{"id":126700,"date":"2025-11-18T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=126700"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:45:29","slug":"thebonuspack2025thatisnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=126700","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Son of the Ghost of Debunk [Fake Cards]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mo&#8217; Fakes, Mo&#8217; Problems<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rumors are being passed around of an &#8220;Official Card Game Bonus Pack -2025-&#8221; supplied with fake cards to support it exists. This product is claimed to be released December 23rd, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>So how do I know this is fake?<\/p>\n<p>Before even looking at the cards themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A)<\/strong> This product was not announced via <strong>Yu-Gi-Oh!.jp<\/strong>. This is the main website Konami and its business partners use to announce major Japanese product releases, and is used by both stores and consumers to know there is upcoming product to order and purchase.<\/p>\n<p>If there was such a product, we&#8217;d post such a product here. I mean. We regularly post even about Rush Duel products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B)<\/strong> December 23rd, 2025 is a Tuesday. Yu-Gi-Oh! product in Japan officially goes on sale on Saturdays. There are very rare exceptions against this but a pack this big would. Again. Be. Announced. And likely go on sale.<\/p>\n<p>For the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>And probably be distributed at Jump Festa. On the 20th-21st.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg-270x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg-270x300.png?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg-922x1024.png?wsr 922w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg-150x167.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg-450x500.png?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg-768x853.png?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/gfsgfffgdfffgfgg.png?wsr 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Bold Mefist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To start with.<\/p>\n<p>The effect text looks wrong. It&#8217;s very simply formatted wrong. It looks too mechanical and copy pasted from a website without consideration to the font.<\/p>\n<p>Konami&#8217;s official font on their official proxies has a much more natural feeling &#8216;bounce&#8217; to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/2377_20251030023108_img_1_kAfJS9jvlR70YlBKevMmJZ33yyGjPZ0TYVWnMWHFKzxo0fD8xS9RLHyC2lp6ok7A.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126637\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/2377_20251030023108_img_1_kAfJS9jvlR70YlBKevMmJZ33yyGjPZ0TYVWnMWHFKzxo0fD8xS9RLHyC2lp6ok7A-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/2377_20251030023108_img_1_kAfJS9jvlR70YlBKevMmJZ33yyGjPZ0TYVWnMWHFKzxo0fD8xS9RLHyC2lp6ok7A-206x300.jpg?wsr 206w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/2377_20251030023108_img_1_kAfJS9jvlR70YlBKevMmJZ33yyGjPZ0TYVWnMWHFKzxo0fD8xS9RLHyC2lp6ok7A-150x219.jpg?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/2377_20251030023108_img_1_kAfJS9jvlR70YlBKevMmJZ33yyGjPZ0TYVWnMWHFKzxo0fD8xS9RLHyC2lp6ok7A.jpg?wsr 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compare the way the text is written here feels much more stylized with its own specialized font.<\/p>\n<p>Next. It says \u300c\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30e1\u30d5\u30a3\u30b9\u30c8\u300d\u306e\u3053\u306e\u52b9\u679c\u306f\uff11\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u306b\uff11\u5ea6\u3057\u304b\u4f7f\u7528\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3002in its effect text. The way Konami writes monster effects on its effects and proxies for a monster that has one effect like this is &#8220;\u3053\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u540d\u306e\u52b9\u679c\u306f\uff11\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u306b\uff11\u5ea6\u3057\u304b\u4f7f\u7528\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3002&#8221;. \u3053\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u540d\u306e\u52b9\u679c\u306f\uff11\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u306b\uff11\u5ea6\u3057\u304b\u4f7f\u7528\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3002should also be at the start of the Monster Effect.<\/p>\n<p>Also, very simply, its text lacks a \u2460 for the Monster Effect. It also lacks a \u2460 and \u2461 in the Pendulum Effect.<\/p>\n<p>And you know the most damning part. Its name in the text box is \u5927\u80c6\u306a\u30e1\u30d5\u30a3\u30b9\u30c8<strong><em>Daitan-na Mefist<\/em><\/strong>. The monster effect text lists \u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30e1\u30d5\u30a3\u30b9\u30c8 <em><strong>Bold Mefist<\/strong><\/em> in Katakana, i.e. <strong><em>Boorudo Mefisuto<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And \u5927\u80c6 doesn&#8217;t have the hiragana \u3060\u3044\u305f\u3093 above it. I know people might scream this to my face, but the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game (and Rush Duel) is aimed at little children in Kindergarten and Elementary School and has its text written for them to be able to read.<\/p>\n<p>Hiragana and Katakana are the characters little children in Japanese read. When Hiragana or Katakana is above a card name, it&#8217;s so a child can read the text. Because certain complicated characters (i.e. Kanji, an import from China) only start being taught at certain grade levels due to complexity reasons.<\/p>\n<h6>and you know, none of the actual effect text has furigana.<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126705\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002-274x300.jpg?wsr 274w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002-935x1024.jpg?wsr 935w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002-150x164.jpg?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002-450x493.jpg?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002-768x841.jpg?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251118-WA0002.jpg?wsr 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mulcharmy Abysato<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hit this:<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"zh-Hans\">\u591a\u591a\u8ff7\u5b9d is the Simplfied Chinese for a Mulcharmy. Doesn&#8217;t have <span lang=\"ja\">\u30de\u30eb\u30c1\u30e3\u30df\u30fc in the Name Text Box.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Effect Text is badly formatted and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>Lacks a \u2460 .