Pulling a full art card from Rarity Collection V only answers half the question, since every extended art card can land as either of two different foil types.
Ultra Rare and Starlight Rare are not remotely equivalent in rarity or value, even when the underlying full art illustration is identical.
This guide compares the two foil options directly so a new pull, or a listing you're considering buying, actually makes sense.
Everything here is specific to the extended art pool inside Rarity Collection V, not the set's main 80-card rarity ladder.
An Ultra Rare extended art pull carries the gold-lettered card name that's long identified Ultra Rare across Yu-Gi-Oh, combined with the new full-bleed artwork extending past the card's usual border. The foil treatment on the artwork itself is more restrained than Starlight Rare, keeping the name and text box readable without competing holo effects.
Because Ultra Rare is Yu-Gi-Oh's more common premium foil type generally, an Ultra Rare full art pull is the more attainable of the two versions, without being anywhere near a common pull itself.
Starlight Rare is widely recognized as one of Yu-Gi-Oh's rarest, most visually intense foil treatments, applying a rainbow-shifting holographic pattern across the entire card surface. Combined with the extended art border-breaking illustration, a Starlight full art pull stacks two of the game's most dramatic visual treatments on a single card.
That combination is exactly why a Starlight extended art pull draws far more attention, and commands a meaningfully higher secondary market price, than the same card's Ultra Rare full art version.
Konami built the fifth-slot variant art pool so that any of the ten extended art cards can surface in either foil type, rather than locking each card to one specific rarity. That design keeps every pack's fifth slot genuinely unpredictable, since even pulling a full art card doesn't guarantee which of the two versions you get.
For a collector specifically chasing the rarer Starlight version of a given card, that means opening product doesn't guarantee the outcome, and checking completed listings for that specific card and foil combination is the more reliable way to gauge real availability.
The fastest visual check is the card name treatment, gold lettering signals Ultra Rare, while a Starlight pull shows the same rainbow holographic pattern across the name that it shows across the rest of the card. Tilting the card under light is the more reliable confirmation, since Starlight's full-surface holo shift is unmistakable next to Ultra Rare's more contained foil.
Set code and card number stay identical between the two versions, so foil type and holo behavior are the only real differences to check, not anything printed in the text itself.
Starlight Rare has consistently commanded a significant premium over Ultra Rare across Yu-Gi-Oh's catalog generally, and the extended art versions in Rarity Collection V are following that same pattern based on early secondary market listings. Buyers specifically hunting a Starlight full art pull should expect to pay well beyond what the Ultra Rare version of the identical card commands.
That value gap is worth confirming against current completed sales before buying either version, since a newly released set's pricing can move quickly in the weeks immediately following launch.
Both versions deserve the same careful handling given how much exposed foil surface the extended art treatment adds compared to a standard Ultra Rare, but the higher-value Starlight pull is the one worth considering for eventual grading. A graded-card-style sleeve keeps a Starlight pull submission-ready from the moment it's pulled.
For everyday handling of either version between sessions, a rigid one-touch magnetic holder protects the surface without committing to a full grading submission right away.
Yes, all ten extended art cards can surface as either Ultra Rare or Starlight Rare.
Starlight Rare, consistent with how the rarity behaves across Yu-Gi-Oh generally.
Check the card name treatment, gold lettering means Ultra Rare, full rainbow holo means Starlight.
No, the extended art illustration is identical, only the foil treatment changes.
A full art pull is exciting either way, but knowing exactly which of the two versions landed in your hand changes how you should handle, price, and protect it.
Check the foil treatment first, then reach for the protection level with a graded-card sleeve that actually matches what you pulled.
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