Dear duelists,
Before the year comes to an end, we want to give you an overview of what to expect for 2010 regarding Organized Play for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. We know you have been eagerly awaiting news regarding the new European tournament structure, and can promise it will give you plenty of exciting opportunities to duel both casually and competitively, in your local store as well as on a larger level.

In addition to the regular, local tournaments where you can win Turbo Packs - of which we will release a new series very soon, by the way - and the Sneak Peeks, which are already running, we will bring you the following programs in 2010:

The “Duelist League” is designed as an open dueling system for younger players. Duelists gather in an informal environment without strict tournament structure, with prize cards on the line for everyone.

Another league, “Pegasus League” is an opportunity for duelists to try out new creative deck strategies. Additional deckbuilding rules are in place for these tournaments (for example, players could be required to use cards only of a certain rarity). These rules change every few months, creating constant deckbuilding challenges.

Both these leagues should be kicking off in your local stores no later than mid-February.

For the more competitive players, we will naturally offer National Championships. These will be preceeded by a number of Qualifiers, either regional or local, which will offer a qualification to the top players. Nationals are planned to be run between May and June, while National Qualifiers will launch in January already!

If you finish high enough in these Nationals, you will earn a qualification to the European Championship, which will be run late June or early July.

The second half of the year will see the introduction of a new tournament series called “Signers’ Challenge”. These will lead to the “Signers’ Finals”, which will mark the end-of-year tournament climax on national level.

For each of those programs, we will post event details soon, so stay tuned to www.yugioh-card.com! For now, we trust that you are as excited about this news as we are, and continue to enjoy the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME.
Happy holidays!

Konami Digital Entertainment
TCG Division

Normal Trap Card

Activate only when an effect was activated that destroys 2 or more cards you control. Negate that effect and destroy that card. Then, you can Special Summon 1 "Stardust Dragon" from your Extra Deck.

Konami went nuts.
Duel like a champion with your very own copy of Yusei’s “Starlight Road” card!

“Starlight Road” is an unbelievable new Trap Card that you can use whenever your opponent would destroy 2 or more of your cards with a card of their own. “Starlight Road” stops your opponent’s card from working, destroys it, then as a special bonus you also get to Special Summon “Stardust Dragon” right out of your Extra Deck!

“Starlight Road” is a brand new card that is available only through the Duelist Pack Collection Tin 2010!

Each Duelist Pack Collection Tin 2010 includes 1 Secret Rare copy of “Starlight Road” as well as 3 packs of the latest Yusei set: Duelist Pack – Yusei 2 –, plus 1 pack of Ancient Prophecy.

As a special treat for fans of Yusei old and new, each Duelist Pack Collection Tin 2010 also includes a special Yusei all-foil 3-card promo pack. Each of these promo packs contains 3 cards used by Yusei on the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s animated series (1 Ultra Rare and 2 Super Rares per pack). These cards have been released in previous sets, but are now being offered as foil cards for the first time.

There are 3 different Yusei all-foil 3-card promo packs, available through various retailers, each with 3 cards. That’s 9 different Yusei cards total that you can upgrade to shiny foil versions!

Each Duelist Pack Collection Tin 2010 contains:

1 “Starlight Road” Secret Rare card
3 packs of Duelist Pack – Yusei 2 –
1 pack of Ancient Prophecy
1 Yusei all-foil 3-card promo pack (1 Ultra Rare, 2 Super Rare cards)
1 Beginner’s Guide

and with the patience and skills of the Italian Metagame writer and expert Jerry Beans Man who produced the new blog http://blog.yugiohitalia.com/ we also had the first live coverage !!

YUGIOHITALIA.COM includes the famous Jerry Beans Man's UDE Statics Banners

and the useful Online Deckbuilder

Check it out! (use languagetools to translate in your language)

Release name (click link for NFO) : Yu-Gi-Oh_5Ds_Tag_Force_4_PSP-VENOM

UMD Recognition Tag Force 1, 2, 3

here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F34Z5J6S
Character name is Seto (we do not process names requests!)

Cards from Hidden Arsenal will be legal for play at this event.

* UPDATE 11/10 * Please note that the Forbidden & Limited Cards List is up-to-date and that NO cards from Hidden Arsenal are Forbidden, Limited, or Semi-Limited! You can find the latest Forbidden & Limited List here.

“Elemental Hero Absolute Zero” is not currently legal for play in North America, and will not be legal for play at this event.
Please check the “Products” page online at http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/products/ for an updated look at the legality dates of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s product releases, prior to attending the event.

check this out! (more to come, this is my everyday binder)