Top 10 Anime Cards Way Better Than Their TCG Versions in YuGiOh

In this video will go over cards that appeared in the anime that had way better effects in the anime than their real world card versions ended up getting.
-The List-
10-Neos Wiseman
9- Card of Sanctity
8- Power Wall
7- Final Attack Orders
6- Toon World
5- The Seal of Orichalcos
4- Golden Castle of Stromberg
3- Slifer the Sky Dragon
2- Obelisk the Tormentor
1- The Winged Dragon of Ra
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[@Begeru]

Hearing all the effects read out for the god cards has me imagine some 10 year old kid just making up rules on the spot so they can win the duel.

[@vullord666]

It’s really fun to go over this years after having watched the anime. They each have 10 to 20 effects and are so stupidly broken. Obelisk: Tribute two cards to make my attack infinity (WTF?!). Why did Pegasus even make these cards? (Or was there some other anime explanation for them).

[@MyIcySky]

VulLord666 There was an explanation, he was basically controlled by fate to imbue them with the power of the gods, which gave them those effects.

[@alexandreoliveira2756]

@@vullord666 They play a big role in the anime, the spirits of the egyptian gods disturbed pegasus even before they created them, so we can interpret that they're actual gods who existed for a long time, since their power transcends the game itself there could be only a copy of each, and Pegasus buried them. So they're made to be broken, not to be played with.

[@TanjaDjukicCosic]

That is totaly true

[@SakuraAvalon]

Alexandre Oliveira I'm pretty sure the Egpytian God's aiding Atem in the final season is proof they've existed for thousands of years. Should also be noted that in the 5D's anime, the Norse God's are real Gods. Odin, Loki and Thor. They are also God cards like Ra, Slifer and Obelisk. Unlike the real printings of them, which aren't Divine Beast.

[@Tonatiub]

My favorite was "Labyrinth Walls" being indestructible and changing the whole game into a strategy dungeon crawler

[@nullpoint3346]

It's the arena effect for that specific terminal in Duelist Kingdom. I absolutely would like to see more of it though.

[@Snowberries17]

You forgot the best effect of the Anime’s The Seal of Orichalcos, it is always in your starting hand.

[@omarshakir8727]

LOL SO TRUE

[@cbbblue8348]

It just the same effect as Speed warrior

[@jaspertyler4557]

That's not an effect. It's because some decks in the anime as so useless in real life that if they didn't give them the perfect starting hand, they would do nothing for 3 turns and then lose.

[@Gigabarto]

@@jaspertyler4557 you clearly didn't get the joke mate.

[@dogsarec001]

Snowberries17 :O ur right and if it’s not in ur starting hand then within three turns it will

[@shiroamakusa8075]

The real anime effect of Winged Dragon of Ra is that you can make up several additional rules of your own choosing for every subsequent match in the same tournament.

[@CornaOnTheCob]

I activate Ra's secret ability! By paying 1000 life points, my opponents deck is banished face down. Now you can't draw any more cards >:)

[@Tonatiub]

im still mad about Mai losing the duel because of the incantation bullshit

[@dudono1744]

using the effect of ultra mega chicken I this second made up...

[@xCorvus7x]

What rules were made up on a whim?

[@justinnesbit3948]

@@Tonatiub If it makes you feel better it’s really not a silly Incantation. The manga and Japanese anime depicts the Ra card with hieratic text, ancient Egyptian script. It basically told you how to use the card. If you can’t read it you are fucked lol

[@joshuawenninger6439]

Imagine calling the judge over the anime *Ra* because you don't think your opponent said its activation code correctly *lul*

[@menelik6652]

Imagine calling the judge over the anime orichalcos because they wouldnt give you their souls

[@ridwansetiadi8393]

Imagine if Atem vs Malik is a thing and Atem says, "That's not how to pronounce that word ! Haha ! Ra is mine now."

[@matteomigliore1477]

Its*

[@orvatus6195]

@@menelik6652 "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gonna have to politely ask you to hand over your soul to this Gentleman"

[@ahmedcpbl]

Even better, you site the code and boom, ra's controle switches to you. ez win

[@Stroimex]

I'd say the "Whoever loses this duel will forfeit their soul" could be translated like "The player that loses this duel will also lose the match"

[@matheuspiancastelli]

I think people prefer losing teir soul over losing the match...

[@scantyer]

If you lose the duel, the opponent is legally allowed to punch you.

[@scantyer]

@@redfrog9717 ah lemme fix, the opponent is legally allowed to punch you once per duel that has been won with the seal of orichalcos in play. There

[@lefthandedscout9923]

this is actually how several anime edopro cards work that kill the opponent when used

[@TwoBitSpecialist]

Lol Chicken Soup for the Match

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

Imagine watching a stream for YCS finals where the winner using Seal of Orichalcos, absorbs the losers soul like Shang Tsung and then does a casual interview afterwards.

[@jameskosusnik1102]

But before you take the soul you get to do a sick finisher

[@youwayo]

Fatality!

[@StarkMaximum]

"Yeah I was thinking of cutting Orichalcos because it didn't seem to give me enough of an advantage, but it did put in work in that last game."

[@shinypony92]

YOUR SOUL IS MINE

[@TransparentlyDuplicitous]

Would it be a match winner? You can't play another duel without a soul.

[@wyomingptt]

Kaiba totally tributed Obelisk for Blue-Eyes White Dragon one time.

[@s_ame1135]

He made Kaiba Corp hack the card's effect

[@zaleww5824]

@@s_ame1135 he hacked the god

[@kingcold7281]

If he didn't he lost

[@MrMarinus18]

Well there is nothing in the rulings that says that he couldn't. Where the anime went in is that he summoned it with soul exchange during the opponent's turn. However since it was summoned during the opponent's turn he hadn't yet used up his normal summon. He summoned gatched soldier with a spell card so he could still normal summon. Even cards that are immune to all effects can be tributed unless specifically said not to. That's why lava golem was such a strong card for so long. Since it could be used to get rid of your opponent's monsters no matter what.

[@maskerade7258]

What shocked me more is that he tributed gadget soldier too in that scene. I couldn't believe it.

[@HinuHyuga]

I always thought the Wing Dragon of Ra's effect was, "just do whatever, lol."

[@colemandustun883]

Essentially when it comes down to it lol I swear each time the used it something different happened

[@Marrek940]

coleman dustun “AND NOW I WILL USE RA’S SECRET ABILITY THAT I JUST THIS SECOND MADE UP!” Melvin YGOTAS

[@Honest-King]

@@Marrek940 i totally agree lmao

[@FatMCSteve]

It just works

[@SuperSayianWarrior]

Nah man, that's Pot of Greed's effect, I mean does anyone know what that card does

[@hightidekraken]

KONAMI secretly has a working Seal of Orichalcos locked away in a vault because it was deemed too powerful and dangerous to be used because it took the souls of multiple employees

[@RedEyeStorm7]

This is actually partially true in the sense there is an illegal version of the seal of orichalcos that includes stealing your opponent's soul, 15 copies in fact.

