How I Got My Stolen Yu-Gi-Oh Cards Back 

I'm glad your 4th rate deck was returned to you

I don't know what would hurt more getting your deck stolen or learning that it was sold pretty cheap

My deck was stolen at a MTG event in the 90s. It's heart breaking unfortunately I didn't get my deck back. I'm glad you got yours returned.

*Huge thanks to everyone who helped me get my deck back. I also appreciate the supportive words and those who offered to send me replacements. I understand how truly lucky I am to have gotten this back, so from the bottom of my heart: Thank you. I hope this never has to happen to any of you.* 💗

Glad you got it back my brother!

That’s actually pretty amazing. Someone sold your deck instead of giving it to a lost and found. I can only assume that it was sold so cheaply just to get it out of their hands as quick as possible. Surprisingly, it was returned out of all the things the vendor was selling that someone finally recognized your deck

The guy who “bought it off a vender” definitely stole it in the first place...

I had all of favorite cards stolen as a kid over a decade ago. My holo Dark Magician, Blue Eyes, Summoned Skull and a few others from the OG structure decks. Never played again after that. Still miss the beautiful artwork of those cards.

Glad there is some glimmer of hope for anyone that loses their deck

Yeah, this is what happened to me. I never got my deck back so I quit yugioh and didn't play for five years. I can't explain it to anyone but it just crushes your morale. I literally felt sick watching people play. Worst part about my experience I was at a house tournament with 12 people I was close to. They were my friends and I never found out the truth. Be careful with your stuff guy's.

Glad you got your deck back Paul. Having stuff lost or stolen is never a good experience. On your tips, for a few of them. Backpack/Bag: When I have my backpack and I have sat down ready to duel, I always hang my backpack on my leg/knee with one of the straps. Even putting your through one of the straps then hanging is even more secure. With this method I always know both where my bag is/my bag is secured and not going anywhere. Lost and Found: I've been lucky not to have lost anything Yugioh based, but if I did I would turn in a copy of my deck list of the deck I was using before I lost it. That way you aren't having go off memory of what your deck consisted of. Having an extra copy of your deck list on hand is a great to double check you have everything accounted for, and to better describe at Lost & Found exactly what you lost. That's just input added in to your tips Paul, and I'm happy your deck is safe and sound 👍

8:01 I put my legs through the bit of the rucksack that goes over your shoulder, if someone tried to nab the bag, I'd more than notice as I'd come along with it (assuming they could deal with my weight).

As a golden castle player who also had his deck stolen myself, I'm glad you got it back. I've been trying to replace mine since but I'm fairly poor and got mine before it got the tops so it was fairly cheap, thanks to reprints I'm on my way to finishing it again.

RFID Tags are my friend. You can even set up proximity alarms with it. Good for bags, boxes, and binders. Doesn't help with the swiping of the cards themselves though.

This hit home for me. My deck was stolen in middle school. My deck fell out my pocket and my teacher took it from me. Later on that day it was stolen from her desk. I was heartbroken and I stopped playing for a few years.

I'm glad you got your deck back, bro. And I can totally understand the apprehension when thinking about going to stores and events after an experience like that. Recently I had a card stolen and even though it was just one inexpensive card, I got really bummed because someone who steals a card can steal much more than that. Also, my local store is a place I thought I could feel safe and not having to look over my shoulder all the time like we have to do everywhere. And lastly, I'm a pretty nice guy when it comes to yugioh (at least I think so). I give away cards, I lend them, I try to help our local community as much as I can. If the guy had asked me for it I'd given the card to him. At the end of the day these things really bum you out.

Glad you got your deck back man, hopefully this doesn't effect you from going to future events

1. Use a Tile square and a false bottom or top in you deck box. 2. Use a Fanny Pack or sling bag over a backpack. 3. Use zipper locks 4. If you use a backpack place in the floor in front of you place your feet through the straps. 5. If they are uncomfortable with it being in front you put it under the chair and put at least 1 but preferably 2 of the chair legs through the straps. 6. Use easily identifiable card sleeves and deck boxes.

I’m So Glade that you finally got your Deck Back I Imagine those Cards Aren’t Cheap. And only Couple of other Advice that I Could Possibly give is that First Don’t Be Afraid to Use your Low Rarity Cards a Common Blue Eyes Works the Exact same as a High Rare Blue Eyes. And the Second is Don’t Bering All of your Highest Rarity Cards to the Event Leave some at Home, Your Favourites and or The Cards that you Don’t want to Trade would be Preferred, so it Doesn’t get Miss Placed or Stollen.