<\/p>\n<p>The text at the bottom should be at the top of the text box. The OCG puts conditions on effects before the effects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126706\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0-270x300.jpg?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0-922x1024.jpg?wsr 922w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0-150x167.jpg?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0-450x500.jpg?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0-768x853.jpg?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/imsggsgdgsdsdgsfdage0.jpg?wsr 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Good Night, Nemleria!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted name (uses wrong font)<\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted effect text (uses wrong font) and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>Lacks a \u2460\u00a0 in the effect text.<\/p>\n<p>It uses (<span lang=\"ja\">\u901f\u653b). The OCG does not clarify if an effect is a Quick Effect (it&#8217;s a bit of a minor guessing game).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Does not have \u3053\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u540d\u306e\u52b9\u679c\u306f\uff11\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u306b\uff11\u5ea6\u3057\u304b\u4f7f\u7528\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126708\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0-270x300.jpg?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0-922x1024.jpg?wsr 922w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0-150x167.jpg?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0-450x500.jpg?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0-768x853.jpg?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/uvkrUaAY-image0.jpg?wsr 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Pink Resonator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted name (uses wrong font)<\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted effect text (uses wrong font) and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>Does not have \u3053\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u540d\u306e\u52b9\u679c\u306f\uff11\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u306b\uff11\u5ea6\u3057\u304b\u4f7f\u7528\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044.<\/p>\n<p>Lacks a \u2460\u00a0 in the effect text.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126709\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595-270x300.jpg?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595-922x1024.jpg?wsr 922w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595-150x167.jpg?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595-450x500.jpg?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595-768x853.jpg?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763459060595.jpg?wsr 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magikuriboh Apprentice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Name lacks Furigana and is badly formatted.<\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted effect text (uses wrong font) and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>It does have \u2460 and \u2461 in the effect text and the right condition string. But the \u2460 would on the same line as the condition text string.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126710\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452-270x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452-270x300.png?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452-150x167.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452-450x500.png?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452-768x853.png?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763501692452.png?wsr 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Solo Polymerization<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Name does not have Furigana and is badly formatted.<\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted effect text (uses wrong font) and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>Lacks a \u2460\u00a0 in the Japanese effect text.<\/p>\n<p>Does not have proper condition string and name references a different card (<\/p>\n<p>There is no \u30dd\u30ea\u30e1\u30ea\u30bc\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3 in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Polymerization in Japan is \u878d\u5408 (i.e. Yuugou). The 4kids localization was very Cute when they localized the card name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126711\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280-270x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280-270x300.png?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280-150x167.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280-450x500.png?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280-768x853.png?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1280.png?wsr 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Serious Possum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Name does not have Furigana and is badly formatted.<\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted effect text (uses wrong font) and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>Does have 1: 2: and 3: but this is wrong. it should be \u2460 \u2461 \u2462<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126712\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277-270x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277-270x300.png?wsr 270w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277-150x167.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277-450x500.png?wsr 450w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277-768x853.png?wsr 768w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/IMG_1277.png?wsr 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Name does not have Furigana and is badly formatted.<\/p>\n<p>Badly formatted effect text (uses wrong font) and lacks Furigana.<\/p>\n<p>Condition Text is at the end of the card text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mo&#8217; Fakes, Mo&#8217; Problems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":126703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,107],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-126700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-rumor-myth-busting"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/11\/FakeTrap-MADU-EN-VG-artwork.png?wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126700"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126714,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126700\/revisions\/126714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}