When Yu-Gi-Oh! first came out all the way back in Japan in the year 1997, nobody could have ever predicted that it would go on to spawn one of the largest trading card games in the world right up there with Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering. Given its worldwide popularity and the fact that it has been going strong ever since 1998, it's not surprising that thousands and thousands of cards have been made of the various monster, spell, and trap cards in its 30-year history. Show
Most of those, however, aren't worth a thing. Many players go through their collections at one time or another, hoping that they'll be able to buy something by selling their old cards — but they often amount to little more than a hill of beans. But if you were a hardcore player who attended the highest-level tournaments, then you might have some of the cards on this list. What separates a valuable card from a cheap one comes down to a few things. If your card is part of the first printing of the card, that's a good start. Another factor is if the card was printed in limited amounts. Some cards on this list are literally one-of-a-kind and you better believe they cost vast fortunes. Finally, the older a card, the higher its value. So let's get this list of the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! cards in existence started. Updated June 27, 2022 by Johnny Garcia: Yu-Gi-Oh! is a game that is showing no signs of slowing down. New sets continue to release, with hundreds of new cards being released into the game every year. These include both new cards and reprints of classics. As more versions of cards are released, other, rarer printings of them rise in price. The Yu-Gi-Oh! card market is constantly changing, with more cards popping up that were never seen in the first place. It's a very volatile market, and due to the scarcity of some cards, sometimes there has only been a single case of a card popping up for sale due to how rare they are. 20/20 Dark Magician Girl (#G311): $7,500
Dark Magician Girl is one of the most beloved and iconic monsters in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! The printing of this particular Dark Magician Girl was a Japan-exclusive as part of the... are you ready for this title? The Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Official Tournament Street Duel Legend of Power. Imagine fitting that on a poster. Anyway, you could have obtained this beautiful card from the very limited event. While there have been plenty of printings of Dark Magician Girl since then, the #G3-11 printing can fetch you a pretty penny, with the PSA10 Graded copies of the card averaging out to a value of $7,500. 19/20 Mirror Force (Bandai): $9,500
Before Konami became the exclusive manufacturer of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Bandai obtained the license from Toei Animation to produce Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of their own. This partnership was incredibly short-lived, as Konami took full control after only a year. This led to less than 200 Bandai branded Yu-Gi-Oh! cards being printed. The most valuable of these cards would be the iconic Mirror Force. The most stressful Trap card of the early days, Mirror Force has an iconic status for many. Its high rarity in the Bandai packs led to Bandai's Mirror Force being the rarest of the Bandai era. Currently, you can get a copy for a hefty $9,500. 18/20 Doomcaliber Knight (SJCS-EN006): $20,000 While Doomcaliber Knight's time in the limelight is long gone, it was a big deal in the earlier eras of the game, allowing you to tribute itself as a quick effect to negate the activation of a Monster effect and proceed to destroy it. While it's fallen out of the meta since then, its place on the secondary market has only grown. Specifically, the SJCS-EN006 printing has the highest value, sitting at a hefty $20,000. This was a price card for the SJC 2008 Championship, so only a select few exist in the world. 17/20 Grandopolis, The Eternal City (2013-EN001): $24,600 Grandopolis, The Eternal City was the last ever Xyz Monster Prize Card, given during the 2013 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships. This distinction has allowed it to enter into the top echelon of rare Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Grandopolis, The Eternal City has had a varied price, sometimes as high as $130,000. But it's currently worth $24,600. It was sold around quite a bit during 2020, but has been on a decline since the start of 2022. However, its value is still much higher than most cards avaliable. 16/20 Cyber-Stein (SJC-EN001): $25,500 Here we have it, folks, the very first Shonen Jump Championships Prize Card from all the way back in 2004, Cyber Stein! Fans of the game know just how devastating Cyber-Stein can be, and with how many Monsters it can summon now it can be game-breaking. It's lived a good part of its life on the banlist, though was recently set to Limited. While Cyber-Stein was originally a prize card, it would later be released in Dark Beginning 2 a year after the 2004 SJC. The other printings of Cyber-Stein are hardly valuable, but the SJC-EN001 printing will put $25,500 in your pocket. 