Dec 02, 2020 14:00 GMT

NEW RELEASES AND NEWTOURNAMENTS ARRIVE IN THE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME!

As the season gets colder, competition is heating up in the Yu-Gi-Oh!TRADING CARD GAME (TCG). Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. (KONAMI) isproud to present three hot releases in December and January, from newbeginnings to new twists on some of the game’s greatest stories. With thereturn of Collector’s Rares, Speed Dueling, colourful Ultra Rares andcollectible dice, the Winter season is set to deliver more of what Duelistslove. Plus, as a holiday surprise, Duelists will have more opportunities to Duelfrom home and win amazing prizes!

The Speed Duel: Battle City Box is designed to let 8 Duelists battle it outhowever they see fit. The Speed Duel: Battle City Box includes 200 cards soDuelists can build popular strategies and harness the power of iconic cardsthat are new to Speed Dueling. The mighty Egyptian God Cards Obelisk theTormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and The Winged Dragon of Ra descend onthe Duels, while Jinzo, Dark Paladin and XYZ-Dragon Cannon fire back - andthat’s just the beginning.

Build the strategies of Battle City just like Yugi, Kaiba, Espa Roba, IshizuIshtar, Arkana and many more. Or, draft the cards between friends fordifferent play modes! Each Speed Duel: Battle City Box includes 20 SkillCards, 16 of which are brand new. Plus, since the original Battle Citytournament had high stakes, this version of the story holds a unique surpriseas well. Each Speed Duel: Battle City Box includes a special prize pack with 8Secret Rares from a pool of 24 cards. A mix of fan-favourites and Duelingicons get the Secret Rare treatment: Duelists can gift one to each competitor,let the winner take all, or keep them for themselves! From start to finish, theSpeed Duel: Battle City Box puts the player in charge.

Speed Duel: Battle City Box

Speed Duel: Battle City Box races onto the scene November 26th, with 4 YugiDeluxe Game Mats, 4 Kaiba Deluxe Game Mats, and 228 cards: 200Commons, 20 Skill Cards and 8 of 24 Secret Rares. RRP: £29.99 / €29.99 perbox.

Genesis Impact marks the arrival of three brand-new strategies, starting withthe secret history of some of Dueling’s most storied Spellcasters like Invoked,Witchcrafter, Endymion and more! Armed with Fusion, Xyz, Synchro and LinkSummons, this new concordance of the four Spellcasters combines various

Summoning Techniques for a magical supremacy!

Genesis Impact also introduces a new strategy that takes an entirely differentapproach to Ritual Summons; instead of matching Levels, players can gatherMachine-type Tributes with ATK equal or greater than the ATK of the RitualMonster you want to Summon. Plus, this new tribe comes prepared with aneven greater power: they can Ritual Summon monsters from the player’s ownGraveyard. With the new Ritual supports, Genesis Impact will allow Dueliststo Summon new Ritual Monsters with some of the highest ATK and DEF inRitual Summoning history!

Finally, Duelists can get ready to go Live with Dueling’s new dynamic duowith a stunning secret! By day they’re popular live-streamers with legions offans, but by night they [We've restricted access to this section. Please enterthe Secret Password.]! As Main Deck monsters, each twin Special Summonsthe other and together they work the algorithm to swing Life Points.However, upgraded to their Link Monster counterparts, their true teamworkwill be unleashed and cause calamity for their opponent!

Genesis Impact

Genesis Impact arrives on December 3rd, with 10 Ultra Rares, 15 Super Raresand 35 Rares for a total of 60 cards, with 15 cards also available asCollector’s Rares. Each pack contains 7 cards: 1 Foil card and 6 Rares. RRP:

£3.99 / €3.99 per pack.

From there it’s time to reopen the vault: Legendary Duelists are back again!Legendary Duelists: White Dragon Abyss and Legendary Duelists: Sisters ofthe Rose celebrated Duelists like Seto Kaiba, Mai Valentine, Alexis Rhodesand Akiza Izinski, breathing new life into strategies like Rose Dragons,Harpies, and Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Legendary Duelists: Season 2 will beDuelist’s first chance for a second shot at hard-to-find cards like Kaiba’sBingo Machine, Go!!!, Zane’s Cyberload Fusion, Mai’s Harpie Perfumer andAnna Kaboom’s Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebe. With 10more cards than Legendary Duelists: Season 1, this sequel follow-up is biggerand better than the original.

Each box of Legendary Duelists: Season 2 comes with 1 of 10 Secret Rares,including 2 new cards never available before: 1 card for Kite’s “Galaxy-Eyes”strategy, and 1 card for Kaiba’s “Blue-Eyes” Deck. Every box will also have 2Legendary Duelists: Season 2 packs, each with 18 cards: 15 Commons and 3Ultra Rares. While Legendary Duelists: Season 1 introduced colourful UltraRares - appearing in blue, green or purple foil lettering – every Ultra Rare inSeason 2 can appear in those 3 colours as well as the standard gold! Thatmeans more chances for players to find the Ultra Rare they want, and moreopportunities to customize Decks with their favourite colours.

Legendary Duelists: Season 2

Legendary Duelists: Season 2 is available January 21st. Each box comes with1 of several collectible dice, 30 Commons, 2 standard Ultra Rares, 4 colourfulUltra Rares and 1 Secret Rare. The complete Legendary Duelists: Season 2 setcontains 131 cards: 91 Commons; 30 Ultra Rares available in standard, blue,green or purple; and 10 Secret Rares. RRP: £14.99 / €14.99 per set.

Finally - Yu-Gi-Oh! Day is just around the corner! On December 5th and 6th,Duelists will have the opportunity to Remote Duel their way to greatness,earning exclusive prizes. Earlier this year, fans everywhere voted on whatLink Monster they wanted to see on a future promotional item, and theexclusive Game Mat for this Yu-Gi-Oh! Day will feature the winner: CrystronHalqifibrax! Duelists will have to prove their mettle to find themselves on thepath to qualify for the next Remote Duel Invitational. Then, on December19th and 20th, and January 23rd and 24th, KONAMI will host two RemoteDuel Extravaganzas! These incredible events will offer numeroustournaments in different formats. Participants will compete amongst some ofDueling’s best, all from the comfort of their own home.

For more information on KONAMI’s extensive Organized Play programs,including opportunities for aspiring Duelists to learn how to play, go towww.yugioh-card.com/en/events.

For all the latest information regarding Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAMEproducts and events, please visit the following:

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About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the worldwith over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players createindividual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs.Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerfulmonsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructedDecks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victorsin the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. is the exclusivelicensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in Europe and Oceania.

About Konami Group

Konami Group was founded in 1973, starting as an amusement machinemanufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to includedifferent business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMIHOLDINGS CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Health &Fitness, Gaming & Systems, and Amusement Businesses. The company wentpublic on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchangein 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit:www.konami.com/en

About Konami Digital Entertainment

Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group,develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. Thecompany is known for global franchises such as Pro Evolution Soccer, MetalGear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! tradingcard game series. www.konami.com/games/corporate/en

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