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Holiday Tins have become a Tradition when it comes to Yugioh Card Collecting and of course those great guys at UDE wouldn't let us down in 2008! The 7th Annual Yugioh Collector's Tin are gonna make a big splash again around the end of August! Providing one of the best bargains when it comes to card collecting every tin offers 5 Popular Booster Packs, 1 Promo Pack and 1 Limited Edition Card. Also it'll will be the first time UDE will let us peak at the next set without attending a Sneak Preview.

Contents:

• 5 Booster Packs
• 1 Promo Pack
• Tournament Coupon
• 1 Limited Edition Secret Rare Promo Card

Collectible Tins 2008 Wave 1: 18th August

• Specs: 2 Featured Characters! Preview Cards to Duelist Genesis

Booster Packs Included:

• 1x 3 Card Pack of 9 possible Promo Cards
• 2x The Duelist Genesis Booster Pack
• 2x Phantom Darkness Booster Pack
• 1x Light of Destruction Booster Pack

Collectible Tins 2008 Wave 2: 3rd November

• Specs: 2 Featured Characters! Preview Cards to Crossroads of Chaos

Booster Packs Included:

• 1x 3 Card Pack of 9 possible Promo Cards
• 2x Crossroads of Chaos Booster Pack
• 1x The Duelist Genesis Booster Pack
• 1x Phantom Darkness Booster Pack
• 1x Light of Destruction Booster Pack

Wave 1:
Stardust Dragon
WIND/Dragon - Synchro/8/2500/2000
Tuner + 1 or more Non-Tuner monster
//wording for the TCG effect may differ
When the effect of an Magic, Trap or Effect monster was activated, that destroys card(s) on the field, by Releasing this card negate the activation and destroy that card. At the End-Phase of a turn you used this effect, and this card Released for the activation of this effect is in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon it to your field.


Red Dragon Archfiend
DARK/Dragon - Synchro/8/3000/2000
Tuner + 1 or more Non-Tuner monster
//wording for the TCG effect may differ
When this card attacks a Defense Position monster your opponent controls, after Damage Calculation, destroy all Defense Position monster your opponent controls.
If this card is face-up during your End-Phase, destroy all monsters you control that didn't declare an attack during this turn except this card.


Wave 2:
Black Rose Dragon
FIRE/Dragon - Synchro/7/2400/1800
Tuner + 1 or more Non-Tuner monster
//wording for the TCG effect may differ
When this card is successfully Synchro Summoned, you can destroy all cards on the field. Once per turn, by removing from play a Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard, change a Defense Position monster your opponent controls to Attack Position. Until the End Phase of this turn that monster's ATK becomes 0.

Turbo Warrior
Wind/Warrior - Effect - Synchro/6/2500/1500
"Turbo Synchron" + 1 or more Non-Tuner monster
//wording for the TCG effect may differ
If this card attacks a Level 6 or higher Synchro monster, the ATK of the attacked monster is halfed. This card cannot be targeted by the effect of an Effect monster with Level 6 or less.




//from Ideal808


UDE Dan

I don't know if your information source intentionally left this out or not, but I want all of you to have an acurate view of the 2008 Tins. In addition to the 5 booster packs, the sixth 3-card promo pack is a Token Promo Pack. There are 9 possible Tokens to collect. Each one is new and they feature art work that corresponds to a selection of more recent Token-making cards.

Issue 71 of a UK based Magazine "Yu-Gi-Oh! World GX" (http://www.yu-gi-ohworld.co.uk/) recently released information of the latest product to come out of UDE. "Duelist Pack Collection - Jaden Yuki" is confirmed to hit stores on both sides of the Atlantic around Easter time! This Tin is a must have for all GX and Jaden fans.

A new Duelist Pack Collector's Tin is due to be released in the UK featuring GX anime hero Jaden. This special tin will only be available in Argos and contains 3 booster packs from Jaden 2 and 2 booster packs from Jaden 3 plus a very special Elemental Hero Prisma card, which is the only place you can find this awesome promo card. An exact launch date is at this time unconfirmed, but expect this to be at your local Argos very soon.

