Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon

Although not introducing the "new" style to cards in the Japanese OCG, it continued the format set a month earlier by Magic Ruler, with wider text boxes and narrower ATK/DEF area. All cards in this set have since been released in the English TCG.

Just under two years later, on March 8, 2002, Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon became the name of the very first set released in America. With many cards from the anime series, the 126 cards in this English set were chosen from the Japanese packs Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon (above) and Phantom God. Since discontinued by Upper Deck Entertainment, these packs are particularly prized; not only for the rare "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", but also for the five limbs of "Exodia the Forbidden One", which first appeared in this set as well.

Later, a modified version of the North American Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon was released in Europe. With only 103 of the original 126 cards, however, it sparked some protests in Europe from fans who disliked being deprived of cards accessible to their friends in the United States and Canada. This situation was resolved somewhat by the printing of many of the withheld cards in the European release of Magic Ruler, and the later decision by Upper Deck to remove the regional restriction on cards, opening up the North American card market to European collectors and players.

The "Worldwide" set including the same cards as the North American version, but numbered LOB-EN were released with Master Collection Volume 1.

Highly sought after cards include the "Exodia" set, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Dark Magician", "Swords of Revealing Light" and "Raigeki". "Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon" introduced to players, Normal Monsters, Effect Monsters, Flip Effect Monsters and Fusion Monsters, as well as the concepts of Normal Summoning, Tribute Summoning, and Fusion Summoning. It also introduced players to Normal, Equip, and Field Spell Cards, and Normal and Continuous Trap Cards.

• English Set Name: Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon
• Japanese Set ID: LB
• Japanese OCG Release Date: 18th May 2000
• Japanese version contains various cards from Vol.1 and Starter Box

OCG Set Card Ratios:
Japanese

OCG Card Card Galleries:
Japanese

OCG Set Card Lists:
Japanese

• English Set Name: Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon
• Korean Set Name: 푸른 눈의 백룡의 전설
• Korean Set ID: LOB

OCG Set Card Ratios:
Korean

OCG Card Card Galleries:
Korean

OCG Set Card Lists:
Korean

• English Set Name: Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon
• French Set Name: Légende du Dragon Blanc aux Yeux Bleus
• Italian Set Name: La Leggenda del Drago Bianco Occhi Blu
• Portuguese Set Name: Dragão Branco de Olhos Azuis
• Spanish Set Name: Dragón Blanco de Ojos Azules
• English Set ID: LOB/LOB-E/LOB-EN
• French Set ID: LDD-F
• French Canadian Set ID: LDD-C
• German Set ID: LOB-G
• Italian Set ID: LDD-I
• Portuguese Set ID: LDB-P
• Spanish Set ID: LDD-S
• TCG Release Date: 8th March 2002

TCG Set Card Ratios:
Australian, North American & Worldwide English - French-Canadian

TCG Set Card Galleries:
North American English - Worldwide English - Australian English - French-Canadian

TCG Set Card Lists:
North American English - Worldwide English - Australian English - French-Canadian

TCG Set Ratios:
European English - French - German
Italian - Portuguese - Spanish

TCG Set Galleries:
European English - French - German
Italian - Portuguese - Spanish

TCG Card Lists:
European English - French - German
Italian - Portuguese - Spanish

1st Edition:
North American English - French Canadian

European English

French - German - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish

Unlimited Edition:
North American English - French Canadian - Worldwide English

European English

French - German - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish