Anyone a long time player of Yugioh? I need a bit of advice.
Well, in my bi-weekly run through the local Salvation Army, I found a couple of tins of Yugioh cards for cheap. Doing a bit of research, it looks like most of these cards were acquired around 2009. 95% of the appear to be commons, and the other 5% are some form of rare.
Good grief! I started looking into Yugioh card rarity and it seems like their's 1,000 different types of variations. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone could tell me of any cards from that era I should look for? "Rare" cards seem to actually be common in Yugioh (bummer) so I doubt I have anything of much of worth. Also, are there any commons that are worth anything because they are really solid cards?
Thanks for any advice. There are a TON of these cards since this game is really old. I would appreciate any helpful info from anyone who knows. I would join a Yugioh forum but, eh, why create a new account when there is a good chance that someone on here could possibly help.
Side-note, if anyone IS a Yugioh collector and might be interested in the lot, all of the cards seem to be in pretty good shape. I can take photos of all of the rares, and maybe we can work out a trade. I'm not interested in taking cash necessarily, but a trade of cards for games could be cool.
Good grief! I started looking into Yugioh card rarity and it seems like their's 1,000 different types of variations. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone could tell me of any cards from that era I should look for? "Rare" cards seem to actually be common in Yugioh (bummer) so I doubt I have anything of much of worth. Also, are there any commons that are worth anything because they are really solid cards?
Thanks for any advice. There are a TON of these cards since this game is really old. I would appreciate any helpful info from anyone who knows. I would join a Yugioh forum but, eh, why create a new account when there is a good chance that someone on here could possibly help.
Side-note, if anyone IS a Yugioh collector and might be interested in the lot, all of the cards seem to be in pretty good shape. I can take photos of all of the rares, and maybe we can work out a trade. I'm not interested in taking cash necessarily, but a trade of cards for games could be cool.
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I found this list, I don't now how accurate it is. I'm actually kind of curious myself now.
http://yugiohprices.com/top_100?rarity=not+relevant
I actually like the idea because that way a critical game isn't impossible to obtain for a player-- the effectiveness of a player isn't contingent entirely on their budget. Still, it makes valuing cards quite difficult because for some of these cards, I don't know their rarity classification because I don't know the tell-tale signs.
It appears that all cards are common, however, a foiled name is "Rare" A full foiled card is "Super Rare", then their are Ultra Rares, Elite Rares, Ghost Rares, Rainbow Rares, etc., etc. It will fry your brain...
Seems like an eBay reseller created that system...
It appears that all cards are common, however, a foiled name is "Rare" A full foiled card is "Super Rare", then their are Ultra Rares, Elite Rares, Ghost Rares, Rainbow Rares, etc., etc. It will fry your brain...
Seems like an eBay reseller created that system...
It was a pretty odd system they came up with. From what I understand, very few (if any) standard release cards are considered to be "rare" even if they are some type of foil.
Yes, I guess I could use something like that. The problem is that for any single card, there can be 5-6 variations. "Rarity" isn't like other games. It appears that all cards are common, however, a foiled name is "Rare" A full foiled card is "Super Rare", then their are Ultra Rares, Elite Rares, Ghost Rares, Rainbow Rares, etc., etc. It will fry your brain as a new... and all of these cards are variations of the common ones, from what I gather.
I actually like the idea because that way a critical game isn't impossible to obtain for a player-- the effectiveness of a player isn't contingent entirely on their budget. Still, it makes valuing cards quite difficult because for some of these cards, I don't know their rarity classification because I don't know the tell-tale signs.
The foil lettering is "Rare," which were 1-per pack. "Super Rare" was the foil photo, and "Ultra Rare" was both lettering and photo. "Secret Rare" had some sort of distorition in the foiling, if I'm correct, and "Ultimate Rare" had some kind of metallic finish-type look to it. I know they've come up with tons of other "rare" variations too.
If that's not enough to give a guy a headache, cards were also marked with "First Edition." Even better than that, a card can see many different releases as well.
Here's the original Blue-Eyes (from the show and Starter Decks):
Then they came out with these:
They are all the same card, with absolutely nothing different about them other than the photo and the set in which they were released.
Great time to be finding SDK and blues, let alone 1st Ed! If you have any questions I have alot of friends who could help and I know a thing or two as well as in another life, I collected and did some judging back in the day. ( Not exactly huge, it was a toys r us but fun times were had) They released blue eyes support recently which made it relevant, and alot of people feel the need to play super expensive cards for God knows what reason. (Ever see someone bridge shuffle? Makes me shiver remembering that.)
SDK Blue-Eyes going up in value a ton?
I had one or two, can't remember if they were 1st Ed or not. I absolutely loved that card.
Regarding commons on eBay, I'm sure there are some of worth for their usability but after skimming many auctions, practically everything I've found has been some form of rare. A standard, common card just isn't desirable. Ah, oh well. I'll lot the rares/ultra rares and commins separately and see what I get out of it.
Oh heck yeah! It peaked a bit a few monthes back, but it's probably the best art (debatable) of blue eyes. For a minute there even really lousy copies were 15 bones. You wouldn't believe it but the yugioh market/community is even more crazy then video games, as yugioh is very much a hype game. Blue eyes being especially hype as it had the nostalgia with it too
IMO it's the most iconic card, even over Dark Magician, Exodia, and the three Gods, so I can totally see it being high priced.
When I stepped out of the game, I couldn't even give away my cards let alone sell them, so to see some of these cards going for a ton is kinda interesting to me.
Thanks guys. I'll try to sort out my lot. It's probably about 600-700 cards so it's hard to guess which are valuable. I only picked up the box cause it was a few bucks and it really looked like kid opened packs, trhew them in the box and never touched them again, so basically every card looks mint. Of course, this could have been said-individuals discard box of cards they didn't.
Regarding commons on eBay, I'm sure there are some of worth for their usability but after skimming many auctions, practically everything I've found has been some form of rare. A standard, common card just isn't desirable. Ah, oh well. I'll lot the rares/ultra rares and commins separately and see what I get out of it.
yeah just set aside anything shiny you find in there and then look em up one by one. maybe even post pics and we could help more.
Thanks guys. I'll try to sort out my lot. It's probably about 600-700 cards so it's hard to guess which are valuable. I only picked up the box cause it was a few bucks and it really looked like kid opened packs, trhew them in the box and never touched them again, so basically every card looks mint. Of course, this could have been said-individuals discard box of cards they didn't.
Regarding commons on eBay, I'm sure there are some of worth for their usability but after skimming many auctions, practically everything I've found has been some form of rare. A standard, common card just isn't desirable. Ah, oh well. I'll lot the rares/ultra rares and commins separately and see what I get out of it.
I remember we had a local baseball card store that would pay $.01 a piece for the commons, might not be a bad idea to check around. At least it's something.
Kinda weird for sure, but I think the constant anime and new cards have kind kept it going. And all those old original starter deck cards got beat to all hell, so decent condition ones are a bit scare.
Yeah, we never used protectors and just carried cards in our pockets, so I can see why those would be more valuable.
Those old starter decks were awesome... Someday I'd like to have all the original ones, and a couple extras of Yugi and Kaiba to play around with.