Summary
- Battles of Legend sets capture iconic anime duels with fresh support for archetypes, not just reprints.
- Battles of Legend: Chapter 1 offers ultra rares and commons to refresh availability of big cards.
- Battles of Legend: Monstrous Revenge includes generic and board-breaking cards, diverse archetypes, and reprints.
The Battles of Legend sets in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG are meant to capture some of the best anime duels with cards used by different characters. This way, you can relive those legendary battles using your own deck. Of course, the sets contain more than just reprints. They also include some fresh support that helps out the archetypes included.
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Posts 2Some sets are known for kicking off chase events in the collectors' community, while others do a good job of reprinting cards that players need to be competitive. So which set has the best selection of cards? This battle will be fought between all the Battles of Legends set for the crown.
8 Battles Of Legend: Relentless Revenge
Too Many Secrets
CloseBattles of Legend: Relentless Revenge isn’t necessarily one of the best sets in the series, but it has some cards worth noting. For starters, this set includes some neat secret rares, including Gameciel, Tornado Dragon, Dragonic Diagram, and the seldom printed Pegasus card, Flying Elephant.
This set also includes a selection of Prinzessin cards, all of which take inspiration from classic fairy tale stories. The biggest downside to this set is that many of the cards that work together are all locked behind the secret rare category. With only one secret rare per pack, it can be quite bulky if you’re trying to hit a specific card or even complete a set. Sometimes it’s just better to buy singles.
7 Battles Of Legend: Light’s Revenge
The Battle Begins
CloseBattles of Legend: Light’s Revenge is the first set to be released for the line. It introduced an expansion to the Timelord archetype as well as support for Gladiator Beasts and Dinosaurs, which would later shape each deck’s playstyle. This set also has its fair share of reprints as well to shake things up a bit.
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PostsThis includes cards such as Anti-Spell Fragrance, generic Rank fours such as Evilswarm Exciton Knight, and Synchros such as psy-Framelord Omega and Trishula. Overall, it’s a solid set to kick off the Battles of Legend series, even if far more impressive sets would come out later to take the crown.
6 Battles Of Legend: Hero’s Revenge
A Decent Mix Of Retro Modern Cards
CloseBattles of Legend: Hero’s Revenge is a set that still holds up. It contains some nostalgic reprints, such as Five-Headed Dragon and Cyber-Stein, as well as plenty of cards that are still useful, such as Artifact Lancea, Dinowrestler Pankratops, and main Sky Striker cards.
This set is best known for its focus on Heros. After all, it is called Hero’s Revenge. In particular, this means cards under the Vision Hero branch of the archetype get both reprints and additional members for the deck. This includes a reprinting of the best Hero monster, Elemental Hero Stratos. Even if some cards in the set are pack filler, there's enough here to make it worth a pull.
5 Battles Of Legend: Chapter 1
A Set That Refreshes Availability
CloseBattles of Legend: Chapter 1 is a compilation set that doesn’t come in a traditional booster box. Instead, it comes in a series of small boxes that contain two 18-card packs, a dice, and a secret rare card. As for the packs themselves, they contain a mix of cards from the first four Battles of Legend sets.
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PostsThe set only has ultra rares and commons. Though it makes some of the big cards from those sets more readily available. This includes Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon and its same-set dragon relatives. You also get reprints of the classic Yubel cards, Kaijus, and Lightsworns. There's no one card here worthy of the chase, but it does help the accessibility of the cards included.
4 Battles Of Legend: Monstrous Revenge
Board Breakers, Extra Deck Monsters, And Engines
CloseGeneric cards that can be used in any deck? Great! Essential board breakers that can help you clear the field? Even better! Battles of Legend: Monstrous Revenge contains some sweet reprints such as Danger! Nessie!, I:P Masquerena, Zeus, and some key members of the Adventurer archetype.
This set also has some neat additions that get their first printings in this set. There’s a retrained version of Elemental Hero Flame Wingman, the Ghost archetype, and various members of the Reptile-type cards. Overall, the cards are pretty solid, though some of the better reprints, such as Lubellion, are locked behind the quarter century secret rare category. That stings when you want easier access to a card.
3 Battles Of Legend: Crystal Revenge
A Set Containing Brilliant Gems
CloseBattles of Legend: Crystal Revenge has an excellent mix of nostalgic cards, rarity bumps, and necessary reprints for the time. This set focuses on the Crystal Beast archetype with the original cards being reprinted alongside their Advanced Crystal Beast counterparts. Crystal Revenge also went further back in time to bring back the Toon archetype.
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PostsThere are plenty of good rarity bumps for those that like to max out the rarities in their collection. This includes starlight rare copies of all five pieces of Exodia, Super Polymerization, and Borreload Savage Dragon. It’s a really fun set especially if you were getting into Yu-Gi-Oh! for the first time during its release.
2 Battles Of Legend: Armageddon
Multiple Chase Cards
CloseBattles of Legend: Armageddon is one of the few members of the line not to include the revenge wording in its title. So just how different can the set get? Well, the name is in reference to Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon which, until this set, could only be obtained as a championship series prize card.
If that wasn’t enough to make this set interesting, this is also the only box where you can pull the legendary Ten Thousand Dragon with its exclusive 10000 secret rare foiling. With so many hard-to-find cards backing it up, Battles of Legend: Armageddon is a pretty solid set for rare hunters. Though its singles are best purchased separately.
1 Battles Of Legend: Terminal Revenge
A Set For Collectors To Chase
CloseBattles of Legend: Terminal Revenge kicked off one of the biggest hunts for a rare card. Aside from Dragon Master Magia though, there are a few cool reprints and debuts in the set. Kurikara Divincarnate makes for an excellent board breaker while Lancea, Ancestral Dragon of the Ice Mountain is a fine addition to the Ice Barrier archetype.
You also have cards like Phantom of Yubel, Archfiend’s Advent, and Blaze, Supreme Ruler of all Dragons, which are the perfect tribute to older cards from different eras. Even Genex Controller gets a retrain as a Link-1 Monster. While the odds of hitting what you want are low, the set is saved by having that one magnificent chase card, Dragon Master Magia.
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Franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! Original Release Date February 4, 1999 Player Count Two-player (1 vs. 1) Age Recommendation 8 and up Length per Game 20 minutesThe Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) allows kids, teenagers, and adults of all ages to relive the exciting Duels that take place in the animated Yu-Gi-Oh! series. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, players use the cards they’ve collected to construct Decks consisting of 40 to 60 cards. Then, they use their Decks to face off against opponents in a game of strategy, luck, and skill.
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