This card's Japanese name is based on the Minotaur, a humanoid ox monster from Greek mythology known for carrying a battle axe.
This card's TCG name is likely a pun on this monster's weapon, the "battle axe".
This card shares several similarities with the Magic: the Gathering card "Hurloon Minotaur". Both cards have the word "Minotaur" in their Japanese names, and this card's manga artwork is similar to Hurloon Minotaur's artwork. Notably, the Hurloon Minotaur was one of the cover cards of Fourth Edition, the first Magic: the Gathering set to be released in Japanese.
The Bandai version of this card is Level 6 and has 2400 ATK, whereas the Konami version is Level 4 and has 1700 ATK.
In Dark Duel Stories, when this monster is Summoned it instantly discards all Pyro monsters from the opponent's hand; in The Sacred Cards and Reshef of Destruction, this monster instead has the ability to destroy all Pyro monsters on the opponent's field.
Ironically, the Alignment system in the aforementioned Yu-Gi-Oh! video games makes it possible to destroy "Battle Ox", which is a Forest monster, by attacking it with any Fire monster.
In the anime, this monster can be seen in the Tablet of Lost Memories serving as one of Seto's monsters. Its tablet version was also seen with Priest Seto in Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 05252: "The Past is Present".