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* Like the other [[Frog]]s, this cards Japanese name is a pun. This time, however, it does not refer to a real frog, but "to swap around", or 入れ替える (Irekaeru).
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* This card's ''[[OCG]]'' name, "Substitute Toad"「イレカエル（irekaeru)」is a pun on the Japanese term「入れ替える」which means "to swap around", reflecting this card's effect of "swapping" one monster with a "[[Frog]]" monster from the [[Deck]].
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** This card's ''[[TCG]]'' name is a portmanteau of "substitute" and "toad", which also reflects this card's effects of "substituting" the [[Tribute]]d monster with a "Frog" monster from the Deck.
  
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* This card's English name is a portmanteau of the words "substitute" and "toad".
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* This card has a watered-down counterpart: "[[Tradetoad]]".
  
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* This card's design is similar to "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]" and "[[Change of Heart]]".
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* This is one of a few cards where a creature in its artwork are divided between the themes of "light" and "darkness", the others being "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]", "Tradetoad", "[[Change of Heart]]" and "[[Star Blaster]]".
  
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* This is the first Toad monster. The others are "[[Ronintoadin]]" and "[[Replacement Toad]]". Despite it's name "[[Toad Master]]" does not count as a Toad monster because of it's Japanese name, which uses the word Todo instead of Kaeru.
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* This card is the "Frog" version of "[[Lonefire Blossom]]", as both cards can Special Summon a text-specific monster from the Deck by [[Tribute|Tributing]] one monster.
  
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* This card may be some sort of a counterpart to "[[Treeborn Frog]]".
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* This card is the first to ever become [[Forbidden]] due to its support for an archetype: it is banned due to its ability to mill the Deck and fill the [[Graveyard]] really quick by continuously Tributing the "Frog" monsters which were [[Special Summon]]ed by its effect.
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* This card has a watered-down counterpart, "[[Replacement Toad]]".
 
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* This card is the Frog version of "[[Lonefire Blossom]]" as it can get any frog from deck and can even tribute itself.
 
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* This is the sixth card to go directly from [[Unlimited]] to [[Forbidden]], following "[[Time Seal]]", "[[Victory Dragon]]", "[[Cyber-Stein]]", "[[Chaos Sorcerer]]", and "[[Dark Strike Fighter]]", and being followed by "[[Mass Driver]]" and "[[Fishborg Blaster]]". Ironically, before its banning, "[[Substitoad]]" and "[[Mass Driver]]" were both part of the [[Frog Burn FTK]].
 

Latest revision as of 20:49, 8 April 2023

"Substitoad":
  • This card's OCG name, "Substitute Toad"「イレカエル（irekaeru)」is a pun on the Japanese term「入れ替える」which means "to swap around", reflecting this card's effect of "swapping" one monster with a "Frog" monster from the Deck.
    • This card's TCG name is a portmanteau of "substitute" and "toad", which also reflects this card's effects of "substituting" the Tributed monster with a "Frog" monster from the Deck.
  • This card has a watered-down counterpart: "Tradetoad".
  • This card is the "Frog" version of "Lonefire Blossom", as both cards can Special Summon a text-specific monster from the Deck by Tributing one monster.
  • This card is the first to ever become Forbidden due to its support for an archetype: it is banned due to its ability to mill the Deck and fill the Graveyard really quick by continuously Tributing the "Frog" monsters which were Special Summoned by its effect.
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