Hello again to Pojo and Yugioh fans one and all! Christmas is right around the corner, and I have an early Christmas present in the form of a partial spoiler for the next set, Phantom's Darknes, abbreviated PTDN.

Disclaimer: Keep full well in mind these are Japanese names, and all text and names can (and usually do) change at any time.

PTDN-JP001

Gladial-Beast Andal
Earth-Beast-Warrior
Level 4
1900 atk 1500 def

It is a Vanilla, but it is a heavy hitter and Level 4 for the Gladiator Beasts.

PTDN-JP003 Ultra Rare

Ultimate Gem God Rainbow Dark Dragon
Dark-Dragon
Level 10
4000 atk 0 def

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing from play in your Graveyard 7 Dark monsters with different names. By removing from play all Dark monsters you control and in your Graveyrad, except this card, increase the attack of this card by 500 points per card removed in this way.

PTDN-JP004

Sacrifice Lotus
Dark-Plant
Level 1
0 atk 0 def

If this card exists in your Graveyard during your End Phase, and you control no Magic or Trap cards, you can Special Summon this card in face-up attack position. While this card is face-up on the field, this controller of this card takes 1000 damage during each of their standby-phases.

PTDN-JP005

Split Demon Rose
Dark-Plant
Level 7
0 atk 1500 def

When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon two "Demon Rose Tokens" (Plant type/Dark/Level 3/1200 atk/1200def) to your side of the field in attack or defense position.

PTDN-JP006

Yubel
Dark-Fiend
Level 10
0 atk 0 def

This card is not destroyed by battle. If this card in face-up attack position is attacked by your opponent's monster, indlict damage equal to the attack of the attacking monster to your opponent's Life Points.
Battle Damage to the controller of this card as a result of this card battling becomes 0. During your End-Phase, unless you tribute one monster you control, this mosnter is destroyed. If this card is destroyed by an effect other than it's own, you can Special Summon 1 "Yubel-Das Abscheulich Ritter" from your Hand, Deck, or Graveyard.

PTDN-JP007

Yubel-Das Abscheulich Ritter
Dark-Fiend
Level 11
0 atk 0 def

This card is not destroyed by battle. If this card in face-up attack position is attacked by your opponent's monster, indlict damage equal to the attack of the attacking monster to your opponent's Life Points.
Battle Damage to the controller of this card as a result of this card battling becomes 0. During your End-Phase, destroy all monster except this card. If this card is removed from the Field, you can Special Summon 1 "Yubel-Das Extreme Traurig Dracheri" from your Hand, Deck, or Graveyard.

PTDN-JP008 Ultra Rare

Yubel-Das Extreme Traurig Drachen
Dark-Fiend
Level 12
0 atk 0 def

This card is not destroyed by battle. If this card in face-up attack position is attacked by your opponent's monster, indlict damage equal to the attack of the attacking monster to your opponent's Life Points, and destroy that monster. Battle Damage to the controller of this card as a result of this card battling becomes 0.

PTDN-JP008 Rare

Armored Cybern
Wind-Machine-Union
Level 4
0 atk 2000 def

Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this monster on the Field, you can equip it to a face-up Cyber Dragon or Fusion monster that lists Cyber Dragon in its name as an Equip Magic Card, OR unequip the Union and Special Summon this card in face-up attack position.
This effect can only be activate while as an equip card, reduce the attack of the equipped monster by 1000 points to destroy 1 face-up monster on the Field. This effect can only be used one per turn. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union monster at a time. If the monster that this card is equipped to is destroyed, this card is destroyed instead.)

PTDN-JP010 Super Rare

Cyber Vary
Light-Machine
Level 1
0 atk 0 def

You can select and activate one of the following effects:

-If this card becomes the target of an attack of your opponent's monster, by removing this card from play, draw 1 card and end the Battle Phase.
-Select this card and one face-up monster you control and remove them from play. Draw 2 cards.
-Delect htis card and 1 card in your Hand and remove them from play.
Return 1 card in you Graveyard to the top of your Deck.

Staple?

DTDN-JP011

Cyber Ouroboros
Dark-machine
Level 2
100 atk 600 def

When this card is removed from play, you can send one card from your Hand to the Graveyard to Draw 1 card.

PTDN-JP012 Super Rare

Volcanic Counter
Fire-Pyro
Level 3
300 atk 1300 def

When you took Battle Damage, remove from play this card in your Graveyard. If so, if there is a Fire monster except "Volcanic Counter"
in your Graveyard, inflict damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the Battle Damage you took.

PTDN-JP013 Rare

Fire Trooper
Fire-Warrior
Level 3
1000 atk 1000 def

When this card is successfully Normal, Flip, or Special Summoned, by sending this card to the Graveyard, inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.

PTDN-JP014

Destiny Hero Dunk Guy
Dark-Warrior
Level 4
1200 atk 1700 def

Send 1 Destiny Hero card in your Hand to inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent.

PTDN-JP015

Destiny Hero Departed Guy
Dark-Warrior
Level 2
1000 atk 0 def

When this card is in your Graveyard during your Standby Phase, Special summon it to your opponent's Field in face-up attack position. When this card is destroyed by Battle, it's removed from play instead of being sent to the Graveyard. When this card would be sent from your Hand or Deck to the Graveyard, it's removed from play instead of sent to the Graveyard.

PTDN-JP016 Ultra Rare

Dark Hours Dragon
Dark-Dragon
Level 8
3000 atk 1800 def

While this card is face-up on the Field, if a Magic card is activated during your opponent's Main Phase, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 Dark monster from your Graveyard. This effect can only be used once per turn.

PTDN-017 Rare

Dark Creator
Dark-Thunder
Level 8
2300 atk 3000 def

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned if there are 5 or more Dark monsters in your Graveyard and you control no monsters. By removing 1 Dark monster in your Graveyard from play, Special Summon 1 Dark monster in your Graveyard.
This effect can only be used once per turn.

PTDN-JP018 Super Rare

Dark Nephthys
Dark-Winged-Beast
Level 8
2400 atk 1600 def

When there are 3 or more Dark monsters in your Graveyard, by removing 2 of those from play, send this card from your Hand to the Graveyard.
When it was sent to the Graveyard by this effect, during your next Standby Phase, Special Summon this card from your Hraveyard. When this card is successfully Special Summoned, destroy 1 Magic or Trap card on the Field.

PTDN-JP019 Rare

Dark Armed Dragon
Dark-Dragon
Level 7
2800 atk 1000 def

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except when there are exactly 3 Dark monsters in your Graveyard. By removing from play 1 Dark monster in your Graveyard, destroy 1 card on the Field.

PTDN-JP020

Dark Crusader
Dark-Warrior
Level 4
1600 atk 200 def

By sending 1 Dark monser in your Hand to your Graveyard, increase this cards attack by 400 points.

PTDN-JP022

The End Spirits
Dark-Fiend
Level 4
? atk ? def

The attack and defense of this card becomes the number of Dark monsters removed from play x300. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, return all Dark monsters removed from play to their respective Graveyards.

PTDN-JP023

Obsidian Dragon
Dark-Rock
Level 4
800 atk 2100 def

While this card is face-up on the Field, negate the effects of Magic and Trap cards that target a face-up Dark mosnter you control and destroy it.

PTDN-JP025

Dual Lancer
Water-Sea Serpent-Gemini
Level 4
1800 atk 1400 def

(For all Gemini monsters I include, I'm skipping the normal Gemini text, as I am typing, not copying and pasting, as I can't, and just including the effect)

When this card attacks a defense position monster and the attack of htis card exceeds the defense of the attacked monster, inflict the difference as Battle damage to your opponent's Lifepoints.

PTDN-JP026

Gigaplant
Earth-Plant-Gemini
Level 6
2400 atk 2100 def

Special Summon 1 Insect OR Plant-type monster from your Hand or Graveyard. This effect can only be used once per turn.

