2002 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sets

The 2002 sets

Five sets released in 2002, from Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon in March to Pharaoh's Servant in October. Magic Ruler and Spell Ruler are the same 104 cards under two names and codes, so the year has four sets of different cards. Every Yu-Gi-Oh! set →

A card printed at two rarities shares one set code, so it counts once here, and each guide's rarity table counts it at both.

The chase card in each set

Every set has one printing its collectors look for first. These are each set's most valuable cards on October 23, 2026, in the edition each guide quotes.

Blue-Eyes White Dragon

LOB-001

Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon

Summoned Skull

MRD-003

Metal Raiders

Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon

MRL-000

Magic Ruler

Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon

SRL-000

Spell Ruler

Jinzo

PSV-000

Pharaoh's Servant

Prices are TCGplayer market prices on October 23, 2026 and move daily. Spell Ruler's are Unlimited, since the catalog prices it in no other edition; the rest are 1st Edition, where these sets carry their largest premium over the Unlimited copy.

The guides

Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon (March 8, 2002). The set the English game started with: 126 cards, including Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Dark Magician and all five pieces of Exodia.

Metal Raiders (June 26, 2002). The second English set: 144 cards, with Mirror Force, Change of Heart, Kuriboh and the three monsters that summon Gate Guardian.

Magic Ruler (September 16, 2002). 104 cards with the first Toons, Mystical Space Typhoon, Snatch Steal and Relinquished. The same cards were also printed as Spell Ruler.

Spell Ruler (September 16, 2002). Magic Ruler's 104 cards under another name and code: Toon World, Mystical Space Typhoon, Snatch Steal and Relinquished, priced in Unlimited.

Pharaoh's Servant (October 20, 2002). 105 cards with Jinzo, Buster Blader, Thousand-Eyes Restrict and a long list of Traps, from Call of the Haunted to Imperial Order.

The top rarities in 2002

The 2002 sets have the game's first five rarities: Common, Rare, Super Rare, Ultra Rare and Secret Rare, with two Secret Rares per set, one at code 000 and one at the last number. The catalog also marks some Commons as Short Prints and Super Short Prints, packed less often than the rest. Reading the foil →

Other 2002 products

These 2002 products have no guide here yet. TurnZero HQ's catalog and set completion still cover them, and the all-sets directory lists them with the rest.

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