Pharaonic Guardian Card List and Set Guide

Overview

Pharaonic Guardian is a 108-card set released July 18, 2003, with codes PGD-000 to PGD-107. All 108 cards were new.

It is the first English set with a real archetype at its center. Thirteen cards carry the Gravekeeper's name or support it, led by Gravekeeper's Spy and the Field Spell Necrovalley, which stops cards in the GY from being banished or moved.

Its value is spread thin. On October 23, 2026 only three printings were above $40, and a Common, Raigeki Break, was among the ten most valuable cards. The catalog lists no other code formats for this set, so its 108 entries are its 108 cards.

Cards and rarities

Pharaonic Guardian has 108 set codes, each starting PGD- 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 PGD- code is printed at a single rarity, so the rows add up to the set's 108 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 →

Gravekeeper's

Gravekeeper's is the set's archetype: Spellcasters that flip, search each other, and lean on Necrovalley to lock the GY.

Gravekeeper's Spy

PGD-059

When flipped, it Special Summons a Gravekeeper's monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck. A Common here, it was one of the set's ten most valuable cards on October 23, 2026.

Necrovalley

PGD-084

A Field Spell: Gravekeeper's monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF, cards in the GY cannot be banished, and effects that would move a card out of the GY are negated.

Gravekeeper's Chief

PGD-065

You can control only one face-up. Its owner's GY is unaffected by Necrovalley, and when Tribute Summoned it Special Summons a Gravekeeper's monster from your GY.

Don Zaloog

PGD-029

A Dark Scorpion that, when it deals battle damage, makes your opponent discard a random card or mill the top 2 cards of their Deck.

Cards worth knowing

Pharaonic Guardian's other notable cards are generic Spells and Traps, two of them now Limited.

Ring of Destruction

PGD-000

In your opponent's turn, destroy a face-up monster whose ATK is no higher than their LP; both players take damage equal to its original ATK.

Book of Moon

PGD-035

A Quick-Play Spell that flips a face-up monster on the field face-down in Defense Position.

Lava Golem

PGD-107

Special Summoned to your opponent's field by Tributing 2 of their monsters. Its controller takes 1000 damage in each of their Standby Phases.

Terraforming

PGD-088

Add 1 Field Spell from your Deck to your hand. It is Limited.

The chase card: Ring of Destruction

Ring of Destruction

PGD-000

Rarity Secret Rare

Set code PGD-000

1st Edition market price, October 23, 2026 $51.19

The 1st Edition Secret Rare Ring of Destruction (PGD-000) is Pharaonic Guardian's chase card, at $51.19 on October 23, 2026. The 1st Edition Ultra Rare Helpoemer was a dollar behind at $49.99.

The Unlimited copy of PGD-000 was $37.72, close to the 1st Edition price.

It is a Normal Trap you activate in your opponent's turn. It destroys a face-up monster whose ATK is less than or equal to your opponent's LP, deals you damage equal to its original ATK, and deals your opponent the same.

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

Ring of Destruction, Helpoemer and Lava Golem were the only printings above $40 on October 23, 2026. Below them the 1st Edition prices fall quickly.

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 →

Pharaonic Guardian card list

Every set code in Pharaonic Guardian, in set code order, with each rarity it is printed at: 108 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 Pharaonic Guardian are on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 23, 2026: Trap Dustshoot is Forbidden; Reasoning and Terraforming 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.

Necrovalley stops your own GY effects as well as your opponent's, which is why Gravekeeper's Chief exempts its owner's GY from it.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions