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**[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gift_Card Gift Card] grants your opponent a whopping ''3000'' LP, but if you combo that with [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Bad_Reaction_to_Simochi Bad Reaction to Simochi] or [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Darklord_Nurse_Reficule Darklord Nurse Reficule], you've just dealt a ''serious'' blow to your opponent.
**[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gift_Card Gift Card] grants your opponent a whopping ''3000'' LP, but if you combo that with [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Bad_Reaction_to_Simochi Bad Reaction to Simochi] or [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Darklord_Nurse_Reficule Darklord Nurse Reficule], you've just dealt a ''serious'' blow to your opponent.
**[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Grinder_Golem Grinder Golem] had proven not once, but twice that it's more than meets the eye. As context, Grinder Golem is a 3000 ATK monster that can be Special Summoned to your opponent's field. When it does, it gives you 2 Tokens with 0 ATK.
**[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Grinder_Golem Grinder Golem] had proven not once, but twice that it's more than meets the eye. As context, Grinder Golem is a 3000 ATK monster that can be Special Summoned to your opponent's field. When it does, it gives you 2 Tokens with 0 ATK.
***The first of its danger combo is with [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Inferno_Tempest Inferno Tempest] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/D.D._Dynamite D.D. Dynamite]. Ramming one of the Tokens Summoned by its own effect toward Grinder Golem instantly count toward Inferno Tempest's activation requirement, enabling you to use a Spell that banishes all monsters in both player's decks and Graveyards. Then you can activate D.D. Dynamite, which damages the opponent by 300 for each of their banished cards. While the combo is very situational and unreliable (it requires 3 unsearchable cards a game state good enough for Dynamite), it can put a huge dent into your opponent on the right timing.
***The first of its danger combos is with [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Inferno_Tempest Inferno Tempest] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/D.D._Dynamite D.D. Dynamite]. Ramming one of the Tokens Summoned by its own effect toward Grinder Golem instantly count toward Inferno Tempest's activation requirement, enabling you to use a Spell that banishes all monsters in both player's decks and Graveyards. Then you can activate D.D. Dynamite, which damages the opponent by 300 for each of their banished cards. While the combo is very situational and unreliable (it requires 3 unsearchable cards a game state good enough for Dynamite), it can put a huge dent into your opponent on the right timing.
***The second, and more serious combo comes with the Link era. Link Summon are generally more generic than other Extra Deck Special Summon methods, and thus the two Tokens Summoned by Golem can lead to chaotic chains of Link-laddering involving [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Akashic_Magician Akashic Magician] that usually end in a board full of nasty Link Monsters, including but not limited to [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Saryuja_Skull_Dread Saryuja Skull Dread] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Firewall_Dragon Firewall Dragon]. For this very reason, Grinder Golem had been Forbidden from ''both'' the OCG and TCG tournament environments.
***The second, and more serious combo comes with the Link era. Link Summon are generally more generic than other Extra Deck Special Summon methods, and thus the two Tokens Summoned by Golem can lead to chaotic chains of Link-laddering involving [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Akashic_Magician Akashic Magician] that usually end in a board full of nasty Link Monsters, including but not limited to [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Saryuja_Skull_Dread Saryuja Skull Dread] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Firewall_Dragon Firewall Dragon]. For this very reason, Grinder Golem had been Forbidden from ''both'' the OCG and TCG tournament environments.
*[[Light Is Good]]: Most monsters of the LIGHT attribute seem to be heroic, but...
*[[Light Is Good]]: Most monsters of the LIGHT Attribute seem to be heroic, but...
*[[Light Is Not Good]]:
**[[Light Is Not Good]]: seems to be the theme of the Arcana Force monsters and most of the [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Worm Worm] Archetype.
**Seems to be the theme of the [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force Arcana Force] monsters and the [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Worm Worm] archetype.
**The Vylons are an interesting example. In the story they teamed up with the Lavals, Gishki, Gusto, and Gem-Knights in order to beat back the Steelswarms. This ultimately leads to [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Vylon_Disigma Vylon Disigma] defeating them. But as it turns out, those sets were only working together to beat the Steelswarms and prior to that were also fighting each other. The Vylons wish for a perfect existence for everyone, but they now see that's impossible. So they've decided to use Disigma to kill em all.
**The Vylons become this after they accidentally caught the lswarm virus.
*[[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]]: Quite ''many'' cards are this, which kind of diminishes its value a bit; but there some among these that really are worthy of its title, examples are cards that are actually sold separately in one big deluxe package: ''Shinato of A Higher Plane'' was this at first. Other examples are Special Summons hyped in the [[Animated Adaptation]] and [[The Movie]], expect to only get them in special events or packed with another product of the franchise (usually a [[Video Game]]).
