Korea

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The flag of South Korea.

Korea (specifically the Republic of South Korea) is considered the second most important country for the Official Card Game. They print and distribute cards in Korean. Maintaining a constant release of products to keep as close on track with Japan albeit usually some time on the back. They don't have as many promotional releases, but they compensate with exclusive packs that recollect them all in a single spot for their market.

In Korean tournaments, players can use other OCG cards as long as the card backings are covered, as they use different logos. Until April 2020, they followed the Japanese Forbidden & Limited lists, accounting for cards that have not been released by the time (cards that are present in Japan but not in Korea are forbidden from tournament play, not unlike other regions that can't use cards from others unless they have their own print).

Their market is not as large and is not sought after overseas as much as the Japanese print, and this has kept the cost of their releases reasonably lower; It used to be around 40% the cost of Japanese products, but in 2019 it rose to about 66% and the product presentation became more similar in an effort to homogenize the region.

Korea is the only OCG country to use the edited artworks commonly associated with the TCG.

World Premieres[edit]

A total of 43 Korean World Premiere cards have been released: three Monster Tokens ("Statue Token", "Tiger Token", and "Valley Token"), printed in 2009 in the Korean version of Anniversary Pack, which have never been printed in other languages; and five cards per Core Booster, in each Core Booster between Legacy of the Valiant in 2014 and Dimension of Chaos in 2015, in slots 081 through 085.

The cards were imported to Japan in the following sets:

  • Extra Pack: Knights of Order (September 13, 2014)
    • Legacy of the Valiant and Primal Origin cards
  • Extra Pack 2015 (September 19, 2015)
    • Duelist Alliance, The New Challengers, Secrets of Eternity, and Crossed Souls cards
  • Extra Pack 2016 (September 10, 2016)
    • Clash of Rebellions and Dimension of Chaos cards

They were imported to the TCG in the following sets:

  • 2015 Mega-Tins (September 17, 2015)
    • "Elder Entity Norden"
    • "Old Entity Hastorr"
  • Breakers of Shadow (January 14, 2016)
    • "Fiendish Rhino Warrior"
  • World Superstars (April 15, 2016)
    • Legacy of the Valiant cards (except "Outer Entity Nyarla")
    • Primal Origin cards (except "Elder Entity Norden")
    • Duelist Alliance cards (except "Old Entity Cthugua")
    • The New Challengers cards (except "Outer Entity Azathot")
  • Shining Victories (May 6, 2016)
    • "Cuben"
    • "World Carrotweight Champion"
  • The Dark Illusion (August 4, 2016)
    • Clash of Rebellions
  • Invasion: Vengeance (November 3, 2016)
    • Crossed Souls cards (except "Elder Entity N'tss" and "Dreamland")
    • Dimension of Chaos cards
  • Raging Tempest (February 9, 2017)
    • "Rocket Hand"
  • 2017 Mega-Tins (August 24, 2017)
    • "Elder Entity N'tss"
    • "Dreamland"
  • Shadows in Valhalla (August 16, 2018)
    • "Outer Entity Nyarla"
    • "Old Entity Cthugua"
    • "Outer Entity Azathot"