Whether it was the anime, the video games, or the card game itself, Yu-Gi-Oh has been a pop culture staple for over 25 years.
Today, it remains one of the most popular and enduring trading card games on the planet, and whether you're chasing meta-defining staples or just looking to fill out your binder with something flashy, the high-value cards always demand attention.
2025 has taken a breather compared to last year’s chaos. Prices are down, panic-buying has cooled, and both duelists and collectors are feeling the benefits.
But make no mistake, there are still plenty of premium pulls hidden in Yu-Gi-Oh's 2025 releases. Between Supreme Darkness and Alliance Insight, we've seen the final wave of Quarter Century Secret Rares. And just this past week, Starlight Rares officially returned to the TCG, turning heads and inflating wishlists overnight.
So, since we're halfway through 2025, I've been busy taking stock of the most valuable cards you can still pull from Yu-Gi-Oh's 2025 boosters. It's time to d-d-d-duel!
10. Mulcharmy Purulia
This reprint of Mulcharmy Purulia is pretty pricey these days, reaching around $100 right now after its printing in Maxze of the Master.
It has started to level off, but it was a sharp climb just a couple of months ago.
9. Mitsurugui Ritual
Sitting at around $90 at the time of asking, this spell card is a dream for reptile-focused decks. The Supreme Darkness Quarter Century Super Rare version has recently dropped from $120 to $90, but it’s still expensive.
8. Maiden of White
If you managed to grab the Blue-Eyes White Destiny structure deck, then good news – many of its cards are pretty pricey to get these days.
Maiden of White is going for around $90-100 right now, with first editions climbing to the $120s.
7. Paladins of Bonds and Unity
As TCGPlayer explains, Paladins of Bonds and Unity is perhaps less useful to play with and more of a collector’s edition. That art is gorgeous, and it’s going for around $100 on the secondary market (although some are asking for more).
6. Maliss P March Hare
It never takes long for Yu-Gi-Oh cards to devolve into made-up words and random letters, but this one is worth checking your packs for. In fact, it’s the most valuable Secret Rare from this year’s Alliance Insight set.
5. Dragon Master Lords
A 5000 attack and defense creature that can’t be targeted by card effects? Where do we sign? This XYZ creature is essentially a one-card wincon, but it won’t come cheap.
4. A Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow
Remember what we said about words and letters? This link-summoned monster can bring in monsters while disrupting your opponent nicely. Destroy a card and bring in your own? We’re sold.
But we’ll need to get saving – it reaches over $130 at present.
3. Rimite Dragon Ether Beryl
We didn’t expect this badass dragon to be called Beryl, but this isn’t one to be laughed at. It’ll set you back $150 right now for its Monster Mayhem version, and it plays very, very nicely with Blue-Eyes White Dragon decks.
2. Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice
If you’ve enjoyed anything Yu-Gi-Oh over the years, you’ll know this one.
While Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice’s core stats are hardly awe-inspiring, collectors love her (I wonder why?) so her Quarter Century Secret Rare from Alliance Insight is fetching up to $170 right now at TCGPlayer and other secondary markets like eBay.
That's a lot of cash considering her Secret Rare counterpart is just under $10 market right now as well, but who am I to judge?
1. Mulcharmy Meowls
Sorry Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice, your artwork is no longer the cutest on this list. The most valuable card of 2025 is the truly adorable Mulcharmy Meowls, which is going for upwards of $200.
Honorable Mention: Battles of Legend: Monster Mayhem
It wouldn’t feel right to wrap up without a quick nod to Battles of Legend: Monster Mayhem. While it’s still early days for this set, and prices haven’t fully settled yet, a couple of cards are already standing out.
Namely, Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Starlight Rare) from BLMM is currently hovering around the $120–140 mark, and close behind, Galatea-i, the Orcust Automation (also in Starlight Rare) looks poised to follow suit at around $127.49 right now.
That said, it’s too soon to draw any hard conclusions for the time being. These early prices are often inflated by hype, and the market tends to shift quickly. We'll be keeping a close eye on where these cards land once the dust settles, and the other eye on Duelist's Advance.
Where to Find Valuable Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in 2025
So your best bet of owning any of the above is simply through the secondary market, and buying individual cards standalone.
But, if you are in it for the love of the game, and fancy fleecing out for some shiny boosters in an attempt to pull some of the rarest cards going, this is where you can buy the latest 2025 Yu-Gi-Oh booster bundles.
We've mentioned the highest price sold as well, alongside the current listing price at the time of publication,so you have a good idea what the market is looking like at the moment.
Looking for more TCG discussion and market watch updates? Check out the full Magic: The Gathering release schedule for 2025, this week's MTG price movers and shakers, or, on the Pokemon side of things, our latest crashers and climbers for Pokemon TCG and the most expensive cards going right now for trainers.
Lloyd Coombes is Gaming Editor @ Daily Star. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay. He's also a tech, gaming, and fitness freelancer seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, IGN, and more.
This article includes contributions from Robert Anderson. Thanks to the lovely folks at TCGPlayer for information and data that informed this article.
