Card Appearances:Big Shield Gardna

Overview

 * Yugi Muto uses this card repeatedly throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga. It made appearances as both a Normal Monster (Such as when Yami faced Weevil Underwood in the Doma Arc) and an Effect Monster in the dubbed anime and its effect of switching to Attack Position after being attacked was only shown twice, once versus Dartz in episode 179 and the other when Atem faced Yugi in episode 223.

Battle City

 * This card made its first appearance in Yugi's duel with Arkana. It was summoned, so that Yugi could defend himself against Arkana's "Dark Magician". Arkana was able to bypass this with "Ectoplasmer", but his attempt to defeat Yugi with it failed as when he tributed his "Dark Magician" to defeat Yugi, Yugi's own "Dark Magician" was then tributed too and this in turn nullified the damage that Yugi would have taken, saving him. This card was later destroyed by "Shadow Balance" along with "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts".


 * Yugi next used this card in his duel with Strings. Once he summoned it out, "Slifer the Sky Dragon"'s second mouth ability activated, reducing this card's DEF by 2000. This card survived the effect, but its DEF was reduced to 600. Strings then used "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to attack and destroy this card.


 * It was used again when Yugi had to duel against Joey who was possessed by Marik. Yugi summoned this card as a defense against "Alligator's Sword". Later he tributed this card along with "Kuriboh" to summon "Red-Eyes B. Dragon".


 * In episode 82, this card appears in a flashback Joey has when he passes by Odion(posing as Marik) and remembers Marik possessing him to Duel Yami Yugi and get what Marik desires.


 * Yugi played this card in his duel against Yami Bakura. Yugi later tributed this card, "Dark Magician Girl", and "Gamma the Magnet Warrior" to summon "Slifer the Sky Dragon".

Virtual World

 * In episode 99, this card appears when Yami Yugi was building his Virtual World Deck before his Duel with Gansley.


 * In episode 106, this card can be seen when Duke Devlin, Tristan Taylor, and Serenity Wheeler were building their Decks for their Duel against Nezbitt.


 * In episode 108, this card appears in a flashback explained by Leichter when he reminds Seto that his birthday gift from Gozaburo Kaiba was where all the mistakes made by Seto himself began.


 * In episode 109, this card appears in a flashback Leichter has when he explains to Seto that his treachery began when Gozaburo gave him a large amount of dollars to test Seto's business skills.


 * This card was played again when Yugi and Joey dueled against The Big Five. Yugi would later tribute this card to summon his "Dark Magician Girl".


 * Yugi played this card again in his duel with Noah. Later Yugi used "Dark Renewal" to tribute this card and Noah's "Inaba White Rabbit" so that he could summon his "Dark Magician" from the Graveyard.

Battle City Finals

 * Yugi used this card in his Battle Royal duel against Joey, Yami Marik, and Kaiba. Yugi later tributes this monster to summon "Archfiend of Gilfer".


 * In episode 129, this card is seen in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers the last time he used "Exchange" and how the latter card helped him save Joey from Marik's mind control.


 * In episode 130, this card is seen in a flashback Yugi has when he reminds himself that "Exchange" may have helped him get "Slifer the Sky Dragon" into his hand, but it also helped Kaiba too.


 * Yugi used this card once more in his Battle City duel with Kaiba. Kaiba then destroys this monster with "XYZ-Dragon Cannon". Yugi then uses the destruction of this card to activate "Soul Rope". He then uses "Soul Rope"'s effect to summon "King's Knight" to the field.


 * Yugi summoned this card during his duel with Yami Marik. Yugi later tributed it to summon "Dark Magician Girl". Later, Yugi banishes this card via "Ragnarok". This card was then shown as one of the many monsters that were used to hold down Yami Marik's "The Winged Dragon of Ra".


 * In episode 141, this card appears in a series of flashbacks that Marik has when he remembers all the bad things he did to Yami Yugi(using his Rare Hunters to try and defeat him and even using Yugi's closest friends as a threat in order to get what he believes is rightfully his). He then wonders why Yami Yugi is so forgiving to him despite all of the he did previously.


 * In episode 144, this card appears in a flashback Téa has when she remembers the gang seeing the God cards for the first time aboard the Battle Ship.


 * When Téa and Serenity go through a park, they see this card under the control of a kid Dueling another kid. The latter kid Tributes this card to summon "Summoned Skull".

Waking the Dragons

 * Yami Yugi played this card in his first duel with Rafael. It was set in Defense Position and then destroyed by "Guardian Grarl". Later this card was brought back by the effect of "Necromancy". This card then gained 500 ATK due to the effect of "The Seal of Orichalcos". Next turn Yami Yugi tributes this card to summon "Catapult Turtle". Rafael later used "Guardian Eatos"' effect to remove this card and four other monsters in Yami Yugi's Graveyard from play as part of his winning move.


 * In episode 160, this card is seen in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he saw that his own monsters were angry at him for his selfish actions and when he lost his Duel with Rafael.


