Maybe The Rarest Pack In Yu-gi-oh! History, And You Probably Opened It As A Kid

[@Shadow784444]

I gotta say I'm loving these documentary videos you're making Cap. I always work on Sundays and they're always a great listen. Work doesn't seem so bad because I know there'll usually be a new episode to listen to. 👌

[@brandonscott5544]

Megacapitalg Great Great yugioh McDonald's video 🔥💙⚡️✌️

[@pricingace-rojas9571]

Not a single regret in my life tearing into these, when I was little card packs were expensive for my mom but food was something we could spend money on so I got to open more than a few of these packs and even though I never pulled anything good I still have such a good memory of it all

[@forgettable8300]

I feel that bro

[@mischievous-shark6016]

This is prime early 2000's Yu-Gi-Oh at its finest. Cheesy advertising, fast food, and children's card games. You can just look at the cards and immediately tell what era they were from. Thank you for the blast from the past Cap!

[@Plainswalker]

Yeah it was the first release of elemental hero electrum

[@jamesgratz4771]

Before sweaty incels and diddlers took over the game

[@princered10]

@@jamesgratz4771 How can they take over something when they've been there from the beginning (as children)?

[@Menion98]

This set in particular doesn’t tickle my nostalgia but the other McDonald’s set Elemental Hero Electrum, Mudballman and most importantly to me White-horn Dragon were the best to open up

[@harry9828]

Bro I lost my electrum not even an hour after I pulled it 😩

[@ThunderWarriorZX]

I still have my White Horn Dragon from that set, sadly rest were lost.

[@justinkassel4281]

White Horned dragon is a dope card

[@iceman3317]

I remember wanting to go to McDonalds just because I wanted the E Heroes which is my favorite card type in all of Yugioh. I think I ended up getting both of them at the same time :D

[@KingKuda420]

I remember seeing the alternate art work for spark man and Burstinitrix and thinking they would end up being rare pieces of art. Idk how that held up

[@Allelujah19]

I remember getting the Millennium Shield in my first and only pack when I was a kid.

[@codywilliams7910]

Same for me but with Cosmo Queen.

[@luckypikachu4892]

I'm pretty sure McDonald's did this type of thing again during the GX Era. I remember getting a pack that had The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

You're absolutely right! I remember me and my brother received that promo I think twice each. Among all the cards combined, we did pull a Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, as well as the fusion materials for a Pragtical.

[@alfredgomez3128]

I worked at one during that time, hoarded a handful of these if we had spares. I remembered the first MCdonalds promos when those GX sets came out, with a damaged Turtle Bird and Cosmo Queen as my only survivors.

[@RrraverCrow]

They did. I believe the chase card was White-Horned Dragon.

[@cardioandfriends]

Definitely. I got an Elemental Hero from this

[@Merik2013]

There was a second Mcdonalds pack in 2006. For a long time it was the only way to get Meteor Dragon. However, Meteor Black Dragon wouldnt come to the TCG until we got the Premium Collection tin in 2012. Honestly, the set had much better pulls than the first set. Mist body, White Horned Dragon, Flute of Summoning Kuribo, E-HERO Mudballman, and E-HERO Electrum all premiered in this set as well as alternate arts of Burstinitrix, and La Jinn.

[@seki108]

I remember wanting Cosmo Queen or Millenium Sheild so bad, but then getting Goddess of the Whim.........and developing a crush. Not all bad on the one pull I got while it was active. And the music on the disk was decent. Strangely, someone reuploaded the original Rap on KZbin a while back but then it got region blocked when I tried to relook later when I was using a VPN. I guess someone in business remember that ancient thing still.

[@mojothemagickcrafter7635]

Oddly enough my first pull was Cosmo Queen. Also, does "no matter what' sound oddly like Nickel Back?

[@SaberWolf94]

Because it wasn't very conventional to get these cards it was actually a good thing that they weren't very competitive and mostly collectable. If it had competitive cards you could only get from there, it would create a situation like Morphing Jar, big demand not enough supply and many competitive players would have a big edge over others.