[@synchrolord]

@@RedEyeStorm7 HOW MUCH AND WHERE

[@zacharyhawley1693]

We both know konami executives use it to prune their employees.

[@funtimegamer8733]

Even Tim from accounting?

[@turtlesfan44]

funtime gamer especially Tim from accounting

[@raptorwithwings]

Card of Sanctity‘s Anime Effect was simply to allow more to happen in the episode.

[@MetaKaios]

Likewise with Card of Demise, whose downside never came up.

[@YohananYGO]

@@MetaKaios xD

[@YohananYGO]

@@MetaKaios and u could just set all your cards to avoid discard on 5th turn

[@mateobonavento3939]

@@MetaKaios It came up once, in the Pyramid of Light movie.

[@garymcginnis8511]

It was specifically to combo with Slifer, usually

[@Rhobeni]

I thought Ra’s card translation was ” fuck you, negate everything, and I win”

[@mouaz670]

Exactly

[@MadaraUchiha-wf4iv]

Oddly I think it has one more effect lol, unless I did hear, since it has an effect to instance win the duel lol. Believe when it comes from the grave twice and something else you may do.

[@ljaquos]

No thats Dragoon's effect.

[@gibran6190]

Yes

[@LegendaryAntiHero]

I like the anime effect of Stromberg. It's basically, "I'm going to build a wall and my opponent will pay for it".

[@alexbucsp]

The most american card that can be

[@brianaguilar8283]

That’s the hacked effect. It was confirmed in the anime that it wasn’t even the real effect, Zigfried messed with the card.

[@LegendaryAntiHero]

@@brianaguilar8283 I thought the card was made by Zigfried. I see why it's not the effect in the real TCG. It's cost is paid by my opponent and it never can't be paid, the same way half my life points is "never a cost I can't pay".

[@brianaguilar8283]

LegendaryAntiHero it’s not. It’s an illegal field spell that Zigfried forced his brother Leon to use, and most of the effects that were present were hacked, such as being indestructible and forcing the opponent to pay the maintenance cost.

[@labrynianrebel]

...And if the opponent has an odd number of cards in their deck it's destroyed.

[@danemr6808]

Revival jam, returning to the field infinitely and instantly for no cost would be the most broken effect imaginable

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

There is a syncro that can actually do that in the real game. With Rainbow Life and some big target to crash it on again and again you can gain infinite life points.

[@Itsjustlikemagic]

Not really it is just an indestructible monster. Marshmallon already has that effect irl.

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

@@Itsjustlikemagic except you can repeteadly crash with Rainbow Life active and get infinite LP. Colossal Fighter can do this and its the reason Rainbow Life is usually banned in tournaments, despite it being much harder to perform since you need 2 Colossal Fighter and it's high atk makes it difficult to get it to die. You can also exploit cards like Card of Safe Return very easily with this effect.

[@extonjonas6820]

@@Itsjustlikemagic that is not what the marshmellow does

[@xuanucho3483]

And it can cause infinite loop with Osiris

[@animemixer1]

It is worth mentioning that the anime version of Golden Castle of Stromberg was illegally tampered with and hacked by Ziegfried so it would work differently when played in a duel using duel disks. The card itself doesn't make the opponent pay the "half of your deck" cost, but Ziegfried made the system recognize the opponent paying the cost as being the legitimate way the card worked.

[@lpfan4491]

We might as well assume it literally has no effect in the anime since it is described as an unfinished card.

[@renatoramos8834]

Which was super ridiculous, as he was openly confessing to serious crimes. He would go to jail AND would have to pay for any damages his virus did to kaiba corp's servers.

[@lpfan4491]

@@renatoramos8834 Good thing the damages were 0 because they made a backup before the tournament.

[@granmastersword]

@@lpfan4491 and Kaiba was sufficed with just seeing his plans fail by his rival, couples with owning his ass before that

[@_Vengeance_]

@@lpfan4491 The only hacks were the anti-destruction ability and pushing the maintenance cost on the opponent. The forced attack and destruction effects were stated to be the reason why the card had such a "ridiculous" maintenance cost (at least in the Japanese version this was specifically stated). The only part of the effect that wasn't specifically stated to be part of the card or part of the hacks was the Special Summon effect, but it's strongly implied that was part of the card.

[@larstquasar5173]

There's no way you forgot about 100 eye dragon. "This card gains the effects of ALL dark type monsters in the graveyard." That include extra deck monsters, inagine it

[@varisrevolver4061]

Beelze with Infernity Dwarf, the continuous trap that changes monsters attribute to Dark and have Shooting Star Dragon in gy. 3000, can't be destroyed, any damage you take it gains and can have up to 5 attacks

[@Vonkunken]

After a quick glance into it, it also has a weird summoning condition of minusing the dark tuners level from another monster and that must equal 8, and it just added any card when destroyed, that effect alone would make it ban worthy today, let alone getting all darks in the graveyard.

[@KnownScoundrel]

The anime effects for the gods are still there none of you read ancient Egyptian and it shows.

[@redonrosgen1975]

Can Ra also not be destroyed by battle?

[@quintjordan4444]

The revival jam is not included

[@pedrofellipe8028]

Sorry, I'm used to playing the King James version of Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@0LTMusic]

Oh yeah. There are printed versions of the Egyptian Gods which have the anime effects. But they cannot be played in tournaments cause those versions are not allowed

[@petrie911]

The real question is why Ra doesn't have the "atk/def equal to the total of the tributed monsters" ability. Seems a lot more relevant to its function. Also the "no special summoning" restriction is weird given that Marik's entire deck is based around special summoning it from the graveyard.

[@kratal122]

Imagine getting to 10k LP to pour them all into Ra, and then your opponent activates Just Desserts.

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

@@kratal122 I normal summon Amethyst Cat and attack directly

[@kristofdjordjevic3354]

But marik gives ra atack poinsts when they fuse

[@nullpoint3346]

@@kristofdjordjevic3354 That's the visual representation of the lifepoint sacrifice effect.

[@alex_zetsu]

Considering you've giving 3 tributes for a monster with no protection, I think this effect would have been fair.

[@khchen628]

A little surprised that the original Call of the Haunted from the anime didn't make the list: 1) It's a Spell card, meaning you can activate it on your turn. 2) Upon this card's activation, monsters in your Graveyard are revived and made Zombie-type. 3) If a Zombie-type monster is destroyed, it is promptly revived and gains 10% more ATK. 4) Zombie-type monsters revived by the second and third effects have 0 DEF. Do note, though, Joey exploited the 4th effect using Sword and Shield in order to win his duel against Bonz.

[@newnemesis666]

Would be good watch a part 2 of this video (including your suggestion).

