Rescue Cat Challenge

The latest product in Gatherers' Tavern's line of ARTY Bags celebrates Yu-Gi-Oh!'s famous Rescue Cat, and you can win one! Just tell us: What's the best you can do if all you have at hand is one Rescue Cat?

The fine folks at Gatherers' Tavern have once again partnered with Konami to create official Yu-Gi-Oh! accessories. And they have partnered with Cardmarket so we can give away free goodies to our users!

Their latest ARTY Bag design is based on everyone's favorite kitten. It fits a regular Yu-Gi-Oh! deck case and offers fursome protection plus pawsome style. is ready to special summon your monsters and venture into any graveyard. Are you?

What You Can Win

Eight winners each receive one Rescue Cat ARTY Bag (see above).
Five winners are randomly selected from among all submissions.
Three winners are picked based on who submits the best solution to our challenge (details below). Ties shall be broken, if necessary via another randomized draw.

How You Can Win

Imagine the only useful card you have is one in your hand, but your deck and extra deck can include any cards that the current (Advanced Constructed) rules allow. What's the best you can do now?

"Best" means: Find a line using cards that reduce the life points of a defenseless opponent as much as possible this turn. It's a simple proposition in theory, but Yu-Gi-Oh! is a complicated game, so let's go over some necessary limitations and clarifications:

Your opponent has presented a deck with an undefined number of cards, all of which are undefined blanks.
Your opponent had the first turn of the duel and passed with five of these undefined blank cards in hand.
Your opponent can take any damage, lose any number of life points, but their actual life point total is undefined.
You didn't draw an opening hand, but your first draw phase just gave you one .
It's now your first main phase. You have 8,000 life points, 59 shuffled cards left in your deck plus 15 in your extra deck.
These 74 cards can include any TCG cards as long as your full 75 follows the current Forbidden & Limited List.
If you ever can't be sure what you get when you draw/access one of these 74 cards, you get an undefined blank card.
Any choice to be made by your opponent or to be made at random remains undefined.
Any line of play that requires anything undefined to be something in particular simply does not work. If you can demonstrate that your same predetermined set of cards leads to the same outcome independent of anything undefined, that works. But your submission cannot make any assumption regarding any undefined card/choice/life point total. If you still find a loophole here that allows you to circumvent the spirit of this stipulation, we appreciate your comment (at the bottom of this page) but reserve the right to disqualify such a solution as well.

Anything not mentioned above follows the rules for a regular game of Yu-Gi-Oh! of course. Note that we have a certified rules expert on staff who volunteered to review submissions accordingly. His verdict is what counts.

Game Over! Participation No Longer Possible

Update, May 26: Submissions are closed now. We thank all of you for taking part in our little game—and for a little patience while we work out who won.

Winner Announcement, June 1: Hundreds of you submitted your favorite monster lines, and several dozens of you even found a way to deal unlimited damage. Most such solutions started with getting, for example, two Yummy monsters or one Yummy monster and another useful Beast such as or even . This allows us to access the powerful and versatile that provides a lot of synchro material. By using the right synchro monsters to generate further advantage, accessing notorious FTK and OTK cards like becomes almost trivial. From there, we can take a multitude of routes to end up with a combination of: , switched to the opponent's side via , and any card like that can continuously burn the opponent for activating effects. Now all that's missing is any card that deals even a tiny amount of damage to set off Beelze's effect. Beelze is forced to activate to gain ATK equal to the damage taken, which then leads to taking damage from our burn monster, which forces another activation from Beelze—a true infinite loop that will deal damage until the end of time (or until LP hit zero).

The following winners were randomly selected from all participants:

Gianne01
Jackie-Chun
JDarkino
KaleidoSFR
yayaspin

The following winners were randomly selected from those who went infinite:

Granmastro
MyrMoth
TheAvenger

Congratulations! All eight of you should find an email from me in your inbox (or spam folder, most likely).

Click here to read the full legal terms and conditions governing this giveaway. If you have any questions, please don't submit a ticket with our support but leave a comment below!