[@speedduelbro]

I remember pulling Dark Piercing Light and being like, “Maaaaaannnnn! This is just a worse version of Swords of Revealing Light! At least its a shiny….” Teenager Me was not happy. Lol

[@about7grams]

i thought i was going crazy at 6:32 because of kaibas eyes but then i realized it probably follows the mouse around

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Hey Capital G, could you make a video on Takahashi and his noble sacrifice? It's sad we lost the man man who taught us all the love of the game and heart of Heart of the cards; but even sadder that he lost his life without recognition til recently! I feel you'd give him some much needed justice with your coverage, because though he lived a gamer, he died a hero! May he never be forgotten for his heroism.

[@PinClockFuntime]

Ah yes, the set single-handedly responsible for "(Except Frog the Jam)"

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I still got my McDonalds Pegasus disk, Yugioh cards, and other Happy Meal goodies! Heck, I even used White Horned Dragon in my Blue Eyes Deck! I was Kaiba's age when I got into the game in 2002, so I knew saving these treasures would benefit my ever expanding collection.

[@ptbunz2501]

I loved millennium shield. I actually had the music to duel by and would play it on repeat when dueling my best friend at the time.

[@Zeikier]

I remember going to McDonald's and asking for a couple packs during this promotion. I got Yaranzo, Ushi Oni, Turtle Bird, and Millenium Shield. I've since traded the Shield away but it felt good landing an UR!

[@BassDS1990]

I remember getting Millennium Shield out of my only pack. I felt so good pulling it. A partnership with McDonalds truly is the crème de la crème in the promotional business, but you need to make sure all your ducks are in order or it might backfire…good example was back in 94 when Sega partnered with them for Sonic 3’s release…except the development was hell and because they had that concrete date they couldn't change; it’s what led to the game getting split in half. Dealing with the Golden Arches has its risks, so plan accordingly to promote your products, which luckily is what Upper Deck did here.

[@NitroNEXT]

4Kids had been hugely succesful with Pokemon. It practically sparked the anime boom of the late 90s/early 00s. They had also had a succesful Burger King tie-in with the Pokemon movie prior so It's not as surprising as you're making it out to be. McDonalds trusted them due to their great track record with kids anime. Unfortunately, I don't remember this promotion ever being a thing in the UK, which adds to the rarity of some of these cards. They seemed to be US exclusive.

[@w0rmblood323]

If it's the McDonalds card pack, I remember going every day for a week to get one after school. I did the same thing when McDonalds did PS2 demos. Wish I saved those, demos have become quite the collectors item.

[@07Sader]

Didn't have TV when I was a kid, so I missed it entirely. A bit of a shame too since my grandma would take my brothers and I out on Thursdays in that time. Anyway, how could anyone deem this set a failure? It had the legendary card so powerful it haunted Jinzo's dreams and its own archetype had to exclude it for obvious balance reasons, Frog the Jam!

[@YaoMingsFriend]

I need that yugi rap for open deck night.

[@vanesslifeygo]

Cosmo Queen -- the real ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense.

[@SaberWolf94]

McDonald's Promotional Card Series? They were only around for a few weeks towards the end of 2002 so even 20 years ago they were sparse. Never managed to open one even from back then.... Definitely no chance for that now either.

[@josephozturk3288]

The cards are cheap but I still have my packs they sold millions of them

[@josephozturk3288]

I still have the soundtrack

[@retroprogamer7009]

Burger King had something way more obscure which nobody knew back then or really remembers now. Not for Yugioh but Duel Masters. They once had some regular Toys like any other Theme. But there was one that could shoot out Cards. And it came with a random Card. Nothing special like these here but some rare and even Holographic Cards turned into a regular common and then even got a Burger King Stamp on the Artwork.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

5:03 making Kaiba's eyes do that is worth the purchase itself!

[@mcdoogle_robotman]

I remember the cards I had the white horned dragon....I think that's what it was called....good times.

[@buffhammer7172]

These lyrics... "I'm not just watching the score, what matters is my grandfather's been kidnapped" where was I for this 🤣🤣🤣

[@animefan25]

I got started in YuGiOh while in college. I picked up a Cosmo Queen via Ebay.

