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THE STARTER BOX - BENTO BOX

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(This is the 3rd and Final part of the Starter Box series. There will also be a tl;dr below.) ADVERTISED CARDS: Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Flame Swordsman, Forest, Polymerization, Two-Pronged Attack      The long-awaited Starter Box would be released to the public on March 18, 1999. Releasing 50 new cards to Japan for ¥3780, the Starter Box expanded what was possible for players. "Version 2" would later see release to update the rulebook but was otherwise the same. It was also the first set to release new products to Japanese players that weren't cards since Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters . In order of listing from the silver box: 50 Official Cards A Duelist Card Case A Duelist File 6 Star Chips (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze) 50 Duelist Score Sheets A Duel Calculator A Duel Field The Official Rulebook (2nd Edition in Version 2)     The majority of these items would later be sold separately on store shelves.

OCG Official Rules (Starter Box)

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 (This is the 2nd of 3 part of the Starter Box. This is also Part 2 of the OCG Official Rules.)      The Starter Box was the first major product released by Konami to have a major impact on the game post Vol.1. The above video was released something around March detailing the rules of the game at the time. For those who watched it, they knew how the Official Card Game would be played.