How do you determine a Yu-gi-oh cards rariety?

A rare card a silver letters. A limited edition card had gold letters for the name. A 1st edition has different text, and a super rare, Ultra rare and secret rare cards are super shiny.

How do you determine a Yu-gi-oh cards rariety?
usually the more rare cards have shiny looking pictures and words.
Reply:Their are so many printings of the card it is almost impossible to get a card that is actually rare and the only rare cards of any value are the untouched first printings. Most all of them are worthless.


You can take what you have to a comic book dealer they will evaluate if their is any value to what you have.
Reply:In yu gi oh, a card's rarity is classified by the following:


Common-- These cards are simply just regular cards with no holographic picture or text.


Rare-- These cards can be spotted by noticing the card's name is silver and has no holographic picture.


Super rare--These cards have a holographic picture, but their card name is plain with no silver card text like a rare ( shiny picture, plain text name.


Ultra rare--These cards have their card name in gold lettering and also have a shiny picture like a super rare.


Secret Rare--These cards have their text names in a paralell shiny format. The card's name is both gold and silver. Their card pictures are holographic with sparkles.


Ultimate Rare-- These cards are re-prints of regular, super or ultra rares which are less sought after, but are worth more than secret rares in some cases. These cards have a gold card name and a darkened-shiny picture.


Hope that helps.