Starter Box

This article is about the retail release of the OCG set. For the theatrical release of the OCG set, see Starter Box: Theatrical Release. For the Dungeon Dice Monsters set, see Starter Box (Dungeon Dice Monsters).

Starter Box
Names
English	Starter Box
Japanese Japanese ＳＴＡＲＴＥＲ（スターター） ＢＯＸ（ボックス） Base ＳＴＡＲＴＥＲ ＢＯＸ Furigana スターター ボックス Rōmaji Sutātā Bokkusu
Set information
Medium	OCG
Type	Starter Deck
Number of cards	50
Yugioh-Card database ID	111101000 (ja)
Release dates
Japanese	March 18, 1999
None Starter Box EX Starter Box

Starter Box is the first Starter Deck in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game (OCG). It has only been released in Japanese.

It was initially released in theaters on March 6, 1999, coinciding with the Japanese premiere of the Toei film Yu-Gi-Oh!. The official, widespread release date was twelve days later, on March 18, 1999. In addition to these cards, both releases of the Starter Box included a Deck box with belt clip, a Life Points Duel Calculator, 50 Duelist Score Sheets. six Star Chips and a playmat. The cards included differed between the theatrical and retail releases contained: The theatrical release exclusively included "Aqua Madoor", "Trial of Nightmare", "The 13th Grave", "Dark King of the Abyss", and "Turtle Tiger"; the retail release instead contained "Genin", "Kageningen", "Rock Ogre Grotto #2", "King Fog", and "Spiked Snail".

Customers who pre-ordered the Starter Box also received a Super Rare "Celtic Guardian" promotional card.

Sometime after the introduction of the Official Guide Starter Book, the Starter Box was reprinted as Starter Box Version 2. The only major difference was the introduction of the "Official Rulebook, 2nd Edition" which explains Effect Monsters, Ritual Monsters, and the newly-introduced Expert Rules.

Like other cards printed early on in the game, the cards in Starter Box have no printed set numbers, and lack the holographic Eye of Anubis in the lower right-hand corner of each card.

Features

• Includes cards used by Dark Yugi, Insector Haga, Katsuya Jonouchi, Maximillion J. Pegasus, Seto Kaiba, an unnamed student from Domino High school and Yugi Mutou in the Yu-gi-oh manga.
• Included cards previously featured in the 1998 videogame Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters.

Breakdown

Each version of the set contains 50 cards. These consist of:

• 2 Ultra Rare
• 3 Super Rare
• 5 Rare
• 40 Common

Of the fifty cards included in the retail release, all but 11 ("Ancient Tree of Enlightenment", "Genin", "Lunar Queen Elzaim", "Madjinn Gunn", "Masked Clown", "Monsturtle", "Mountain Warrior", "Mystery Hand", "Serpent Marauder", "Spiked Snail" and "Rock Ogre Grotto #2") have been since been released in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game; none of those 11 have ever been re-released in the Japanese OCG after Series 1.

Gallery

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  Japanese
  Unlimited Edtiion

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  Starter Box Version 2

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  Starter Box Back Cover

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  Duel Calculator

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  Duelist Score Sheet

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  2-player rubber playmat

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  Promotional poster

List

Starter Box

Lists

Japanese

Unlimited Edition galleries

Japanese

English name	Japanese name	Rarity	Category	Print
"Ancient Tree of Enlightenment"	「悟（さと）りの老（ろう）樹（じゅ）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Basic Insect"	「昆虫人間（ベーシック・インセクト）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon"	「青眼の白龍（ブルーアイズ・ホワイト・ドラゴン）」	Ultra Rare	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Change Slime"	「チェンジ・スライム」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Charubin the Fire Knight"	「炎（ほのお）の騎（き）士（し） キラー」	Common	Fusion Monster	Reprint
"Dark Prisoner"	「ダーク・プリズナー」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Darkfire Dragon"	「暗（あん）黒（こく）火（か）炎（えん）龍（りゅう）」	Common	Fusion Monster	Reprint
"Dissolverock"	「マグマン」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Dragon Capture Jar"	「ドラゴン族（ぞく）・封（ふう）印（いん）の壺（つぼ）」	Common	Continuous Trap	Reprint
"Fiend Reflection 2"	「ミラージュ」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Flame Ghost"	「フレイム・ゴースト」	Common	Fusion Monster	Reprint
"Flame Manipulator"	「炎（ほのお）を操（あやつ）る者（もの）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Flame Swordsman"	「炎（ほのお）の剣（けん）士（し）」	Ultra Rare	Fusion Monster	Reprint
"Forest"	「森（もり）」	Rare	Field Spell	Reprint
"Fusionist"	「フュージョニスト」	Common	Fusion Monster	Reprint
"Genin"	「ジャグラー」	Common	Normal Monster	New
"Green Phantom King"	「緑（りょく）樹（じゅ）の霊（れい）王（おう）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Hinotama"	「ファイヤー・ボール」	Common	Normal Spell	Reprint
"Hinotama Soul"	「スティング」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Kageningen"	「シャドウ・ファイター」	Common	Normal Monster	New
"Key Mace"	「キーメイス」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"King Fog"	「キング・スモーク」	Common	Normal Monster	New
"Lunar Queen Elzaim"	「月（つき）の女（め）神（がみ） エルザェム」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Madjinn Gunn"	「魔（マ）人（ジン）銃（ガン）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Masaki the Legendary Swordsman"	「伝（でん）説（せつ）の剣（けん）豪（ごう） ＭＡＳＡＫＩ（マサキ）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Masked Clown"	「仮（か）面（めん）道（どう）化（け）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Monster Egg"	「モンスター・エッグ」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Monsturtle"	「モンスタートル」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Mooyan Curry"	「モウヤンのカレー」	Common	Normal Spell	Reprint
"Mountain"	「山（やま）」	Super Rare	Field Spell	Reprint
"Mountain Warrior"	「マウンテン・ウォーリアー」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Mystery Hand"	「なぞの手（て）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Mystical Sheep 2"	「スリーピィ」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Necrolancer the Time-lord"	「時（とき）の魔（ま）人（じん） ネクロランサ」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Polymerization"	「融（ゆう）合（ごう）」	Super Rare	Normal Spell	Reprint
"Raigeki"	「サンダー・ボルト」	Super Rare	Normal Spell	Reprint
"Ray & Temperature"	「北（きた）風（かぜ）と太（たい）陽（よう）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Remove Trap"	「罠（わな）はずし」	Common	Normal Spell	Reprint
"Rock Ogre Grotto 2"	「ウォー・アース」	Common	Normal Monster	New
"Root Water"	「ルート・ウォーター」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Serpent Marauder"	「デビル・スネーク」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Shadow Specter"	「ヘルバウンド」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Skull Servant"	「ワイト」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Sogen"	「草（そう）原（げん）」	Rare	Field Spell	Reprint
"Spiked Snail"	「デビルツムリ」	Common	Normal Monster	New
"Two-Mouth Darkruler"	「二つの口を持つ闇の支配者（ツーマウス・ダークルーラー）」	Common	Normal Monster	Reprint
"Two-Pronged Attack"	「はさみ撃（う）ち」	Common	Normal Trap	Reprint
"Umi"	「海（うみ）」	Rare	Field Spell	Reprint
"Wasteland"	「荒（こう）野（や）」	Rare	Field Spell	Reprint
"Yami"	「闇（やみ）」	Rare	Field Spell	Reprint