15/20 Sakyo, Swordmaster Of The Far East (2015-EN002): $28,000 One of the many Pendulum Monster Prize Cards, Sakyo, Swordmaster Of The Far East was one of the prizes for those lucky enough to take part in the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships in 2015. It also holds the distinction of being the most expensive and rarest Pendulum Monster in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! The value of Sakyo, Swordmaster Of The Far East has remained rather static, being worth about $28,000, which is certainly nothing to scoff at. 14/20 Gold Sarcophagus (SJCS-EN005): $30,000 An early staple in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Gold Sarcophagus has seen play on and off depending on the meta, and is currently limited in the game. It can search literally any card from your deck, and Gold Sarcophagus was the card that ultimately defeated the Pharaoh in the final episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. It also was released as a prize card for Shonen Jump Championship in 2007. Unlike some other Prize Cards, this one was totally playable and might be part of the reason why it was so valued aside from its prize status. While Gold Sarcophagus has had plenty of printings cheap, the SJCS-EN005 version given as a prize has fluctuated in price — it's currently worth about $30,000. 13/20 Cyber Dragon (MF-03-EN009): $30,000
Back during the GX Anime, a series of toy tie-ins came with it. These were exclusive to the department store Sears and would come with cards of the toy. However, during the release of the third series of these toys, the cards were pulled before the shipping of them. These cards were believed to be lost, with some doubting their existence. However, in late 2020 Reddit user loserchris found a copy in their closet, finding gold in the way of Cyber Dragon. It was confirmed to be real and was auctioned off in a now-defunct Discord server for $30,000. 12/20 Grizzly, The Red Star Beast (2010-EN002): $31,888
Grizzly, The Red Star Beast is the other Prize Card from the 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships alongside Stardust Divinity. These two Synchro Monsters hold the distinction of being the rarest and most valuable Synchro Monsters in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh! It was a good time to be a Worlds competitor in 2010, as you would obtain some of the rarest cards ever released. Grizzly, The Red Star Beast in particular goes for $31,888. 11/20 Stardust Divinity (2010-EN001): $64,440 Despite coming out in 2008, the first Synchro Monster Prize Card wouldn't come out until the 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships. Over the years, Stardust Divinity has been sold a few times, with its first appearance on the internet auction scene in 2014. The price of Stardust Divinity has slowly gone up, currently resting at an astounding $64,440. Stardust Divinity is especially unique and rare, as it's the only Prize Card that is a Synchro Monster. 10/20 Kaiser Eagle, The Heavens' Mandate (2019-EN001): $70,000
Kaiser Eagle, The Heavens' Mandate was the price card for the prize card for the last World Championship in 2019 before in-person events went on hiatus. While the WCS events are looking to make a return in 2022, the value of Kaiser Eagle, The Heavens' Mandate has gone up due to its unique place in the game's history. It appeared once in 2021, and in 2022, is sitting at a very hefty $70,000 if you want to snag a copy of it yourself and own a special piece of Yu-Gi-Oh! history. 9/20 Legendary Dragon Of White (2012-EN001): $72,200
For a while, the Dark Magician counterpart of this prize card was much more valuable. However, in late 2021 the prizes began evening out, with a giant jump in value when it re-appeared on the market for the first time since 2015 (where it was sold for a mere $12). There, it was on par with the other prize card of the World Championship Seris 2012. Currently, Legendary Dragon Of White sits at $72,000, with a fairly static price since its giant price increase at the tail end of 2021. 8/20 Legendary Magician Of Dark (2012-EN002): $76,000 Is it any surprise that the rarest and most valuable Xyz Monster is a Dark Magician card? Legendary Magician Of Dark was a Prize Card during the tenth Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships in 2010. Since it was a milestone, both Prize Cards were based on Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes respectively, but Legendary Magician Of Dark has held a higher status in value. Listings for the card didn't pop up until 2020, but Legendary Magician Of Dark is worth $76,000 now, and the price you'll have to pay for the most prestigious Dark Magician collectible. 