Lightning Vortex

The Arabic name given is not official.

The Greek card text given is not official.

Lightning Vortex

Japanese

ライトニング・ボルテックス

Rōmaji

Raitoningu Borutekkusu

Card type	Spell
Property	Normal
Effect types	Cost Effect
Status	Unlimited (OCG) Unlimited (TCG)
Discard 1 card; destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls.

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Destroys face-up Monster Cards

Destroys your opponent's face-up Monster Cards

Limitation history

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Status	Start date	End date	List
Unlimited	2005-03-01	2005-03-31
Limited	2005-04-01	2006-08-31	April 2005 Lists
Unlimited	2006-09-01		September 2006 Lists

Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game

Status	Start date	End date	List
Unlimited	2004-11-25	2005-02-28
Limited	2005-03-01	2006-08-31	March 2005 Lists
Unlimited	2006-09-01		September 2006 Lists

Other languages

Language	Name	Card text
French	Vortex Foudroyant	Défaussez 1 carte ; détruisez tous les monstres face recto contrôlés par votre adversaire.
German	Blitzeinschlag	Wirf 1 Karte ab; zerstöre alle offenen Monster, die dein Gegner kontrolliert.
Italian	Fulmine Boltex	Scarta 1 carta; distruggi tutti i mostri scoperti controllati dal tuo avversario.
Portuguese	Turbilhão de Relâmpagos	Descarte 1 carta; destrua todos os montros de face para cima que seu oponente controla.
Spanish	Vórtice de Relámpago	Descarta 1 carta; destruye todos los monstruos boca arriba que controle tu adversario.
Japanese	ライトニング・ボルテックス	①：手札を１枚捨てて発動できる。相手フィールドの表側表示モンスターを全て破壊する。
	Raitoningu Borutekkusu
Korean	라이트닝 보텍스	패를 1장 버린다. 상대 필드 위의 앞면 표시로 존재하는 몬스터를 전부 파괴한다.
Chinese	閃電漩渦	可以舍棄1張手牌進行發動。破壞全部以表側表示存在于對手場上的怪獸。

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In other media

Page	Medium	Debut date
Lightning Vortex (GX1)	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy	2005-10-13
Lightning Vortex (World Championship 2006)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006	2006-02-23
Lightning Vortex (Duel Links)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links	2021-03-31
Lightning Vortex (Master Duel)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	2022-01-19
Lightning Vortex (anime)	Anime
Raigeki (manga)	Manga

Video games

Video game	Date	#	Name	Cost	Status
Nightmare Troubadour	2005-07-21	–		–	Present

Lores and sets

Video game	Lore	Sets
Nightmare Troubadour		Tricky Toons