Card Trivia:Dark Guardian

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• This card appears in the original anime artwork of "Montage Dragon".

• This card is an upgraded form of "Gate Guardian".

• This was the only card whose artwork was shown in a previous season of the English dubbed version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, rather than in the episode in which it originally debuted.

• The card's Summoning condition is a reference to how the destruction of Gate Guardian in the anime was required in order to use Dark Element.
  • The card Archetype-exclusion condition even references the connection to Gate Guardian archetype.