The Dark Illusion

Nirvana High Paladin (1st Edition) made the set's biggest move, +203% to $13.07. 21 cards broke away from the set's shared move over the 30-day window, in the typical range for Yu-Gi-Oh! sets (16.7 per 100 cards vs. a 23.8 median). 13 moved up, 8 moved down.

$11.03

Toon Dark Magician

$8.35

Subterror Behemoth Umastryx

$8.15

The Hidden City

$8.06

Card of the Soul

Highest current closes across this set's printings. Tap a card to view it on TCGplayer (affiliate).

Value concentrates hard: across 481 measured Yu-Gi-Oh! sets, the single top card typically holds about 13% of a set's total card value.

New Yu-Gi-Oh! sets have typically settled about 47% below their release-week price, with most of that easing done within roughly 13 weeks (measured across 49 recent releases).

Over the first 30 weeks after release, that easing runs about 28% deeper than the market's own drift.

Across 71,958 measured breakaway moves in our archive, upward moves outnumber drops about 1.5 to 1.

1. +203%Nirvana High Paladin (1st Edition)$13.07 Apr 22, 2024
2. +165%Magician's Rod (1st Edition)$9.02 Mar 9, 2026
3. -51%Coral Dragon (1st Edition)$3.42 Jul 1, 2024
4. -46%Cosmic Cyclone (1st Edition)$8.77 Jun 3, 2024
5. +83%Toon Dark Magician (1st Edition)$12.87 Feb 2, 2026
6. +65%Blackwing - Gram the Shining Star (Limited)one active week$9.41 Nov 25, 2024
7. -38%Destruction Sword Memories (1st Edition)$4.51 Apr 14, 2025
8. +56%Toon Dark Magician (Unlimited)one active week$10.05 Mar 23, 2026
9. -31%Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend (1st Edition)$7.89 Dec 16, 2024
10. +42%SPYRAL GEAR - Big Red (Limited)$10.74 Feb 10, 2025
11. +42%Pot of Desires (Unlimited)$4.49 Dec 15, 2025
12. -29%Destruction Sword Memories (Unlimited)one active week$4.18 Sep 22, 2025

“One active week” means the price changed at the daily market close in only one week of the move window. A single-week jump on an otherwise flat quote can be a stale price rather than a sustained move.