One of the most popular Yu-Gi-Oh! products in the long run are the Legendary Collection 25th Anniversary Edition. It’s clear that people love opening these old packs for the nostalgia and hopefully pulling out some iconic cards. You also get seven promotions that bring you a lot of value right away.
There are so many great cards spread across each of those six seats, which means tons of expensive ones too. Remember that you don’t get foil in every package like you get today. This means that getting holos can be more difficult than what you are usually used to.
10 Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (UR) – $21.95
This first card comes from Invasion of Chaos, one of the most important decks in the history of the game. Three big forbidden monsters came out of this set, the most expensive being Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning. With an incredibly easy condition to banish one light and one dark monster from the graveyard, great stats, and two powerful effects, it’s easy to see why this card has been banned for so long.
A common trait you’ll notice with many of the most valuable cards is that Ultras are more expensive than shiny and beautiful Secrets. This is because it’s harder to pull out the one specific Ultra you’re looking for, as each old set only contains two Secrets, but ten Ultras in total.
9 Black Skull Dragon (UR) – $25.06
Black Skull Dragon is the most valuable card in Metal Raiders. It was actually called B. Skull Dragon in the original printing. Konami has probably since acquired enough funds to print those four extra letters. Black Skull Dragon, one of the more iconic and endearing fusion monsters in the early game era, is a fusion between Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull.
It was famously used in the anime by Joey and Yugi to defeat the Paradox Brothers, duelists who played the Gate Guardian, who also appears in Metal Raiders. The ultra rare foiling looks great here and combined with its iconic factor makes this card quite valuable.
8 Dimension Fusion (UR) – $25.30
While Black Luster Soldier is the most expensive monster in Chaos Invasion, the most expensive card is actually a spell. Dimension Fusion is an extremely powerful spell that, for 2000 LP, allows both players to Special Summon any monster that has been removed from play. The card is banned today for good reason, but it is unlimited to three copies per deck in Goat format.
Dimension Fusion is also scarce in reprints, only available in IOC and Dark Revelation Volume 2. Both sets are from the mid-2000s. This is a card that people buy to actually play with, which makes Dimension Fusion more unique than most of the other precious cards here.
7 Offense Two (UR) – $26.41
Another card that people buy to use in decks is Delinquent Duo by Spell Ruler. One of the most powerful spells ever printed, at a cost of 1000 LP your opponent randomly discards one card from their hand and must then discard another of their choice.
It’s hard plus one and there’s no way to get the card back today. However, it is limited to one copy in Goat format. This makes it, along with a small number of reprints, the second most valuable card in Spell Ruler.
6 Jinzo (ScR) – $27.71
Servant of the Pharaoh brought three big, game-changing cards to Yu-Gi-Oh! While Imperial Order is probably the most influential, Jinzo is the most iconic. The ability to negate cards with traps used to be a lifeline that often won games. With 2400 ATK, Jinzo held his own in combat, and with 1500 DEF, he was searchable with Black Forest Witch.
This made it more consistent with Jinzo coming onto the field. The card looks great, had an impact on the meta game, and was one of Joey’s main monsters in the anime during the Battle City arc. All of this makes Jinzo a very valuable card.
5 Dark Magician (UR) – $27.83
By far the most valuable set in the Legendary Collection 25th Anniversary Edition is the Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon. The most iconic cards in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! appears here as it was the first set in the game. Dark Magician is the cheapest, but still quite expensive.
Yugi’s ace monster from the anime is the best mage in terms of attack and defense, although Cosmo Queen exists. The LOB print doesn’t use the classic anime artwork, but still features one of the fan favorite designs. Dark Magician has its own deck around it that is still supported to this day, and coupled with its high iconic quality, it’s easy to see why the card is so valuable.
4 Exodia The Forbidden One (UR) – $31.10
Exodia isn’t just an iconic monster in Yu-Gi-Oh! but an icon in all card games. The first alternative win condition; if you have all five pieces of Exodia, you instantly win the game, and the opponent can’t do anything about it. Five of the ten Ultras in Legend of Blue Eyes are Exodia pieces, making the entire set difficult to obtain.
The head piece is by far the most expensive, as it is the literal face of the monster. Exodia was key to one of the best moments in the anime, especially in the manga, when Yugi pulled his tail against Kaiba. This is probably the most iconic moment in Yu-Gi-Oh!, making the head one of the few cards over $30 USD.
3 Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon (ScR) – $34.56
The most expensive Secret rare from the Legendary Collection 25th Anniversary is Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon from Spell Ruler. First off, the card looks great with the Secret rare enhancements in this collection. It looks similar to Speed ​​Duel Secrets, which is why this card shows up so well.
It’s also probably the most iconic Toon monster. The moment when Pegasus calls out the blue-eyed Toon Dragon against Kaiba in mock form was an important moment in the anime. Blue-Eyes cards tend to always veer towards the more expensive side of things in various decks, and this is no different.
2 Red-Eyes Black Dragon (UR) – $34.83
The second most iconic dragon in the game, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon is one of the ugliest cards, regardless of the artwork. Joey’s Ace Monster in the anime, the iconic card quality is very high. The LOB version of Red-Eyes features anime artwork, which is not the case for the ace monsters of the other two main characters.
This makes him more expensive than Dark Magician, but still doesn’t dethrone his White Dragon opponent. Red-Eyes also has its own deck built around it, with cards like Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon that are justifiably great to use.
1 Blue-Eyes White Dragon (UR) – $54.87
From the name of the first set of Yu-Gi-Oh! is Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon, the card itself must be inside. Although not anime artwork, Blue-Eyes is in the name and is also historically difficult to pull off. To date, only two first releases of LOB Blue-Eyes White Dragon have been recorded so far.
His pull rate from reprint packs is also lower. Pulling the Blue-Eyes from the LOB pack is frankly quite a feat. The card is the most iconic in the game’s history, and because it’s so hard to come by, Blue-Eyes White Dragon earns a price tag of over $50.