The Upper Deck Company, LLC is a company known mostly for its involvement in the sports cards and collectibles industry. Formed in 1988, with its first set of collectible sports cards being released the following year, Upper Deck soon formed a name for itself; however, it wasn't until a decade later when, through an agreement with Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Japan, they were granted the rights to distribute several other-language versions of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, but lost these rights after a lawsuit regarding counterfeit cards. Furthermore, its Upper Deck Entertainment brand specialized in the development of the QuickStrike TCG system, for which the first release was the Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game. Compatible with this game was its Pirates of the Ca