Card Trivia:Afterglow
- In the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime, this card represented his hope for a better future, according to its owner Aporia.
- This card's name is a reference to its artwork, as it depicts a ruined city setting with the background featuring an afterglow, the remaining light in the sky sometime after the sun has set. The ruined city is similar to the setting of the ruined future in the anime following the Meklord Emperor Genocide, which Aporia originated from, and represents how he initially embodied despair until he first felt hope following the loss in his Duel against Jack Atlas, Leo, and Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode 143: "The Miracle of Life, Life Stream Dragon!!".
- "Afterglow" is also defined as a good feeling after a pleasurable or successful experience, which also represents Aporia's shift from despondence to hope for the future. This card's effect to inflict 4000 damage if the card you draw in the next Draw Phase is "Afterglow" reflects this meaning.
- Aporia uses this card once in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime in his Duel against Z-one in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode 147: "A Hope Bound for the Future!": despite initially ensuring that he would draw this card during his next Draw Phase, the effect of Z-one's "Lazion the Timelord" shuffles back his whole Deck from the Graveyard. This causes him to instead draw "Meklord Emperor Granel", the card that represented the very cause of his despair, which results in his defeat.
