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Your Friend Derek Now #1 Card Marketplace After eBay/TCGPlayer Boycott
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Your Friend Derek Now #1 Card Marketplace After eBay/TCGPlayer Boycott

On May 22nd, the eBay owned TCGPlayer fired more than 220 employees in its Syracuse, N.Y. Authentication Center, in an attempt to avoid negotiations with the workers' union. With the…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight May 27, 2025
A Master Duel banlist, within which is a smaller Master Duel banlist, with the symbols indicating Forbidden to Limited status change for a Yugioh card. The words They unbanned BANLISTS?! are seen above.
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Master Duel Banlist Changed From Forbidden to Limited

Konami Digital Card Games has just unveiled a new Forbidden/Limited list, effective from June 1st, 2025. The full list is as follows: Upcoming Forbidden/Limited List UpdateThe "Master Duel" Forbidden/Limited list…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight May 20, 2025
Woman in hospital bed, with a speech bubble above her from beyond the image saying "you've been in a come for 9 years" and a speech bubble from the woman saying "I can't wait to open Retro Pack 2 and pull Gorz, the Emissary of Darkness!"
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Retro Pack 2 Relaunch Doubles the Odds; Secret Rares now in 1/500 Packs

Konami has just announced the reprint of a reprint set Retro Pack 2 from 2009, much to mild excitement of the community. The set, which primarily reprints the cards that…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight May 16, 2025
Pope Leo XIV Declares Martha No Longer Locks Into Exosisters
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Pope Leo XIV Declares Martha No Longer Locks Into Exosisters

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV has made a stunning announcement during his first papal adress, declaring, that starting from today, Exosister Martha will no longer lock the player using…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight May 9, 2025
Reach YCS Day 2 to Receive Gagaga Magician With a ‘You Tried’ Sticker
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Reach YCS Day 2 to Receive Gagaga Magician With a ‘You Tried’ Sticker

Konami has unveiled brand new prizing for the greatest players in the TCG scene, who are able to conquer more than a thousand other competitors and reach Day 2 of…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight May 7, 2025
Employee Responsible for Cheap Mitsurugi 2nd Wave Fired
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Employee Responsible for Cheap Mitsurugi 2nd Wave Fired

Following a nail-biting top cut of YCS Providence, in which Charley Futch took the gold with Mitsurugi Ryzeal, a sudden surge of interest in the TCG-exclusive archetype made it one…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight May 5, 2025
Heartbreaking: Guy Unaware His Worst 5 Cards are on Top of Deck
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Heartbreaking: Guy Unaware His Worst 5 Cards are on Top of Deck

Pittsboro, North Carolina. Round 8 of a Regional, Isaac P. Maslow, currently 6-1-1, just presented his deck for his opponent to cut. After receiving back his absentmindedly shuffled cards, Isaac…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight April 29, 2025
Small Nation Powered Entirely By Dzeeff Roulette Series
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Small Nation Powered Entirely By Dzeeff Roulette Series

A small European nation of Estvania has successfully started their first independent power plant, this one powered entirely by YouTuber Dzeeff's world-renowned Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The historic event for the nation…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight April 24, 2025
Screenshot of a YouTube video player, showing a still from the Yugioh Animation Chronicle of Sky Striker Ace - Kagari. There is text saying "How Long?!" and an arrow pointing to the video duration of 3 seconds out of 8 total.
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Next YGO Chronicles Animation Set to Be as Long as a Whole 48 Frames

The long-awaited Konami Animation project, set to feature archetypes and cards from the game itself, has finally released to a mixed reception. Although the animation quality, voice acting and the…
Posted by Avatar photo Jackson Leight April 21, 2025
Deck Profile: 4-0 Ghostricks W/ 9×19 mm Glock Engine
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Deck Profile: 4-0 Ghostricks W/ 9×19 mm Glock Engine

Hey all, today I managed to do what many considered to be impossible in the current meta - I won my very competitive locals with none other than Ghostricks! To…
Posted by Avatar photo Moonlit Chill April 19, 2025

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