 * This card is shown being used in Yami Yugi's second duel with Weevil. It is the third monster drawn through the effect of "Berserker Soul".


 * In episode 163, Ironheart picks this card up from the ground after Yami Yugi drops it while being flung from the train after dueling Weevil.


 * This card was shown being used in Yami Yugi and Yugi's duel at the Stone Wastelands. This card was then destroyed by "Dark Magician Girl" who was powered by the effect of "The Seal of Orichalcos" and the effect of "Magic Formula".


 * This card was used in Yami Yugi's rematch duel with Rafael. When "Guardian Eatos" attacked "Dark Magician", Yami activated "Magical Hats" to flip his monsters face-down and shuffle them with two Hat Tokens. "Eatos"' attack then hitted one of the four hats which then revealed that it attacked this card, destroying it. Later Yami brings this card back with "Underworld Circle"'s effect. It played no other part in the duel after that.


 * This card was used in Yami Yugi and Kaiba's duel against Dartz. When "Orichalcos Malevolence" attacks "Different Dimension Dragon", Kaiba activates "Attack Guidance Barrier", redirecting the attack to this card while boosting this card's DEF by 600 until the End Phase. The attack then failed, but Dartz's "Orichalcos Kyutora" negated the damage he would have received. Because this card was attacked, its effect activated, switching this card to Attack Position at the end of the Damage Step. Once it was Yami Yugi's turn, he switched this card to Defense Position. Dartz later used his "Malevolence"'s effect to switch "Different Dimension Dragon" into Attack Position. He then had "Orichalcos Malevolence" attack "Different Dimension Dragon", but Kaiba activated "Shrink" to halve "Malevolence"'s ATK, however Dartz negates "Shrink"'s effect with one of the effects of "Orichalcos Tritos". Yami Yugi then activates "Ambush Shield", tributing this card to have "Different Dimension Dragon" gain ATK equal to this card's DEF until the End Phase. This allowed "Different Dimension Dragon" to counterattack and destroy "Malevolence", but "Kyutora" negated the Battle Damage Dartz would have received.


 * In episode 182, Yami Yugi uses this card in the battle against The Great Leviathan. When the latter was about to attack the chosen Duelists and their summoned monsters, Yami Yugi has "Timaeus" absorb the power of this card to give protection to everyone. While this shield protected the chosen Duelists and the three Legendary Knights, the other monsters that the Chosen Duelists summoned were destroyed by the attack.


 * In episode 184, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he remembers Rafael losing his soul due to the darkness in his heart corrupting his mind.

Grand Championship

 * Yugi used this card again in his duel against Vivian Wong. Vivian then attacked this card with "Dragon Lady" equipped with "Lightning Saber", but Yugi activates "Mirror Force" to destroy "Dragon Lady", however Vivian then activates "Snowfall Sword", negating the effect of "Mirror Force" and destroying it. "Dragon Lady"'s attack then continued, destroying this card.


 * In episode 196, this card is shown within Leon's backstory flashback when he explains how he became fascinated into Duel Monsters after discovering the game.


 * In episode 197, this card appeared in a flashback explained by Arthur Hawkins. He explains that there was a tournament several years ago that offered the Golden Castle of Stromberg card as the prize, but it was never meant to be used. This card can be seen being used in a tournament Duel between two Duelists.


 * This card is used during Yugi's duel with Leon von Schroeder. It was discarded along with four other monsters to activate the effect of "Royal Straight Slasher".

Dawn of the Duel

 * In episode 200, this card appears within Yami Yugi's mind when Yami Bakura claims to him that his mind is an unsolvable maze and that he pursues games like riddles.


 * This card is used again in Yugi's Ceremonial Battle with Atem. After Yugi destroys "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight" with "Summoned Skull" and ends his turn, Atem predicts that he will draw this card on his Draw Phase. He is correct and after drawing this card, he summons it to the field in Defense Position. Yugi then attacks this card with "Summoned Skull" with the attack failing since this card's DEF was higher. This however activates this card's effect, switching it into Attack Position. Yugi then has his "Curse of Dragon" destroy this card.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

 * In episode 1, this card is used by the opponent of Bastion Misawa during his Entrance Exam. Aside from being on the field, it didn't play any part in the duel. This card is also shown being used by an unknown person when we see a montage of people trying to pass the Entrance Exams by Dueling examiners.


 * In episode 12, this card appears in a flashback Jaden has when he tells Bastion he was strong enough to be in his own league back at the entrance exams.


 * In episode 16, Beauregard discards this card and "Warrior Dai Grepher" to Special Summon two "Half-Goblins" during his duel against Jaden Yuki.


 * In episode 84, Tyranno Hassleberry's opponent in the Genex Tournament uses this card. It didn't play any actual role in the duel aside from being on the field.


 * In episode 90, Damon has this card on the field during his duel against Mathmatica. It didn't play any actual role in the duel aside from being on the field.

Miscellaneous

 * Yami Yugi uses this card in his duel with Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light. This card was then destroyed by "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon".