Magic Reflections

A Shrine to "Magic Reflector" and related ephemera

[magicgardna]

Hi hello magicgardna, what is your impression of this.? Sharing it.

Is the Magic Deflector the not aged, modern trap counterpart of the Magic Reflector of it ?

Funny is it’s definitely can’t counter any aspects of effects and not chain performance play wise, of the normal spell magic gardna. 😂

Not negate the activation nor remove the counter. Playing both works together.

Ah, Magic Deflector, the forgotten little brother of Magic Reflector and Virus Cannon. Funny enough, you can use all three together if you want. Deflector can prevent you from using Reflector, but if you already have a counter on a spell card, it won't be negated by Deflector going off because it wasn't a part of that spell card's effect.

[magicgardna]

The now traditional Mythological Age pack opening. 24 years! <3

[magicgardna]

It's that time again! Today is the 23rd anniversary of the OCG's Mythological Age, so I'm opening more packs!

[magicgardna]

It's the 22nd Anniversary of the OCG core set "Mythological Age"(2001). I opened some packs and got basically nothing, ha.

[magicgardna]

"Speed Start Deck Link Edition" and "Speed Start Deck Synchro Edition". These 20-Main deck + 1-Extra deck products were given out at a Jump Festa event on December 22–23, 2018. The Link Edition included a special ticket card that you would then exchange at a separate vendor to be given a copy of the Synchro Edition.

These OCG decks predate the official product launch of the TCG Speed Duel product line by about a month, and remain the sole Speed Duel product in the OCG as of this post.

[magicgardna]

A selection of Spell cards protected by Magic Reflector and the little pieces of crystal I use for the counters

[magicgardna]

Scans from V Jump magazine the following month, March 2002, in which there is a Q&A about Magic Reflector. Vindication!

[magicgardna]

Scans from V Jump magazine January and February 2002 issues highlighting “Mythological Age” which released November 29, 2001. Regrettably, Magic Reflector is absent, making it the only holofoil card in the set not showcased here. 

[magicgardna]

Scan of Magic Reflector profile from “Ghostmasters Yu-Gi-Oh Collector’s Edition” #11 2003, likely printed around July/August of that year. 

[magicgardna]

August 2003 issue of Scrye magazine, with an article depicting their “Top Ten” of “Legacy of Darkness”. The list is based on “interesting” cards, rather than tournament/competitive ones, and it’s nice to see Magic Reflector here. The terminology they use here to describe it’s effect is wrong, but the overall idea is correct. 

[magicgardna]

Scans from Weekly Shonen Jump 2001 #33(July 16, 2001) of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 227(168 in Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist) “The Waiting Grave”. Featured here is the first and only use of the card “Magic-Removal Bacterial Weapon” localized in English as simply “Virus Cannon”. This card would appear in the OCG in September 2001 as a promotional card included in a guidebook for the PS2 “Yu-Gi-Oh! True Duel Monsters II: Succeeded Memories”(Duelist of the Roses) video game. This card’s artwork would be used as a basis for “Magic Gardna”(Magic Reflector) in November 2001′s “Mythological Age”. Also from the same issue of WSJ is a news page for the then new OCG set “Labyrinth of Nightmare”

[magicgardna]

Been buying Legacy of Darkness(2003) boosters from  https://strictlysealed.com/ for a couple weeks now! Here are today’s pulls: Got a Magic Reflector on the 6th pack overall. The smell of the ink on these freshly-opened cards is unreal and nostalgic! 

[magicgardna]

Magic Reflector print from “Legacy of Darkness”. The “EN” in the set number designates that it is from packs reprinted for the “Master Collection Vol 1″(Dec 4, 2004). This is the first North American print that has the “Spell” replacing “Magic” in card type and text.

[magicgardna]

Magic Reflector rares from the Korean(Oct 18, 2004) and Asian-English(Sept 11, 2003) editions of “Legacy of Darkness”. Notice the different logos on the card backs.

[magicgardna]

PSA 9 unlimited edition Magic Reflector from Legacy of Darkness(2003)

[gembug86]

Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Master's Guide Vhs

Video of the “Duel Master’s Guide” VHS, which was packaged with the “EX-R Starter Box” released on November 23, 2000. This starter box was the first such item in the OCG “Series 2″ and contained two decks that would eventually become the TCG Yugi and Kaiba Starter Decks in 2002.

I love the music and visuals in this video, even if they border on silly at times! <3

[gembug86]

Happy anniversary to the OCG set “Mythological Age”, which was released in Japan 20 years ago today(November 29, 2001)! This set was half of our Legacy of Darkness(June 6, 2003), and mostly introduced Spirit monsters. Fun fact: a lot of the wild power cards released in this set(Yata-Garasu, Fiber Jar, Injection Fairy Lily, Bottomless Trap Hole) were originally commons!

So I thought “You know what? I want to open a pack for the anniversary”. Did I open one of the couple I had already? Naaaaah. I specifically ordered another, -just- to open today. Pack literally waited 20 years to punk someone. I fucking love it

[magicgardna]

This is still funny to me, two months later <3