Voiceless Voice (previously translated by us as Silenforc)
Aroma
Majespecter
Sinful Spoils, Snake-Eye and Goblin Biker
Raidraptor
Ghoti
EM:P Mewomine
Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames
And the brand new World Premiere Pyro-Type Theme, “Ashened“, which is based on a city near a volcano obliterated by a dragon of destruction and extinction, “[Veidos, the Eruption Dragon of Extinction*]”. Whose souls were so scorched, that their battle continues even beyond death.
*This name is transcribed from a verbal naming of the monster and may not reflect it’s actual spelling and final name
Expect more news and TCG names through the week revealed by various content creators on YouTube.
Unlock the terrifying secrets of new themes, find brand-new cards for recent favourites, and meet more memorable monsters!
The 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II is a rapid-fire waterfall of high-powered cards, in seven of the game’s most popular foil rarities!
Last year’s 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection blew everyone’s socks off, so we started work on a sequel right away. In order to get it out as fast as we can, we’ve made some changes to the configuration while leaving all the good stuff (and value!) intact.
25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II packs have twice as many Ultra & Secret Rares per pack, which gives you twice as many chances at “luxury rares” per pack (Quarter Century Secret Rares, “Prismatic”-style Ultimate & Collector’s Rares, and Platinum)!
We’ve cut back on the packaging, so there will be fewer packs you’ll need to open (and fewer foil wrappers to throw away) to get the same number of the cards you’re looking for. (And with double the cards per pack, about two-thirds of packs should have at least one “luxury rare” this time, and around a third should have more than one. You could even get up to SIX “luxury rares” in the same pack, this time around!)
If you missed out on the first Rarity Collection, here’s how it works: Every card in the set is available in every rarity, with 3 ‘standard’ rarities (Super Rare, Ultra Rare, Secret Rare), and four special “luxury” rarities: Quarter Century Secret Rares (celebrating the 25th anniversary with tons of sparkle and a watermark logo!), Platinum Secret Rares, “Prismatic”-style Collector’s Rares (previously available only overseas), and “Prismatic”-style Ultimate Rares (with special 3D varnish, and also available only overseas until recently).
Opening Rarity Collection packs is a rapid-fire waterfall of high-powered cards, in seven of the game’s most popular foil rarities. If you haven’t experienced this all-foil extravaganza yet, you’re in for a treat!
Each pack will contain: 2 Secret Rares (each with an individual 1-in-4 chance of being upgraded to a Platinum Secret Rare or Quarter Century Secret Rare) 4 Ultra Rares (each with an individual 1-in-6 chance of being upgraded to a new “Prismatic”-style Collector’s Rare or new “Prismatic”- style Ultimate Rare) 3 Super Rares
ALL CARDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST RARITY COLLECTION! Here’s just a quick look at some of what you can find:
Hard-to-find tournament powerhouses like Accesscode Talker and Magicians’ Souls!
Silent Magician & Silent Swordsman, available for the first time in eight years! And just in time for the brand-new “Silent” cards coming in April’s Legacy of Destruction booster set.
Cards that will glisten and gleam in your hand as they wait for the perfect moment to seal your victory! Tournament mainstays like Droll & Lock Bird and Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, plus Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill and Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay!
The interstellar Field Spell Cards from the competitive “Visas Starfrost” story Decks: Primitive Planet Reichphobia, Primeval Planet Perlereino, Pressured Planet Wraitsoth, and Peaceful Planet Calarium!
Variant art! The “biker” version of I:P Masquerena and the “fierce” version of Rescue Cat will now be available in all 7 different rarities! Plus Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess!
Plus dozens and dozens more!
Whether you’re a collector or a competitive Duelist, 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II is full of cards that everyone will want to get their hands on!
Unlock the terrifying secrets of new themes, find brand-new cards for recent favorites, and meet more memorable monsters!
Don’t close your eyes – Phantom Nightmare is lurking just around the corner! This 100-new-card set is loaded with astounding new cards that are the stuff your dreams are made of (and your opponent’s nightmares…). Unlock the terrifying secrets of new themes, find brand-new cards for recent favorites, and meet more memorable monsters! No matter which way you turn, there’s no escaping the exciting new cards in Phantom Nightmare!
Yubel is back! Both friend and foe to Jaden in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yubel first appeared in Phantom Darkness back in 2008! Phantom Nightmare introduces new Effect Monsters, Spells, and Traps that look familiar, but unlock an all-new Yubel strategy. Power up with the original 3 forms of Yubel, or use the new Continuous Trap Card that lets you Fusion Summon a new “Yubel” Fusion Monster using your opponent’s monsters as Fusion Material!
The tempestuous Majespecters are storming into battle again in Phantom Nightmare! These gusty, gutsy Pendulum Monsters are hard to pin down because they can’t be targeted or destroyed by your opponent’s card effects. Originally there were no “Majespecter” monsters for your Extra Deck, but in Phantom Nightmare you’ll find two: a new Rank 4 Xyz/Pendulum Monster and a Link-2 Link Monster. These new monsters will make sure you’ll have all the “Majespecter” monsters you need, when and where you need them!
Time to dust off some of your old Ritual Monsters, because there’s a cool new Ritual-focused theme coming that can Summon some old favorites directly from your Deck. These new cards can be played as their own strategy or used to enhance any strategy that Ritual Summons LIGHT Warrior and/or LIGHT Dragon Ritual Monsters!
The events of an ancient battle play out over and over again as a brand-new World Premiere Pyro theme lights up the field in Phantom Nightmare. Make sure to pick up Maze of Millenniato get your copies of Bonfire so you’ll be ready to try it out when Phantom Nightmare launches in February!
And there’s even more to discover where all that came from. So keep your eyes open, lest you stumble unprepared into the Phantom Nightmare!
The complete Phantom Nightmare booster set contains 100 new cards:
10 Secret Rares 14 Ultra Rares 26 Super Rares 50 Commons (24 of these cards are also available as Quarter-Century Secret Rares and 1 special card is ONLY available as a Quarter-Century Secret Rare!)
*Set name and contents are subject to change
Set Size 101 Product Type Booster Pack Official Tournament Store Launch Date 02/07/2024 Launch Date 02/09/2024 Konami Tournament Legal Date 02/09/2024 MSRP $4.49 per Pack (9 cards per pack)
The full TCG Fire King setlist! A big thanks to Ori, one of our contributors, who was able to get a picture of the set contents while at the Toy Fair 2024.
Main Deck
Sacred Fire King Garunix (Org trans: Sacred Fire King Garunix)
Fire King High Avatar Kirin (Org trans: Fire King High Avatar Kirin)
Fire King Avatar Hanuman Org trans: Fire King Avatar Hanuman)
Fire King Avatar Garunix
Fire King Avatar Barong
Fire King Avatar Yaksha-
Fire King Avatar Kirin
Legendary Fire King Ponix (Org trans: Legendary Fire King Ponix)
Fire King High Avatar Garunix
Fire King Avatar Arvata
Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos
Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks
Coach Captain Bearman
Coach Soldier Wolfbark
True King Agnimazud, the Vanisher
Infernal Flame Emperor
Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju
The Blazing Mars
Bonfire Colossus
Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
Royal Flamestorm Guards
Spirit of Flames
Fencing Fire Ferret
Firebrand Hymnist
Alpha, the Master of Beasts
Droll & Lock Bird
Extra Deck
Coach King Giantrainer
Diamond Dire Wolf
Hitta the Fire Charmer, Ablaze
Garunic Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings (Org trans: Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings)
Spell Cards
Fire King Sanctuary (Org trans: Sanctuary of the Fire Kings)
Fire King Sky Burn (Org trans: Fire King Sacred Immolation)
Onslaught of the Fire Kings
Circle of the Fire Kings
Rekindling
Fire Formation – Tenki
Dark Hole
Trade-In
Herald of the Abyss
Fire King Island
Trap Cards
Fire King Combined Strike (Org trans: Solidarity Strike of the Fire Kings)
Flamvell Counter
Spiritual Fire Art – Kurenai
Chain Destruction
Torrential Tribute
Solemn Judgment
Infinite Impermanence
Powersink Stone
Differences between TCG & OCG decklists: Appointer of the Red Lotus (Banned in TCG) has been replaced with Solemn Judgment
Konami Cross Media, at Brand Licensing Europe, the major licensing convention in Europe, announced new merchandising deals via Jennifer Coleman, their vice president of licensing and marketing.
It is noted the new merchandise line is intended to target the Gen Z portion of the Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom, and should be available for the 2023 holiday season.
Their newest licensing partners are:
Fashion UK, a clothing firm that sells clothes based on popular brands and IPs.
Kovert, a US based manufacturer of Gym goods and clothing based on anime IPs.
