For Strike of Neos, I actually found 3 sets of codes. I’m guessing one of these codes might be from a sneak peek pack or possibly a European print?
Pack codes: 104027, 104034, 104038
For Force of the Breaker, I could only find one code. Not sure if it’s hobby or retail. Does anyone have the other code?
Pack code: 104088
If Ruxin34 is right, it also sounds like some pre-GX sets (Soul of the Duelist, Rise of Destiny, and Flaming Eternity) may also have the hobby retail split. I’ll have to dig into this later.
I believe all pre-GX boxes had the retail/hobby split.
That’s why you had 24 vs 36 pack boxes and different secret rares that could be pulled from each.
And Force of the Breaker was the last set to have done it this way.
Ahh, sorry, I should have clarified. I meant that some pre-GX sets had the hobby/retail split which impacted the ultimate rares. So basically Soul of the Duelist through Force of the Breaker seem to be impacted if I understand correctly.
Interesting, thanks for all the info. Admittedly I know next to nothing about the modern Yu-Gi-Oh game, though the original formats were great. There was a fun browser based game called Yu-Gi-Oh Bam a few years back which was to my knowledge the 1st 3v3 duel format… It was actually a pretty fun game, but sadly Konami shut it down.
I certainly can see potential for speed duels to be likened to the Ex-era (or MTG’s future sight) if Yugioh explodes in the future - entire collections are going for cheap and my understanding is that the competitive community (for speed duels exclusively) is less than 500 active people (with no support from Konami). I see growth in this area, but I just don’t see it enjoying the return that vintage is getting unless Yugioh demand skyrcokets and collectors are looking for obscure cards.
The problem is that Konami has given me no reason to have any confidence in their ability to market their products to new and young fans unless they have an absolute banger of a TV show. They had the right idea to reinvent the gameplay as I tried to explain in a previous post, but they just did the whole ‘field of dreams’ marketing approach where they just shove bulk product into the ether and expect people to buy it.
I welcome counterpoints, as I’ve been eyeing up the speed duel tournament pack cards
For anyone interested, here is a helpful video on another video for gameplay of speed duels, as well as a video on rush duels. I understand the former is being discontinued for the latter.
TL;DR - speed duels cuts down on monster + spell/trap, removed XYZ/Synchro/pendulum, limits turn length, and added the new skill cards (1-off cards with pictures of specific duelists in the show).
Rush duels also cuts down on monster + spell/trap, limits turn length, simplifies the rules (breaking down effects to a “requirement” and “effect” section), beautified the cards, changed summon/draw rules, and added legend monsters (1 per deck cards like BEWD).
Looking at duel links first booster box speed duels are somewhat copying dueling links, same cards they started off with in boxes. I started off half way through GX era in duel links and now they are up too XYZ.Every year duel links adds a new era but speed duel is failing while duel links is free too play and can play anywhere anytime.
In real life I stop playing before XYZ but thanks to duel links I like it and got me into the cartoon show which I have just started watching.
Question for those that know. Is it true that PSA doesn’t differentiate between the original unlimited cards and the newer reprints? For example, they grade the 2002 Legend of Blue Eyes Unlimited cards the same as the 2010 reprints? I thought had I had read that somewhere, but it seems odd to me that PSA wouldn’t distinguish them.
Unfortunately true. However PSA is wanting Ghezzi, PSA’s go-to guy for YGO stuff to come up with a guide to distinguish reprints from originals and he’s finished LOB.
Not sure when will PSA start to implement the new label but Ghezzi is confidant that they will.
That is interesting to know. Without having that distinction, it really devalues collector confidence in the unlimited market. Glad to know that there is some movement on rectifying that.
Correct however the card is still the card even with the same label. There are ways to distinguish between reprints and originals. I have made a thread about it and it shows the basics in determining which is which.
Was feeling nostalgic the other night and decided to grab a bunch of my favourite childhood cards. Super excited to get them
I picked up the following, all in secret/ultra rares:
Dark Magician (all arts)
Blue Eyes (all arts)
Dark Magician Girl
Red Eyes Black Dragon
Blue Eyes Toon Dragon
Jinzo
Buster Blader
Raigeki
Monster Reborn
Dark Hole
Mirror Force
Dark Mirror Force
Egyptian Gods
Exodia
Envoy of the Beginning
Envoy of the End
Breaker
Kuriboh
DD Warrior Lady
Ha Des
I love Time Wizard, Root Water, Man-Eater Bug a super over powered bug, Dark Magician, Red Eyes B Dragon, Exodia (Head Piece) and many others. I grew up with the Yu-Gi-Oh right from the start.
I wonder why they’ve chosen to start labeling them correctly only now. At this point the pop report is completely screwed. Plus the difference between OG print and later reprints isn’t that much evident, so I guess this will require some serious effort from them as well.
Since many reprints are labeled as original prints, I agree being able to distinguish them by oneself is fundamental (thanks for the guide).
