Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game sets

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Merge arrows
 It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game#Product information. (Discuss)
See also Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

A number of booster packs have been released for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. Every booster pack up to Ancient Sanctuary contained around 110 cards (some have more, some have less), but they are typically sold in nine card packs, with each package featuring at least one rare card. Every booster pack set starting with Soul of the Duelist contains 60 cards. The only exceptions to this are the Dark Beginnings 1 & 2, as well as Dark Revelations 1 , 2, & 3, which contain cards from past booster sets.

Where the starter decks are based on characters from the animated series, each booster pack has a different thematic element, which provides for new battle strategies.

[edit] Sets available in the U.S.

Reprint Packs:

  • Dark Beginning 1 (DB1)
  • Dark Revelation 1 (DR1)
  • Dark Beginning 2 (DB2)
  • Dark Revelation 2 (DR2)
  • Dark Revelation 3 (DR3)
  • Dark Revelation 4 (DR4)

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duelist Packs:

  • Duelist Pack - Jaden Yuki (DP1)
  • Duelist Pack - Chazz Princeton (DP2)
  • Duelist Pack - Jaden Yuki 2 (DP03)
  • Duelist Pack - Zane Truesdale(DP04)
  • Duelist Pack - Aster Phoenix (DP05)
  • Duelist Pack - Jaden Yuki 3 (DP06)
  • Duelist Pack - Jesse Anderson (DP07)

[edit] Sets available in Japan

  • Series 1: The original series. These "sets" (Since Booster Series aren't sold as a pack, rather, they're sold via vending machine) features the original layout that can be noticed by the lack of card number, and very wide box displaying attack/defense strength, & the lack of "Eye of Anubis" on lower right corner. Also, different types of Spell/Trap aren't distinguished, rather, they're simply stated in the text (i.e. "Put this card into Graveyard after activation" on Normal spells.
    • Starter Box
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
    • Volume 3
    • Volume 4
    • Volume 5
    • Volume 6
    • Volume 7
    • Booster 1
    • Booster 2
    • Booster 3
    • Booster 4
    • Booster 5
    • Booster 6
    • Booster 7
    • Booster R1
    • Booster R2
    • Booster R3
  • Reprint Series 1: This series contains a selection of cards from Starter Box, Vol. 1 to Vol. 7, and the Booster Series in Series 2 card layout.
    • Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon (LB)
    • Phantom God (PG)
    • Revival of Black Demon's Dragon (RB)
    • Metal Raiders (ME)
    • Booster Chronicle (BC)
  • Series 2: The 2nd Series. Main change from Series 1 include the "New Expert Rule", use of icons on Spell/Trap cards, and a new layout that feature set numbers, a smaller box display the attack and defense strength, and the "Eye of Anubis" on lower right corner.
    • Magic Ruler (MR)
    • Pharaoh's Servant (PS)
    • Curse of Anubis (CA)
    • Thousand Eyes Bible (TB)
    • Spell of Mask (SM)
    • Labyrinth of Nightmare (LN)
    • Struccle of Chaos (SC)
    • Mythological Age (MA)
    • Pharaonic Guardian (PH)
  • Reprint Series 2: The Duelist Legacy sets contain a selection of cards from the Series 1 reprint sets and Series 2 sets with Series 3 layout.
    • Duelist Legacy 1 (DL1)
    • Duelist Legacy 2 (DL2)
    • Duelist Legacy 3 (DL3)
    • Duelist Legacy 4 (DL4)
    • Duelist Legacy 5 (DL5)
  • Series 3: These cards have numerical set-identifiers, rather than alphabetical. The major change from Series 2 to Series 3 is the numbering system (From 2-letter abberviation to simply 30x) and a "World Standard" layout that make OCG and TCG cards looks the same on the front (Outside of language, that is).
    • The New Ruler (301)
    • Descent of Union (302)
    • Champion of Black Magicians (303)
    • Power of the Guardians (304)
    • Threat of the Demon World (305)
    • Controller of Chaos (306)
    • Invader of Darkness (307)
    • Sanctuary of the Sky (308)
    • Pharaoh's Inheritance (309)
  • Series 4: These sets feature the same "World Standard" layout featured in Series 3. The main difference being yet another changed in the numbering system to distinguish it from different region (JP for Japanese, EN for English, etc.) - partly because Series 4 sets are released "parallelly" (Not exactly parallel due to a 3-month "delay" in TCG release) in TCG, since English sets are released in a combination of 2 Japanese sets before this series.
  • Series 4 Reprints: Beginner Edition are reprints of Duelist Legacy Sets, while Expert Edition are the reprint/reissue of Series 3 and Series 4 sets.
    • Beginner Edition 1 (BE1-JP)
    • Expert Edition 1 (EE1-JP)
    • Beginner Edition 2 (BE2-JP)
    • Expert Edition 2 (EE2-JP)
    • Expert Edition 3 (EE3-JP)
    • Expert Edition 4 (EE4-JP)