The Truth About Rare Yu-Gi-Oh Cards

Rare Yu-Gi-Oh cards like Starlight Rare, Collector's Rare, and Ghost Rare are expensive and exciting to finally pull from a pack! But are they really a good thing for Yu-Gi-Oh?
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[@TeamAPS]

So what do you guys think? Are these extremely rare Yu-Gi-Oh cards a good or a bad thing?

[@chrisbegettinfaded9472]

I think it’s a good thing because people love that feeling of nostalgia and feeling like a kid again

[@memekyle3216]

Good obviously

[@TVIDS123]

They're good. I think they encourage people that don't play to buy a box every now and again because they could massively profit while also reminding themselves of their childhood.

[@AWGNTeam]

it's good that I don't care about them anymore so my money are safe

[@luzbautista7342]

I think the extremely rare cards are very good for the overall flow of Yugioh trading and selling. I don't like, however, when a very rare card is needed for a meta deck. It's a pain to buy so I just buy the single card off of my friends.

[@PKSparkxxDH]

Before anything else, this thumbnail is amazing. Well done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@thunderbunny1786]

PKSparkxx DatHottneSS never expected to see you here

[@sergioquesada398]

Big facts

[@shempatrick3233]

Didn't know that you were into yugioh. Know you from pokemon.

[@jeffrey14155]

Yoooo PK!!!! PK and Team aps collab coming soon? Would be fire!!!!

[@ghostanbu1099]

As a Magic player a lot of what is said here resonates with me. If you're looking to crack packs for chase pulls I have some bad news for you, it's a losing battle. The odds will always be against you so I highly recommend buying singles. That being said cracking packs can be fun and everyone should do what's best for them.

[@snekofspice8139]

I don't play Yugioh but these ghost rares, starlight rares, etc. really seem like expeditions/inventions/invocations to me, since they were in about 1/6 boxes. The only difference being, that as always in magic, there never are more affordable versions to chase rares.

[@aidanquiett668]

@@snekofspice8139 Our card games have many trade offs. Yugioh is near impossible to get into as a new player due to weird releases for sets (still cant wrap my head around what sets are for what player) and extreme complexity in game play, but its fairly affordable for the average player, where the most meta decks are often just about 300 dollars, and structure decks are viable for semi competitive play when used correctly (buy 3, make a deck from that for cheap and upgrade it if you enjoy it). Meanwhile Magic is incredibly expensive even for beginner friendly formats, and most sets are now designed where 99% of the set is worthless and the only time the chase mythics aren't the only valuable cards in the set is when WOTC screws up majorly and prints broken uncommons and bans them soon after

[@albertorodriguez2750]

Everything you said Paul was the truth. Appreciate you making a video like this. Yugioh is borderline gambling now-a-days and I sadly am addicted 😂.

[@CmangaNmusic]

I sadly must agree i might aswell take up poker at this point

[@heartofjustice6041]

i buy singles but theres once in a blue moon i buy a sealed box for fun so there is that

[@mournfulslasher940]

Fix yourself and stop buying so many damn packs

[@ishmaelvilmenay3340]

Bruuuuuh, the addiction is not healthy but we cannot stoooop.

[@kurekaiser4402]

u could say any trading card game is borderline gaming tbf

[@joshuasir_prodijay4540]

I actually wanted to pick up some boxes of Rage of Ra but I missed the preorders for my local and I knew about the ratio for Ghost Rare Ra and how some sellers could be selling you their leftover boxes so I did not buy any online. However, I was able to go to one of the several local Walmarts and Targets near me and I bought every blister and pack they had. 154 packs in total inside of 77 blisters. I literally pulled the Ghost Rare Ra in the last pack of the last blister.

[@Karzikann]

It's like keyboards: the more colors it can show, the cooler it looks and the more people want it.

[@bubble1506]

Razer wants to know your location

[@tachyontenthousand9215]

*sweats in rgb*

[@5y9h3r]

Lol this comment was way more relevant then I ever would have excepted, my girlfriend literally just got done showing me her new expensive keyboard that lights up all sorts of different colors and does different color changing patterns. It looks so pretty and cool and the irony of this being the very first comment I see after looking at that is just too much for me not to comment. Made my day XD

[@Dream_Machine450]

Not in all cases lol

[@namehere9668]

In the case of ghost rares, it’s kinda the opposite

[@silverbond6625]

Its very unlikely to get them, that's the truth.

