2024 is the year forYu-Gi-Oh!collectors everywhere. There are plenty of cards to chase after, from Phantom Nightmare to Crossover Breakers. Some cards have helped the best decks of the year reach meta status while others only began to impact at the very last minute.
For Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG fans, there are many reasons to collect cards, whether you want to play them, show them off in your binder, or if you want to see just how far the prices will spike. So which cards made the most impact on the market this year? These are the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of 2024.
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12The Maliss Cards
An Honorable Mention During The Height Of Hype
Crossover Breakers has the benefit of being released towards the end of 2024 and during the height of a YCS that includes a fresh ban list reveal. These cards all have the hype surrounding them, causing competitive players to seek them out and prices to soar.
They all have similar traits, such as an easy way to Special Summon themselves after being banished and the ability to make their Link monsters stronger. The most valuable of the bunch all come invaluable quarter century secret rare printings.
11The Ryzeal Cards
Hype For The Ultimate Rank 4 Engine
Another group of cards that stole the spotlight at the very end of 2024 is the Ryzeal archetype, which gotprintings in Crossover Breakers. These cards made waves during the YCS at the end of the year showing that players could go back to relying on Rank 4 XYZ monsters.
This is not only a modern strategy, but one that has a sense of nostalgia to it due to the reliance on Summoning Rank 4s, just like the early days of the Zexal era. These cards all come in valuable quarter century secret rare printings.
10Nightmare Apprentice $99.58
A Familiar Design
The Illusion archetype first appeared in 2023 with retrains of some of Yugi’s beast cards, the Chimeras. In 2024, the Dark Magician Girl also received another variant in the form of Nightmare Apprentice.
This soon became a must-have card for anyone who wants to play the Illusion archetype. Aside from being essential, the card was released witha quarter century printing in Legacy of Destruction, giving players a chance to pull an even rarer variant.
9Deception Of The Sinful Spoils $105.26
A Fantastic Burn Card And Searcher
The Sinful Spoils archetype and the Azamina cards all gained traction in 2024. Deception of the Sinful Spoils is a Continuous Spell that does two very important things. First off, it allows you to search out another Azamina card from your deck.
The burn damage is also good as a way to ward offyour opponent’s hand trapsduring a third-round game. This means making a wide enough gap to win using time rules.
8Mulcharmy Fuwalos Secret Rare $124.45
Keep Drawing Cards
Maxx C isa hand trap so powerful, it got banned. In 2024, Maxx C was split into three separate cards with Mulcharmy Fuwalos being the most powerful. This allows you to draw a card each time your opponent Special Summons from the deck or extra deck.
This is one of those instances where the secret rare printing can stand alongside some of the most valuable quarter century rare cards of the year.
7Promethean Princess Bestower Of Flames $135.72
The Flames Keep Coming
Promethean Princess first made its debut inthe Phantom Nightmare set. However, despite getting plenty of cheaper reprints throughout the year, there is always a market for specific printings.
In this case, it is the quarter century secret rare printing of Promethean Princess Bestower of Flames that can be found in the card’s original set. You’ll be able to identify it by its set identification number, PHNI-EN052.
6Fiendsmith Engraver $155.01
Fiendsmith Infects 2024
The Fiendsmith archetype invaded some of the most meta decks of 2024 upon release. The most important part of the engine is Fiendsmith Engraver. This card is not only easy to get on the field but can act as a searcher for Fiendsmith Spells and Traps.
The secret rare printing is one ofthe most sought after cards in The Infinite Forbidden setwith the quarter century print adding that extra bit of luxury.
5Mulcharmy Purulia $193.64
A Slick Side Option
Mulcharmy Purulia is one of the chase cards in The Infinite Forbidden set and the second-best Mulcharmy card. This one lets you draw a card each time your opponent Special Summons from the hand.
This is one card that can be powerful against the right decks but is best relegated to the side deck. Play Purulia and Fuwalos during the same turn, and you can lock down victory with ease.
4Dominus Impulse 196.11
A Meta Negate
Stopping your opponent from being able to Special Summon from the deck is a vital strategy for victory. While Ash Blossom can do the trick, Dominus Impulse can act as an additional way of doing this from the hand.
Dominus Impulse is also a Trap so you can set it on the field to avoid the locks it puts you under. It also destroys cards if you have another Trap in your graveyard which can also help remove bodies from the field.
3Sky Striker Ace Raye Alternate Art 204.75
An Elusive Sky Striker
Battles of Legend: Terminal Revenge gave Skystriker fans access to an elusive alternate art. Sky Striker Ace Raye is one of the most important monsters for the archetype, so being able to flash a variant of the card is always a neat flex.
Of course, it wouldn’t be valuable if it wasn’t hard to get. This card is both a rare alternate art within the set, but it is also a quarter century secret rare. These two qualities mix to pump its value into the sky.
