The Duelist Genesis
The Duelist Genesis | |||||||
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English |
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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 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.
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
Features[edit]
- 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.
Breakdown[edit]
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
Galleries[edit]
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