Shining a Spotlight on its Iconic Dueling Maestros, Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Launches Magnificent Maestros!

Celebrate the Dueling maestros of Yu-Gi-Oh! with even more Grand Master Rares

WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM – November 12, 2026 – Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. (KONAMI) launches Magnificent Maestros for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG). Recognising the infamous maestros of Yu-Gi-Oh! Series', this set features 18 of their iconic cards reimagined with new abilities and introduces even more Grand Master Rares.

Magnificent Maestros, the sequel to September's Magnificent Monsters and contains even more highlights for everyone to celebrate in time for the holiday season. Duelists can acquire 18 more re-imagined cards based on Dueling maestros from the TV series such as Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the White Phantom Beast, Deep-Eyes White Dragon, the Blue Abyss and The Guiding Flute of Summoning Dragons, inspired by Seto Kaiba's cards and Cyber End Dragon, the Final Strike Dragon, Cyber Dragon, the Luminous Mech Dragon and Future Fusion Nova, modelled after Zane Truesdale from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Duelists can expect 6 more extended art cards from Magnificent Maestros than its predecessor. Like before, all 18 of the reimagined anime cards have extended art versions, available in Ultra Rare or Starlight Rare. This time, there are also 6 extended art versions of popular older cards to go with the Witchcrafter, Unchained and Toon cards and are also available in Ultra Rare and Starlight Rare. Also being introduced are 10 new chibi variant art versions including Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle, Fallen of Albaz, Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous, and Super Starslayer TY-PHON – Sky Crisis.

Grand Master Rare Cards also make an appearance, showcasing extended art, hieroglyphic borders and are serial-numbered from 001 through 100. There will be 100 per card for the Americas (North/Central/South, combined), and another 100 per card for all markets distributed from Europe (Europe, Oceania, Africa, Middle East). The latter will have an “E” at the end of the serial number. All Grand Master Rares will be in English but can be found in French / German / Italian / Portuguese / Spanish packs, as well as English packs.

In addition, Magnificent Maestros also brings 21 new cards for Witchcrafter, Unchained and Toon Decks, including Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragon. There are also 10 additional new cards inspired by the anime being introduced including the very first "Dark Tuner" monsters from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. One new card is Chaos End Ruler – Master of the Beginning and End, which was seen on Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL but never played.

Along with that, another 40 cards receive foil upgrades for the first time such as Toon Barrel Dragon and Toon Buster Blader, Fairy Tail – Wiccat and Fairy Tail Ball, Fallen Paradise of the Sacred Beasts, Angelechy Problem and Angelechy Enlisted, and Yugi’s famous Makiu, the Magical Mist. Magnificent Maestros also includes foil upgrades that Duelists have requested like Madolche Ticket, Neo the Magic Swordsman, The big SATURN, Despair from the Dark, Unifrog, Berserk Gorilla, Magical Scientist, and many more.

As some of the older Toon cards have been hard to find lately, Magnificent Maestros goes heavy on Toon reprints including Toon Bookmark, Toon Black Luster Soldier, Toon Dark Magician, Red-Eyes Toon Dragon, and Toon Table of Contents. Each box of Magnificent Maestros contains 3 x 5-card packs and 3 Secret Rares with a chance to upgrade to Starlight Rare.

For more info, please visit: https://www.yugioh-card.com/eu/product/magnificent-maestros/

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About the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is one of the most popular trading card games in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful Monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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