Card Appearances:Premature Burial

"Premature Burial":

Yu-Gi-Oh!

In the dub, the head and the cross are obscured away, so only the arm is shown in the artwork.

In episode 79, Bonz uses this card during his Duel against Yami Bakura to Special Summon "The Snake Hair". After Bonz activates "Polymerization" to fuse "The Snake Hair" and "Dragon Zombie" together and Fusion Summon "Great Mammoth of Goldfine", this card is destroyed.
- In this episode, this card was called Magic Burial.

In episode 96, this card is shown in Yami Bakura's hand during his duel against Yami Marik. In the next episode, Yami Bakura activates this card to Special Summon "The Earl of Demise". After "The Earl of Demise" is destroyed by "The Winged Dragon of Ra", this card is destroyed.

In episode 100, Gansley uses this card during his Duel against Yami Yugi to Special Summon "Ipiria". After Gansley Tributes "Ipiria" and "Yowie" for the cost of his "Deepsea Warrior's" Deck Master ability, this card is destroyed.

In episode 111, this card can be seen in The Big Five's hand during their Duel against Yami Yugi and Joey Wheeler. Crump discards this card due to Yugi's "Card Destruction".

In episode 126, Yami Marik uses this card during his Duel against Joey Wheeler to Special Summon "Drillago" After Marik uses "Drillago" for the Tribute Summon of "Legendary Fiend", this card was destroyed.

In episode 188, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Solomon Muto while the latter was disguised as Apdnarg Otum to Special Summon "Goblin Attack Force". Joey then activates "Giant Trunade" to return all Spells and Traps to the owners' hands and activates this card again to Special Summon "Gilford the Lightning". After "Gilford the Lightning" and "Ancient Dragon" are destroyed in a Double KO, this card is destroyed.

In episode 48, Kagemaru uses this card during his Duel against Jaden Yuki. He sends this card, "Abyssal Designator", and "Monster Reincarnation" to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder".

In episode 54, Reginald Van Howell III uses this card during his Duel against Chazz Princeton to Special Summon "Armed Samurai - Ben Kei", which was discarded for "Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou". As an Equip Card, this allowed "Ben Kei" an extra attack per Battle Phase. This card remained on the field until the Duel was over.

In episode 69, Vellian Crowler uses this card during his Duel against Jean-Louis Bonaparte to Special Summon "The Trojan Horse". After he uses "The Trojan Horse" for the Tribute Summon of "Ancient Gear Golem", this card is destroyed.

In episode 111, Chazz Princeton plays this card in his Duel against Adrian Gecko to Special Summon "X-Head Cannon", which was discarded for "VW-Tiger Catapult's" effect. After Chazz banishes "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head", and "Z-Metal Tank" to Fusion Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon", this card is destroyed.

In episode 122, Chazz plays this card in his Duel against a Duel Ghoul to Special Summon "Infernal Incinerator", which was discarded by "Tribute to the Doomed". He then equips "Infernal Incinerator" with "Megamorph", doubling its ATK. "Infernal Incinerator" then attacks Chazz's opponent directly with "Infernal Incinerator", winning Chazz the Duel.

In episodes 131, 150 and 153, this card can be seen face-up on the table in Osamu's Graveyard during Jaden's flashbacks.

In episode 172, Trueman, masquerading as Taigo Sorano, plays this card in his Duel against Tyranno Hassleberry to Special Summon "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" He then plays "Magical Stone Excavation", discarding "Level Modulation" and "Level Down!" to add "Level Up!" to his hand. After he plays "Level Up!" to evolve "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" into "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8", this card is destroyed.

In episode 39, Sayer used this card in his Ground Duel against Dark Signer Carly Carmine to Special Summon "Magical Android". After "Magical Android" is destroyed by the effect of "Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu", this card is destroyed.

Yami Yugi plays this card against Seto Kaiba to Special Summon "Magician's Valkyria". After "Magician's Valkyria" is destroyed by "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", this card is destroyed too.

In the non-canon duel North American WCQ 2011 Special: Yugi vs. Yusei, Yugi activates this card to Special Summon "Buster Blader" after it was destroyed in battle by Yusei's "Shooting Star Dragon". Right afterwards, after "Buster Blader" is used for the Fusion Summon of "Dark Paladin", this card is destroyed.

In the non-canon duel YCS Providence 2012 Special: Mai, Joey and Yugi vs. Pegasus and Bakura, Joey activates this card against Pegasus to Special Summon "Axe Raider" after it was destroyed in battle by Pegasus' "Toon Goblin Attack Force". Joey attempts to use "Giant Trunade" to return "Premature Burial" to his hand, but it is negated by Pegasus' "Solemn Judgment". After "Axe Raider" is destroyed by Pegasus' "Toon Mermaid", this card is destroyed. Later, on Yugi's last turn, he activates his own copy to Special Summon "Dark Magician" after it was destroyed by the effect of Bakura's "Jowgen the Spiritualist". Right afterwards, after "Dark Magician" is used for the Fusion Summon of "Dark Paladin", this card is destroyed.

In the non-canon duel World Championship 2013 Special: Mai vs. Yugi, Yugi activates this card to Special Summon "Kuriboh" after he discarded it for its effect. It remained on the field for the rest of the duel.