Forum:The most broken cards that appear in the anime/manga

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 * Ragnarok: Why is this one broken? Return from the Different Dimension. You activate Return and chain Ragnarok, and the latter wipes your opponent's field while the former allows you to bring the "cost" back. It's amazing.
 * Negative Energy Generator: Buffing Armageddon Knight to 4200 ATK? No thank you.
 * The Pillager: You shouldn't even have to ask about this one.
 * Magical Trick Mirror: Wow. This is just amazingly OP'd.
 * Card of Demise: Likewise. This thing is insane draw power. Runer5h 22:53, November 27, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h
 * Golden Castle of Stromberg: Draining opponent's deck by half each turn, enforce your and your opponent's monsters to attack no matter what is going on. --FredCat100 22:56, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Though in-universe it is intentionally made to be this broken. --Gadjiltron 02:05, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, in-universe it's supposed to drain your own deck; Zigfried altered the card so that it would drain the opponent's. Danny Lilithborne 03:49, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * The Seal of Orichalcos: How I missed this I do not know. Runer5h 22:58, November 27, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h
 * Card of Sanctity, anime version. SICK. No wonder it was nerfed like crazy when it made it to real life.
 * Ghost Convert: Seriously, just think of all the things you can do with this.
 * Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca, anime version. Drop your opponent's LP to 1. Yes, sure, you miss your Battle Phase, but just follow up with a burn effect!
 * Temper of Vai Mahse: So far, I don't see any specific cost for this.
 * Blackwing Treasure: Oh. My. God. Please, Konami, don't make this into a real card. --Gadjiltron 02:05, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * I would pay Konami to make that real. --Reimu-H 11:49, December 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * This card is barely as broken as Destiny Draw or better yet Solar Recharge --ME!!!!!!!!!! 08:34, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Philosopher's Stone - Sabatiel is pretty broken if you use it in a fairy deck man. That way you can protect your life points (Winged Kuriboh), gain some life points though some specific fairy abilities, regain some powerful spells, then multiply one of your monster ATK by ridiculous numbers.Land of dogs 02:33, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * That card is broken regardless of what deck you use it in. The ability to activate any Spell Card in your deck multiple times? And in the Tag Force games, it's even more OP. It lets you search ANY card in your Deck. --YamiWheeler 14:36, January 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * The original Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon seemed pretty OP ;). --Bluemoonwhitenight 02:53, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. It's summoning conditions are still quite terrible. =/--~InfinitySlayer 03:44, December 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Illusion Gate: destroy all your opponent's monsters and take one of theirs, all at the pesky cost of a soul. ^_^ Danny Lilithborne 03:49, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Scrap-Iron anything not Scarecrow: I just really hope I don't have to explain this. Danny Lilithborne 03:50, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

Cursed Twin Dolls was cool-weird-confusing.--Helix-king 06:04, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

I think Dark Sanctuary was beast. DemonGodAsura 06:44, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

Necromancy is a card which I think, if people remembered it, could be made real and legal. Plus there were some awesome combos with it in the anime (Diffusion-Wave Motion or Slifer the Sky Dragon). Battlemaniac 19:39, November 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I can't believe I missed this one: Mischief of the Time Goddess. I swear, they put this in just to facilitate Sartorius' 0TK. --Gadjiltron 09:14, December 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, Zigfried von Schroeder used Mischief in the Kaiba Championship arc of the original anime. Runer5h 22:42, December 1, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Anime One-Hundred Eye Dragon. Seriously, put a Dark Armed Dragon, Dark Grepher and a Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind in the graveyard and watch the carnage --Reimu-H 11:57, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Why did nobody thimk of Aetonix Flame ?It's effect makes Raigeki and Monster Reborn look cute like a certain card with a bowtie with a horrible power.(pun intended)115.135.211.42 03:26, December 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Because it can't be splashed in any deck. --Reimu-H 11:43, December 5, 2009 (UTC)

Celestial Sword - Eatos anyone? sure i'll up my already huge monster to 5000 attack, sounds great!, also The Winged Dragon Of Ra was crazy good as wellJabari Out 03:43, December 5, 2009 (UTC)Jabari_Out


 * Deck Destruction Virus seems like the ultimate mill card Lord of Amphibians 07:56, December 5, 2009 (UTC)


 * Spell Sanctuary. Some quick OTKs before your opponent can even play their Spell Card?
 * Lullaby of Obedience. Can I borrow your Judgement Dragon for a second? Thanks.--Akiza Izayoi 04:32, December 12, 2009 (UTC)

don't forget about how most of the cards from the american series one exagerated a cards effect such as COTH and how it brought back every creature that was destroyed which in the series made the creatures "invincible"

Obviously it's Catapult Turtle in the anime. Yugi used it to destroy the floatation ring on Castle of Dark Illusions and have it crash into the opponent's monsters. ^_^ 75.175.23.137 09:34, December 19, 2009 (UTC)Sephilli
 * "With my Catapult Turtle I can launch my Dragon Champion at your castle, shattering its floatation ring, thereby causing it to collapse on top of your monsters." --Gadjiltron 15:48, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * This card game is complete bollocks. Danny Lilithborne 01:53, December 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * I knew someone would link to that site sooner or later. Just as planned. --Gadjiltron 08:34, December 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Or perhaps according to my plan? Mwahahahahaaa. 00:50, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * You're both wrong - why do you think I created this page in the first place? Runer5h 03:38, December 22, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h
 * Oh crap. Ohhh crap. --Gadjiltron 10:37, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * Out Gambitted. That is all. Runer5h 22:01, January 5, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Big Shield Gardna. 2600 DEF on a Level 4 monster, and NO DOWNSIDE (except if it's the Ceremonial Battle, or Yami and Kaiba vs. Dartz). --GoldenSandslash15 04:09, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't remember, but was it ever been on the field long enough to have that negative effect demonstrated in the manga/anime? Also, there's "Destiny Hero - Defender" which has a higher defense and in a mill deck actually works in your favor, and it's a real card. Danny Lilithborne 05:09, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes it was. During the Ceremonial Battle, Yugi attacked Big Shield Gardna with Summoned Skull, taking 100 damage and making Gardna switch to attack by its own effect. It was then destroyed by Curse of Dragon.PoirotH 05:12, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * A similar thing happened in the Yami vs. Kaiba vs. Dartz duel. Dartz declared an attack against Kaiba's Different Dimension Dragon using Orichalcos Malevolence. Kaiba activated Attack Guidance Barrier to redirect the attack to Yami's Big Shield Gardna. This dealt Dartz 1200 damage, but Dartz negated the damage with Orichalcos Kyutora. Big Shield Gardna then switched into Attack Position, but Yami put it back in Defense Position after Dartz's turn ended, and Kaiba took his turn. So, in the end, there was no downside, because it never battled while it was in Attack Position.--GoldenSandslash15 18:23, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * What I meant was, has it ever been shown without its negative effect in the manga/anime? Danny Lilithborne 01:58, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know, but I know that the card itself was shown to be yellow (which may or may not mean Normal Monster, such as the case of Flame Swordsman). Just from memory though, I don't think that we ever found out if it had an effect or not, outside of those two cases. I'm probably wrong though, as it has been a while since I've watched the original YGO anime.--GoldenSandslash15 04:42, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't believe I missed Life Force. --GoldenSandslash15 03:05, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * "Life Force" is only fair in a manga/anime duel (ie. 4000 LP), IMO. Danny Lilithborne 03:54, December 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Even then, add a bunch of Heal cards and you can't lose.--GoldenSandslash15 03:05, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Doesn't negate attacks though. Get a load of "on attack" effects and, yeah. --Gadjiltron 10:43, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

The anime and manga version of Copycat] is pretty broken to me.It can copy any card on the opponent's field or graveyard.Remember how it copied Life Force(vs Paradox Brothers) and Metalmorph(vs Bandit Keith)?Jason Ng 10:18, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, in the case of Para and Dox, it copied Ryoku. Speaking of which, that is broken. --GoldenSandslash15 01:01, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

Ops.sorry,missed that.Judgement of Anubis,anyone?Blow up all the opponent's monsters and inflict Direct Damage equal to half the combined ATK to the opponent's LP when they use a Spell Card.(used by Bald Guy against Joey when the latter activates Giant Trunade)Jason Ng 13:14, December 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * What about Multiply? Sure, I'll take an infinite number of monsters. At least they fixed it in GX. --GoldenSandslash15 03:34, December 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * Better yet...


 * Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon used Blue-Eyes Ultimate Burst on Kuriboh!
 * It doesn't effect enemy Kuriboh...
 * Remember - not only did Multiply give Yugi an army of Kuribohs, they couldn't even be ATTACKED. Runer5h 05:41, December 29, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h
 * Actually, they could. But, they were in defense mode, so he lost no life points, and due to their infinite-ness, they were just appearing faster than Kaiba could take them out.

--GoldenSandslash15 19:06, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

Meanwhile, Seven Kids. Use this with Rescue Cat, and you can destroy 2 monsters of your opponent's and deal a ton of burn damage! Runer5h 00:52, December 30, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Climax Hour, anyone? Sure, I'll just use A Feather of the Phoenix and summon Fushioh Richie/other insanely hard to summon monsters without any kind of cost. Seriously, that was wasted on Elemental Hero Neos Battlemaniac 16:31, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Soul Prison. It absorbs your opponent's freaking SOUL! Win the duel, take their soul, take their stuff! HasturHasturHastur 17:27, January 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yowie. Need I explain?--Akiza Izayoi 19:37, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

I can't believe I missed Revival Jam and Card of Safe Return in the anime.Cannot be destroyed and draws 3 cards each time the opponent try.115.135.66.59 04:19, January 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, but that combo is what caused Strings to lose. If anyone played that combo on me, I would just keep attacking their "unbeatable" defense, and cause them to deck out. Very easy to get around. --GoldenSandslash15 03:57, January 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, because you can really deck out an opponent that draws 3 cards per revival in 1 turn. Even if you miraculously had 5 monsters, that's only 15 cards, and then they'd easily destroy you the next turn with all the options they had drawn. It's not "easy to get around" and it definately was broken. --YamiWheeler 18:49, January 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Card of Last Will. Okay, seriously?--Akiza Izayoi 20:07, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

The most epically broken *beep* card in the Anime: Crush Card Virus.Altyrell 20:16, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

Of course, how could we forget? Eliminate every monster in your opponent's hand, field, and deck with over 1500 ATK.--Akiza Izayoi 20:28, January 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * and last the whole duel as opposed to 3 turns (real life card)Altyrell 23:11, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

Fallout is OTK in any language. second effect is suck-tastick.--Helix-king 00:57, January 7, 2010 (UTC)

Pato M 05:55, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * all those cards would make you win (or be close 2 win? but how about that stop you from loosin when yout life drops to zero: Infernity Zero, Divine Serpent and Relay Soul
 * Doubting on those cards. Just pop off a removal card (Even Compulsory Evacuation Device works!) and your opponent loses immediately. --Gadjiltron 11:35, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

Divine Serpent always seemed stupid to me. Compulsory Evacuation Device is a stupidly easy way to remove it. Runer5h 22:19, January 8, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h

Indeed. Although it could possibly see play in an Infernity deck.......... it tosses your hand to Summon itself, then puts cards in the Graveyard for Gun, Mirage, and Necromancer to bring back. Oh, and the infinate ATK is nice as well.--Akiza Izayoi 23:37, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

You and I both know that Infernities don't need that - you can use Dark Grepher and such to empty your hand, remember? Runer5h 02:54, January 9, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h

Oh, btw: Ruklamba the Spirit King. Block an OTK, follow up with some crazy swarm. Hell, you don't even need to have to stop an OTK with it: just use Mystic Tomato! This would be broken in Zombie decks. Runer5h 03:04, January 9, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Final Attack Orders. 'nuff said. --GoldenSandslash15 04:25, January 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * What do you mean that's br-- Oh. Man, some anime effect that had. Hit with Iron Chain Dragon afterwards? Ouch. --Gadjiltron 14:50, January 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Especially since you could remove all the Iron Chains in your graveyard to turn Dragon into a huge beatstick. Runer5h 19:02, January 9, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h