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* Despite being called a white dragonThis is the [[cover card]] of ''[[Vol.1]]'', ''[[Booster R1]]'', ''[[EX Starter Box]]'', ''[[Starter Deck: Kaiba]]'', this monster 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 usually depicted as a blue dragonalso 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]]''.

* After This monster appears in the artworks of "[[Burst Breath of Destruction]]", "[[Burst Stream of Destruction]]", "[[TokenDestined Rivals]]", this card has the most "[[alternate artworkDimension Explosion]]", "[[Dragon's in Fighting Spirit]]", "[[Legacy of the ''Duelist]]", "[[Majesty with Eyes of Blue]]", "[[OCGMeteor Stream]]''/''", "[[TCGMystical Elf - White Lightning]]'' ", "[[Rage with eight in totalEyes of Blue]]", "[[Raging Hellfire - Exodo Flame]]", "[[Spell Card: "Soul Exchange"]]", beating out the next contender"[[Successor Soul]]", "[[Dark MagicianTreasure of Eyes of Blue]]"(as a statuette), by oneand "[[Vision with Eyes of Blue]]". ** This excludes monster's silhouette appears in the artwork of "[[Dark Magician GirlUltimate Fusion]]", who technically has .** An engraving of this monster appears in the most artworks, due to small censoring differences between the Japanese and international versionsartwork of "[[True Light]]".

* In "[[Seto Kaiba]] appears in this card's 7th ''OCG'' artwork.** Fittingly, this is Seto Kaiba's [[signature card]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie(anime)|anime]]", it is said that this .*** This card is a symbol has the same [[ATK]] (3000) as the signature cards of powerthe rivals from the other [[NAS]] anime series: [[Chazz Princeton]]'s "[[Armed Dragon LV10 (anime)|Armed Dragon LV10]]", and [[Jack Atlas]]'s "[[Red-Eyes B. DragonArchfiend (anime)|Red-EyesDragon Archfiend]]" is a symbol of potential. This is an accurate way to describe the two Monsters. While , [[Kite Tenjo]]'s "Blue[[Galaxy-Eyes" has higher stats, "RedPhoton Dragon (anime)|Galaxy-EyesPhoton Dragon]]" is more flexible, even more so now because of [[Declan Akaba]]'s "[[Meteor Black Comet DragonD/D/D Doom King Armageddon (anime)|D/D/D Doom King Armageddon]]". Also, and [[Roken Kogami|Varis]]' "Blue-Eyes White [[Borreload Dragon]]" symbolizes pride and destruction, while "Red-Eyes" symbolizes violence and anger. There are two things that back this up.*** In "the Viz translation of [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]]'s Duel against [[Ishizu Ishtar (manga)|Ishizu Ishtar]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards(manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]"'' manga, "Blue-Eyes" Kaiba stated that this monster is said to actually be proud an embodiment of its destructive power, while "Red-Eyes" is described as a superviolent creature.** Their owners share these personality traitshis soul. In ''[[Seto KaibaYu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', who has had countless victoriesJack also called "Red Dragon Archfiend" 'my very soul' (''Waga tamashi'', is known for being boastful and vain. in Japanese); in ''[[Joey WheelerYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]] was once a bully'', and is shown Kite referred to have a harsh temper when ridiculed. ** The purpose of the "BlueGalaxy-EyesPhoton Dragon" archetype is to destroy the opponentas 'my soul' (''Ore no tamashi'' in Japanese); and in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''s cards, while Declan often used the gimmick of the "Red-Eyes" archetype is inflicting phrase 'my soul' (''Waga tamashi'' in Japanese) in his [[Pendulum Summon]]ing [[BurnSummon chants in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V#Declan Akaba|chant]] damage.

* With the release of ''[[Starter Deck: Kaiba Reloaded]]'', this card is the only This card that has been printed in all rarities in the ''TCG'' (except multiple [[Starfoil Rarecounterpart]], s:** A [[Shatterfoil Rareretrained]] and counterpart: "[[Mosaic RareBlue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon]])."* This card has several * An [[Card evolutions|advanced]] counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]]s: "** A [[Card evolutionsFusion Monster|retrainedFusion]] with "[[Tyrant Burst Dragon]] counterpart": "[[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Tyrant Dragon]]"** An advanced A mechanized counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Shining Jet Dragon]]"

** Two [[Ritual Monster|Ritual]]/"[[Chaos]]" counterparts: "[[Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon]]" and "[[Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon]]"** A "[[Red-Eyes]]" counterpart: "[[Red-Eyes B. Black Dragon]]"

** A [[Match winner]]/[[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] counterpart: "[[Legendary Dragon of White]]"** A [[Match winner]] [[Link Monster|Link]] counterpart: "[[Amatsu-Okami of the Divine Peaks]]"** An [[anime-only|anime-exclusive]] "[[Statue]]" counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes Statue Dragon]]"** A ''[[Rush Duel]]'' [[Cat (Rush Duel series)|Cat]] counterpart: "[[Blue-Eyes White Cat]]"** A [[High Tech Dragon]] counterpart: "[[Blue Tooth Burst Dragon]]"** Three 25th anniversary counterparts:*** [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Manga]] anniversary: "[[Chronicle Magician]]" (with "[[Dark Magician]]") and "[[Chronicle Sorceress]]" (with "[[Dark Magician Girl]]")* This card has four younger versions** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]'' anniversary: the "[[Tuner monsterDragon of Soul and Pride]]s "** Four younger forms: "[[The White Stone of Ancients]]" and , "[[The White Stone of Legend]]", the dragon displayed that appears in the card artwork of "[[Paladin of White Dragon]]", and "[[Dragon Spirit of White]]".

* This card has the highest ATK (3000) of all [[Normal Monster]]s.** Fittingly, this card is also the [[cover cardFusion Material]] for the first ''TCG'' expansionnon-[[Effect Monster|Effect]] [[Fusion Monster]] with the highest ATK: ''"[[Legend of Blue -Eyes White Ultimate Dragon]]".** 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]].

* This card has is the highest first [[ATKLegend Card]] of all [[Normal Monster]]s.** Fittinglyreleased in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel'', it is as well as the [[Fusion Material]] for the non-Effect first Normal Monster with the highest ATK, [[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]Legend Card.

* This monster appears in the artworks of Excluding "[[Burst Stream of DestructionToken]]", "this card has the most [[Dimension Explosionalternate artwork]]", "[[Dragons in the ''OCG''/''TCG''s Fighting Spirit]]", "[[Majesty with Eyes of Blue]]"eight in total, tied with "[[Meteor StreamDark Magician]]".** However, "[[Legacy of the DuelistDark Magician Girl]]"technically has the most artworks, due to small censoring differences between the Japanese and international versions.** Historically, this card often has had more alternate artworks than "[[Rage with Eyes of Blue]]Dark Magician".

* This card's third and fourth ''In the [[OCGflavor text]]''/''of the [[TCGNormal Monster]]'' artworks are taken from version of "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon Black Luster Soldier (mangaNormal)|Black Luster Soldier]]", this monstercard's depiction]] on the title page of name is written as「{{Ruby|Ｂ|ブルーアイズ}}・{{chapterRuby|Ｗ|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelistホワイト}}・{{Ruby|41Ｄ|refドラゴン}}」.

* In This is the first card to be [[Special Summon]]ed in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom]]'', the three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" 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]]manga.

* This card is [[Seto Kaiba]]'s [[signature card]]. It shares its 3000 ATK with In the rivals of other series, which are [[Chazz Princeton]]'s "[[Armed Dragon LV10]]", [[Jack Atlas]]'s "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]", [[Kite Tenjo]]'s "[[GalaxyYu-Gi-Eyes Photon Dragon]]", [[Declan Akaba]]Oh!''s "[[D/D/D Doom King Armageddon]]" and the ''[[VarisYu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'s "[[Borreload Dragon]]". In the Viz translation of [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]]'s Duel against [[Ishizu Ishtar anime, despite its name (manga)|Ishizu]], Kaiba states that the "Blue-Eyes" embodies his soul. Jack calls his "Red White Dragon Archfiend" "waga tamashi)," which translates this monster was usually depicted as "my very soul" in the Japanese, Kite has called "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" "his soul" (ore no tamashi), while Declan uses the phrase "waga tamashi" in his Pendulum Summoning chanta blue dragon.

