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100

This character in Battle City was actively commented on about treating their cards poorly, from shuffling to slightly cutting the edges.

Who is Arcana?

100

This level 3 Aqua monster printed in Cybernetic Revolution was reprinted with different artwork due to the artist plagiarizing his own work.

What is Mad Lobster?

100

This format post Duelist Genesis is commonly referred to as the game's first Tier 0 format.

What is Tele-DAD format?

100

According to Konami USA, this archetype had this level 4 monster with 300 DEF banned in 2013 for being cited as "one of the most toxic archetypes to ever exist in the game."

What is (Elemental) HERO?

100

This shoe company collaborated with Konami and included a special copy of Dark Magician with a pair of shoes at select retailers.

What is Adidas?

200

This widely available card in 5 D's is said to have comparable strength to Slifer, Obelisk, and Ra.

Who is Zushin the Sleeping Giant?

200

Back when Konami used to do reasonings for their banlists, this Quick-Play Spell Card was cited as being put to 1 for simply "too many decks were playing it."

What is Book of Moon?

200

This rank 4 monster with 2400 DEF has been played in extra/side decks as a "time card."

What is Gagaga Cowboy?

200

Kazuki Takahashi's 10th favorite monster, according to an interview back in 2000.

Who is Gaia the Fierce Knight?

200

According to Kazuki Takahashi official artwork, this Anime/Manga is connected to Yu-Gi-Oh!

What is Bobobo?

300

While Blue-Eyes White Dragon is known to guarantee victory, this monster is known as the potential of victory.

What is the Red-Eyes Black Dragon?

300

This tuner monster was cited years ago as one of the reasons that OCG cards can not be used in TCG due to different rulings. The OCG version of this card "discarded" while the TCG version "sent." It also has a slightly different name between the TCG and OCG.

What is Quick(draw) Synchron?

300

While referred to as an "Inherit Summon" by the players, this type of Summon was given a new name in 2024.

What is a "Built-In Summon?"

300

This known artist was so against their art being censored for TCG release, multiple prints of their cards never made it to western release.

Who is Kazuki Takahashi?

300

This player popularized the idea that decks should reach max consistency by running 3 copies of Upstart Goblin and 3 copies of Reckless Greed.

Who is Patrick Hoban?

400

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal did not mention these cards at all in the anime, and were even excluded from all Booster Sets until Season 2.

What are Synchro Monsters?

400

This Link-3 monster is the OCG's first forbidden Link Monster.

Who is Summon Sorceress?

400

This Gemini themed Plant deck has gained popularity in modern iterations of Edison Format.

What is "Gigavise?"

400

From 2002-2004, Konami gave these items out at Regional Trophies.

What is the Millennium Puzzle?

400

This protagonist has the most official art with Goku.

Who is Sakaki Yuya?

500

This protagonist is the first protagonist to have a 3 way duel.

Who is Jaden Yuki/Yuki Judai?

500

This popular Ritual Monster was also printed as a Vanilla Monster and awarded as a stainless steel prize card, but never in English.

What is the Black Luster Soldier?

500

This Elemental HERO deck that used level 4 extenders to make various rank 4's was officially referred to as "Elemental HERO Ft. ______"

Who is Bubbleman?

500

This former assistant to Kazuki Takahashi who worked on Yu-Gi-Oh! R went on to eventually make Cardfight!! Vanguard.

Who is Akira Ito?

500

This video game (Japan only) is the first every video game to release the Starter Deck Kaiba art of Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

What is Monster Capsule Breed & Battle?