Vol.1

Vol.1
Names
English	Vol.1
Japanese Japanese Ｖｏｌ．（ボリューム）１ Base Ｖｏｌ．１ Furigana ボリューム１ Rōmaji Boryūmu Wan
Set information
Medium	OCG
Type	Booster Pack
Part of series	Core Booster
Number of cards	40
Cover card	Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Yugioh-Card database ID	1101000 (ja)
Release dates
Japanese	February 4, 1999
None Vol.1 Vol.2

Vol.1, short for Volume 1, is a Core Booster that was released on February 4, 1999 as the first set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game. Like all Series 1 sets, Vol.1 cards used the Series 1 card layout, distinguished from later layouts by the lack of a Card Number beneath the card's artwork and the Eye of Anubis Hologram in its lower-right corner.

All but 15 cards have been reprinted in Japanese, and all but eight ("Archfiend Mirror", "Candle of Fate", "Eyearmor", "Fiend's Hand", "Hitodenchak", "Hourglass of Life", "LaLa Li-oon", "The Drdek") have been printed in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.

Vol.1 was reprinted as part of the 20th Anniversary Set. This reprint was similar to the much earlier Studio Dice version of some other Series 1 sets in using the copyright notice of later series, but unlike those sets, this reprint also included the Eye of Anubis Hologram on the cards.

Breakdown

Vol.1 contains 40 cards. The rarities are distributed as follows:

• 2 Ultra Rare cards
• 3 Super Rare cards
• 5 Rare cards
• 30 Common cards

The following card types are present:

• 30 Normal Monster Cards
• 4 Normal Spell Cards
• 5 Equip Spell Cards
• 1 Normal Trap Card

Previously featured cards

Vol.1 introduced two cards, "Fissure" and "Trap Hole", to the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise; the other 38 cards were previously featured in the manga, Toei anime, video games, or other real-life games or products:

• "Dark Magician" was introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 038: "The Terror of Blue-Eyes!!", published in the 1997 issue 30 of Weekly Shōnen Jump, with a cover date of July 7, 1997. It was also printed as card #14 in the Bandai set 1st Generation, released on April 4, 1998; featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei) episode 003: "Clash! The Strongest Monster", originally aired on April 18, 1998; and printed as cards #02 and #03 and part of card #00 in the Bandai Sealdass sticker set, released on January 20, 1999.
• "Gaia The Fierce Knight" was introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 037: "To the Death!!", published in the 1997 issue 29 of Weekly Shōnen Jump, with a cover date of June 29, 1997. It was also printed as card #11 in the Bandai set 1st Generation; featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei) episode 024: "Now! The Time of Decision - The Miracle of Friendship", originally aired on September 12, 1998; and printed as cards #16 and #17 and part of card #00 in the Bandai Sealdass sticker set.
• "Hitotsu-Me Giant" was introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 027: "Project Start!", published in the 1997 issue 18 of Weekly Shōnen Jump, with a cover date of April 14, 1997. It was also featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei) episode 015: "Eerie Woman!! Unable to Transform", originally aired on July 11, 1998; featured in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule: Breed and Battle, released on July 23, 1998; printed as card #93 in the Bandai set 3rd Generation, released on October 10, 1998; and printed as card #11 in the Bandai Sealdass sticker set.
• "Mammoth Graveyard" was introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 065: "Let the Duel Begin!", published in the 1998 issue 8 of Weekly Shōnen Jump, with a cover date of February 2, 1998. It was also printed as card #75 in the Bandai set 2nd Generation, released on April 7, 1998.
• All of the cards in Vol.1, except for "Fissure" and "Trap Hole", were previously featured in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, released on December 16, 1998. Two cards, "Dark Magician" and "Hitotsu-Me Giant", were also printed as Konami's Duel Monsters promotional cards bundled with the game.

Reprints

25 Vol.1 cards have since been reprinted in Japanese: five cards in Booster 1, nine cards in EX Starter Box and EX-R Starter Box, and 23 cards in Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon.

