Spirit Message

The "Spirit Messages" are used by the Trap Card "Destiny Board" to declare a Destiny Board Victory. They are identified by having "Spirit Message" 「死のメッセージ」 in their card name. The player who gathers all five letters on the field wins the duel.

The weakness of this combo is that if any of the five cards are removed from the field, the entire combo breaks, and every letters gathered would be sent to the Graveyard.

Another weakness is that as each Spirit Message is a Spell Card, it occupies the Spell/Trap Cards Zones. This limits the player in activating and setting Spells and Traps. Also, if another card already is occupying one of the spaces, then the Message cannot be fully spelled, and not only locks the combo from being completed, but also from playing any other Spells or Traps.

Differences in Media
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle City's quarterfinals, the Destiny Board combo was used by Yami Bakura in his Occult Deck, in an attempt to defeat Yami Yugi.

In the manga and original Japanese anime, the card is known as the "Ouija Board", and the word it spelled out is "DEATH". In the English anime, the word is changed to "FINAL".

In the manga, the card exists only as the "Ouija Board", where it can only be activated when Dark Necrofear is in the Graveyard. Instead of playing a Spirit Message Spell Card each turn, the board simply summons a letter from nowhere. This eliminates both of the aforementioned weaknesses. However, if Dark Necrofear is removed from the Graveyard, then the Ouija Board would break.

In the manga, the one who controls the Ouija Board is a spiritual form of Dark Necrofear. In the anime, it was her dismembered hand.

Cards in Spirit Message Archetype

 * Destiny Board (Ouija Board)( letter F is featured in English artwork of this card and D in the japness )
 * Spirit Message "I" (Message of Death "E")
 * Spirit Message "N" (Message of Death "A")
 * Spirit Message "A" (Message of Death "T")
 * Spirit Message "L" (Message of Death "H")

Related Cards

 * Dark Necrofear (Manga and anime only)
 * Dark Sanctuary (Anime only)