Hey all, so I’m not a big Yu-Gi-Oh fan but I collected the cards for a short period as a kid. I have some holographics that I’d like to get rid of as I don’t care for them and I’m sure there are people who would appreciate them far more than me. I’ve had a look around but can’t seem to get a good feel for pricing. Not looking to make much as I don’t think these are particularly valuable but they need a new home. I have a Red Eyes Black a Dragon 1st Edition (LOB-E056) that perhaps has the worst cut I have ever seen on a card. I have a Blue Eyes White Dragon 1st Edition (LOB-E001) also. There’s a few more first editions (Time Wizard, Celtic Guardian) but I don’t know if they’re popular. Should I bother listing these? If they’re worthless I may just give them to someone for free.
They’re worthless bro. Send them my way.
Actually, those LOB 1st Eds (and any Metal Raiders, like the Time Wizard) are pretty valuable. You should list them on eBay. You should have no trouble selling them.
Thanks for the help man. The prices on some of these are pretty high on eBay. Pretty surprising, can’t see how they sell given what seems to be limited demand.
If they are mint **
No problem! You’re right, Yugioh (at least compared to Pokemon, isn’t as in demand but those early sets tend to sell well. There’s just enough demand to make them somewhat valuable.
They’re not as valuable if they’re the LOB-E editions. Those would be European cards instead of the popular North American release. There’s still some value in the cards but make sure you keep that in mind when/if you’re selling. Off of memory LOB-E001 was going for max $100, while the LOB-001 is going upwards of $300.
Depending on the cards, you can fetch quite a lot of money for them. I do suggest you to sell them on ebay. If the entire set is European though (LOB-E), it may be easier for you to just sell the entire set as a collection. European significantly cuts the value of the card (roughly 60%) compared to their North American counterparts, but the cards you mentioned, if mint, can get you easily 50-100 USD.
How about the Asian (Singapore/Malaysia) releases of English-language cards? Any value in those? Everyone I’ve ever mentioned to them acts like they don’t even exist, or that they are counterfeits. (Considering I purchased them directly from Konami Japan — not through a wholesaler, but direct from the manufacturer — I have little doubt they are authentic.)
They are real, but just once again far less valuable than their North American counterparts. As a matter of fact, this was one of the main things people looked for back in the day when purchasing and/or making trades as it made such a huge difference in value. You differentiate between Asian-English (OCG) and North American (TCG) prints by the logo on the back of the cards, which consequently means that you wouldn’t be able to use the former in tournaments outside of Asian (OCG) regions. Asian-English Yugioh cards were made specifically for the relatively niche market of English-speakers who would play in OCG tournaments.
Pictured: TCG vs OCG Monster Reborn - An Asian English Monster Reborn would look like the top left on the front and the bottom right on the back.
Yeah, I guess as well it’s because there’s so many reprints of most cards as well, lob brings me back to the playground haha so defo wouldn’t mind finding some of that. I opened I think it was spanish first edition lob box a year ago just for the novelty of opening lob packs and seeing all the old cards as it was cheap, still got some of the cards sleeved back in the uk…
About to list these on eBay they are really cool but need the funds for Pokemon, ha.
These look like they are in excellent condition too! Make sure to remember to put tracking as sadly there’s quite a few scammers in Yugioh on ebay.
Thanks for the tip! Really wasn’t aware of that.
Glad I was helpful! Having tracking, and if you are in good terms with your local post office clerk (and paranoid like me), recording yourself sealing the cards into the envelope and putting it in the mailbox/handing it to the clerk guarantees the proof that you have sent your cards. One time one person tried to scam me saying nothing ever arrived. I showed the the tracking number and since I sold something expensive, they also had to sign it. They promptly never complained about the order. While video recording is not perfect proof, it sometimes catches scammers off guard if they said you sent an empty box when you have clearly at least dropped the cards off to your local post office.
Europen release YGO is much rarer than the North American print.
If the 1st Ed. stuff was nm or better you should keep it.