Yu-Gi-Oh! vs Magic: The Gathering (Guinness World Records)

Quote :: The game maker Konami announced on Tuesday that Guinness World Records has recognized Yu-Gi-Oh! as the best-selling trading card game to date with over 25,175,567,833 cards sold as of March 31, 2011. The card franchise beat its own record of 22,587,728,173 cards, set in 2009 (the 10th anniversary of the card franchise).

Kazuki Takahashi drew the original manga from 1996 to 2004, and it spawned an ongoing anime franchise in addition to the cards. The card game first shipped in 1999 and eventually spread to over 45 countries in North America, Europe, and elsewhere. Konami had first applied for the record back in 2006, when "only" 15.8 billion cards had been sold.

In Japan, the new anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal premiered in April, and Konami launched the accompanying Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Official Card Game in March. It also plans to spread the new card series throughout the world.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-14/yu-gi-oh-sets-guinness-record-with-25.1-billion+cards

Quote :: It's time to brag a little. You've heard, no doubt, of the Guinness Book of World Records? Here's a couple of pages from the edition that's coming out now.

Up in the upper left there, there's a category called "Rarest Trading Card." That's tied between Shichifukujin Dragon and 1996 World Champion, each of which has only one copy in existence. Slightly below that is "First Modern Trading Card Game," which is held by Magic: The Gathering. Moving to the right and a bit up, Magic also holds the title of "Most Played Trading Card Game." And in the upper right, guess what the "Longest-Running Digital Trading Card Game" is!

Moving to the second page, you can see Richard Garfield next to "First Trading Card Game Patent." That's US patent 5,662,332 (A), if you're curious. And then the bottom of the page is taken up by the "Largest Trading Game Tournament," which is held by the 2,227-person Grand Prix Madrid. Finally, the circle labelled "High Stakes" reports that the record for "Highest Earnings from TCG Tournaments" is held by Kai Budde and his career winnings of $354,620.

That's seven world records.

Rarest Trading Card
First Modern Trading Card Game
Most-Played Trading Card Game
Longest-Running Digital Trading Card Game
First Trading Card Game Patent
Highest Career Earnings from TCG tournaments
Largest Trading Card Game Tournament

Source: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/798

Well, I'm glad they didn't put up Yuma's crappy picture. Yusei up there is proof that 5D's truly was the greatest.

By now Yugioh has at least the one for the largest tournament, YCS Long Beach had 4,364 people.

Al-Bhed wrote:: By now Yugioh has at least the one for the largest tournament, YCS Long Beach had 4,364 people.

Aw, you know how slow Guinness can be sometimes.

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