Yu-Gi-Oh! Fun Facts
Not including the new support being printed in 2025, this archetype is notable for having every one of it’s monsters appear on the Forbidden section of the banlist at some point.
Dragon Rulers
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Rescue ACE Air Lifter
Dueltaining!
MBTYugioh
Cyber Angels
Alexis Rhodes
Whether used in Synchrons or Dragon Link, better hope that a Light or a Dark Monster are among your 5 excavated cards. Even if not, you can still plus frkm the effct.
Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon
Among the 12 cards that appeared on the first limited list in May 2002, this card was the only Effect Monster to be limited to 1; a status that has stood to this day.
Exodia the Forbidden One
Mstcl Snd
Mystical Sand
Table 500
Farfa
Lunalight
Serena/Celina
A Yugi Muto monster from the Waking the Dragons arc, it’s effect to excavate 5 cards during the End Phase to seaech a Spell/Trap found incredible use in 2014 Lightsworn builds.
Kuribandit
The Sneak Peak weekend of Power of The Duelist in 2006 had slight hiccups, with some events reportedly giving out copies of this iconic card used by Seto Kaiba as the promo card, several months before its official release as an SJC Prize Card
Crush Card Virus
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Zera The Mant
Progres1sion Polls
GoldenNovaYGO (w/NoaJenk)
Amazoness/GX
Tania
Summoning this Link Monster using every Attribute sans LIGHT & DIVINE results in an optional board wipe. What is NOT optional is it’s requirement of banishing 5 cards from your GY during the opponent's End Phase to keep it in play!
Five Headed Link Dragon
If sources are to be believed, then the Ojama archetype was named after this game designers nickname, as evidenced by the 1988 video game Snatcher.
Hideo Kojima
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Cloudian -Smoke Ball
Let's Top Locals!
Crush Cards
Nordic Beasts
Dragan
DAILY DOUBLE
While this monster only needs 3 Monsters as material to Xyz summon it, it’s worth detaching 5 materials from this card to shock your opponent with a board wipe.
This artwork for Gouki Thunder Ogre is based on the appearance of this famous & influential Junior Heavyweight Japanese pro wrestler.
Jushin Thunder Liger
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Carboneddon
Deck Devastation Challenge
HardlegGaming
Dark World
Bronn, the Mad King of Dark World
How desperate were people in 2002 for a board wipe effect? Apparently enough to discard 5 cards to fulfill this Spell Card’s cost.
Final Destiny