[@albapantheratigris6071]

That’s exactly what I thought!!! With toon world I thought he would’ve included that and pumpkin king.

[@jaspertyler4557]

Also the card of safe return and revival jam effects. Revival jam got an instant self revive on destruction with no downsides, and card of safe return let you draw 3 cards when a monster is summoned from your graveyard.

[@heavylobster4339]

Call of the Haunted is really good in the card game though, even if it's not as crazy.

[@thehero67]

Actually in the first arc of ygo, yugioh is more like dnd game.

[@trentonalbers3981]

Very surprised that Crush Card Virus is not on the list. In the anime, it sends every monster in your opponent’s deck to the graveyard with 1500 ATK or more. In addition, your opponent can’t bring out any of their monsters with 1500 ATK or more for the rest of the duel.

[@demarkus4566]

Cause your basically giving your opponent grave yard fuel which is a negative to you, and crush card virus would probably get negated before it can even pop its effect

[@kratal122]

@@demarkus4566 But that was a time before graveyard interactions were as common. Plus its effect was lingering instead of continuous, so its effect would stay active for the rest of the duel even after it left the field, making GY recycling useless. In the current format it probably wouldn’t be worth playing with the amount of GY effects and negates, but in old school it’s something probably everyone would’ve main decked if it had the anime effects. Early Yugioh was mostly “summon big monsters and attack into opponent” after all.

[@josephcourtright8071]

@@demarkus4566 I'm fairly certain in the anime it banishes the cards.

[@extonjonas6820]

@@kratal122 I dont really play modern yugioh so correct me if I am wrong but would it still not be really good if its effect actually resolved because despite graveyard effects, you cant summon most of your best cards. Games are still won with monsters right? Unless there is something I am missing. Plus you could just splash it in a bunch of different decks

[@N12015]

@@extonjonas6820 The games are won via negating the other to play, which are included in monsters

[@siriuslyorion2975]

Too bad The Seal of Orichalcalamos didn't retain the soul effect irl, wouldn't mind having the lives of a few of my old school-chums in the palm of my hand

[@bluedarkdarklin2552]

+ Hey I need some money, give me some. - I'm not giving you money + Well too bad, your soul is mine, I demand you give me money. - I CANT BELIEVE I ACTUALLY LOST MY SOUL TO A CHILDRENS CARD GAME

[@smb-c3po]

Too bad it's not on the Ban List, it's too cheap and high-wanking for anyone to be awwowed to use.

[@HFoxy]

Orion, you need to learn to spell correctly. It's Orichalcos. There is no "m" in it at all.

[@siriuslyorion2975]

@@HFoxy You haven't watched Yu-Gi-Oh abridged, have you?

[@shirt9862]

@@HFoxy its a reference

[@silentkaster]

“Even though they didn’t include the most overpowered effect of having ten monsters out.” I’ve watched enough videos by TheDuelLogs to insert my own line. Could just imagine this being the next line, “The winner of the duel gets to keep their opponent’s soul, which is technically a good effect, but in the TCG nobody really plays the card for that effect anyway. They really like the overpowered ten monsters on the field effect.”

[@failure4452]

I can imagine him saying that in a super calm and reserved manner

[@jamieholmes4751]

I loved it when Zane played Power Wall during Yu Gi Oh GX. We still don’t know if he picked up his cards when he threw them lol

[@ASLucifer7]

That scene was what really sold me on zane losing his way. Nearly killing his former master and stealing the cyberdark legacy? Nope. Attacking that one guy over 10 times just so he can be fried over and over? Not even close. Throwing out his entire deck like he didn't give a single fuck? YOU MONSTER!?!?!!?

[@13KuriMaster]

Well, I guess he had to...... as he still had the cards latter for a latter duel.

[@angelomarasigan4347]

his little brother probably picks them up for him off-screen lol

[@jaspertyler4557]

@@ASLucifer7 remember that according to Alexis, it means nothing unless it has to do with someones deck.

[@solidzack]

Now I cant unthink of him leaving the battle scene like a badass just to come back to awkwardly pick up his cards one by one

[@1111-e4p]

One or two that weren’t included: Revival Jam: Instantly and infinitely rezes itself at no cost during the battle phase. Umi: Your opponent cant attack or even see any water monsters you play. The 3 Meklord Emperors: Are each actually composed of 5 monsters that can be mixed and matched between each other for various effects. Wether they count as 1 or 5 monsters when on the field seems to depend entirely on what is most convenient for the player using them.

[@emperorforneus1518]

And Drastic Draw

[@Xaiff]

Anime Meklord Emperors sound too convoluted 😂😂😂

[@selectivepontification8766]

I wouldn't call the Meklord Emperors better in the anime since the individual parts are useless on their own and blow up if there isn't an Emperor in play, and aside from Granel, the Emperors on their own have no ATK or DEF and no effects aside from the Synchro snatching. So that's five garnets you're putting into your deck per Emperor, which is awful for consistency when you don't have anime draw luck since the only way to get all five parts onto the field consistently is to play a specific level 1 monster and then blow it up with a card effect, unlike the actial card game's Meklord Emperors which only take up one space in your deck and only require you to destroy any one of your monsters with a card effect (fairly doable since people were still running things like Dark Hole and Mirror Force back when they were first printed). Oh, and let's not forget that the anime characters that used them have upgraded Meklord parts, which have to be played by *sending the base part to the Graveyard from the field,* so literally at least a quarter of their deck is made up of cards that can't directly be played on their own. Realistically, Yliaster would have lost against Team 5D's by bricking if they didn't have the power of plot convenience.

[@YlL-ji2sl]

And crush card virus.

[@ember-evergarden]

Meklords were fucking insane and I loved every bit of that bullshit in 5D's. Still the best part.

[@brenneko]

As soon as I saw this vid came up, I knew Wiseman was gonna be on here. He's just too important of a card for the channel to not be here

[@thatman666]

Even Ma'at was a Fusion later turned into a Effect Monster for the dumb reasons.

[@brenneko]

@@thatman666 so was Machina Force, whom I also thought was gonna be in the list tbh. Though granted, I didn't know how broken some of these anime cards were cuz I don't watch the animes

[@RenoKyrie]

Yeah Wiseman dont even deserved the bad restriction I mean the card it self accualy allready have great effect And not only that the lore behind it is also amazing Because in the anime we all know Jaden has to use Darkness to fight against Light of destruction(The one who possesed Sartorius/Saiou/DIO) and had to use Light again to fight Yubel Soo in the end, he had to combine both Neos and Yubel to create Neos Wiseman

[@Deathmare235]

Reno Kyrie wrong the darkness had control of yubel and Jaden got her back by fusing with himself (neos) creating an ultimate being

[@nicoofthenight8403]

I just despise the fact that Yubels only new cards are just her lumped with Neos, let her be her own thing

[@udin-san2915]

7:50 Clearly banishing the opponent's soul is the more overpowered effect lol

[@runningoncylinders3829]

So that's why only a select few people were capable of reading The Winged Dragon of Ra in the anime. Ancient Egyptians passed on the genes for 20/10 vision!