PTDN-JP027 Rare

Future Samurai
Light-Warrior-Gemini
Level 4
1600 atk 1200 def

By removing from play 1 monster card in your Graveyard, destroy 1 face-up monster on the Field. This effect can only be used once per turn.

PTDN-JP028

Evil Shinobi
Dark-Warrior
Level 2
400 atk 800 def

When this face-up card on the Field becomes the target of an attack, draw 1 card from you Deck.

PTDN-JP030 Super Rare

Warrior Lars
Earth-Warrior
Level 4
1600 atk 1200 def

When this card is successfully Normal or Special Summoned, select 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior-type mosnter except a "Warrior Lars," in your Deck, and put it on top of your Deck.

PTDN-JP031

Gladiator-Beast Darius
Earth-Beast-Warrior
Level 4
1700 atk 300 def

When this card is successfully Specially summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster, you can Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast"
monster from your Graveyard. The effect of the selected monser is negated and when this card is removed from the Field, return that monster to the Deck. If this card battles, by returning it from the Field to the Deck at the end of the Battle Phase, Special Summone one "Gladiator Beast' monster from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Darius."

PTDN-JP034

Super Old Deep Sea King Coelacanth
Water-Fish
Level 7
2800 atk 2200 def

Once per turn, by discarding one card from your Hand, you can Special Summon as many Level 4 or lower Fish-type mosnters as possible from you Deck to the Field. Monsters Special summoned by this effect can't attack and have their effects negated. While this card is face-up on the Field, you can tribute a Fish-type monster you control to negate the activate of a Magic, Trap, or Effect monster that targets this card and destroy it.

PTDN-JP036 Rare

The Calculator
Light-Thunder
Level 2
? atk 0 def

The attack of this card becomes equal to the total level of all face-up monster you control x300.

PTDN-JP037

Koalakko
Earth-Beast
Level 2
100 atk 1600 def

When you control a face-up Beast-type monster bestides this card, once per turn, you can make the attack of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls to 0 until the End Phase.

PTDN-JP039

Mosquito Magne
Light-Insect
Level 3
300 atk 1000 def

Flip: Destroy all face-up Machine-type monsters on the Field.

PTDN-JP043 Ultra Rare

Elemental Hero Storm Neos
Wind-Warrior
Fusion: E-Hero Neos + Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin + Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird Level 9 3000 atk 2500 def

This card can only be Special Summoned from your Fusion Deck by returning the above monsters you control to the Deck. (You do not use
Polymerization.) Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can destroy all Magic cand Trap cards on the Field. This card returns to the Fusion Deck during the End Phase. When this card is returned to the Fusion deck by this effect, shuffle all cards on the Field back to their owner's Decks.

PTDN-JP044 Ultra Rare

Rainbow Neos
Light-Warrior
Fusion: E-Hero Neos + Ultimate Gem Lord Level 10 4500 atk 3000 def

This card can only be Special Summoned by Fusion Summon, and only with the monsters above. Once per turn, you can activate one of the following effects:

-Send 1 monster you control to the Graveyard to return all monsters your opponent controls to his/her Deck.
-Send 1 Magic or Trap you control to the Graveyard to return all Magic and Trap cards your opponet controls to his/her Deck.
-Send the top card of your Deck to the Graveayrd to return al cards in your opponent's Graveyard to his/her Deck.

PTDN-JP046 Super Rare

Super Fusion
Quickplay Magic

Discard 1 card from your Hand. Send Fusion Material monster you OR your opponent controls listed on a Fusion monster to the Graveyard and Special Summon that Fusion monster from your Fusion Deck. When this card is activated, it is not possible to activate the effect of Magic, Trap, or Effect monster cards. (This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon.)

PTDN-JP048

Instant Neospace
Equip Magic

Equip only to a Fusion mosnter that lists "Elemental Hero Neos" as a Fusion Material monster. The Fusion monster equipped with this card doesn't activate its effect that returns it to the Deck during the End Phase. When this equipped mosnter is removed from the Field, you can Special Summon 1 "Elemental Hero Neos" from your Deck, Hand, or Graveyard.