[@MadMylesy]

Been playing since 2006 but competitively since 2010. Honestly cap, your documentary videos are the best to watch, brings me flash back memories of the old days. Unlike other yugitubers, yours are interesting fun to watch and i actually learn something from someone whos been in the belly of the beast and experienced stuff. Can you please make a video of every banned spell and trap. I really liked the ban monster 1.

[@RuggedRing]

5:04 Kaiba's eyes lol

[@tehsuki11]

I remember playing stuffed animal as my main in the game-cube games, then finding out the card existed. I went to my first card shop to dig through the commons to find one. Not related as much to McDonalds, but it shows these cards may have not been powerful inherently, but they do still hold memories all the same!

[@baval5]

Cosmo Queen: The ultimate-er wizard in packs with burgers and fries.

[@vanesslifeygo]

that banner with Compensation of Blood is sick. It's also realistic. What do you expect to happen with fighting and violence? There is blood and gore and you'll need stitches are being dragged across cement or mauled by their animal. It's not just anime skin wounds.

[@iceman3317]

I remember that. Although the songs I had were One Card Short, No Matter What, and Not Gonna Panic.

[@xOmniCloudx]

The CDs! I forgot all about these until now. Thanks for taking me back!

[@otangakudyokeman7124]

04:31 YO DID THE KING OF GAMES DUEL SOME RANDOM SOCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@otangakudyokeman7124]

The Rap legit seems to me something MBT came up with recently ...

[@kish45]

Anytime my family went to McDonald’s when these were out they always were sold out of em.

[@linkinsg]

I remember the music CD, I was really into the anime at the time and was happy to get my own cards since money was tight and parents couldn't spare money for cards. I listened to the music on that CD so much, unfortunately its now lost and I don't remember the cards I got in the pack

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

I only remember the GX promo. In fact, I still have two of the checklists we got from that promo. I don't know what happened to the actual cards though.

[@Andys_Auto]

I specifically remember getting these packs at McDonald's back in the day quite a bit actually. I had no idea it only lasted 3 weeks. I must have been eating McDonald's every other day cuz I swear I probably got 15 to 20 of those packs. Then again I may have asked my mom to order my younger brother the larger mighty kids meal too so I could get more cards lol.

[@frankkelly8261]

I've built several variations on low-level normal monster spam decks and Frog the Jam has been a staple in each one. Thank goodness I was able to snag three from a friend!

[@waltcruz1631]

I remember it brought a cool deck holder and it could hide a card

[@humanomoly9620]

I kid you not I had totally forgotten about the mighty kids meal even being a thing until I heard it on this video.

[@hamsandwich6685]

I managed to trade for the ultra rare McDonald's promo millennium shield, but it was creased like someone curled it in their fist. I must have either traded it, or it got stolen from me when I had to restart my collection almost entirely in 2006, because a friend took them. Even in that terrible of condition, it was sad to lose that one. He didn't get my first SDK Blue-Eyes from 2002 though.

[@duane_313]

I was 11 years old in 2002 and I got my first deck for Christmas: Starter Deck Kaiba.

[@codyfranczak4493]

yo these packs gave out cosmo queen back then she was actually really good.

[@Un7azed123]

I hope they come back!

[@DARTZZZZZ]

Cosmo queen was my favorite card

[@yugiohmemoryarc]

Bought so many back then, but there was no nostalgia yet so many treated them like trash. The only playable was dark piercing but book of taiyu was better for morphing jar decks. Many were reprinted from original promo packs with secret rares of a chunk of the monsters.

[@demiremi]

good ol 2000's promotions, nothing like it these days!

[@greengandalfziggy1]

I actually recently uncovered sealed copies of the Yugi, Kaiba, and Pegasus CD roms (complete with sealed boosters) in my collection, forgotten for many years. Don't even remember how I got them lol, and now I'm unsure of what to do with them or how best to sell them.

[@thegreatgrapehippo1614]

This video sent me back and made me realize that I had every one of these cards. Toad the Jam is to this day my favorite monster in the game. He's ugly and dumb and I love his name

[@jbear48]

I remember this collaboration. Great music

[@rightinthedome9973]

I pulled a Cosmo queen out of a pack. Was my favorite card and was destroyed when it got a creased. It hasn't left it's hard sleeve ever since. So 20 years or so lol

[@MadaraUchiha-wf4iv]

Excellent as usual, I remember thinking oh this pack...yeah this pack Cosmo Queen...and another Turtle Bird lol.

