Cost Down

The Arabic, Croatian, Greek and Thai names given are not official.

Cost Down

Japanese

コストダウン

Rōmaji

Kosutodaun

Card type	Spell
Property	Normal
Password	23265313
Effect types	Cost Effect
Status	Unlimited (OCG) Unlimited (TCG) Unlimited (TCG Speed Duel)
Discard 1 card; for the rest of this turn, reduce the Levels of all monsters in your hand by 2 (even after they are Summoned).

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English sets

Worldwide

Release	Number	Set	Rarity
2005-03-19	DR1-EN215	Dark Revelation Volume 1	Ultra Rare
2007-12-12	DCR-EN053	Dark Crisis	Ultra Rare
2010-04-16	DPKB-EN033	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Rare
2018-03-08	LCKC-EN040	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Secret Rare
2019-01-24	SS02-ENA12	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Common
2019-08-01	SS03-ENA20	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Common

North America

Release	Number	Set	Rarity
2003-12-01	DCR-053	Dark Crisis	Ultra Rare

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Actions

Discards for cost

Stat changes

Your monsters lose Levels

Modifies the Levels of monsters in the hand

Other languages

	Name	Lore
French	Ristourne	Défaussez 1 carte ; le reste de ce tour, réduisez le Niveau de tous les monstres dans votre main de 2 (même après qu'ils sont Invoqués).
German	Kosten verringern	Wirf 1 Karte ab; reduziere die Stufen aller Monster in deiner Hand für den Rest dieses Spielzugs um 2 (selbst nachdem sie beschworen wurden).
Italian	Riduzione del Costo	Scarta 1 carta; per il resto di questo turno, diminuisci di 2 il Livello di tutti i mostri nella tua mano (anche dopo che sono stati Evocati).
Portuguese	Reduzir Custos	Descarte 1 card; pelo resto deste turno, reduza em 2 o Nível de todos os monstros na sua mão (mesmo depois que eles forem Invocados).
Spanish	Coste Abajo	Descarta 1 carta; por el resto de este turno, reduce en 2 los Niveles de todos los monstruos en tu mano (aún después de que sean Invocados).
Japanese	コストダウン	①：手札を１枚捨てて発動できる。このターン、自分の手札のモンスターのレベルを２つ下げる。
	Kosutodaun
Korean	코스트 다운	①: 패를 1장 버리고 발동할 수 있다. 이 턴에, 자신 패의 몬스터의 레벨을 2개 내린다.

Other language sets

French

Release	Number	Set	French name	Rarity
2005-03-19	DR1-FR215	Dark Revelation Volume 1	Sombre Révélation 1	Ultra Rare
2007-12-10	DCR-FR053	Dark Crisis	La Crise des Ténèbres	Ultra Rare
2010-04-15	DPKB-FR033	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Pack du Duelliste: Kaiba	Rare
2018-03-08	LCKC-FR040	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Collection Légendaire Kaiba Méga-Pack	Secret Rare
2019-01-24	SS02-FRA12	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Decks de Démarrage Speed Duel : Les Duellistes de Demain	Common
2019-08-01	SS03-FRA20	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Decks de Démarrage Speed Duel : Les Prédateurs Ultimes	Common

German

Release	Number	Set	German name	Rarity
2005-06-01	DR1-DE215	Dark Revelation Volume 1	Dark Revelations Volume 1	Ultra Rare
2007-12-10	DCR-DE053	Dark Crisis	Dark Crisis	Ultra Rare
2010-04-15	DPKB-DE033	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Rare
2018-03-08	LCKC-DE040	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Secret Rare
2019-01-24	SS02-DEA12	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Common
2019-08-01	SS03-DEA20	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Common

Italian

Release	Number	Set	Italian name	Rarity
2005-03-19	DR1-IT215	Dark Revelation Volume 1	Rivelazione Oscura Vol.1	Ultra Rare
2007-12-10	DCR-IT053	Dark Crisis	Crisi Oscura	Ultra Rare
2010-04-15	DPKB-IT033	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Rare
2018-03-08	LCKC-IT040	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Collezione Leggendaria Kaiba Mega Pack	Secret Rare
2019-01-24	SS02-ITA12	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Starter Deck Speed Duel: Duellanti di Domani	Common
2019-08-01	SS03-ITA20	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Predatori Definitivi	Common

Portuguese

Release	Number	Set	Portuguese name	Rarity
2005-03-01	DR1-PT215	Dark Revelation Volume 1	Revelação Negra Volume 1	Ultra Rare
2018-03-09	LCKC-PT040	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Coleção Lendária Kaiba Mega Pack	Secret Rare
2019-01-24	SS02-PTA12	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Decks Iniciais Speed Duel: Duelistas do Amanhã	Common
2019-08-01	SS03-PTA20	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Decks Iniciais de Speed Duel: Predadores Definitivos	Common

Spanish

Release	Number	Set	Spanish name	Rarity
2005-03-19	DR1-SP215	Dark Revelation Volume 1	Revelación Oscura Volumen 1	Ultra Rare
2010-04-15	DPKB-SP033	Duelist Pack: Kaiba	Sobre de Duelista: Kaiba	Rare
2018-03-08	LCKC-SP040	Legendary Collection Kaiba Mega Pack	Colección Legendaria Kaiba Mega Pack	Secret Rare
2019-01-24	SS02-SPA12	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Duelists of Tomorrow	Barajas de Principiante Speed Duel: Duelistas del Mañana	Common
2019-08-01	SS03-SPA20	Speed Duel Starter Decks: Ultimate Predators	Speed Duel Barajas de Principiante: Depredadores Definitivos	Common

Japanese

Release	Number	Set	Japanese name	Rarity
2002-11-21	304-053	Power of the Guardian	ガーディアンの力（ちから）	Secret Rare
2004-09-23	EE1-JP215	Expert Edition Volume.1	ＥＸＰＥＲＴ（エキスパート） ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ（エディション） Ｖｏｌｕｍｅ（ボリューム） １	Ultra Rare
2016-06-18	SDKS-JP030	Structure Deck: Seto Kaiba	ストラクチャーデッキ －海（かい）馬（ば）瀬（せ）人（と）－	Common
2017-06-02	LG02-JP014	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Legend Deck Guide: Yami Yugi VS Seto Kaiba promotional cards	遊（ゆう）戯（ぎ）王（おう）デュエルリンクス レジェンドデッキガイド 闇（やみ）遊（ゆう）戯（ぎ）ＶＳ（バーサス）海（かい）馬（ば）瀬（せ）人（と） 同（どう）梱（こん）カード	Common

Korean

Release	Number	Set	Korean name	Rarity
2005-05-02	DCR-KR053	Dark Crisis	암흑의 위협	Ultra Rare
2008-12-05	ESP3-KR029	Expansion Pack Vol.3	익스팬션 팩 Vol.3	Super Rare
2006-07-06	HGP1-KR215	Expert Edition Volume.1	하이 그레이드 팩１	Ultra Rare
2016-10-07	SDKS-KR030	Structure Deck: Seto Kaiba	ＳＴＲＵＣＴＵＲＥ ＤＥＣＫ（스트럭처 덱） -카이바-	Common

Asian-English

Release	Number	Set	Rarity
2004-05-12	DCR-AE053	Dark Crisis	Ultra Rare

In other media

Page	Medium	Debut date
Cost Down (manga)	Manga
Cost Down (Duel Links)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
Cost Down (anime)	Anime	2002-11-05
Cost Down (later anime)	Anime	2003-11-05

Video games

Video game	Date	#	Name	Cost	Status
Nightmare Troubadour	2005-07-21	–		???	Unlimited
Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006	2006-02-23	–		???	Unlimited
GX Tag Force	2006-09-14	–		???	Unlimited
5D's Tag Force 4	2009-09-17	–		–	Present

Lores and sets

Video game	Lore	Sets
Nightmare Troubadour		Beautiful Challenger
Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006		Dark Crisis All Spells (Common) All at Random (Common)
GX Tag Force		Step Up Spell-Trap (Rare)
5D's Tag Force 4		Magic 101 (Common)