Card Trivia:Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon


 * This is the Cover Card of Photon Shockwave.
 * In recent Booster Packs, Cover Cards are Extra Deck or Nomi monsters, while recent Structure Deck Cover Cards are normally monsters that can be Normal Summoned but have effects that allow them to be Special Summoned; Due to its effect, "Galaxy-Eyes" looks closer to a Structure Deck Cover Card than a Booster Pack Cover Card.
 * This is the first non-Extra Deck cover card since "Crimson Crisis".


 * This is one of very few cards, if not the only, that mentions "Battle Step" in its effect description. Most cards with effect(s) that activates during a battle mentions Damage Step or Battle Phase instead.


 * This is the signature card of Kaito Tenjo, and it is the only signature card in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL that is not an Xyz Monster.


 * This card's name follows the same pattern as "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and "Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
 * In further relation to the two Dragons, this card's color scheme could be a reference to them as well. Blue in reference to "Blue-Eyes" (parts of the armor, and the eyes in one look are also blue) and red in reference to "Red-Eyes" (parts of the armor).
 * Looking at its effect, there is some kind of relation since these two monsters' ATK are more than 2000 so they can be Tributed to Special Summon this card.
 * This monster's Attack, 'Photon Stream of Destruction', is also very similar to both in name and appearance to the attack of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".


 * This card has the same ATK as "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Armed Dragon LV10", and "Red Dragon Archfiend", the signature cards of Seto Kaiba, Chazz Princeton, and Jack Atlas, the rivals in the previous anime series, possibly hinting that Kaito Tenjo, this card's owner, is the real rival for ZEXAL.
 * Also this card has the same DEF, Attribute and Type as "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", making it virtual identical to it with the only difference being that its an Effect Monster as opposed to a Normal Monster.
 * The maximum ATK that it can currently gain through its own effect is 1500, making its ATK 4500, the same as "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" another of Seto Kaiba's monsters.
 * Furthering it's similarities to "Red Dragon Archfiend", in Zexal episode 24, Kaito calls this card "Ore no tamashii" (translation: "My soul"), which is what Jack Atlas called "Red Dragon Archfiend" in the Japanese version of 5D's.


 * The glow surrounding this card is similar to the light that appears during a Synchro Summon, and the aura that has been shown to glow around "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in the final arc of the anime and a similar aura that "Stardust Dragon" has occasionally glowed with when being powered up by one of Yusei Fudo's Trap Cards.
 * In resemblance to "Stardust Dragon" itself, the 'Galaxy' in this card's name, the space theme revolving around it and overall design are quite similar. The pose in question and background also bear resemblance to that on the "Shooting Star Dragon" card.


 * If you look closely this dragon has something on its chest that resembles Ultraman's Color Timer.


 * Kaito Tenjo uses this card against "Number" monsters. Even though they cannot be destroyed, they still can be banished from the field. In fact, this card's ability to get rid of Xyz Materials and keep attacking Xyz Monsters every turn makes this card an actual Xyz anti-support card.
 * The "Galaxy" word in its name probably comes from that fact. Indeed, a galaxy-like portal appears during a Xyz Summon of a "Number" monster.
 * When "Galaxy-Eyes" removes an Xyz Monster, it takes its Xyz Materials/Overlay Units through the jewel on its chest exactly the same was as "Utopia" does, further hinting Kaito being the series rival.


 * It's very interesting to see that when "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" is summoned in the anime, it appears to have a large red crest as its sealed form, similar to "Numbers" monsters, and what makes it even more interesting is that this card's owner hunts "Numbers".


 * After it's Summoned, its body remains its basic dull purple colour until it steals Xyz Materials which then make its scales and the jewels on its body light up and glow brightly.


 * This card is similar to the "Meklord" archetype, seeing as its effect targets the new type of monster. "Meklords" target Synchros, whilst this one targets Xyzs.


 * This card's background makes it appear to be in outer space, yet another reference to Xyz Monsters as they are claimed to come from another dimension and their card frame also has shooting stars and stationary stars.


 * This card appears in the artwork of "Photon Rising Stream".