[@Resolve777]

i just pulled a starlight triple tactile talents no cap

[@silverbond6625]

@@Resolve777 well, you're lucky, so people don't even have near the amount of luck you have.

[@fireice8828]

I pulled a starlight rare chamber dragonmaid out of my first box I’ve ever bought, an ETCO box 🍀 what’s more, I bought the box on Amazon

[@duelistalliance1071]

Ill always remember pulling yata garasu for the first time when lod dropped. That bird became my friend lol. He is still in jail :(

[@fireice8828]

Yata garasu was the first broken meta

[@duelistalliance1071]

@@fireice8828 yata garasu showed me konami had NO idea what they were doing. Just like dragoon shows us now 😅

[@fireice8828]

Duelist Alliance Yeah honestly they just make random cards and the player base figures out how to break them lol. There’s probably not much analysis of the meta going into their card designs

[@oscarruiz4233]

He is free now 😂

[@prehistoricplayer1132]

I remember pulling judgement dragon 1st edition when the pack dropped , the collector / pro duelist at our local shop ended up trading me his entire trading binder as well as a full six samurai (extra deck included ) as well as a full gladiator beast deck (with full extra deck as well) I traded with him in an instant, I will never forget that day! Those two decks I got won me and my brother 1st place in quite a few locals.

[@zarcperalta6378]

Bought a 2 packs of Eternity Code earlier in the Summer. I was not expecting a Starlight Rare pull from 2 Booster Packs.

[@dallasbarnett26]

Same I was out of town and bought a few and went home and opened them later and the room was dark and I'm like why is there this silver and pulled a chamber dragonmaid starlight. Pulling that had me shook.

[@zarcperalta6378]

vClasia Huh. What a coincidence. Because I also pulled a Starlight Chamber Dragonmaid.

[@dallasbarnett26]

@@zarcperalta6378 woosh, I sent mine in to get graded and hoping to get a 10 to keep no matter what.

[@zarcperalta6378]

vClasia I tried getting mine graded but I was broke asf at that time. Also, when I got it, I was pounding my chest like King Kong so yeah. I have mine locked up in my “ Treasure Chest” but not graded and will never be.

[@dallasbarnett26]

@@zarcperalta6378 I'm weak af but I completely understand my anxiety floored when I sent it to shipping but fort knox had nothing on the protection the card had🤣

[@JonoSSD]

That's the difference between TCG and OCG. OCG gives more rarities, better products, launches staples in multiple rarities so both collectors and people who don't wanna spend much to build their decks can have their fun. In TCG we only get more expensive stuff. And also less stuff. This year's tin didn't even have promos. Some years back Konami removed ghost and threw a stupid excuse, even though OCG still has it and now Ra is coming as ghost. Ultimates are now only in OTS. Rares are going away (and won't be replaced by supers). So what's the deal? The deal is that Konami doesn't care. As long as TCG players keep buying their shitty products with terrible ratios, less stuff than OCG, accept their banlists limiting or banning side cards so Konami can sell new (and extremely more expensive) ones, the company won't care or change. That's a pachinko company for ya.

[@thehomelander1146]

Facts

[@Tyler-Wiley]

Breakers of Shadow was the set where they stopped printing Ghost rares. Konami came out with an article explaining why they were discontinuing Ghost and Ultimate rare because it ended up costing them too much money due to the fact that they were including a foil in each pack.

[@Tyler-Wiley]

Why are they removing rares?

[@JonoSSD]

​@@Tyler-Wiley that'd be cool and all, but OCG still have them. Sure, they have less secrets in a box as a trade-off, but I guess a lot of people would like the chance to pull up an Ultimate or a Ghost, even a reduced one. TCG also usually has more commons per box than OCG, especially now that Rares are gone (which I don't know why).

[@jimmyha1898]

@@Tyler-Wiley Yea that was an idiotic excuse, since the OCG never stopped with ghost and ultimate rares. Having a foil in each pack just reduced the value of super rares in general. Look at them now. They probably didn't make good sales in 2020 cuz of covid and all, so now they are suddenly adding ghost rares back in. It can't possibly be that expensive to print cards that are pulled once out of every case. They just want more money.

