Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Rarest Card is up for sale after 18 years

The story behind the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! card in the world doesn’t begin as you’d expect. This wasn’t a card in a limited release event, or a World Champion card, or anything close to a regular set release. The story of this card starts with Yu-Gi-Oh! fan Tyler Gressle 18 years ago when he was battling a rare form of liver cancer.

He wasn’t yet 16 years old when the disease progressed. The Make-A-Wish foundation, a non-profit organization that sets up incredible rewards and prizes for patients who have but little hope of surviving their illnesses or even no hope at all, contacted him then.

“I wanted a Porsche, but I wasn’t old enough. They said that if you were 16, yeah sure we’d make it happen. But because you can’t drive, you can’t have one.

His second wish was his very own Dragon Ball Z inspired Yu-Gi-Oh! custom card. The foundation also flew him over to meet the original TCG creator, Kazuki Takahashi, and a few of the voice actors of that time. After three versions of the cards were sketched and only one selected by Tyler, the card Tyler The Great Warrior was born.

on E-Bay on April 19th, and the occasion is so unique there isn’t even a starting biding price yet for Tyler the Great Warrior. There’s no telling which price it will achieve, but regardless of who owns it, Tyler Gressle's survivor story will forever be sketched into Yu-Gi-Oh! history.

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