Summary
Spell cards are an essential part ofYu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Some Spells can get you the cards you need, while others can help you defuse some of your opponent’s nastiest effects. So what are the most valuable Spells in the game?
Value in Yu-Gi-Oh! is dependent on a variety of factors. It’s not just the rarity of the card but the specific set it was printed in. Some cards are also more difficult to obtain since sealed packs barely exist anymore. Showing your opponent that you have unique cards in your deck also makes it a neat flex when playing a match.
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10Reinforcement Of The Army - $198.55
Search Your Warriors
Reinforcement Of The Army is nostalgic, unrestrictive, and useful in any deck that requires you to fetch a Warrior. Just play this card, and the level four Warrior monster of your choice is fetched from the deck. It doesn’t have a cost or lock you into anything after the search.
This particular printing comes in the special ultra Pharoah’s rare. Not many cards have the privilege of getting this rarity. With Egyptian hieroglyphs in the holographic foiling and golden card text, this is the highest rarity of this card you can find.
9Silent Doom - $199.00
A Free Vanilla Monster
Some cards don’t havethe luxury of getting reprinted in a specific rarity. You were either there when it was released or you can get a lower-quality printing later on. Silent Doom isn’t all that powerful, but these criteria help it maintain its value.
Silent Doom lets you bring back a Normal monster back from the graveyard. It’s essentially a weaker Monster Reborn but with fewer printings. Silent Doom’s secret rare can only be found in Gladiator Assault from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX era of sets.
8Breath Of Light - $199.99
Rock Monsters Beware
Breath of Light is by no means a good card. When you play it, it destroys all the face-up Rock monsters on the field. It’s pretty niche when a Raigeki would do the trick better and with more valid targets to take down.
What makes Breath of Light, so special is that it has only ever been printed twice. This particular printing could only be obtained naturally by participants of the World Championship in 2011. It’s a limited pack with very few recipients.
7Triple Tactics Talent - $209.76
A Three-In-One Tool
Before thequarter century secret rarestook over, players had the chance to find starlight rare cards inside regular packs. One relevant card to get this kind of rarity printing in its own native pack is Triple Tactics Talent.
This card lets you hand rip, steal a monster, or draw two cards. Because of this, it has become an excellent way to gain an advantage if your opponent hand traps you. While other high-rarity printings of this card exist, this is by far the most difficult to pull.
6Power Bond - $219.66
Power Up Your Machines
Power Bond is nostalgic for a variety of reasons. For fans of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, this was Cyrus’s secret ace up his sleeve. For competitive players, this card could be useful for instantly demolishing your opponent with a Machine monster.
Not only does this printing come as an ultimate rare with all the neat textures, but it does so while sporting the card’s original set digits. This is a hard combo for cards to have since ultimate rares stopped being part of mainline sets.
5Gold Sarcophagus - $261.25
Banish Cards For Later
Banishing a card and getting access to it later is a neat trick. Banishing it and triggering its effect is even better. Gold Sarcophagus lets you do this by banishing a card straight from your deck. However, this printing is more than just useful; it’s perfectly on theme.
Cards that hit that ancient Egyptian motif have that special real-world iconography mixed with the Millennium eyes of Yu-Gi-Oh!. This card also has it in the foiling as the hieroglyphs make for a neat effect that brings the whole look together.
4Harpie’s Feather Duster - $404.74
A One Of In Any Deck
Tournament Packs are special. They are only handed out at card shops that host official Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG events and are not allowed to be resold. With smaller card pools and only three cards per pack, it’s hard to pull the best possible cards from it.
One of the best cards in Tournament Pack 8 is the super rare printing of Harpie’s Feather Duster. This is one of the oldest versions of the card to come in a higher rarity. The low pull rate of thisSpell and Trap destroyermakes it hard to find and even harder to let go of.
3Magic Formula - $449.00
A Rare Dark Magician Card
Magic Formula has had its reprintings here and there. However, most of the time it ends up being just another common print. Part of the Dark Magician archetype, this Equip Spell gives it or the Dark Magician Girl a little power boost. It also lets you recover 1000 life points when it goes to the grave.
Despite not doing much, it is still a fine addition to a Duel Monsters-themed collection. Especially with Dark Magician being such a nostalgic monster. Gladiator’s Assault is also the only place you’ll find this card as a secret rare.
2Book Of Moon - $490.79
A Useful Tool In Any Format
Flipping one monster face-down can make all the difference. It can’t be used as certain material, it can’t activate its effects, and it prevents a name from being on the board. This useful Quick-Play Spell is a welcome addition to any side deck.
The most elusive version of this card is the super rare printing found in Champion Pack 1. This card doesn’t even have the golden text that ultra rares have, but due to its age and difficulty obtaining it, it becomes one of the most expensive Spells in the game.
1Metamorphosis - $537.95
Transform Your Monsters
Metamorphosis is a staple of Duel Monsters cheese. Getting two monsters in your hand or field and trading them away for one Fusion Monster isn’t a great deal. Instead, Metamorphosis allows you to tribute a monster, and bring out a Fusion Monster with the same level.
Despite how nostalgic this card can be, it doesn’t get reprinted often. In fact, its first-ever printing was merely a common. It wouldn’t be until Champion Pack 1 that players could finally upgrade this card to a super rare.
