Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament this Weekend in Utah

Salt Lake City , Utah, will host their first dueling tournament under the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series, this weekend, March 24-25.  If you would like to attend to watch the duelist, the tournament will be at the Salt Palace Convention Center.  If you would like enter the tournament and test your dueling skills pre-registration is tomorrow, Friday March 23 from 3 pm – 7 pm.

All Duelists who pre-register and remit their valid Deck list on Friday will receive one of the Yu-Gi-Oh! branded Attribute Dice, randomly blind-bagged. Registration will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday March 24, continuing to 9:45 a.m, with Round 1 beginning promptly at 10 a.m. All Duelists will receive five booster packs of Extreme Force upon registering, and while supplies last, registrants can also get “Yugi Hair” to wear at the event.  The YCS Salt Lake City main event tournament will be played in the Constructed Advanced Format. Attendees can find the answers to many questions here:

 

http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/2018/YCS-SaltLakeCity_FAQ.html

The address for the convention center is:

Salt Palace Convention Center, Hall 1

90 S. West Temple

Salt Lake City, Utah

81401

www.visitsaltlake.com/salt-palace-convention-center

Good luck to the duelists and attendees have a great time.

 

Kaiba Fan’s Are Lovin’ March

March is a fun month for Yu-Gi-Oh’s Kaiba and for his many fans.  If you haven’t run across this yet start looking because the Legendary Collection Kaiba has been released as of March 9.  In this collection you will get 5 new cards based on some of Kaiba’s famous monsters, spells, and traps.  You will get an upgraded Lord of D, new versions of The Flute of Summoning Dragon and Ring of Destruction, and a new fusion monster The Fang of Critias.

In this collection you will also get a game board and 3 Kaiba Collection Mega Packs.  This set will be a 110 card all-foil mega-set and will run at a suggested retail price of $29.99

Other Kaiba related products coming out later this month, on March 23, will be the pictured: card sleeves ($3.99); card carrying case ($4.99); and the Kaiba Portfolio ($9.99).  So all the Yu-Gi-Oh! fans and especially Kaiba fans enjoy the month!

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.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Flames of Destruction Available this Spring

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is getting a new booster set this Spring!  Be on the look out for Flames of Destruction.  It is a new Link Monster theme and the Set can be used as it’s own deck or you can insert cards into your existing decks for additional strategy elements.  This Set is 100 cards and consists of: 48 Commons; 20 Rares; 14 Super Rares; 10 Ultra Rares; and 8 Secret Rares.  So all you trading card collectors and especially Yu-Gi-Oh! card collectors you’ll need to visit you nearest gaming stores on May 5, which is the scheduled release date for the Yu-Gi-Oh!: Flames of Destruction booster packs.

“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.

Magic’s Gift Pack’s

Wizards of the Coast are gearing up for the holiday’s with their Magic Gift Packs.  The packs will contain: a booster pack of Amonkhet, Hour of Devestation, and Ixalan; 5 foil “shooting star” lands; 1 foil “Kari Zeb; 1 foil “Skyship Raider”; 1 foil “Metalwork Colossus; and a spindown counter for a suggested price of $20.00.  The package is designed like the Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! gift packs so it will attract gift buyers.  So if you are into Magic tell you family that they can look for this to pick up for you.  Thanks to ICv2 for letting us know about this holiday gift idea.

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.