Why Nobody Remembers Spirit Of The Pharaoh | Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@MEGASTRIX]

Wasn't this card so bad that even Jaden fuckin roasted the hell out of it.

[@ctusiard9755]

Yeah, the guy that used it had always had people let him win.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Jaden got mad at a guy for dissing Ra. Ra isn’t very good.

[@vparsa87]

Yes, without even fusion summoning.

[@benmaske9598]

@@runningoncylinders3829 in the anime the Egyptian Gods were pretty much indestructible and required significant amounts of Plot Armor to beat.

[@therealgenericcereal]

Pretty much. Abidos was the second least dangerous of the Seven Stars Assassins. The only one worse than him was Don Zaloog.

[@rainbowdragon168]

The last time I heard about this card was when I rewatched the episode where Jaden was dueling the Pharaoh who used this deck and even said that it was terrible.

[@thatman666]

Only merit being Jaden playing HERO Flash

[@zgct3648]

Lmao. His servants let him win

[@NickersonGeneral]

I actually remember when I was younger and fervently following the yugioh anime, I read an article that recapped the duel from the original japanese episode (before the english dub aired). At the time, I didn't really think anything of it, let alone "huh, this guy appears to suck more than all the other shadow riders". Then when the english episode aired, and they were all saying he sucks at it, I was like "uh.....why? How is he being any worse than Don Zaloog or Tanya?"

[@gamefan56]

@Lil Syko Worst Boss monsters list to be specific

[@elijahpadilla5083]

@@NickersonGeneral At the time, Don Zaloog at the very least had a basic skeleton of a gameplan. Everybody is pretty weak, but he can slowly bop an opponent to gain an advantageous board state with the help of stat controls. Plus, a couple of anime-only Dark Scorpion cards.

[@henriquegalindo9659]

The last time I thought of it was when Eldlich was announced, because apparently the deck was inspired by those cards, and you can kinda see it on how Eldlich summons itself by sending spells and traps to the graveyard, and a lot of the times continuous ones.

[@Linkwii64]

Wow.. nice my mind got blown .

[@JABRIEL251]

How can people forget it when every yugituber keeps putting it on their worst and hardest to summon lists?

[@kyuubinaruto17]

It's also probably in some of the older Yugioh video games which gave you achievements and money for packs for pulling off summoning these hard to summon creatures.

[@WeskintimeASVAL679-89]

The best bonus was Armityle’s, because it was RIDICULOUS to summon back then

[@kyuubinaruto17]

@@WeskintimeASVAL679-89 You could cheese any of the challenges if it was one that allowed you to duel a custom deck. Just give you opponent a deck with only worthless spells/traps, and then it's just a matter of patience. I swear,though, that the AI just didn't want to let you have the challenges. So many times the last part I'd need would be near the bottom of the deck.

[@chefschmixer]

The boss monster that was so bad they called him out in the YuGiOh GX anime, where every almost character had a terrible boss monster.

[@pickyphysicsstudent201]

Bricky inconsistent boss monsters which were also not-Fusion Monsters, when that was the Extra Deck type of GX, was the style, back then.

[@andrewlin6189]

Most of the people didn’t even use fusion and we all remember gx for the polymerization prince

[@thatman666]

That poor Shadow Rider member

[@andrewlin6189]

@@thatman666 ikr I felt so bad for him

[@christopherb501]

Only other time that happened that I can think of was in 5D's, when Zushin the Sleeping Giant came up.

[@EmeralBookwise]

The fun thing about old school cards like this is that they sorta told a "story"... the problem was that rarely was it a "story" worth telling. The less quippy thing to say would be that these kind of cards were too laser focused on telling one very specific "story". I'm honestly a little surprised SotP is flexible enough to even allow the summoning of any monster within a criteria, as opposed to ONLY being able to summon by name the two monsters designed for its archetype.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Besides old continuity of D.D. cards and Gagagigo, it took till Duel Terminal Archetypes for them to really start putting looooore into card arts. Old cards often had the Monsters floating in a weird limbo like they're an Earthbound/Mother encounter.

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Like Flamvell Loreman?

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@indumatipngtuber2790 I like how he tries to impress Rudra. Such a scary amount of ATK.

[@nibirutheprimalbeing3765]

I remembered this because this was one of the few light zombie options there were for a wheel of Yugioh challenge I’m doing.

[@jebVlogs556]

Yeah I loved zombie lores of yu-gi-oh cards as well. Look up the one of the lynch king of the underworld,it's a sad tale 😭 Even the lore of buster blader,the ojamas,gagabyte through its life fought humans,inhumans and was betrayed by scientists(warrior the de grepha becomes Dark Lucius,through his fight with lady from the wasteland🤔) and zera the warrior that wanted to go to heaven(he went from human,the angel😔 to fiend zera the mant🤔)

[@itsjustme-_-9621]

What deck where you playing at the end? Wouldn't eldlich have been an option?

[@nibirutheprimalbeing3765]

@@itsjustme-_-9621 I played eldlich I just saw this while I was looking through light zombie

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

@@jebVlogs556 what is the lore of Lich Lord?

[@BronzeAnalystTM]

Here is how I found out about this Pharaoh: I was searching ways to Summon Level 1 zombies from the graveyard, for obvious reasons (read my name lol), and this was one of the ways...

[@GatsbyCioffi]

I would've actually tried to make this deck happen, if only the Pharaoh didn't summon NORMAL Zombies. Seriously? Lvl 2 or lower effect Zombies were just too OP to summon with this thing?

[@demon2441]

@@GatsbyCioffi Even with being able to use any lvl 2 or lower zombies, it wouldn't be worth 4 minimum turns of waiting and potentially dead cards.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@GatsbyCioffi To be fair, the summoned monsters could be used for Link plays lol... Far better ways to do that but still worth mentioning.

[@christopherb501]

@@GatsbyCioffi Sure would be nice if they would print some Pendulums or at least Geminis to go along with it. Oh well...

[@Eric-py8yy]

Try, Tri Wigth, is a great option

[@eyeh0]

I was always a sucker for all the Egyptian inspired cards, good or bad. Ironic we don’t get enough of them in ygo, of all card games. Thankfully, Abhyss is a thing now and it doubles as much-needed Reptile representation.

[@christopherb501]

I do have to wonder what people who study ancient Egyptian cultures - and Egyptians themselves, of course - actually think about this whole thing.

[@frozenfairy2323]

I only remember this card from that one episode of Yugioh GX where the villain of the week used this card against Jaden, and Jaden himself said that this card was bad. When someone like Jaden says you're bad, you need to sit down and rethink your mummified existence

[@ulture]

'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'

[@TheTrickeyShuckle]

Last I thought of him was when I was playing the 2008 world championship game on the ds just a week ago. He's one of the plot bosses you gotta beat to advance in the desert stage

[@pokemonmanic3595]

Ah I love that game, in the days before Yugioh got totally insane.

[@Nate-on7wq]

Best yugioh game imo

[@JB2000]

I only know this card because of TheDuelLogs

[@fatherlessflavid]

same lmao

[@DeitySkullKid]

I remember these cards just because of how bad they are, just kinda sticks out, with all that setup for little use, it's like a staple example of A bad card

[@Negajoe]

This pharoah guy was in my card binder for ages with no one every showing the slightest hint of interest. I remember trying to unload him on some one for some commons I wanted that couldn't have been worth more than a dollar altogether and the guy still said No. It felt like even if my whole binder was stolen, the thieves would give me back Spirit Of The Pharaoh.

[@Undrave]

it sucks because the art is FANTASTIC!

[@D-Havoc]

In a few Yu-Gi-Oh world championship games, summoning Spirit of the Pharaoh in a duel is an achievement. That's how it stays in my memory.

[@randomprotag9329]

the main thing that hurts this is the summoning condition. its close enough to desiny board that the extra two turns are more difficult but if the deck can do it it, its better to go with destiny bond since it wins the duel. if it was only one sarc it could aviod destiny bond competion and since its effect is not that good and its stats are not a note wothy beater ti would not be too good

[@carpedm9846]

Last time I thought of this card was when Duellogs had a video with this card in it. Video eas "the worst summoning conditions" or something like that.

[@doom_delrey9736]

I remember it because that flop of a Pharaoh was totally into Judai.

[@doom_delrey9736]

*grabs Judai’s hand and holds it in both of his* “Please join me in the afterlife so we can duel together forever” Like I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

[@ChairLeeSama]

@@doom_delrey9736 He was finna clap XD

[@gravekeepersven82]

@@ChairLeeSama facts

[@frankaxe6700]

Yes we do as the worst boss and the first time jaden call someone bad and it was so bad that they had to let him win.

[@JorgeLuiz487]

i have like 10 copies of this thing every time i open my old cards yugioh box...i wish i could forget

[@kiznacrap3261]

I have an idea for the next "Why nobody remembers" : Evol, because almost all of my friends at locals etc do not even know that Evolzars Laggia and Dolkka are part of this archetype (or just don't remember this fact)

[@SethWistful]

The third sarc was one of my favorite cards as a kid, even though I'm only just now learning about the others 😂 I always wondered what monster was in side of it

[@HybridAngelZero]

I was actually thinking about this card not too long ago. Ancient Sanctuary is a set I have a lot of fondness for, but also, as someone who recently got back into Yu-Gi-Oh, I was thinking about how funny it would be to build a ridiculous Link or XYZ board from the four Special Summons

[@ZMan-sr4tl]

Do it, it sounds manageable. It wont be rly good but if it works it works. I tried Gradius OTK, with the gradius series and abc engine.

[@Vini-kc4pm]

For some reason, I love these old school boss monsters that are increribly hard to summon in their intended way, like: Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, Gate Guardian... I recently made a hole custom archetype trying to support Spirit of The Pharaoh.

[@saulpacheco465]

I only remember this card from that GX episode.

[@spencerpinkston9972]

Anyone who remembers it probably just knows it from gx and didn’t know it was every actually printed

[@kreatorkeon4478]

Oh that Abomination of a monster card that takes as much or even more set up than Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, old school style? I have not heard of this card since Rank10YGO’s Top ten “worse cards” video.

[@thatman666]

Sleeping Giant Zushin was also “bad” though it was worth the effort and summoning is easier compared to anime.

[@kreatorkeon4478]

@@thatman666 Zushin’s summoning is still BS to get to.

[@rudradebsarkar1178]

Even Yugioh duel links doesn't contain spirit of the Pharoah 😂

[@lounowell4171]

I had a japanese version of this card along with aswan apparition, theban nightmare and a few others thanks to an exchange student. it helped make ancient sanctuary seem even more mysterious to me beyond the ancient egypt theme

[@trueblueryu5713]

The thing needed a field spell or retrain with an effect where the LV2 zombie monsters summoned for a boost, or maybe make level 2 Gemini zombie monsters that would have legitimately good effects. Something as strong as a draw 1 effect or deal 1,500 damage to the opponent for each individual one to even have a chance. You’d still need a heck of a lot more to make the deck even remotely work, but that would at least be a start for damage output or card economy.

[@JikuAraiguma]

I last used Spirit of the Pharoah when I built my "Containment Unit" deck, which comprised of cards that featured anything which could feasibly be used as a container. Jars, pots, boxes, sarcophagi, coffins, it was all in there, as were the cards necessary to support it. This dude got in there.

[@JohnnyMacs19]

Yep I remember this card i love these old cards. I can totally see them going back and making cards like this part of an archetype now that might make them at least summonable

[@Rioluman10]

That time the DuelLogs reviewed a custom archetype based on it.

[@RedDragonForce2]

For all this card existed, the only card I ever owned from this "Boss" Monster was "The Second Sarcophagus". I never even owned the other two. Until I saw that episode in Gx, I didn't even know what the Sarcophagi did. And honestly, if this guy was in the OG Yugioh Anime... he'd be a legit Mid-Tier Boss Monster for duelists. Not something Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba can't handle, but something for them to face as just another adversary that takes more than a few turns to really showcase. Like, I could see someone attempt to use this in the Battle City Tournament, but lose to someone like Weevil, Rex, Mako, or even Espa Roba mainly because they have easy counters and can plan ahead like that.

[@Mrbolinea]

That's basically what happened. Poor guy was the most pathetic of the villain squad of GX season 1, and the main character outright had to go easy on him for him to have a chance. It was still kinda sad because while he was in a whole season full of antagonists with really underwhelming decks revolving around useless boss monsters, the writers had to make him the only one who actually realized how useless his deck was. It was hard not to feel a bit sorry for him.

[@erickiliany]

I remember this card because it was one of my very first yugioh cards. My friend gave it to me and I still have it in the drawer in my bedroom. Just a few weeks ago I went back and looked at the card and was like wow that’s not very good lol

[@Buzterer]

So we have a monster with a good-ish effect and a couple of normals that are thematically tied to the first one, Konami has made playable decks out of less

[@andreivaldez2929]

It's effect is only good assuming you can summon it. It's got that Chaos Blue Eyes syndrome of being good on paper, but its summoning requirement makes it unusable.

[@Undrave]

Really, what they need is a retrain of First Sarcophagus. Maybe it lets you send the weeny zombies from deck to graveyard.

[@Buzterer]

@@Undrave actually a spell that its treated as the first sarchofagus while on the field, that summons the spirit from had or deck if you control no monsters and that banishes itself and returns the spirit from th gy to the deck to draw a card

[@Undrave]

@@Buzterer imagine if all the sarcophagus could send a normal Zombie monster from the deck to the graveyard to protect themselves from destruction! It would still be slow, but it essentially fuel your graveyard effect and thin your deck. But yeah, the first Sarcophagus could be a Spell and work on every end phase not just your opponent's so it'd be live on your next turn.

[@jurtra9090]

Because it was so awful. It's like Destiny Board minus the win condition

[@jamesgray3160]

This is my favorite card still used to this day

[@neobullseye1]

The last time I heard/thought about these cards was when I was searching for a Gold Sarcophagus card in Legacy of the Duelist. A card that's still slow as all heck, mind you, but it's useful for letting you grab absolutely anything, no restrictions. Anyway, searching for "sarcophagus" also brought up the other Numbered Sarcophagus cards, which in turn led me to SotP. My only reaction was: "Why the heck would I go through all of this efford for a 2500 monster with no noteworthy effects?"

[@josea.ruizquinones9262]

How to fix them: give each sarcophagus an actual effect activated by milling a normal zombie from hand/deck, send only to gy to summon Pharoah by it’s own effect, no destruction if one is removed, add 2 more sarcophagus, add various monsters that require the sarcophagus to special summon themselves. Even then, not even rogue.

[@Maayan6351]

I actually thought about these cards recently because Duel Logs made a custom card review for them. And I feel like this card is so infamous for a bad pay off for a large commitment

[@eight6155]

Either you or TheDuelLogs did a video on hard-to-summon monsters that included this card, that was when I thought of it last. As a kid I owned "The Second Sarcophagus", but I'd never seen any of the other cards so I had no idea what it was for. Also, can we just appreciate that classic dzeeff understatement in that winning the duel is "a pretty big effect"? Yeah, pretty big, can even win you the duel in some cases! 😂

[@Falconking33]

I agree I've also loved Egypt.it was always one of my favs.they shld make a gk monster based off the pharaoh

[@grahf4215]

I was collecting when this came out. I got the First Sarcophagus before Spirit and thought it would be interesting. Then I got Spirit and never thought about them again. I stopped at Light of Destruction. Not because of synchros or anything, it's just when I stopped. When my nephews and niece wanted to learn to play I dusted off my cards and began making decks for everything I could. I tried everything I had the cards to pull off until I had around 75 decks. Spirit of the Pharaoh was never even on my radar to make a deck for.

[@emred4653]

I love how not only it was really bad in anime but also writers tried make us think the pharaoh was atem until the reveal

[@DRDJkoolade]

“Why nobody remembers Little Wing Guard”

[@fluffdafire157]

I remember little wing guard because he was my first card with Japanese text

[@DRDJkoolade]

@@fluffdafire157 he’s one of the most powerful monster of all time if you use him exactly correct during GOAT format

[@fluffdafire157]

@@DRDJkoolade I mean yeah he can switch battle position whenever he wants which means attacking and defending at the same time is broken

[@DRDJkoolade]

@@fluffdafire157 plus he has that massive 1800 defense. Easy powerhouse

[@TrueNomadSkies]

I feel people forget about this because many players didn't start when it was released, and of course because of how many Egyptian themed cards there were, especially at the time. Its kind of a shame because the idea of setting up something like this is really neat, and had you been able to special summon smaller monsters every turn through the initial trap card and then every turn with the new one before the eventual final boss monster, along with having some sort of effect that happens if your opponent destroys them, you could potentially have a deck that's worth devoting a strategy to.

[@FinalShieldnobi]

I've ALWAYS loved Spirit of the Pharaoh! It's effect was always really cool to me and I've constantly tried making ideas work with it over the years. Last I looked at it was last year actually :3 Overall ideas with it include Enchanted Fitting Room, Allure of Darkness, and I've had the thought of combining them with Shaddolls floating around but haven't actually looked into it too much. It's not a good card, but it's one of those cards you look at as a kid and get illogically attached to for no reason lol

[@EflowNivek]

I remember the last time I talked about the card was it's release and remembering as a waste of an UR infact I think the only cards I remember out of Ancient Sanctuary is The End of Anubis since it could be used as a counter for Sangan/Witch/Sinister Serpent and other cards that saw use in those days, Enemy Controller and Blowback Dragon

[@pokemonmanic3595]

The first time I dealt with this card was when I pulled “The Second Sarcophagus” from a card pack (this was like before I could use the internet) and wondered for the longest time what “The First Sarcophagus” was.

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

I think I last thought about it about 1 month ago since I have watched the Duel Logs talk about it a few times.

[@melissagrenier2200]

I think I may have pulled or seen the first sarcophagus as a kid. It looks familiar and the effect rings a bell. I don't think I ever saw what the monster mentioned on the card actually was. That would've made it mysterious for a child I guess.

[@iBenjamin1000]

Mentioned in one of rank10ygo’s earliest videos, plus there was a guy who made his entire deck around those cards in gx.

[@enlongjones2394]

I’d love for Spirit of the Pharaoh to get some kind of retrain. Maybe as a ritual monster to call back to the Sarcophagi.

[@Undrave]

Maybe a retrain of First Sarcophagus so it doesn't need to wait a couple of turns to come out? And a way to dump the weeny normal zombies to the graveyard to do stuff. Heck... Level 2 Gemini Zombies could be fun to pair with it!

[@fabiomassarenti8248]

I only remember this card because I tried to sell it but never succeeded, and looking at it I thought about how it could be that bad

[@Eric-py8yy]

You have to set several normal zombies on gy, wait a entire turn to have activate First Sarcofagus and set the Second Sarcofagus, and await more one turn to Third Sarcofagus, and send them to special summon a monster with 2500 atk from deck or hand, in best case scenario you have 5 monsters and now...you have 4 weak monsters, that you could use to summom other extra deck monsters but the good link monsters ask effect monsters, you could achieve 2 Rank 2 monsters...but most of them doesnt have great effects, soo and i am counting as If your opponent let you do this... you actually dont get advantage

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

I remember this from Rata’s original rank 10 videos. Before he started archiving archetypes if you will.

[@MorbusFreak2011]

I've always remembered this thing from its single anime appearance in GX

[@Warpenguin55]

I remember this one. Duel Logs talks about it all the time.

[@Coonasscouture]

I pulled this card and it was the first "boss" monster I got out of the booster packs as a kid so I obviously was so so so excited until I realized I didn't have the sarcophagus to bring it out and my mom wouldn't let me buy any more booster packs to try to get them, let alone any of the smaller zombies to actually make use of him.

[@nickd6303]

I remember that in some of the games they'd give you a bonus for summoning this.

[@dumbdude3103]

Shit, you're right. Forgot all about that. Some wouldn't even let you move on to the next duel until you won a duel with it. Hated it.

[@davidrosen3767]

I only remember the continuous trap card from when I was a teenager, I never had the continuous spells and level 6 monster for this to ever work.

[@raze2012_]

1:20 lol I'm the opposite. I've been out of the game so long that I actually remember this "archetype" more than many modern ones

[@J0non0]

This series is more of “why I never knew” Cause I’m relatively new to the game, I grew up with it but only started playing around two years ago

[@napoiskafarming669]

I have always liked this card ever since it was used in GX. Always been an Egyptian card fan. The art is really nice.

[@rgioia1]

I actually just saw the ep of Gx where Jaden dueled the guy who used this. I love how even in that ep Jaden says he’s a bad duelist and finds it underwhelming

[@itsallfiction7060]

"B-B-But Mr. Dzeeff!! If you use cards like uni-zombie (+With amazing consistency added by also running Shiranui Solitaire!) to send monsters such Necroworld Banshee, you can banish it to activate zombie world! Thus letting Spirit of the Pharoh summon ANY level 2 normal monsters from your GY. Using cards like Dragon's Ravine you can send of tuners (like Flamvell Guard) and non-tuners to go into halqifibrax combos with a Martial Metal Marcher using the other two materials! Very Consistent! Very High Ceiling! I'll show you, Mr. Dzeeff! I've gotten very close to winning locals with this build, Mr. Dzeeff!

[@Ky0usha]

I remember this card fondly, and how hard it was to use, I used it with the clowns/pharaoh zoms and magical merchant to dump them, was soo janky lol

[@rampagephoenix1735]

You know, with some legacy support of its own, it can become something decent. I can already imagine some field spell that would make the Sarcophagus cards and The Spirit of the Pharaoh immune from destruction. Heres my idea: Field Spell - *Domain of the Pharaoh:* As long as this card remains on the field, any Spell/Trap that has "Sarcophagus" in its name cannot be destroyed or negated except by its own effect. If "Spirit of the Pharaoh" was sent from the field to the graveyard, you can return up to three Spell/Traps with "Sarcophagus" in their name from the Graveyard to your hand. Once per turn, if a face up "Spirit of the Pharoh" would be destroyed (either by battle or card effect) you can tribute a level 2 or lower zombie type monster you control to negate that battle or effect.

[@Zetact_]

It could make an idea for a pretty sick deck if it was centered on Gemini monsters. I’m picturing a field spell that gives all in-archetype monsters their Gemini effects. And the flavor would be that their normal monster versions are calcified corpses and when they’re Gemini Summoned they return to the glory they held in their living forms.

[@MichaelBleggi]

Strangely I looked up this card last week when going through old cards. I would love a retrain of this and fushioh Richie for Eldlich

[@noodlesauce7662]

Spirit of the Pharaoh is a neat idea. Would be cool if the mechanic of summoning it got a retrain similar to what they did with Armed Dragons.

[@beforedawnYGO]

Whenever Doug calls cards super old and I remember when they first came out...

[@kennethM]

I remember this card only because of a video I seen about how bad this card was also I remember it from gx.

[@ComfyBasilisk]

the last time i thought about this card was pretty recent, really, because of mbt idly mentioning it in the draft for last week's progression playoffs episode.

[@Mister_Eiffel]

Question: Would "The First Sarcophagus" and "Destiny Board" be viable and/or broken if you could activate them from the deck? Seems like the best case scenario for those cards is not so much to build a deck around them, but rather just have them do their thing while you're playing your deck normally. Furthermore, the quicker you activate them (IE; turn one from the deck), the quicker the spell cards they need get cleared out of your deck so you don't have to draw into them (not the greatest form of deck thinning but if you're playing these two cards, you ought to take what you can get lol).

[@CrimsonTy]

I tend to think about how sad it is to draw a lot of yugioh cards. There are probably hundreds (Maybe thousands) of cards that are never used with good art because they have a bad effect Cause I like this card's design but it's not good

[@phillipmartinez2436]

I used to go around playing bad cards on purpose. It was fun until 9 or 10 years ago. It just got to a point where you had to buy the newest cards to stand a chance. I do love all the art work from Legend of Blue Eyes cards especially those shitty fusion cards that came in every pack. Wish their was some kind of legacy tournaments with only cards from certain packs being allowed...

[@robertrees5590]

I only really remember this because I would scroll passed it all the time on DB looking for that Six Sam spirit monster

[@gratedbracelet5942]

I heard learned about this back in I think 2009 (I was young and don't remember the exact year) when I got the second and third sarcophagus in a pack and looked up what the first did. I nevered looked back

[@TheMapleTurtle]

I always thought Helpoemer was one of the coolest looking cover-cards of that era, but I remember this one well.

[@chrismiller3548]

I remember this card from the gx anime. Funny thing is that even Jaden says it's trash when he duels against it

[@waltercardcollector]

I think about this card every time you put out a new episode of Weird Yugioh Effects!

[@jonasrichterstudiowx6889]

To be fair: Even if it was NEVER good enough to actually see some play - it is worth remembering it, though! It's one of those cards requiring a specific deck build just to get them out ... but then lose either way, because every decent crush or beatstick terminates your bossmonster without challenging your opponent. It gotta be placed underneath Mokey Mokey or my favorite one: The Great Moth Deck! :D Also the Animé proved self-awareness implimenting it and making on of the most hilarious GX episodes ever possible xD

[@ekut1922]

I think I've been cursed by this card, there hasn't been a single week for almost 8 months where I wouldn't have seen this card... and now even you, on friday... almost a week without him passed. Great video anyways, made me cry

[@dumbdude3103]

Personal story: So back when I was like 8 the first card for this I got was Second Sarcophagus and then later Third Sarcophagus. I had no idea what they built to but I was super curious I was told I needed the First Sarcophagus to use them. It took a year or two but then I got it. I saw it summoned Spirit of the Pharaoh. My thoughts being "okay this monster must be fucking badass if it's THIS hard to summon. Perhaps it's for the Egyptian Gods or the Pyramid of Light/Sphinx cards." Then when I was like 13/14 I FINALLY got Spirit of the Pharaoh in a random booster pack on sale. I was so happy, but then I saw what it did and was like "okay... How many combos can I use this with if it's level 2 normal zombies?" The answer being almost none. Unless you play this with skull servant it's useless, and even then it's huge maybe. I still have them mostly because the cards look cool, but I wish it's effect was slightly better. Like even just any normal zombie or level 4 and under or brings them back every turn would be fine. Any of those could make this card scary in theory. But nope.

[@synapsy9291]

The last actual time when i saw spirit of the pharaoh was in the gx episode in which appears, around 2007/8.

[@CardMasterBrian]

I forgot about Clown Zombie... I have been considering making a Goat Format deck with Spirit of The Pharaoh :-)

[@zaknelthepony7124]

I have only heard of it in TheDuelLogs' most popular video: Top Ten Terrible Boss Monsters. It was number one. I wanna somehow think it will end up like Grinder Golem.

[@professorbaelus627]

I just remember this guy since syrus roasted the shit out of him

[@zululclap5613]

I was looking for other high leveled Zombie monsters, and this thing came up. Maybe like 6 months ago. Needless to say i didn’t add this card

[@sierrasanders675]

Never heard of this card. My room is full of Yugioh cards but I’ve never heard of it! Definitely a great candidate for this series lol

[@DemonBlade6]

I remember it because I have 5 1st Ed's and 3 unlimited I remember trying to build a deck around it yrs ago

[@StarDash1]

I have never heard or seen these cards but man, they look really cool!

[@roxasxdarknessx]

I think about this card from time to time because for some reason i really wanted him as a kid. Never pulled him lol

[@yugiohmagicalmusketeers]

I remember this because this is one of my favorite art. I actually collect these.

[@seankelly6620]

Last time I seen this card was in the GX ds game, and boy was it hard to summon for the fun of it

[@MysticJhn]

This makes me ponder; Could Konami actually make this kind of archetype actually be good? Something like Destiny Board or The First Sarcophagus where you have these brick Spell Cards that do nothing while waiting for their Continuous Trap to put them in play. How do you fix this to be competitively viable? Destiny Board wins the duel and is still not good enough for even a rogue competitive strategy. What would this kind of archetype need to do? Monsters that prevent your back row from being targeted or destroyed?

[@dirgenmeister4018]

The problem with this is that inherently if you have a bunch of cards that need to activate sequentially to do anything then no matter how good the end result is you have a bunch of dead cards and cards that can't be activated on their own. The only way to make that viable would be for that archetype to have the capacity to stun ur opponent so well that they can't kill u instantly, and if you do that you've created stun cards good enough to just be played on their own and nobody would play the ending cards.

[@jshtng78]

Would probably need a unique or new effect that prevents any sort of counterplay outside of a very narrow window like the same turn it activates or can only be countered indirectly through things chaining to its owner's own card effects.

[@mattgeczy3687]

The last time I thought about this card was a couple weeks back during my yugioh GX watch-through

[@lusotuber]

This actually got support in Speed Duel via a Skill Card. And it's not that bad either.