History
Starter Deck: Kaiba introduced Blue-Eyes to most European players in 2002. The European release carried its own print characteristics and was distributed in far smaller numbers than the North American equivalent.
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Blue-Eyes White Dragon
The European Starter Deck Kaiba printing of Blue-Eyes, Gem Mint and increasingly difficult to source.
£9,750Available
- Set
- Starter Deck: Kaiba (European Release)
- Release year
- 2002
- Card number
- SDK-001
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Grading company
- PSA
- Grade
- PSA 10 — Gem Mint
- Certification number
- Provided on enquiry
- Stock status
- Available
Authenticity
Encapsulated and graded by PSA. The certification can be verified directly against the PSA population database before any funds change hands. Photographed in-house under fixed studio lighting. The slab shown is the exact item offered.
The piece in context
Why collectors value it
For UK and European collectors this is often the Blue-Eyes they actually owned. Regional printings have become a serious collecting category of their own, and SDK-001 in Gem Mint is the most desirable of them.
Population
Starter deck cards were opened, played and rarely protected. Gem Mint European examples are meaningfully scarcer than the raw print run would suggest.
Market
Values have risen sharply as collectors distinguish between regional printings rather than treating all SDK-001 copies as equivalent.
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