[@alter5794]

I love Ultimate rares they will always be my favorite as well.

[@imshaydin1324]

Cimoooooooo: “buy singles”

[@Mrrullings]

Back in the days i pulled the first print of DAD At this moment i was like THE Guy who pulled crazy at local x)

[@mysticstrikeforce5957]

un :) Sorry if i'm one of those people that does that.

[@Mrrullings]

MysticStrike Force thx I didn’t saw the fail tho ^^

[@Mrrullings]

Since my keyboard is not qwerty cause of english is not my mother language the auto correction has decided that it doesn’t know what the hell is the word « in » x)

[@LunaticKD1991]

I remember pulling Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy Of The End when they first released it from a booster pack that I bought from a flea market and I loved it and then I saw Kaiba, my favorite Yugioh character, play it and I loved it even more.

[@pontusmattsson7655]

Thats awesome..my favorite moment was in storm of ragnarok when at a pre-release I pulled ghost rare Odin and Valkyrie of the Nordic Ascendant So I could accualy summon odin in the pre-release..was probely my favorite pre-release I been too

[@user-gt1oz9mw2l]

10:43, my man didnt have to focus the camera on Larry like that

[@thecalieffect]

My nigga put my ghost rare flex out there.

[@jimmyha1898]

Rare cards are nice, but it does lead to price hyping and people hoarding them to cause artificial scarcity. Just because it's something like 1st edition LOB Blue-eyes or DDS blue-eyes, doesn't mean it's actually as rare as people claim. Time and time again, I have seen many posts on IG where 1 guy has like 50 1st edition NM copies of a "rare" card like LOD Yata-garasu or SM-51 Blue-eyes (OCG ultimate rare blue-eyes from 2001 that's supposed to be REALLY hard to get).

[@ASavageEye]

I can testify to the "not as rare as ppl claim" as I actually have 17 copies of 1st edition LOD Yata sitting in a tin. I also have 4 1st Edition LOB Blue Eyes. Had them all for years but in my defence I never ever cared about the prices of cards and so never knew the value of those ones until very recently. Dont know what to do now, sell them or keep them lol

[@BmanTheChamp]

I'm glad you brought up what you talked about in the last part of the video, Paul. It's something that most normal people fall into the trap of, they see their fave Yugitubers opening boxes and cases of packs and think "wow, that's awesome, it looks like such fun, I want to do that too!" not realizing that more often than not, as you mentioned, those Yugitubers usually make their money back and then some by doing the video, as well as sometimes not having to pay regular retail for said box or case. I know I'm guilty of this myself, so it's definitely something a lot of us should take into consideration.

[@arnoldabenesjr2321]

I have a ghost rare stardust dragon 1st edition and it's my most available and treasure card I own

[@infernious5491]

My most treasured card is my ghost rare Number 92 Heart Earth Dragon.

[@arnoldabenesjr2321]

@@infernious5491 1st edition or unlimited edition

[@infernious5491]

Arnold Abenes jr it’s unlimited edition.

[@white-eyesbluedragon1767]

@@infernious5491 nice i have bunjinki amaterasu ghost 1st edition

[@jadenyuki3138]

My most expensive card is my starlight rare effect veiler.

[@MateFold]

I bought a box of Magical Hero because the damn card was more expensive that the whole set and last time I opened a pack was 9 years ago, so I took the huge risk: if I pulled a Magician’s Souls the box was completely for free, but the chances of missing and having a lot of useless cards were huge. It turned out I pulled from that box one Magician’s Souls, but also The Dark Magicians, Soul Servant, Magician’s Combination and Apprentice Illusion. I’ve never pulled anything as good as that box. It was a miracle. And I believe that’s the thing you are saying. Yugitubers uploads miracles because that sells and make companies happy. But the big disclaimer here is that miracles can exist, sure. But won’t happen to you. Or maybe but the amount of resources you have to invest are too high and then it’s not a miracle, just an expensive purchase.

[@pharaohdomo]

Pulled my first starlight out of one box of Eternity Code I bought from my locals, was so hype 🔥

[@fireice8828]

I pulled my first out of one ETCO box I bought on amazon, starlight rare chamber dragonmaid

[@pharaohdomo]

Fire Ice awesome mine was ghost mourner & moonlit chill

[@Legobrat86]

I am more of a collector of yugioh than a player of yugioh. I buy 1 box of every set and if I don't pull at least 1 copy of each card in the set then I purchase the singles. I don't pay for ultra high rarity cards or limited print cards. I just go for the base set. 1 copy of each card for the binder. If I get more than 1 copy it goes into the storage box.

[@kayligillard2050]

Cool

[@kayligillard2050]

That’s a cool way to look at trading and not having to stress about having the best or most valuable stuff

[@MrMiyabi]

I love playing OCG sometimes, all the fun of yugioh at 1/3 the price.

[@dumon4264]

If only I could pull foils. Theres a guy where I live who buys all the packs, takes the foil cards out of them, puts a common in its spot from a different set and then returns them. Makes me really frustrated that grown adults stoop that low for a children's card game

[@howtoglove5672]

Hey Paul, great video! I especially like the editing in this one! But one thing that I think isn't totally accurate in it, is just because you open a chase card (ghost rare, starlight, collectors rare) in a case, it doesn't mean there's a lower chance for other boxes to have a ghost/starlight rare. Unless Konami completely maps their boxes (which I don't think is the case anymore, I think Konami tries to do a good job of really randomizing their pull rates), there are certain proportions that every box has a chance to pull a chase card. In the case of Battles of Legend: Armageddon, you have about one starlight in every 2 cases (or one in every 24 boxes). But that doesn't mean one case can't have more than 1 starlight. Some cases may have 3 starlights, and you might go 5 cases without pulling one. This is sometimes known as "rarity clumping" by some, but I'm sure there are other names this phenomenon is called. I think some sets have worse rarity clumping than other sets, but I think generally it's more accurate to think of the chance of pulling a starlight rare or ghost rare is one in every X boxes, or one in every (X * 24) packs. In the same way a coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads, you can go many coin flips without landing on heads, or you can land on heads many times in a row. Let's say you pull a ghost rare from your first pack in your first box in a Rage of Ra case. I don't think you can safely assume, the other 250 packs in the case are definitely not going to give you a ghost rare. Idk, I could be wrong though, and Konami might really make sure every case has only one ghost rare, but i've never seen any evidence of that. Great video my dude!

[@corbinkendall6330]

Love how a lot of yugitubers and other youtubers are showing my dude Charlie some love.

[@evschib]

This is a great video man. I really appreciate that you guys are so clearly doing everything you can to invite conversation and debate into the yugioh community. You guys do such a great job at being a positive presence in yugioh and it’s super awesome to see. Much love!!

[@pinkltonthecollector7348]

I got to say I really enjoy this channels content, but videos like this are very informative & they get you to think about how you collect, the nostalgia from ones hot pack pulls & the continued effort of hunting down those oh so tasty cards to finish off that set or Specialty Deck. Keep churning out these quality vids!

[@oak3785]

this type of video, wit hthe quality and presentation, is not seen anywhere else within the yugitube community. expected nothing less from APS

[@balrog121]

The ultimate rares being OTS pack exclusives really was a great move. Most people would agree ultimate rares look incomparably better to any other rarity, so pulling one out of packs that you legitimately won from good play is extremely rewarding. It also prevents the problem we always get with re-sellers inflating the prices of cards because OTS packs aren't for sale legitimately.

[@dx7gaming]

We agree 100%. We duel casually, are learning meta, but really love the collector aspect. That childhood "YES, I PULLED A 1ST ED. CHARIZARD" feeling. The Starlights, Collector Rares, and 10K dragon are totally epic. Love your channel btw.

[@XBLJipzi]

I agree with you Paul! I feel like opening single packs really has lost a lot of its luster since the old days. And most of us now are old enough that we have family’s and adult bills. So it’s hard to commit to cases, and so when buying singles you do kinda feel like you’re being cheated.

[@brandongauger4050]

"i dont like that konami making overall underwhelming sets and putting a chase card in there to drive sales" Welcome to Pokemon. Every set they just throw a zard in it to drive sales

[@AndreDevereaux]

You actually have a good valid point. Tbh I don't buy booster pack or booster boxes because it's like kinda like a "double sword per-say" like I bought you Legend of Dragons pack last month right got awesome pulls but I was just getting back into Yugioh.. so I heard the news that Winged Dragon of Ra is getting a ghost rare.. but it's 1% rate of pulling it. So if I buy the booster pack I would have hope to get it or just buy the booster box... and hope to get it... Or buy the case of the for the set.. but tbh what I do is just shop on TCGPLAYER or Troll and toad for Ultra Rare and etc... Straight to the point no bullshit.

[@aglovecraft]

Great analysis. The new starlights and pull ratios are not to my liking. The value of a secret rare is pretty low in these new sets. Buying packs is pretty pointless aside from the experience in my opinion.

[@evan937]

Yeah ever since getting back into yugioh recently I quickly learned to never buy packs. I only purchase either box sets with guaranteed rarities or the specific singles that I want....🤔🤨😄

[@labell2987]

I remember pulling Buster Blader out of Pharaoh's Servant when I was in elementary school and loosing my shit! Few years later I got all my cards stolen and never played again until a 3 years ago.

[@jrhocke]

Paul, this video is incredibly thoughtful and well put together as usual. Great job at putting everything together and making this video a good as all of your other content. I appreciate this.

[@joshuawenninger6439]

Then: Avoid buying sealed packs from random online vendors Now: Avoid buying sealed boxes from random online vendors.

[@501clonetrooper]

unfortunately box and pack mapping has become very common especially when there are starlights and ghosts. I have seen so many boxes and packs getting listed online and a bunch of chase cards with them.

[@KnifesIOS]

Just getting back into yugioh and it’s been fun,

[@That1powergamer]

thanks for the info! :) because if Saturday morning cartoons have taught me anything its "knowing is half the battle."

[@Gintaxis]

You're not wrong about being weary of single boxes online, but I'm okay with higher rarity cards. The bigger issue to me is how Konami for the tcg short prints & changes rarity for secondary market sales. Kind of like how mtg is about reprints because of the second market

[@Ornches]

I agree. I honestly don’t build another deck I like until the mega tins+reprint set of year.

[@ChicagoJon0]

Paul phenomenal opening scene I mean the editing the pace amazing keep up the great work.

[@slippers8000]

I'd be more than happy if they stopped short printing key cards for decks like the evil heroes or toon kingdom, instead having these special rarities for chase cards instead.

[@chasefeller1279]

I remember pulling a holographic catapult turtle in one of the original booster releases and was so excited. Just a random one pack purchase at a gas station with some friends.

[@snowboundwhale6860]

Thinking about the 3 Ghost Rare Rainbow Dragons I pulled as a teenager over a 2 year timespan, focusing on Tactical Evolution packs fruitlessly trying to get Vennominaga & Vennominon. Traded all of them to the same friend who actually knew about competitive play.

[@MrMadman212]

I think they are worth it. Even though you are “garuntee” a certain ratio of rarities in the core sets, it’s still worth the hunt; you can pull a starlight and be happy or pull a card you can sell, play, keep and be happy. Now the Ra and duelist packs I agree that it’s forcing us to buy packs that really don’t have anything good unless it’s worth a reprint. Now Battles of legends/hidden arsenal packs are a toss up depending on what is being reprinted and worth getting as a super or secret

[@bmcoyne88]

All I know is that I've been having troubles finding newer sealed product, at stores near me, as of late. Maybe the chase cards are part of that issue, or it could be that Konami is struggling to print out more product to go around. Who knows?

[@brandonmedlock7532]

😭 my man Paul is a real one looking out for the average player. Real MVP

[@Mikami151515]

Penguinz0 opened a lot of boxes. That sellling strategy probably happened to him.

[@Random1nesss]

he also stacked those all those boxes lol

[@mariotorres1318]

I remember buying 6 packs of LOB when they 1st came out and I pulled an ultra BEWD from the 1st pack I opened. It wad a sweet feeling.

