PapaFrankGod Yu-Gi-Oh! Old High End OCG PrintRun Guide

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Hello all, I’ve been an all time yugioh collector in the past, mainly focused into old ocg trophy cards (and some new ones), I know many of you here also collect yugioh as a side project so let me share a guide I made long ago, featuring all the old ocg high end cards this hobby offers (imo that’s what makes yugioh great, the old trophy cards). Hope you can find it usefull and let me know your thoughts, wish you all a great day!

LIMITED, TROPHY AND RARE CARDS

Read the information next to each card as follows down below:

Set it was released (Date and Place of release)

-Card name (N° of copies) (Official or estimated amount)

Bandai Promotional Cards (April 4, 1998 in Japan)

-J1 Mirror Force (1000) (Official number)

-J2 Swords of Revealing Light (1000) (Official number)

-J3 Gate Guardian (7000) (Official number)

Duel Monsters National Tournament (February 1 to 21, 1999 in Japan)

-Black Luster Soldier (1) (Official number)

-Zera the Mant (2) (Official number)

-Super War-Lion (3) (Official number)

-Fiend’s Mirror (4) (Official number)

*Attendance

-Kanan the Swordmistress (400) (Estimated number)

Starter Box: Theatrical Release (March 6, 1999 in Japan)

-Aqua Madoor (5000) (Official number)

-Trial of Nightmare (5000) (Official number)

-The 13th Grave (5000) (Official number)

-Dark King of the Abyss (5000) (Official number)

-Turtle Tiger (5000) (Official number)

V Jump Special Present Set A (June 21, 1999 in Japan)

-Trial of Nightmare (50) (Official number)

-Kanan the Swordmistress (50) (Official number)

-The 13th Grave (50) (Official number)

V Jump Special Present Set B (June 21, 1999 in Japan)

-Turtle Tiger (50) (Official number)

-Celtic Guardian (50) (Official number)

-Dark King of the Abyss (50) (Official number)

Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories promotional cards (July 8, 1999 in Japan)

-Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth (limited but unknown amount) (5% pullrate)

-Seiyaryu (limited but unknown amount) (5% pullrate)

Duel Monsters II Tournament Meeting Experience promotional card (April 29, 1999 in Japan)

-Aqua Madoor (4000) (Official number)

Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories Duelist Legend in Tokyo Dome invitation cards (July 1, 1999 in Japan)

-Duelist Kingdom (limited but unknown amount)

-Set Sail for The Kingdom (limited but unknown amount)

-Glory of the King’s Hand (limited but unknown amount)

Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories Duelist Legend in Tokyo Dome (August 1 to 26, 2000 in Japan (First National Conference))

*Attendance

-Magician of Black Chaos (40.000) (Estimated number)

-Gate Guardian (40.000) (Estimated number)

*Participants in the first round

-Tri-Horned Dragon (24.000) (Estimated number)

*Second round

-Sengenjin (2500) (Estimated number)

*Third round

-Serpent Night Dragon (125) (Estimated number)

*Third place

-Firewing Pegasus (6) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

*Second place

-Meteor B. Dragon (4) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

*First place

-Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (2) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Official Tournament Street Duel Legend of Power prize card (July 25 to August 27, 2000 in Japan)

*Winners of each tournament

-G3-11 Dark Magician Girl ScR (400) (Official number)

*Ranked second to seventh

-G3-11 Dark Magician Girl R (2800) (Official number)

Second National Tournament (March 1, 2001 in Japan (Second National Conference))

-T2-01 Masahiro the Dark Clown (1) (Official number) (+4-6 spare copies without trophy)

-T2-02 Yasushi the Skull Knight (1) (Official number) (+6-10 spare copies without trophy)

-T2-03 Tomohiro the Mountain Warrior (1) (Official number) (+6-10 spare copies without trophy)

Asia Championship 2001 (August 12, 2001 in Japan (Third National Conference))

-T3-01 Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (1) (Official number) (+1 spare copy without trophy)

-T3-02 Summoned Skull (1) (Official number) (Destroyed in earthquake???)

