Card Trivia:Destiny HERO - Plasma

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  • This card is one of the British-themed "Destiny Hero" cards. It is inspired by Dracula. "Bloo-D" seems to have vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist to him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes. This is a reference to British culture because the author who wrote "Dracula" was an Irish writer, Bram Stoker, who was of British citizenship.
    • As Castlevania is a series that also belongs to Konami, this card's anime effect(s) and japanese attack name could also allude to the series. Dracula can absorb the souls of his enemies and gain all their powers (A power more commonly demonstrated by his incarnation Soma Cruz). Plasma's attack name in japanese is "Bloody Fears", which is very close to "Bloody Tears", a recurring soundtrack in the Castlevania series.
  • This is one of the few but growing number of cards whose Japanese name consists of only English alphabetical characters and punctuation.
  • This card is one of the few "Destiny HEROes whose Japanese name does not contain "Guy" and whose name after "D-HERO" does not start with a "D" sound.
  • The card's Japanese name spells out "Blood" in English, though the name is pronounced "Blue D" according to the katakana. This could also reference to being pronounced as "bloody."
    • This again ties in with the British-theme surrounding "D-Hero", as "Blue Blood" means to belong to nobility.
  • When this card was first printed in English, its lore contained several grammatical errors, forgetting some plurals and capitalization and leaving out the word "ATK" at one point ("This card gains equal to..."). These were all corrected in the Legendary Collection 2 reprint.
  • This card's effect is similar to the "Meklord" monsters, except that the "Meklords" absorb only Synchro Monsters and have no limit to the number of monsters they are equipped with.
  • This card's effects are similar to those of "Thousand-Eyes Restrict", as they both 'absorb' monsters and restrict other monsters in some way. However, "Restrict" has no ATK or DEF of its own, inherits all of the equipped monster's ATK, and prevents monsters from changing their battle positions or attacking, while this card has its own ATK and DEF, only gains half of the equipped monster's ATK, and negates opponent monsters' effects.