[@VillyIsThatYou]

I think having more chase cards is a good thing overall. It makes opening packs so much more exciting. Just please remember that pack opening is gambling, and you're more likely to neg than plus. If money is tight for you (like it is for so many), don't take the risks. I remember going to my first Sneak Peak ever, Duelist Revolution and pulling that coveted Pot of Duality in my 5 packs. I had looked up the set online the night before and knew it was the card to pull, and I sold it for a lot of money to another person for a lot of cash. I was only 11 and selling that card for so much money gave me such a rush I went and bought another 5 packs with some of it, only to be disappointed opening 5 rares. It's okay to buy packs and get lucky, openings can be really fun, but always keep to a budget. Stay safe friends.

[@Death36669]

I do think that the tcg does get less love with rarities and such because the distributors try to squeeze more out of us, but when you do pull a super rare card it feels amazing. This why I mostly buy “collections” sets and mega tin stuff.

[@ariesthagemini6526]

Been watching penguiz0 for years and I'm very happy to see him getting in to collecting

[@royalmellon6811]

I love that you called out the youtubers making money on opening packs. A lot of kids are actually under the impression they can plus like their favorite youtubers. Thanks for being genuine

[@Kylora2112]

I think what would be best is the standard main set cards are all easy to get (so, common/super), and high rarities (ultra/secret) would be alternate rarities for "power" cards for collectors (so common and supers are in every pack, and you might get 1-2 ultras in every box and one secret in every 2-3 boxes). So everyone can *play*, and the collectors/power players can get their shinies.

[@Russianboyz95]

GX to mid 5ds was the golden era of yugioh in my opinion. I honestly stopped keeping up with the sets after 5ds. The elimination of ultimates and ghost as well as fundamental changes to the card design really did it for me.

[@stefanbates831]

I’m definitely the person who buys single boxes on eBay hunting for the starlight rare. So this helped a lot thank you! Didn’t even think about that.

[@fireice8828]

I think these very rare cards are a great thing, I think valuable collectible items like thousand dragon or starlight rares are much better than having valuable meta cards like lightning storm. Now it would suck if they made a super meta relevant card only available as a starlight rare

[@Daniel_Clem]

I personally think extremely rare cards are a super bad thing. Especially when it's staple cards that you need (infinite impermanence). The main thing that gate many players out of being competitive is that Konami likes to make needed cards extremely rare.

[@finnianfanning3136]

It's good when the product is good and worth buying to begin with but it's kinda shite when the product itself sucks and the rare card is the only card that sells the product

[@yaboydubz3075]

Paul I love your opinions. And your cinematography is underrated af! Good stuff!

[@luniexpanda9041]

There needs to be more yu gi oh channels... thanks team APS

[@willisthedon4761]

Recently got back into buying Yugioh cards and everything you said in this video is SOOOOO TRRUUEEEE!! I've had some decent pulls, especially in the 2020 lost memories tin (in a sense the cards I pulled paid for how much I spent buying the tins). But really I find it very rewarding to buy from Facebook Marketplace. I bought someones collection and after pricing everything I can make quite a bit of my money back and have loads of nostalgic cards.

[@MichaelSlevinUnlocked]

Just found this channel and love it! Subscribed!

[@Slappysurfer]

Dont collect yugioh any more but i remmeber when they released the 3 head blue eyes dragon as a promo card. I felt the same way like the chase was not the same. Glad they are developing the game

[@CorrinQuest]

I’d 100% be happy just getting the Meklord cards from Rage of Ra

[@TheRevmack]

As someone who only collected through RDS and came back to the game in 2018, having the starlights etc. is a really nice incentive as opening packs is exciting for me and I’m not as interested in playing the game. That said, there needs to be some way to de-incentivize people from opening cases and selling the “leftovers”. As an example, what if Konami printed starlights such that you’re twice as likely to pull it from a blister pack as opposed to a box? The inherent randomness of opening blisters makes it unlikely stores will open loads of them since there’s no longer the guarantee of secrets/ultras they can price as singles to offset the cost of opening boxes as opposed to selling sealed. It incentivizes casual collectors who can’t afford cases to still buy cards without fear of being scammed. And, for those who want to try to “guarantee” their pulls, single boxes and cases are still available for those who can afford it. It makes stores less likely to scam, helps deflate the price of booster boxes, and pseudo-increases the chance of pulling a starlight for casuals who just want to open packs for collection’s sake without possibly unknowingly being scammed. The other option, of course, is to be able to buy single booster boxes from Konami directly but that seems less feasible.

