SDCC 2014: Konami introduces Pendulum Monsters and some top reprints for duelists

Every year at San Diego Comic-Con, Konami shows off the upcoming line of Yu-Gi-Oh! products for the rest of the year. This year was no different except that the whole booth was dedicated only to Yu-Gi-Oh!

At the entrance of the booth were four Yu-Gi-Oh! based games, an upcoming title for the iOS, Yu-Gi-Oh ! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival for the Nintendo 3Ds, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels Plus and a pretty cool Kinect-based title only used at certain Yu-Gi-Oh! events.

This Friday, Battle Pack 3: Monster League arrives in stores and features an all new mechanic for sealed play which allows monsters to be all types. With 237 different cards in the set, players can create their own decks and collect the all new “shatterfoil” cards. When you are done you can add them to your deck, especially with cards like Daigusto Emeral, Breakthrough Skill, Forbidden Lance and more.

Yu-Gi-Oh! has evolved by introducing Pendulum Summoning with Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown, and on August 15th, not only do new Pendulum monsters appear, but also the heavily anticipated “Burning Abyss” deck which is centered around Dante’s Inferno and the very dangerous “Shaddoll” deck in Duelist Alliance. Duelists can look forward to a sneak peek the weekend before release. Konami also had the Deluxe Edition on display with artwork from both Lightsworns and Shaddolls.

At the end of August, Konami will release the first Mega Tin. Rather than releasing two waves as they have in the past, duelists will be introduced to the most popular cards in recent sets as well as older sets. Each Tin contains one Platinum Secret Rare card, two Super Rare cards, and three Mega-Packs. Each Mega-Pack will contain one Secret Rare card, one Ultra Rare card, one Super Rare card, one Rare card and 12 Common cards. Every card released in the set will be in the rarity it was previously released in.

While no cards have been announced yet duelists can look forward to very popular cards that will help power up there decks.

In October Legendary Collection 5D’s will release with Shooting Quasar Dragon (a very sought after card for collection and play). The set will release cards used by Jack, Crow, Luna, Leo, Akiza and Yusei along with brand new cards never before released and a few variant cards. 5D’s introduced Synchro summons and now players can once again add some new or even more powerful monsters to their decks.

In November duelists can look to power up their “Burning Abyss” and “Shaddoll” decks with brand new support monsters, along with new Pendulum monsters in The New Challengers. The New Challengers also introduces “Des-Toy” and “Furnimal” decks and actually has a lot of support for a deck I am looking forward to known as “tellarknight” which premieres in Duelist Alliance.

For fans of the Noble Knights, duelists can look forward to leveling up their deck with the Noble Knights of the Round Table Box Set. Noble Knight fans will find some of the previously released cards in the set, so new players have a chance to join the fun. Players who have been collecting the set can finally expect their own search card “Merlin.” The Noble Knight set will include a special Noble Knight set of sleeves and rubber play mat inside.

Not all the Noble Knight card will be available in the set, so players who have been collecting the set since start will be able to add a few extra cards in their deck and finally be able to play the deck at a high level.

At the end of the year fans of Pendulum Monsters can pick up a pair of Pendulum Powered Card sleeves.