YGO TCG News

It’s that time of year once again where Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc will be releasing their first wave of 2012 tins. Each Holiday Tin will include 5 booster packs plus 5 additional foil cards. This 5+5 model was incredibly popular with fans in 2010 and 2011. Each embossed tin will feature a powerful monster (also depicted on the tin’s lid), plus 4 variant cards including high-demand cards that are difficult to obtain. Perfect for the new player, or for the veteran looking to fill out his collection!

Tin Contents: 3 Photon Shockwave Packs, 2 Galactic Overlord Packs, 4 Super Rare Cards and 1 Secret Rare Card.

Release: 14th August 2012

Heroic Champion - Excalibur

Galactic Overlord is the mighty 100-card booster set that and some of the most popular monsters in Dueling are reborn as “Lightray” monsters. Also included is the next evolution of Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, now deadlier than ever as Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Finally, an entire fleet of new high-Level Dragon monsters has arrived from ancient Egypt, with the power to Summon each other right out of the Deck!

Galactic Overlord contains 100 cards:

48 Common Cards
20 Rare Cards
14 Super Rare Cards
10 Ultra Rare Cards
8 Secret Rare Cards

Release: 8th May 2012

• Galactic Overlord - Spoiler
• Galactic Overlord - Sneak Preview

If you become a member now up until June 22, 2012, you'll get our next Yu-Gi-Oh! promo card—Slifer the Sky Dragon! Fans of the print SHONEN JUMP magazine have already been treated to two previous God Cards (Obelisk and Ra), and now the trilogy is complete with this release. Just like the other God cards, each Slifer the Sky Dragon has Kazuki Takahashi Sensei's printed signature!

JUMP-EN061 Slifer the Sky Dragon
DIVINE/Divine-Beast - Effect/?/?
Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card's Normal Summon cannot be negated. When Normal Summoned, cards and effects cannot be activated. During the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned: Send it to the Graveyard. This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF for each card in your hand. When a monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your opponent's side of the field in face-up Attack Position: That monster(s) loses 2000 ATK, then if its ATK has been reduced to 0 as a result, destroy it.
Ultra Rare

Our largest Starter Deck in 8 years, this deck comes with 5 Xyz Monsters, including Yuma’s signature monster from the newest animated series – Number 39: Utopia!

Chock full of easy-to-use but plenty-powerful monsters, Spells, and Traps, this Starter Deck is designed to give first-time Duelists an action-packed crash course in the world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. Combine the cards in the Starter Deck with cards from Galactic Overlord for exciting combos!

Each Starter Deck contains: 45 Cards, 1 Beginner’s Guide, 1 Game Mat

Release Date: 17th April 2012

YS12-EN001 Alexandrite Dragon
YS12-EN002 Spirit of the Harp
YS12-EN003 Frostosaurus
YS12-EN004 Zubaba Knight
YS12-EN005 Ganbara Knight
YS12-EN006 Gogogo Golem
YS12-EN007 Gogogo Giant
YS12-EN008 Goblindbergh
YS12-EN009 Feedback Warrior
YS12-EN010 Shine Knight
YS12-EN011 Cyber Dragon
YS12-EN012 Trident Warrior
YS12-EN013 Chiron the Mage
YS12-EN014 Marauding Captain
YS12-EN015 Penguin Soldier
YS12-EN016 Sangan
YS12-EN017 Giant Rat x2
YS12-EN018 Shining Angel x2
YS12-EN019 Blustering Winds
YS12-EN020 Ego Boost
YS12-EN021 Xyz Energy
YS12-EN022 Star Changer
YS12-EN023 Swords of Revealing Light
YS12-EN024 Mystical Space Typhoon
YS12-EN025 Fissure
YS12-EN026 Gravity Axe
YS12-EN027 Reinforcement of the Army
YS12-EN028 Burden of the Mighty
YS12-EN029 Heartfelt Appeal
YS12-EN030 Xyz Effect
YS12-EN031 Raigeki Break
YS12-EN032 Trap Hole
YS12-EN033 Dust Tornado
YS12-EN034 Magic Cylinder
YS12-EN035 Draining Shield
YS12-EN036 Call of the Haunted
YS12-EN037 Limit Reverse
YS12-EN038 Seven Tools of the Bandit
YS12-EN039 Number 39: Utopia Ultra Rare

YS12-EN040 Muzurhythm the String Djinn
WIND/Fiend - Xyz - Effect/Rank 3/1500/1000
2 Level 3 monsters
During the Damage Step, when a "Djinn" Xyz Monster you control is attacking an oppponent's monster: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; the attacking monster's ATK is doubled until the End Phase. The effect of "Muzuzrythm the String Djinn" can only be used once per turn.
Super Rare


YS12-EN041 Temtempo the Percussion Djinn
EARTH/Fiend - Xyz - Effect/Rank 3/1700/1000
2 Level 3 monsters
Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 Xyz Monster your opponent controls; detach 1 Xyz Material from that monster, and all face-up "Djinn" Xyz Monsters you currently control gain 500 ATK.
Super Rare


YS12-EN042 Melomelody the Brass Djinn
LIGHT/Fiend - Xyz - Effect/Rank 3/1400/1600
2 Level 3 monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 "Djinn" Xyz Monster you control; this turn, that monster can attack twice during each Battle Phase.
Super Rare


YS12-EN043 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
DARK/Fiend - Xyz - Effect/Rank 4/1800/2300
2 Level 4 monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 face-up Attack Position monster your opponent controls; change it to face-down Defense Position. If a face-up "Djinn" Xyz Monster you control would be destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from that monster instead.
Super Rare

Sneak Preview: 28th/29th April (USA), 5th/6th May (Europe)

GAOV-ENSP1 Noble Knight Artorigus
LIGHT/Warrior/4/1800/1800