Mister SFC, a company that sells jewlery and Funko Pops. They’ve stated their jewelry is intended to line up with the 25th anniversary of the card game.
One Piece CG: Kingdoms of Intrigue Booster Boxcommandeered the top spot on the September 2023 TCGplayer Top 25 Sealed Products chart, which ranks the most active products on the platform by dollar volume, showing the beginning and ending prices of each product. The new chart also offered some new insights into the developing trends in the TCG market.
It took awhile, but it looks like Wizards of the Coast’s constant reprinting of desirable Magic: The Gathering cards, in an effort to make them more available as game pieces, as well as their price increases on premium sets may have finally started to catch up with them. The September 2023 chart (see “September 2023“) was not kind to Magic: The Gathering, as their products only grabbed three slots total with the highest slot being #10. Magic had more or less been leading the way throughout 2023, routinely hauling in 8 to 13 slots on about every chart this year.
So, what happened here?
Well, Magic’s recent slide can probably be attributed to a few factors (as hinted at above). WotC has basically been reprinting any non-serialized, non-reserved list card that is over $50 in value that they can shove into Secret Lairs, premium sets, The List, and special sheets in Standard sets to create value. At the same time, they’ve been increasing prices. Their most recent Commander Masters set was clearly priced beyond what consumers were willing to pay, and it showed as this set was notably absent from the September 2023 chart after only arriving in August 2023. Also, the woes of the Standard format on the tabletop aren’t helping matters much in the way of sales for new sets (see “‘Magic: The Gathering’s’ Standard Format“).
However, Magic’s biggest problem, at least right now, isn’t any of the aforementioned. The utter explosion in popularity of One Piece CG and Disney Lorcana is putting a dent in their bottom line by capturing market share. As noted back in June 2023 (see “Is Q3 About to Get Scary for TCGs? “), Q3 had a loaded release schedule and TCG enthusiasts do not have an unlimited pool of money to spend on Magic. TCG fans went an entirely different direction in September, and bought in deep on One Piece CG, no doubt partially aided by the buzz behind the release of the live action series (see ” ‘One Piece’ Renewed“), and Disney Lorcana, which did the most damage by taking up eight slots on the chart despite being short product versus the demand for the game. Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and Pokemon TCG took their usual market share for Q3, with Yu-Gi-Oh! having a particularly strong month, and Magic was forced to take a backseat to their heavyweight IPs.
The road forward may get better for Magic: The Gathering, depending how well the reprint of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Special Edition does over the holidays (see “‘LotR’ Holiday Release Product Deets Revealed“). Preorders for Doctor Who set, which was also absent from the September 2023 chart, are not looking promising at this point, and it is too early to tell on Lost Caverns of Ixalan. The end of 2023 could be a rough one for WotC if One Piece and Disney Lorcana’s momentum
Longtime Magic: The Gathering retailing powerhouse Troll and Toad will back off from Magic: The Gathering singles and sealed products as of January 1, 2024, after an almost 30-year run selling the line.
This is the end of an era. Troll and Toad, which has been in operation since 1994, was one of the first large-scale buyers and sellers of Magic: The Gathering cards. In October 2023, the decision was made to stop purchasing Magic singles. Today, owner Ben Burns told ICv2 that they will only take delivery on the next two rounds of Magic: The Gathering sealed product. They are also looking at running a sale in the near future to unload Magic singles and sealed product from their warehouse. This, for the moment, puts their almost 30-year relationship with Wizards of the Coast’s flagship product on ice.
The decision to stop buying Magic: The Gathering singles and sealed product was based on a number of factors, Burns explained. The primary one was that selling Magic was simply not as profitable as it once was for the company, and other TCG products, such as Pokemon TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, and One Piece CG, were doing better. Another major reason cited by Burns was that the constant reprinting of valuable cards and the number of variants of these cards made buylist pricing difficult and sometimes resulted in buying cards at a loss as new reprints were announced. Troll and Toad management was also spooked by the reprinting of non-tournament-legal reserved-list cards in Magic: The Gathering – 30th Anniversary Edition, and decided to no longer take the risk that WotC may do it again one day by not carrying the reserved list singles (see “‘Magic: The Gathering – 30th Anniversary Edition’“).
“Magic is not profitable enough for our company to continue carrying right now,” said Burns to ICv2. “Sometimes it felt like I was only stocking Magic product because I loved the game so much.”