[@efa6398]

With that thumbnail, I wouldn't mind a video titled "The Truth about Paul's beautiful eyelashes"

[@mauritiusblackwell3990]

That might be true for side sets and anything between Dark Neostorm/Eternity Code, but in the main sets there are still cards worth going after, or, will be worth going after with Eternity Code, Rise of the Duelist, even Phantom Rage. The problem is when sellers do the same thing as mentioned here, but with individual packs. They map out the packs with the Secrets and Ultras and sell the rest online in bulk tricking people into thinking they can pull their money cards. That is the biggest problem with this rarity sort, and why everyone now only buys sealed boxes, because as you said there is no surprise. And there is no chance of getting what you need from packs sold online, because the minute you click 'buy' you've been scammed. Cimoooooo even talked about it.

[@DvsBastard]

Veeeerrrry recently got back into the YGO scene. Not competitive play but simply buying products. Bought the tin of lost memories the other day just cause, and lost my shit when I got Red Eyes Dark Dragoon. Gave me that euphoric feeling I used to get when I was younger and opened packs.

[@marvelknights415]

Mad props to the thumbnail, and intro of the video. That was great!

[@davidhaines1210]

I just want the next duel devastator to have forbidden droplets, triple tactics talent, and lightning storm. It’s almost impossible to play a rouge strategy without them. I would rather not have to drop over $900 just to play competitively.

[@xCrusaderOfLightx]

I really appreciate you making this video and keeping people informed. There is a lot of useful information here.

[@drewwinchester4221]

Paul, I have mad respect for you keeping it honest and looking out for the community! Keep it up dude, you’re awesome!

[@blueoctober555]

Thank you, Paul, and the guys, for always being honest with us! It means a lot especially when some of us are on a limited income and go into pack openings hoping for some chance at luck. I recently bought two of the tin of memories 2020 mega tins and it was rough since the rarest card I got that was once $40, now sits right under $15. Thankfully it was money for my birthday but if you asked me if I would do that again? It would be a no from me lol.

[@MichaelSD91]

I like the points addressed in the video. The game now a days just feels too expensive to play. Wanted to build a fossil fusion deck but I don't have the cash to buy more than one box. To be 100% i mostly just collecting cards from the anime or cards related to decks in the anime. This year's mega tins were just ok. The dragons of legend should have made getting toon kingdom easier. Went to my local card shop and bought 1 box rage of ra and pulled the ghost rare ra. The reason I bought this set was for the new ra support. Marik was my favorite villain. Wanted to pull god slime. Liked my pulls though.

[@musicalsystem927]

I... Have a super rare Roxie's Koffing Pokemon card...

[@alexlee7668]

used to love playing and collecting and i got my cards stolen one time at a sjc and memes aside i couldnt financially recover and had to quit the game (dark arm dragon era was too op for me) and as far as rarest card i ever pulled was choas emperor dragon first edition from just a loose pack :D

[@thesaucypickle9866]

i like the more introspective angle on this video

[@lrartz3643]

Good video and point about sellers who sell remaining boxes.

[@LG22475]

Something interesting of note is the decision to keep or sell. Recently I pulled a collector rare Toon pageflip. The money would be nice but because its my first one, it holds some sentimental value.

[@papsi89]

I think the other thing to keep in mind about content creators doing pack openings, is many of them are sponsored, and it's possible that they are being provided packs to open for content, which makes the cost of trying to hunt down these extremely rare cards, far lower for content creators, than for the average joe.

[@calvinxiong3146]

Love the content you and the guys at Team APS always give us. Thank you.