Conditions of Participation and Privacy Policy for the Rescue Cat Challenge of Sammelkartenmarkt GmbH & Co. KG

§ 1 Subject matter

(1) These terms and conditions of participation and data protection information govern the participation in the contest of Sammelkartenmarkt GmbH & Co. KG, Nordkapstr. 4, 10439 Berlin (hereinafter referred to as the "organizer") as well as the collection and use of data collected from or communicated by participants.

(2) By participating in the contest participants accept these conditions of participation.

§ 2 Conditions of participation

(1) The participation period begins on May 20, 2026, at 2:00 CEST and ends on May 26, 2026, at 16:00 CEST.

(2) Every valid Cardmarket account is eligible to participate. Such an account can be opened free of charge at www.cardmarket.com. Excluded are accounts held by employees of the organizer as well as employees of cooperation partners who are or were involved in the creation or execution of the contest.

(3) Every eligible Cardmarket account under whose username the survey available at https://insight.cardmarket.com/en/Insight/Articles/rescue-cat-challenge and https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6S7KCVR is submitted during the participation period automatically participates in the contest. For each username only the latest submission shall be considered.

(4) Any other registration or application to participate is neither required nor possible. In particular, tickets submitted through the organizer's support system cannot be considered.

§ 3 Processing, payment, notification, publication of winner data

(1) Following the conclusion of the participation period, the organizer shall select five winners through a randomized drawing between all eligible participants. Among the remaining participants, the organizer shall further select three winners based on the top three final submissions, as determined at the organizer's sole discretion.

(2) The eight winners selected in this manner shall be notified via email to the primary email address connected to their Cardmarket account and shall each receive one Gatherers' Tavern Rescue Cat ARTY Bag.

(3) Prizes shall be shipped to the default shipping address connected to winners' Cardmarket accounts no later than two months after the conclusion of the participation period.

(4) Payment of any prize in cash, in kind, its exchange or transfer to other persons or accounts is not possible.

(5) The organizer may identify winners by username on the organizer's website and/or on the organizer's social media channels.

§ 4 Exclusion from the competition

The organizer may exclude from the competition certain participants who violate these conditions of participation or who attempt to influence the competition or the draw with the help of technical manipulation without notice or explanation. In such a case, prizes may also be subsequently withdrawn and reclaimed.

§ 5 Exclusion of warranty

The organizer points out that the availability and function of the competition cannot be guaranteed. The competition may be terminated or removed due to external circumstances and constraints, without this giving rise to any claims by participants against the organizer. The organizer reserves the right to change the conditions of participation at any time.

§ 6 Liability

(1) The following exclusions and limitations of liability shall apply to the liability of the organizer for damages, irrespective of any other legal obligations regarding claims.

(2) The organizer shall be liable without limitation insofar as the cause of the damage is based on intent or gross negligence.

(3) Furthermore, the organizer shall be liable for the slightly negligent breach of essential obligations, the breach of which jeopardizes the achievement of the purpose of the contract, or for the breach of obligations the fulfillment of which is essential to the proper implementation of the competition and on the compliance with which the contractual partners regularly rely. In this case, however, the organizer shall only be liable for the foreseeable damage typical for the contract. The organizer shall not be liable for the slightly negligent breach of obligations other than those specified previously.

(4) The above limitations of liability shall not apply in the event of injury to life, limb, or health, for a defect following the assumption of guarantees regarding the quality of a product, and in the event of fraudulently concealed defects. Liability under the Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

(5) Insofar as the liability of the organizer is excluded or limited, this shall also apply to the personal liability of employees, representatives, and vicarious agents of the organizer.

§ 7 Data protection information

(1) The organizer collects and uses the data of the participants only insofar as this is legally permitted or the participants consent to it.

(2) The organizer collects the following data from participants and uses the data for the design, implementation, and execution of the competition: username, IP address, and entries made as part of the survey. To facilitate winner notification and shipping of prizes, the organizer also relies on data participants have submitted to the organizer's website unrelated to the competition.

(3) Upon request in writing or any text form, participants can at any time receive from the organizer information about personal data stored by the organizer, can request correction and deletion, and can revoke consent to data use.