Oftentimes when something bad happens you start to think "What can I do to prevent this from happening next time." And that's when you start being super careful with things and come up with lists like this. Another thing is that once you have a negative emotion attached to something, you start to not want to be involved with it, but I personally think that's the worst thing you can do. You shouldn't stop being involved with something you loved because of 1 bad event that occured with it, especially if it wasn't your fault and/or you know how to prevent that from happening next time.

"I don't want to take things from people" But you've given us so much❤

Glad you got it back bro. If it were me even after i got my deck back i won't ever play at events or even be around things outside my local shop

Glad to hear you got your deck back! Sorry the experience kind of killed the fun of playing the deck for you; I can see how that might happen, but it's at least encouraging to know there are people out there who would put in the time and effort to return your cards. Thanks for the update!

I do appreciate you making a video about this man that helps out and does also show that the community isn't always that bad

Dude you have a lot of character and definitely get my respect ✊🏾

I got my deck stolen 3 years ago and that ruined my experience because I spent so much money in the deck and I just decided to get back into the game hoping it won’t happen again

Instead of "Don't trust your friends with your stuff", I like thinking of it as "Don't burden your friends with watching your stuff".

I got my deck stolen at school once, it had jinzo which had some distinct feature and bunch of other goat format cards. The next day this kid that played yugioh a lot all of a sudden had a bunch of new cards which happened to be all the ones that were in my stolen deck. It was obvious he stole my deck so I just walked up and took my deck back and was fine. But I was devastated when it happened, I’m glad you got your cards back

Glad you got your deck back dude :) I can understand the feeling of having your deck taken considering this happened with my Gouki deck during my first year of college. But luckily, I have rebuilt it and it's better than ever :) Anyway, congrats dude. :)

Deck box manufacturers need to look into making deck boxes that can be strapped to your belt like Yugi did in Battle City. Its not just stylish (at least at an event), but it guarantees your deck never leaves your person.

honestly having anything stolen just sucks man, i know yugioh has super expensive decks similar to magic in terms of being standard, and i'm happy you got it back

Your a great hearted person I'm glad everything worked out for you in the end

It good to know you have your deck back i am hoping a situation like this doesn't happen to anyone else

You know it’s times like this that makes me glad that I haven’t lost my faith in humanity because while it is no secret that in this game that a lot of people will take your stuff if left unattended but there are plenty of other people who are kind enough that if they find something they will make an attempt to return it to its rightful owner because I remember roughly a year or two ago this one person who played Yu-Gi-Oh had lost his deck at an event and even though it took about roughly a year or so someone did turn in the deck And Konami had mailed it to him and seeing as well as hearing that makes me happy

Working on construction sites I've learned to keep everything in the smallest packages possible and never letting things out of sight. Trust none, survive longer.

Glad you got it back man. I can relate. I lost multiple decks having been playing since ‘02. Most recently my blackwing deck got lost/stolen this year. At first heartbreaking because it was competitive and started building the deck when black wings first came around in 2009. As hurt as I am after the stolen deck I have looked into heroes and can say I actually have a viable and pricey deck at that with the recent evil hero engine play set. I can’t imagine losing my current hero deck. I protect this deck like I do my wallet. Anyways from one Yugioh player to another, good luck protecting your cards!

Glad you got it back. I like when people get their stuff back and it’s a somewhat “happy” ending. A similar thing happened many years ago. Although not a big event but a large locals and I misplaced my extra deck and didn’t realize till I got home a friend ended up finding it before they left not knowing who’s it was and returned it to me after posting about it in our locals group. It’s just stuff like this can kind of ruin the cards or even deck for you after retrieving them. It’s like they are like a reminder of the horrible feeling. I’m not telling you what to do but maybe resleeving the deck in different colour as well changing the deck box could maybe remove that bad vibe. This video is good for really even going to play at locals. Anyways gl with future events. Hope this doesn’t happen again or to anyone else!

I completely understand how you feel. I had my deck stolen at a regional and thankfully the shop knew who I was so they managed to find it and returned it to me.

