What Is Inside The Yu-Gi-Oh! Quarter Century Stampede Set?

Yu-Gi-Oh! Quarter Century Stampede – A 25th Anniversary Celebration

To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, Yu-Gi-Oh! fans have been enjoying one of the most gorgeous rarities ever printed for the game: Quarter Century rares. Adding a foiling effect to the entire card, these rares are hugely sought-after and have become a beloved part of the game.

Sadly, with the anniversary celebrations coming to an end, it’s time to say goodbye to these special secret rares. Fortunately, though, we’re getting one last hurrah with Quarter Century Stampede, and it’s definitely going to be a booster release to grab before it’s gone.

Like previous Quarter Century sets, Quarter Century Stampede is all about the reprints, with 200 cards from across Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25-year history ready to be pulled.

Full Set List

As mentioned, Quarter Century Stampede includes almost 300 reprints, which includes some of the game’s biggest and most infamous names. Before getting in to the all-stars, though, Quarter Century Stampede is split into two parts: the main set, and the Nostalgia pool.

Main Set

The main set comprises of 80 cards that see play across multiple formats and at all levels of play. This includes not just the big boys like Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but also staples like Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and archetypes like Numbers and Hero to make opening every pack exciting for both players and collectors.

• Dark Magician
• Blue-Eyes White Dragon
• Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
• Effect Veiler
• Mystic Piper
• Esper Girl
• Gagaga Magician
• Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
• Atlantean Marksman
• Atlantean Heavy Infantry
• Mermail Abysslinde
• Mermail Abysspike
• Cyber Dragon Core
• Edge Imp Chain
• Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
• Black Metal Dragon
• Archfiend Eccentrick
• Ehther the Heavenly Monarch
• Erebus the Underworld Monarch
• Lunalight Tiger
• Crystron Quan
• Miscellaneousaurus
• Apprentice Illusion Magician
• Aleister the Invoker
• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
• Sky Striker Ace - Raye
• Danger!? Tsuchinoko?
• Utopic Onomatopoeia
• Evil HERO Adusted Gold
• Nibiru, the Primal Being
• Sky Striker Ace - Roze
• Chamber Dragonmaid
• Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill
• Fallen of Albaz
• Live Twin Ki-sikil
• Live Twin Lil-la
• Evil Twins Ki-sikil & Lil-la
• Aluber the Jester of Despia
• Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous
• Astral Kuriboh
• Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous
• Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle
• Guiding Quem, the Virtuous
• Vanquish Soul Pantera
• Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love
• Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius
• Diabellstar the Black Witch
• Mementotlan Angwitch
• Fiendsmith Engraver
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos
• Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon
• El Shaddoll Winda
• Lunalight Leo Dancer
• The Dark Magicians
• Dragon Master Magia
• Fiendsmith’s Desirae
• Black Rose Dragon
• Crystron Phoenix
• Crystal Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
• Ghoti of the Deep Beyond
• Crimson Dragon
• Number 11: Big Eye
• Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max
• Gagaga Cowboy
• Mermail Abyssgaios
• Number 106: Giant Hand
• Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon
• Cyber Dragon Infinity
• Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale
• Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder
• Epurrely Noir
• Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis
• Sky Striker Ace - Hayate
• Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze
• Traptrix Sera
• Xtra HERO Cross Crusader
• Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale
• Aussa the Earth Charmer, Immovable
• Accesscode Talker
• Splash Mage
• Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous
• Worldsea Dragon Zealantis
• Salamangreat Raging Phoenix
• Terraforming
• Lullaby of Obedience
• Left Arm Offering
• A Hero Lives
• Shien’s Dojo
• Onomatopaira
• Lunalight Perfume
• Zoodiac Barrage
• Called by the Grave
• Pot of Extravagance
• Lightning Storm
• Secret Password
• Meteonis Drytron
• Drytron Nova
• Seventh Ascension
• Mementotlan Bone Party
• Metaltronus
• Different Dimension Ground
• Dragonmaid Tidying
• Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon
• Big Welcome Labrynth
• Transaction Rollback

Nostalgia Pool

The most exciting part of Quarter Century Stampede, though, is the Nostalgia pool. This 200-card pool includes art treatments never printed anywhere else, letting you bling out your decks better than ever before.