[@animeknight99]

That Thumbnail looks good 👍

[@janithernest3929]

Frog the jam Kappa

[@OmegaChase1002]

Millenium Shield. The phantom 8th Millenium Item.

[@lianaverwood9810]

If they ever came to Australia, they were limited to the Metropolitan areas like every other gaming Promotion imported here at the time. We did get the next Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Happy Meal promotion, though I really wanted to get that Millenium Shield for my deck back then...

[@herrickmenry]

Was lucky to get a bunch of packs at a McDonalds. Got the whole set in a night. Was a magical Christmas season.

[@Diegoxo9]

I remember I pulled cosmo queen from the McDonald’s pack that shit was lit when I was 7

[@258thHiGuy]

Gotta love that Frog the Jam

[@Dragon66898]

I actually got into Yu-Go-Oh! through McDonald’s and my favorite card came from McDonald’s and that card is White Horn Dragon.

[@themanwiththepan]

the background track sounds like stuff from newgrounds bumps

[@zupermanzzh3980]

I was so young when I had Cosmo Queen that I thought it was a easy card to get since there was blue eyes white dragon and dark magician. And now that I am old enough to tell how valuable something is I regret losing Cosmo Queen.😭😭😭😭😭

[@sullyshaheed4972]

This promo taught me how to "Accept Frog the Jam", not, "Except From the Jam".

[@aireon9324]

I think my McDonald's had different cards, I remember this collab when I was a kid, and I got 2 packs during, and I remember having a fairy spring of rebirth, beaver warrior, and a penguin monster, but I can't remember the other card I had, still trash but surprised those weren't in the line up. I mean, my parents never bought me REAL cards till I was like 15, so 10 years later, so I know I didn't get them from anywhere else

[@Hozagen]

I bought one in a flea market in Mexico and got Cosmo Queen, I should've keep it instead of trading it.

[@aboundingvampirekiller2048]

1:20 Hahaha best takeaway

[@maximusdie1]

4 some reason I just thought of a Apocalypse and 1 of those yugioh discs being all that remained of us what would the aliens think xD

[@lordjunko]

"probably opened them as a kid" im literally 3 years old

[@christiankim6864]

No ones gonna talk about kaiba’s eyes tracking the cursor? Really ?

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Huh, I have a Cosmo Queen somewhere, I'll have to dig it out!

[@zombiemanjosh]

I ruled the playground with Cosmo Queen

[@icalloutshittymusic7396]

No one had a BEWD? lol

[@zombiemanjosh]

@@icalloutshittymusic7396 Everyone and their grandma did, even me. But Axe of Despair and a field spell was enough to trounce them in battle, and I was one of the handful of kids that understood the utility of removal cards back in the day where everyone just had a 40+ card pile of mostly shitty vanilla beatsticks and maybe a Dark Hole or 2.

[@dakotastein9499]

when i was a kid i went out of my way to try to attain these cards...other kids thought i was insane for wanting them when i said theyed be valueable since they are just "common cards" alot of poeple dont understand thate "common" in a pack does not always equate to common in general. and promotional cards are and will always be,by definition rare and valueable...even if a card gets reprinted,there will be a destinction between two indivitual cards. i never got the whole set though...i ended up getting 3 leged zombie,turtle bird, takriminos (my favorite from the set) and cosmo queen. the same can be said about cards from the Magic ruler set,ontop of it being long out of print,than name change was a huge spike in value for the origional cards. because of this i would also go out of my way to get those cards,one of the most rarest cards ive ever owned way my first eddtion MRL serpant night dragon. unfortunately it seems true collecters are something of a minorety in the yugioh comunity as it seems as playablitiy has a commanding effect on what cards go for,with a few exceptions.

[@mrmar-que6307]

I kept getting that damn Penguin.👿

[@MrThetruthhurts]

Great history lesson on the game. Thanks.

