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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Teacher]]: {{spoiler|As Mahado, towards Mana aka the soon-to-be Dark Magician Girl}}.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: It and Joey's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Finishing Move]]: Ends a lot of duels for Yugi.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage).

* [[Magic Staff]]

* [[Stage Magician]]: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props like Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.

* [[Sword and Sorcerer]]: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Jonouchi/Joey's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".

 

 

 

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Of the Dark Magician.

** [[Light Is Not Good]]: Motiff wise. In actuality, it's a bit more complicated...

* [[Breath Weapon]]: Usually of the [[Shock and Awe]] or [[Holy Hand Grenade]] variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.

* [[Cargo Ship]]: (in-universe) Highlight the spoiler above and see.

* [[The Dragon]]: To Kaiba, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM.

* [[Destructive Saviour]]: See [[Light Is Good]] below as for why you shouldn't get near it.

* [[Dragon Rider]]: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.

* [[Finishing Move]]: It's usually the Blue-Eyes who clinches the match for Kaiba.

* [[Fountain of Expies]]: Ancient Gear Golem, Cyber Dragon, White Night Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, and especially Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon.

* [[Four Is Death]]: At the start of the series, there are only four copies of it. We say at the start because Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth so it can never be used against him.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: Blue-Eyes+Blue-Eyes+Blue-Eyes=Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon+Black Luster Soldier=Dragon Master Knight.

* [[Light Is Good]]: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Or in this case, just plain badass.

* [[Power Equals Rarity]]: Only four copies were printed, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summonable cards to rival it out of the box, [[Sarcasm Mode|yeah, that worked well]].

* [[Rule of Three]]: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Moto, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.

 

 

One of Jounouchi/Joey's signature cards and his unabashed favourite, Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom and Virtual Nightmare Arcs. During the DOMA Arc, Joey adds its [[Palette Swap|twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.

 

* [[Badass]]: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Joey out of some ''very'' complicated messes.

** [[Badass Abnormal]]: Becomes much more useful when comboed with Salamandra, fused with Yugi's Dark Magician, or utilised as a Deck Master under Virtual World rules.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: With the Dark Magician. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Joey. You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.

* [[Cool Helmet]]

* [[Fusion Dance]]: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Fire Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can himself fuse with Dark Magician to create Dark Flare Knight, a [[Magic Knight]] with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]

* [[Magic Knight]]: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician.

* [[Palette Swap]]: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.

* [[Power Glows]]: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.

* [[Status Buff]]: His Deck Master ability allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.

* [[Sword and Sorcerer]]: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".

* [[Technicolour Fire]]: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange colour as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.

 

 

 

* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Unlike Yugi and Kaiba, the base Red-Eyes usually isn't enough to net Jounouchi a win, he needs to power it up for that. See [[Magikarp Power]] below.

* [[Black Dragon]]: just as the name says

* [[Dragon Rider]]: Knight of Dark Dragons.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: Can perform one with Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise) or Aura Armour to fuse with Joey himself.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: As the [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]] first movie said it, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.<ref>To name a few, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Meteor Black Dragon, B. Skull Dragon, Lord of the Red...</ref>

* [[Meaningful Name]]

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: That is one creepy looking monster.

* [[Power Equals Rarity]]: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its abilitiy to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.

* [[The Rival]]: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes this may well be justified.

 

 

Mai Valentine/Kujaku's signature card. They're typically summoned as the individual Harpy Ladies, powered up, and then split into the Harpy Lady Sisters. They can be upgraded to Cyber Harpie Lady Sisters, and can themselves power up Harpy's Pet Dragon.

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Harpy Lady Sisters become this after Mai uses "Elegant Egotist".

* [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Monster Girls]]

* [[The Dragon]]: Harpies' Pet Dragon is literally this to the sisters. And the more of them there are on the field, the stronger it gets.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Much like their owner.

* [[Whip It Good]]: Rose Whip

* [[Winged Humanoid]]

 

 

A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi's deck. {{spoiler|Is the monster form of Mana, a childhood friend of Atem and Mahado's [[Cute Witch]] apprentice}}. She gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard.

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: {{spoiler|In the anime adaptation of the Egypt arc, Mana's hair went from blond in the manga, to brunette.}}

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Became a prominent character in Season Four, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician. Also became the subject of a [[Running Gag]] in ''GX'', where Sho has a crush on her.

** Considering that she is the monster form of {{spoiler|Mana}}, who is a childhood friend and may or may not have a thing for Yami Yugi's past self - {{spoiler|Atem}}, [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* [[Cute Witch]] bordering on [[Hot Witch]], depending on how blatant the [[Fan Service]] is.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black/Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and ''definitely'' seems like the kind of girl you'd take home to mom.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: The name should be a clue.

* [[Dragon Rider]]: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.

* [[She's Got Legs]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: In the past as {{spoiler|Mana}} with {{spoiler|Atem}}. Her introduction in the Anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.

 

 

 

* [[Badass]]: Enough that he frightens [[Big Bad|Pegasus]]. That should say something right there.

** [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Entropy and Chaos Magic]]

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Unlike Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.

* [[Magic Staff]]

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: His name essentially says "I am [[Chaotic Evil]]. Run away!"

* [[The Stoic]]: Okay, they're cards, but while Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl's facial expressions regularly change, Magician of Black Chaos remains stone-faced; only his eyes ever shift.

* [[Summon Magic]]: Requires the Black Chaos Ritual to appear.

 

 

Insector Haga/Weevil Underwood's best card, it appears in almost every duel he plays. The strongest insect monster in the game, it's final form of Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth is fortunately very difficult to summon.

 

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: It has 3500/3000, making it stronger than anything that isn't Gate Guardian or Ultimate Blue Eyes. It also requires you to equip Petit Moth with Cocoon of Evolution and wait six turns to summon it. Needless to say, Haga/Weevil would be hard-pressed to pull this off if not for his [[You Shall Not Pass|lockdown strategy]].

* [[Finishing Move]]: Subverted. Weevil always thinks it will be, but it never is.

* [[Giant Flyer]]

* [[Pretty Butterflies]]: Weevil certainly thinks so. Everyone who's ever had to face the damn thing would disagree.

* [[Stone Wall]]: Cocoon of Evolution, which has 0/2000, giving it whopping defence points for a 3 star. Becomes the card equivalent of a [[Lightning Bruiser]] post-evolution.

 

 

Pegasus' best card, this 1 Star Ritual Monster has (0/0), but a very nasty effect. Capable of taking over other monsters, and using them as weapons, Relinquished turns Pegasus' duel agains Yugi in the industrialist's favour, following the destruction of his Toon World. It can be made even more powerful by fusing it with Thousand Eyes Idol to produce the Thousand Eyes Restrict.

 

* [[The Assimilator]]: It and Thousand Eyes Restrict both assimilate other monsters into themselves, claiming their attack and defence points for their own.

* [[Belly Mouth]]: Relinquished has a gaping hole in its stomach, covered by a flap of skin. Monsters are sucked into the hole, and then emerge on its wings, trapped. Thousand Eyes Restrict adds fangs and yet another set of eyes just above the hole, making it clear that this is a mouth.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Arguably. Its appearance is certainly designed to evoke this, if nothing else. Just look at that thing. What ''is'' it?

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: They may look like Fiends, but both Relinquished and Thousand Eyes Restrict are listed as Spellcasters.

* [[Eye Beams]]: Attacks with blasts from its eye.

* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: Thousand Eyes Restrict's body is covered in eyes.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Relinquished's summoning coincides with Pegasus turning his duel against Yugi and Yami into a Shadowgame. This ain't a coincidence.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Thousand Eyes Restrict

* [[Power Floats]]: Since it has no legs, this is more or less a necessity.

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: No attack. No defence. One hell of an unpleasant effect. Not only can Relinquished absorb another monster and its ATK and DEF stats, but when its attacked, the controlled monster (and the controlled monster's player's Life Points) takes the damage. When it's fused with Thousand Eyes Idol, it gets even worse--not only can Thousand Eyes Restrict take over the opponent's monsters, but it also stops them from attacking ''or'' changing the positions of their monsters once they're summoned.

* [[Winged Humanoid]]: For a certain definition of "humanoid".

 

An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivalling that of the Egyptian Gods. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. Has a few "alternate" forms - Exodia Necross which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.

 

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]

* [[Full Set Bonus]] / [[Set Bonus]]: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.

* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: So much so that for a while it was the only monster named in the official rules, its effect was that unique.

* [[Power Equals Rarity]]

* [[The Undead]]: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.

 

Consisting of The God of Obelisk (Obelisk The Tormentor), The Sky Dragon of Osiris (Slifer The Sky Dragon), and The Sun Dragon Ra (Winged Dragon of Ra). Together they're nearly unstoppable, and apart are still incredibly powerful. Collecting them is the main plot of Seasons 2 and 3.

 

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The God cards require three tributes to normal summon. If special summoned from the graveyard, they return to the grave at turn's end, and cannot attack with the exception of Ra.

* [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]]: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: They've been released as real-life cards with their effects nerfed to balance them out.

* [[The Brute]]/[[The Big Guy]]: While Ra and Osiris have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work<ref>Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Osiris has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand</ref>, Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a [[One Hit KO]]), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.

* [[Contractual Boss Immunity]]: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard, which is why Yugi and Kaiba's duel consists of them first keeping the other's God Card from being summoned, and then weakening them through loopholes in their immunity.

* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: Ra

* [[Face Framed in Shadow]]: While its card was seen regularly, before Marik summoned it against Mai Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.

* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Ra has a new ability revealed every time it's played during Seasons 2 and 3.

* [[Large and In Charge]]

* [[Megaton Punch]]: Obelisk's attack, "God Hand Crusher"/[[Dub Name Change|"Fist of Fate"]]/[[Inconsistent Dub|"Fist of Fury"]].

* [[Wreathed in Flames]]: Ra's Phoenix form.

 

The card Season 4 centers around, it originates from Atlantis, where the Orichalcos was a mineral that lead the society to great technology achievements, but eventually they became too corrupt and destroyed themselves.

 

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The text around the seal is Enochian. It spells out "Oreichalcos".

* [[Defictionalization]]: The card ''actually exists''! There are only 15 in the entire world, used in a single special tournament by Upper Deck employees where players could duel them. And yes, the real card is just as [[Purposefully Overpowered|overpowered]] as it was in the show, which is why it has never been released to the public.

* [[Instant Runes]]

* [[Purposefully Overpowered]]

 

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