Card Trivia:The Eye of Timaeus

"The Eye of Timaeus":

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• The dragon in this card's artwork appears in the artwork of "Legend of Heart", "Amulet Dragon", "Dark Magician the Dragon Knight" and "Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight".
  • This card's OCG/TCG artwork appears to be based on the pose and appearance of the dragon in the artwork of "Legend of Heart".

• This card is named after Timaeus, the first part of Plato's trilogy of dialogues, which serve as the source of myths pertaining to the lost city of Atlantis.
  • This card is based on the dragon form of Timaeus, one of the three legendary knights of Atlantis who was transformed into his dragon form by Dartz to weaken him during the Battle of Atlantis. This card's name is based on how Timaeus was sealed away in crystal by a sword sticking in its right eye.

• This card has a monster form: "Timaeus the United Dragon".

• This card has the fewest associated Fusion Monsters of the three "Legendary Dragon" cards, with only three ("Amulet Dragon", "Dark Magician the Dragon Knight", and "Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight").
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, Yami Yugi attempted to fuse this card with "Poison Butterfly", but failed because he had previously used "The Seal of Orichalcos" during his Duel against Rafael.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, this card and "The Claw of Hermos" both have an associated Fusion Monster that appeared in more than one episode in the anime, those being "Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight" and "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword" respectively.

• This is the only "Legendary Dragon" card whose OCG/TCG effect can be used to Special Summon a Fusion Monster that does not specifically require a "Legendary Dragon" card as material.