Top Ten Yu-Gi-Oh Cards Based on Konami Video Games

[@JudgmentMeter]

I'm so used to Yu-Gi-Oh that I would've just accepted that there's a fish that flies around in space with no extra backstory

[@KumaPaws376]

Mmm Authentic Italian food

[@lainebakins2466]

@ What is that a Sonic the hedgehog Movie reference? And they reference in Sonic movie 2 as well.

[@ShadowBladeDeath]

Waifu Meter!

[@symbiote3220]

You need to be a card. You all need your own references now

[@umigainsborough1]

Too bad Darius isnt Konami

[@nexidal9656legacy]

Two things about number 6: Castlevania Vampire Killer is not only the Japanese name of the card, but also the official name of the whip that (almost) every Belmont uses. Named after its use, I guess. Meanwhile, Vampire Lord and Vampire Genesis are technically a reference to Dracula himself, as he is always resurrecting from the dead and, when cornered, transforming into his monster form complete with horns, spiked bat wings, claws, and big muscles.

[@jesuschristthefirstjojo.7565]

In Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, The whip is called Vampire Killer because it utilized the soul of Leon Belmont's spouse, Who was turning into a vampire. I guess because of how the whip used a soul of a vampire, That's probably why it's effective against Dracula.

[@ThePlagueWarden]

@@jesuschristthefirstjojo.7565 Before that, it was known as the "Alchemy Whip", since it was basically a conduit for magic, and powerful enough to slay most any supernatural being

[@jesuschristthefirstjojo.7565]

@@ThePlagueWarden That too.

[@Gatherway]

Another neat bit of trivia, the artwork for Vampire Hunter is clearly based on the box art for Circle of the Moon on the GBA.

[@cyberlynxnekogal2452]

1:51 in the country I'm from , these games are called Nemesis . I thought Gradius was the name of the ship.

[@SoftwareAgentsHQ]

Once again, it was a lot of fun to be a part of this video! Thank you to Justin, Dan, Toasty, Sam, Rebecca, Rae and Kyle for their contributions, as well-- A.T.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

Hey, it was fun to be a part of this video! Glad to see people seem to enjoy it! I'm especially happy with how the Parodius and Gradius Grunt enemies segment. For the record, I coordinated nearly all the gameplay footage, Sam was player 2 in the Lord British segments and he did the Gradius NES bits. -- A.T.

[@aidinexmachina4232]

Never knew Koitsu and his boys were from a videogame, but this just makes me love that useless archetype even more.

[@MrTopTenList]

We stan the itsu brother here

[@LegitMan335]

Would much rather eat and do yoga on a paper airplane naked.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

There was a mistake made when talking about Solar Flare Dragon: in this video, it was stated that you need to control another pyro type monster to use it's burn effect, which isn't actually how it works. You actually don't need to control another pyro monster to get it's burn effect during the end phase (or any other monster, for that matter), but it cannot be attacked if you do control another pyro monster, so you got it half right, Mr Top 10 List

[@lainebakins2466]

yes, I noticed that too the video is full of inaccuracies and editing mistakes. this is what happens when you have to maintain a twice a week schedule. they dont care. it about attention and KZbin adbux to them. they dont even use any of the Konami music from any of those Konami games in there.

[@pokemonlore4959]

@@lainebakins2466 they don't use Konami music because they don't want to get a copyright strike Mabye use your brain before typing

[@raijuko]

Good correction! I still loved the video, regardless. I knew a lot of there references (as I collect Konami cards) but some, I didn't know, which made me smile seeing how many more I need to collect

[@princered10]

​@@pokemonlore4959 it's incredibly rare for video game music to be copyright claimed on KZbin. Many YT creators use it by default.

[@TheSirenBob]

Funny thing with the Moai Interceptor Cannons: in the german version of the card, its name is missspelled as "Moai AbfangkanoNNen", with "Abfang" correctly translating the interceptor part, but the german word for cannon, "Kanone" is spelled with only one N whereas "Nonnen" with two N's refers to women of the clerus, making "Kanonnen" kind of an accidently (at least i hope xD) word pun of Cannon and Nun. So the german Card translated back to english would mean something like "Moai Interceptor Cannon Nuns". Another glorious example of Konami being absolutely horrible when it comes to german localization xD

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

Thanks for the language lesson!

[@Hugelag]

I always like it when companies reference their stuff in other stuff.

[@Degamer422]

That was always my favorite part of the super smash brothers series when they added trophies to the mix learning the history of video games

[@SWAATSFan]

It's funny that in the past they have made references their other games now they make anime references in the cards.

[@badanimedubs4kids745]

I don't because I'm a socialist and I oppose captialism. I hate companies.

[@LegitMan335]

PRODUCT PLACEMENT !!!

[@HistoryandReviews]

@@SWAATSFan now? It’s nothing new

[@punkmaster258]

Other honorable mentions: - Roll Out! - its OCG name “Get Ride!” is based on the Konami anime “Get Ride! AMDriver”. Though it is based on the name of the anime, there is a video game based on that. Get Ride! AMDriver is about a young group of fighting force who could wield their own riding vehicles in battle to defeat their enemies (similar to how Red Rangers in Power Rangers use their Battlizer in battle), the concept of it is kinda similar to the effect of Roll Out! Where it equip union monster to one appropriate monster on the field.

[@OasaTeam09]

I find hilarious how when AT says they were a Guinea Pig for Prof. Oats at 18:24 , Bubonic Vermin is in the background, very nice editing

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

I did that for him. I guess you would call that an in-joke. Professor Oats used Bubonic Vermin in his main deck way back when. I couldn't give an exact recipe but cards he used were Buster Blader, DNA Surgery, Parasite Paracide, Insect Barrier, Flint, Bubonic Vermin x3... fill in some blanks It would be amazing if he remembered. -- A.T.

[@MrTopTenList]

Thank you! When I saw AT using Bubonic Vermin in the B roll he sent me and said "guinea pig," I was like "oh yeah, I'm going along with this wordplay."

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

@@MrTopTenList Beast of Talwar was another one!

[@sneaky7339]

I like it when those guys do stufff like that. their videos are layred and have rewatch value.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

@@sneaky7339 Thanks

[@hakimdhaou]

Funnily enough, I just made a "Gradius"-Deck the other Day. Mainly because "Victory Viper XX03" can become stupidly powerful, with "United we stand" equipped it can get up to 4000 ATK with two "Option-Tokens" on the Field.... A funny little Deck.

[@Slayerthecrow]

Considering that Konami has the rights of Silent Hill, I found amazing that they prefer to make reference to the main competition, Resident Evil, in the Vendread Archetype. By the way, the new support for Vendread is clearly Nemesis and it looks awesome.

[@danielramsey6141]

I noticed that too.

[@bulkbogan2242]

And spawn too.

[@realJoeMavro]

The Helpoemer monster definitely seems like he'd be right at home in Silent Hill though.

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

That's because Vendread originates from the TCG, not the OCG.

[@barfyman-wn3id]

@@thewanderingmistnull2451 How is that a reason?

[@marvin25310]

About ninja sasuke, there's also "hand destruction" with his artwork (I know it thanks to Exodia players), enforcing the idea of destroying things

[@raijuko]

Hand destruction should have been mentioned omg i didn't think of that! That card is still VERY useful in the right hands, and it's also good support for any newbie that can't afford draw cards for their archetypes. Making your opponent discard 2 HURTS even if they draw first because, they have to ditch good cards usually. Playing it as a quick play, right when your opponent only has 2 cards left in hand, is really strong, and a dirty play that really forces your opponent to make very difficult choices

[@Bashamo257]

6:47 small note: the small 'tsu' (つ) in Ryu Kokki's JP name is actually a special use of the character that is silent but emphasizes the following consonant. It's usually written in a smaller font size to distinguish it from the voiced 'tsu'. This is usually transliterated as a double-consonant in English, thus 'Ryu Kokki' is pronounced the same in Japanese as English. Edit: also, i think 'Vampire Killer' is also the name of the Belmont Family Whip.

[@motxmod]

I was about to mention the small tsu. I could not tell the size of it but if Ryu Kokki has been reprinted multiple times without a name change, a small tsu must be canon.