*[[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]]: Reprint sets and compilation tins function like this, as they often contain reprints of valued cards, usually at dolled-up "Collector's" rarities such as [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gold_Rare Gold Rares] or [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Ghost_Rare Ghost Rares].
*[[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
*[[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: As of Fall 2019, there are officially 10.000 different cards printed in the OCG, which were celebrated through the release of [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Ten_Thousand_Dragon Ten Thousand Dragon]. The numbers have only increased since.
*[[Loophole Abuse]]: Many older cards are worded in such a way to allow this as the game and its strategies have progressed and evolved in ways the card game back then couldn't have foreseen. For example, Mind Control lets you take control of an opponent's monster, but it can't attack or be Tributed. When it was first released it didn't have a lot of uses, mostly just Fusion (which was rarely used) and getting a monster out of the way. Then came Synchros and Xyz, which state their summoning methods don't actually count as Tributing...and so it was Mind Control is now Limited.
*[[Loophole Abuse]]: Many older cards are worded in such a way to allow this as the game and its strategies have progressed and evolved in ways the card game back then couldn't have foreseen. For example, Mind Control lets you take control of an opponent's monster, but it can't attack or be Tributed. When it was first released it didn't have a lot of uses, mostly just Fusion (which was rarely used) and getting a monster out of the way. Then came Synchros and Xyz, which state their summoning methods don't actually count as Tributing...and so it was Mind Control is now Limited.
**Two old school revival cards have this. Premature Burial states that when it is destroyed, the monster it revived is destroyed. Its effect says nothing about the monster dying if the card is just removed from the field, most famously by returning it to the hand to be played again. Call of the Haunted meanwhile says that when the monster it summoned is destroyed the card itself also goes, but as with Premature Burial it doesn't go if the monster is removed from the field, leaving Call of the Haunted face-up and useless, unless you have something like Scrap Dragon. Be sure to pay attention to if a card specifically says ''removed from the field'' or ''destroyed'', it makes a huge difference.
**Two old school revival cards have this. Premature Burial states that when it is destroyed, the monster it revived is destroyed. Its effect says nothing about the monster dying if the card is just removed from the field, most famously by returning it to the hand to be played again. Call of the Haunted meanwhile says that when the monster it summoned is destroyed the card itself also goes, but as with Premature Burial it doesn't go if the monster is removed from the field, leaving Call of the Haunted face-up and useless, unless you have something like Scrap Dragon. Be sure to pay attention to if a card specifically says ''removed from the field'' or ''destroyed'', it makes a huge difference.
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* [[Magical Girl]]: A number of all-girl themes are this, with varying flavors.
* [[Magical Girl]]: A number of all-girl themes are this, with varying flavors.
**The [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_Girl Dark Magician Girl] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Magician_Girl her peers], the [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Windwitch Windwitches] and the [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Witchcrafter Witchcrafters] are of the [[Cute Witch]] variety. Dark Magician Girl herself has a Fusion upgrade that also places her into the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] variety, [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_Girl_the_Dragon_Knight Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight].
**The [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_Girl Dark Magician Girl] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Magician_Girl her peers], the [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Windwitch Windwitches] and the [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Witchcrafter Witchcrafters] are of the [[Cute Witch]] variety. Dark Magician Girl herself has a Fusion upgrade that also places her into the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] variety, [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_Girl_the_Dragon_Knight Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight].
**The [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Trickstar' Trickstar] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Marincess Marincess] archetypes are of the [[Magic Idol Singer]] variety.
**The [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Trickstar Trickstar] and [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Marincess Marincess] archetypes are of the [[Magic Idol Singer]] variety.
**The [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Exorsister Exorsisters] are placed firmly on the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] variety.
**The [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Exorsister Exorsisters] are placed firmly on the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] variety.
*[[Magical Land]]: Well, it's only advertised as a [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Magical_Citadel_of_Endymion citadel], but if you look closely, it actually houses an entire little kingdom inside the magical barrier. And then there's also the [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Secret_Village_of_the_Spellcasters Secret Village of the Spellcasters].
*[[Magical Land]]: Well, it's only advertised as a [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Magical_Citadel_of_Endymion citadel], but if you look closely, it actually houses an entire little kingdom inside the magical barrier. And then there's also the [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Secret_Village_of_the_Spellcasters Secret Village of the Spellcasters].
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