Card Trivia:Lava Golem

"Lava Golem":

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• This is the cover card of the OCG version of Structure Deck: Marik.

• This card appears in the artwork of "Card of Last Will".

• This monster is likely based on the torture method through burning, keeping in relation with the "torture" theme of Yami Marik's Deck.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime, when Yami Marik Summoned this monster during his Duel against Joey Wheeler, it trapped Joey inside its cage while its body melted onto him, burning them and taking away his Life Points.

• This monster shares similarities with "Grinder Golem", another torture-themed golem monster.
  • Both monsters share the same Level (8), Type (Fiend), and original ATK (3000).
  • Both monsters feature an effect that requires two monsters to be Special Summoned to the opponent's field and prevents the player from Normal Summoning or Setting another monster during the same turn; this monster can be Summoned by Tributing two monsters controlled by the opponent, and "Grinder Golem" can Summoned by Special Summoning two "Grinder Tokens" on the player's field.
  • Both monsters are used by secondary characters who were at one point bedeviled under the influence of a more perverse character; this monster is used by Marik Ishtar when he was under the influence of his dark counterpart, and "Grinder Golem" was used by Jesse Anderson when he temporarily served as Yubel's host.
• Yami Marik said that Lava Golem's attack is called Golem Volcano. Joey decides to call the attack "Joey Fire", just to disappoint the maniac; Tristan was embarrassed for Joey.