Before & After
The ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense; return a Spell from GY to hand
What is Dark Magician of Faith?
Before the release of Hi-Speeroid Cork Shooter in Duel Links, Speedroid players were forced to rely on this out-of-archetype maiden to summon Stardust Warrior, as she was the only generic WIND Synchro Tuner monster in the game.
What is Battlewasp - Azusa the Ghost Bow?
What is Skull Meister?
The first tournament arc of the 5D's anime felt very random and disorienting to watch, mostly because Konami refused to allow this main character to Turbo Duel in any circumstance, a decision they would later reverse for the second tournament arc.
Who is Akiza Izinski?
Swap, Treeborn, Submarine
What is Frog?
You can't attack for three turns; you can't use this card for three turns
What is Swords of Revealing Lightforce Sword?
Yusei Fudo's "Warrior" Synchro Monster archetype is very diverse, despite its name. It covers every Attribute of monster except this one.
What is WATER?
Trying to Special Summon a monster from your Graveyard? Well, that WOULD be fine if you didn't have to declare a target, but since you did, this little bird will stop you!
What is D.D. Crow?
The main characters of the Zexal anime were all able to bypass the drawbacks of using Number Monsters through various means. Kite had a Photon Transformation, Shark had a piece of Shark Drake fuse inside him, Yuma had a bond with Astral, and the Arclight brothers had this.
What are crests?
Spoon, Knife, Fork
What is Maliceverous?
Summon Pegasus's ace monster; summon Pegasus's ace monster without Tributing
What is Black Illusion Ritual Foregone?
Akiza's ace monster has a powerful effect that sadly renders its impressive statline useless to her. This would continue, making the card mostly a staple and not a focal strategy until this support card for the archetype released, allowing Black Rose Dragon to immediately return to the field after using its effect.
What is Basal Rose Shoot?
What is Rose Archer?
The original Duel Monsters anime treated its sidekick character Joey Wheeler very well, allowing him to tackle some serious adult topics as part of his character growth, including this difficult family dynamic, which impacts many American children.
What is divorce?
Mercury, Mars, Earth
What is Agent?
Jesse Anderson's favorite Spell; Yami Yugi's way to call for aid
What is Crystal Bond Between Teacher and Student?
You can technically Synchro Summon this monster properly instead of cheating it out in its own archetype, but it will be rather difficult, since it requires 2 Tuner monsters and a level 8 monster, and all of the archetype's Tuners are either level 1 or level 4.
What is Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon?
Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!? Destroying all my monsters is a powerful effect indeed, but since it ALSO inflicts 500 damage to me for each monster that would be destroyed, this magician will make your Dragon disappear!
What is Performage Damage Juggler?
The Arc-V anime was unique in having a major focus on characters from previous anime. These five characters made a return to Arc-V from prior Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.
Who are Alexis Rhodes, Aster Phoenix, Kite Tenjo, Jack Atlas, and Crow Hogan?
What is Fire Fist?
A way to summon Ursarctic Septentrion during the opponent's turn; mill 3 to draw Raiden
In typical "old card" style fashion, this Winged Beast Synchro ace monster is one you actually want to run 3 of, as not only can you use its effect more than once per turn, but each copy you summon makes the effect even stronger!
What is Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower?
You Special Summoned Fabled Lurrie? Deck Check! Okay, yeah I remembered to put Fiendsmith's Requiem in my Extra Deck before this game. Let me put a stop to your Link Summon before you even start it, with this card!
What is Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries?
The GX anime had very obvious references to the Egyptian God Cards, with each dormitory being named after a different card. But only this Egyptian God Monster was actually summoned during an episode.
What is The Winged Dragon of Ra?
Samurai, Squire, Smith
What is Shiranui?