[@labrynianrebel]

It was actually written in Minish!

[@nexusshark]

The Golden Castle of Stromberg's anime effect was actually altered by Siegfried, making the card even more broken than it originally was. The opponent was never meant to pay the cost.

[@Kalenz1234]

I'm pretty sure the card was not just altered but completely fake.

[@nexusshark]

@@Kalenz1234 No, it wasn't.

[@antongrigoryev6381]

@@Kalenz1234 It was illegal and didn't exist in Kaiba's computers, but it *did* have effects written on it so it wasn't completely fake.

[@bighead8060]

“Joey if you lose the duel you lose your soul!”

[@plushytv5295]

“Scissors you never fail me! Except the time that I ran with you.”

[@jenneremue2871]

He says his name is cornelius the 2nd and he wanrs to play ancient egyptian basketball just like his father wanted him to

[@Roshea]

yoog

[@aakarshasoka6335]

My voice gives me super strength

[@brycecai4700]

obelisk: I can’t be tributed Kaiba: screw the gods, I tribute obelisk and gadget soldier to summon blue eyes white dragon! Obelisk: ( ꒪Д꒪)ノ!!!!!

[@thorshammer1815]

bryce cai *I TRIBUTE GOD* 😂 stole this comment from someone on this comment section

[@HolyLightofAngel]

Cannot be TRIBUTED BY YOUR OPPONENT read the card right also they can be destroyed yugi almost destroyed obelisk with silent swordsman if it wasnt for mirror force monsters with no divine hierarchy but higher attack points than them can destroy them watch the anime when yugi duels atem and kaiba tributes obelisk for blue-eyes Also When yugi destroyed Gurimo's Obelisk Also this youtuber made their effects from his mind at some point then if their effects were like this how yugi defeated all the god cards then? You would say he reflected their own power to them but isnt Ra unaffected by slifer effect how it was destroyed by slifer in the ceremonial duel in yugioh? Ra only cant be destroyed while in phoenix mode and the other 2 gods can be destroyed read the wiki about them Also i tried in ygopro and they can be destroyed by non-divine hierarchy monsters except for divine hierarchy of lower that means a divine hierarchy of 1 can be destroyed by battle by almost any monster with higher attack points than him a monster with divine hiersechy of 2 which is Ra cannot be destroyed by Slifer or Obelisk read the cards right non-divine hierarchy monsters are not considered as divine hierarchy monsters The Gods say in their text "this card cannot be destroyed with a monster with lower divine hierarchy" that means only monsters that in their text have a divine hierarchy of 0 which does not exist nor in anime nor in real life cannot destroy Obelisk or Slifer only Ra has some kind of protection against other Gods in terms of being destroyed by battle The only protection they have against your opponent is they are unaffected by card effects and they cannot leave the field Also Yugi's Ground erosion targeted Obelisk and it was the 2nd turn after Obelisk was summoned wasnt supposed Obelisk to be unaffected by any card effect after the turn it was summoned? Then how Ground Erosion affected Obelisk? Read their anime effects the right way this guy explains them wrong.

[@zachdillenger5468]

@@HolyLightofAngel That is because the anime just isn't consistent and they often changed things for plot reasons.

[@chaosmage7721]

@@HolyLightofAngel regarding erosion, when atem said traps don't work on obelisk yugi replied "i'm not using it on him, i'm using it on the field beneath him". it's a weird work around buts that's how they explained it.

[@pedrofellipe8028]

Screw the rules, he's got MONEY!

[@StarboyXL9]

My buddy, who is a huge Marik fan, when he saw how badly Ra had been nerfed: "Look how they massacred my boy."

[@M3rtyville]

Konami treated Ra worth than Franz did in Yugioh GX

[@cubiterry]

sorry im ahuge marik fan too how dare they destroy ra at least u can use its when its normal summoned gain atk to the tributed monsters effect in duel links (:

[@kingbaldwiniv1372]

@@cubiterry im also a fan of Marik..... They destroyed RA

[@Kerim9991]

I love Evil Marik too, but most of his feats were only possible with Anime plot contrivances.

[@SodaPopBarbecue]

@@Kerim9991 Melvin

[@driftdoge3409]

Actually, Ra's anime text actually read: "Requires three tributes to normal summon. Then do whatever the fuck you want lol."

[@gibran6190]

A true boss monster.

[@Destroyer_of_Worlds]

No Mirror Wall? Mai Valentine straight up didn't have to pay the 2000 LP cost to keep it on the field.

[@r4nd0mguy99]

The anime began with duels which started at 2000 LP. Mai already had that card at that point. That means that she‘d have to increase her LP first to pay the effect. The LP-cost must‘ve been added retroactively.

[@ZeroHero3d]

@@r4nd0mguy99 Let's not forget season 1 YGO made a lot of stuff up that just ignored certain card effects and did basically whatever. Including things that don't even work within game mechanics. Like Zombie monsters auto-reviving with higher ATK, Dinosaurs being weak to fire, flying monsters immune to ground attacks, and destroying a castle's "floatation ring." 🤣

[@solidzack]

@@ZeroHero3d Let's not forget the best one. Giant Soldier of stone wont attack any of your monsters. Instead he will DESTROY THE MOON!

[@hurricane2176]

I'm surprised that polymerisation isn't on this list either. In DM season 1, they could fuse any two monsters.

[@higonakamura1236]

In first season the player lp is 2000 so...she will definitely lose if that effect exists 😅

[@WolfLandmaster]

There was Jinzo's "destroy all trap cards on the field" effect as opposed to the real life negate/cannot activate trap cards. Also couldn't be destroyed by Time Wizard cause it's armor couldn't be aged, rusted or corroded for 10,000 years.

[@dellosayshello5405]

Yeah though that was only in duel monster in gx he had to use amplifier to do that

[@ToaArcan]

"Using Mega-Ultra Chicken's secret effect, which I just this second made up..."

[@IsThatHim224]

Honorable mention to Elemental HERO Bubbleman, it’s clear that it has an easy draw condition to fill up Jaden’s hand so the duels could continue and he’s have enough cards

[@ahmedcpbl]

I do believe that Sabatiel - The Philosopher's Stone, deserved a spot in this list.

