A Yu-Gi-Oh! year can be read as a calendar before it is read as a card list. The publisher dates every booster product months ahead and gives each one a sentence about what it is, which means the shape of a year is public well before the cards in it are. This page sets that calendar out in order.
It is deliberately a calendar rather than a buying guide. There are no prices here, and no prediction about which set will turn out to matter. What there is, is the release order the publisher has published, which is the one thing about a coming year that can be stated without guessing.
Quick answer
Konami has dated nine booster products across 2026, and the year has a clear shape: two products in February, four through the spring and summer, a Championship limited pack at the end of August, and two sets to close the year. The set that follows the 2026 line, Immortal Phoenix, is already dated for 31 January 2027. Everything on this page comes from the publisher’s own booster pack listing, and the Yu-Gi-Oh! card index covers what is inside a set rather than when it arrives.
The 2026 calendar
In release order, with the publisher’s own description of each product shortened to its point.
| Release date | Product | What the publisher says it is |
|---|---|---|
| 6 February 2026 | Burst Protocol | A New Year’s fireworks show for a Deck |
| 20 February 2026 | Maze of Muertos | Halloween in the spring, led by Pumpking |
| 17 April 2026 | Rarity Collection V | All-foil, with a variant art card in every pack |
| 8 May 2026 | Blazing Dominion | Fairy Tails, Anna Kaboom and the Master of Faster |
| 5 June 2026 | Battles of Legend: Glorious Gallery | Extended art, chibi cards and upgraded treatments |
| 3 July 2026 | Chaos Origins | The King of Games returns, with monsters from the original manga |
| 29 August 2026 | Limited Pack World Championship 2026 | A Championship limited pack, as in previous years |
| 9 October 2026 | Beyond the Brave | A reimagining of Joey’s familiar cards |
| 4 December 2026 | Glorious Victors | The closing booster set of the year |
How the year is shaped
Read as a sequence rather than a list, the calendar shows three habits that have held for several years now, and knowing them is more useful than knowing any single date.
- February carries two products. The year opens with a core booster and a themed set within a fortnight of each other, which is the point at which most of the year’s new mechanics arrive.
- The middle of the year runs continuously. From April to July a product arrives roughly every month, and this stretch is where the reprint-heavy and treatment-heavy products sit — a collection set and a rarity-focused set rather than a story set.
- The year closes with two sets and a gap. October and December are four months apart from nothing: there is no November booster in the 2026 list, and the next dated product after Glorious Victors is Immortal Phoenix at the end of January 2027.
Where the 2026 line sits in the wider run is worth seeing once, because it explains why a calendar with nine entries is not a year of nine equally important products.
| Release date | Product | Why it is listed here |
|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2025 | Doom of Dimensions | The set before this window, for reference |
| 19 December 2025 | Phantom Revenge | The last 2025 booster; three new themes |
| 9 October 2026 | Beyond the Brave | The 2026 set the calendar above turns on |
| 29 January 2027 | Immortal Phoenix | The next dated booster after the 2026 line |
Why the dates matter more than the names
A product name tells you almost nothing on its own, because Yu-Gi-Oh! names are chosen for flavour rather than for content. A date tells you something the name cannot: it tells you which set a player will actually be able to buy, and how long the previous set has been on the shelf.
The date also matters because the game does not release everywhere at once. Yu-Gi-Oh! is two card games sharing one card pool — the Japanese OCG line and the TCG line that covers North America and Europe — and the two run on separate release schedules, with the OCG line ahead. That gap is the single most useful thing to understand before reading any release calendar, and why Yu-Gi-Oh! is two card games covers it in full. The dates on this page are the TCG dates the publisher prints for this market.
One habit of the calendar is worth naming because it is easy to misread. A product appearing late in the year is not a smaller product, and a product appearing early is not automatically the year’s headline set. The rarity treatments a set carries matter more than its position, and the rarity guide sets out what those treatments are.
What this page does not claim
No prices, and no card lists for sets that have not released. The publisher dates products and describes them in a sentence; it does not publish the contents of a set in advance, and this page does not fill that gap. Every date here is quoted from the publisher’s own listing on 6 October 2026, and the same page carries a standing note that schedules can change. A date on this page is therefore a date as published, not a promise, and the one thing this page will never do is guess at cards that have not been shown.
Frequently asked questions
How many booster products does Yu-Gi-Oh! release in 2026?
The publisher has dated nine booster products across 2026, from Burst Protocol in February to Glorious Victors in December. The list does not include deck products, limited sets sold outside the booster line, or promotional releases, which are dated on separate publisher pages.
When is the next Yu-Gi-Oh! set after 2026?
Immortal Phoenix, dated 29 January 2027 on the publisher’s own booster pack listing. It is the first dated product after the 2026 line closes with Glorious Victors in December.
Does the TCG release at the same time as the Japanese version?
No. The game runs on two release schedules, with the Japanese OCG line ahead of the TCG line that covers this market, so a set can be playable in one region before it is purchasable in the other. The dates on this page are TCG dates.
What is the Limited Pack World Championship?
A booster product tied to the World Championship, dated 29 August 2026 in this year’s line. It sits between the summer and autumn sets rather than replacing either of them, and it is sold as a limited pack rather than a general booster set.
Which set should I follow if I only follow one?
That depends on what you collect rather than on the calendar, and this page will not recommend one. A set is worth following for its treatments and for what it reprints, and both of those are published close to release rather than a year ahead.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Konami — the official Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME booster pack listing, which supplies every release date and every product description quoted on this page. Accessed 6 October 2026.
- Konami — the same listing’s standing note that the product schedule is subject to change, which is why a date here is reported as published rather than as fixed.
- Konami — the official Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG rules and deck construction documentation, which defines the OCG and TCG product lines referred to on this page.
- This page was compiled 2026-10-06. No price, no pull rate and no card list for an unreleased set appears on it, because the publisher does not publish those things for a set that has not been shown.
Related reading
- The Yu-Gi-Oh! card index on this site
- OCG and TCG: why Yu-Gi-Oh! is two card games
- Yu-Gi-Oh! rarity guide: the foil treatments
- Beyond the Brave: the set contents, the themes and the two dates
- The 30th anniversary collector products, dated
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).
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