Card Trivia:The Material Lord

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• "Arcana Force I - The Magician", "Arcana Force III - The Empress" and "Arcana Force VII - The Chariot" appear in this card's artwork.

• The three Roads "The Heaven's Road", "The Spiritual Road", and "The Material Road" are all in reference to the three phases of apocalypse brought about by the coming of The Crawling Chaos, from the eponymous short story by H.P. Lovecraft. (It is no coincidence that these three cards summon The Light Ruler, the dragon form of Nyarlathotep.)
  • In the anime, this trio of cards also makes reference to the Tower of Hanoi (also known as the Tower of Brahma). Whenever one is activated, a discard from the deck must be made--"making a move" of one of the golden disks. Also, each card, when the summon effect is activated, unleashes a pillar of light (one red, one blue, one green--which it's interesting to note that when all put together in the light spectrum, make white)--three pillars of light. As such, it's implied "the end of the world" (summoning the EX Ruler) comes about by managing to get this trio of cards in play.