Difference between revisions of "Card Trivia:Mirage Tube"

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(ZERO-MAX is simply an activation requirement in the same vein as Rank-Up-Magic The Seventh One and Symbol of Friendship; both can't be used unless they were drawn during the Draw Phase and are dead weight when they're drawn in the opening hand)
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* "[[Berfomet]]" and "[[Elemental Hero Avian]]" are featured in this card's artwork.
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* "[[Berfomet]]" and "[[Elemental Hero Avian]]" appear in this card's artwork.
* The 1000 damage this card's effect inflicts reflects how the card was used in the anime. Its anime effect inflicted damage based on the ATK of the attack target, and it was activated in response to "Avian" being attacked, with "Avian" having exactly 1000 ATK.  
 
  
* With its anime effect, this card is the inverse of "[[Magic Cylinder]]". It also negates an opponent's monster's attack, but is a [[Spell Card]] rather than a [[Trap Card]] and inflicts damage equal to the ATK of the target rather than that of the attacker.
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* The 1000 damage that this card's effect inflicts is possibly based on its usage in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', where [[Mirage Tube (anime)|the anime version of this card]] instead inflicted damage equal to the attack target's ATK. Since this card was specifically activated in response to "Elemental HERO Avian" being attacked, it inflicted 1000 damage.
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* This card is likely a deliberate reference to "[[Magic Cylinder]]" because of the following facts:
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** This card's Japanese name translates to "Mirage Cylinder".
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** In the anime, both cards can only be activated in response to an opponent's monster's attack, whose attack ends up being negated, before the opponent takes effect damage equal to the ATK of a certain monster involved in the battle.
  
 
* This is the only [[Quick-Play Spell Card]] in the game that cannot be [[activate]]d from the [[hand]].
 
* This is the only [[Quick-Play Spell Card]] in the game that cannot be [[activate]]d from the [[hand]].
 
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** Until the release of "[[Condemned Maiden]]" in ''[[Primal Origin]]'' (more than six years after this card's initial release), this activation restriction was redundant.
* This card's limitation of being unable to be activated from the hand is essentially redundant, as Quick-Play Spell Cards cannot be activated from the hand during the opponent's turn anyway.
 

Revision as of 06:34, 3 April 2017

  • The 1000 damage that this card's effect inflicts is possibly based on its usage in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, where the anime version of this card instead inflicted damage equal to the attack target's ATK. Since this card was specifically activated in response to "Elemental HERO Avian" being attacked, it inflicted 1000 damage.
  • This card is likely a deliberate reference to "Magic Cylinder" because of the following facts:
    • This card's Japanese name translates to "Mirage Cylinder".
    • In the anime, both cards can only be activated in response to an opponent's monster's attack, whose attack ends up being negated, before the opponent takes effect damage equal to the ATK of a certain monster involved in the battle.