7/20 Des Volstgalph (SJC-EN002): $95,000 A card used by Yugi once in the anime, Des Volstgalph was the prize card for the second-ever Shoen Jump Championships in 2005. It's one of the hardest cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! to find. While other Prize cards were reprinted for the general public fairly quickly, it took four years for Des Volstgalp to be easily obtainable without taking out a loan. If you're after the SJC Prize Card version, however, you'll need a hefty amount of $95,000. Des Volstgalph had about a 36% drop in value in the middle of 2022, but remains one of the most expensive and valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. 6/20 Dark Magician (DTP1-EN002): $100,000
The utlimate wizard in terms of attack and defense, Dark Magician is one of the most iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of all time. Despite being a Normal Monster, Dark Magician still sees play in modern Dark Magician decks to this day. The DTP1-EN002 printing has steadily increased, reaching a high of $100,000 in the middle of 2022. This printing was exclusive to Duel Terminal, an essential vending machine for Yu-Gi-Oh! cards with special rarities. The DTP1 printing of Dark Magician was only obtainable through a Duel Terminal machine that only appeared at 2008's Comic Con. 5/20 Crush Card Virus (SJCS-EN004): $115,000 Crush Card Virus is an infamous card, and for a while was one of the hardest cards to obtain. Used by Kaiba in the original anime, only the winners of the 2007 Shoen Jump Championships could use it in real life. It was later printed in future sets, eventually winding up on the banlist before getting an errata. Crush Card Virus' Prize Card version is by far the rarest and most valuable Trap Card, and it's not even close. Thanks to its iconic status in both the anime and the actual TCG, the Shonen Jump version will fetch you a pretty $115,000 penny. 4/20 Tyr, The Vanquishing Warlord (WCPS-EN801): $199,000
Tyr, The Vanquishing Warlord is the rarest and most valuable Prize Card that could be obtained from a Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, with Tyr being the prize for the 2008 event. Its esteemed status has made it one of the most sought-after Prize Cards, and one of the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! cards ever. Tyr, The Vanquishing Warlord, like many other Prize Cards, has a steadily increasing value, with its last known pricing value at about $199,000. 3/20 Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (T3-01): $400,000
The mightiest monster in Seto Kaiba's deck, it took years for the card to be printed in English. Japan, on the other hand, got a version of the card as early as 1999. In 2001, the Asia Championships occurred, with first-place getting a copy of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, complete in casing signed by the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kazuki Takahashi himself. It popped up on sale at Card Shop Spiral in Japan, going for a whopping $400,000 (or 45 million yen). It's the rarest Blue-Eyes and Fusion Monster, as this version of the card is one of a kind. Only one has ever been made. 2/20 Black Luster Soldier (Stainless Steel): $10,000,000
Black Luster Soldier was used by Yugi in the original anime and is nothing more than a vanilla Ritual Monster. While these versions aren't rare or valuable at all, a special version of Black Luster Soldier was given to the winner of the first-ever Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament Duel Monsters 1 — it was printed on Stainless Steel. As reported by Kotaku in 2013, the owner decided to put it up for sale for ten million dollars, the highest price for any card from any trading card game ever. There's only one in existence, and it's the only time cards were printed on stainless steel, making it one of the rarest, if not the rarest trading card of all time. 1/20 Tyler The Great Warrior: Priceless
Despite the price of the Stainless Steel Black Luster Soldier, there's another card that's even more valuable than that. In 2002, a young boy named Tyler was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer and had to go through rigorous surgery to treat it. Make-A-Wish caught wind of the story and got in touch with both Tyler as well as 4Kids to allow the boy to design his own card. This led to the creation of Tyler The Great Warrior, the only Make-A-Wish promo card in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh! The story has a happy ending as well, as Tyler beat cancer and is currently living a healthy life. He has reportedly received offers to buy the card, but he appears to have no intention of selling it. Next: Yu-Gi-Oh! Most Powerful Decks In The Game's History, Ranked |
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