The Duelist Genesis
The Duelist Genesis is a Core Booster in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game (OCG) and Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (TCG). It is the first Core Booster of Series 6. It is followed by Crossroads of Chaos.
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French | La Genèse du Duelliste | ||||||
German | The Duelist Genesis | ||||||
Italian | La Genesi del Duellante | ||||||
Spanish | La Génesis del Duelista | ||||||
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Korean | |||||||
Korean | 듀얼리스트의 태동 | ||||||
Revised Romanization | Dyueolliseuteuui Taedong | ||||||
Set information | |||||||
Medium | OCG/TCG | ||||||
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Part of series | Core Booster | ||||||
Prefix |
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Order number | 601 | ||||||
Number of cards |
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Cover card | |||||||
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Related sets | |||||||
Sneak Peek | The Duelist Genesis Sneak Peek | ||||||
2-pack set | The Duelist Genesis 2-Pack Set | ||||||
Special Edition | The Duelist Genesis: Special Edition | ||||||
Release dates | |||||||
Japanese | April 19, 2008 | ||||||
English (na) | September 2, 2008 | ||||||
English (eu) | September 2, 2008 | ||||||
French, German, Italian, Spanish | September 2, 2008 | ||||||
Korean | October 10, 2008 | ||||||
The Duelist Genesis |
The North American Sneak Peeks for this set took place from August 9–10, 2008.
Packs of the TCG set were also printed in the The Duelist Genesis: Special Edition.
Beginning with this set onwards, players could sometimes find both a Rare and possibly a Super Rare, Ultra Rare, Secret Rare, or Ghost Rare in the pack.
Contents
FeaturesEdit
- First Core Booster to contain Synchro Monsters and Tuner monsters.
- Introduces the Psychic Type.
- Includes cards used by Jack Atlas, Sayer, Tetsu Trudge, and Yusei Fudo.
- The TCG version also includes cards used by Alexis Rhodes, Joey Wheeler, Keith Howard, Reggie MacKenzie, Yako Tenma, Yami Yugi, and Yugi Muto.
- Introduces the "Red Dragon Archfiend" and "Stardust" archetypes to the OCG/TCG.
- Introduces the first support for the "Nitro" archetype to the OCG/TCG.
- Includes members and/or support for the "Ancient Gear", "Archfiend", "Charmer", "Gladiator Beast", "Guardian", "Junk", "Lightsworn", "Synchron", and "Warrior" archetypes, as well as the Gun Dragon series and Spirit monsters.
- The TCG version also includes members and/or support for the "Parshath" and "Six Samurai" archetypes, as well as the Herald, Legendary Planet, and with Chain series.
BreakdownEdit
In the Japanese version there are 5 cards per pack and 30 packs per box.
The OCG set includes 80 cards. This is comprised of:
- 1 Holographic Rare
- 5 Ultimate Rares
- 5 Ultra Rares
- 9 Super Rares
- 18 Rares
- 48 Commons
In the TCG there are 9 cards per pack and 24 packs per box. The set contains 100 cards or 111 in the Master Set. This is comprised of:
- 1 Ghost Rare
- 8 Secret Rares
- 10 Ultimate Rares
- 10 Ultra Rares
- 14 Super Rares
- 20 Rares
- 48 Commons
GalleriesEdit
English
1st Edition / Unlimited EditionFrench
1st Edition / Unlimited Edition- TDGS-BoosterDE.png
German
1st Edition / Unlimited Edition Italian
1st Edition / Unlimited EditionSpanish
1st Edition / Unlimited EditionJapanese
Unlimited EditionKorean
1st Edition / Unlimited Edition