Card Trivia:Monster Reborn

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• The ankh in this card's OCG artwork appears in the artworks of "Gravekeeper's Inscription", "Millennium Revelation", and "Twin Twisters".
  • The ankh also appears in the anime artwork of "Monster Reincarnation".
  • This ankh and a pile of the amulets from this card's TCG artwork appear in the artwork of "Monster Reborn Reborn".
  • This ankh also appeared on Seto Kaiba's left on the Tablet of Lost Memories in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga.

• This card appears in the artwork of "Monster Rebirth".

• This card is based on an ankh, an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that reads as "life", representing the concept of eternal life, which is reflected by this card's effect of Special Summoning a monster from the Graveyard.

• This card has several counterparts:
  • "Miraculous Rebirth".
  • "Monster Reborn Reborn".
  • "Monster Reincarnation".
  • "Shuffle Reborn".
  • "Symbol of Heritage".
  • "Pendulum Reborn".
  • "Xyz Reborn".
  • An anime-only "Tablet" counterpart: "Rebirth Tablet".
  • A "Speed Spell" counterpart: "Speed Spell - Monster Reborn".

• The Summon-triggered effect of "Grandsoil the Elemental Lord" is based on this card's effect.

• This is one of several cards which have cards designed to counter them specifically by name: "Call of Darkness" and "Call of the Grave". "Monster Reborn" is the only card among these cards to have multiple opposing cards.

• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime, this card was considered Forbidden for its ability to seal or retrieve memories, which Yuga Goha used to eliminate the opponents he defeated.

• In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, this was the first card announced to be Limited (specifically Limited 1) before it was released.