Konami recently released Quarter Century Bonanza for the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. Ever since it was announced, duelists have figured that the set was really just a renamed (for an unknown reason) Rarity Collection 3. This seems to have been confirmed by the mere fact that the set ID is RA03.
The first two Rarity Collection sets were RA01 and RA02. I still don’t understand the Quarter Century Bonanza name. That said, the set has quite a bit to offer a wide variety of duelists.
Inside there are some fantastic staples such as S:P Little Knight and Triple Tactics Thrust as well as almost staples like Bonfire. Also, the main card pool and the nostalgia card pool both have great cards from across Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history helping people flesh out decks a little for various Time Wizard formats.
I personally think that Quarter Century Bonanza is a decent set on par with Rarity Collection 2 and is maybe a little higher because of the nostalgia pool (jury’s still out). Once again, I think the annual tin sets need to fuse with the Rarity Collection model. S:P was just reprinted in the 2024 tins and people figured she wouldn’t be in Quarter Century Bonanza and so they were still paying $40-50 for her and now you can grab a copy for about $8. This makes some duelists feel played since the tins came out less than two months before the official release of Quarter Century Bonanza.
Let’s talk about the nostalgia pool briefly. This was a second pool of 200 cards which spanned all of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history which is cool and thankfully they limited it to only one card from this pool in each pack which helped it not feel too watered down. Also, they made sure that each card from this pool was a luxury Secret Rare further increasing the value.
Of course, the problem is that the card pool is massive and if you buy a box of Quarter Century Bonanza, you’ll only get 24 cards from the pool. Those aren’t great odds if there are any specific cards you are looking for. That one missing slot also means your chances of pulling cards you want from the main set is reduced.
I’m very torn on this because I think there’s a lot of “cool” regarding this concept, but in practice it ended up being a small bummer.
All that said, I still had a fun time opening up a box that Konami sent me (huge thanks to them!). You can watch that below and I’d love to hear about your pulls and chase cards in the comments below. However, I did also want to take a minute to talk about some recent Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG news.
Earlier this month, Konami announced that a new Maze set, Maze of the Master, would release on March 14, 2025 (MSRP = $4.49 per pack) with a number of fun strategies from the different anime eras.
The one I’m most excited for is the Egyptian and Trap Monster theme for Odion from the Battle City arc. If they get a glow up like Gate Guardian, then it’s going to be really fun to play. Also, I think it’s interesting that the X-Y-Z monsters used by Kaiba and Chazz are getting new support.
Think we’ll get more alphabet artillery? You can see more about the various strategies being supported below.
