Three 4-card promo packs (all foil cards) + 2 variant cards - total of 14 foils in each tin. The 12 random foil cards will make up a 23-card set, which includes new cards from each of the 4 Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The 2 variant cards will be the same in each tin.

"This will be the only chance for gamers to get their hands on these Premium collector cards as they will be sold exclusively in this tin release!" - Konami^{[citation needed]}

• English Set Name: 2012 Premium Collection Tin
• Set Prefixes: PRC1-EN
• Release Dates:
  • March 15, 2012 (French, German, Italian and Spanish)^[1][2][3][4]
  • March 16, 2012 (European and Oceanic English)^[5][6]
  • March 20, 2012 (North American English)^[7]
• Promos: Elemental HERO The Shining, Number 34: Terror-Byte
• Each Premium Collection tin contains:
  • 1 Secret Rare card: Elemental HERO The Shining
  • 1 Secret Rare card: Number 34: Terror-Byte (Alternate Art)
  • 4 additional Secret Rare cards
  • 8 Super Rare cards
  • 1 Beginner's Guide
• Introduces further support for "Junk", "Masked HERO", "Elemental HERO", "Number", "Photon", "Rose" ("Fallen Angel"), "Red-Eyes", "Warrior" and "Machina" archetypes.
• Features cards used by Trueman, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, Akiza Izinski, Kalin Kessler, Sect Ijuin, Greiger, Bolt Tanner, Yuma Tsukumo, Kite Tenjo and Mr. Kay