Top Selling Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards on TCGplayer: October 2024
By Peter Day •
The first step to serving customer demand is to understand it. So to help you follow what’s currently popular with players and collectors, we’ve put together a pair of downloadable CSV reports of the top-selling Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of the past month.
These reports show the name and set of the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards with the highest total number of copies sold on the TCGplayer Marketplace between October 1 and October 31. The reports consider cards from different sets to be distinct (even if they have the same name), but do not distinguish copies sold by condition (Near Mint, Lightly Played, etc.) or by printing (Foil, etc.).
The two reports cover cards that had an average sale price in October within two ranges: $50.00 or more, and $1.00 to $49.99.
Here are five highlights from each report.
Top Selling Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards: $50 or More
#1 Dominus Impulse
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $51.12
Everyone knew Rage of the Abyss had a game-changing hand trap that would punish opponents for Special Summoning. What wasn’t obvious was that it actually had two such cards, the second of which is Dominus Impulse. While it can’t be played in Light, Earth, and Wind decks, the ability to negate a Special Summon and potentially destroy the offending card has already made Dominus Impulse more or less mandatory in any decks that handle that restriction.
#2 Mulcharmy Fuwalos
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $135.02
Mulcharmy Fuwalos was the first of those game-changing hand traps from Rage of the Abyss, the one that fans saw coming. Much like Mulcharmy Purulia (which preceded it), Fuwalos recalls Maxx “C” in that it lets its player draw a card for each time their opponent Special Summons, with a few new restrictions. With Maxx “C” banned, Fuwalos and Purulia’s only competition for meta dominance is each other. If YCS Niagara is any indication, Fuwalos is winning out so far—nine copies of Fuwalos appeared in the Top 4 decks, compared to six copies of Purulia. Every Yu-Gi-Oh player needs three copies of this card going forward if they want to stay competitive.
#3 Fiendsmith Engraver
Set: The Infinite Forbidden
Average Sale Price: $67.41
Fiendsmith Engraver is the core card of the Fiendsmith archetype that was introduced in The Infinite Forbidden and quickly became part of the strongest deck in the format. While the F&L update in early September cut Fiendsmith down to size, Fiendsmith Engraver is still a powerful engine card that can summon itself while tutoring up an on-theme Spell or Trap card, and we probably haven’t seen the last of it.
#4 Mulcharmy Purulia
Set: The Infinite Forbidden
Average Sale Price: $57.13
Six is less than nine, but it’s still way more than zero. Mulcharmy Purulia plays a similar role to Mulcharmy Fuwalos, helping players stay in the game against decks with killer turn-one combos. The only difference is that the kinds of summoning Purulia punishes are a little less powerful on average than the ones Fuwalos hates on, but in the right matchups, you’d rather have Purulia. And in others, you want both.
#5 Mermail Shadow Squad (Quarter Century Secret Rare)
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $52.42
The base version of Mermail Shadow Squad is available for under $1.50, but hard-core Mermail and Atlantean fans are snatching up the QCSR version so they can build their favorite deck at maximum rarity—whether now, or in the indeterminate future.
Top Selling Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards: $1.00 to $49.99
#1 Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $4.28
Players who love dragons (and really, who doesn’t?) got a splendid new point of interaction with Rage of the Abyss in the form of Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon and its negation. Almost single-clawedly, it has revitalized the Dragon Link archetype and given the venerable deck another shot at competitive relevance.
#2 Primite Lordly Lode
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $4.15
The Primite theme introduced in Rage of the Abyss aims to make Normal monsters extraordinary (or at least, worth playing), and Yugiboomers who don’t get all these new-fangled summoning mechanics are excited to beat down with some yellow-bordered monsters. Primitive Lordly Lode searches up other Primite cards, making it a key card for the archetype.
#3 Legendary Lord Six Samurai - Shi En
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $1.85
Rage of the Abyss also delivered new support for the fan-favorite theme Six Samurai, the most impressive of which is this new Synchro monster with a built-in negate and protection. Is it competitive? Probably not, but that’s not going to put off players who’ve been waiting a decade for a fresh reason to place Bushido Counters on cards.
#4 Primite Imperial Dragon
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $1.07
Primite Imperial Dragon is the boss monster of the Primite archetype, and rewards players for Tribute Summoning the old-fashioned way by negating and potentially banishing all opposing monsters. Naturally, older players are excited to tell all the other Effect monsters to get off their lawn.
#5 Heart of the Blue-Eyes
Set: Rage of the Abyss
Average Sale Price: $11.13
Heart of the Blue-Eyes massively increased the consistency of the Exodia decks that became playable after the release of The Infinite Forbidden, all while mixing some Blue-Eyes White Dragon peanut butter into the Exodia chocolate for an even tastier nostalgia-heavy theme. Archetypes this iconic are rarely this playable too, so Heart of the Blue-Eyes and the entire Exodia package are now massively popular.
Selling cards that have high “velocity” keeps your cash flow healthy so you can take advantage of new opportunities. Check out our reports on the top-selling cards in Magic and Pokémon, and be sure to list these cards on TCGplayer to unlock value you can reinvest in your business.