TCG (Trading card game) is a form of card game involving collecting cards, strategic deck building, and playing with other players while following the rules. TCGs gained huge popularity from the very beginning. Except for the infinite possibility of deck building and thinking of strategies against other players. Cards with fine pictures and high quality are becoming popular collectibles.
I organized some of the cards released in 2022 that are worth buying. Let's check it out together.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
You might have never tried their card game before, but you heard about Yu-Gi-Oh's anime, game, and merch. Yu-Gi-Oh is kind of the founder of trading card games in Japan. The pattern of the cards comes from myths from all over the world. There are mainly 3 types of cards in Yu-Gi-Oh: Monster, Spell, and trap cards. In a normal game play each player has to have more than 40 cards. So the way to build your deck plays a very important role in the gameplay. There are official events all around the world, so if you want to try out TCGs for the first time Yu-Gi-Oh will be a great choice.
Some card suggestions in 2022:
【Yu-Gi-Oh Deck Build Pack Secret Slayers/デッキビルドパック シークレット・スレイヤーズ】
The most important for beginners is to build your deck. This pack has the effect card Eldlich the Golden Lord which is friendly for beginners to use, the Adamancipator and Rikka are also commonly used in gameplay. This pack is a must-get for beginners.
Key words: 遊戯王 シークレット・スレイヤーズ/エルドリッチ/アダマシア/遊戯王 六花
【Yu-Gi-Oh Deck Build Pack Genesis Impactors/デッキビルドパック ジェネシス・インパクターズ】
This pack has a very powerful and pretty monster card: Evil★Twin. It also has magisters that are suitable for different groupings. And Drytron that are mainly focused on ritual summoning. Highly suggested to beginners.
Key words: 遊戯王 ジェネシス・インパクターズ/イビルツイン/マギストス
【Yu-Gi-Oh Rarity Collection 20th Anniversary Edition /遊戯王OCGデュエルモンスターズ RARITY COLLECTION】
The pack is released to commemorate their 20th anniversary by Yu-Gi-Oh OCG. It contains rare cards from past series and all the cards in the pack are super rare or higher. This pack is suitable for beginners who don’t have many rare cars. There are 4 cards per pack.
Keywords: 遊戯王 RARITY COLLECTION/遊戯王 レアコレ
【Yu-Gi-Oh DARKWING BLAST BOX/ダークウィング・ブラスト】
This pack was released in July 2022 and contained many high-quality cards. Like 'Lady Labyrinth of the Silver Castle' and 'Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous'. You have a chance to open a Prismatic Secret Rare card in the pack. Other than this, there are new cards with the past theme. The pack just released recently, so the price for any resell is not bad. It is suitable for both collection and use.
Unfortunately, the pack is sold out on most shopping platforms. You can try to find the card you wish on some second-hand shopping sites like Mercari or Rakuma.
Keywords: 遊戯王 ダークウィング・ブラスト/遊戯王 迷宮城の白銀姫/遊戯王 赫の聖女カルテシア
【游戏王 LIGHTNING OVERDRIVE BOX/ライトニング・オーバードライブ】
LIGHTNING OVERDRIVE is a pack released in January 2022. This pack has the archetype ZW in its lineup. In addition, this pack has many cards with cute illustrations that are perfect for collections. The Prismatic Secret Rare card: 'Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous' itself is already worth to have to try.
Keywords: 遊戯王 ZW/遊戯王 照耀の光霊使いライナ
Magic the Gathering
MTG is the first trading card game. It gained much support from players all around the world since its release. One of the reasons that people choose Magic the Gathering is its complicated rules. To play MTG, you need to collect cards beforehand, thus causing MTG to be hard for beginners to start.
Even though MTG cards are in many different languages, the Japanese version usually has a higher quality in ink printing. I recommend having a Japanese version for the collection.
【兄弟戦争/The Brothers' War】
The pack will be released in November 2022. Its many powerful exile cards like 'Golden Argosy' and 'Touch the Spirit Realm'. The card 'Acererak the Archlich' is good for the attack. In general, there are many useful cards in the pack; it is worth buying.
Keywords: MTG 兄弟戦争
【神河：輝ける世界/Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty】
The pack was released in February 2022. This pack has cards like 'The Wandering Emperor' which is suitable for both vintage magic and modern magic. The card 'Kaito Shizuki' is illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. 'Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos' in the collection has four different types, and the neon red version has the most value.