Best of all, every pack of Quarter Century Stampede is guaranteed to have at least one thing from the Nostalgia pool. One in five cards found in a booster will either a Platinum Rare or the coveted Quarter Century Secret Rare from the pool, meaning every single booster is a chance to pull something huge.

Here is every card included in the Nostalgia pool, bringing the full set count up to a whopping 280:

• Five editions of Dark Magician
• Two editions of Dark Magician Girl
• Two editions of Blue-Eyes White Dragon
• Three editions of Red-Eyes Black Dragon
• Skull Servant
• Petit Moth
• Needle Worm
• Royal Decree
• Delinquent Duo
• Buster Blader
• Obelisk the Tormenter
• Slifer the Sky Dragon
• The Winged Dragon of Ra
• Ring of Destruction
• Royal Oppression
• Trap Dustshoot
• Necrovalley
• Metamorphosis
• Gren Maju Da Eiza
• Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
• Mokey Mokey
• Dimension Wall
• Karma Cult
• Cyber Phoenix
• Bountiful Artemis
• Babycerasaurus
• Dimensional Prison
• Kuraz the Light Monarch
• Gozen Match
• Power Tool Dragon
• Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis
• Forbidden Chalice
• Gottoms’ Emergency Call
• Jurrac Meteor
• XX-Saber Hyunlei
• XX-Saber Emmersblade
• Mask Change
• Formula Synchron
• Tuning
• Blackwing – Zephyros the Elite
• The Agent of Mystery – Earth
• Doppelwarrior
• Terminal World
• Token Stampede
• Maxx “C”
• Steelswarm Roach
• Gogogo Golem
• Wind-Up Magician
• Number 17: Leviathan Dragon
• Leviair the Sea Dragon
• Double or Nothing!
• Tour Guide From The Underworld
• Shooting Quasar Dragon
• Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World
• Evolzar Laggia
• Crimson Blader
• Lavalval Chain
• Daigusto Emeral
• Constellar Pleiades
• Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction
• Number 16: Shock Master
• Evolzar Dolkka
• Wind-Up Zenmaines
• M-X-Saber Invoker
• Photon Thrasher
• Inzektor Hornet
• Inzektor Dragonfly
• Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo
• Number C39: Utopia Ray
• Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity
• Lightpulsar Dragon
• Eclipse Wyvern
• Gem-Knight Master Diamond
• Evilswarm Ophion
• Wind-Up Shark
• Cardcar D
• Night Beam
• Spellbook Magician of Phophecy
• Madolche Magileine
• Madolche Puddingcess
• Geargiarmor
• Gear Gigant X
• Spellbook of Secrets
• Void Trap Hole
• Mermail Abyssmegalo
• The Eye of Timaeus
• Starliege Paladynamo
• Fire King High Avatar Garunix
• Circle of the Fire Kings
• Slushy
• Orbital 7
• Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Bear
• Star Drawing
• Diamond Dire World
• Fire Formation – Tenki
• Breakthrough Skill
• White Dragon Wyverburster
• Black Dragon Collapserpent
• Noble Knight Medraut
• Madolche Hootcake
• Harpie Channeler
• Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon
• Bujin Yamato
• Traptrix Myrmeleo
• Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
• Evilswarm Exciton Knight
• Chronomaly Nebra Disk
• Artifact Moralltach
• Madolche Anjelly
• Majesty’s Fiend
• Artifact Sanctum
• Xyz Universe
• Galaxy Soldier
• Tachyon Transmigration
• Kuribandit
• Soul Charge
• Mathematician
• Fire Hand
• Ice Hand
• Elder Entity Norden
• Stellarknight Deneb
• Shaddoll Dragon
• Two editions of El Shaddoll Construct
• Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
• Shaddoll Fusion
• Sinister Shadow Games
• Scarm, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
• Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
• Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
• Qliphort Scout
• Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon
• Saqlifice
• Hi-Five the Sky
• The Door of Destiny
• Stellarknight Constellar Diamond
• Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer
• Raidraptor – Force Strix
• Absolute King Back Jack
• Dark Burning Attack
• Dark Burning Magic
• Eternal Soul
• Infernoid Devyaty
• Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
• Galaxy Cyclone
• Number S39: Utopia the Lightning
• Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer
• Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer
• Brilliant Fusion
• The Fang of Critias
• The Claw of Hermos
• Performapal Skullcrobat Joker
• D/D Swirl Slime
• Majespecter Raccoon, Bunbuku
• Majespecter Unicorn – Kirin
• Pantheism of the Monarchs
• Draco Face-Off
• The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak
• Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade
• Dragon Spirit of White
• Sage with Eyes of Blue
• The White Stone of Ancients
• Block Dragon
• Fairy Tail – Snow
• Union Hangar
• ABC-Dragon Buster
• Starving Venom Fusion Dragon
• Windwitch – Ice Bell
• Zoodiac Ratpier
• True King Lithosagym, the Disaster
• SPYRAL Master Plan
• SPYRAL Resort
• Aleister the Invoker
• Invoked Mechaba
• Magical Meltdown
• Invocation
• Astrograph Sorcerer
• Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King
• Supreme King Z-ARC
• Halfway to Forever
• Dueltaining
• Ultimate Conductor Tyranno
• Souleating Oviraptor
• Tornado Dragon
• D/D/D Wave High King Caesar
• Linkuriboh
• Heavymetalfoes Electrumite
• Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin
• Link into the VRAINS!
• Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle
• Runick Fountain

Rares And Must-Have Cards, And The Best Cards For Collectors

As you can see, this set is absolutely stacked with classics. Just among the Nostalgia pool are some of the top-performing cards of all time, like Maxx “C”, Astrograph Sorcerer, and Fire Formation – Tenki.

There’s also support for some beloved archetypes. Madolche gets four of its prime cards here to give your opponent a delicious run for their money, Blue-Eyes has numerous alternate art treatments, the Nostalgia pool is packed with Number, and even Inzektor, Shadoll, and D/D/D are here to help kickstart your top of the meta deck.

Of course, if you’re more into collecting than playing, there’s still plenty to love here. There a three tiers of secret rare, with the regular Secret Rare being joined by Quarter Century Secret Rare for its final outing, and the Platinum Secret Rare, which puts a platinum-coloured textured foiling over the card.

Every card in the Nostalgia pool can be found in both Quarter Century and Platinum rare treatments, and so it’s this group that is going to be the big, chase cards for collectors. As this is also the last chance to get any Quarter Century Secret rares, it’s likely that sealed product for the set will also hit a premium once it’s no longer on sale.

Easily the most sought-after cards from Quarter Century Stampede are going to be those Quarter Century Secret Rares and Platinum Rares, as they’re this is the only place you’ll be able to find them.

Particularly worth keeping an eye on are the exclusive art treatments for:

• Dark Magician
• Dark Magician Girl
• Blue-Eyes White Dragon
• Red-Eyes Black Dragon
• Tour Guide From The Underworld
• El Shaddoll Construct

While these are among the most-reprinted cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history, all of them have meta relevance and, with exclusive new art and last-chance foil treatments, will likely fetch a pretty penny if you manage to pull them.

Competitive Impact – Will This Set Change The Meta?

As Quarter Century Stampede is a reprint set, there’s nothing here that’s new a poised to shake up the meta of Yu-Gi-Oh!

That being said, if you’re still playing more casually and want to make the jump to the next level, there are more than enough cards here to start your own meta build – this set may not give us a new top deck, but it could be what you need to tear it up at your locals!

Where To Buy Yu-Gi-Oh! Quarter Century Stampede

Of course, the best place to buy Quarter Century Stampede is through Magic Madhouse.

Launching on April 10, you can order your individual boosters of the set, which include five cards. Alternatively, if you want to go big, you could pick up an entire booster box, which includes 24 packs for a guaranteed 24 Quarter Century or Platinum rare!

Quarter Century Stampede is one of those all-timer sets, not because it introduces a new top archetype, but because it’s an important celebration of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history. With reprints of classics, the final chance to get one of the most popular rarity types, and guaranteed secret rares in every pack, this is one any Yu-Gi-Oh! fan is going to want to hop on to before it’s gone forever.