Starlight Rare

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Starlight Rare is a rarity in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. It debuted in Rising Rampage.

Starlight Rare cards have the same horizontal holographic foil pattern as a Prismatic Secret Rare, but applied to the whole card rather than only the artwork. The only areas of the card to which the foil is not applied are the card text box, empty Link Arrows, and portions of the artwork. Starlight Rares resemble the 20th Secret Rare, OCG Prismatic Secret Rare, and Quarter Century Secret Rare rarities.

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HistoryEdit

The existence of this rarity was not mentioned until after the physical release of its debut set, Rising Rampage (which was released on July 25, 2019). It has since appeared in every Core Booster set until Cyberstorm Access (May 4, 2023), where it appears as an alternative rarity for several cards that are also available in a standard rarity in that set. In Core Booster sets from Rising Rampage (July 25, 2019) to Ignition Assault (January 30, 2020), there are four Starlight Rare cards per set. The cards are selected so that there is one of each original rarity: Rare, Super Rare, Ultra Rare, and Secret Rare. From Eternity Code (April 30, 2020) onward, a fifth Starlight Rare is present, being a reprint that does not otherwise appear in the set. Also, cards chosen for Starlight Rare are no longer from one of each original rarity; all cards chosen are also Ultra or Secret.

The Starlight Rare rarity is also featured in the Battles of Legend sets beginning with Battles of Legend: Armageddon (July 23, 2020). Unlike with Core Booster sets, most cards that are printed in Starlight Rare are not printed as one of the two standard rarities featured in the Battles of Legend series (Ultra or Secret).

This rarity initially did not have an official name, only being described as an "alternate foil" in official sources.[1] In January 2020, at a German Konami community day event, official representatives stated to community members that the rarity is called Starlight Rare.[2][3] In May 2021, the term "Starlight Rare" was used by the official Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Twitter to describe this rarity.[4] The name is now used on the official Card Database, and the page "New to Yu-Gi-Oh!" on the official Yu-Gi-Oh! website includes Starlight Rares in its description of the key rarities in booster packs[5] (which was updated during the March 2022 restructure of the official website).[6]

On the Official Card Database, until August 2022,[7][8] cards of this rarity released from their debut in Rising Rampage (July 25, 2019)[9] until Lightning Overdrive (June 3, 2021)[10] are labelled as Prismatic Secret Rare (except "Number 39: Utopia", which was instead labelled 10000 Secret Rare[11]); starting in Dawn of Majesty (August 13, 2021), Starlight Rares have been labelled as such on the Official Card Database.[12] Starting in August 2022,[7][8][11][13] all Starlight Rare releases have been updated to list that as their rarity.

The Starlight Rare rarity was effectively replaced by the Quarter Century Secret Rare rarity in both Core Booster and Battles of Legend sets released between 2023-2025 starting with Duelist Nexus (July 27, 2023). The Starlight Rare rarity returned in sets beginning with Battles of Legend: Monster Mayhem (June 23, 2025), where they replaced the Quarter Century Secret Rare rarity. In Core Booster sets from Duelist's Advance (July 3, 2025) to Blazing Dominion (May 7, 2026), they featured 25 cards with Starlight Rares; 24 of them are also printed in Ultra Rare and Secret Rare while the remaining one is an older card with a new artwork that does not otherwise appear in the set.

In April 2026, it was announced that Starlight Rare cards will have their designs revised starting with the release of Chaos Origins.[14]

List of Starlight Rare cardsEdit

See also: List of Starlight Rare cards

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ McHale, Jerome (October 18, 2019). "Powering Up with Chaos Impact!". So one great way to show whether or not your "Pyro Phoenix" has been reincarnated, is by using this lovely alternate foil version of it, as the reincarnated one.
  2. ↑ ReneBrain (20 January 2020). "@renebrain_". Twitter. Retrieved 10 April 2020. For everyone: The so called "Prismatic Secret Rare" got its official name: Starlight Rare … Information from the CommunityDay in Germany directly from KONAMI Germany.
  3. ↑ Dan (20 January 2020). "[TCG] Major Changes For TCG Products". The Organization. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG [@YuGiOh_TCG] (28 May 2021). "Get a sneak peek of the latest core booster set at the Lightning Overdrive Premiere! Pre-release Event! You can have your chance at getting a Starlight Rare Black Rose Dragon! Contact your local OTS to see if they are participating. https://bit.ly/3uDSgGv" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "New to Yu-Gi-Oh!". Yu-Gi-Oh! | Official Website. Konami. Retrieved 16 May 2022. Starlight Rare cards feature a rainbow-colored foil on the card name, and a bright, rainbow-colored foiling across the art and all borders, and other parts of the card.
  6. ↑ "NEW TO YU-GI-OH!". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. Konami. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021.
  7. ↑ a b "Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
  8. ↑ a b "Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Marincess Sea Horse". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Black Rose Dragon". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  11. ↑ a b "Number 39: Utopia". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  12. ↑ "The Iris Swordsoul". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Number 39: Utopia". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME - CARD DATABASE. Konami. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  14. ↑ "Chaos Origins". Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. Konami. Retrieved April 17, 2026.. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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