-T3-03 Kuriboh (1) (Official number) (+1-2 spare copy without trophy)

-T3-04 Gemini Elf (1) (Official number) (+1-2 spare copy without trophy)

-T3-05 Red-Eyes B. Dragon (1) (Official number) (+1-2 spare copy without trophy)

Weekly Shonen Jump promotional cards

*Asian-English

-Blue-Eyes White Dragon (1000) (Official number)

-Dark Magician (1000) (Official number)

*Chinese

-Blue-Eyes White Dragon (1000) (Official number)

-Dark Magician (1000) (Official number)

Jump Festa 2000 (December 18–19, 1999 in Japan)

-Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000) (Estimated number)

Duel Art Campaign promotional card (December 10, 2011 in Japan)

-Holactie the Creator of Light (10.000) (Official number)

World Championship (+Entry to the Japanese National Championship +Dragon Duel World Championship)

*2003 (August 10 in Madison Square Garden, New York)

-WCS-001 Kanan the Swordmistress (1600) (Estimated number)

-WCS-002 Victory Dragon (1-2) (Estimated number) (No evidence of it being awarded at the event)

-WCS-003 Black Luster Soldier (1-2) (Estimated number) (No evidence of it being awarded at the event)

*2004 (July 25 in Los Angeles)

-WCS-EN401 Ulevo (2) (Official number)

-WCS-EN402 Meteo the Matchless (6) (Official number)

-WCS-EN403 Sengenjin

-WCS-AE403 Sengenjin (1600) (Estimated number)

*2005 (August 7 in Differ Ariake Arena, Tokyo)

-WCS-EN501 King of Destruction - Xexex (2) (Official number)

-WCS-EN502 Queen of Fate - Eternia (6) (Official number)

-WCS-AE503 Firewing Pegasus

*2006 (August 5–6 in Tokyo)

-WCPS-EN601 Testament of the Arcane Lords (2) (Official number)

-WCPS-EN602 Armament of the Lethal Lords (6) (Official number)

-WCPS-AE603 Seiyaryu

*2007 (July 28–29 in Comic-Con Event, San Diego Convention Center)

-WCPS-EN700 Get Your Game On!

-WCPS-EN701 Chimaera, the Master of Beasts (2) (Official number)

-WCPS-EN702 Emperor of Lightning (6) (Official number)

-WCPS-AE703 Testament of the Arcane Lords (400) (Estimated number)

*2008 (August 9–10 in Berlin)

-WCPS-EN801 Tyr, the Vanquishing Warlord (2) (Official number)

-WCPS-EN802 Lorelei, the Symphonic Arsenal (6) (Official number)

-WCPS-AE803 Chimaera, the Master of Beasts (800-3000) (Estimated number)

*2009 (August 8–9 in Tokyo)

-WCPS-EN901 Aggiba, the Malevolent Sh’nn S’yo (2) (Official number)

-WCPS-EN902 Skuna, the Leonine Rakan (6) (Official number)

-WCPS-AE903 Tyr, the Vanquishing Warlord (400) (Estimated number)

*2010 (August 14–15 in Long Beach Convention Center, California)

-2010-EN001 Stardust Divinity (2) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

-2010-EN002 Grizzly, the Red Star Beast (6) (Official number)

-2010-AE003 Aggiba, the Malevolent Sh’nn S’yo (400) (Estimated number)

*2011 (August 13–14 in Amsterdam)

-2011-EN001 King Landia the Goldfang (2) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

-2011-EN002 Queen Nereia the Silvercrown (6) (Official number)

-2011-AE003 Stardust Divinity (50) (Official number)

*2012 (August 11–12 in Tokyo)

-2012-EN001 Legendary Dragon of White (2) (Official number) (+6-8 spare uncased copies)

-2012-EN002 Legendary Magician of Dark (6) (Official number) (+6-8 spare uncased copies)

-2012-AE003 King Landia the Goldfang (150) (Estimated number)

*2013 (August 10–11 in Las Vegas)

-2013-EN001 Grandopolis, The Eternal Golden City (2) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

-2013-EN002 E*HERO Pit Boss (6) (Official number) (+2-4 spare uncased copies)

-2013-AE003 Legendary Dragon of White (150) (Estimated number)

*2014 (August 9–10 in Palacongressi di Rimini, Rimini)

-2014-EN001 The Twin Kings, Founders of the Empire (2) (Official number)

-2014-EN002 Leonardo’s Silver Skyship (6) (Official number)

-2014-AE003 Grandopolis, The Eternal Golden City (150) (Estimated number)

*2015 (August 15–16 in Kyoto)

-2015-EN001 Kuzunoha, the Onmyojin (2) (Official number)

-2015-EN002 Sakyo, Swordmaster of the Far East (6) (Official number)

-2015-EN003 The Twin Kings, Founders of the Empire (150) (Estimated number)

*2016 (August 20–21 in Florida)

-2016-EN001 Juno, the Celestial Goddess (2) (Official number)

-2016-EN002 Shelga, the Tri-Warlord (6) (Official number)

*2017

-2017-EN001 Sanctity of Dragon (2) (Official number)

-2017-EN002 Iron Knight of Revolution (6) (Official number)

-2017-JPP01 Dark Magician Girl (2500) (Official number)

-2017-JPP02 Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon (2500) (Official number)

-2017-JPP03 Monster Reborn (2500) (Official number)

Championship Series Prize Cards

*Ultra Rare

-YCSW-EN001 Darklord Asmodeus (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN002 Darklord Superbia (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN003 Darklord Edeh Arae (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN004 Blood Mefist (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN005 Digvorzhak, King of Heavy Industry (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN006 Number 106: Giant Hand (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN007 Ascension Sky Dragon (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN008 Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN009 Number 93: Utopia Kaiser (12-25) (Estimated number)

-YCSW-EN010 Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker (12-25) (Estimated number)

*Super Rare

-YCSW-EN001 Darklord Asmodeus

-YCSW-EN002 Darklord Superbia

-YCSW-EN003 Darklord Edeh Arae

-YCSW-EN004 Blood Mefist

-YCSW-EN005 Digvorzhak, King of Heavy Industry

-YCSW-EN006 Number 106: Giant Hand

-YCSW-EN007 Ascension Sky Dragon

-YCSW-EN008 Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn

-YCSW-EN009 Number 93: Utopia Kaiser

-YCSW-EN010 Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker usd600 (public sold price)

Shonen Jump Championship

-SJC-EN001 Cyber-Stein (150) (Estimated number)

-SJC-EN002 Des Volstgalph (85) (Estimated number)

-SJC-EN003 Shrink (91) (Estimated number)

-SJCS-EN004 Crush Card Virus (63) (Estimated number)

-SJCS-EN005 Gold Sarcophagus (93) (Estimated number)

-SJCS-EN006 Doomcaliber Knight (72) (Estimated number)

-SJCS-EN007 Dark End Dragon (<250) (Estimated number)

Jump Novel Telephone

-JumpNovel (100) (Official number)

Make a Wish Foundation

-Tyler the Great Warrior (1) (Official number)

Thanks all and happy hunt !!!

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Ofc not, that’s what I dont like about the yugioh community, all raw cards, all private sales, all hiding information, I personally know a lot of collectors who bought some of these cards so I can say some prices are real, others are just offers made but not accepted, others just speculated. Ocg high end world sadly is not backuped by any grading company, that is why yugioh keeps being a joke among other cardgames, but yeah sadly old ocg prize cards are managed by Asian collectors that never grade or share the sold prices. I took into account auction yahoo sold listings, mercari, ebay, private deals that I am aware of and yeah, some are just speculation because card was never sold, ever.

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Cool list Yugioh is always confusing for me, looking at the values though it seems some are hugely over inflated you have a few cards in the millions and several worth hundreds of thousands?

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Indeed the Steel DM1 Black Luster Soldier is the Holy Grail of Yugioh, first trophy awarded, 1st place, 1 copy in the world. Its like 1996 MTG World Champion or Shichifukujin Dragon. The owner was offered 1kk usd years ago, declined it and asked 10kk usd, which is totally insane, only meaning card is not for sale. A friend of mine recently bought a DM2 Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon reaching over 250k usd (cos it was the replica version) and the non replica was for sale in Japan for 450k usd (never sold but its a reference). T3-01 Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was sold for 350k usd some years ago too. Yugioh is confusing indeed, so take the higher prices as a reference, and in some cases card was never sold, so it’s just a guess. As I said all deals are private and nothing is officially recorded, that’s what sucks about the hobby.

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I used to love Yugioh myself and ended up keeping only a few cards. Never knew about these Trophy cards until I started seeing a few of them on ebay a while back. That being said, I’m wondering if you could update your list to detail what the price referentials are? I think it would be interesting for the community to keep track of the ones that haven’t popped up on sale and see if they do. :blush:

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Hey great list! I recently started getting back into Yugioh and have been very interested in trophy cards for the TCG. I have looked at some lower end cards like Giant Hand, but have run into some trouble. How are you able to find the number of copies released for each trophy card. I am very interested in purchasing some trophy cards from the TCG (like Giant Hand, but i see no card count listed) but would like to know first how many copies were released. Any insight?

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Yes I can do that!

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I know for certain all the print run numbers I wrote are correct except the ones I stated otherwise, based on official Konami magazines, I have more pics of all these print run numbers but post was already long. Sadly with the TCG the only cards that have an official print run are the Match Winner Ultra Rare set and the SJC set, the others its just a guess, the YCSW Ultras maybe are around 12 to 20 copies each, but its unknown.

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already updated it, keep in mind some cards may appear sold for less but Im stating the official copies price, not the spare copies, which may differ on the “replica” written on the lower left corner, or just cos they lack the official case, but card is identical.

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Something doesn’t add up with them prices. Are those sold listings? Surely no one is paying those prices on cards that are not authenticated.

I will add that some of these cards I didn’t know existed.

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I added the label next to the prices that sold, and those who did not. I would agree but saldy none of this market is graded or authenticated by any grading company, as I said that’s what I don’t like about the hobby. High end deals specially with old japanese trophies are managed by asian collectors that dont like to grade and keep all the deals private. It is what it is, you don’t have to believe me or the prices that I stated as sold, been in the ocg high end world for 11 years, and this is just a reference guide, I am not an official authority that records everything. Take this as what it is, just a guide.

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And yes, they are paying more than 300k usd for a non graded/authenticated raw card. It is what it is. They know what they are buying, and prefer it that way.

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Great post. Not a big Yu-Gi-Oh collector but years ago I picked up a few Tokyo Dome attendance and participant cards. Nice to know their print runs.

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Nice list, thanks a lot for sharing! :blush: And I now also know I won’t have to even bother trying to get those 2015+ TCG Extra Secret Rare cards one day. A 2019 version is currently on eBay for 100k btw. It’s the only TCG rarity I’m missing in my Yu-Gi-Oh rarity collection right now (I’m also missing one Korean rarity; no OCG rarities; and some misprinted rarities). I just hope they one day create a TCG Extra Secret Rare that isn’t a Trophy tbh.

I knew some of those Yu-Gi-Oh trophy cards went for surprisingly high numbers, but didn’t knew this high.

And thanks a lot for all the pictures. The only one I’ve never seen before is that Novel Telephone card. Every other I knew about (although some of them only since three months ago when I was investigating all the existing rarities.)

Greetz,
Quuador

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Thanks! Yes, imo Yugioh is underrated, I know it’s taken as a joke compared to MTG or Pokemon, but it has the most valuable trophy cards of any card game in existance. Glad you found it usefull, will consider making a new post with cool trophy pics in the future, and the magazines that show they print run numbers.

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Ruining my 69 post count for this. But for an old list. I still refer to this regularly. You the man bro. Thank you!

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6969 here we go!

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Where does the intel on the offer for the BLS come from?

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Very long ago, on one of the first yugioh high end pages, yugi1.com, they stated that the owner of this card got a 1 million usd offer, he turned it down and asked 10 million.

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i don’t know all the prices / don’t know the majority of them, but for the cards where im aware of the prices, this is pretty accurate. Certain cards are slightly on the high side i feel, e.g. festa blue eyes, but not that far off

For example, if you don’t think that T3-01 Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is worth usd650k, try offering the owner usd220k (price of the recent psa 9 illustrator) and see his response. It will be “no”.

one of the key differences between yugioh and pokemon is, many of the rarest cards are one of a kind or two of a kind

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