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| − | * This is the [[cover card]] of ''[[Vol.1]]'', ''[[Booster R1]]'', ''[[EX Starter Box]]'', ''[[Starter Deck: Kaiba]]'', the Japanese version of ''[[Premium Pack (Japanese)|Premium Pack]]'', ''[[Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon]]'', the ''[[TCG]]'' version of ''[[Structure Deck: Seto Kaiba]]'', ''[[Premium Pack: The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century Edition]]'', and ''[[Structure Deck: Rise of the Blue-Eyes]]'', and is also one of the cover cards of ''[[Ghosts From the Past: The 2nd Haunting]]'', ''[[EX-R Starter Box]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: Kaiba]]'', ''[[Starter Deck: Kaiba Reloaded]]'', ''[[Retro Pack]]'', ''[[Beginner's Edition 1 (2011)]]'', ''[[Dark Legends]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: The Blue-Eyed Dragon's Thundering Descent]]''/''[[Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon Structure Deck]]'', the ''[[OCG]]'' version of ''Structure Deck: Seto Kaiba'', ''[[Duelist Saga]]'', ''[[Speed Duel: Battle City Box]]'', ''[[Legendary Duelists: Season 2]]'', ''[[History Archive Collection]]'', and ''[[Over Rush Pack]]''.
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| − | * This monster appears in the artworks of "[[Burst Breath of Destruction]]", "[[Burst Stream of Destruction]]", "[[Destined Rivals]]", "[[Dimension Explosion]]", "[[Dragon's Fighting Spirit]]", "[[Legacy of the Duelist]]", "[[Majesty with Eyes of Blue]]", "[[Meteor Stream]]", "[[Mystical Elf - White Lightning]]", "[[Rage with Eyes of Blue]]", "[[Successor Soul]]", "[[Treasure of Eyes of Blue]]" (as a statuette), and "[[Vision with Eyes of Blue]]".
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| − | ** This monster's silhouette appears in the artwork of "[[Ultimate Fusion]]".
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| − | ** An engraving of this monster appears in the artwork of "[[True Light]]".
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| − | * [[Seto Kaiba]] appears in this card's 7th ''OCG'' artwork.
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| − | ** Fittingly, this is Seto Kaiba's [[signature card]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|anime]].
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| − | *** This card has the same [[ATK]] (3000) as the signature cards of the rivals from the other [[NAS]] anime series: [[Chazz Princeton]]'s "[[Armed Dragon LV10 (anime)|Armed Dragon LV10]]", [[Jack Atlas]]'s "[[Red Dragon Archfiend (anime)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]", [[Kite Tenjo]]'s "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (anime)|Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]", [[Declan Akaba]]'s "[[D/D/D Doom King Armageddon (anime)|D/D/D Doom King Armageddon]]", and [[Roken Kogami|Varis]]' "[[Borreload Dragon]]".
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| − | *** In the Viz translation of [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]]'s Duel against [[Ishizu Ishtar (manga)|Ishizu Ishtar]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga, Kaiba stated that this monster is an embodiment of his soul. In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', Jack also called "Red Dragon Archfiend" 'my very soul' (''Waga tamashi'', in Japanese); in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'', Kite referred to "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" as 'my soul' (''Ore no tamashi'' in Japanese); and in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', Declan often used the phrase 'my soul' (''Waga tamashi'' in Japanese) in his [[Pendulum Summon]]ing [[Summon chants in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V#Declan Akaba|chant]].
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| − | * This card is arguably one of the most recognizable monsters in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', along with "[[Dark Magician]]".
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| − | * This card has multiple [[counterpart]]s:
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| − | ** A [[retrained]] counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon]]"
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| − | ** An [[Card evolutions|advanced]] counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A [[Fusion Monster|Fusion]] with "[[Tyrant Burst Dragon]]": "[[Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A mechanized counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon]]"
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| − | ** Two [[Synchro Monster|Synchro]] counterparts: "[[Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon]]" and "[[Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon]]"
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| − | ** Two [[Ritual Monster|Ritual]] "[[Chaos]]" counterparts: "[[Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon]]" and "[[Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A "[[Red-Eyes]]" counterpart: "[[Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A "[[Malefic]]" counterpart: "[[Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A "[[Toon]]" counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A "[[White Night]]" counterpart: "[[White Night Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A [[Match winner]] [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] counterpart: "[[Legendary Dragon of White]]"
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| − | ** A [[Match winner]] [[Link Monster|Link]] counterpart: "[[Amatsu-Okami of the Divine Peaks]]"
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| − | ** An [[anime-only|anime-exclusive]] "[[Statue]]" counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Statue Dragon]]"
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| − | ** A ''[[Rush Duel]]'' [[Cat (Rush Duel series)|Cat]] counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes White Cat]]"
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| − | ** A [[High Tech Dragon]] counterpart: "[[Blue Tooth Burst Dragon]]"
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| − | ** Four younger forms: "[[The White Stone of Ancients]]", "[[The White Stone of Legend]]", the dragon that appears in the artwork of "[[Paladin of White Dragon]]", and "[[Dragon Spirit of White]]".
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| − | * This card has the highest ATK (3000) of all [[Normal Monster]]s.
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| − | ** Fittingly, this card is also the [[Fusion Material]] for the non-[[Effect Monster|Effect]] [[Fusion Monster]] with the highest ATK: "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]".
