Difference between revisions of "Card Trivia:A Wild Monster Appears!"

Latest revision as of 16:53, 23 February 2024

"A Wild Monster Appears!":

"Grandsoil the Elemental Lord" appears in this card's artwork.
- Ironically, Grandsoil cannot activate its effect to special summon a monster from the graveyard if summoned from A Wild Monster Appears!, making it the least useful Elemental Lord to summon from "A Wild Monster Appears!"

This card's OCG name, "a bolt from the blue", is an idiom used to refer to something unexpected that takes you by surprise (e.g. "a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky"). The effect and the artwork of this card reflect this meaning.

This card's TCG name is a reference to the iconic phrase from the Pokémon games, "A wild Pokémon appeared!", due to the sudden appearance of "Grandsoil" in this card's artwork.

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 * "[[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord]]" appears in this card's artwork.
-* This card's artwork could be a reference to "[[wikipedia:Attack_on_Titan|Attack on Titan]]", where the "Colossal Titan" literally appears out of the blue following a flash of lightning, most notably during the first episode.
+** Ironically, Grandsoil cannot activate its effect to special summon a monster from the graveyard if summoned from [[A Wild Monster Appears!]], making it the least useful [[Elemental Lord]] to summon from "A Wild Monster Appears!"
-* This card's ''TCG'' name is a reference to the iconic phrase that commonly is shown in the games of  [[wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]] , "''A [[bulbapedia:wild Pokémon|wild Pokémon]] appears!''", due to the sudden appearance of "Grandsoil" in this card's artwork.
+* This card's ''OCG'' name, "[http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+bolt+from+the+blue a bolt from the blue]", is an idiom used to refer to something unexpected that takes you by surprise (e.g. "a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky"). The effect and the artwork of this card reflect this meaning.
+* This card's ''TCG'' name is a reference to the iconic phrase from the ''[[wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' games, "''A [[bulbapedia:wild Pokémon|wild Pokémon]] appeared!''", due to the sudden appearance of "Grandsoil" in this card's artwork.