A Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series premier-level event will be held on June 15-19, with the Main Event scheduled for June 18-19, during the five-day Origins show at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Pre-registration for YCS Origins will run from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17 and registration will continue promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 18. Registrants will receive 5 Shining Forces booster packs, and an exclusive YCS Origins play mat.

What are the prizes?

1st Place – Ultra Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Card: Minerva, The Exalted Lightsworn; Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Trophy; Paid travel and accommodations to the winner’s 2016 World Championship Qualifier; VIP Status at the winner’s 2016 World Championship Qualifier; PlayStation 4 system
Invite to the 2016 World Championship Qualifier tournament;
Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat; and 20 Ultimate Duelist Series (UDS) Points

2^nd place – Super Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Card: Minerva, The Exalted Lightsworn; 32GB Tablet PC; Invite to the 2016 World Championship Qualifier tournament; Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat; and 10 UDS Points

3^rd place – Super Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Card: Minerva, The Exalted Lightsworn; Xbox One console; Invite to the 2016 World Championship Qualifier tournament; Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat; and 10 UDS Points

4^th place – Xbox One console; Invite to the 2016 World Championship Qualifier tournament; Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat; and 10 UDS Points

5^th – 8^th place – Nintendo 3DS XL; Invite to the 2016 World Championship Qualifier tournament; Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat; and 10 UDS Points

9^th – 16^th place – 24 booster packs of Shining Victories; Invite to the 2016 World Championship Qualifier tournament; Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat; and 10 UDS Points

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Duelist Pack: Rivals of the Pharaoh contains 11 brand-new cards, and 46 cards in all: 24 Commons, 10 Rares, 6 Super Rares, and 6 Ultra Rares. It’ll be sold in 5 card booster packs, can we’ll see cards used by Yugi, Kaiba, Yami Marik, Maximillion Pegasus and Yami Bakura.

The coolest new card? Neutron Blast,  a Spell Card that lets Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon attack 3 times in a turn without interruption. There’s also Lullaby of Obedience, a spell that costs 2000LP but allows you to name a monster and add it to your hand/field if your opponent has it in their deck.

I’m sure I’ll be getting my hands on a few packs when they’re released, and will make sure to post a short video opening them.

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May is just around the corner, and that means new Yu-Gi-Oh! releases. The first, being released May 6th, is the new latest Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG core booster set, Shining Victories. This new 100-card set brings brand-new Deck themes such as Lunalight, Digital Bug, and Amorphage Dragons, and marks the return of Blue-Eyes and a plethora of specially crafted Blue-Eyes monsters and support cards. Some exciting new cards in the set include: Kozmo Dark Planet, Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, and Red-Eyes Toon Dragon. There will be sneak peek events at participating retailers on April 31st and May 1st. MSRP $3.99

Starter Deck – Yuya is a pre-constructed Performapal-themed Deck that will be released on May 27th. Players who folliow ARC-V will recognize the main protagonist, Yuya, and his unique arsenal of cards. The deck contains 40 cards, 10 of which are new, and three special token cards. MSRP $9.99.

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It’s time for more Yu-Gi-Oh! releases! February will see 3 new products hit the shelves.

February 12 – Wing Raiders and Chibi Card Sleeves

A special booster set with brand-new Xyz cards. New monster themes: spectral Phantom Knights and the Super Quantum mecha pilots. The 60 card set comes in 9-card boosters for $3.99 each.

Also on the 12th, Chibi Card Sleeves! These are tournament-legal sleeves feature the a super-deformed Yugi. 50 sleeves for $3.99.

February 26 – Breakers of Shadow Special Edition

Breakers of Shadow Special Edition boxes come with 3 boosters, one of two Super Rare preview cards from the upcoming Shining Victories booster set plus one of two Super Rare Cards – either Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon or Number 23: Lancelot, Dark Knight of the Underworld. These will be $9.99 per box.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Day is almost upon us! It’s held simultaneously throughout North America and is scheduled to occur on either Saturday, January 30th or Sunday, January 31st, 2016. Events will be held at Official Tournament Locations throughout the US and Canada.

