Yu-Gi-Oh! Egyptian Gods Set — First Print Promo, Japanese PSA 8

In December 2000 the three Egyptian God cards existed only as a promise. They were issued as pre-order promotional cards for the Japanese video game Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist, and it was through that channel — not through any booster product — that Slifer the Sky Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor and The Winged Dragon of Ra first became physical objects. The three cards in this set are those first printings, in their original Japanese Secret Rare form.

The cards were never subsequently sold separately in the same configuration, which makes the trio a closed unit rather than three cards that happen to be offered together. Each carries the Secret Rare treatment of the period and belongs to the Battle City mythology that established the God cards as the most emblematic group in the game.

All three have been authenticated and encapsulated by PSA at 8, Near Mint-Mint, each in its own sealed holder. The uniformity of the grade across the set is what gives it coherence as a collection piece: three first-print God cards held to the same standard, assembled as they were originally distributed.