Card Trivia:Grinder Golem

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• This card's Japanese name, "Torch Golem", is short for "torture", reflecting this monster's design consisting of torture devices.

• This monster has a retrained counterpart: "Geist Grinder Golem".

• This monster shares similarities with "Lava Golem", another torture-themed golem monster.
  • Both monsters share the same Level (8), Type (Fiend), and original ATK (3000).
  • Both monsters feature an effect that requires two monsters to be Special Summoned to the opponent's field and prevents the player from Normal Summoning or Setting another monster during the same turn; this monster can be Summoned by Special Summoning two "Grinder Tokens" on the player's field, and "Lava Golem" can be Summoned by Tributing two monsters controlled by the opponent, and "Grinder Golem" can Summoned by .
  • Both monsters are used by secondary characters who were at one point bedeviled under the influence of a more perverse character; this monster was used by Jesse Anderson when he temporarily served as Yubel's host, and "Lava Golem" was used by Marik Ishtar when he was under the influence of his dark counterpart.