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Card Trivia:The Seal of Orichalcos

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* The geometric figure inside the Seal This is called a [[wikipediacover card]] of ''[[Extra Pack 2012]]'', as well as ''[[Legendary Collection 3:unicursal hexagram|unicursal hexagramYugi's World]]. Konami calls it a "double-'' and its [[wikipediaLegendary Collection 3:chevron (insignia)Yugi's World Mega Pack|chevronMega Pack]] pattern".<ref name=firstline>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=4217 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » The Seal of Orichalcos: The First Line]</ref>
* The runes around This seal appears in the rim artworks of the Seal are "[[wikipedia:Enochian|EnochianOrichalcos Deuteros]] and spell out "Oreichalcos" twice.** In the Japanese anime, the text on all "[[OrichalcosShunoros]]" cards are also written entirely in Enochian runes, except for "[[Orichalcos Sword of Sealing]]" (incidentally, the only and "Orichalcos" card that [[DartzOrichalcos Tritos]] did not use)".
* This card previously existed under The runes around the outer rim of the seal are the characters written in the [[Upper Deck Entertainmentwikipedia:Enochian|Enochian]] bannerlanguage, spelling out "OREICHALCOS" ("Oreichalcos") twice. There are only 15 copies of ** The geometric figure inside the UDE version in existence, all in the possession of members of seal is a [[Upper Deck Entertainmentwikipedia:unicursal hexagram|unicursal hexagram]]. In a ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game'' blog post on Konami's R&D division and one in website, it is called a "double-[[wikipedia:chevron (insignia)|chevron]] pattern".<ref name=firstline>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=4217 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » The Seal of Orichalcos: The First Line]</ref> ** In the hands original Japanese version of someone elsethe [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']] anime, who used them in the Decks they played in the Orichalcos text on all "[[Duel the MasterOrichalcos]]" side event at previous cards are also written entirely in Enochian runes, except for "[[National TournamentOrichalcos Sword of Sealing]]s".{{fact}} The current status Coincidentally, "Orichalos Sword of these cards Sealing" is unknownthe only "Orichalcos" card to not be used by [[Dartz]], as they haven't been instead used since by [[KonamiRafael]] reclaimed distribution and organization rights.
* Before its confirmed release, this card was among other cards that are rumored to be kept from This is the everyday person. "only [[Power BalanceField Spell Card]]" is rumored to that can only be one, as is a copy of "activated once per [[The Winged Dragon of Ra (original)|The Winged Dragon of RaDuel]]" with the Hieratic text in place of the flavor text.{{fact}}
* This is as the only first card to prevent the user from [[Special Summon]]ing from their [[Field Spell CardExtra Deck]] that can only be activated once per Duel.
* This was is the first only card known to prevent the user from Special Summoning from their Extra Deck as have received a means of balancing its power. Later cards have since picked up on this, such as "printed [[March The Seal of the MonarchsOrichalcos (mock-up)|mock-up]]".
* The third effect of this card This is identical to that of "the first [[Pixie Ringanime-only|anime-exclusive]]". Konami themselves have pointed out this fact.<ref name=blanks>card to be released a [[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=4270 YuTCG exclusive|''TCG''-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » The Seal of Orichalcos: Filling in the Blanksexclusive]]</ref>card.
* This card previously existed as an [[Upper Deck Entertainment promotional card]]. There are only 15 copies of the [[Upper Deck Entertainment]] version in existence, all in the possession of members of Upper Deck Entertainment's R&D division, one of which was used in the Decks they played in the Orichalcos "[[Duel the Master]]" side event at previous [[National Tournament]]s.{{fact}} The current status of these cards is the first anime-original card to have unknown, as they haven't been a used since [[TCG exclusiveKonami]] cardreclaimed distribution and organization rights.
* This card's ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'' effects are based on its effects in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime. In the above-mentioned blog post on Konami has pointed out that 's website, the number of sentences of the text on the in this card's ''[[TCG]]'' print of this card matches the number of lines and points in this cardseal's symbol.<ref name=firstline/> ** This card's first effect, to increase the 500 user's monster's [[ATK]] boost, by 500 is the only one effect identical to its anime counterpart. Its ** This card's second effect, not preventing it from being destroyed [[once per turn]], was displayed in the anime when is based on how [[Yami Yugi|Yugi]] tried attempted to destroy [[Gurimo]]'s copy of this card with "[[Dust Tornado (anime)|Dust Tornado]]"; while Gurimo claimed the card could not be destroyed at all, since it was never attempted to be destroyed again, Konami asserts that Gurimo was intentionally deceiving Yugi.<ref name="blanks" /> Its ** This card's third effect, limiting your preventing the opponent's choices monster from targeting the player's monster with the lowest ATK for attacking your monstersattacks, is a twist based on its anime counterpart's effect to prevent the opponent from attacking monsters placed in the [[Spell & Trap Card Zone]] by its other effect. Its This effect is identical to that of "[[Pixie Ring]]", which Konami pointed out when announcing it.<ref name=blanks>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=4270 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » The Seal of Orichalcos: Filling in the Blanks]</ref>** This card's fourth and fifth effects, preventing the user from Summoning monsters from the [[Extra Deck]] and destroying Special Summoned monsters, is based on what happened when this card was played by Yami Yugi, destroying "[[Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight (anime)|Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight]]" and reverting it to its unfused state, and the fact that Yugi, [[Dartz]], [[Rafael]], [[Valon]], and [[Alister]] did not Fusion Summon after it was activated.<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=4229 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME » The Seal of Orichalcos: The Fourth & Fifth Lines]</ref> (notably*** Notably, [[Rex Raptor]] did [[Fusion Summon]] "[[Horned Saurus (anime)|Horned Saurus]]" while controlling "The Seal" this card in [[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode |161|episode 161ref}}. When "[[Horned Saurus]]" was later released in the ''OCG''/''TCG'', it was given an effect to place a [[Field Spell Card]])on the field, allowing it to coexist with "The Seal of Orichalcos". Its ** This card's sixth line of text, a effect "once per Duel" [[condition]], is based on the fact that how a [[Duelist in the anime ]] who uses this card once in a Duel will not be able to use it again, as either they will win the Duel and trap their opponent's soul in the card, or they will lose the Duel and their soul along with it (barring [[DRAW]]s).<ref name="blanks" /> * This is the only card to have received a printed [[The Seal of Orichalcos (mock-up)|mock-up]]. * This card appears in the artwork of "[[Orichalcos Deuteros]]" and "[[Orichalcos Tritos]]".
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