Congrats man I'm really happy you got your deck back👌

I’m glad you got your deck back i really like this video with all the tips great video and thank you for the update on the deck

Happy you made this, I was bummed out for you

I'm glad u got your deck back with everything, my was stolen by one of my brothers friends, but another buddy of mine who knew him got it back for me but it was missing my siding and some extra deck monsters.... That was my platinum Noble knights too

Congrats on getting your deck but always have faith in your fans and people and believe in the heart of cards

dang, you can relate to how even though you like the thing (in this case the deck), it will impact you by remembering the bad associated with it. Hope it will get better soon, Paul!

never clicked so fast, also im happy to hear that your deck got returned

Nice vid, really brought some awareness to this issue

THAT'S GREAT PAUL!!! I'm so happy for u!

Man, you're lucky. Someone snagged it, they sold it to a vendor, the vendor didn't take it apart, someone just happened to find it, bought it from the vendor, decided to be honest and send it to you. All of means it's fortunate so many things went right. Thanks to the person who bought and returned it.

Glad you got your deck back.....Wish i would got my Ultimate Dark World Destiny Hero deck back Years ago when it was stolen in Arkansas. Congrats again on getting it back......

Outstanding! I think the whole "Yu-Gi-Oh!" community is feeling quite joyful for your deck being returned after such a terrible experience, Paul. Glad to see honest people still among us in this world.

Getting my deck stolen just made me quit Yu-Gi-Oh, for 4 years. I was just starting to play, i bought 3 Knights of the Round table boxes, i also got the Chalenger Excalibur, Armor ninja (those guys used to be veeery tough to find) and some other stuff. I had my Noble Knights deck just ready to play, used it for like 2 months, and then someone stole it when i was out from my class, on the last year of my highschool. Can you imagine? How hard it was for me? Just started to play the game, i build the best deck that i could with my limited knowledge about Yu-Gi-Oh, and then that happened.

I always watch your Vids I saw your deck got stolen and I am glad you got it back honestly. I have had so many cards stolen mostly not decks persay but my collection like of the most expensive stuff I had from exs which sold them to stores but I didn't know what to do I didn't want to take it to the police because I was worried they wouldn't have taken it seriously and things... So I let it go and started again only to have it happen again. All my first ed Ghost rares and more it was just like why both I should quit but I didn't and I am back to a decently good collection again. But that's my story. But I am so glad you got your deck back but I know what you mean by the interaction with others. Stay playing and stay true. Peace! 🙂

Glad you got your deck returned decks are expensive... and it is always some hurt when you work hard to put a deck together just for someone to get it and sell or keep it... glad everything worked out bro much love keep up the content

So glad to hear that your deck was returned to you! Always nice for a story to have a happy ending

I’m glad you got it back. Nice to see there are still decent people in the world

Yo man, you should consider getting a Tile for your deck box. It’s pretty much a mini GPS device. They come in different sizes and are really affordable. I have a $400 wallet that I’ve lost a couple times and luckily found it by using my Tile! Even though you found it the device could be a little safety net for you to have a little piece of mind whenever you do go to another event! Just a thought you. Glad you got your deck back homie

when sitting down to a table, between the legs with one leg through one of the straps, small padlock on the zippers. Never let your cards out of your sight. I am much less scared of losing trade cards over actual decks. I don't leave my backpack in a vehicle (friends car got broken into and collection stolen outside of a bar) or my house. Maybe a little too paranoid there, but who tf knows when something can happen. Being paranoid over my collection, even though I really only collect yugioh and play mtg, I never let my cards out of my sight as much as I can control. I've taken my backpack to the doctors office once before. xD

Glad to hear that happy New year

What to takeaway from this video: someone (maybe even “people”) is (are) going around at events, stealing deck boxes and selling the cards to vendors. Watch people’s hands.

I'm glad someone mailed you your deck with everything in it.

I remember a friend of mine who was quite popular player in Greece on every competitive level locals,regionals and so on.What he would do is marking his cards,since he was a name the word was spread that his deck was marked somehow,i think he tries to get signed copies from other players.Im case someone would stole it(which had happened many times to him) he could do nothing with it due to the marking.I mean yes you pretty much damage your cards but when you are competitive you care little to not at all to damage your cards.

Bro I'm glad to hear you get it back, that's great news there is still hope in humanity after all

Good to hear man. Glad to see that you got your deck back.

Dude I feel you, a couple years back my display binder that had basically all my cards in it. It was stolen at a local and I never saw it again. Right now I only really have a endymion deck. Hopefully my Silent Magician deck will reunite with me someday

That's so cool man I was super pissed about that glad that you got your deck back

Keep in mind people wanted to give Paul cards or even replace his deck and that goes to show that people are not always the sneaky card swipers and offer help to others during their yugioh needs

A close to the family friend of a pal of mine went over to his house while he was at work (3rd shift) and his mom let him in not even expecting much. Went into my pals room and plucked his 3 ultimate maxx Cs and a bunch of other stuff right from his binders and boxes. It’s fucked up

The fact that you got your deck back made my week brotha

A tip for what to do with your bag is to put it between your legs and put your legs through the straps, if it is a small bag/pack with a single strap put the strap part on the seat and sit on the strap, although you can still just put your leg through it if that's more comfortable. If you have a backpack with two zippers and want to be really secure those small padlocks you use for luggage are a good way to go (I've known all sorts of cases were people have had all sorts of things taken straight out of their backpacks while standing around/in a queue etc.). However the best overall tip is for people to just be more conscious of where their stuff is, don't let anything out of your sight that you don't want to lose. And go with your gut, if someone around you just seems sketchy, they probably are.

What i usually do is when I have a big bag is something me and my friends came to call bag under foot. Put your bag right under your foot and you step on that thing until you get up to leave the table. Dont even lift a foot off the bag. Not for a second, until your leaving

Great to hear you got your stuff back man!

I just like each of team aps voices for some reason it’s so soothing no homo

I once lost a Colossal Warrior Assault/Solidarity deck. I stopped playing after that.

It's actually quite nice of them, as in my opinion, had most people found a full competitive deck, you would have never seen that deck box again m8. Absolute respect to them

Anthony: Wow and when I saw it I thought that MY deck but now... Anthony: I feel like an idiot and my deck had VERY POWERFUL cards.

congrats paul!!! So happy for you!!

glad to hear you got your deck back.

Yep always have a back up plan i remember as a kid i always forget things and got things stolen. So now i learned specially with technology today i keep all my records everything i buy or bought over the years and took pictures of everything i took to my home after i bought something. Like if this happens to any of you yha do some methods of making sure people can trust you and know that this was your stuff that someone stole and it's also help out to know the employees to if you like to shop at one store or heck yugioh locals it will help a whole lot.

Thanks to the yugi gods. I am so glad you got your deck back Paul. You are very fortunate

Always check the lost and found. You don’t lose anything by checking. And check more than once. I found a green cinch bad under a table at nats this year and brought it up to lost and found, but by then the convention center was almost empty and I don’t think that person got their stuff.

Glad to hear you got your deck back bro...Time to rebuild and conquer

Maaan, those posterss! where did you get them?

Awsome now that you have the deck back,deck profile pwease sir,can we have some more deck profiles

This is the beauty of the community that can shine through the darkness. Just the idea that the people bought the deck back and shipped it to him.

Happy you got your deck back. Interesting you say about being a minimalist at the events because my deck box is actually a necklace. Seriously I don’t see them anymore and really when they were new and I mean back in the day Battle City “new” I never saw them even though Walmart sold them. I’d go over to my friends house and It’d be all ultra pro plastic deck boxes and me with my tin necklace deck box. I wonder if those should make a come back. I mean wearing it around your neck under your shirt........... sounds like a good idea to me. Idk what do y’all think?

Random question. Are you allowed to carry something like a pockrt knife for self defence to these events?

Nice, but now I'm curious to find out what cards you use! If you have a video that you show us your favourite deck please share, I'm new to the channel and I really enjoy your videos so keep doing what you're doing you guys!

You could also only use common versions of every good card in your deck

So happy that you got it back!!!

Happy for you man you better top with it now

I'm so happy you got it back thanks to my friends to get it back

I know iam kinda late but glad you got your deck back brother GOD BLESS YOU TEAM APS

Glad to hear that you got it back!

Glad you got back with all your cards.

Good for you man! I really hope that this stops happening because it makes the game less great

funny i had something very simular happen to me at my first regionals i was at my table about to take out my deckbox out of my bag to duel my opponent with and it went missing luckly i had a bye aka a free win i mean i got back my deck the same day and a few minutes later and im very greatfull but still im glade that u got it back and yes i found out who took it from me

*double snap* it sure won't happen to me because there's nowhere near my area that actually dose Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments

its pisses me off a bit that someone sold this to a vendor

So glad you got your deck back Paul

It's good that it got returned,by the way,is a gaurdragon deck good?