Banned for its role in infinite loops, this card was used by Strings in the anime, where it let him draw 3 cards instead of 1 like it does in the TCG.
Card of Safe Return
"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster
Myutant Ultimus, Warning Point, Dual Avatar Invitation, Arc Rebellion XYZ Dragon
Phantom Rage
Salamangreat
Fusion of Fire
When your opponent activates a card or effect that would destroy a card(s) (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate the activation, then you can Special Summon 1 "Black Rose Dragon" from your Extra Deck or GY.
This is the highest amount of life points required as a cost.
5000
Lending their names to an old deck in an underdeveloped legacy format, these two monsters only traded themselves for cards on the field in the anime, as opposed to their real life counterparts, which also float into each other.
Fire Hand/Ice Hand
2 Level 4 "lswarm" monsters
Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer, Solemn Strike, Cyber Dragon Infinity, Ultimate Providence
Breakers of Shadow
Roid
Vehicroid Connection Zone
During your Main Phase: You can destroy Spells/Traps your opponent controls, up to the number of "@Ignister" monsters you control.
Wind Pegasus @Ignister
This is the highest ATK Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon can have using its summoning procedure alone
3600
Though best known in the TCG for its role in a particular 5ds-era strategy, this card in the anime had the ability to search any one card in your deck if it ever got destroyed
2 non-Link Monsters
Oracle of Zefra, Galaxy Cyclone, Nekroz of Sophia, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
Crossed Souls
Beetrooper
Beetrooper Landing
If a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster is Special Summoned (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 Effect Monster on the field; negate its effects until the end of this turn.
Dramaturge of Despia
There are this many Ritual monsters with 4000 ATK
3 (Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, Drytron Meteonis Draconids, Drytron Meteonis Quadrantids)
One of the best cards of its archetype, seeing play ever since its release in 2007, in its manga, this card had only a battle related effect, as opposed to its searching and destruction effects it has in the TCG.
Elemental HERO Stratos
1 Level 6 or higher "HERO" monster + 1 "Destiny HERO" monster
Skull Meister, Scrap Mind Reader, Psi Blocker, Dragunity Knight - Gae Dearg
Starstrike Blast
Rokket
Rapid Trigger
You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Speedroid" Tuner from your Deck, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except WIND monsters.
Speedroid Taketomborg
This is the highest ATK printed on a rank 1 xyz monster (Excluding both Number F0's)
2000
One of the most loathed extra deck monsters of all time, this card's effects not only destroyed every card in both players' hands, one of these effects could not be negated.
Topologic Gumblar Dragon
1 Tuner + 1 or more EARTH monsters
Cyber Revsystem, Celestial Observatory, Pinpoint Landing, Danger! Bigfoot!
Cybernetic Horizon
Melodious
Ostinato
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; destroy as many other cards you control as possible, then this card gains 300 ATK until the end of this turn for each monster destroyed by this effect and sent to the GY.
Number 59: Crooked Cook
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