YGO TCG News: 28 March 2008

'Caius the Shadow Monarch' makes a mighty arrival with the all new Yu-Gi-Oh! structure deck, The Dark Emperor! In troducing brand new cards and some highly desirable reprints, the all new structure deck allows players to banish opponent's cards to another dimension! This 40-card deck is built around 'Caius the Shadow Monarch', a dark monster that may be one of the most powerful monsters found on a structure deckyet! Combine The Dark Emperor with your Dark army from the Phantom Darkness booster set and you're on your way to victory! Enjoyable for the intermediate player and containing strong cards for the tournament-level player, The Dark Emperor also comes with a rulebook, an exclusive playmat and a deckbuilding strategy guide that explains some of the explosive combos and some relevant cards from recently-released product to help build an even stronger deck. 40 cards/deck

Command the Dark Emperor, “Caius the Shadow Monarch” – the newest and greatest of the tournament winning Monarch monsters.
You can master the tactics of the Different Dimension monsters, including the rare “D.D. Warrior”.
Combine “Caius the Shadow Monarch” with cards from Phantom Darkness to create the ultimate DARK monster army.
Banish your opponent’s cards from the game with this ready-to-play 40 card Deck. A great introduction to a powerful strategy with a guide on how to add new cards to your Deck to make it stronger

Each deck contains 39 Common cards (39:1), 1 Ultra rare (1:1),
Deluxe customized Gamemat, Dueling Guide and Rulebook

Configuration:
- 40 cards per Deck
- 8 Decks per Display
- 12 Display per Case

Street Date: ~~2nd~~ 8th April 2008

//Note that the picture might not be official

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Caius the Shadow Monarch
DARK/Fiend - Effect/6/2400/1000
When this card is Tribute Summoned, remove from play 1 card on the field. If it was a DARK monster, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
Ultra Rare

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Dimensional Alchemist
LIGHT/Fairy - Effect/4/1300/200
Once per turn, you can remove from play the top card of your Deck; this card gains 500 ATK until the End Phase. When this card is destroyed and sent from your side of the field to the Graveyard, you can select 1 of your removed from play monsters and return it to your hand.

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Samsara Kaiser
EARTH/Warrior - Effect/2/200/100
When you Tribute Summon a monster by tributing this card, return this card to your hand.

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Golden Homunculus

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Primeval Sun - Helios

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D.D. Warrior

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Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer

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Bazoo the Soul Eater x2

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Exiled Force

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D.D. Warrior Lady

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D.D. Scout Plane

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Chaosrider Gustaph

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Gren Manju Da Eiza

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D.D. Survivor x 2

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D.D.M. - Different Dimension Master

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Banisher of the Radiance x2

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D.D. Assailant

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D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation
Equip Spell Card
Discard 1 card. Select 1 of your removed from play monsters. Special Summon it in Attack Position, and equip it with this card. When this card is removed from the field, destroy the equipped monster.

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Mystical Space Typhoon

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Nobleman of Crossout

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Soul Release

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Reinforcement of the Army

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Dark Core

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Big Bang Shot

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Enemy Controller

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Lightning Vortex

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Brain Control

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Dimensional Fissure x 2

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By Order of the Emperor
Continuous Trap Card
You can choose to negate the activation of an Effect Monster's effect that activates when a monster is Normal Summoned (including itself). If you do, this Effect Monster's controller draws 1 card.