Rarest 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Card In The World Reaches Over $135,000 In First 12 Hours Of Bidding
Back in 2005, the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game owners Konami responded to a Make-A-Wish request by a child who wanted to have a card made in his favorite TCG. This, ultimately, is what led to the creation of the 1-of-1 card "Tyler The Great Warrior" — reported to be the rarest in the entire world.
The card, with artwork depicting an obvious inspiration and combination of Trunks from Dragon Ball Z and Sasuke from Naruto, is one that has plenty of power and a creative effect to boot.
Presented to Tyler Gressle (who had an extremely rare form of liver cancer) over 17 years ago as part of his Make-A-Wish fulfillment, the only known copy of the card in existence has finally gone up for sale on eBay by Tyler himself, and collectors of the card game are scrambling to buy it as word spreads online.
When it comes to the Yu-Gi-Oh card game, there are plenty of cards that were only made one time, but all of those cards have something in common that Tyler's card doesn't — availability.
Other 1-of-1 cards printed, such as a special edition Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon alternate art, is just another art style of an existing card, and it was technically available to everyone but only won by a tournament winner. Tyler The Great Warrior, however, was never available to anyone else except Tyler, and it isn't a copy of an existing card, causing it to truly be unique.
This backstory has caused its price to skyrocket with only nine days left to go on the auction. The card has become so popular worldwide that international buyers are even being warned about how to secure the card if they win the auction.
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Witch Dianna
I remember hearing the story of this card, I thought the kid passed away and it was his parents that were dealing with whether to sell the card or not. Glad to see that isn't the case and he survived. The bidding on it is insane, wonder who's gonna get it.
Lord DIO
Kinds sounds scummy if you ask me to sell this when it was a make-a-wish gift, even if you're the one it's for. Might just be me.
Rynjin
Chemotherapy ain't free, I'm sure Kazuki Takahashi wouldn't have wanted this kid to live in debt his whole life when a literal gift he was given could be his ticket to a better life.
Deluxxxe17
The seller actually plans to donate part of the profits to Make-A-Wish.
Lord DIO
Ah, well in retrospect I should have looked into the full context. Also in response to Rynjin, I had a feeling it was going to fund that. I was just stating what I felt at face value. Guess I was wrong as usual, glad to hear it. Thanks for clarification.