[@mattiadellorco4385]

This is a strategy to make more hyped cars bc are less in production and we can pull them of few packs so the price is higher as the hype 🧐🥸🤩 really interesting for any yugioh rare cards hunter like me. 👍🏻

[@marcrisdale4179]

Interesting - I was thinking the same thing about the Ra packs. It's all bulk (coming soon to Dollarama packs)! Even though, many people thought the 2020 tin was overhyped, I did end up buying quite a few because it has a lot of cards I needed to finish off a couple of decks. Ended up with 6 Pots for my trouble! :)

[@Entropic_Alloy]

I think one of the hypothetical "pros" is that theoretically more product will get opened to chase these super rare cards and it will cause the value of the rest of the set to be more affordable to players since there are more cards out there. This was a thing with MTG's Masterpieces for a time. The amount of a set was opened more and it had larger supply of all other cards in the market, lowering the price of cards. However, it can also cause regular players to crack open way too many packs in order to hunt for these, which we already have problems with some players not being able to control their...gambling-esque habit when it comes to pack opening. I think overall it is fine to have these exclusive cards, BECAUSE there are lower rarity versions of the same cards, like with Pokemon's Ultra and Secret rares. If this was the ONLY way to get these cards, then there would be way more problems.

[@joshawott_27]

I still remember pulling a ghost rare Stardust Dragon on my 16th birthday. I'm almost 30 now. Still have it to this day.

[@andreat6911]

idk, searching for a rare cards is always a bad idea if we think in terms of money and competitive skills, the better thing is to buy the single card. BUT the feeling of pulling a card, or the feeling of pack openings is totally different, so i think it depends on your possibility to spend money and your will of finding that card.

[@theo007]

The Exciting Pulls Keep Me Playing🙌🏾 Spot On

[@richardm5664]

Totally agree. BLAR, Toon Chaos, and the Dragons of Legend sets were all poor sets sold with chase cards. You KNOW that Konami know this when they pick a popular card from ye olden days that has no meta relevance, shiny it up with a hype new rarity, and drop it in a set. They will do it with Blue-Eyes or DMG eventually and it people will go nuts. All of that said, I believe the sealed boxes/cases of this stuff will be profitable long-term investments for those with big buying power, as the chase for these rare cards will never really end. It's not like when a $100 meta card gets banned or power-crept out, and the set loses its value. Sets like BLAR and TOCH will always hold appeal for gamblers.

[@DRDJkoolade]

If your watching this video right now and your thinking about buying some Yu-Gi-Oh cards soon make sure you use the TCGplayer link in this videos description! It’s a free way for you to support this channel whenever you buy cards for your deck or collection!

[@Dr3zPlayer55]

I'm someone who buys a random box everyone now and again. I usually buy from sets that, have more useful cards in them in a sense. But I'm never in it for anything special, sometimes it just nice to see what I get. So when I do pull a Starlight Rare or something like that, it one of those jaw dropping moments because of how bad the odd of pulling one off a random box is. I've only ever gotten one keep in mind, but I only been doing this for a little less than a year now. But I'm unsure if I should sell or keep the one I have. Especially since the card just got a UR reprint in the 2020 tin.

[@jngo172]

The very first pack I opened, Battle of Chaos, I pulled a Starlight Rare Blue Eyes Jet Dragon. I didn’t care until I learned the benefits of playing a Blue Eyes deck.

[@christian3533]

Paul you nailed it on the head. Even if I'm watching like a year+ later

[@socalgoombah8233]

All I can say is welcome to the sports card industry kids. Been going on for a long time

[@lordshmee13]

I love the last ghost rare i pulled from the last line up of ghosts and it was Christmas miracle that made it feel so special,my brothers had just made an online to get me a secret rare of Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend and Ultra rare BLS super soldier, so decided to buy a few Dimensions of Chaos aaaaaand back to back i pulled ghost rare and ultimate rare versions of the 2 just ordered in. It felt amazing to pull them since at the time i need more than 1 and didnt have access to morebthan one atm so i love this story so much since it was the ghost rare swan song and slowly the ulti rare gone away

[@brawlpwnagestudios]

I think the hunt for lottery ticket cards gets better the deeper you go like in cases and stuff, but the whole pack experience will reward you more the better the set is and easier it is to use your time wisely to trade or sell what you pulled

[@MrZer093]

These reaction videos you’re describing reminds me of those loot box opening videos that are still rather popular that were (rightfully) criticized for the same reasons. Only for those, it’s not just “makes money back because they’re a content creator” but also “shady back alley deals where the game company purposefully rigs the odds in content creator’s favor more so than what a regular person would expect”. I love TCGs and pack openings are definitely a part of the game but it’s left a bad taste in my mouth in recent years as I hear more and more horror stories about loot boxes. I know they aren’t the same thing but they’re not that far apart.