• 3 Duelist Pack - Jaden 2
• 2 Duelist Pack - Jaden 3
• Promo Card Elemental Hero Prisma

Updated notes:
Upperdeck have confirmed the card will be released in the US as a Target exclusive!
It will be in stores around Easter 2008



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Elemental Hero Prisma
LIGHT/Warrior - Effect/4/1700/1100
Once per turn, you can reveal 1 Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck and send 1 of the Fusion Material Monster listed on that card from your Deck to the Graveyard. Until the End Phase, this card's is treated as the sent monster's name.

With the great success of the Duelist Pack Collection in 2007 we are bringing back the DUELIST PACK COLLECTION 2008! This Easter Tin features Jaden, Jesse and Zane images on the embossed lid making it a very unique and a must have Tin. The Duelist pack Collections 2008 also contains a brand new BONUS card and a NEW Beginners Guide. The Duelist Pack Tins will combine the most popular characters of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX in a single cool looking Tin.

Selling Points:

• The only place you can get Jaden's newest card- "Card Ejector"
• Collect Jaden and Jesse's hottest cards from the new season of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Zane Truesdale makes an exciting return with his deadly Cyber monsters, including the exclusive-art Dark "Cyber Dragon"!
• Kids will have a guide that will include rules/play examples, and deck ideas using cards from the Duelist Packs. It will be a great guide to teach and attract new duelists.
• The players will receive 5 Duelist Packs, 1 NEW card plus a NEW Collectible TIN to store the cards.
• The Duelist Pack Tin is a great Easter gift item for parents to buy for their kids.

Contents:

• 5 Duelist Packs per tin:
• 2 Duelist Pack - Jaden Yuki 3
• 2 Duelist Pack - Jesse Anderson
• 1 Duelist Pack - Zane Truesdale
• 1 Brand new ULTRA RARE Card (Card Ejector)
• 1 Rules/Play Beginner's Guide

Release: 11th March 2008



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Card Ejector
EARTH/Spellcaster - Effect/3/400/400
Once per turn, you can select and remove from play 1 card from your opponent's Graveyard.
Ultra Rare

The hottest Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME product makes its return at the end of August with the 6th Annual 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Collectible Tins. The first three (of six) tins will arrive on store shelves in end of August; the remaining tins will be released in early November. Each unique Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Collectible Tin offers an assortment of the game's top-selling booster packs from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX era. . The best part: each tin will include one of six Secret Rare variant cards, like the awesome "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus"!

Configuration Wave One

• 5 Booster Packs:
  • 1 Elemental Energy
  • 1 Power of the Duelist
  • 1 Cyberdark Impact
  • 1 Strike of Neos
  • 1 Force of the Breaker
• 1 Secret Rare card

Configuration Wave Two

• 5 Booster Packs:
  • 1 Power of the Duelist
  • 1 Cyberdark Impact
  • 1 Strike of Neos
  • 1 Force of the Breaker
  • 1 Tactical Evolution
• 1 Secret Rare card

Release:
   Wave One: 29th August 2007
   Wave Two: 15th November 2007



CT04-EN001
Elemental Hero Grand Neos
Secret Rare


CT04-EN002
Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus
Secret Rare

//Credit for the card picture to Fullmetal_Duelist

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Destiny Hero - Plasma
DARK/Warrior - Effect/8/1900/600
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control. Once per turn. select your opponent's monster and equip it to this card (you can only equip 1 monster at a time to this card). This card gains equal to half of the ATK of the equipped monster. While this card is face-up on the field, negate all the effect of face-up monster your opponent controls.
Secret Rare

//Credit for the card picture to Fullmetal_Duelist

CT04-EN004
Volcanic Doomfire
Secret Rare


CT04-EN005
Rainbow Dragon
Secret Rare


CT04-EN006
Elemental Hero Plasma Vice
EARTH/Warrior- Fusion - Effect/8/2600/2300
"Elemental Hero Sparkman" + "Elemental Hero Edgeman"
This monster cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent. By discarding 1 card from your hand, destroy 1 monster in Attack Position your opponent controls.
Secret Rare