
While Unlimited Edition of the card sells for much lower, a price of around $3,500 for a gem mint isn’t too shabby.Ĥ.


If you only got reprints of the card, don’t feel too bad. PSA marks a total of 77 gem mints from this release. But a gem mint 2002 1st edition of Kaiba Starter Blue-Eyes White Dragon has sold for as high as $16,500 in 2021. The Kaiba deck unsurprisingly had the Ultra Rare Blue-Eyes as its best card.įor a “guaranteed” card, you would expect that its price won’t rocket sky high. In 2002, the first two TCG Starter Decks appeared in the market, themed on the eternal rivals: Kaiba and Yugi. Zero chasing is required as the actual card is wholly visible on the transparent front of the box. But the best thing about Starter Decks is the guaranteed chase cards. Starters are also usually themed based on Yu-Gi-Oh! characters, so dueling with one lets you feel like you’re the next Yugi or Kaiba in the making. For one, these pre-constructed decks are perfect for beginners. There are many things to love about Starter Decks. Starter Deck: Kaiba 1st Edition Ultra Rare (SDK-001, 2002) And among them, only nine are perfect mints.Ģ. Scarcity is likely driving up its price since there are currently only 34 PSA-graded Blue-Eyes cards from the 2004 LOB Unlimited set. A PSA 10 gem mint of this card transferred hands in March 2022 for $2,999. Just look at the treasured reprint, 2004 Blue-Eyes White Dragon Unlimited Edition. Unfamiliar observers stumbling into these reprints’ sale listings may doubt it’s not some special 1st edition because of their prices. Since then, the set has been reprinted several times. The Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the first Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG set released in March 2002.

But to this day, select prints of Blue-Eyes White Dragon continue to be some of the most expensive Yu-Gi-Oh! cards traded. Ironically, it became one of the most common Yu-Gi-Oh! cards ever. It has worked tirelessly, appearing in several booster sets and subsequent reprints. Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon Unlimited Edition Ultra Rare (LOB-EN001, 2004)īlue-Eyes White Dragon’s overwhelming popularity is both its badge of honor and its burden.
