Card Trivia:Summoned Skull
- This is the cover card of Limited Edition 3: Yugi Pack.
- This monster appears in the artwork of "Archfiend's Revival".
- Either this monster or "Skull Archfiend of Lightning" appears in the artworks of "Level Tax", "Ring of Fiendish Power" and/or "Spell Summon Stopper".
- This card has multiple counterparts:
- Two retrained counterparts: "Skull Archfiend of Lightning" and "Archfiend Commander"
- "Toon" counterpart: "Toon Summoned Skull"
- "Red-Eyes" counterpart: "Red-Eyes Archfiend of Lightning"
- Zombie counterpart: "Archfiend Zombie-Skull"
- Shining Sarcophagus counterpart: "Archfiend's Arrival"
- Ritual counterpart: "Archfiend's Awakening"
- Fusion counterpart: "Archfiend's Manifestation"
- Synchro counterpart: "Archfiend's Call"
- Xyz counterpart: "Archfiend's Ascent"
- Rush Duel counterpart: "Skull Archfiend of Armageddon"
- The Bandai version of this card has 1800 DEF and the monster is colored violet; the Konami version is typically colored white and has 1200 DEF in contrast.
- The new artwork of this card in the Anniversary Pack features it with a new look similar to the Bandai style; it appears with red skin, no eyes, larger un-horned wings, five-fingered claws (as opposed to its three-clawed hands featured in the anime and the artwork of "Skull Archfiend of Lightning"), bony feet, a tail, and a weapon not featured in previous artworks that may be a scythe or a redrawn Axe of Despair.
- As its card text implies, this monster has the second highest ATK of all Fiend Normal Monsters, the highest being "Zoa".
- In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, this card serves as Yugi Mutou's signature card before he received his grandfather's Deck containing "Dark Magician".
- According to Master Guide 1, the alternate artwork of this card (the 2nd Konami artwork) released at the Asia Championship 2001 in Japan qualifies as the rarest card ever released, as well as the other alternate artwork promotional cards released at that same conference.[1]
- In this card's original manga artwork, this monster is nearly identical to the artwork of the Magic: the Gathering card "Lord of the Pit". The two also are both extremely rare and powerful demons, and "Summoned Skull" was Level 7 in the manga, much like Lord of the Pit's Converted Mana Cost of 7. Its Japanese name, which translates to "Summoned Demon", is similar to the printed type line of "Summon Demon" on "Lord of the Pit". Given the strong similarities between Magic: the Gathering and the early form of Duel Monsters (then called "Magic and Wizards"), this was likely intentional on Takahashi's part.
- This card's first OCG/TCG artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 68 (Duelist Duel 9): "Demon Lightning", specifically from the panel showing this monster being Summoned.
- This card's third Japanese artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 115 (Duelist Duel 56): "The Beautiful Trap!", specifically from the panel showing this monster being Summoned, albeit flipped horizontally.
