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Gunslinger in the Abyss Midnight Prerelease

It’s that time again. Midnight PreRelease!

Gunslinger in the Abyss will be here before you know it. Are you ready? Are you ready to try your luck and win a Prerelease Kit? Well let’s get straight to the details.

Who?

Kardboard Korner, that’s who! And, if you don’t know, now you know.

What?

Gunslinger in the Abyss Midnight Prerelease. It’s your first chance to crack some packs of the new Fina Fantasy TCG Set. Plus, you’ll have a chance to get the very rare Bartz Gold Stamped Signature card. I don’ know why they didn’t just put Vincent on the Gold Stamped card.

Where?

Same place as always.

Mr. Gyros, Yes, we’re an online shop, we just host our events here after hours.

9229 S. Cicero Ave
Oak Lawn, IL 60453

When?

August 1st, 2025

The Event will start at Midnight, but you can start showing up around 10PM for some Casual Play or to learn the game if it’s your first time playing.

And, don’t forget you might be able to win a kit.

How?

Simple, come out in first place and you will win a Pre-Release Kit. Even if you don’t win, everyone will walk away with something. We have prizes for the top 4, and then everyone else gets a free pack.

It’ll be $45 for the first kit and entry into the tournament.

Additional Kits will be sold for $40.

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Kardboard Trigger

05/12

Didn’t get much done today for some reason.

Got on a call with my Distributor. I was looking to get some Pokemon that I pre-ordered a couple of months ago. Nothing for me. Turns out since I haven’t ordered any Pokemon in the last few years, I am at the back of the line.

We’ll eventually start getting Pokemon again. When? I don’t know.

Gran Turismo 5.

My son likes playing that game. He’s on a mission to buy a Lamborghini. In the game that is. He’s at 120,000 credits, only needs 160,000 credits to go.

05/13

Need to start getting ready for Toy Con Toy Show this Sunday We’ll be there once again. We did real good last time, hopefully we’ll do even better this time.

Restock for Dawn of Heroes on TCG Player and eBay.

05/14

Wednesday morning, let’s head to the Swap. Just got to drop the kids off at school first.

Not much there today. The guy I got all those Pokemon games from last time was there, and once again he didn’t have anything for me. I tried striking up a conversation with him, and realized he didn’t understand English! That’s ok. This whole time I thought he was going to bring me some more Video Games. I won’t give up on him, he’ll eventually find some more items for me.

We did not leave empty handed today. A nice gentleman had a copy of the Final Fantasy VII Advent Children OST. The first printing Outer Sleeve included! And, that my friends is something that I can’t pass up. He said I made his day better. He made mine better too!

Also got a 20% Coupon running on eBay at the moment. This one expires at the end of the month. I can’t remember what the Coupon Code is, but it’s automatically applied when you buy something.

https://www.ebay.com/str/kardboardkorneronline

Also picked up some Final Fantasy VIII Triple Triad cards. Just waiting for those to come in sometime next week.

05/15

Palos Hills Bargain Days! That’s what was the plan for the morning.

Driving around from garage sale to garage sale, it was like a car pool. The same four cars driving from one to the other.

Found some Minecraft Plushies that should do good at the shows, some 90’s cassette tapes, and a Chicago Fire Jersey from 2020. I’m a Fire fan, even though I don’t watch them as much as I used to. I stopped watching when they made the switch to Apple TV.

Restock for Beyond Destiny on TCG Player and eBay.

05/16

There was a big fat skunk out there today. Even with the Village Wide Garage Sale in Justice. I’ve come to realize that the only good day for Garage Sales is Thursday. The other days might be good, but they’re most likely already picked through.

Restock on Hidden Hope on TCG Player and eBay.

05/17

It’s Saturday, got to wake up early and get moving. Took the two little ones with me today to make my rounds at the Swap in Alsip.

I thought I hit a jackpot early on, when I saw a case of Wii Games just sitting there. Right on top is Mario Kart. That tells me to take a closer look. I grab it and hand it to my daughter, and start going through all the games. I should check the cases before I get anything, and they were all empty.

Time to keep moving.

Ended up finding a Power Pad for the NES. I don’t think anyone really used this. Even in the 80’s I can’t remember if any of my friends had it. Got to test it out now, I’ll just have the kids try it out somehow.

It was still early, so we went to a second Flea Market, this one was in the city. And this was maybe 3 times as big as the one in Alsip. Found a couple of Wiis that I probably over paid for.

Time to head home, an get ready for Toy Con Toy Show.

05/18

Early wake up call once again.

TIme for the Toy Con Toy Show. Grabbed my daughter and off we went.

It’s a Star Wars Celebration, and there were Storm Troopers walking around. It was a fun show, even though it wasn’t that busy. We still made a decent amount of sales.

The vendor next to us didn’t show up, so we got some extra table space. I told my daughter that if she sells anything that I put on the table, I’ll give her 5 bucks. I then gave her the task of making it presentable. She kept rearranging everything, even built a wall with all the boxes.

She then asked if I can put the Minecraft plushies on her table. I gave them to her, and she sold them. All 3 of them.

She was proud, and then she got bored and just wanted to play Roblox.

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Journey of Discovery

“Scheduled for release on November 14, 2025, the new FFTCG booster pack “Journey of Discovery” features many appealing cards, including brand-new illustrations and characters making their card debut. Additionally, all “Limit Break” cards included in this booster pack—a key element for multifaceted strategies—will be multi-element, providing a wide range of options for LB decks. “Journey of Discovery” will significantly expand the possibilities for both deck construction and strategic play.

This set will also come with 28 newly illustrated cards centered around characters from FINAL FANTASY VIII. Also included as an extremely rare Special card is Terra [27-014H], showcasing a brand-new illustration Fumio Minagawa, and featuring his signature foil-stamped on a card for the first time. This set is designed to appeal not only to players but also to collectors, and is sure to resonate with many existing players and FINAL FANTASY fans.

In addition, Legacy cards—powerful cards from the past selected for inclusion as premium full art cards—continue to be featured in this booster pack. The following three cards are included in this set: Regis [12-122L], Neo Exdeath [21-074L], and Ace [22-116L]. Special cards and Legacy cards are not only for collection purposes as they can both be used in official tournaments, just like normal cards.

* Please note that the Buy-a-Box Promo card will no longer be included with display box purchases, starting with the “Journey of Discovery” booster packs. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.”

We had Journey of Discovery announced last week!

We’re a little late to the party but let’s take a look at what we have in store.

We have a count of 121 cards, according to my calculations, which can be wrong, we will have 18 cards for each element. I’m guessing 3 or 4 Light/Dark cards and the rest will be LB cards. The Legacy Cards are back once again with our usual 3 cards which were mentioned above.

We’re getting plenty of new Final Fantasy VIII cards including a Rookie card for Ellone. Other cards that were shown are Zell, Graha Tia, Seven, Krile, Ultimecia, Tonberry, Jack and a Black Mage and a Miqote of some sort. Yeah, I haven’t played the online games, so I’m unsure if they are actual Characters or just Standard Units.

Let’s check out our Magitek Knight with the Golden Signature, Terra!

A 4 cost Hero. Terra is a Forward that once she enters the field, you reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. You can add 1 Fire card and either a Wind or a Lightning card to your hand. The rest will end up in the Break Zone.

Whenever you play a Wind or a Lightning card you can dull Terra and deal 8000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.

This means that you will be placing Terra into a Fire/Wind deck or a Fire/Lightning deck. Both of which have not seen many FFVI decks with these elements. Which means that either, we’ll be getting plenty of Final Fantasy VI Wind and Lightning cards, or that Terra will perfect for any deck that plays these elements.

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Starter Set Vol.1 and Vol.2

We have new Starters announced! And, this time they are not bundled together. You can choose which one you’d rather have. Cloud or Zack? Vol.1 or Vol.2?

From what I can tell, they are not Final Fantasy VII themed decks as the cards that were shown contain Characters from the different series. Lightning, Yuna, Luso, Charlotte, are all included in these sets as well.

Set for release in October 3rd, which gives us a Tentative release date for Opus XXVII for either October 31st, or November 7th.

Both of these sets come with a Full Art Foil of either Zack or Cloud.

And, for the first time these Starter Sets will also include a Limit Break deck as well.

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The “Real” Tears of the Planet and More

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It’s April, and what do we have going on?

Tears of the Planet has come, but it’s like it never arrived. As you already know, our order was cut in half, and we’ve been trying to get some stock of it, but everything is sold out. Almost everywhere. Is it because it is a great set? Maybe, plenty of great cards in there. Is it because Aerith is on the box? That can be it too, Plus that Full Art Gold Signature Aerith looks amazing.

We’ve had other shops in our area asking us if we had any extras. So, I know I’m not the only one without any stock. Never the less, we’ll keep on looking to see if any more will become available.

April 6th, we will be at the Toy Con Toy Show in Bridgeview, it is a two day event different vendors for each day. As we said Sunday morning April 6th. We’ll have a table there and we’ll have all kinds of cards and collectables. I’d say about 40% of what we have will be Final Fantasy. But, there will be more to it than that. Video Games, Action Figures, Toys you name it. There’s a good chance you’ll find what you’re looking for.

Did you check out our updated Final Fantasy Singles? We have close to 200 cards available for you. All these cards are from pack to sleeve, and straight to a binder.

And, as we mentioned before, we need your bulk! If it’s just in the closet gathering dust, we’ll give you $10 per 1000 cards. If you have something that’s worth more than bulk, send us a message, and we’ll go from there.

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