* In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]] and anime, this monster is the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|animeka]] series, there is a mysterious woman named '' belonging to [[Kisara]] that carries the spirit of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. ** Fittingly, "[[Maiden with Eyes of Blue]]" is based on herKisara, which can also Special Summon this card.

* This cards shares similarities with monster is similar to "[[Cyber Dragon]]".** Their [[evolved Fusion]]s 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.** Both of their final form ("Cyber End Dragon" and "[[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]]") have similar blue orbs on their wings and chests.** In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''anime, "Cyber Dragon" also serve served as a spiritual successor to "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"this monster.

* In some ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' video games (With the release of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories|Dark Duel StoriesStarter Deck: Kaiba Reloaded]]''), this is the only card that has an allybeen printed in all rarities in the ''TCG'' (with the exception being [[Starfoil Rare]], the "[[Mystical ElfShatterfoil Rare]]", which can increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 500[[Mosaic Rare]]).

* In most expansion setsthe ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei film)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' Toei film , it was said that this card is a symbol of power, and "Blue[[Red-Eyes Black Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" is a symbol of potential. While this monster has higher ATK and [[DEF]], "Red-Eyes White Black Dragon" cards have the Set Number is more flexible. Also, this monster symbolizes pride and destruction, while "Red-Eyes" symbolizes violence and anger.**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.**-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.**001Additionally, 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.

* This card is arguably one and "Dark Magician" are the only two cards to have had an official Chinese print before the release of the most recognizable monsters ''[[Duel Starter Deck]]'' standardized Chinese as an ''OCG'' language. As its Chinese version originated in Japan, its Chinese name has the gameJapanese character 「黒」 (''Kuro'', along with "Dark MagicianBlack"), rather than the Chinese character 「黑」.

* This is the first card along to be printed with "Dark Magician" are the only 2 cards to have had an official Chinese print before the release of ''italicized Matrix typeface used for its [[Duel Starter Deckcard text]]'' standardized Chinese as an '', in the [[OCGWeekly Shonen Jump March 2014 membership promotional card]]'' languageprint of this card. Its Chinese version originated in JapanBefore, therefore its Chinese name includes the character "黒" Matrix font was only used in regular type (blacki.e., neither bold nor italic) which is an exclusive one to Japanese, compared to the Chinese counterpart, "黑".

* The In some ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' video games such as ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump March 2014 membership promotional cardYu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories|Weekly Shonen Jump March 2014 membership promotionalDark Duel Stories]]'' version of , "Blue-Eyes White Dragon[[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 first card panel where [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] used a a similar effect to be printed with an italicized Matrix typeface used for its win his [[card textDuel]]. On every card before it, against the [[Ventriloquist of the Matrix font is only used in regular type (not bold, not italic)Dead]].

* Ironically, while this card has been printed in several sets in the In ''TCG[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom]]''/''OCG', this monster's three copies of are named Azrael, making it one Ibris (a mistranslation of [[wikipedia:Devil (Islam)|Iblis]]), and Djibril. These are the Islamic names for the most common cards [[wikipedia:Destroying angel (Bible)|Angel of all timeDeath]], this card [[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 one the lord of the rarest officially-printed cards of all time in [[wikipedia:Jinn|jinn]], rather than the anime/manga with only 4 copies having been printed everprincipal [[wikipedia:Fallen angel|fallen angel]].

* The In ''[[Jump Ryū Vol.08 promotional cardYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'' print of , the animation when this card features 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 its artwork, and a sign in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''.

* In the video game This card's ninth ''OCG''[[artwork is taken from {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]''|010|ref}}, when this card is summoned by specifically from the panel showing [[Seto Kaiba Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Duel Linksmanga)|Kaiba]] the summon animation is altered during [[wikipedia:April Fools Day|April Fools' Day]] 2017. In this animation "Blue-Eyes" wears 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 Dimensionsmonster]]''being Summoned.