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| − | ** This card has the highest original ATK of all [[Main Deck]] monsters in ''Rush Duel'', although several [[Maximum Monster|Maximum Monsters]] have a higher [[MAXIMUM ATK]].
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| − | * This is the first [[Legend Card]] released in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel'', as well as the first Normal Monster Legend Card.
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| − | * Excluding "[[Token]]", this card has the most [[alternate artwork]]s in the ''OCG''/''TCG'', with eight in total, tied with "[[Dark Magician]]".
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| − | ** However, "[[Dark Magician Girl]]" technically has the most artworks, due to small censoring differences between the Japanese and international versions.
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| − | ** Historically, this card often has had more alternate artworks than "Dark Magician".
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| − | * In the [[flavor text]] of the [[Normal Monster]] version of "[[Black Luster Soldier (Normal)|Black Luster Soldier]]", this card's name is written as「{{Ruby|Ｂ|ブルーアイズ}}・{{Ruby|Ｗ|ホワイト}}・{{Ruby|Ｄ|ドラゴン}}」.
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| − | * This is the first card to be [[Special Summon]]ed in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga.
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| − | * In the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' and the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime, despite its name ("White Dragon"), this monster was usually depicted as a blue dragon.
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| − | * In the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga and anime, this monster is the ''[[ka]]'' belonging to [[Kisara]].
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| − | ** Fittingly, "[[Maiden with Eyes of Blue]]" is based on Kisara, which can also Special Summon this card.
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| − | * This monster is similar to "[[Cyber Dragon]]".
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| − | ** Their evolved Fusion Monsters require two ("[[Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon]]" and "[[Cyber Twin Dragon]]") or three ("[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]"/"[[Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]"/"[[Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon]]" and "[[Cyber End Dragon]]") copies of them each.
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| − | ** Both of their final form ("Cyber End Dragon" and "[[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]]") have similar blue orbs on their wings and chests.
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| − | ** In the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' anime, "Cyber Dragon" also served as a spiritual successor to this monster.
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| − | * With the release of ''[[Starter Deck: Kaiba Reloaded]]'', this is the only card that has been printed in all rarities in the ''TCG'' (with the exception being [[Starfoil Rare]], [[Shatterfoil Rare]], and [[Mosaic Rare]]).
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| − | * In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei film)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' Toei film , it was said that this card is a symbol of power, and "[[Red-Eyes Black Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" is a symbol of potential. While this monster has higher ATK and [[DEF]], "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" is more flexible. Also, this monster symbolizes pride and destruction, while "Red-Eyes" symbolizes violence and anger.
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| − | ** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards]]'', this monster was said to actually be proud of its destructive power, while "Red-Eyes" was described as a superviolent creature.
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| − | ** The two cards' owners also have these personality traits: Seto Kaiba, who has had countless victories, was known for being boastful and vain, while [[Joey Wheeler]] was once a bully, and was shown to have a harsh temper when ridiculed.
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| − | ** Additionally, the core mechanic of the "[[Blue-Eyes]]" archetype is to [[destroy]] the opponent's cards, while the core mechanic of the "[[Red-Eyes]]" archetype is inflicting [[burn]] damage.
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| − | * This card and "Dark Magician" are the only two cards to have had an official Chinese print before the release of ''[[Duel Starter Deck]]'' standardized Chinese as an ''OCG'' language. As its Chinese version originated in Japan, its Chinese name has the Japanese character 「黒」 (''Kuro'', "Black"), rather than the Chinese character 「黑」.
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| − | * This is the first card to be printed with an italicized Matrix typeface used for its [[card text]], in the [[Weekly Shonen Jump March 2014 membership promotional card]] print of this card. Before, the Matrix font was only used in regular type (i.e., neither bold nor italic).
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| − | * In some ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' video games such as ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories|Dark Duel Stories]]'', "[[Mystical Elf]]" can increase this card's ATK/DEF by 500; this is a reference to {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|076|ref}}, specifically to the panel where [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] used a a similar effect to win his [[Duel]] against the [[Ventriloquist of the Dead]].
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| − | * In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom]]'', this monster's three copies of are named Azrael, Ibris (a mistranslation of [[wikipedia:Devil (Islam)|Iblis]]), and Djibril. These are the Islamic names for the [[wikipedia:Destroying angel (Bible)|Angel of Death]], [[wikipedia:Satan|Satan]] ("Iblis"), and the angel [[wikipedia:Gabriel|Gabriel]], respectively. Azrael is an informal name, only occurring in non-religious sources (including both [[wikipedia:Sikhism|Sikhism]] and some Jewish lore as well), while Iblis is the lord of the [[wikipedia:Jinn|jinn]], rather than the principal [[wikipedia:Fallen angel|fallen angel]].
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| − | * In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'', the animation when this card is [[Summon]]ed by [[Seto Kaiba (Duel Links)|Kaiba]] was altered during [[wikipedia:April Fools Day|April Fools Day]] 2017; this monster wore a KaibaConstruction construction helmet similar to the sketch shown during game maintenance periods when attempting to log in, and a sign in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''.
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| − | * This card's ninth ''OCG'' artwork is taken from {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|010|ref}}, specifically from the panel showing [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|this monster]] being Summoned.
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