you can get 150 duel points and 5 cards in the game for $14.99 US. but the cards you get with the online pass aren't very good, but i did like the happy lover card i got from it.