Yu-Gi-Oh! has been around as a manga series since 1996, but the cards weren’t released until a few years later. While the official trading card game (TCG) was launched by Konami in 1999, Bandai had released their own promotional cards a year before. The Bandai Yu-Gi-Oh cards were only available in Japan and for the most part the cards were widely available.
Today, the only Bandai card that is considered rare and valuable is the Swords of Revealing Light. The price of a Bandai Swords of Revealing Light card ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars.
The three swords on the Swords of Revealing Light card (all versions) represent the number of turns that this card can be active.
Ask anyone who knows even a little bit about the Yu-Gi-Oh! series what the most legendary card is and chances are they’ll say Blue Eyes White Dragon. The card was part of the very first official set of Yu-Gi-Oh cards released in Japan in 1999 and has continued to capture players and collectors since then.
There are a few different versions of Blue Eyes White Dragon, but first editions in mint condition are the most valuable and are worth thousands of dollars. Even a heavily used Blue Eyes White Dragon will sell for a few hundred bucks.
Blue Eyes White Dragon is the signature card of popular Yu-Gi-Oh! character Seto Kaiba and even in the game’s lore, Blue Eyes White Dragon is a very rare card, with only a few existing in the world.
Skuna, the Leonine Rakan is a special prize card from the 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship and only a few of these cards were given out a decade ago. There aren’t any Skuna, the Leonine Rakan cards for sale right now, but one was reportedly sold at auction for $6,000.
The Skuna, the Leonine Rakan character was inspired by sramanic (wandering monk) traditions of ancient India, which state that a rakan was a spiritual practitioner who has achieved the goal of nirvana.
Cyber Stein was the prize card from the very first Shonen Jump Championship series and is rare and valuable. Only 18 of the special Cyber Steins were awarded at the Shonen Jump Championship events from December 2004 to July 2005. These Shoen Jump Championship Cyber Steins go up for sale from time to time and typically sell for a few thousand dollars if they’re in mint condition.
Initially only these 18 prize cards were the only Cyber Steins to exist in the world, but a few more were released at other events. It is estimated that about 126 Cyber Steins were given out.
Cyber Stein is one of only two Shonen Jump Championship prize cards banned from tournament play – they were legal at one point – with the other card being Crush Card Virus.
The Armament of the Lethal Lords is another tournament prize card worth thousands more than the paper it was printed on. A few of Armament of the Lethal Lords cards were given out at the 2006 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, making them unavailable to everyone else. Reportedly, one Armament of the Lethal Lords was sold for $9,000, but the seller was originally asking for $1 million.
Although the Armament of the Lethal Lords card has never received an official card game release, the character appeared in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 video game.
While all Yu-Gi-Oh tournament prize cards are technically rare, not all are notable or necessarily valuable because they are seldom put up for sale – tournament winners would rather hold on to their special hard-won prizes. Only three copies of the Iron Knight of Revolution were given out at the 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship. Like a few of the other special tournament cards, only one Iron Knight of Revolution was ever sold and earned its seller $12,999!
Along with the Sanctity of Dragon card given out at the 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, the Iron Knight of Revolution are the first match winner cards that are Link Monsters.
The Amatsu-Okami of the Divine Peaks card is not quite as rare as some of the other tournament prize cards on this list. A few were given out to the top players (not champions) of all three categories of the 2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships. So far, only one Amatsu-Okami of the Divine Peaks was put up for sale and it reportedly fetched $18,800!
A different version of the Amatsu-Okami of the Divine Peaks card was given out at the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019 Japanese qualifiers as prizes. A few of these cards are for sale on eBay, priced between $233 to $534.
This special edition of the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon was another one-of-a-kind tournament prize, given to the winner of the 2001 Asian Championships. The card popped up for sale at the Card Shop Spiral store in Akihabara in 2018 and was listed at 45 million yen (about $417,2809). The tournament Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon comes in a special box that was signed by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi. There haven’t been any updates on whether or not someone has actually bought the card yet.
The original owner of the special tournament Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, saku06s on Twitter, “jokingly” tried to sell the card for 99.9 billion yen (US$904 million) in 2016, but received no bids.
Tyler chose to create his very own Yu-Gi-Oh card and 4Kids Entertainment Inc. honored Tyler’s wish. Tyler the Great Warrior was finished in 2005 and Tyler and his family were invited to tour the U.S. Yu-Gi-Oh facility in New York City.
Tyler the Great Warrior’s design was inspired by popular Dragon Ball character Trunks.
The winner of that first Yu-Gi-Oh tournament laid low with their coveted prize for many years before suddenly listing the Black Luster Soldier card for sale in 2013. The seller asked for an eye-popping $10 million, but the card reportedly sold for $2 million. The high value and its truly special nature make the Tournament Black Luster Soldier the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh card ever in the world.
While normal Black Luster Soldier cards are game legal, this special Black Luster Soldier card cannot be used in tournament play.
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