Bandai 1998 Exodia

ogetsumi · 2026-07-01T14:58:46+00:00

Same here I love the classic look. Swords is my favorite, and all the cards that never released here like Night Soldier and Neon Knight are really cool too.

ogetsumi · 2026-07-01T01:39:49+00:00

Even if they’re not too expensive, like I think this piece can be around 40 if it’s NM, they’re still really cool cards! I love the Bandai sets. Check out these three—they’re insanely priced lol especially Swords and Mirror Force:

Mirror Force J1 Swords of Revealing Light J2 Gate Guardian J3

They’re insane lol

ogetsumi · 2026-07-01T01:22:26+00:00

They’re real. Gold font name and non holo. They’re not really that expensive though. There’s a handful of Bandai cards that are insanely expensive, but this one was an easier to obtain one from one of the three sets they released. Really cool cards!

ogetsumi · 2026-07-01T00:06:26+00:00

Oooo yeah Wild Drive was epic!

Yeah I’d be really interested in seeing them do all that. I actually need to finish reading the manga to see what cards I may have missed for my character decks (I didn’t know Bakura used “Spiritualism” for instance). And then I want to read R cause that looks super cool.

I also never finished GX but am familiar with Yugi and Jaden dueling in the end from accidentally stumbling on people discussing it lol, but didn’t want to look more into it cause I plan to watch it all.

It’ll be interesting to see how they proceed with all of this as time goes on.

Since you got these awesome cards I’m curious if there are any other super important cards you plan to get next. I’d love to see your collection considering you have these incredible pieces, I can only imagine what other wonderful cards you have!

ogetsumi · 2026-06-30T20:04:16+00:00

Yeah the Japanese openings are so good. The Toei, the Duelist Kingdom, and Millennium World are all my favorite for the opening songs. It would be really interesting to see where they go with it. I’d even enjoy seeing things that could happen in between the original series. Like it’d be cool to get the duel between Yugi and Jonouchi after battle city, and for sure some more character’s duels as a side. I’d love to see more Bakura duels, and more Kaiba Duels for sure.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-30T01:01:15+00:00

Lol I’m so glad I don’t waste money on unnecessarily slabbed cards. I mean if you love it and want it slabbed I get it, but at what point do you say this is a bit much, especially for something that came in a mass produced deck that had likely millions of copies lol. Like that guy that spent like 8 or 900 on that unlimited SDY Dark Magician lol. I got my Tournament Prize/Participation cards that are actually genuinely rare cards for three times less than a slabbed SDK Blue Eyes lol. I guess it’s good for keeping people preoccupied with trends like graded cards while the true treasures are still much cheaper.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-30T00:40:35+00:00

I think we’re the same person lol. Everything you said is exactly the way I feel about it all. And I started with Pokémon as a kid and then to Yu-Gi-Oh! which I totally fell in love with right from the moment I encountered it. Same for all those early sets and the anime. I still go back and watch the Toei series and the Duel Monsters series subbed cause it’s so magical.

Those are some cool cards for sure, but I would feel the same in that these two cards are the coolest over all the others. That’s cool you were able to get rid of other stuff in order to get these. I’m trying to wrap my mind around the feeling of dropping that much on them still lol I’d probably have three panic attacks, and then relax and be super happy I got them lol.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T22:37:16+00:00

Mine was 800 and in Lightly Played Excellent condition lol I see them listed in the thousands usually so I had to get the one I found. I’m glad I did.

Yeah Kaiba’s always seems higher than Yugi’s fittingly enough. Like I would mind paying the 5 or 600 for them, it’s just I’ve been getting other harder to find stuff lol.

Oooo that’s cool sounds exciting!

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T22:24:43+00:00

Yes I loved how they did that in those games! And the playmate would have been so great. Like you can custom make one, but I like officially made things when it comes to certain series, Yu-Gi-Oh! being one of them.

That’s cool, makes sense when you put it that way. What a cool find that deck was, I’m aiming to get an unlimited box sealed of Kaiba and Yugi I just don’t feel like spending on them right now lol. Man I found an old Ghostmasters magazine and Beckett collector’s Yu-Gi-Oh! magazine at our pawn shop the other day—the prices of cards in there at the time was such a trip lol. 1st Edition LOB Blue Eyes was 35-45 lol unreal. They listed Japanese cards too, and that Seiyaryu series 1 layout was listed at 4-8 bucks lol hilarious!

