Rise of Destiny Card List and Set Guide

Overview

Rise of Destiny is a 60-card set released November 20, 2004, with codes RDS-EN001 to RDS-EN060. All 60 cards were new.

It follows Soul of the Duelist's format: every Rare, Super Rare and Ultra Rare also comes as an Ultimate Rare, 25 in all. It continues that set's LV lines with Mystic Swordsman LV6 and Ultimate Insect LV3 and starts a new one, Silent Swordsman.

Its other groups are a Harpie package, with Harpie Lady 1, 2 and 3 and the Field Spell Harpies' Hunting Ground, and single cards that saw long use, such as Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, Monster Reincarnation and Divine Wrath.

Cards and rarities

Rise of Destiny has 60 set codes, each starting RDS-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 25 Ultimate Rares and the 7 codes listed at both Common and Short Print count twice, which is why the rows add up to 92 printings for 60 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 →

Monarchs, Swordsmen and Harpies

Rise of Destiny has no single large archetype. These are the cards from its main groups.

Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch

RDS-EN021

When Tribute Summoned, it discards a random card from your opponent's hand; if that was a monster, your opponent takes damage equal to its Level x 100.

Silent Swordsman LV3

RDS-EN009

Negates your opponent's Spell effects that target it. In your Standby Phase it can send itself to the GY to Special Summon Silent Swordsman LV5 from your hand or Deck.

Mystic Swordsman LV6

RDS-EN008

Destroys a face-down Defense Position monster it attacks, and can put that monster on top of your opponent's Deck instead of in the GY.

Harpies' Hunting Ground

RDS-EN038

A Field Spell: Winged Beasts gain 200 ATK and DEF, and whenever a Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters is Normal or Special Summoned, the player who Summoned it destroys a Spell or Trap on the field.

Cards worth knowing

Four generic cards from Rise of Destiny.

Monster Reincarnation

RDS-EN045

Discard 1 card, then add a monster from your GY to your hand.

The Creator

RDS-EN005

Cannot be Special Summoned from the GY. Once per turn, send a card from your hand to the GY to Special Summon a monster from your GY.

Divine Wrath

RDS-EN050

A Counter Trap: discard a card to negate a monster effect's activation and destroy that monster.

Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast

RDS-EN031

A Level 7 with 2800 ATK that can be Normal Summoned without Tributing, with its original ATK and DEF halved.

The chase card: Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch

Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch

RDS-EN021

Rarity Ultimate Rare

Set code RDS-EN021

1st Edition market price, October 23, 2026 $152.36

The 1st Edition Ultimate Rare Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (RDS-EN021) is Rise of Destiny's chase card, at $152.36 on October 23, 2026. The 1st Edition Ultimate Rare Monster Reincarnation was next at $106.60.

The Unlimited Ultimate Rare was $129.99 the same day, unusually close to the 1st Edition price, and the Super Rare version of the same code was $3.47 in 1st Edition.

It is a Level 6 FIRE Pyro with 2400 ATK. When Tribute Summoned it discards 1 random card from your opponent's hand, and if that card was a monster, deals damage equal to its original Level x 100.

Every Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch in Rise of Destiny

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

All ten of the most valuable printings on October 23, 2026 were 1st Edition Ultimate Rares. Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch led, and Monster Reincarnation and The Creator were the only others above $80.

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 →

Rise of Destiny card list

Every set code in Rise of Destiny, in set code order, with each rarity it is printed at: 60 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

No Rise of Destiny card is on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 23, 2026, so a deck can run three copies of any of them.

Thestalos needs a Tribute Summon to use its effect, like Zaborg and Mobius before it, so it pairs with cards that give you a monster to Tribute.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions