THE SUMMER OF LEGENDS KEEPS GETTING BIGGER IN THE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME!

Windsor, UK (6^th of July 2021) – Legendary Duelists are back like never before! In July and August, Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. (KONAMI) is bringing back some of the greatest characters from the history of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG), with new cards that take their signature strategies into wild new territory!

The original King of Games is up first, as Yugi's King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Jack's Knight return with new allies in the King's Court booster set! From there, it’s the return of the Egyptian Gods in a full line of Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra TCG accessories! And finally, Dawn of Majesty finishes out the Summer with 100 cards of new beginnings and new support, starring Yusei Fudo's signature monster from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s – Stardust Dragon.

King's Court is the follow-up to last year's wildly popular Toon Chaos set, and Yugi's Three Musketeers of Face Cards theme is back, adding new speed and power to King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Jack's Knight. Back them up with a new suite of Joker cards led by Joker's Knight, a World Premiere "wild card" that can fill the role of the King's, Queen's, or Jack's Knights, recycling itself every turn to speed along your Summons. Spell and Trap Cards lend more support, and the World Premiere Arcana Triumph Joker gains power for every card in both your hand, and your opponent's. Match suits with your opponent's cards, monsters, Spells and Traps, and discard them with Arcana Triumph Joker to destroy the matching cards!

King's Court is packed with support for themes from Legendary Duelists: Season 2 and Lightning Overdrive, and certain cards will even power up your Egyptian God Decks. Raising the stakes, 15 cards will appear as coveted Collector's Rare variants: a mix of World Premieres and cards making their first appearance outside of Japan, as well as all-time classics from the early days of Dueling, and current tournament favourites!

Prepare for King's Court on the 8^th of July, with 62 cards total: 37 Rares, 15 Super Rares, and 10 Ultra Rares, plus 15 cards also presented as stunning Collector's Rares. Each pack contains 6 Rares and 1 Foil card. MSRP: £3.99/€3.99 per 7-card pack.

Then, collect four new accessories featuring all three of the Egyptian God Cards, Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra! The Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra Card Case carries your complete Main, Side and Extra Deck in a vessel fit for the divine, holding a total of 70 sleeved cards and a divider featuring all three Divine-Beast monsters! Then, keep your Deck tournament ready with the protection of Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra Card Sleeves. Each pack comes with 50 tournament-regulation protectors featuring Dueling's fiercest icons. Demolish your opponents and keep your cards safe by Dueling on the Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra Game Mat, and if you want to show off your most precious cards, keep them in the Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra 9-Pocket Duelist Portfolio. The pinnacle of presentation, it's a 10-page side-loading folio that lets you store, carry, and display up to 180 of your mightiest cards!

All four accessories in the Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra collection arrive on the 29^th of July, including the Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra Card Case, MSRP £4.99/€4.99; Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra 9-Pocket Duelist Portfolio, MSRP £9.99/€9.99; the Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra Game Mat, MSRP £14.99/€14.99; and Slifer, Obelisk, & Ra Card Sleeves, MSRP £3.99/€3.99 per pack of 50 sleeves.

Then in August, forget about getting your game on, and get ready to “Rev it up!” one more time with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s. The Dawn of Majestybooster set heralds the return of Yusei Fudo's Stardust Dragon, with new support that makes it even easier to Synchro Summon! And how about a tune-up? A brand-new "Majestic" form makes your Stardust Dragon strategy more powerful than ever before, wielding an ability that shreds opposing monster effects, multiple attacks, and an escape effect that blinks this new behemoth to the banished zone so it can dodge threats and return moments later.

And that's just the beginning. Dawn of Majesty also introduces three new themes to build your Decks around: the first can Fusion or Ritual Summon, using the same Spell Card; another continues the story of the Dogmatika from Rise of the Duelist; and the third is a new fan-favorite that broke the internet, an Xyz Monster theme of giant, sea-faring sushi ships! Beyond those new strategies, you'll find a treasure trove of support for well-loved monsters. Four new monster cards are ready to make the Gizmek tribe a fully-fledged strategy of its own! From Aliens to Amazement and Solfachords to Springans, new support will help keep your favorite Decks in the fight.

Tournament players will want to arm themselves with a new surprising defensive form of a familiar Spellcaster usable from the hand. Once she's on the field, she punishes your opponents for their Special Summons, drawing cards, destroying cards, and bringing out your own monsters. With 2500 ATK she's no wilting flower, even on her own. Pendulum Duelists will find a new powerhouse Pendulum Monster, with a Pendulum Effect that mimics Macro Cosmos, and a monster ability that makes it easy to field. Then, while it's on the field, it'll send newly Summoned monsters to the Graveyard in the End Phase each turn. You'll even find a new Beast-type Synchro Monster that gains ATK each time another monster's effect is activated. Once it's big enough, you can shuffle it back into your Deck…and shuffle away every opposing monster in play!

The dawn breaks on the 12^thof August. Discover 100 new cards with Dawn of Majesty: 50 Commons, 26 Super Rares, 14 Ultra Rares, and 10 Secret Rares. MSRP: £3.99/€3.99 per 9-card pack.

Don't want to wait? You can get your hands on the new set before the official launch, by attending a Dawn of Majesty Premiere! Event. These exclusive events are hosted only at Official Tournament Stores, offering you the chance to crack packs of Dawn of Majesty days before the official launch! Purchase a minimum of 5 packs of the new set and while supplies last, you'll earn an exclusive Field Center Card. You'll also have a chance to win cool prizes you won't find anywhere but at the Premiere! Event, like an Ultra Rare promo card or a Dawn of Majesty Game Mat.

The Dawn of Majesty Premiere! Event will take place Saturday, the 7^th of August or Sunday, the 8^thof August. You can find Official Tournament Stores in your area here. Contact your OTS to find out when they're running their Premiere! Event.

Ready to throw down? As of the 1^st of July, Official Tournaments can once again take place at OTSs in select European regions!

Duelists can find out if their local OTS is hosting tournaments through the Konami Card Games Network or Yu-Gi-Oh! NEURON, available on the App Store and Google Play.

KONAMI are closely monitoring developments in permitted regions to ensure the safety of everyone involved and will continue to assess the capability to open Official Tournaments in other regions.

The months of July and August are loaded with more chances to play in high-profile Remote Duels and compete for awesome prizes! Remote Duel Yu-Gi-Oh! Day and in-store* Yu-Gi-Oh! Day welcomes all Duelists to celebrate their passion for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, by playing in tournaments via their Official Tournament Store on Saturday, the 3^rdof July or Sunday, the 4^th of July. The next weekend, one of Dueling’s most prestigious events gets the Remote Duel treatment. KONAMI will be hosting the first ever Remote Duel Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS) Event on the 10^th and 11^th of July, which will lead to the Livestream Finals on the 31^st of July for Europe and North America and the 1^stof August for Latin America, to crown the first ever European, North America and Latin America Remote Duel YCS Champions! Then, on the 17^th and 18^thof July, Duelists who earned their seat in Yu-Gi-Oh! Remote Dual Invitational Qualifier tournaments will duke it out in the Remote Duel Invitational.

Yes, the Remote Duel Invitational is back! Sixteen of the season's most decorated Duelists from Europe will compete in a Livestream Championship-level event for amazing rewards, and the winner will be crowned the next Remote Duel Invitational Champion! You can follow all the action live, on the Official Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game YouTube Channel or on Twitch.

For more information on KONAMI’s extensive Organised Play programs, including opportunities for aspiring Duelists to learn how to play, go to www.yugioh-card.com/uk/events