Upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Flames of Destruction Special Edition Boxes

Beginning June 8, Konami will be sending out boxes for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Flames of Destruction Special Edition.  These boxes will contain 3 booster packs, 1 of 2 Super Rare variant cards, and 1 of 2 Super Rare preview cards for the upcoming Summer 2018 booster set.  Flames of Destruction will feature a new Elemental Lord that can be summoned only when you have exactly 5 light monsters in your Graveyard.  This lord will have command of the power of Raigeki, which is the power to destroy all enemy monsters at once.  So come June all TCGers will need to keep their eyes out for these Special Edition boxes.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Dark Saviors Coming in May

Konami has set a release date for another of it’s booster sets for their Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game.  Dark Saviors is scheduled for a May 25 releases date and will be a 60 card set made up 40 Super Rares and 20 Secret Rares.  The Dark Saviors set brings in a classic horror movie monster feel for the duelist.  The duelist will a reinvention of the vampires in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG world and even a clan of skyfaring demihumans.  So keep your eye out for the Dark Saviors booster packs come May at your local retailers and gaming specialty stores.

New Booster Packs Coming for Yu-Gi-Oh!

Starting in February Konami is introducing new booster packs for 2018.  The first to hit will be Extreme Force.  This booster set comprise of 100 cards: 48 Commons; 20 Rares; 14 Super Rares; 10 Ultra Rares: and 8 Secret Rares.  The Pack image is the feature photo and will be available February 2.  There will be 9 cards per pack and will run around $3.99 per pack.  Some of the cards that you might get within the packs will be: The Lightsworn Dominion, Isolde; Heavymetalfoes Electrumite; and Saryujo Skull Dread.

Then on February 23, another booster set will become available, Legendary Duelists: Ancient Millennium.  This set will have 53 cards: 27 Commons; 10 Rares; 8 Super Rares; and 8 Ultra Rares.  The set will be devoted to Bandit Keith, Weevil Underwood and Maximillion Pegasus.  Each pack will contain 5 cards with a price point of $1.99.  Some of the cards you might pull with include Thousand-Eyes Restrict, Insect Queen, and Barrel Dragon.

Don’t forget you can also check out VRAINS on Cruncyroll and older Yu-Gi-Oh! anime on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Website:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Structure Deck: Wave of Light Out Now!

Did everyone catch that the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game came out with a new Structure Deck.  The new deck is entitled Wave of Light and it contains a 41 card main deck.  The breakdown for the deck is 36 Commons, 3 Super Rares, 2 Ultra Rares, 1 Token Card, 1 Beginners Guide, and 1 Double Sided deluxe Game Mat/Dueling Guide.  Fairies are back with this structure deck as well.  Duelist will find a new “Airknight Parshath” in this deck, which is the strongest “Parshath” yet to be placed in your dueling decks with an ATK of 2800.  So be sure to check your local retailers and gaming stores to pick up the new Yu-Gi-Oh!: Wave of Light Structure Deck.

“Lost Art” Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Promotional

All Yu-Gi-Oh fans check it out.  KONAMI is having a “Lost Art” promotional starting in February.  The promotional will have 6 cards that will have artwork that had previously only been released in Japan when the Trading Card Game began those many years ago.

The cards will be Monster Reborn and then the five cards of Exodia the Forbidden One to round out the 6 card set.  The promotional will be at Yu-Gi-Oh Official Tournament Stores and when you purchase $30.00 on Yu-Gi-Oh TCG products you will receive the free “Lost Art” promotional card (while supplies last).  There will be one card per month, so be sure to visit your Official Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Stores for more information to get ready for February.

New Yu-Gi-Oh Structure Deck

For all you Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG fans get ready for more cards!  A new structure deck entitled Wave of Light is set to release this coming January.  It will be a 41 card deck and will contain 36 Commons, 3 Super Rares, and 2 Ultra Rare cards.  The deck will also feature new Field Spell cards called “The Sanctuary in the Sky” cards that will make fairies tougher.  Thanks to ICv2 for this update.

Cardfight!! Vanguard G Fighters Collection

Logan missed these when they came out since we live in a rural area, did you?  Bushiroad is distributing the Cardfight!! Vanguard G Fighters Collection which has 75 new cards.  So if you missed them like him you might want to go to your area’s gaming store and see if they can get any in for you.

Force of Will New Themed Decks

The Force of Will trading card game is delivering more content this October.  Two new themed starter decks will be arriving at stores entitled Arrogant Swallowtail and Wings of Anger.  The decks will contain 50 cards, a play sheet, a rules sheet, and a game manual.  Then the booster packs that will be released to support the decks will be called Advent of Demons, which will have an additional 200 cards.  These decks are scheduled for an October 20 release, but if your gaming store supports Force of Will, there are going to be free demo decks at participating stores starting mid July through the end of the month.  So all your fans of TCG’s be sure to ask you stores if they will be receiving the demo decks.  Thanks to ICv2 for letting us know what’s coming soon to our gaming shops.

More Pokemon to Catch!

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November will see additional Pokemon hitting store shelves.  The Pokemon: Mythical Pokemon Collection: Genesect Pin Box and the Pokemon Collector Chest will be available for gamers and collectors to add to your collections.  The Genesect Pin Box will have a new promo card featuring Genesect, a pin, and two booster packs.  The Collector Chest will contain the tin, Pokemon coin, two sticker sheets, a mini-album, a Pokemon notepad, four pencils, five booster packs, and three foil promo cards featuring: Volcanion; Magearna; and Shiny Mega Gengar-EX.

Pokemon Gearing up for more TCG Releases

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Start saving your money if you are a TCG collector and specifically a Pokemon TCG collector.  Pokemon USA has announced 4 additional releases for August and September.  We will hit the first three first and then the pictured set above last.  Three of the sets will be: 1) Pokemon: Shiny Mega Gardevoir and Mythical Pokemon Volcanion 3-pack Pin Blister, which will contain 3 booster packs and 1 or 2 collector pins – the release date is August 24 with a MSRP of $14.99; 2) Mythical Pokemon Collection – Victini, which will contain 2 Pokemon Generations booster packs, a collector pin, and a promo foil card of Victini – the release date is September 1 with a MSRP of $12.99; and 3) Pokemon Red & Blue Collection – Pikachu-EX, which will contain 4 Pokemon Generations booster packs, a sculpted Pikachu figure and a promo foil card of Pikachu-EX – the release date is September 14 with a MSRP of $24.99.

The big daddy is pictured above and will be released on September 14 and it is the Pokemon 20th Anniversary Elite Trainer Box.  It will contain 10 Pokemon Generations booster packs, 65 black and gold card sleeves with 20th Anniversary logo, 45 Energy cards with a new look, a players guide, 6 damage counter dice, 1 coin-flip die, 2 acrylic condition markders, a collectors box, and a foil promo card of Shaymin-EX.  This set will have a MSRP of 49.99.