Power of the Duelist

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Power of the Duelist (POTD) is the 23rd booster set of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, which was released in Japan on May 18, 2006. The English language version was released on August 6, 2006.

Power of the Duelist
Expansion cover card	Elemental Hero Dark Neos
OCG release date	May 18, 2006
TCG release date	August 6, 2006
Mechanics	Neo-Spacians, Vehicroids, Destiny Heroes, A-Counters
Size	60 (35 common, 14 rare, 7 super rare, 4 ultra rare)
Expansion code	POTD
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Expansion Chronology
Enemy of Justice	Power of the Duelist	Cyberdark Impact

1 Set details
2 Mechanics
3 Notable cards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Set details

The set contains 60 cards, including 4 Ultra Rares, 7 Super Rares, 14 Rares, and 35 Commons. Every Ultra, Super, and Rare card has an Ultimate Rare counterpart in the English language release.

[edit] Mechanics

Power of the Duelist includes cards used by Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, Zane Truesdale, Tyranno Hassleberry, and Aster Phoenix in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series. Power of the Duelist introduces the Neo-Spacians and their basic Neos Fusions. Further support is placed on the Vehicroid and Destiny Hero archetypes, as well as on Dinosaur-type monsters. A new family of monsters also makes its debut: Aliens, which take advantage of "A-Counters" to exploit various battle strategies.^[1]

[edit] Notable cards

Elemental Hero Neos - An Elemental Hero that may be "Contact Fused" with Neo-Spacians to summon a variety of more powerful monsters.
Destiny Hero - Dasher - A Destiny Hero that allows a player to Special Summon a Monster drawn while this card is in the Graveyard.
Chimeratech Overdragon - A Machine-type Fusion Monster that forces its controller to send all their cards on the field to the Graveyard when summoned. Its ATK and DEF strengths are determined by the number of monsters used in its Fusion Summon, and it may attack a number of opponent's monsters equal to that same amount.
Overload Fusion - A Spell Card used for Fusion Summoning a Dark Machine-type monster by removing Fusion Material Monsters from the Graveyard.
Future Fusion - A Spell Card that allows its owner to throw out Fusion Material Monsters from his/her Deck in exchange for a corresponding Fusion Monster during the second Standby Phase after this card is activated.