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THE INFINITE FORBIDDEN BRINGS THE YU-GI-OH! TRADING CARD GAME BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE UNSTOPPABLE EXODIA
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. (KONAMI) is delighted to announce the brand-new core booster set The Infinite Forbidden is out now for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) in Europe and Oceania.
One of the most highly anticipated sets of the year, The Infinite Forbidden returns the game to where it all began with a new strategy featuring the unstoppable Exodia! If that wasn’t enough, with this exciting set Duelists can get their hands on no less than 100 new cards in all – supporting a variety of strategies, new and old, including a thrilling new World Premiere Theme!
The brand-new Exodia Fusion Monster is certainly a highlight here – The Unstoppable Exodia Incarnate is most certainly set to strike fear in the hearts of even the most experienced Duelists this summer! This relentless monster can’t be destroyed by card effects and can add your current Life Points to Attack Points every turn – meaning that even if it doesn’t obliterate your opponent at once, it’ll only become stronger the turn after! Through its mastery of ancient powers, this new Fusion Exodia can cancel 1 Spell or Trap activation of your choice every turn AND it fetches an Exodia-themed Spell/Trap from your Deck each turn for YOU to use. The only cost to using this incredible monster is that it’ll claim 1000 of your own Life Points during your Standby Phase. A small price to pay for its incredible power!
But Exodia is not the only nod to the original anime that we’ll see in this set – the new ”Millennium” theme is certain to remind you of the Millennium World story arc, with spiritual monsters being called forth from great Egyptian stone tablets to do battle. Using some Millennium Magic of your own, you’ll be able to either infuse your monsters with your own life force (or Life Points in this case) or utilise the magic of Millennium Ankh to Special Summon them to the field.
The set also introduces the new “White Forest” theme into the TCG, spinning a tale of witches, woods, and Synchro Summons. An exciting new “Fiendsmith” strategy also comes into play – granting you access to an incredible arsenal of Fusion and Link Monsters. Duelists will also find a whole bunch of support for many fan-favourite themes in The Infinite Forbidden, but one more highlight to certainly not miss out on is the World Premiere Theme of “Mimighoul” – an adventurous, dungeon-crawling strategy that revolves around gifting your opponent some wonderful treasure boxes with nasty surprises inside! The “Mimighoul” theme is all about FLIP effects, ones that you’d certainly want to activate on your opponent’s side of the field.
With The Infinite Forbidden coming out shortly before the prestigious European World Championship Qualifier taking place in Berlin on 26th-28th July, we are sure to see the set make some big waves on the competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! scene. Will we witness someone getting trapped in the “Mimighoul”’s dungeon? Or deceived by the witches of the “White Forest”? Or will we see a Duelist obliterate their opponents with the unstoppable Exodia on their way to earn their invitation to the World Championship in Seattle this September?
Duelists who can’t attend the European WCQ in person will be able to follow all the action live on the official European YouTube and Twitch accounts, starting from Friday afternoon with the final matches of the World Qualifying Points Playoff.
The complete The Infinite Forbidden set includes 100 new cards: 10 Secret Rares, 14 Ultra Rares, 26 Super Rares and 50 Commons. 24 of these cards are also available as Quarter Century Secret Rares, and 1 special card is only available as a Quarter Century Secret Rare.
For more info, please visit: https://www.yugioh-card.com/eu/product/the-infinite-forbidden/
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About the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is one of the most popular trading card games in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful Monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
About Konami Group
Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.
About Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as eFootball™, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game series.