PTDN-049 Rare

Mirage Cylinder
Quickplay Magic

This card cannot be activated from the Hand. You can activate this card when a face-up mosnter you control becomes the target of an attack. Inflict 1000 points of damage to yoru opponent's Lifepoints.

PTDN-JP051 Super Rare

Dimensional Induced Explosion
Quickplay Magic

Activate by returning 1 face-up Fusion monster you control to the Fusion Deck. Each player selects up to 2 of their monsters that are removed from play, and Special Summons them to their Field.

PTDN-JP052

Cybernetic Zone
Quickplay Magic

Select 1 Machine-type Fusion monster you control and remove it from play until the End Phase of this turn. When that removed Fusion monster is returned to the Field, double its attack. During your next Standby Phase, destroy the Fusion monster targeted by this card.

PTDN-JP053 Rare

Beginning of the End
Normal Magic

Activate when there are 7 or more Dark monsters in your Graveyard.
Remove from play 5 Dark monsters in your Graveyard, then draw 3 cards.

PTDN-JP054 Rare

Dark Burst
Normal Magic

Add 1 Dark monster with 1500 or less attack in your Graveyard to your Hand.

PTDN-JP056

Force Release
Quickplay Magic

When this card is activated, all face-up Gemini monsters you control are treated as being Second Summoned. Monster affected by this effect will be changed to face-down defense positions at the End Phase.

PTDN-JP057

Summon Chain
Quickplay Magic

Activate only at Chain Link 3 or higher. You can Normal Summon three times this turn. You cannot activate this card if multiple cards/effects with the same name are in that Chain.

PTDN-JP063

Rainbow Whereabouts
Normal Trap

When your opponent's monster declares an attack, send 1 "Gem Beast'
card in your Magic and Trap Zone to the Graveyard to activate this card. Negate the attack of 1 of your opponent's monsters and add 1 "Ultimate Gem Lord" card from your Deck to your Hand.

PTDN-JP064 Rare

Rainbow Life
Normal Trap

Discard 1 card from your Hand to the Graveyard. Until the End Phase of this turn, damage you take is negated, and you gain Life Points equal to that damage.

PTDN-JP066 Super Rare

Hate Buster
Normal Trap

Activate only when a face-up Fiend-type monster you control becomes the target of an attack. Destroy the opponent's attacking mosnter and your attacked monster, then inflict damage equal to the attack of the opponent's destroyed mosnter to your opponent's Lifepoints.

PTDN-JP070 Super Rare

Dark Spiritual Art
Normal Trap

Activate by tributing 1 Dark monster you control. Your opponent can negate this effect by revealing 1 Magic Card in his Hand. If they didn't, draw 2 cards.

PTDN-JP073

Dual Hole
Normal Trap

Activate only when a Gemini mosnter that has all ready been Second Summoned is destroyed by Battle. Destroy all mosnters your opponent controls.

PTDN-JP074 Rare

Intense Duster Drop
Counter Trap

Activate only when your opponent adds a card(s) from their Deck to their Hand. Your opponent discards 1 of those cards added to their Hand to the Graveyard.

PTDN-JP078 Rare

Cover for a Decisive Battle
Continuous Trap

Remove from play 1 monster in your Graveyard to Normal Summon 1 Normal Monster from your Hand. This effect can only be activated during your Main Phase.

PTDN-JP079

Transmigration Extinction
Continuous Trap

When a card(s) is returned to the Deck from the Graveyard, the cards are removed from play instead of returned to the Deck.

PTDN-JP080

Penalty Gold
Normal Trap

Discard 2 cards from your Hand to the Graveayrd.

Well, that does it for today, and I hope you enjoyed it! Phantom's Darkness seems to be a very promising set, perhaps the best since Cybernetic Revolution! We will just have to wait and see. Please feel free to contact me with anything @ tsearcy@lssu.edu

You stay classy, Planet Earth :)

~Dark Paladin~