Duelists will be able to participate in a Sanctioned tournament at all participating Official Tournament Stores, with exclusive prizes only available there. Only official Konami OTS are permitted to host a Yu-Gi-Oh! Day event. The registration fee for the even is $5.00. All players attending will receive at least this amount of commemorative prizes.

More information can be found here: http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/ygoday/ygoday_info.html

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A few packs of the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! set to hit store shelves, Breakers of Shadow, arrived in my mailbox today. This set introduces a few new deck themes, and also guarentees a foil card in every 9-card booster pack. I was actually lucky enough to pull the set’s signature card, Buster Blader, The Destruction Swordmaster, from one of my packs.

As for the new deck themes, the Shiranui have the strength of samurai warriors, while the Twilight Ninjas rely and speed and overwhelming numbers. Dinomists are steam-powered pendulum dinosaurs that are pretty awesome looking. I only pulled a few of these, but they’re my favorites by far. One of them is a triceratops tanks. It’s pretty amazing looking.

3 packs of Yu-Gi-Oh! Breakers of Shadow were sent free for review by Konami.

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With a December 11th release, Clash of Rebellions Special Edition continues the Yu-Gi-Oh! machine. The booster set will retail for $9.99 and includes 3 booster packs and one of two Super Rare Cards, Ultimaya Tzolkin or Frightfur Tiger. The set also includes the return of Red-Eyes monsters. The first, Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon, is the first card that is a Pendulum Monster that’s also an Xyz Monster.

Clash of Rebellions also introduces several new Deck themes: Igknight Monsters that burn up cards to summon better cards, Aromages that pump up Life Points, and the Kozmo theme, a World Premiere Deck theme based on one of the most popular American fairy tales ever known.

Finally, the Special Edition Booster Set will also come with one of two foil version preview cards from the upcoming January booster set, Breakers of Shadow.

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I must have missed the press release in my email the other day, so I’m sorry for the lateness on this one! The Yu-Gi-Oh! Master of Pendulum Structure Deck hit shelves on December 4th, and takes full advantage of the Pendulum cards we’ve seen in the game for a while now. The 43 card deck includes: 38 Common Cards, 2 Ultra Rare Cards, 3 Super Rare Cards, 1 Dueling Guide, 1 Rulebook and 1 Deluxe Game Mat, and utilizes every aspect of the Pendulum. I received  a copy of the deck a few days ago, and it played very well against the Synchron Exreme Structure Deck.

The Master of Pendulum is only $9.99 and, like the other Structure decks, is a step up from Starter Decks, adding the more complicated aspects of the game in.

As far as which of the newer Structures Decks to get? I enjoy Master of Pendulum more than Synchron Exreme, but getting both, especially for newer players, is a great idea.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Demo Day is right around the corner on December 5th. Yu-Gi-Oh! Demo Day is designed to give new and novice Duelists a safe and inviting place to learn how to play with others who are also new to the game.  On-site staff will be available to help at Official Tournament Stores. Demo Decks, Dueling Guides, and prizes are available to all those who participate in the event.

New to Demo Day this year is the “Bring a Friend” campaign. Duelists who bring along a new player to a participating location will receive an exclusive, lenticular, foldable Deck Case only available at Demo Day, a random booster pack, and additional Demo Decks to help them build out their card collection.

I’m kind of bummed because only one location in Connecticut is participating, and it’s not super close.

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Dimension of Chaos is a new 100-card set for Yu-Gi-Oh! set to release on Halloween this year.

Dimension of Chaos introduces brand-new deck themes like creating powerful new strategies with the Majespecters, spell-casting Pendulum Monsters that can’t be destroyed by an opponent’s Monster effects, or taking control of an opponent’s Monsters with Graydles. New cards for existing themes like Blackwings, D/D, Kozmo, Frightfur, Performapal, Igknights, Odd-Eyes also make an appearance.

I’m just getting into the swing of things with Pendulum Monsters (see what I did there?) an am looking forward to trying out the Majespecters.

The breakdown of the set is as follows: 48 Common Cards, 20 Rare Cards, 14 Super Rare Cards, 10 Ultra Rare Cards, and 8 Secret Rare Cards. Each pack will be $3.99 and contain 9 cards.

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