Abyss Rising

Abyss Rising is a Booster Pack in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game (OCG) and Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (TCG). It is the second set in the OCG's 8th series, following Return of the Duelist. It is followed by Cosmo Blazer.

The TCG version of the set is also available in the Abyss Rising: Special Edition.

Features
The set contains a lot of the latest cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime.

It includes more "Number" cards, cards used by Yuma Tsukumo, Reginald Kastle, Quinton, Vetrix and Nistro. The TCG version of this set also includes cards used by Devack, Captain Corn and Thunder Spark.

It introduces the "Heraldic Beast", "Mermail" and "Duston" archetypes/series to the OCG and adds further cards and support to "Abyss", "Gagaga", "Heroic", "Prophecy", "Madolche", "Spellbook", "Gigo", Nimble", "Fishborg", "Forbidden", "Penguin", "Ice" and "Elemental Lord". It also includes support cards for WATER and Sea Serpent-Type monsters. It introduces the "Heraldic Beast", and "Mermail" archetypes to the TCG.

Breakdown
In the OCG, there are 5 cards per pack and 30 packs per box. There are 80 cards in total. Counting cards released with more than one rarity, there are 86 cards. These are comprised of:
 * 1 Holographic Rare
 * 5 Ultimate Rare
 * 5 Ultra Rare
 * 9 Super Rare
 * 18 Rare
 * 44 Common
 * 4 Normal Rare