SPECIAL NEWS from Konami: We’ve been cooking up some visual changes to our Starlight Rares and are getting ready to launch what’s best described as “Starlight 2.0” beginning with Chaos Origins. These updated Starlight Rares adopt some technical adjustments already in use overseas, to produce richer colors while making them easier to read. They also replace the grey outer card border with a rainbow foil border, which is especially noticeable on Starlight Rares with extended art!

Note that “Starlight 2.0” is just a description, not a new name or rarity. A Starlight Rare is a Starlight Rare; we’re just making some technical adjustments. (And no, we’re not planning to reprint any previous Starlight Rares with the new tech.)

Get ready for the Duel of your life! Chaos Origins brings back the one-and-only legendary King of Games, with some of his favorite monsters from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime! Featuring Yami Yugi on the pack and box, this new 100-card booster set reimagines monsters like Black Luster Soldier and Magician of Black Chaos, with powerful new effects designed to compete in today’s tournaments. Plus, FIVE frame-breaking extended art cards that will bring your Duels to life like never before!

The Ritual Monsters that Started it All – Reimagined!

Look for new versions of the original Ritual Monsters: Magician of Black Chaos and Black Luster Soldier, plus a new Ritual Spell Card to Summon either of them!

• Both monsters are unaffected by your opponent’s activated, non-targeted effects.
• New Magician of Black Chaos blocks your opponent from destroying or banishing your Spells & Traps.
• New Black Luster Soldier cannot be destroyed by battle.
• New Magician of Black Chaos grabs a Spell Card from your Graveyard, when Summoned.
• New Magician of Black Chaos can banish 1 opponent’s card, each turn.
• New Black Luster Soldier banishes 1 opponent’s card, when Summoned.
• New Black Luster Soldier gains 1500 ATK when it destroys an opponent’s monster by battle, and can attack again.
• One dual-purpose Ritual Spell lets you access either monster.
• The Ritual Spell can return to your hand from the Graveyard, along with any monster that mentions it. (All of Yugi’s monsters in this set mention it!)
• Both monsters are available in extended art and regular versions!

New Versions of Yugi’s Most Famous Monsters

• Summoned Skull is back and ready to unleash chaos! Now he can send a Ritual Spell from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard, then add the matching Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand!
• Celtic Guardian has learned many new abilities, including one that lets you draw 3 cards, then discard 2 cards!
• Kuriboh is looking cute as a button with a Griffore costume! It can protect your Life Points like original Kuriboh (including effect damage, this time!), count itself for the entire Tribute for the Ritual Summon of a Level 8 monster, or even set 1 Quick-Play Spell or Trap that mentions the set’s brand-new Ritual Spell Card (described above).

Revenge of the “Sacred Beasts”!

But there’s more to Chaos Origins than that! After all, the original storyline of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX focused on the three Sacred Beasts, and they’re back, more powerful than ever!

The new versions of the Sacred Beasts themselves cannot be Summoned except by a “Sacred Beast” card effect. But the set has so many of those, Summoning them is easier than ever! Each one also has improved versions of their original powers:

• You can reveal each from your hand to add a “Sacred Beast” card from your Deck to your hand. Uria grabs Traps, Hamon grabs Spells, Raviel grabs monsters.
• Uria gains ATK for each Trap in any Graveyard (not just Continuous Traps in your Graveyard) and can destroy any Spell/Trap on the field (not just face-down Spells/Traps).
• Hamon does 1000 damage to your opponent when a monster is sent to their Graveyard, not just when Hamon destroys a monster by battle.
• Raviel, instead of Tributing a monster and gaining its ATK, Tributes 2 monsters to wipe out all your opponent’s monsters and gain 1000 ATK for each monster destroyed!

Another cool world premiere card is this new Level 8 Tuner monster. It’s not a chessman, but it works perfectly with the chess strategy.

• You can Special Summon this monster from your hand if there’s a Synchro Monster in your field or Graveyard.
• When Summoned, you can place up to 3 different Synchro Monsters from your Extra Deck and/or Graveyard into your Spell & Trap Card Zone. You also get a bonus Token monster with a Level equal to the number of Synchro Monsters you placed.

While it works with any Synchro Monster, this Tuner goes especially well with chessmen.

As an extra special bonus, this monster is available in Chaos Origins as an extended art card!

Chaos Origins contains:

10 Secret Rares
14 Ultra Rares
26 Super Rares
50 Commons
5 cards available as extended art Ultra Rares and Starlight Rares
20 additional cards available as Starlight Rares

*Set contents and names are subject to change