[@fidelluz2942]

idk the anime version but the ygopro version of the card is completely broken

[@jameskosusnik1102]

And divine serpent geh and orichalcos shinuros deserved the spots the other gods took up honestly they should have been only 1 spot but for all 3

[@pine6193]

@@jameskosusnik1102 i see this trend in multiple of these videos. Giving multiple cards its own spot when they couldve easily been placed together in 1 spot so more stuff could be placed in the list

[@lukicario9339]

Three things 1. Regarding Slifer's effect on ATK decrease, it happened whenever a monster appeared on your opponent's field, through control switch, summon, anything. 2. The 21st anime effect of The Winged Dragon of Ra was that it could attack directly in Phoenix mode, regardless of the fact that it has 0 ATK in said form. 3. I think Revival Jam should be on this list. Its TCG real life effect was that when it died, it was summoned to it's owner's field in defense, or attack position, I can't remember, it doesn't matter, but to do this, you'd have to pay 1000 LP in your Standby Phase. It's anime effect was that it revived immediately, without any LP cost. Coupled with Jam Defender (forces your opponent's monsters to only attack revival Jam, provided you actually had it on the field), this was a really good combo. I like your lists BTW. Although, for the record, I think the Winged Dragon of Ra is the best god card, cause of all the support cards, like Ancient Chant, The True Name, etc, etc.

[@melvinshine9841]

That condor Earthbound God was pretty busted, too. It could just drop an opponent's life points to 1 at the cost of skipping the battle phase. You could beat someone with a freaking Sparks at that point. I think it'd be nice if the real life god cards all had effect immunity considering there seem to be a decent number of actual cards that are immune to everything.

[@jaspertyler4557]

Not really. Even if a card says "uneffected by cards effects" it isn't immune to kaijus. And I don't recall a single card that is both uneffected by card effects and can't be tributed.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@jaspertyler4557 Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad. It's close but you need to use at least 4 Xyz materials for it to have card effect protection and while it technically can't be tributed, it locks your opponent out of their normal and special summons.

[@edschramm6757]

was just coming back to post this one, watching that duel rn. after seeing it in duel links, where it is utter shit, im a bit shocked that it isn't here. but then, maybe having a couple extra cards in your opening hand, and more field slots, helps out with its power level? only earthbound ive ever really liked is Aslla Piscu. having a card that wipes the field and damages your opponent per card destroyed when you try to kill it, while also opening a window past my opponents monsters is pretty good. especially when you have access to flicker effects and resummon cards

[@StardustSynchron]

I’ve always wanted the anime version of Final Attack Order. Seems super hype that you and your opponent having to pick what 3 cards you think you can win like the anime. But obviously it’s way to broken and would be exploited easily

[@dudono1744]

back in the day gy effects wasn't really a thing

[@zjgamer9279]

I agree with the comments saying they should remake the Egyptian God Cards IRL and set up a divine beast archetype. Since the God Cards are my favorite monsters I would love to construct a deck around them to utilize all three of the monsters. However with the God Cards being what they are right now, it just doesn't make sense to do that. That's one thing that bothers me about the game: they nerf or screw up particular cards from the anime. There are a lot of cards from the shows that I would love to use IRL, but can't because of this issue. I'm not saying some cards should retain their overpowered abilities from the show, but they also don't need to be so nerfed to a ridiculous degree either.

[@Frostnburn]

I'd say the closest thing to "lose their soul" in the TCG would be that they lose the match, much like Victory Dragon.

[@shikatsuwu]

I was surprised when u didn't put crush card virus on the field

[@otangakudyokeman7124]

Well not me, because that card was OP without anime effect so it is understandable ~~

[@Mitjitsu]

Wasn't the watered down version of Virus Card ridiculously OP?

[@danielak1666]

I think the virus cards is still pretty good, so the anime version is not that way better :)

[@otangakudyokeman7124]

@@danielak1666 excuse me ? XD are you high? XD

[@danielak1666]

@@otangakudyokeman7124 the last time I read about that cardsbis it's still destroy all monster with more than 1500 attack on your opponent hand and field for the next three turn. Is it getting nerf again after that?

[@unigenius]

Lmao!! Remember when Mokuba was having the Winged Dragon of Ra translated by the computer and he goes "Whoa! Seto, that card has so many effects, half of them aren't even written on the card!" And I've never forgiven them for that

[@REALmikegordan]

To be fair, the reason Golden Castle of Stromberg's effects are so bloody OP in the anime was because Siegfried illegally hacked the card and even erratta'd the card to have some of the broken effects. He even gave it a virus effect that was supposed to completely corrupt and erase all of KaibaCorps' data, and it's virus effect couldn't be cancelled out simply by ending the duel. The only reason Yugi was able to get rid of the card altogether, and thus killing its virus effect, was because he was no longer able to pay the maintenance cost by that point since he only had one card left in his deck. The irony is that the real life TCG version of that card is actually much faithful to what the anime version of the card was supposed to do. So the fact that the real life version of that card was "nerfed" from the anime counterpart makes sense since the anime version of the card was hacked into doing things that it wasn't even supposed to do.

[@aaronlaughter6471]

...... how the hell do you hack a playing card?

[@REALmikegordan]

@@aaronlaughter6471 It's like the dilemma between Mai's deck and d*ck. It's best not to ask.

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

@@aaronlaughter6471the duel computer

[@Aaroncarter95]

The god cards in the anime are basically like 2 kid's playing yugioh on the playground and making up effects for their card so they can win.

[@drianna75]

Earthbound Immortal Wiraqosha Rasca set's your opponent's Life Points to 1 in the anime, so I believe it could be here, especially since the actual card is really bad

[@StardustLegend]

Chaos Number 6: Chaos Atlandis also does that, but then again it's TCG counterpart is actually pretty reasonably faithful to the anime

[@edschramm6757]

after having now watched that season, yea what the hell is that doing not on this list. setting to 1 would be an absurdly strong effect. most decks would probably be able to crank it out pretty easily, and it opens your opponent up to literally any direct burn effect in the game (sparks for maximum BM). and all the earthbound immortals being immune to enemy card effects while a field spell (or just always in turbo duels) is active was rough to boot.

[@joakker8820]

The Earthbound immortals were releasef too early. If they were released today, I imagine their effects would be more faithful to the anime, with the state of the meta and all

[@Prizma_of_Prymina]

Anime Call Of The Haunted was pretty good. M.Reborn up to five monsters in your GY, change them to Zombie-Type, and make their defense points 0. I'm also *pretty* sure zombie monsters all inherently had a thing where if they were destroyed while in attack mode, they'd instantly bring themselves back with 500 more attack points. You could only kill them if you destroyed one while it was in defense mode.

[@Envy_May]

i think that was just another effect of call of the haunted, because when joey destroys pumpking, the explanation is, "because it was already a zombie, it can't be revived by call of the haunted", nothing to do with it being in defence mode, also joey destroys the rest of the zombies when they're in attack mode and the only reason they don't come back is because they have 0 atk points after shield & sword meaning they can't be revived with a percentage increase any more when 0 multiplied by anything is still 0

[@sebarsht12]

3 OP cards in the anime "Yu-Jo Friendship", "Ties of Friendship" and "Unity", because they're not cards......... they're plot armor

[@shutout951]

just imagine if they printed Kaiba's credit card

[@loopy8899]

I thought the most powerful effect of the anime "The Seal of Orichalcos" was being able to steal souls. That would create all sorts of chaos lol

[@MrEffectfilms]

How about the reversal, cards that are better in the TCG than the anime. Example: Gold Sarcophagus. Anime: Select one card from your deck and banish it. If your opponent uses that same card later in the duel it's negated. TCG: Banish one card from your deck, during your second Standby Phase after activation add that card to your hand. Tcg version is WAY better.