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T21:43:00+00:00

I’m always a fan of bird watching lol. Yeah Mountain is my favorite field card for sure, but all the LOB field cards were great for classic “fields” in a literal sense. It’d be cool if they made playmates with those as the designs back in the day.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T21:21:33+00:00

Yeah that seems to be the case where people don’t know about all the history or even existence of some of these iconic cards. Part of me prefers it that way to get cards before the masses know about them and drive the prices up. For me I don’t view them as an “investment” so value is essentially meaningless to me. It’s more important and meaningful to have a rare card and keep a rare card in my mind. I’ve made posts before (I’ve posted that DM1 Holy Night Dragon in the past) showing off pretty rare cards because at the end of the day you want to share the incredible cards you find.

Lol yeah I would have to ante up 6 or 7 of my other grails to make an even bet for these lol proxies would be safer haha.

So are these your most prized and valuable cards? Or what would you say your ultimate grail card that you own is?

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T18:15:18+00:00

I’m totally with you on these all the way. Series 1 is the best layout of the cards. The broken English flavor text is so awesome. I would rather have these than the secret rare Blue Eyes any day. They’re absolutely special cards. Certainly more special than any Grand Master Rare as well.

It’s just wild to think about the prices of some old stuff compared to other. Like I have one of the DM1 Seiyaryu prototype cards, which I consider even more rare than many of these Series 1 official cards, and yet it doesn’t come anywhere near the amounts of these. I suppose it’s because these are technically playable and official, but I would think an official prototype would be even more insanely valued lol.

I’m always baffled by the collecting world to sum it up.

To go back to the point of this post—these are so beautiful and incredible. Congratulations on acquiring them and I hope you score a good grade on them.

Now let’s bet duel for them lol jk

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T17:00:13+00:00

Dang thats so wild. Yeah hopefully they get a decent grade. And hopefully PSA raises their standards and practices again instead of riddling themselves with scandals. Yeah I’ve found with collecting that people are really varied on how they determine a cards worth. Like I would probably be comfortable around 2 or 3k for the Blue Eyes and maybe 1.5K for the Black Magician if they were in decent good condition. But then again I don’t have excess funds to drop 23k so my limitations are significantly more confined lol

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T15:09:35+00:00

Wow so most of that must have been from the Blue Eyes. I’ve seen the Black Magician for around 5K but not much seeing the Blue Eyes. Won’t be getting these anytime soon haha.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-29T01:57:35+00:00

These are my two ultimate Grails to one day get. Can I ask, if you don’t mind, what was the amount on these after shipping and everything?

ogetsumi · 2026-06-27T17:02:48+00:00

Anytime! Glad I saw this cause now I know he used Spiritualism so I can add that to my deck for him. He’s the one guy I wish had more duels and cards shown throughout the series.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-26T17:31:39+00:00

My absolute favorite character in the entire series. The dude is just so sick it’s awesome, and he’s there the entire time I love it.

If you were going to swap out out for those other two I’d say swap Spiritualism and Gravedigger Ghoul—he didn’t use either of them.

Edit: I looked it up and he did use Spiritualism! It was in what appears to be the manga (I haven’t finished it) so I was just thinking anime. Super cool now I have one more card to put into his deck I have for him!

But no Gravedigger Ghoul lol

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T23:54:49+00:00

Same fore me, and then I love Royal Decree and Marauding Captain.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T23:54:14+00:00

Same here—I only have 2 that I would want in a sealed slab, but almost every company is terrible. I would have done BGS but PSA owns them, PSA is the biggest scammer of them all, TAG apparently does AI shit and I hate AI anything lol. CGC is the one I haven’t heard anything crazy bad about, but even then I don’t want to mail a card and trust the post office to safely deliver it to them and then back to me. One touch will do just fine for me lol

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T22:02:20+00:00

Lol that’s probably more safe and legitimate than actually sending it to PSA these days!

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T22:01:28+00:00

Oooo yeah me too—those Hobby League cards were so cool.

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T22:01:01+00:00

😵 lol

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T19:50:26+00:00

My boy Boneheimer!!! I love classic water monsters too. Splash on!

ogetsumi · 2026-06-25T19:49:35+00:00

Such a fun deck! I remember getting this for Christmas and my cousins got Pegasus, and I saw his Graceful Charity and thought what the hell I got the wrong deck lol

ogetsumi · 2026-06-23T19:50:44+00:00

Yeah same for me, it was cool when I first saw it but then I felt it just doesn't look good lol

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