[@JoaoLucasK]

Fun fact: Moai and Brain Golem are also bosses that you fight in the Konami fighting game Monster Maulers (or Kyukyoku Sentai Dadandarn, in Japan). The Moai in that game now has arms and a body, and Brain Golem is just like in the cards and previous games (big flying brain with tentacle arms, and one big eye that you can actually hit it out of the monster).

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

In BES archetype. There are Tag Force exclusive support cards for BES. BES Assault Core: If your opponent controls a monster and you don't, you can special summon this card from your hand. Basically the archetype Cyber Dragon for tribute fodder. Sheild Recovery: A spell card. Place 3 counters on a BES monster you control. You know these would be very helpful for BES. Not great but better.

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

I knew about the Gradius references, but as i don't know much about shoot'em ups the sheer ammount of references flew over my head. Amazing. The Castlevania and Goemon references were pretty clear, i wish Konami made more of those.

[@BuLdaHntiWrkshp]

Top ten K0-money newd scenes (One per series) Top Ten Rumiko Takahashi Neewde Scenes (Maximum of Two per franchise)

[@ASoulphoenix]

In the early days of Duel Links i used to have a Victory Viper deck that would use its support cards to boost itself to big numbers and ocasionally create option tokens to overwhelm the CPU opponent... The good old days

[@NecromancyForKids]

Sasuke Samurai and Sasuke Samurai 4 have occasional use in goat format. Sasuke Samurai 3 also has a very niche use of swapping it to your opponent and then crashing into it to draw cards for yourself.

[@raijuko]

Sasuke 3 was great for one deck type. Using cards like "Greed" or, "appropriate". There are tons of cards that heavily punish the opponent for drawing , they are just never played anymore. But if your opponent draws their deck out you can make them discard down during end phase, or just make them discard by other effects. Or even make them shuffle and redraw, activating appropriate or greed even though they never technically increased hand size, adding more burn dmg.

[@ZandrielGrimm]

4:25 I love how he's talking about Lorenzo using fake cards when Jaden (and most of GX tbh) constantly uses fake cards!

[@buddyzilla4557]

Something you forgot is that "Vampire Killer" is actually the name of the whip the Belmonts use. Further it was the lover of Leon Belmont, Sara Trantoul, who gave her live to empower the whip of alchemy and help Leon defeat vampires like the one that turned her. This was the whole kickoff of the series as thiet ordeal was revealed at the end to have been orchestrated by Mathias Cronqvist (aka Dracula) in his bid for power. The Vampire Killer whip having the soul of the Vampire Sara and loyal only to the family line of her ex lover, has been almost a character of itself in its whip form throughout the series. The Japanese name of this card makes A LOT more sense now. The included Belmont is a cameo as one is required to wield the whip, but the dark attribute and instadeath effect against other dark monsters with the name "Vampire Killer" makes it clear that THE WHIP is actually what the card is centered around. The whip is enhanced by the soul of a Vampire making it dark but since she was vengeful against other vampires and gave her eternal life to take a form that could be used to destroy them, the effect of destroying all other dark monsters it battles makes perfect sense to the in game story. This also explains why it would fit being part of the Vampire series instead of having the name slightly altered to act as pure antisupport. Sara WAS a vampire. There is no need to alter the name slightly the the word Vampire to exclude it from the archetype because she WAS a vampire so it still fits. She just happens to be a vampire who also allows her soul to be used to kill other vampires. With all this in mind, this might be the most clever and unexpected expressions of a Konami character in YuGiOh ever. People will mistakenly think it's referring to the clear Belmont weilding the whip but with the origional Japanese name of the card and its details in mind, the truth is revealed. In fact..look at the art. You gave the Belmont tight against the one side of the card and the castle way against the left, both references to the series as background cameos, but the whip ITSELF is what is focused on in the center art of the card. The art is balanced by the surrounding cameo references but the Vampire Killer is actually what takes center stage in this imagery, THE WHIP!

[@mikegreen2701]

damn that's a great catch dude. what a cool reference by konami

[@totenkopf8814]

Dude how you got time to post an essay 😆

[@DimT670]

Wow that's amazing

[@protius88]

One of my favorite combos was 3 solar flare dragons dropped with ultimate offering and laugh.

[@reloadpsi]

Ryu Kokki from Ryu Kotsuki is probably a mistransliteration, or possibly the intended Japanese pronunciation: the character "tsu" in Japanese is used in a smaller form to denote that you pause for a syllable to duplicate the next consonant sound. The best-known example where this happens is Tekken, where they combined the words tetsu (iron) and ken (fist.)

[@shiningbind90]

Vic Viper T301's effect is actually another game reffrence. In Gradius V there is a level where a Vic Viper comes from the future to help you out for half the stage. The level has the two Vic Vipers navigating parallel mazes and cleaning away dead ends for eachother. It's actually a cool moment. Especially when you figure out the time displaced Vic Viper will become you after you get caught in a black hole on a later level

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

That's actually really cool! I never thought of it like that. Gradius V is one of my top 10 PS2 games and my favorite Gradius game.

[@SnipeMD]

7:22 Despair from the Dark: "IDK guess I'll just die then..."

[@kylelutes8961]

I never caught the Spyral reference. That's cool. MGS remains my favorite game series of all time.

[@paula.marcel5387]

Good effort, guys. There's a few mistakes, though. And I'm surprised you didn't mention Ambitious Gofer. 5:03 BEF Zelos is the final stage in OG Gradius. 5:47 This is segment is cool because even Famicom game collector me, didn't know this. 8:21 the guy in middle is Ryu Kokki? 10:44 Spyrals look cool 11:00 Ahhhh I wish you could have mentioned that the Sasuke Samurais all have had Goat Format play. The original was a popular flip monster kiler, #2 was a tech card that saw fringe play, #3 was a mill and Creature Swap set-up card and even #4 has seen play in a few strategies. Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke was used in Light beatdowns. 19:08 I don't think you did the best job explaining this. Flint is a general gameplay mechanic, not a power-up. 20:22 Itsu segment was tiiiiiiight JM and AT were hilarious. 26:32 Why didn't you mention Samba from Parodius? 28:16 you confabulated Solar Flare Dragon's effect and could have mentioned it was a popular Fire deck card in Chaos and Goat Formats 31:42 Gradius cards were a rogue deck about 12-10 years ago, although this data was mostly under-reported until recently. 35:33 no that's Vic Viper not Lord British 37:50 Safe Zone saw competitive play. you could have mentioned this. Tryin' to be constructive, not negative.

[@suezuccati304]

Also, Vampire Killer is the name of the song of the first level of the Castlevania game

[@MrTopTenList]

So it's the name of the whip, theme song, and game (in some iterations). Wow, this name got around in Castlevania.

[@Brawler_1337]

Fun fact: Alex Mitchell topped twice with a Gradius deck in 2009 and 2010.

[@JimBeamFiend53]

I think the cores would have been a lot better if they had a way to reliably add new counters on them.

[@gabegonzalez9733]

There's more B.E.S. support and the new ones get counters on special summon

[@Sh1ranu1]

They would’ve been better if all of them added counters on Summon rather than normal or special Summon

[@verraque]

yeah… that’s pretty much literally implied in the video lol

[@stone3706]

In the older yugioh games there was a lvl4 B.E.S card that could special summon itself and bring out a bigger ship and a spell that just gave them 3 counters. Idk why it never made it to the tcg or any other game.

[@raijuko]

I will say the original core monsters were REALLY powerful back in their day. Tons of people splashed them in random decks in locals because you couldn't easily destroy them by battle. They are definitely a LOT better than the video let's on

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

20:21 The origin of the "ITSU GANG" 23:25 And the meaning of their names 30:08 Konami (as of this comment's writing) even did a Collab with "Power Pro", releasing cards like "Power Pro Knight Sisters" and "Power Pro Lady Sisters" in both Master Duel and Duel Links

[@chbastard9666]

Tactical Espionage feels like more a cameo for Raiden you know the protag from metalgear 2

[@DaringPerspective]

I played goemons great adventure for n64 as a kid and was playing yugioh when the sasuke and lady ninja cards came out. Never made the connection that it was a reference! haha, the more realistic depictions are so funny in context

[@danieltang7614]

I am dissapointed they didn't reference that game

[@MrTopTenList]

@@danieltang7614 The N64 game cover art was the background for that segment when we didn't use gameplay from the Super Famicom game

[@Dokurider]

Lord British itself is also a reference to the creator of Ultima, Richard "Lord British" Garriot.

[@lainebakins2466]

except for that one time in the Kagome video when jUdgment meter was dubbing the scene when mistress centipede was liking kagomes face that WAS ANNOYING

[@D-Havoc]

Hands down I like the Gradius references the most. Though the Goemon ones I never knew about until this video.

[@M3rtyville]

14:38 Oh no, Trend's brother is crying. He was probably at a birthday party and Sasuke just used him as part of a substitution jutsu. What a mean ninja. Ancient Tree didn't deserve this.

[@lainebakins2466]

His name is Trent. I 'm so tired of this!

[@vincere4591]

37:07 Maybe you should make a video on “pseudo archetypes” like this one at some point in time. That’d be interesting.

[@Omicron9999]

I KNEW Vampire Hunter was Leon Belmont all along! Though I dunno about the various other vampire monsters being direct Castlevania references. Vampires are pretty generic monsters after all. Except Scarlet Scourge, he's definitely an Alucard reference.

[@gamesandartsweekly4630]

I seriosuly can't believe you omitted Ambitious Gofer

[@seeyaskykid532]

I got 2 Better Call Saul ad in a row for this video

[@treebush]

did you guys just ignore the fact that the Gradius archtype was an actual viable YCS and a high tiered deck and is apart of competitive ygo history?

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

Unfortunately, I didn't know about that until long after we wrote the video, sent my footage and lines. I fell out of what was going on with YCS during the GX era, so I just didn't know. I mentioned it to MTTL, but by that point, the video was pretty much already done. -- A.T.

[@thequesper4418]

A few things about the Arcade Game Xexex. The Flintlock (the player's ship) would wield the Flint pod (a front attachment) throughout the entire game alongside its main weapon (Proton Lasers). While attached, the Flint pod would protect the front of the ship from enemy projectiles. It could also be charged to have it fire a large array of tentacles. The Flint pod could also be fired forward (like a missile) using a special button (this detaches the Flint pod). The Flint pod would stop at the first enemy hit creating a small blast at that location. Afterwards, the Flint pod would float about in that location slowing/weakening enemies in said location (that were not already destroyed by the aforementioned blast). Using the special button again whilst the Flint pod was detached, would call the flint pod back to its original position in-front of the ship for reattachment. I don't know what game you were describing. Also, there is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Card named "King of Destruction - Xexex", that I thought you would go over.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

Mind-blowing. I recognize nearly all of these cards, but I only ever recognized that DDR and Gradius had anything to do with video games. Surely Lord British is somehow also connected to video game designer/amateur astronaut Richard "Lord British" Gariot?

[@ahibin5550]

Great video. But do you remember when you made videos if Yu-Gi-Oh was a fighting game. Could you make another one because it was so interesting and I would make some changes. Dark magician should be a strong fighter with a few long range attacks because in it's card text, it says that it's a powerful sorcerer because of it's physical strength and defense

[@rebecca.m.rosenhaus]

20:29 Hark, the Aitsu angels sing

[@MrTopTenList]

Glory to Ojama King

[@nintendolife25]

Hey MrTopTenList. I’m so sorry for missing this list last week. After running my errand, I somehow missed it in my notification. But I love the fact you covered the Yugioh cards centered around Konami games, my favorite being Vampire Hunter since I love the Castlevania series. Really appreciate your ambitious lists!

[@MrTopTenList]

It's all good! Glad you got a chance to see it regardless!

[@tatsukileease188]

@@MrTopTenList this one didn't appear in my notifications for some strange reason. seriously I have a log of all the bell notifications on my phone and it's missing for this video and Top Ten electrical Fighters boogie woogie.

[@vegito9490]

@@MrTopTenList You forgot hand destruction

[@rosinkavoskresensky4776]

13:57 Yae looks SO CUTE there. I miss those games. 17:32 did Elena write this?

[@hampusragnar9135]

Judgment meter needs to be in all your videos because thats why i watch them.

[@Y0sh1no5am]

Judgement meter vs Ragnarok: Judge: "Why are u on fire?" Ragnar: "I was born this way" Judge: "Poor you, your parents are sick to put their own baby Ragnar on fire"

[@DoublemanFM]

The name "Vampire Killer" actually comes from the whip of the same name passed down through the Belmont and Morris lineage in the Castlevania series. Its wielders include Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, Trevor Belmont, John Morris, and Johnathan Morris.

[@vexser6370]

Space Mambo is one of the first cards i ever got and still one of my favorites.

[@KindredDoomBot]

Solar Flare dragon can not be attacked if there is another pyro on the field. Not he burns if there is another pyro on the field. If you have two on the field, your opponent can not attack because they are both pyro and can not be targeted if there is another pyro setting up a lock so you can burn your opponent for a thousand. Also Sasuke Samurai show ups on the spell card Card Destruction.

[@suezuccati304]

BES monsters losing a counter when they attack is a drawback nobody asked or needed

[@alijabbar5794]

This video is quite informative, I don't think even hard veterans of the game know all this info ! Great work as always !

[@MrTopTenList]

Thank you! We love to pay attention to a lot of small details and my cohost is a classic arcade buff, so it was a good combo to cover this vast history

[@Chaos-Zakai64]

I don't know if you take suggestions for lists but I had an idea for one after watching your Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho lists. (Top Ten anime characters that only appeared in video games.) Games based on popular animes that featured a character that was exclusive to that game. The idea came when watching the before mentioned videos I got reminded of an Inuyasha game that was released on the Nintendo DS. The story involved Kagome's school getting a foreign exchange student from the US named Janis. And as it turns out Janis is also capable of going through the well back to Feudal Japan. So she ends up joining Kagome and the gang for a one-off adventure. So Janis could be a contender for this list. Another contender for the list that I thought of off the top of my head could be Android 21 from Dragon Ball FighterZ.

[@seeyaskykid532]

I hope him an JM make more Inuyasha lists.

[@onetnecghoti3473]

i had no idea there were so many old school games in yugioh, mind.blown.

[@emilejustwtf]

Omg I love the Space Dandy reference at 1:30 😝

[@NobleDemonTim]

DDR would've gotten more references with their dancer characters like EMI (named after the 1931-2011 standalone record label EMI) and song names like "1998".

[@raijuko]

Actually, the airplane men were very easy to play. I had a deck on them and it, actually whipped a ton of people lol. Ufo turtle, mothr grizzly, and flying kamikiri got them straight from the deck, and onto the field , ignoring any need to tribute. There was also discarding them and using monster reborn or call of the haunted back then, or premature burial. Once you equipped two airplane men to each other, they went to 2500 or 3000 atk and I believe your opponent couldn't activate anything in response to their attacks too, and they even did pierce damage ( I THINK, I could be wrong on this). But, yea they were REALLY strong for a total gimmick for a short time. Don't get me started on the Huge Revolution combo deck. If you managed to pull that off you basically won. Your opponent literally couldn't come back from it back then. It was obviously MUCH more challenging to do but, there are consistent ways to make it happen, especially now with all of the normal monster support

[@seh2cool]

Tactical espionage experts head is like Raidens

[@fushigiman140]

B.E.S Covered core's effect was base on the core itself was covered by spinning impregnable armor Tactical Episonage Expert's effect was base on Chaff grenade or Electromagnetic grenade Brain Golem and Moai also appear in Konami arcade game called Monster Mauler Gemini Scorpion also Castlevania's reference base on Hector and Issac from Curse of Darkness

[@leogmg]

It's interesting to me that most of these cards aren't that great in terms of effects or stats. Konami could have easily made ultra-busted cards as promotion for their own videogames, yet they resisted the temptation. Also, I didn't know until now that Ryu Kokki came from a videogame. It was one of my favorite zombie monsters back in the day.

[@shufflebot9000]

Good to see someone in life seeing this. Almost makes you appreciate konami even more for keeping the hisorty alive in different ways. P..S Im sorry but homegirl didnt need to be involved in this at all. She isnt funny. Having "comedic relief" in a video like this is unnatural and forced. Best to avoid that in the future or blend it into the script to be within the dialog.

[@tsumgye5370]

so basically, everything was gradius all along

[@dakotastein9499]

vampire killer is also the name of the whip that has been passed down through the belmont line....as well "vampire killer" is also the title of one of the most used music themes in the series. while its true who specifically this is supposed to be is nto outrite stated...i think its safe to say that that this is Leon belmont... one would say he could be simon,but while the hairsyle is right,the color is wrong he also has the high collar and the cape..this is further simented that the specifics of his effect is reminisent of something leon had said to death in Lament of innocents as the effect is not anti-zombie specific,but any Dark creature.

[@EarthHero700]

Konami also make movie based cards as well. Kozmo archetype is star wars

[@dorugoramon0518]

Still waiting for my Senator Armstrong card.

[@paula.marcel5387]

that would be wild

[@austinclarke1613]

I’ve literally never heard anybody pronounce Gradius like that.

[@reloadpsi]

Ultimate Baseball Kid is from another Konami game? I ran an amazing burn deck with him as the MVP of it in the 2005 edition and I had no idea :P You might've missed Ben Kei out of the Goemon references by the way. Though he's based on a historical figure, his card matches his in-game appearance and references the fact he's a bit of a hoarder in that game.

[@johnlucas2838]

When Vic Viper XX03 has its own support: Power Capsule.

[@webrunner42]

regarding castlevania, i am convinced some of the Ghosttrick archetype is based on the castlevania spinoff kid dracula

[@NovaSaber]

There's also Star Drawing, which resembles Maxwell from Scribblenauts. (Not a Konami game originally, but they did publish it in Japan.)

[@enlongjones2394]

Vampire Killer is also the name of the Belmont family’s magic whip.

[@BloodrealmX]

And the most well known Castlevania music track!

[@clarafedde8674]

Vampire killer is the name of the whip the Belmont's(and Norris's) use. Also the name of the first bgm in original game. Awesome music to slaughter the undead.

[@Wezt334]

In reference to Tactical Espionage Expert if they had made the other monsters reflect the members of Foxhound at least then there would’ve been some kind of link, rather than Eagle Eye you have Raven Eye, rather than Creeping Doom Manta you have Creeping Doom Mantis etc

[@kentucky_ken]

I know that this is not from Konami game itself but my personal favorite references by Konami are the Inzektors and Masked Heroes. They all looked like Kamen Riders. Also my favorite XYZ card Evilswarm Exciton Knight looked like a cross between Shadowmoon and Kamen Rider 555's Orphnoch King.

[@joshfarmer8408]

Top 10 yugioh field spells you would want to live in

[@SzandorQuinn]

I'd probably like Sogen/Meadow. so peaceful, and from the way it looks in Duelists of the Roses... RENEWABLE WIND ENERGY!

[@tym6217]

Vampire Killer is the name of the whip weiled across the generations of Belmonts in the Castlevania games. The English card was changed from "Killer" to "Hunter" for no other reason than Konami's obsession with censoring tcg versions of cards.

[@michaelmcdowell7096]

Didn’t know Konami owned gradius. Had a Shea genisis (mega drive) game but didn’t play it hardly at all. My 6 year old skills didn’t like that much challenge.

[@zeusalternative1270]

I read the title wrong an thought that you were going to talk abut the most based Yu-gi-oh cards, that would had been epic .

[@MrTopTenList]

The Aitsu brothers might be based

[@BloodrealmX]

I mean, I guess it would make for an entertaining video to track down cards that look like they're crackheads... That's what "based" means, by the way, look it up.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

Based Konami Hates Yu-Gi-Oh Cards

[@SickBoyOC]

I had no idea about any of this. Good video.

[@MrTopTenList]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@taylord2006]

Very informative video. I didn't even know most of these were references. Another great one my friends!

[@MrTopTenList]

Thank you!

I think it's funny that Getsu Fuhma and Ryu Kokki have effects that destroy each other while also having Vampire Hunter that can destroy both of them since they are both Dark type. It's like the bigger, more well known franchise stamping out the lower less known one.

[@Nick_C1997]

Think you could do cards based on Mythologies for a future video? I've been researching different mythologies for a book I plan to write and a lot of gods, creatures, heroes etc. remind me of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, and couldn't help but think there must have been some influence, there's obviously the Nordic cards, but there's a lot more that I never noticed before, like how Suijin, from Gate Guardian, is an actual water god in Japanese mythology

[@LuisParson]

Moai Interceptor Cannons is based off of the moai enemies from Gradius Gaiden that shoots lasers.

[@dubberkoala]

One of the first sets of my Yugioh cards growing were bootlegs. So when I first saw Gradius I thought it wasn't a real card and something fakers just made. Only when I finally have legit decks that I realized it's an actual card (I was too lazy to Google back then)

[@geminitheimp3126]

I knew I forgot a card... Power Pro Lady Sister was based on one of Konami's games that goes by the same name but also used the Harpie Lady Sister as the art

[@diego6424]

For Number 6, there's also a reference to big bad Konami Drac, with Vampire Voivode (and Zombie Vampire) , who looks almost like SoTN Drac, minus the daddy beard. Vampire Genesis can be a reference to his Final form Even the Grim Reaper, and Carmilla have references in Yugioh , with respectively Vampire Grimson and Vampire Vamp.

[@anonymousoff-brand7538]

vamp doesn't much resemble castlevania carmilla(whose kinda distinct), or carmilla in general(who has her own card(fraulein) that fits better), but she does have a passing resemblance to alot of other female vampires(and succubi and werebats) throughout the series. lady could maybe be castlevania carmilla though. also, lord was probably also dracula.

[@despeinado340]

Vampire Killer is actually the name of the sacred whip the Belmonts pass down from generation to generation.

[@mattwo7]

30:26 I mean the Japanese name is Super-Hot-Blooded Ball Kid so it's not like he's called that because the series is obscure in the west. That name also helps explain why he's fire attribute.

[@mattwo7]

27:54 Isn't Metal Gear Rex based on this design? It kind of looks like an upgraded Ducker. Not to mention that Metal Gears as a concept are basically just mobile nuke launchers and the only reason they go so hard with their designs is Otacon is a mecha anime fan.

[@Chefvonbreezy]

This video blew my mind 😂 I just didn’t think about other Konami games but now I’m like dang. They knew exactly what they were doing this whole time 🤣.

[@MrTopTenList]

That's what it was like for me when I first learned about them too! It's similar to when I noticed the intertwining backstories among card art that inspired my Yugioh backstory videos. Glad you enjoyed!

[@waynehodges4913]

I used to think using the Itsu archtype would be good with the equip play spell card Buster Rancher where it can only equip to a monster with 1,000 attack points or less as a way to increase the attack points up to 2500 and when attacking a opponents monster in Attack mode and in defense mode gain 2500 defense then I realized that it would work better on a Superheavy Samurai Big Ben Kei to make it's defense 6,000 defense 3,500 attack with the continuous trap card Labyrinth of Nightmare to constantly changing it's position get the best of both power.

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

I think all the Gradius themed effect cards should’ve had the effect text “This cards is always treated as Vic Viper”, but in the Cyberdragon way, not the Harpy Sister way.

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

I like this, I learned at lot. I hope they do more game references to cards in the future. Also more master monk support!

[@MrTopTenList]

Thank you! Maybe Chu-Ske will get retrained one day too!

[@juanmarcelo589]

Xexex is actually the great villain of the Xexex games, he itself appears as a Prize card from 2005 Championship, called King of Destruction- Xexex (a match winner card that cannot be played )

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

The name of the final boss in Xexex is "Klaus," though. Xexex is a power up, but I don't recall what it does.

[@juanmarcelo589]

@@SoftwareAgentsTV it's not the boss, it's a lore thing. Like in Gradius, Bacterian is the lore villain but the final boss that mostly appears is Gofer (there's a card for him too, Ambitious Gofer, with a very coll art)

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

@@juanmarcelo589 So is Klaus a minion of Xexex in the way that Gofer is one for Bacterian? -- A.T.

[@charleslee8505]

Well I think I'm going to go rush out by all the Konami cards and build a deck and see if I can make a competitive