What does 1st edition mean on yu-gi-oh cards

For Series 3 to 8 cards, the edition text such as the text "Limited Edition" is located under the left side of the card's artwork. From Series 9 onward, for cards without limitation text , the edition text is located to the right of the passcode leaving a space for the passcode even if the card has none ; for cards with limitation text other than Pendulum Monsters , the edition text is located in its previous position Pendulum Monsters with limitation text do not have edition text.

Wiki Explore. Structure Deck R Starter Decks. Game terms. Summoning conditions Normal Summon Flip Summon. Flip Gemini Union Spirit Toon. OCG Structures. The overall effect of these changes is a pale, "Ghost-like" appearance to the card art, especially when scanned.

It has gold lettering and a holographic foil image like an Ultra Rare, but also has a holographic gold image border, lore text border, and card border. Video Games Yu-Gi-Oh! Music Yu-Gi-Oh! Booster Packs Yu-Gi-Oh! Booster Boxes Yu-Gi-Oh! Starter Decks Yu-Gi-Oh!

Structure Decks Yu-Gi-Oh! Collectible Tins Yu-Gi-Oh! Books Yu-Gi-Oh! Clothing Yu-Gi-Oh! The highest of the normal rarities, ultra rare cards combine regular rares and super rare properties by having a gold card name and a holofoil image.

Most UR cards are among the more expensive cards in their sets, both for their higher rarity and because Konami typically prints the better cards as SR or above. They are also the highest rarity of card featured in nearly every Structure Deck.

The card name is printed gold, like UR cards, though UR versions of some cards are still considered more valuable than their UL counterparts. But, despite their popularity, Breakers of Shadow also marked the removal of UL cards from core releases and they are now exclusively featured in tournament packs.

Secret rare cards used to be the highest rarity within the game and are identified by having a holographic rainbow card name and by the artwork having a unique holofoil known as parallel holofoil.

They are also the standard rarity for promotional cards in Collector Tins and other special edition packs. SE cards were actually discontinued with the release of Soul of the Duelist due to players using electronic scales to find packs that featured them inside. There were re-introduced in Strike of Neos three years later.

Though there were some Collectible Tins that had promo cards misprinted as ultra secret rare in Unlike secret ultra rare and ultra secret rare, a prismatic secret rare is an official card rarity that is a special variety of SE cards using a holographic foil pattern that follows a distinct horizontal and vertical parallel pattern as opposed to the usual diagonal pattern.

It also has multiple speckled holofoil colors in the card name, rather than one solid color. Early TCG video game promos were prismatic secret rare, and it now appears in special sets, such as the Tin of Lost Memories.

This includes parallel rare also called parallel common, super parallel rare, ultra parallel rare, and secret parallel rare. They are distinguished by having the characteristics of a normal rarity, with the addition of a coating that makes the whole surface reflective.