The Duelist Genesis Card List and Set Guide

Overview

The Duelist Genesis is a 100-card set released September 2, 2008, with codes TDGS-EN000 to TDGS-EN099. 97 cards were new; three had appeared first in the 2008 Collectible Tins or on a sneak peek card, according to the catalog's release dates.

It is the first set with Synchro Monsters and Tuners. A Synchro Monster is Summoned from the Extra Deck by sending a Tuner and non-Tuner monsters from your field to the GY whose Levels add up to its Level. The set has seven Synchro Monsters, including Stardust Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, Goyo Guardian and Nitro Warrior, and nine Tuners to make them.

It also introduced the Psychic monster type, eleven of them, with Emergency Teleport to Summon them. Stardust Dragon is printed at three rarities here: Ultra Rare, Ultimate Rare and Ghost Rare.

Cards and rarities

The Duelist Genesis has 100 set codes, each starting TDGS-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 →

The first Synchro Monsters

The set's Synchro Monsters are what it is remembered for, and most of its value is in them.

Stardust Dragon

TDGS-EN040

A Level 8 Synchro for 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuners. Tribute it to negate a card or effect that would destroy cards on the field; it comes back in the End Phase.

Red Dragon Archfiend

TDGS-EN041

A Level 8 Synchro with 3000 ATK. After it attacks a Defense Position monster, it destroys every Defense Position monster your opponent controls.

Goyo Guardian

TDGS-EN042

A Level 6 Synchro that needs an EARTH Tuner. When it destroys a monster by battle, it Special Summons that monster to your field in Defense Position.

Nitro Warrior

TDGS-EN039

A Synchro that needs Nitro Synchron as its Tuner. Once per turn, after you activate a Spell, it gains 1000 ATK for its next attack.

Thought Ruler Archfiend

TDGS-EN044

A Level 8 Psychic Synchro that gains LP equal to the ATK of each monster it destroys by battle.

Cards worth knowing

Four more cards from The Duelist Genesis, two of them among its Secret Rares.

Charge of the Light Brigade

TDGS-EN089

Send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY to add a Level 4 or lower Lightsworn from your Deck to your hand.

Emergency Teleport

TDGS-EN053

A Quick-Play Spell that Special Summons a Level 3 or lower Psychic from your hand or Deck; it is banished in the End Phase.

Hand of the Six Samurai

TDGS-EN085

If you control another Six Samurai, Tribute a Six Samurai to destroy a monster on the field.

Montage Dragon

TDGS-EN014

Special Summoned by sending 3 other monsters from your hand to the GY; its ATK is 300 times their combined Levels.

The chase card: Stardust Dragon

Stardust Dragon

TDGS-EN040

Rarity Ghost Rare

Set code TDGS-EN040

1st Edition market price, October 23, 2026 $1,212.50

The 1st Edition Ghost Rare Stardust Dragon (TDGS-EN040) is The Duelist Genesis's chase card, at $1,212.50 on October 23, 2026. The 1st Edition Ultimate Rare of the same code was $722.21.

The same code at Ultra Rare was $93.28 in 1st Edition, and the Unlimited Ghost Rare was $566.64. Check the foil before you price one: all three versions share the code.

It is a Level 8 WIND Dragon Synchro Monster with 2500 ATK for 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuners. When a card or effect that would destroy cards on the field is activated, you can Tribute it to negate that activation and destroy the card, and it returns from the GY in the End Phase.

Every Stardust Dragon in The Duelist Genesis

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

Stardust Dragon takes the top two places on October 23, 2026: its Ghost Rare and its Ultimate Rare. Red Dragon Archfiend and Goyo Guardian were next, and every Synchro Monster in the set is on the list.

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 →

The Duelist Genesis card list

Every set code in The Duelist Genesis, 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

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

A Synchro Summon needs a Tuner and at least one non-Tuner on your field whose Levels add up exactly to the Synchro Monster's Level, so a deck built from this set runs Tuners at the right Levels for the Synchros it wants.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions