Dark Crisis Card List and Set Guide

Overview

Dark Crisis is a 106-card set released December 1, 2003, with codes DCR-000 to DCR-105. All 106 cards were new.

More of its cards belong to an archetype than in any other 2003 set. Fifteen Archfiend cards, including Terrorking Archfiend, Skull Archfiend of Lightning and the Field Spell Pandemonium, make up the largest group; thirteen Guardian cards pair each Guardian monster with the Equip Spell it needs; and the Dark Scorpions get five more.

Dark Crisis also gave Exodia a second form, Exodia Necross, which is Summoned with Contract with Exodia once all five pieces are in your GY.

The catalog files 219 printings under the set, adding DCR-EN codes from another printing. This guide covers the 106 DCR- codes.

Cards and rarities

Dark Crisis has 106 set codes, each starting DCR- and printed under the artwork on the right. Where a card comes at more than one rarity, every version shares its code, so the table counts set codes at each rarity and a code printed at two rarities is counted twice.

Each DCR- code is printed at a single rarity, so the rows add up to the set's 106 cards. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts the distinct set codes you own against the set's total, so a card printed at two rarities counts once, with an every-rarity count beside it for collectors chasing each version. How set completion works →

Archetypes

Archfiends and Guardians are the set's two biggest groups, and Exodia Necross is the card that drew the most attention.

Terrorking Archfiend

DCR-072

An Archfiend you can only Normal Summon while you control another Archfiend. It costs 800 LP each Standby Phase, and when an opponent's card targets it, a die roll of 2 or 5 negates that effect.

Pandemonium

DCR-094

The Archfiend Field Spell: no one pays LP in the Standby Phase for Archfiends, and an Archfiend destroyed other than by battle searches a lower-Level Archfiend.

Guardian Grarl

DCR-007

Cannot be Summoned unless you control a face-up Gravity Axe - Grarl, its Equip Spell in the same set. If it is the only card in your hand, it can Special Summon itself.

Exodia Necross

DCR-020

Special Summoned only with Contract with Exodia. It cannot be destroyed by battle or Spell or Trap effects, gains 500 ATK each Standby Phase, and is destroyed unless all five Exodia pieces are in your GY.

Cards worth knowing

Four more cards from Dark Crisis. Skill Drain and Final Countdown are Limited and Butterfly Dagger - Elma is Forbidden.

Vampire Lord

DCR-000

When it deals battle damage, declare Monster, Spell or Trap and your opponent sends one of that type from their Deck to the GY. Destroyed by an opponent's card effect, it comes back in your next Standby Phase.

Skill Drain

DCR-049

Pay 1000 LP to negate the effects of all face-up monsters on the field. It is Limited.

D.D. Warrior Lady

DCR-027

After damage calculation, when it battles an opponent's monster, it can banish that monster along with itself.

Final Countdown

DCR-091

Pay 2000 LP; 20 turns later, counting the turn you activate it, you win the Duel. It is Limited.

The chase card: Exodia Necross

Exodia Necross

DCR-020

Rarity Ultra Rare

Set code DCR-020

1st Edition market price, October 23, 2026 $80.79

The 1st Edition Ultra Rare Exodia Necross (DCR-020) was the most valuable card in Dark Crisis on October 23, 2026, at $80.79. The 1st Edition Secret Rare Vampire Lord was next at $60.78.

The Unlimited Exodia Necross was $14.97 the same day.

It is a Level 4 DARK Spellcaster with 1800 ATK that can only be Special Summoned with Contract with Exodia. It cannot be destroyed by battle or by Spell or Trap effects and grows by 500 ATK in each of your Standby Phases, but it is destroyed the moment any of the five Exodia pieces leaves your GY.

Rarity is in the foil rather than the set code, so check it before you price the copy in your hand. Reading the set code and rarity →

Chase cards and prices

Exodia Necross and Vampire Lord were the only Dark Crisis printings above $40 on October 23, 2026. A Common, Gyaku-Gire Panda, was among the six most valuable.

These are TCGplayer's 1st Edition market prices on October 23, 2026. They move daily, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every printing. How Yu-Gi-Oh! card prices work →

Dark Crisis card list

Every set code in Dark Crisis, in set code order, with each rarity it is printed at: 106 set codes in all, as listed in TurnZero HQ's catalog on October 23, 2026. Each name goes to that card's page, with today's price for every printing.

Playing it

3 cards from Dark Crisis are on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 23, 2026: Butterfly Dagger - Elma is Forbidden; Final Countdown and Skill Drain are Limited. A Forbidden card cannot be played at all and a Limited card at one copy per deck; the rest of the set can be run at three.

Most early Archfiends make you pay LP in each Standby Phase to keep them. Pandemonium removes that cost for both players, which is why it is the center of any deck built from this set.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions