Card Trivia:Oppressed People

• The peasant slashed by the whip is shown on the artwork of "Huge Revolution".

• This card's artwork part of a series showing a kingdom ruled by a cruel king and their subjects' rebellion, which may end with "Liberty at Last!". The story develops through the following cards:
  • "Conscription"
  • "Spell-Stopping Statute"
  • "Imperial Iron Wall"
  • "Royal Decree"
  • "Imperial Order"
  • "Imperial Custom"
  • "The Emperor's Holiday"
  • "Royal Command"
  • "The Forceful Sentry"
  • "Painful Choice"
  • "Royal Writ of Taxation"
  • "Confiscation"
  • "Royal Oppression"
  • "Oppressed People"
  • "People Running About"
  • "United Resistance"
  • "Huge Revolution"
  • "The Huge Revolution is Over"
  • "Rock Bombardment"
  • "Royal Surrender"
  • "Liberty at Last!"
  • "Turnabout"
  • "Retort"

• The three monsters "Oppressed People", "People Running About", and "United Resistance" have a symbolic shift in ATK and DEF, symbolizing the "people's" shift from a defensive outlook towards an offensive outlook. "Oppressed People" has 400 ATK/2000 DEF, "People Running About" has 600 in both ATK and DEF, and "United Resistance" has 1000 ATK/400 DEF. "Oppressed People" play the defensive lead of the trio with the highest DEF (2000) while "United Resistance" fills the role of the aggressor with the highest ATK (1000). "People Running About", which symbolizes a state of confusion, has equal ATK/DEF of 600. Also as the state of aggression is rising the Level of the monsters seems to increase as well starting with 1 on "Oppressed People" and ending on 3 with "United Resistance". All this showing a peculiar pattern in the shift from "tolerance" to "revolution".

• This card has an Insect counterpart: "Oppressed Ants".