The Infinite Forbidden - Set List (SPOILERS!!)
Update 16/07/2024:
With Konami sending booster boxes for early unboxings to content creators such as Pharaohmone, we've gotten an idea of what English cards we can expect! Although the list is not complete, and the images are proxies, you can get a good idea of what cards you'll need to buff out your deck or try out something new!
Update 10/07/2024:
This card is similar to other Millennium Monsters, and has an effect to place itself in a Spell & Trap zone! It can Special Summon itself from the Sacred Stone by paying 2000 LP or revealing the Millennium Ankh. It's a great card that can be placed in any deck that you want to summon Level 8 monsters in easily. You can also add 1 Millennium Monster from your deck to your hand upon Sengenjin's Special Summon
This card summons in the same way as Sengenjin, and can also be played outside its own deck to assist in summoning Level 6 monsters easily! Not only that, but a unique factor is that Millennium Ankh cannot be negated and you can also add Wedju Temple from your deck to your hand which is this deck's signature field spell!
As before, you can pay 2000LP or reveal the Millennium Ankh to summon (a common theme here). Upon Special Summoning this card, you can add up to 1 Millennium Ankh to your hand. It cannot be destroyed by Spell or Trap effects and can be in the Spell & Trap zone as a face-up continuous spell! This is a great go-to when playing Sengenjin, as you can search for that all important Millennium Ankh card that will negate you spending your LP to summon your Monsters!
This card is great, she can summon herself when an Opponent activates a card or effect whilst she is a continuous spell (except during the Damage phase.) You can also Special Summon, and if you do - for the rest of the turn your opponent cannot target Level 5 or higher illusion or spellcaster monsters that you control with card effects. Also, if this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by battle!
This card works similarly to Maiden of the Millennium Moon, except it has a great enhancement for you which happens when you Special Summon; you will gain equal LP to half the ATK of 1 Monster on the field, which is super important if you've used LP for summoning your Millennium Monsters.
Mentioned before with Golem that Guards the Millennium Treasures, this card allows you to place any monster from your hand into the Spell & Trap Zone as a face-up continuous spell, and place 1 Millennium Monster from your deck into your Spell & Trap zone as a face-up continuous spell. Also, if a face-up Millennium Monster you control is destroyed by battle or by a card effect, you can place it in your Spell & Trap Zone as a face-up continuous spell instead of sending to your Graveyard. This is fantastic for cycling your strategy!
A crucial card to this deck, the Millennium Ankh allows you to summon Millennium Monsters with no cost to your LP, and much like Wedju Temple it also helps recycle cards to cycle through your strategy again and again. Most importantly, it unlocks the power of the Unstoppable Exodia Incarnate!
We've briefly talked about the Unstoppable Exodia Incarnate in this blog, but to summarise what it's capable of: It's easy to summon with the Millennium Ankh, it can't be destroyed by opponent's card effects, it adds your strength to its own when it battles, it negates Spell & Trap card effects for nothing, you can also set 1 Exodd or Obliterate card during each phase to help keep you in the game and all for the small cost of 1000LP once per turn during Standby Phase! Wow!
This card is impressive. Level 10 or higher monsters on the field with Exodia in its original name gains the effect; pay half LP and destroy as many cards in the Spell & Trap zone as possible, and equip 5 Forbidden One monsters from your hand and/or your deck to this card - each equipped Forbidden One monster gives 2000 ATK each (with a total of 10,000 ATK to be gained). It's worth noting you cannot activate other cards' effects for the rest of this turn. But we're not finished there, if this card attacks a Defence Position monster, you will inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent!
The last card we want to talk about is Exxod Fires of Rage. Basically, this is a killer card, literally. This card, always treated as an "Exodd or Obliterate!!! card", allows you to destroy all cards your opponent controls. If this card is in your GY, except the turn it was sent there, you can banish it to activate 1 of the following effects; Add 1 "Forbidden One" monster from your deck or GY to your hand, or Shuffle up to 5 "Forbidden One" monsters from your GY and/or banishment into your deck. You can only use each effect once per turn.
To summarise, we think that this Millennium theme is going to dominate the YuGiOh scene, punishing opponents for even looking at you wrong! The Infinite Forbidden releases on August 17th in OTS stores, and August 19th officially! If you want to check out the card reveals, click the button below to jump straight there!
Original: 11/06/2024
Releasing in July, The Infinite Forbidden is next in line for Yu-Gi-Oh!'s main sets and boy is it a big one! This set has a little bit of everything for everyone in, no matter if you're a competitive player or merely a collector. With the set having released in Japan at the back-end of April, we've gotten a glimpse of what to expect when The Infinite Forbidden hits UK shelves!
We can see that the folks over at Konami are still celebrating the 25th anniversary of this beloved TCG, with Quarter Century Secret Rares finding their way into booster packs left right and centre. That isn't stopping any time soon! A standout card from this set is Dragon of Pride and Soul; a Quarter Century Secret Rare that's so desirable it may as well be the One Ring! Centring itself around the number 25, this 2500/2500 monster can only be Special Summoned from your hand whilst your opponent has 25 or more cards in their graveyard. If you have 25 or more cards in your graveyard, this card gains 2500 ATK/DEF! What makes this card so sought-after is that you will only find it as a Quarter Century Secret Rare. So, you guessed it, its pretty rare!
Not only that, but The Infinite Forbidden includes a familiar face...if you were to assume that this set would include the one, the only, Exodia - then you'd be correct! The pack art is not just a gimmick, as within The Infinite Forbidden you can find "The Unstoppable Exodia Incarnate", a powerful card that can't be destroyed by your opponent's card effects and it can gain ATK equal to your current Life Points once per turn (if it battles, during damage calculation)! Not only that, but when a Spell/Trap card or effect is activated (Quick Effect) you can negate the activation. Oh you thought we were done? Oh no. Once per turn, during the End Phase, you can Set 1 "Exodo" Spell/Trap or 1 "Obliterate!!!" directly from your Deck! Wow, what a card. The only downside to this is you'll lose 1000 LP during your Standby Phase once per turn. But, to wield such a power would always come at a cost, so it's up to you whether you'd want to play this card and take the risk!
The Infinite Forbidden is available to pre-order now for £59.95 per booster box, so be sure to get your pre-orders secured in time for release! Check out the Japanese reveals down below, and keep your eyes peeled for the English cards to follow very soon...
