Tag: Konami Digital Entertainment

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Speed Duel GX: Duelist of Shadows

Konami is adding to their Speed Duel TCG dynamic with GX: Duelist of Shadows Collector’s Set. This box set will contain eight pre-constructed decks to do battle with. Their have been five out of the eight themed decks revealed to date: The Supreme King; Camula the Vampire; The Shadow Duelist Titan; Tania the Amazon Warrior; and Amnael the Alchemist. The complete box will contain a total of 228 cards. However, the total set of cards will be 244 with the following breakdown: 200 Commons; 20 Skill Cards; and 8 of 24 Secret Rare Cards. The MSRP for this set is currently looking to be around $29.99. No release date has yet to be set.

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Konami just Released Power of the Elements Today

Today most of the specialty stores and department stores should have put out the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! booster set, “Power of the Elements”. This set is a Core booster set featuring Jaden Yuki from GX! The set well have new Elemental HERO monsters, three new themes to build a deck around, and new, legacy, and free agent cards.

The set has 100 cards with the following breakdown: 50 Commons, 26 Super Rares, 14 Ultra Rares, and 10 Secret Rares. The packs have an MSRP of 4.19 per pack and each pack will contain 9 cards. So with the weekend upon us check out your local stores and pick up the “Power of the Elements” booster packs for your collection and card play.

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Ep 9 ComicPop Game Play with Yu-Gi-Oh! Shadows Over Valhalla Booster Packs

Ep 9 ComicPop Game Play with Yu-Gi-Oh! Shadows Over Valhalla Booster Packs

We have several Yu-Gi-Oh! product opens coming your way.  Konami through Hill and Knowlton Strategies have continued to be generous with ComicPop Library.  This time they have sent us Yu-Gi-Oh! Shadows Over Valhalla booster packs to open for all to hear and get Logan and Richard’s thoughts about the cards.  Thanks to Lindsey Barber, of Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Tim Klein, and Konami for their continued support.

Join us for another fun episode by listening above, at www.comicpoplibrary.com or wait until later today and it will be up on our iTunes feed.

Remember if you have a novel, graphic novel, movie/television series or an indie band you want us to check out let us know and we will put it in our review rotation list. Also if you have a question or comment send us an e-mail at admin@comicpoplibrary.com and we will read it during a recording. Thank you again for everyone that listens and supports us, we are steadily growing thanks to you. So keep spreading the word about ComicPop Library to everyone you think might enjoy the show.

What we reviewed in this episode:

  1. Yu-Gi-Oh! Shadows Over Valhalla Booster Packs, Konami, 2018.  This set contains 60 cards: 40 Super Rares and 20 Secret Rares.

Music clips used in this episode:

  1. “Heart of the Cards”, Yu-Gi-Oh! Music To Duel By, Eric Stuart and Questar Welsh, Dreamworks Records, 2002.
  2. “We’ll Be there”, Yu-Gi-Oh! Music To Duel By, Dominic Nolfi and Lindsey Warner, Dreamworks Records, 2002.

Links:

Official Yu-Gi-Oh! Website

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Website

Konami Website

Hill & Knowlton Strategies

C. Michael Hall’s Website for Atomic Raygun Comics

ComicPop Library’s Facebook Page

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New Yu-Gi-Oh! Zombie Horde Structure Deck Coming

Just around the corner from Halloween is Konami’s release of a new structure deck entitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Zombie Horde.  It will be coming out November 2, with a suggested retail price of $9.99.  It will come with a double sided gaming mat, a beginner’s guide and 42 cards.  The breakdown for the card deck is 37 Commons, 3 Super Rares, and 2 Ultra Rares.  So continue with the Halloween festivities on November 2, by checking out your gaming stores for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zombie Horde Structure Deck.

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Ep 8 ComicPop Game Play with Yu-Gi-Oh! PowerCode Link Structure Deck

Ep 8 ComicPop Game Play with Yu-Gi-Oh! PowerCode Link Structure Deck

We get another look at some of Konami’s latest releases with the Yu-Gi-Oh! PowerCode Link Structure Deck.  Take a listen as Richard and Logan go through the structure deck letting you know what will be in the deck and what they think of the art work on the cards.  And did we mention Air Wolf in this episode, we I believe we did.  So join us to see what we think of the cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! PowerCode Link Structure Deck. Thanks to Lindsey Barber, of Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Tim Klein, and Konami for their continued support.

Join us for another fun episode by listening above, at www.comicpoplibrary.com or wait until later today and it will be up on our iTunes feed.

Remember if you have a novel, graphic novel, movie/television series or an indie band you want us to check out let us know and we will put it in our review rotation list. Also if you have a question or comment send us an e-mail at admin@comicpoplibrary.com and we will read it during a recording. Thank you again for everyone that listens and supports us, we are steadily growing thanks to you. So keep spreading the word about ComicPop Library to everyone you think might enjoy the show.

What we reviewed in this episode:

  1. Yu-Gi-Oh! PowerCode Link Structure Deck, Konami, 2018.  The deck contains 43 cards: 38 Commons; 3 Super Rares; 2 Ultra Rares; 1 Beginners Guide; and 1 double sided Dueling Mate.

Music clips used in this episode:

  1. “Duel Madness”, Yu-Gi-Oh! Music To Duel By, Joel Douek, Dreamworks Records, 2002.
  2. “Can You Feel The Power”, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Season 1 Opening Theme, Max Surla, Ali Theodore, Sarai Howard, Jordan Yaeger and Sergio Cabral, 2015.

Links:

Official Yu-Gi-Oh! Website

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Website

Konami Website

Hill and Knowlton Strategies

Yvonne Ventresca’s Website

Yvonne Ventresca’s Facebook Page

ComicPop Library Facebook Page

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New Yu-Gi-Oh! Booster Packs

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that their new release Yu-Gi-Oh!: Cosmo Blazer booster packs will be released on January 25.  The set will only be available in booster packs and will contain 100 cards: 48 commons; 20 rares; 14 super rares; 10 ultra rares; and 8 secret rares.  So let all of your trading card gamers know and if your library hosts card gaming events you might pick up a few packs as give-aways or promos for the event.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/24771.html

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More Yu-Gi-Oh Cards

Here is some information you will want to pass along to your TCG gamers, especially if you have a club that meets at your library to play.  Konami Digital Entertainment has released information on the rest of the years Yu-Gi-Oh products: August 28 will see the release of  the booster set Return of the Duelist; October 16 is the release of the Structure Deck Realm of the Sea Emporer; and December 11 is the release of the booster set Abyss Rising.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/23480.html

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Tournament Numbers Up

Here is some interesting numbers for libraries that have gaming fans.  ICv2 spoke with Yumi Hoashi, VP of Konami Digital Entertainment, and she reports that Yu-Gi-Oh tournament participant numbers are up for 2011.  The Regional Qualifiers was up 27% and the Championship Series was up 17%.  This might be something to consider and possibly make libraries think about hosting game play for the different trading card games as events.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/20783.html