Card Trivia:Swordsman from a Distant Land


 * This card's effect is likely meant to simulate a wound left by "Distant Land's" sword, which would linger until it finally kills the target long after the Battle.


 * It may also be based on the notion of "Touch of Death" fighting techniques. These are martial-arts techniques common in pop culture that can inflict instant death from a subtle blow.


 * One famous example that the "five turns" clause resembles to is the "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique" from the "Kill Bill" movies, which delays the victim's death until they take their next five steps. Given that the movie was released several years after the card, the similarity is most likely coincidental.