Author: Dan

Speed Duels offer a different experience playing Yu-Gi-Oh. They’re a great way to teach new players about the game, without throwing them straight into the complexity of full Master Rule play. But the Speed Duel format’s more than just a learning tool for beginners. It’s been a place for cool reprints, amazing foil upgrades, and it’s even imported a few of those 20 year-old Normal Monsters we never got from the Japanese OCG. The most notable difference is the use of Skill Cards, a new type of card exclusive to Speed Duels that brings fresh new concepts to old strategies. Competition in…

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There are two things that dictate the value of an item: the supply, how much of it there is; and the demand, how many people want it. The lower the supply and the higher the demand, the higher the price it can fetch. Supply is a fixed value. It’s tied to production, resource availability, and distribution. There will never be more 1st Edition LOB Blue-Eyes White Dragons. But the key factor in the Yu-Gi-Oh market is demand. When a lot more people want a card, its price rises accordingly. Usually the demand for a card is tied to its viability in tournament…

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