Yu-Gi-Oh! Rarity Collection: all five sets compared
Konami's five Rarity Collection sets, RA01 to RA05: dates, pack sizes and prices, the foils each pack holds, Konami's card rates and how the codes work.
By the Rip.fan Editorial Team.
Published 7 min read
Rarity Collection is Konami’s series of all-foil Yu-Gi-Oh! booster sets in which most cards come in several foil rarities. Konami counts five so far, including two Quarter Century sets, coded RA01 to RA05. They ran from November 3, 2023 to April 17, 2026. The packs changed a lot along the way: RA02 moved to a 9-card pack with twice RA01’s Ultra Rares and Secret Rares, the two Quarter Century sets took one card of each 5-card pack from a separate pool, and Rarity Collection V swapped Quarter Century Secret Rares for Starlight Rares and variant art cards.
Which sets are Rarity Collections?
| Code | Product | Launch date | Cards per pack | Price per pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA02 | 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II | Friday, May 24, 2024 | 9 | $9.99 |
| RA04 | Quarter Century Stampede | Friday, April 11, 2025 | 5 | $5.99 |
| RA05 | Rarity Collection V | Friday, April 17, 2026 | 5 | $5.99 |
RA01, the 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection, launched Friday, November 3, 2023. RA03, the November 2024 Quarter Century set, launched Friday, November 8, 2024, with 5 cards per pack.
RA02, RA04 and RA05 each have two dates: one for stores in Konami’s official store program and a general launch date two days later. The store dates are Wednesday, May 22, 2024, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 and Wednesday, April 15, 2026. An RA04 pack holds 5 cards: 4 from the core set and 1 from a second pool. RA04 uses RA03’s pack configuration, so an RA03 pack holds 5 cards too. Our guide to Yu-Gi-Oh! set release dates places the four from 2024 on among Konami’s other sets.
How big is each set?
| Set | Size |
|---|---|
| RA01 | Every card in every one of seven rarities, as in RA02 |
| RA02 | 79 cards, every one in every rarity, none repeated from RA01 |
| RA03 | A core set and a separate 200-card pool, the set and pack configuration RA04 reuses |
| RA04 | A primary core set of 80 cards in all rarities, new variant art versions added to its Quarter Century Secret Rare pool, and another 200-card pool; the set size is printed as TBD |
| RA05 | 152 cards: a main pool of about 80, plus variant art cards (10 of them extended art, 58 others) |
For RA05, 10 plus 58 is 68 variant art cards, and 152 less 68 leaves 84 for the main pool, by Rip.fan’s arithmetic.
What does each pack hold?
The makeup moved twice.
| Set | What each pack holds |
|---|---|
| RA01 | Half of RA02’s Ultra Rares and Secret Rares, so 2 and 1 by Rip.fan’s arithmetic |
| RA02 | 3 Super Rares, 4 Ultra Rares and 2 Secret Rares |
| RA03 | The same setup as RA04 below, since RA04 uses RA03’s pack configuration |
| RA04 | 4 core cards and 1 card from the 200-card pool, as a Platinum or Quarter Century Secret Rare |
| RA05 | 4 cards from the main pool in a range of rarities, then 1 variant art card |
One rule worth knowing: RA04’s core set of 80 cards comes in all rarities but with no duplicate Quarter Century Secret Rares, as before. The database fits that for RA03. Super Polymerization has a Quarter Century Secret Rare in an earlier 2023 set, and its RA03 printing, RA03-EN053, comes in six rarities, from Super Rare to Collector’s Rare, with none of them a Quarter Century Secret Rare.
RA04’s 200-card pool includes cards fans picked in an online poll Konami ran. Most of RA05’s variant art cards carry short catch phrases, some in English and some in Japanese, with reworked backgrounds and close-ups, and 10 of them are extended art cards, a first for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, with art running to every edge.
Which foil rarities does each set use?
Seven in every set, but not always the same seven. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring’s RA01 and RA04 printings come in all seven and Super Polymerization’s RA03 printing in six of them, and RA03’s 200-card pool includes Platinum and Quarter Century Secret Rares:
| Rarity | Sets |
|---|---|
| Super Rare, Ultra Rare, Secret Rare | RA01 to RA05 |
| Platinum Secret Rare | RA01 to RA05 |
| Collector’s Rare and Ultimate Rare, in what Konami calls a prismatic style | RA01 to RA05 |
| Quarter Century Secret Rare | RA01 to RA04 |
| Starlight Rare | RA05 |
At RA02’s launch, the two prismatic rarities, the Collector’s Rare and the Ultimate Rare, had been available only overseas until recently; the Ultimate Rare carries a special 3D varnish. RA04 and Alliance Insight, a few weeks later, were billed as the last releases with Quarter Century Secret Rares. Our guide to Yu-Gi-Oh! rarities shows how each foil looks.
Does Konami publish card rates?
For some positions in the pack, as in RA02:
| Position | Konami’s stated rate |
|---|---|
| Each Ultra Rare | 1 in 6 is a prismatic Collector’s Rare or Ultimate Rare instead |
| Each Secret Rare | 1 in 4 is a Platinum Secret Rare or a Quarter Century Secret Rare instead |
Each position has its own rate, so RA02’s 9-card pack, with four Ultra Rares and two Secret Rares, carries six positions where a rarer foil can turn up. RA02’s pack has twice as many Ultra Rares and Secret Rares as RA01’s, which makes three such positions in RA01’s pack by Rip.fan’s arithmetic. RA05’s pack is set out in a chart, and our rarities guide lists the rates in it, including the Starlight Rare in the Secret Rare position. A rate describes many packs taken together; it does not promise what any one pack or box holds. Read the number of packs per box from the display box’s own label, as our guide to Yu-Gi-Oh! booster boxes explains.
How do the set codes work?
Three things to know:
- One code, several rarities. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is RA01-EN008 in all seven RA01 rarities, and Gold Sarcophagus is RA02-EN052 in all seven RA02 rarities. The code does not tell you which foil a copy is.
- The code and the product name differ. RA03 and RA04 are sold under Quarter Century names, with no “Rarity Collection” in them. The database also writes the second and fifth sets with numbers, as 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection 2 and Rarity Collection 5, where the product names use II and V.
- The database date can differ from the launch date. It dates RA03 to November 7, 2024, a day before its launch, and RA05 to April 10, 2026, a week before. Use the date to tell printings apart, not to say when a set went on sale.
Ash Blossom’s RA05 printing, RA05-EN091, comes only in Ultra Rare and Starlight Rare, and so does Super Polymerization’s RA05-EN149, one of RA05’s extended art cards. Our Beyond the Brave guide covers Starlight Rares in Konami’s core sets.
How do you check Rarity Collection card prices?
Not on Rip.fan, whose card price lookup and price pages cover English Pokémon cards only. Price a card from sold listings, in this order:
- Pin down the code and the rarity. RA01-EN008 alone covers seven different cards to a buyer. Our guide to checking a Yu-Gi-Oh! card’s value shows how to match both.
- Check the version. An RA05 variant art card and the same card from another set are separate printings.
- Use dated sold prices. Our guide to finding what a card sold for explains the method.
- Check it is genuine. Our guide to spotting fake Yu-Gi-Oh! cards covers the checks, and our secret rare entry explains the rarity across card games.
If you plan to grade a card, see our guide to grading Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece cards. The trading card hub collects the rest, and the Lorcana First Chapter and One Piece OP-01 guides cover other card games.
Frequently asked questions
How did fans pick cards for Quarter Century Stampede?
Through an online poll in which over 3,000 different cards got at least one vote. About a third of the top 100 finalists were already in Quarter Century Bonanza, the RA03 set, and picks such as Petit Moth went into the nostalgia pool.
How many luxury rares can one RA02 pack hold?
Up to 6. About two-thirds of 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II packs hold at least one of the four luxury rarities, and around a third hold more than one.
Which cards are extended art in Rarity Collection V?
Ten fan favorites, among them Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Kurikara Divincarnate, Super Polymerization and Dominus Purge.
Which returning cards stood out in RA02?
Silent Magician and Silent Swordsman, back for the first time in 8 years. Other returns included the Trap trio of Solemn Judgment, Solemn Warning and Solemn Strike.