{"id":39194,"date":"2018-10-30T18:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=39194"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:06:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:06:20","slug":"spookyscarycardskeletons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=39194","title":{"rendered":"Press Release for November and Early December"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basically: Get ready to be spooked and scared and you’d better beware.<\/p>\n

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Arriving November 2, Structure Deck: Zombie Horde will come fully loaded with a Double-sided Deluxe Game Mat\/Dueling Guide, a Beginner\u2019s Guide, and a total of 42 cards: 37 Commons, 3 Super Rares, and 2 Ultra Rares. MSRP: $9.99 per Box.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re kicking off the holiday season the right way with a new twist on a classic winter tradition. This year, you can count down the days on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Advent Calendar, hitting shelves November 2, with a bevy of holiday-themed cards \u2013 each calendar features 24 doors, each hiding a different card to help you Duel your way into the holiday spirit! The calendar contains 24 cards: 14 Super Rares and 10 Ultra Rares. MSRP: $19.99 per Calendar.<\/p>\n

Launching November 16, Duelists will be able to get their hands on Hidden Summoners is available November 16 with 60 cards: 40 Super Rares and 20 Ultra Rares. MSRP: $3.99 per 5-card Pack.<\/p>\n

Making its debut December 7, Soul Fusion Special Edition contains 3 Soul Fusion Booster Packs, plus 1 of 2 Super Rare preview cards and 1 of 2 Super Rare variant cards. MSRP: $9.99 per Box.<\/p>\n

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COMEBACKS, CHAOS, AND CLASSIC CARDS COLLIDE<\/b><\/p>\n

IN THE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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El Segundo, Calif. (October 30, 2018<\/b>) \u2013 Everything old is new, and everything departed lives again in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) this Winter!\u00a0 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) is bringing back some of the biggest cards of the year, some popular themes from past eras, and some classic card effects with four new releases. And what else is coming back? Monsters from beyond the grave! Whether you\u2019re a casual competitor or a veteran tournament Duelist, KONAMI\u2019s got you covered this holiday season.<\/p>\n

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\u2026Covered in Zombies, that is!\u00a0Structure Deck: Zombie Horde\u00a0<\/i>brings powerful new support for Zombies, including the Vampire theme from\u00a0Dark Saviors<\/i>and a new Zombie tribe in the upcoming\u00a0Hidden Summoners<\/i>\u00a0booster set. Classic corpses like\u00a0Mezuki<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Zombie Master<\/b>\u00a0are back alongside spooky staples like\u00a0Shiranui Solitaire<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Uni-Zombie<\/b>, all united under the banner of the mighty\u00a0Doomking Balerdroch<\/b>: a stunning new Zombie that claws its way out of your Graveyard every turn, so long as you or your opponent control a Field Spell. Armed with powerful negation and banishing abilities, the undead behemoth works to punish opposing Zombies. Necrotize your opponents\u2019 legions with\u00a0Zombie<\/b>\u00a0World<\/b>, then shut down their effects and banish them from the Duel!<\/p>\n

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Search your\u00a0Zombie World<\/b>\u00a0straight from your Deck with the new\u00a0Necroworld Banshee<\/b>, then revive it to protect your Field Spell from destruction and targeting. Unleash powerful Zombie Synchro Monsters with\u00a0Glow-Up Bloom<\/b>\u00a0and if you control\u00a0Zombie World<\/b>\u00a0use Bloom\u2019s effect to Special Summon a massive Zombie straight from your Deck.\u00a0Tatsunecro<\/b>\u00a0offers even more ways to Synchro Summon, helping you unleash the power of\u00a0Red-Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon<\/b>! And if that wasn\u2019t enough, new Spell and Trap cards return from the Graveyard just as easily as your zombie hordes, mimicking incredible cards like\u00a0Change of Heart<\/b>*.<\/p>\n

Structure Deck: Zombie Horde<\/i>\u00a0arrives November 2 with a Double-sided Deluxe Game Mat\/Dueling Guide, a Beginner\u2019s Guide, and a total of 42 cards: 37 Commons, 3 Super Rares, and 2 Ultra Rares. MSRP: $9.99 per Box.<\/p>\n

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To properly kick off the holiday season, the\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Advent Calendar<\/a><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/i>puts a new spin on an age-old winter tradition, counting down the days with a bevy of holiday-themed cards! Power up your Decks with Super Rare and Ultra Rare variants of popular cards, and find festive favorites like\u00a0Toy<\/b>\u00a0Magician<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Box of Friends<\/b>. Each calendar features 24 doors, each hiding a different card to help you Duel your way into the holiday spirit!<\/p>\n

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he\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Advent Calendar<\/i>\u00a0launches November 2 with 24 cards: 14 Super Rares and 10 Ultra Rares. MSRP: $19.99 per Calendar.<\/p>\n

