Card Trivia:Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

"Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier":

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• This is the Cover Card for the TCG collection Hidden Arsenal.
  • This card is the first Sea Serpent-Type monster to be a Cover Card on a Booster Pack.
    • Furthermore, it's the second Sea Serpent to be a Cover Card of any set, the first being "Ocean Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus".

• This card's effect is similar to the effect of "Red Ogre".

• This card has a watered down version, "Abyss Soldier".

• "Brionac" is the name of a magic, living spear said to be owned by Lugh, a deity in Irish mythology.
  • The spear called Brionac is also found on some of Konami's Castlevania games.

• This card is currently the only "Dragon of the Ice Barrier" card that is not Dragon-Type itself. Unlike "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" and "Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier", "Brionac" is a Sea Serpent-Type monster.

• This card and "Goyo Guardian" were the first Synchro Monsters to become Limited, with this card also being the first and only limited Sea Serpent-Type monster at the time.
  • As of September 2012 Lists, this card is the only Forbidden Sea Serpent-Type monster.
  • And right before that, all 4 Ice Barrier Synchros were on the list in some way. If you count Unlimited as a list. Gungnir is unlimited, Dewlorean is semi-limited, Brionac was limited, and Trishula is banned. No other specific 4 monster set have every done this at all.

• This was the fourth Synchro monster to be Forbidden, following "Dark Strike Fighter", "Goyo Guardian" and "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier".
  • It is the second "Ice Barrier" monster to be Forbidden, after "Trishula". Coincidentally, they are both Synchro monsters.
    • "Brionac" is also the third "Ice Barrier" monster to appear on the Forbidden/Limited list, as "Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier" is Semi-Limited.

• This card has a corrupted "Evilswarm" counterpart, "Evilswarm Bahamut".
• Following the trend of the "Evilswarm" archetype, "Bahamut" has 50 more ATK and 50 less DEF than "Brionac".

• This card is featured on the artwork of the following cards:
  • "Respect Synchron";
  • "Synchro Baton";
  • "Synchro Control";
  • "Dragonic Tactics" (though "Brionac" isn't a Dragon-Type);
  • "Medium of the Ice Barrier";
  • "Void Trap Hole".