[@superilikeeggsyo]

I begged my parents to get this for me when I was a kid. I got the pegasus CD and it bricked my parents' toaster-tier PC at the time. This somehow convinced my parents that McDonalds was peddling Malware. Fortunately, they somehow failed to associate yugioh itself with the computer's untimely demise, so I was able to get my yugioh cards for Christmas that year lol. As for the pack, I pulled fucking Megasonic Eye and my friend got Millennium Shield lol.

[@rawkguy4896]

I remember getting Cosmo Queen as an 8 year old and some douchebag middle schooler teenager traded me a busted up Dark Magician for it. At the time I was just flattered that a "cool kid" wanted to talk to me. Pretty pathetic how low some people will stoop for a children's card game

[@ClampEEGEE]

You accepted it, though. Just because he was a jerk doesn't mean the onus isn't on you to not be manipulated.

[@rawkguy4896]

@@ClampEEGEE its a pretty harsh lesson for a small kid but a lesson nonetheless.

[@mikeanzo1954]

Goddess of Whim originally didn't have once per turn on it. Pretty busted back in the day.

[@Dark-Star67]

That one person watching the thumbnail, pack in hand 😈 “oh you mean… this old thing”

[@prickayeey8420]

What matters more is my grandfather being kidnapped.. bars !!!!

[@GitraSilvermane]

I never got any of the cards from McDonald's but a few years ago a bought a bag of cards from a thrift store and the cosmo queen was on there. Ended up selling it for about $100. Thou I did get the CDs when I was younger and loved the hell out of rhem. I would play them and the Pokémon 2b a master CD all the time.

[@restionSerpentine]

I opened these as an adult... So many mighty kids meals... Trying to get millennium shield. did get a Cosmo Queen... No sheild

[@nightingaleseraph]

takriminos had some cool art.

[@Green42069]

So I'm assuming that kaiba's eyes follow the cursor but I didn't notice it until halfway through the video and it kind of freaked me out.

[@VJP8464]

I remember getting Takriminos. The weirdest, most useless, random, undeserving card for super rare rarity and I ended up LOVING it for some reason. To this day, it’s one of my favorite nostalgic cards ever Not bad for a card whose name for all I know could mean “Mutated Seaweed Creature”

[@thewarner2139]

Same. Something about the early 1500 normal monsters really resonated with me. Alligator's Sword, Takriminos, Blackland Fire Dragon, etc. They were perfectly balanced in stats and design.

[@NPC-nn4qe]

I was a Millennium Shield guy.

[@RetroTaylor94]

Got a Meteor Dragon and Millennium Shield from these.

[@h3llg3ar]

I opened this and the other McDonald's Yu-Gi-Oh set. Flying Penguin goes for $15 near mint. Sadly, many of these cards could use a reprint, seeing as it has been 20 years

[@jamesgratz4771]

I miss the game before it was waifus and diddlers

[@stephenbereznicki7506]

Say what you want about the commons, fine, to each their own, but do I have a soft spot for these cards, and not just the SR's and UR's. Still working on a deck featuring and utilizing the Normal Monsters, from both this wave and the 2nd McDonald's Wave during the GX Era. Heck, I once made a Slideshow "Tribute" Video to these Promo Cards, set to the song "One Card Short". Man, what I WOULDN'T do for a THIRD wave promotion!...

[@scottbain8415]

Am chilling in McDonald's watching some KZbin on my phone this Video pops up am in...

[@MegaCapitalG]

Algorithm Op

[@aboundingvampirekiller2048]

5:44 Yu-Gi-Oh Rap? Pfft it's gonna be like the Pokerap. 5:48 Actually no, this one doesn't rap monsters and isn't a repeated mess. This one cuts straight to the chase.

[@mikegreen2701]

Frog the Jam goated

[@ticklezcat5191]

I got zone eater, I think I still have it somewhere.

[@nikraa77]

is that anime clipat the start just a mcdonald's commercial? I could see them having something like that in Japan

[@MegaCapitalG]

It’s a old McDonald’s ad from Japan

[@tevinssj7609]

If you think about it McDonald’s kickstarted the frog & zombie deck with frog jam and 3 legged zombie. So without McDonald’s we wouldn’t have toadally awesome 🐸

[@SepherOfFire]

When I worked at McDonald’s as a teen I snuck so many of these