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2021 Tin of Ancient Battles: What’s inside the Tin?

On August 20, the Yu-Gi-Oh! marketing team announced some new details about the Tin that will be released on September 30, 2021. They have announced the English names of the new cards that will only be available in the Tin:

  • Magician’s Salvation?
  • Piercing the Darkness (Breaking through the darkness?)
  • True Light (True Light?)

The effects of the cards were already revealed in the OCG some time ago. You can find out what they are below:

Magicians Salvation

WPP2-JP062 マジシャンズ・サルベーション Magician’s Salvation (Magician Salvation)
Field Spell Card
You can only activate a card with this card’s name once per turn, and you can only activate the second effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) When this card’s activation resolves: You can Set 1 “Eternal Soul” directly from your Deck.
(2) If you Normal or Special Summon a “Dark Magician”(s) or “Dark Magician Girl”(s): You can target 1 of those monsters; Special Summon from the GY 1 “Dark Magician” or “Dark Magician Girl” whose name is different from the target’s.

Field Spell Card, Mage Redemption

You can only activate cards with this name once per turn and you can only activate the second effect of this card once per turn.

(1) If the activation of this card was successful: You can place an “Eternal Soul” from your deck.

(2) If you Normal Summon or Special Summon a Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl: Target one of those monsters; Summon a Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl card with a different name from your Graveyard.

Shatter the Darkness

WPP2-JP063 切り裂かれし闇 Kirisakareshi Yami (Shatter the Darkness)
Continuous Spell Card
You can only use each effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If you Normal or Special Summon a non-Token Normal Monster: You can draw 1 card.
(2) When one of the following monsters you control declares an attack and battles an opponent’s monster: Until the end of the turn, the monster gains ATK equal to the ATK of your opponent’s monster.
– A Level 5 or higher Normal Monster
– A Ritual Summoned monster that uses a Normal Monster
– A Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Summoned monster that used a Normal Monster as material.

Permanent spell card, breaking through the darkness

You can only activate each effect of cards with this name once per turn.

(1) When you Normal Summon or Special Summon a non-Token Normal Monster: Draw a card.

(2) When one of the following monsters you control declares an attack and battles an opponent’s monster: Until the end of the turn, that monster gains ATK equal to the ATK of your opponent’s monster.

  • A level 5 or higher normal monster
  • A Ritual Monster summoned with a normal monster
  • A Fusion-, Synchro- or XYZ-summoned monster that used a normal monster as material

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The True Light

WPP2-JP065 真の光 Shin no Hikari (The True Light)
Continuous Trap Card
You can only use the (1) effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) Apply 1 of the following.
– Special Summon 1 “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” from your hand or GY.
– Directly Set to your field from your Deck Set 1 Spell/Trap that specifically lists the card “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” in its text that has a different name from cards you control and in your GY.
(2) “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” in your Monster Zone cannot be targeted by your opponent’s effects.
(3) If this face-up card in the Spell & Trap Zone is sent to the GY: Destroy all monsters you control.

Permanent trap card, The True Light

You can only use this card’s (1) effect once per turn

(1) Activate one of the following effects.

  • Special Summon a “Blue-Eyes W. Dragon” from your hand or graveyard
  • Set a Spell/Trap card from your deck that specifically contains the name “Blue-Eyes W. Dragon” in its card text and has a different name than Spell/Trap cards in your field or graveyard

(2) “Blue-Eyes W. Dragon” – Monsters in your Monster Zone cannot be targeted by your opponent’s effects.

(3) If this face-up card in your Spell and Trap Card Zone is sent to your Graveyard: Destroy all monsters you control

Finally, it can be mentioned that the new Tin together with the old Tin make a bigger picture, which looks pretty cool!

Tin 2020 and 2021 stacked on top of each other

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