Elemental Lord
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| Clockwise from upper-left: "Grandsoil", "Moulinglacia", "Windrose" and "Pyrorex". | |||||
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"Elemental Lord", known as "Spirit God" (
The "Elemental Lords" all share three peculiarities; the Summon condition: "Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by having exactly 5 [corresponding Attribute] monsters in your Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways.", the effect: "If this card leaves the field, skip the Battle Phase of your next turn.", and a variable effect that triggers upon the monster's Special Summon. The Attributes of the "Lords" all coincide with the main Attribute themes of the pack they were released in. Each "Lord" is named in a different language. "Grandsoil" and "Windrose" in English (This could be German too), "Moulinglacia" in French, and "Pyrorex" in Latin.
The monsters have a common appearance - mystical armor possessed by a specific elemental spirit that all have multiple lightning strikes in their backgrounds.
Their Trigger Effects can also be seen as mirroring the effects of powerful Spell and Trap Cards from the game's past that were Forbidden at least once. This theory was actually confirmed on Konami's Official Strategy Site, discrediting the fan-favorite theory of them representing new takes of the "Spiritual Art" series of Trap Cards (which until then brought people to expect a DARK or LIGHT "Elemental Lord", since DARK and LIGHT Spiritual Art cards were released (also way after their counterparts of other Attributes).[citation needed]
- The effect of "Grandsoil" is an exact replica of "Monster Reborn".
- The effect of "Moulinglacia" is a more powerful version of "Delinquent Duo".
- The effect of "Pyrorex" is a weakened version of "Ring of Destruction".
- The effect of "Windrose" is an exact replica of "Harpie's Feather Duster".
