TCG Exclusives for Storm of Ragnarok

Eight of the TCG exclusives for Storm of Ragnarok have now been revealed, and it's an interesting bunch. Fairly predictably, there's some stuff to try to counter the power being handed to Six Samurai, but 6 Sam also get another trick. There's more Nordic goodies and even Scrap gets a look in.

Whilst Shien's Daredevil looks like being ignored by the 6 Sam fans (at least on our poll), the usefulness of Maxx "C" to counter the new Six Samurai is being vigorously debated.

Meanwhile, the most eagerly anticipated of the three Nordic cards seems to be Nordic Relic Megingjord - at least judging by the hefty pre-sell prices.

You can check out all the latest breaking Storm of Ragnarok here, including the full OCG list, and latest news on TCG exclusives and OCG imports.

New YuGiOh! Booster Announcement - Generation Force

A quick post this evening because we've had exciting news out of Japan today. The next booster has just been announced, and it's called Generation Force. It'll be the first YuGiOh! booster in the new Zexal generation, so it's a particularly interesting one. It's due out in Japan for the OCG in April, so presumably getting an English-Language TCG release late summer.

We've already heard about one new game mechanic in YuGiOh! Zexal called an Exceed Summon, where two monsters of the same level are used as material, but instead of being sent to the graveyard, are instead somehow stacked with the Exceed Monster. We're a bit confused, but sure it'll make sense in the end. Presumably there'll be Exceed Monsters abounding in Generation Force.

Anyway - to help you get up to speed, we have a full rundown of everything we've been able to find out about YuGiOh! Zexal - Generation Force here.

The Third Yusei Duelist Pack

We'll take a bit of a side-track from the relentless barrage of information about Storm of Ragnarok today, to briefly mention the forthcoming launch of Duelist Pack: Yusei Fudo 3. It's been a while since the two TCG exlcusive (Kaiba and Yugi) Duelist Packs last year, and we finally get to catch up with last year's OCG Duelist Packs. Whilst the second one, Crow, will probably raise more interest when it presumably appears later this year, there's a few things we're looking forward to about Yusei 3.

First up, Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste. US players will be saying "so what", but for the rest of us, who didn't get the tin of the same name last year, the card finally becomes relatively easy to get hold of. Of the two Ultra-Rares, Justice Bringer is the one to look out for. It's one of eight new cards in the set - as you'd expect we have a whole range of cards to make the life of a Synchro Summoner easier too. It wont go down as a classic release I don't think, but there's stuff in there that should at least interest everyone a little. Official release date is the 25th January.

Countdown on to Storm of Ragnarok

We're on countdown mode at the moment, to the Storm of Ragnarok booster release. With the Sneak Peek just three weeks away, we know everyone's desparately trying to look out all their old Six Samurai cards - the OCG tournament results of late tell us the new 6 Sam stuff is going to make a big impact in the TCG too.

The Legendary Six Samurai are, of course, only a small part of the story though - there's the Aesir, Nordic Beasts and a pile of new stuff for Blackwing, Karakuri, Scrap and Watt. All in all, it looks like being a pretty special old booster. Anyway, we'll be featuring some of the cards from it right here over the coming weeks, but in the meantime, we've featured more than a few of them already over on our main page about Storm of Ragnarok.

And finally, a quick plug, if you happen to be in the West of Scotland - here's the sign up page for our Storm of Ragnarok Sneak Peek event :)

New Structure Deck Announced - Dragunity Legion

Time for a new blog for 2011 - you can expect a weekly posting on this blog from me, all about the latest happenings in the world of the YuGiOh! Trading Card Game. There'll be new release news, featured cards, tournament reports from our own store and much more besides.

First up on the first post is a new archetype getting a big airing in spring. The Dragunity Legion Structure Deck has been announced recently with an early March release.

It's the English-Language TCG equivalent of last year's OCG Dragunity Drive Structure Deck, which features a number of cards from the popular Dragunity archetype, first seen in the Duel Terminals of Japan.

You can read more about Dragunity Legion here - we've gathered all the currently known information in one handy place for you.