[@ryandika7443]

Tcg odd-eyes pendulum dragon can search pendulum monster while the anime version cant

[@ShiftNBXX]

Like the space mole, when it was introduced you actually took battle damage

[@timmyreobed5043]

Stratos.

[@juanlucas7694]

XYZ dragon, with the limitations in the anime.

[@Agreel]

It's debatable. Usually decks that use Gold Sarc don't really care that much about getting the banished card 2 turns later, some of them can even pull it out earlier with some other effect (for example with Dragonhawk, Wen or Strawman). On the other hand, the anime version's second effect can actually be useful, mostly in mirror matches.

[@MyIcySky]

Another thing that made the seal of Orichalcos strong was that since it came from the era where field spells affect the whole field, it could shut down your opponent’s use of field spells as well, since it couldn’t be destroyed.

[@The_Chateau]

Here’s a few more cards that could have made the list: •Sabatiel - The Philosopher’s Stone (player by Jaden). Normal spell card TCG: it’s effect let’s you search for a “fusion” card or “polymerization” by paying half your life points. Then, if you have 3 copies in your discard, banish them and select a monster you control. It gains attack equal to the strongest monster on the field. Anime: pay half your life points to search your deck for any card then return this card to your hand. You may use this effect up to 3 times. After the third time, this card becomes an equip card where the equipped monsters attack is multiplied by the number of monsters your opponent controls. Call of the Haunted (played by Bonez) continuous trap card TCG: special summon one monster from your GY. It’s destroyed if this card is destroyed. Anime: (spell card) special summon as many monster as you can from your GY. They’re treated as Zombie-type monsters. If they were to be destroyed, they are not and they gain 500 attack permanently. (Note this is only for season 1 of the original series. GX has the card played normally as a continuous trap). Graceful/Skull Dice (player by Joey) quickplay spell/trap card TCG: Roll a dice, for graceful dice, your monsters attacks are increased by 100 times the number you rolled. Skull dice, your opponents monsters are reduced by 100 times the number rolled. Anime: roll a dice, for graceful dice, your monsters attacks are multiplied by the number you rolled. Only works for monsters with 500 attack or less. Skull dice, your opponents monsters are divided by the number rolled.

[@aquelgamermexicano]

While i can understand the obvious amount of nerf Ra got, i always felt confused for the removal of the "gaining the combined ATK/DEF points of monsters tributed" since it was a decent middle point from Obelisk and Slifer. This card can either take its time to come out so you can make it an OP card eventually, or get it soon but it's weaker due to the monsters involved, which would force you to use your life points instead.

[@Envy_May]

that's also basically the whole main POINT of ra's ability that all its other abilities are themed around - the one that they decided to keep where you tribute your own life points to increase ra's atk and def points was originally a hidden ability which was meant to be an _extension_ of its main gimmick being that it takes all its atk and def from whatever is tributed to it

[@SamXLVII]

honourable mentions...Divine Serpent Geh

[@terryliliana]

anime Ra is that one kid who invents powers all the time when you play superheroes with him.

[@timaeus22222]

I don't even remember some of these Ra anime effects. Major props for this detailed account. :D

[@mr.sniffles7268]

Mirror wall is another one that comes to mind. In the anime it simply halves the attack points of your opponents attacking monsters, which is amazing. I remember getting so excited getting the real cardas a kid, only to roll my eyes when I realized you have to pay 2000 life points each turn it's active, which made me decide to never use it. It's not a bad card per say, just not nearly as good as it was in the anime.

[@RenoKyrie]

Okay now for the opposite Cards that were trash in the anime but is accualy broken in TCG and OCG (Spirit of Pharaoh monster card in your useless Card video is accualy soo bad even in the anime everyone know its that bad)

[@slifer875]

red eyes darkness metal dragon.

[@RenoKyrie]

@Meganime Ooh, didnt knew it was meant to be bad I know in the anime Jaden/Judai and everyone else even said to the user that his card is incredibly pathetic Edit: and yes, i did watch the video about Spirit of the Pharaoh

[@oxcare5]

So Stratos would be in the list

[@BradBrowncoatBrony]

@Reno Kyrie He actually already did that video. But it's on Cap G's channel.

[@croah3521]

Number 33 has a improved eff from the anime as well. As in the anime it retains its burn eff but doesnt gains atk (even tough its quick)

[@SuperSilverSerpent]

Card of demise was pretty insane in the anime: instead of letting you draw until you had 3 cards in hand, it let you draw until you had 5, had no restrictions on special summoning, and also you didn’t have to discard your hand until THE FIFTH STANDBY PHASE after activating it (so probably never since drawing 5 cards should probably win you the game)

[@thatman666]

Number 39: Utopia Beyond's anime effect protects your cards from opponent's card effects. And if summoned by Ranking-Up the original Utopia, it gains an additional effect where during your Battle Phase, the ATKs of your opponent's monsters become 0.

[@MostlyNotDps]

Not even gonna lie, love hearing you describe cards. Idk what it is but you have the most entertaining voice of all the ygo channels. Here's a video I'd pay to see: you counting down your 10 favorite card names. Just going through the sometimes outlandish card names.

[@kevinilibiodalosto7838]

Special shout outs to Mega Ultra Chicken and Slifer, The Executive Producer 🐔🔥

[@OilGremlin6922]

and oubelex the toebender

[@Solisium-Channel]

Little kuribo uh 🤣

[@alex_zetsu]

He's really good at editing the images. When he displays the anime version, they really look like actual cards. I am impressed.

[@qty1315]

Best cards that have soul/life costs! "I give up the soul of my mother to use dark hole to destroy your Goblin Attack Force, then I attack directly with my Blue Eyes White Dragon for game!" "...But, why?"

[@jaspertyler4557]

First of all, the only card that needs souls to be played is Exodus the Ultimate Forbidden Lord. Second of all, that dark hole would've destroyed your blue-eyes.

[@turtlesfan44]

Jasper Tyler you forgot Camula’s Illusion Gate takes the soul of any dumb idiot close enough to watch the duel have their soul taken if she loses

[@claytoniusdoesthings9598]

I remember reading somewhere that the Manga the show is based on predates the TCG. Meaning that there was a time when Yugioh was just a show/Manga and the card game was merely the fictitious Duel Monsters. Hence the wild logic behind the anime's rules as opposed to the actual TCG.

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

thought everyone knew this. Yu Gi Oh is originally a manga about Yugi, possesed by Yami, kills around people using a variety of games but with a dark twist. Eventually he fights Seto Kaiba, whose death game is the fictitious Duel Monsters, which Kaiba is a fanatic about. Readers wanted to know more about this game, so the manga continued but with Duel Monsters as the focus. The Anime adaptation ignored the death game thing that came before; the first episode of the anime is the seventh chapter of the manga. The first six chapters are colloquially known as "Season Zero".

[@TobeyFairre7861]

"Whoever loses must die? Their hair pink" is the line I always associate with Seal of Orimacalcalose.

[@ccyamato]

Translating "Seal of Orichalcos" to the real game could have been accomplished simply by adding the same effect Victory Dragon (or its group) have where the first person to lose, loses the entire duel. Would make an interesting sudden death card but just like the show the advantage is still to the owner of the card.

[@rampant9358]

I love how he says the most overpowered effect of the orichalcos seal is being able to have 10 monsters in the field and not the fact that whoever wins can suck the soul out of his opponent.

[@dellosayshello5405]

I mean taking people soul doesn’t help you Win the game

[@Ramblinman26]

There's also Grave robber, it allows you to take and use any spell card, but you take 2000 points damage. The anime version allows you to take any spell, trap, or monster card ignoring any activation or summoning requirements, and there's no cost.

[@dzevidahrustic9723]

I would have put Sephylon the Ultimate Timelord here : Anime : Cannot be Special Summoned (but still can be Normal Summoned/Set) except by "Infinite Light" (so by both of its effects) Once per turn, you can Special Summon as many Timelords as possible from your hand, Deck and/or Graveyard and change their ATK to 4000. This card gains ATK equal to all Timelords on the field (except Sephylon the Ultimate Timelord). (So basically, it will go to 20000 ATK) Negate the effect(s) of any monster that battle with this card. If this card would be destroyed by battle or effect, you can banish 1 face-up Timelord instead, also, if you negate this card's destruction by battle, negate all Battle Damage. TCG : Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Cannot be Special Summoned (except from your hand by having 10 monsters in your Graveyard.) Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Level 8 or higher Fairy-type monster from your hand or Graveyard, but its effects are negated, and change its ATK to 4000. No ? No one see the LARGE difference in power ?

[@devastator2935]

Aslo Supreme King Z-ARC got nerfed by TCG

[@bigchungus6827]

@@devastator2935 Isn't Z-ARC's anime effect literally just "I negate everything, go fuck yourself, I win"?

[@devastator2935]

@@bigchungus6827 Yep

[@KMC5240]

Skull Dice was a card that would've been broken if the anime affect carried over to the TCG. In the TCG, the attack points of the opposing monster were subtracted by 100 xs whatever number the dice landed on. So the best you could hope for was lowering a monsters attack points by 600. But in the anime, the attack points of the opposing monster were divided by whatever the number the dice landed on. So basically with the anime affect, as long as the dice doesn't land on a 1, you're guaranteed to cut the attack points of the opposing monster by at least half.

[@chara2038]

Remember when having monsters in your graveyard was bad? Good times!

[@Raelarial]

I liked the foreshadowing of the divine serpent at the end when mentioning any other cards that are better in the anime lol

[@ExaDat]

they need to remake the god cards or make and archetype for divine monsters. they are the god cards they're suppose to be good

[@unattractiveguy1770]

jdiaz2809 slifer and obelisk is okay ra is shit and yah i think an archetype of divine beasts is a good idea

[@OneRandomVictory]

I wish all the god or godlike cards from each series were divine beast. I’m talking the Divine Serpent Geh, Sacred Beasts, Nordic Gods, Earthbound Immortals etc...

[@kaiseremotion854]

I actually made a support card for Ra. Which allows you to cheese it out

[@NeozMax]

They have supprot, Ra's Disciple, also Ra got the Sphere mode card, which its pretty good, because it have a lava golem kind effect by tributing your opponet's monster, then, its the phoenix form, another good support for Ra, finally its the God Creator of Light, which it wins the duel when summoned and can't be negated. i think the main donwside of the god cards, is the tribute part, because the special summon are limited to 1 turn for Slifer and Obelisk and Ra its way to much specific with the support cards, they are hard to bring to the field

[@kaiseremotion854]

@@NeozMax Sphere mode isnt played with Ra very often. And the goddess of light is the biggest risk/reward in the game

[@burnum]

You forget two little things about Toon World's one downside, and that being any cards that can immobilize an opponent's card. Like what Kaiba did with Shadow Spell. Also, the Book isn't protected by cards like Living Arrow.

[@R.W.FilmSound]

Ra ist my absolute favorite since i have watched the anime in 2005. He was so overpowered, but it is a shame what konami did to him in the tcg.

[@MAZZ0Murder]

Multiply sure had one heck of an anime effect :P

[@ПетарМилковски]

Ra was literally made by a 5 year old that just learn what dragons are and it made it overpowered

[@kayden6878]

The most over powered card is called plot armor. Plot armor: The owner of this card can not be defeated by battle or card effect unless it serves as a life lesson to help him defeat the (bad guys). The owner can also make up effects at will whenever it helps him defeat the (bad guy) and or someone trying to save there sibling(s). They also get the power of the heart of the cards (stacking their deck) so they always draw what they need.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

Kayden Page now if we had that in the TCG, that would get banned immediately. Hey, if a card is good, why not use it? Lol. Nice to meet you and nice name.

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Normal Spell Plot armor: Activate only when your LP is 500 or lower and your opponent has higher LP than yours. Shuffle 1 card from your hand or your GY to the deck then add a card that has drawing effect from your deck to your hand then draw 1 card. Then you can special summon up to 5 monster(s) from your GY, ignoring its summoning conditions. Then you can add 1 spell/trap that specifically lists the name of the monster that you special summoned by this card's effect from your deck to your hand. If your opponent has more cards in his/her hand than yours, all monsters you control has its ATK doubled until the end of this turn and if your monster attacks, your opponent's spell/trap and/or monsters effect is negated. This card's activation and effect cannot be negated.

[@turtlesfan44]

Forget heart of the cards I have Luck of the cards and run Dice Jar

[@MadSnake123]

Imagine having a duel the next day and you have to memorize like 30 effects from your God Cards, as well as the ritual needed for Ra and on top of that, you know there is a risk of losing your soul.

[@redace4821]

Eh well memories the God card anime effect is pretty easy tbh. Basically "Do whatever the f*ck" you want.

[@sirgrizzlypfote6369]

The mosr broken anime csrd is pot of greed (and i know yall asking what does it do?) Well in anime it had these effects *draw 2 cards *u magically have more cards every scene in your hand than you had before *you must explain what this card 1st effect is every time *the eggects of this card cant be negated *you draw the cards you need for your play *you can have any amount of it in the deck *your dong gains 5cm

[@misterbadguy7325]

A note: Toon World did that to Dragon Capture Jar because Anime Dragon Capture Jar is a monster.

