Magic Ruler Card List and Set Guide

Overview

Magic Ruler is a 104-card set released September 16, 2002, with codes MRL-000 to MRL-103. It is the third English booster set by release date, after Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon and Metal Raiders.

The same 104 cards, at the same rarities and numbers, were also printed as Spell Ruler (SRL), which the catalog lists with the same release date. TCGplayer prices Magic Ruler in both 1st Edition and Unlimited and Spell Ruler only in Unlimited, which is why the 1st Edition Magic Ruler foils are the more valuable of the two.

Every card was new to the TCG. The set introduced Toon World and the first Toon monsters, the Ritual Monster Relinquished, and Spells such as Mystical Space Typhoon, Snatch Steal and Megamorph.

Cards and rarities

Magic Ruler has 104 set codes, each starting MRL- 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 MRL- code is printed at a single rarity, so the rows add up to the set's 104 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 →

Toons and the Ritual

Toon World is the set's one real theme: five Toon cards that need it on the field. Relinquished, the set's Ritual Monster, is the other card from Magic Ruler that later sets built on.

Toon World

MRL-076

A Continuous Spell you activate by paying 1000 LP. On its own it does nothing; the Toon monsters need it on the field to be Summoned and to stay there.

Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon

MRL-000

Special Summoned from your hand by Tributing 2 monsters while you control Toon World. It pays 500 LP to attack and can attack directly unless your opponent controls a Toon.

Toon Summoned Skull

MRL-073

The Toon version of Summoned Skull, Special Summoned by Tributing 1 monster while you control Toon World, and also treated as an Archfiend card.

Relinquished

MRL-029

Ritual Summoned with Black Illusion Ritual. Once per turn it equips one of your opponent's monsters to itself and takes that monster's ATK and DEF.

Cards worth knowing

The set's Spells did more to shape the early game than its monsters, and five of them are Forbidden today.

Mystical Space Typhoon

MRL-047

A Quick-Play Spell: target 1 Spell or Trap on the field and destroy it. The 1st Edition Ultra Rare was $134.06 on October 23, 2026.

Snatch Steal

MRL-036

Equip only to a monster your opponent controls and take control of it. Your opponent gains 1000 LP in each of their Standby Phases.

Spellbinding Circle

MRL-006

A Continuous Trap that targets one of your opponent's monsters: it cannot attack or change its battle position while the Trap stays on the field.

Delinquent Duo

MRL-039

Pay 1000 LP: your opponent discards 1 random card, then, if they have another card in hand, 1 more of their choice. It is Forbidden.

The chase card: Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon

Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon

MRL-000

Rarity Secret Rare

Set code MRL-000

1st Edition market price, October 23, 2026 $424.49

The 1st Edition Secret Rare Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon (MRL-000) is Magic Ruler's chase card. It was $424.49 on October 23, 2026, against $134.06 for the next card, the 1st Edition Ultra Rare Mystical Space Typhoon.

The Unlimited copy of MRL-000 was $88.38 that day. The same card as Spell Ruler's SRL-000, which TCGplayer prices only in Unlimited, sold for less than either.

It is a Level 8 LIGHT Dragon Toon Monster with 3000 ATK and 2500 DEF that needs Toon World on the field to be Summoned and is destroyed if Toon World leaves it.

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

Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon was worth more than three times any other Magic Ruler card on October 23, 2026. Mystical Space Typhoon, Spellbinding Circle and Relinquished were the next three, all 1st Edition Ultra Rares.

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 →

Magic Ruler card list

Every set code in Magic Ruler, in set code order, with each rarity it is printed at: 104 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

5 cards from Magic Ruler are on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 23, 2026: Confiscation, Delinquent Duo, Giant Trunade, Painful Choice and The Forceful Sentry are Forbidden. 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.

Toons are harder to play than they look. Each needs Toon World, cannot attack the turn it is Special Summoned, pays 500 LP to attack, and is destroyed if Toon World leaves the field.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions