Vanilla is a Fine Flavor
An elf who learned to wield a sword, he baffles enemies with lightning-swift attacks.
Who is Celtic Guardian?
This trap card helped rip cards out of your opponents hand, while this beater thrived in Skill Drain Beatdown.
What are Robbin' Goblin/Goblin Attack Force?
This Metal Raiders card was the bane for anyone playing backrow.
What is Heavy Storm?
Flame Manipulator + Masaki the Legendary Swordsman
What is Flame Swordsman?
This Machine Type Monster was the strongest vanilla non-tribute monster at the time, good luck opening one.
What is Mechanicalchaser?
A skeletal ghost that isn't strong but can mean trouble in large numbers.
Who is Skull Servant?
This Quick-Play card helped save your monsters from destruction, while this early spell was an alternative form of removal.
What are My Body as a Shield/Shield and Sword?
This Winged-Beast Monster loves bouncing opponents cards.
What is Raiza the Storm Monarch?
Dark Magician + Buster Blader
What is Dark Paladin?
This burn trap was only ever released in a few starter decks.
What is Just Desserts?
A wicked dragon that taps into dark forces to execute a powerful attack.
What is Curse of Dragon?
This trap was a flexible piece of removal, while this confused monster could only target the back row.
What are Raigeki Break/Breaker the Magical Warrior?
Dark World players loved seeing this monster being summoned by their opponent.
What is Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch?
Elemental Hero Burstinatrix + Elemental Hero Bubbleman
What is Elemental Hero Steam Healer?
This card, first released as a Shonen Jump Promo, finally brought to life the strongest monster from the Duelist Kingdom Arc.
What is Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon?
A fiend with dark powers for confusing the enemy. Among the Fiend-type monsters, this monster boasts considerable force.
What is Summoned Skull?
This Yugi Boss Monster gets an early retrain into this archetypal fiend.
What are Summoned Skull/Skull Archfiend of Lightning?
This Wind attribute Dragon, along with its siblings, quickly found its way onto the banlist after release.
What is Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms?
Giga-Tech Wolf + Cannon Soldier
What is Labyrinth Tank?
This Normal Dragon monster, who would much later on get a retrain, was one of the cards you could get from the first video game promo set.
What is Seiyaryu?
"A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack."
Who is Red-Eyes Black Dragon?
This removal card depicts art of a sacred bird, while this card enables an alternative win condition.
What are Phoenix Wing Wind Blast/Last Turn?
This should-be Rock type monster was the only of its kind to be on the banlist, that is until just recently.
What is Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds?
Tainted Wisdom + Ancient Brain
What is Skull Knight?
This McDonald's Promo card was originally mistranslated, leading to a future archetypal card(s) excluding it from its effects.
What is Frog the Jam/Slime Toad?