A Look Back, Yugioh!: Duelist Pack 2 Chazz Princeton

     Let us move on in order to the second Duelist Pack, Chazz Princeton.  It had the same release dates in the TCG and the OCG as the first Duelist Pack, as it went hand in hand with Jaden's pack, and overall was a good choice to help introduce this new idea of a small, character focused pack.
      On the cover is Armed Dragon LV10, card only found in this pack and in Duel Terminal 5, while the other levels are easier to come by (with LV7 being found in three packs, including this, and not counted was the promo in a Wal-Mart package, and LV3 and LV5 being in several decks).  A rather nice yet difficult card to get out at times, due to its unique summoning conditions, but more on that later.
     Overall in terms of the cards in this pack, 17 of the 30 cards are monsters (including fusions), 9 spells, and 4 traps.  Time to break these down a bit.

A Look Back, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist Pack 1 Jaden Yuki

     I decided to start going through these set by set, and I decided as the Duelist Packs were the smallest sets that I'd try and cover these a little bit.  First up is Duelist Pack Jaden Yuki.
     Released back in early 2006 for us in the TCG, this was a new concept for us.  Rather than having a set of cards that were usually based on a few concepts, we got a set of cards belonging to the main character, well kind of.  We didn't get all of them (and to this day I wonder what the list of cards Jaden used in show and manga adds up to, but I'm certain it probably is not legal for deck size).
     Elemental HERO Steam Healer was the cover card, and outside of the packs that made up the Slifer Red Mega Packs in The Legendary Collection 2, the only place to pull one.  With a seemingly unimpressive 1800 attack and 1000 defense points, this fusion of Elemental HEROs Burstinatrix and Bubbleman has the nice effect of gaining Life Points equal to the attack of any monster it destroys in battle and sends to the grave.  This means all you really need is some proper buffing.  Worst case scenario it is a Water attribute so if you have Masked Hero Vapor (or the soon to be released Acid for us in the TCG) then Mask Change will be useful.  But enough on the signature card, let us break down the card list quickly.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Order of Chaos Special Edition

Above: An opened box of the Order of Chaos Special Edition

    When I saw the two Super Rares that make up to bonus card for this, I had vibes near that of Duelist Revolution which had Gold Sarcophagus.  The legal version of The Winged Dragon of Ra OR Effect Veiler? That sounds  like a fun pull, and to top that off three boosters of Order of Chaos.  Unless you are the type to save up for a booster box (or perhaps a box this special edition) it is worth it to at least pick up one considering the retail price (in the US) is $9.99.  Overall this is a rather nice deal.

VLOG 2012/01/14-15

At some point when it comes out I'll do a proper break down of the set, but for now, here's my two cents on the sneak peak I went to, and forgot to mention my "big" pull was an ultimate rare Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja, fun card.

Yugioh Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon Tin Opening (with bonus opening)

A Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Wall of Text Review: Wind-Up Zenmaister Tin

      I actually intended this to be a video review, but since I accidentally opened up my tin before remembering this, it won't be as proffesional as I had hoped.  However never fear, I did sort of make a video review (maybe I'll upload that video anyway, however at the moment it is doubtful).  This is a review of the 2011 Wave 1 Wind-Up Zenmaister tin (American version, but I'll get into that in a bit). A $19.99 US buy that comes with "Wind-Up Zenmaister," "Elemental Hero Gaia," "Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin," "Archlord Kristya," and a "Pot of Duality."  It also comes with 2 Storm of Ragnarok, 2 hidden Arsenal 4: Trishula's Triumph, and 1 Extreme Victory for the 5 packs that come in these kinds of tins.  The version of the tin I reviewed has 2 packs of Hidden Arsenal 4, while from openings I've seen on Youtube, the European version instead had 2 packs of Extreme Victory and 1 pack of Generation Force, which I'll be honest would have been more appropriate for the tin, but it was probably different due to marketing and sales differences between regions.

A Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Wall of Text Review: LOST SANCTUARY Structure Deck

      Lost Sanctuary is the TCG equivalent of the OCG structure deck of the same name, and the 20th structure deck to have come out.  It is pretty much the same as the original version with the exception of Archlord Kristya being replaced with Athena, which can be considered a bummer however Athena was only release here in Premium Pack Two, and it meshes in quite well with this deck.  As of August 30, 2011 Archlord Kristya will be in the Wind-up Zenmaister tin along with Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin, both of which would be nice additions to anyone who would want to modify this deck or a fairy deck they already have.