Keywords: MTG 神河：輝ける世界/放浪皇 ドラフト・セットブースター/ 漆月魁渡 ドラフト・セットブースター/ 貪る混沌、碑出告
【灯争大戦/Magic the Gathering War of the War】
The most valuable card in this collection released in 2019 is ‘Liliana, Dreadhorde General’ illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, the character design in Final Fantasy. This card might be the most collectible in recent years. This pack also has ‘Narset, Partner of Veils’ done by a different artist. It is not only cute but also powerful.
Keywords: MTG 灯争大戦/ 戦慄衆の将軍、リリアナ foil/ 覆いを割く者、ナーセット foil
Pokemon Cards
As one of the main three TCGs, recently it’s started to gain more popularity than Yu-Gi-Oh. Some of the old cards are starting to become extremely valuable. There are three types of Pokemon cards: character cards, Energy cards, and Trainer cards. The game is less difficult compared to Yu-Gi-Oh, even children can play it. The quality of the cards is getting higher, highly recommend it!
【ハイクラスパック「VSTARユニバース」/VSTAR UNIVERSE】
This pack contains all the powerful cards that are necessary for the current gameplay, and it contains at least one Pokemon V. Other than that, there are new AR (art rare) and SAR(Special art rare) cards that are worth buying for beginners and veteran players.
Keywords: ポケモンカード VSTARユニバース/ポケモンカード AR/ポケモンカード SAR
【ハイクラスパック「VMAXクライマックス」/VMAX CLIMAX】
This pack is the same as VSTAR UNIVERSE, it is also a high-class expansion pack. Other than other useful Pokemon V, the pack also has support card 'Boss Command' which is very easy to use, and 'Crobat V'.
Keywords: ポケモンカード VMAXクライマックス/ボスの指令/クロバットv
【拡張パック「パラダイムトリガー」/Silver Tempest (Paradigm Trigger)】
If you like The legendary Pokemon Lugia, you cannot miss this one! This pack contains a card that has a very high collectible value: Lugia V(SA), and there are two other Luguia V, Unown V, and more.
Keyword: ポケモンカード パラダイムトリガー/ポケモンカード ルギアv/ポケモンカード アンノーンv
【白熱のアルカナ/Incandescent Arcana】
This pack has the popular character Serena, and Pokemon like Alolan Vulpix, Gardevoir, and other cute Pokemon. All the cards are nice looking if there are Pokemon you like in this pack, don’t miss it.
Keywords: ポケモンカード 白熱のアルカナ/ポケモンカード セレナ/ポケモンカード アローラロコン
Weiß Schwarz/ヴァイスシュヴァルツ
There are also some other TCGs other than the popular three listed above. Like Weiß Schwarz by the company Bushiroad. Most of their cards feature popular characters in Japanese games or Anime. Like Sword Art Online, The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage, Kaguya-sama: Love is War and more. There are also cards has some famous scenes from the anime printed on the card, which is very fun to collect. If you like Japanese anime, why not try Weiß Schwarz?
Price-wise, Weiß Schwarz is more friendly towards beginners. You can start to buy packs of your favorite anime. Of course, there are collectible cards with extremely high prices like these:
【BanG Dream! Saaya Yamabuki】
Sold Price: 760K JPY
Key words: 二重の虹 山吹沙綾 サインカード
【Rem, Pure White Bride】
Sold Price: 460K JPY
Key words: 純白の花嫁 レム サインカード
【Project Second Colorful Stage! feat.Hatsune Miku】
Sold Price: 220K JPY
Key words: もっと見つけて 初音ミク サインカード
【Angel】
Sold Price: 90K JPY
Key words: 白銀の両翼 かなで サインカード
One Piece
To commemorate One Piece’s 25th anniversary, BANDAI released a trading card game. There are already 6 groups of cards and the rules for the game are easy to follow. If you are a One Piece fan, you can try this card game.
Keywords: ワンピースカードゲーム
How to Buy
Currently, you can purchase Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, and Pokémon cards through the DOORZO APP. If you cannot find the card you wish on the official site, you can try to find it at some second-hand shopping sites like Mercari, Surugaya, Rakuma, and Yahoo! Auction. There are many good deals and many sellers usually sell a bundle of cards at once.
Search Tips:
If you already know the category of the item you wish, you can select the category directly. Search it in Japanese or English.
If you want to buy Yu-Gi-Oh cards, try to search for the specific card name or the card name and the rarity.
