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No, and this is the single most important thing to understand about this piece. The 1996 copyright refers to Kazuki Takahashi's manga, which began serialization in Weekly Shnen Jump in September 1996. That founding copyright date appears on all Yu-Gi-Oh! licensed merchandise regardless of when it was produced. The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game did not exist in 1996 the OCG launched in Japan in February 1999, and the North American TCG launch was March 2002. A "Trading Card Game Sold Here" retail sign in English cannot predate 2002. Authentic examples like this one belong to the early-to-mid 2000s boom era

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