Card Trivia:Skull Servant

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• This card became infamous as being one of the worst monsters in the game, prompting Konami to create support cards for it: "King of the Skull Servants", "The Lady in Wight" and "Wightmare".
  • Due to its reputation as being a very weak monster on its own, several video games based on Yu-Gi-Oh! reward the player with a bonus if they manage to reduce the opponent's Life Points to zero with an attack from this card. (This is known as "Skull Servant Finish". It can actually be accomplished in dedicated decks using certain powerful Equip Spell Cards).

• This monster appears in the artworks of the following cards:
  • "Ante"
  • ""Burial Mayhem - Bury Panic" (possibly confused with "King of the Skull Servants")
  • "Chthonian Blast" (according to the Master Guide 3 card storylines)
  • "Dark Eruption"
  • "Ghost Fleet Salvage"
  • "Graceful Revival"
  • "King of the Skull Servants"
  • "Pride of the Weak"
  • "Spirit Caller"
  • "Terrible Deal"
  • "Tri-Wight"
  • "Zombie Master"

• This card has a counterpart: "The Wandering Doomed".

• The Japanese name of this monster, "Wight", is a Middle English word for a creature or living being, esp. a human being. This term is used comparatively recently to give an impression of archaism and mystery in literature, for example in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, where "wights" are corpses with a part of their decayed soul. Some subsequent writers seem to have been unaware that the word did not actually mean ghost or wraith, and so many works of fantasy fiction, role-playing games and computer and video games use the term as a name for spectral or undead creatures.

• This card is Level 2 in the first series anime and manga.

• The character Shiro from Shakugan no Shana bears a strong resemblance to this card.

• This monster shares many similarities with "Spirit Reaper". In addition to wearing similar robes, they have the same Attribute, Type, ATK and DEF.