Troll and Toad will continue to buy (and sell) Pokemon TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, One Piece CG, Digimon CG, and various WizKids miniatures as they have in the past.
Sorcery: Contested Realm has arrived, and players worldwide have begun gathering to meet for in-person gameplay. One of the first Sorcery launch events in the world took place on July 16th at Plenty of Games in Melbourne, Australia.
The 16-player event, led by Jesse Meulman-Marshall from the team at Plenty of Games (and The Winning Agenda), along with Scott and Joel, was a tremendous success. Although their official launch event was initially planned for August 6th, the excitement within the group couldn’t be contained when the product arrived at the store in late June.
As a result, an additional event was quickly scheduled. Jesse explained, “We couldn’t wait that long to start in-store play, so we organized this event with just a couple of weeks’ notice to players. The turnout exceeded our expectations, and we sold out of tickets, which was fantastic!”
For the event, Plenty of Games opted for a sealed format with the following guidelines:
Each player received 6 packs.
Spellbook required a minimum of 25 cards, while Atlas required a minimum of 12 cards.
Basic sites and Sorcerer avatars were provided to all participants from Jesse’s personal collection, and everyone kindly returned them at the end.
There were no restrictions on the number of cards in a deck, so players could include duplicates if they obtained multiple copies of the same unique card.
Matches were best of 1, with 50-minute rounds and 1 additional turn per player after time was called.
Wins earned 3 match points, ties earned 1 match point, and losses earned 0 match points.
Jesse shared his excitement about witnessing players enjoy the game in the right spirit, saying, “There were lots of laughs along the way (Giant Shark with a Crossbow?). People really embraced the joy and fun depicted in the cards and in the game.”
Alongside newcomers, familiar faces from local TCG communities, like Toby Firth, eagerly embraced Sorcery: Contested Realm. Toby, drawing upon his experience as a TCG player, skillfully navigated the event, adapting to Sorcery’s unique tactical mechanics.
Jesse recalled an exhilarating sequence when Toby momentarily forgot about Death’s Door in a match, believing he had already won. Realizing he still needed to deliver the final blow, Toby laughed, while his opponent made a last-ditch effort to escape their fate, hoping a Sea Serpent wielding a Flaming Sword could protect their avatar. Later, with an Incinerate in hand, Toby successfully contested the Realm!
You can catch gameplay from the event from Jesse on his Youtube Channel.
Plenty of Games will continue to host its Alpha Launch Celebration of Sorcery: Contested Realm with an event on August 6th. Those interested can find more details here.
Are you hosting an event for Sorcery: Contested Realm? Be sure to share your event in the Sorcery: Contested Realm Official Facebook group!
Obtain two new card technologies with the 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection!
Coming this November, you can finally get your hands on two new card technologies that have only been available overseas – until now!
The 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection is a spectacular all-foil set with 79 of the game’s most popular cards, each available in 7 different rarities, including 2 brand-new rarities:
Watch as your cards sparkle, shine, and gleam in rarities so luxurious that you will be the envy of every Duelist!
Go into your next tournament well prepared with competitive mainstays that can go in any Deck, like Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Nibiru, The Primal Being, Effect Veiler, and Infinite Impermanence.
Unlock the full potential of your Extra Deck with game-defining cards like Baronne de Fleur and Borreload Savage Dragon. And fans of the anime will finally get another chance at obtaining the Egyptian God Slime!
And you can add some of the best Spell Cards in the game to your collection and your Deck! Cards you won’t want to miss out on like Pot of Prosperity, Triple Tactics Talent, and Forbidden Droplet.
And in a special twist, the structure of these packs is like nothing you’ve seen before, as each pack has a chance to have 1, 2 (sometimes!), or even 3 (whoa! jackpot!) of the new “luxury rare” technologies. Each pack will contain:
And with every card available in every rarity, you can collect matching copies, or mix and match the rarities of your favorite cards!
You can now wear the strongest Egyptian God on your feet. These don’t seem to include a unique card though.
The third collaboration between adidas and Yu-Gi-Oh! became available yesterday (29th of June, 2023) and this time features The Winged Dragon of Ra and Yami Marik. While not currently available on the US adidas site, they are currently available at the Foot Locker for $90.00 USD.
The toe of the sneaker features an engraved Millennium Puzzle, while the tongue of the right shoe has a black and white illustration of Yami Marik. The back of the right shoe features the Millennium Rod.
Reportedly these are also made of approximately 50% recycled materials.
Brother Of Runes 