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Looking for another round of undead action? A new breed of Zombies creeps from the shadows of Japanese lore in\u00a0Hidden Summoners<\/i>, a 60-card all-foil booster pack! The Mayakashi take Synchro Summoning to a new level with five new Zombie-type Synchro Monsters: reuse their Tuners with their special abilities, and you can climb all the way from a Level 5 Synchro Monster to a stunning Level 11 Synchro! Even better, each Synchro Monster reinforces the next: if your higher-Level Synchro is destroyed, you can revive the next one down the chain to keep control of the Duel.<\/p>\n

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Hidden Summoners<\/i>\u00a0introduces two more themes as well. First up, the Prank-Kids, a squad of science-styled pranksters combine and cooperate to assemble into new forms, flood the field and build their forces on the way to replicating the effects of\u00a0Raigeki<\/b>* and\u00a0Harpie\u2019s Feather Duster<\/b>*!\u00a0Hidden Summoners<\/i>\u00a0also fans a long-cooled ember in the hearts of veteran Duelists:\u00a0Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys<\/b>\u00a0rises from the flames, reborn as a powerful new Ritual Monster! The reinvented Nephthys theme revolves around flurries of fiery Ritual Summons fueled by a pair of new Link Monsters: one that powers your Ritual Summons, and another that powers up for every Ritual Monster you use for it.<\/p>\n

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Hidden Summoners<\/i>\u00a0is available November 16 with 60 cards: 40 Super Rares and 20 Ultra Rares. MSRP: $3.99 per 5-card Pack.<\/p>\n

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And finally, some of the most awesome and competitive cards of the year return in\u00a0Soul Fusion Special Edition<\/i>.\u00a0Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights<\/b>was one of 2018\u2019s biggest Link Monsters, becoming an anchor for Warrior strategies like Goukis and dominating tournaments. Now she makes her return, just in time to lead a second charge of\u00a0Soul Fusion\u00a0<\/i>Noble Knights!\u00a0 Isolde is matched by another Duel-defining Link Monster, one that up until now was only available as a scarce North American promo card:\u00a0Summon Sorceress<\/b>. Unleashing monsters from your Deck according to what her Link Markers point to,\u00a0Summon Sorceress<\/b>\u00a0devastated tournament competition this year. Each\u00a0Soul Fusion Special Edition<\/i>\u00a0includes 1 of these 2 mighty Link Monsters as a Super Rare Variant.<\/p>\n

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Each\u00a0Soul Fusion Special Edition<\/i>\u00a0also includes 1 of 2 Super Rare Preview Cards from next year\u2019s\u00a0Savage Strike<\/i>\u00a0booster, plus three packs of\u00a0Soul Fusion<\/i>for an unbelievably low price. It\u2019s your second shot at all the \u201cNoble Knight,\u201d \u201cThunder Dragon,\u201d and \u201cDanger!\u201d monsters you need to heat up your tournaments this winter.\u00a0Chaos Dragon Levianeer<\/b>\u00a0returns for another go-round, plus powerful Spells and Traps like\u00a0Extra-Foolish Burial<\/b>,\u00a0Trap Trick<\/b>, and\u00a0Frightfur Patchwork<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Soul Fusion Special Edition\u00a0<\/i>debuts December 7 with 3\u00a0Soul Fusion\u00a0<\/i>Booster Packs, plus 1 of 2 Super Rare preview cards and 1 of 2 Super Rare variant cards. MSRP: $9.99 per Box.<\/p>\n

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*Card not included in the set<\/i><\/p>\n

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Every Saturday and Sunday, Duelists can now watch a new episode of the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series,\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS<\/i>, on Teletoon in Canada \u2013 check local listings for times.\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS<\/i>\u00a0is available subtitled on Crunchyroll and will be simulcast with a new episode available one hour after it is broadcast in Japan, at 6:25AM EST (Simulcast currently available in the US and Latin America). Watch here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/yu-gi-oh-vrains<\/a><\/u>!<\/p>\n

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Additionally, Duelists can watch a new episode of\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V<\/i>\u00a0every Saturday on Nicktoons – check local listings for times. In addition, all-new\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL<\/i>\u00a0episodes every Tuesday as well as all of classic\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/i>,\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! GX<\/i>, and\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0can be seen on\u00a0www.yugioh.com<\/a><\/u>\u00a0in the United States. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V<\/i>\u00a0every Friday and Saturday on Teletoon! For more information on KONAMI or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME,\u00a0<\/i>please visit\u00a0www.yugioh-card.com<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or call\u00a0310-220-8630<\/span>\u00a0to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.<\/p>\n

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About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG<\/b><\/p>\n

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.<\/p>\n

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About KONAMI<\/b><\/p>\n

KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at\u00a0www.konami.com<\/a><\/u>. KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiaries, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. in Windsor, the United Kingdom. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at\u00a0www.konami.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

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