[@ckenshin3841]

I'm surprised there's no mention of anime Revival Jam. Which is completely free revival from the grave for no cost and immediately compared to its real life counterpart

[@sonicgen20]

You can see now why they had to split some of Winged Dragon of Ra's effects into spell and trap support cards.

[@redace4821]

Immortal Phoenix and Sphere mode form as well.

[@blueeyeddrago3540]

The fact that they animated Zane using Power wall in Tag Force 3 (I think) is a really cool animation. They even detailed the cards.

[@vivigeass6010]

orichalcos shunoros is example of konami nerfing anime

[@Broliath]

Riryoku, Mirror Wall, Crush Card Virus, Virus Cannon, Revival Jam... Just to name a few others that were over the top.

[@obby2001]

Imagine having your soul get taken irl from losing a card match... I wonder how losing one's soul feels like.

[@koenvonk3641]

Maby you've lost your soul already? But you just don't know it yet because you can't feel it.

[@joshuawenninger6439]

It would feel so bad winning all the rounds of a regional or YCS just to have your soul lost in the very last round.

[@AchedSphinx]

i'd imagine it'd be like going to sleep but not dreaming.

[@Easelgames]

soul crushing

[@Penguinhelper121]

You forgot that anime Slifer let's you activate pot of greed as a quick-play spell

[@AtrumDelorox]

The Seal of Orichalcos should have a real life equivalent effect. Something like, "The player that loses the duel, loses their match." I wonder how many try hard would then build a deck for it. Cards like victory dragon are banned for having that effect. Would the extra deck be enough of a restriction?

[@shino4242]

My understanding is that match winning effects aren't banned for being too powerful, but for promoting bad play. My opponent summons victory dragon and I have no way of stopping its attack "I surrender". Then it wasn't victory dragon that finished the duel, so his effect never activates.

[@AleksVin]

True Draco would play it.

[@solidzack]

@@shino4242 they could errata it, like: if Victory Dragon brings down your LP to 0 or your opponent surrenders, he loses the match. However this might promote timer stalling and toxic gameplay

[@MrMarinus18]

@@solidzack I just think they should abandon the idea. You shouldn't have cards that make you win a duel you didn't even play.

[@ProtoTypeFM]

@@shino4242 In this case it would be too powerful, especially with the current otk-ish gamestate. Since you cant forfeit to avoid a loss, just forfeit to avoid an attack, people would just wait to play the Seal on their winning turn, meaning matches would no longer be decided purely by best of three, but by who draws the Seal while being able to win just one of the first 2 matches.

[@0axis771]

This is why Ra had two other versions in the form of Sphere Mode and Phoenix Mode. It's so strong that it needed to have other versions of the card just to draw out much of Ra's abilities from the anime.

[@YauDerAllerEchte]

1. Me: Thinking of "devine serpent" 2. Me: seeing the endcard

[@Tormaline]

I’d say that the entire XYZ Numbers catalog deserves an honorable mention since in the anime Number monsters could only be destroyed by other Number monsters.

[@simonediliberto4314]

To be fair they still could be destroyed by card effects they were only immune to battles

[@nekipeh7373]

"I tribute summon Slifer the Sky Dragon..." *SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON THEME PLAYS* "... and now i play Card of Sanctity!"

[@anrikurisuto4432]

Some comments: First, Stromberg. Even in the anime it is explicitly explained, that a lot of these effects are added by Sieg when he hacked into the KC computer, so technically the anime Stromberg card is a bit different from what you described. For example the maintanance is to be payed by the player originally. Second, Skydragon Osiris: It CAN be destroyed by battle with other than monster cards, as Malik goes out of his way to protect Osiris in his duel with Yami. Otherwise, Buster Blader would've killed Osiris. Also, I think he does take battle damage. Same with Obelisk basically. It CAN be targeted, Yami does so in the first battle of the Waking the Dragons arc, where he targets Obelisk with Brave Soul, and destroys it with Gamma the Magnet Warrior. And I think you missed the Sphere Mode effect on Ra, where you can take control of the card if your opponent can't read the cardtext.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

Anri Kurisuto The Brave Soul card you're referring to is Brave Attack, but I guess that's the subbed version of it. But anyway, I actually wouldn't mind having that spell card to beat over something that you couldn't take out any other way. Because some monsters that state they can't be targeted are not immune to cards that are not targeting THOSE particular monsters: like Torrential Tribute or even Mirror Force, since those cards aren't taking them out specifically.

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

Well, how 'bout we crank the ridiculous up a notch. Top 10 good TCG cards that were EVEN BETTER in the anime! Because screw the power ceiling, anime does what it wants!

[@deluge-rainstorm9055]

Gumblar Dragon destroyed your opponents's entire hand, burned for 3000, and that effect couldn't be negated. Absolutely disgusting.

[@Agreel]

Silent Honor ARK. The anime version detaches 1 material instead of 2, doesn't restrict you to face-up attack special summoned monsters, doesn't target and, on top of that, it has that "cannot be destroyed by battle except with "Number" monsters" clause.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@Agreel I am gonna put also Dark Rebellion Xyz dragon as debatable "Worse" in anime and "Better" anime. you could use its effect twice per turn in anime (you only needed to detach 1 xyz unit). the catch? it only worked in monsters level 5 or higher monsters. So take that as you wish, ebcause wetlands beatdown could still beat dark rebellion easily

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Bowganian: during each controller standby phase, inflict 600 dmg to your opp. LP. Anime: only 300 dmg

[@SakuraAvalon]

Favourite thing about Power Wall, was how Zane in the anime would throw his deck into the air, letting the cards rain down to the ground.

[@SilverSupernova6]

I love how having 10 monsters on the field at once is considered a more powerful effect than the part about the loser forfeiting their soul.

[@ferchubenitez1995]

There's also Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon. It's anime version required Red Eyes Black Dragon along Magic Metal Force (basically anime's version of Metalmorph but better, was eventually phased in favor of the actual TCG card) and you got a monster that was unaffected by magic cards. While nothing to write home about nowadays where that kind of protection is far more common, imagine the amount of cards with that kind of protection were non-existent in early Yugioh anime and even the card game so it would be awesome because no raigeki, Black hole or magic removal would work and while it could be affected with traps, there was Jinzo. Meanwhile, when it did see a eventual release in TCG and OCG, it offered literally zero advantage. none. Nada. It's a monster that can only be summoned if you tribute Red Eyes with Metalmorph and does nothing else, its completely vulnerable to any card effect under the sun and has no legit reason to see any kind of play over anything else, since it offers 0 actual advantage when summoned. You might as well just use a regular Red Eyes with metalmorph and not actually tribute them for this garbage. Biggest waste of print material.