Booster 1

"Beast Fangs", "Book of Secret Arts", "Legendary Sword", "Power of Kaishin", "Violet Crystal"

EX Starter Box and EX-R Starter Box

"Book of Secret Arts", "Dark Hole", "Dark Magician", "Fissure", "Gaia The Fierce Knight", "Hitotsu-Me Giant", "Mammoth Graveyard", "Silver Fang", "Trap Hole"

Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon

"Beast Fangs", "Book of Secret Arts", "Dark Gray", "Dark Hole", "Dark Magician", "Firegrass", "Fissure", "Gaia The Fierce Knight", "Hitotsu-Me Giant", "Kagemusha of the Blue Flame", "Kurama", "Legendary Sword", "Mammoth Graveyard", "Nemuriko", "Petit Angel", "Petit Dragon", "Power of Kaishin", "Red Medicine", "Silver Fang", "Sparks", "The Furious Sea King", "Trap Hole", "Violet Crystal"

Never reprinted in Japanese

"Archfiend Mirror", "Candle of Fate", "Curtain of the Dark Ones", "Eyearmor", "Fiend's Hand", "Fire Reaper", "Haniwa", "Hitodenchak", "LaLa Li-oon", "Meotoko", "Sectarian of Secrets", "Tomozaurus", "The Drdek", "Thunder Kid", "Winged Cleaver"

Gallery

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  Japanese

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  Reprint

List

Vol.1

Lists

Japanese

Unlimited Edition galleries

Japanese

English name	Japanese name	Rarity	Category
"Hitotsu-Me Giant"	「サイクロプス」	Common	Normal Monster
"Dark Magician"	「ブラック・マジシャン」	Ultra Rare	Normal Monster
"Gaia The Fierce Knight"	「暗（あん）黒（こく）騎（き）士（し）ガイア」	Ultra Rare	Normal Monster
"Mammoth Graveyard"	「マンモスの墓（はか）場（ば）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Silver Fang"	「シルバー・フォング」	Common	Normal Monster
"Curtain of the Dark Ones"	「黒（くろ）魔（ま）族（ぞく）のカーテン」	Common	Normal Monster
"Tomozaurus"	「トモザウルス」	Common	Normal Monster
"Dark Gray"	「ダーク・グレイ」	Common	Normal Monster
"Nemuriko"	「眠（ねむ）り子（こ）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Fiend's Hand"	「死（し）者（しゃ）の腕（うで）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Fire Reaper"	「ファイヤー・デビル」	Common	Normal Monster
"Firegrass"	「火（か）炎（えん）草（そう）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Eyearmor"	「コピックス」	Common	Normal Monster
"LaLa Li-oon"	「ララ・ライウーン」	Common	Normal Monster
"Petit Dragon"	「プチリュウ」	Common	Normal Monster
"Archfiend Marmot of Nefariousness"	「デーモン・ビーバー」	Common	Normal Monster
"Petit Angel"	「プチテンシ」	Common	Normal Monster
"Winged Cleaver"	「ダークキラー」	Common	Normal Monster
"Thunder Kid"	「サンダー・キッズ」	Common	Normal Monster
"Meotoko"	「バビロン」	Common	Normal Monster
"Kagemusha of the Blue Flame"	「紫（シ）炎（エン）の影（かげ）武（む）者（しゃ）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Hitodenchak"	「ヒトデンチャク」	Common	Normal Monster
"Hourglass of Life"	「命（いのち）の砂（すな）時（ど）計（けい）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Haniwa"	「はにわ」	Common	Normal Monster
"The Drdek"	「デス・フット」	Common	Normal Monster
"Candle of Fate"	「運（うん）命（めい）のろうそく」	Common	Normal Monster
"Archfiend Mirror"	「悪魔の鏡（デーモンズ・ミラー）」	Common	Normal Monster
"The Furious Sea King"	「怒（いか）りの海（かい）王（おう）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Sectarian of Secrets"	「闇（やみ）にしたがう者（もの）」	Common	Normal Monster
"Kurama"	「ドレイク」	Common	Normal Monster
"Legendary Sword"	「伝（でん）説（せつ）の剣（けん）」	Rare	Equip Spell
"Beast Fangs"	「猛（もう）獣（じゅう）の歯（は）」	Rare	Equip Spell
"Violet Crystal"	「紫（むらさき）水（すい）晶（しょう）」	Rare	Equip Spell
"Book of Secret Arts"	「秘（ひ）術（じゅつ）の書（しょ）」	Rare	Equip Spell
"Power of Kaishin"	「ポセイドンの力（ちから）」	Rare	Equip Spell
"Dark Hole"	「ブラック・ホール」	Super Rare	Normal Spell
"Red Medicine"	「レッド・ポーション」	Common	Normal Spell
"Sparks"	「火（ひ）の粉（こ）」	Common	Normal Spell
"Fissure"	「地（じ）割（わ）れ」	Super Rare	Normal Spell
"Trap Hole"	「落（お）とし穴（あな）」	Super Rare	Normal Trap

Video games

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  Vol.1 (Duel Monsters 5)

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  Dark Magician pack (Eternal Duelist Soul)

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  Vol.1 (Duel Monsters 6)

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  Dark Magician pack (Stairway to the Destined Duel)

Trivia

Despite "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" being featured as this pack's cover card, it was not released until a month later, in Starter Box: Theatrical Release.