Photon Shockwave Card List and Set Guide

Overview

Photon Shockwave is a 100-card set released November 10, 2011, with codes PHSW-EN000 to PHSW-EN099. 97 cards were new; three had appeared first in the 2011 Collectible Tins or on a sneak peek card, according to the catalog's release dates.

Its headline monster is Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, which Special Summons itself by Tributing 2 monsters with 2000 or more ATK and is printed at Ultra, Ultimate and Ghost Rare. The set has nine Xyz Monsters, including the first Numbers after Number 17 and the Evolzar Xyz, which need 2 Level 4 Dinosaurs.

Its new archetype is the Evol cards: Evoltile Reptiles that Special Summon Evolsaur Dinosaurs, which then become Evolzar Xyz material. The Wind-Ups get nine more cards, and Rescue Rabbit, a Secret Rare, Summons pairs of Normal Monsters from the Deck.

Cards and rarities

Photon Shockwave has 100 set codes, each starting PHSW-EN 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.

The 10 Ultimate Rares and the Ghost Rare count again beside their other rarity, which is why the rows add up to 111 printings for 100 set codes. 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 →

Galaxy-Eyes, Evols and Wind-Ups

The set's headline Dragon and its two Xyz archetypes.

Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon

PHSW-EN011

Special Summon it from your hand by Tributing 2 monsters with 2000 or more ATK. When it battles, it can banish itself and the opponent's monster until the end of the Battle Phase.

Evolzar Laggia

PHSW-EN043

A Rank 4 Xyz of 2 Level 4 Dinosaurs. Detach 2 materials to negate a Summon or a Spell or Trap activation and destroy that card.

Evolzar Dolkka

PHSW-EN086

A Rank 4 Xyz of 2 Level 4 Dinosaurs that detaches a material to negate a monster effect and destroy that monster.

Evoltile Gephyro

PHSW-EN016

An Evoltile: when destroyed by battle, it Special Summons an Evolsaur from your GY.

Wind-Up Zenmaines

PHSW-EN087

A Rank 3 Wind-Up Xyz that detaches a material instead of being destroyed, then destroys a card in the End Phase.

Cards worth knowing

Four more cards from Photon Shockwave. Wind-Up Hunter is Forbidden and One Day of Peace is Limited.

Rescue Rabbit

PHSW-EN037

Banish it from your field to Special Summon 2 Level 4 or lower Normal Monsters with the same name from your Deck; they are destroyed in the End Phase.

Wind-Up Rabbit

PHSW-EN083

Once while face-up, banish a Wind-Up you control until your next Standby Phase.

D-Boyz

PHSW-EN084

When flipped, Special Summon any number of D-Boyz from your Deck, taking 1000 damage each.

Number 10: Illumiknight

PHSW-EN041

A Rank 4 Xyz that discards a card to draw a card once per turn.

The chase card: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon

Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon

PHSW-EN011

Rarity Ghost Rare

Set code PHSW-EN011

1st Edition market price, October 23, 2026 $130.72

The 1st Edition Ghost Rare Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (PHSW-EN011) is Photon Shockwave's chase card, at $130.72 on October 23, 2026. The 1st Edition Ultimate Rare of the same code was $45.59.

The Unlimited Ghost Rare was $73.76, and the Ultra Rare $5.59 in 1st Edition.

It is a Level 8 LIGHT Dragon with 3000 ATK that you can Special Summon from your hand by Tributing 2 monsters with 2000 or more ATK. When it battles an opponent's monster, it can banish both until the end of the Battle Phase, gaining ATK for any Xyz Materials the other monster had.

Every Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in Photon Shockwave

Every version shares the set code, so the foil is what tells them apart. Check it before you price the copy in your hand. Reading the set code and rarity →

Chase cards and prices

Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon's Ghost Rare was worth almost three times anything else in Photon Shockwave on October 23, 2026, and its Ultimate Rare was second.

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 →

Photon Shockwave card list

Every set code in Photon Shockwave, in set code order, with each rarity it is printed at: 100 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

2 cards from Photon Shockwave are on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 23, 2026: Wind-Up Hunter is Forbidden; One Day of Peace is 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.

The Evolsaurs only gain their effects when an Evoltile Summons them, so the deck relies on its Evoltiles being destroyed in battle or on cards that do the same job.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions