Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced three upcoming products for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME that will be available this Summer and Fall.
The first of the three, Duelist Nexus, is set to hit shelves on Friday, July 28 and will retail for $4.49 per pack. Duelist Nexus is the Summer’s core booster set, and includes new cards inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, including the mighty Crimson Dragon from the anime series, along with the continuation of the epic saga of the fiery Infernoble Knights, plus new Dinosaur cards including a new type of Grenosaurus, plus Evolsaurs that can evolve into a mighty Rank 6 Evolzar!
The second of the three, Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City, will be available on Friday, August 25 and will retail for $29.99 per box. Each box comes with 8 Pre-Constructed Decks and 8 Secret Rares that could include iconic cards like Yugi’s Dark Magician Girl and Joey’s Flame Swordsman!
The final product, the 25th Anniversary Tin: Dueling Heroes, will be available on Friday, September 8 and will retail for $21.99 per Tin. Each Tin includes 3 x 18-card Mega-Packs, each with TWO Prismatic Secret Rares, two Ultra Rares, a Super Rare, a Rare, and twelve Commons, along with a bonus Quarter Century Secret Rare.
No matter your experience level or card collecting preference, these three upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME products are sure to have something for everyone!
Here are the full product fact sheets, provided by Konami, for each announced product:
Duelist Nexus Fact Sheet
Rev it up again, and enter the Duelist Nexus with this Summer’s core booster set!
Take your Synchro Summoning strategies to a whole new universe of speed with new cards inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, including the mighty Crimson Dragon from the anime series, now brought to life as an actual Synchro Monster! Make sure to pick up Assault Synchron from Battles of Legend: Monstrous Revenge so you can get a rolling start on this high-speed strategy!
Hot summer knights return! Three years after they first appeared in Rise of the Duelist, the epic saga of the fiery Infernoble Knights continues in Duelist Nexus! Dust off your Infernoble Knight Emperor Charles and your Equip Spells as you’ll need them to Summon a brand-new 3000 ATK Link-1 Link Monster that can reduce your opponent’s Spell/Trap effects to cinders!
It’s not just medieval history that’s coming to life in Duelist Nexus either! Natural history hits back with new Dinosaur cards including a new type of Grenosaurus, plus Evolsaurs that can evolve into a mighty Rank 6 Evolzar! You’ll also find new cards for Decks introduced in Cyberstorm Access like “Nemleria” as well as several awesome surprises you’ll just have to wait to see!
Duelist Nexus also includes a brand-new World Premiere theme and introduces Quarter Century Secret Rares to core boosters for the first time! 25 cards will be available as Quarter Century Secret Rares to represent 25 years of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game!
The complete Duelist Nexus booster set contains 100 new cards:
50 Commons
26 Super Rares
14 Ultra Rares
10 Secret Rares
Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City Box
Attention Duelists! The Battle City Tournament is underway!
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City box, you and your friends can take on the roles of Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler as they Duel their way to the Battle City quarterfinals. But don’t expect it to be easy – many other Duelists have the same goal! Mako Tsunami, Weevil Underwood, and Espa Roba are all vying for a spot as well, and the mysterious Marik has sent Seeker the Rare Hunter, Arkana the Magician, and Strings the Quiet One to stop you!
Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City comes with 8 Pre-Constructed Decks ready-to-play right out of the box! You can relive classic moments from the show with brand-new Skill Cards that will make you feel as if you are right in the action Dueling on the streets of Battle City!
Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City is full of cards that are brand new to Speed Duel, and if you missed out on the original Speed Duel: Battle City Box, you’ll have another chance to get your hands on some of the powerful cards that were introduced there!
Each Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City box also comes with 8 Secret Rares that could include iconic cards like Yugi’s Dark Magician Girl and Joey’s Flame Swordsman!
Do you and your friends have what it takes to rise to the top and survive the streets of Battle City?!
Each Speed Duel: Streets of Battle City box contains a grand total of 228 cards, all usable in Speed Duel:
200 Commons
20 Skill Cards
8 (of 24) Secret Rares
2 of the 8 Secret Rares in every box will be Slifer the Sky Dragon and Arkana’s Dark Magician.
4 Deluxe 2-Player Game Mats featuring Yami Yugi and ArkanaTo use a card in Speed Duel it must have the Speed Duel symbol on the card. Cards without the symbol are not legal, but Speed Duel cards can be used in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Skill Cards may only be used in Speed Duel.
25th Anniversary Tin: Dueling Heroes
To celebrate 25 years of Dueling, each Tin includes double Prismatic Secret Rares and a bonus Quarter Century Secret Rare!
Celebrate our 25th anniversary together with our 25th Anniversary Tin: Dueling Heroes featuring doubled Prismatic Secret Rares and a bonus Quarter Century Secret Rare in every Tin!
Prismatic Secret Rares are one of the things Duelists love most about each year’s Mega-Packs, since Tins are the ONLY place to find this exclusive and beautiful rarity type. And this year, we’re giving you twice as many in each Tin!
Each 25th Anniversary Tin: Dueling Heroes includes 3 x 18-card Mega-Packs, each with TWO Prismatic Secret Rares, two Ultra Rares, a Super Rare, a Rare, and twelve Commons.
Total per Tin:
6 Prismatic Secret Rares
6 Ultra Rares
3 Super Rares
3 Rares
36 Commons
(and 1 Quarter Century Secret Rare – see below!)The massive Mega-Pack set contains almost 300 cards from recent sets, including Battle of Chaos, Dimension Force, Darkwing Blast, Tactical Masters, The Grand Creators, and more!
In addition, each Tin will include a Quarter Century Secret Rare version of one of the sixteen monsters decorating the sides of the Tin – some of the most famous and iconic monsters used by the series’ Dueling Heroes!
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