Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon (LOB) was the first English Yu-Gi-Oh! booster set, released in North America in 2002. Konami launched the card game in Japan back in 1999.
A 1st Edition LOB Blue-Eyes is still one of the most chased cards from that era. Did anyone ever pull all five Exodia pieces?
Never got all five Exodia pieces. Got three Left Arms somehow.
The manga is worth reading for how strange early Yu-Gi-Oh! was. Kazuki Takahashi's first chapters aren't really about cards.
Wait, really? What was it about?
Yugi plays a different dark game in almost every chapter, against a different bully or villain. The card game took over later, once readers loved it.
And then Konami made it real. Wild path from one manga arc to one of the biggest card games in the world.
Takahashi's monster designs still hold up. Dark Magician's armor is pure 90s drama.
Dark Magician vs Blue-Eyes is the original rivalry. Yugi and Kaiba walked so every rival duo could run.
Collector tip: check LOB cards for "1st Edition" printed under the art. Unlimited prints are far more common.
My cousin had a Kuriboh he swore was rare. Turns out cute was the rare part.
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