Starter and Structure decks have been a vital staple of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yu-Gi-Oh! Tr💜ading Card Game since the beginning, and a 𒆙couple still come out every year. While these decks are typically ten bucks each and have somehow stayed that way for over two decades, some have accumulated a lot more value over time.
Many older decks cost several hundred or even several thousand dollars or more depending on which decks they are, whether they're first edition and factory sealed or in a case, meaning that they have never been opened, and the plastic wrapping has stayed on all these years.
All pri🌠ces are based on approximate eBay listings at🦂 the time of writing.
9 ꦡ Starter Deck: Pegasus
Starter Deck: Joey and Starter Deck: Pegasus came out at the same time, but their values are slightly different. Back when it first came out, Starter Deck: Pegasus was the easiest way to get the infamous ritual monster Relinquished and its ritual spell card Black Illusion Ritual, several members of the Toon archetype, as well as the only way to obtain the Trap card Gryphon Wing, which specifically negates and reverses the effect of Harpie's Feather Duster, meaning the opponent's Spell and Trap cards are destroyed instead of the players.
A factory-sealed first edition copy of the North American English version of Starter Deck: Pegasus goes for𒅌 between $1,000 and $1,250.
8 ♚ Starter Dec🐓k: Joey Deluxe Edition
Unlike fellow pro duelists Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba, Joey Wheeler never got an updated starter or structure deck, at least on the TCG side of things. However, at some point around 2003 or 2004, he did get a deluxe edition set that packaged his starter deck with two Laby🍒rinth of Nightmare booster packs and a deck box.
A factory-sealed first edition copy of the English version of this set goes for about $1,200, which is a lot of money for a box of shiny cardboard, but is surprisingly on the lower end when compared to other decks from Yu-Gi-Oh's past. It's like this deluxe set had fewer copies circulating than the deck by itself.
7 Structure Dec🐻k: Marik 🌠
Structure Deck: Marik is interesting in that it was released in 2010, several years after the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series haꦡd finished, and six years after the Marik Structure Deck from the OCG had been released in Japan, which also comparatively had many different cards d🏅ue to the release gap between each deck.
A factory-sealed first edition copy of the English version of a case of this notable villain's deck goes for about $2,000, making it a little more valuable than Joey's deluxe edition starter deck but still keeping it on the lower end of things.
6 Structure Deck: Dragon's Roar/Zombie Madness Dual Pack
Dragon's Roar and Zombie Madness were released in 2005 and were the first structure decks released in the TCG not to be based on characters from the original manga and anime series. These structure decks also contained the first release of Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon and Vampire Genesis, which have become much easier to obtain since.
A first edition factory-sealed copy of a case of the English Edition of this pair goes for about $2,200, which isn't as much as some older decks but may be the most valuable when it comes to structure decks not based on characters from the manga and anime series.
5 ⛦ Starter Deck: Yugi Asian English Version
One of the first starter decks for the TCG, a factory-sealed first edition copy of the Asian English version of the original Starter Deck: Yugi from 2002ꦜ, goes for about $6,000. All the cards in it are much easier to obtain now, but that first edition Dark Magician with the original art probably helps increase its value.
While at release, the deck was better than most, it became irrelevant after just a few years due to the release of better cards and starter decks. Except for cards like Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, and Dark Hole, most modern players don't even use the majority of the cards featured in this deck anymore.
4 ♏ Starte🐈r Deck: Kaiba
Of course, Yugi's rival Seto Kaiba had to make sure his original starter deck was worth a bit more, as an unopened First Edition English language copy of his deck goes for over $6,500, likely because of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:alternate art Blue-Eyes White Dragon that comes with it.
Starter Deck: Kaiba was the easiest way to obtain Blue-Eyes White Dragon in 2002, as otherwise, it was only available either by getting lucky with a pack of Legend Of Blue Eyes, the first TCG booster pack, buying a copy of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Duel S🎐tories for theဣ Game Boy Color, or buying it as a single, which may have cost a pretty pe𒀰nny, but not anywhere close to several thousand dollars.
3 Starter Deck: Yugi/Kaiba Evolution 🌟
Like in the series, Yugi and Kaiba are even more powerful or expensive when paired together. Starter Deck: Yugi Ev𝓰olution and Starter Deck: Kaiba Evolution were released in 2004 and were updated starter decks based on those used in the English dub of the anime series at that time.
Instead of Dark Magician and Blu-Eyes White Dragon getting the front cover spot, this time around, it was Black Luster Soldier and Kaiser Seahorse. However, Dark ꦇMagician and Blue-Eyes are still present in each deck and have alternate art than in the previous decks. The sealed double pack first edition case of the English version of these decks goes for between $10,000 and $15,000.
2 Starter Deck🐽: Kaiba English Edition For Europe 🐬
For some unfathomable reason, factory-sealed copies of the European versions of the first four Yu-Gi-Oh! starter decks go for over $100,000. The European English version of Starter Deck: Kaiba goes for about $152,000, and somehow it still isn't the most expensive one.
One notable aspect of these decks is that they come with fewer cards than their North American counterparts, so it's surprising they cost more despite that. Maybe early Yu-Gi-Oh! decks had a low-print run in Europe compared to prints in other territories for some reason in the beginning, but it's difficult to determine if that's truly the case.
1 🔯 Starter Deck: Joey German V💧ersion
Remember how the North American English version of Starter Deck: Joey was $1🌳,200? Well, a factory-sealed first edition copy of the German v🐼ersion of Starter Deck: Joey goes for over $200,000, making it the most expensive prepackaged Yu-Gi-Oh! deck.
It's unclear why this particular version of this deck goes for this much money, but when Starter Deck Joey first came out, it was one of the easiest ways to obtain Polymerization, a card that was once necessary for all 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fusion Monsters. It also providꦉed an easier way to obtain the✤ Fusion Monster Thousand Dragon, which is the reason Polymerization was included.