Card Trivia:Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder

"Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder":

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• This is one of the cover cards of the Collectible Tins 2006 Wave 2, Structure Deck: Sacred Beasts of Chaos/Structure Deck: Sacred Beasts, and Speed Duel GX: Duelists of Shadows.

• This monster appears in the artworks of "Awakening of the Sacred Beasts", "Cerulean Skyfire", "Dimension Fusion Destruction", and "Phantasmal Martyrs".

• This card is named after Haman, a villain in Book of Esther who tried to depose the King of Persia and kill all the Jews in Persia.
  • This card is also likely named after Hamon, the alternate name of the Archangel Gabriel used in the Book of Enoch.

• This monster's design was overseen by Kenichi Hara.

• This card is the Sacred Beast counterpart to "The Winged Dragon of Ra".
  • This monster's draconian appearance and yellow color scheme is similar to the appearance of "The Winged Dragon of Ra".
  • This card is an entity of lightning, while "The Winged Dragon of Ra" is an entity of fire; however, the latter is an homage with this card's attack name, "Cerulean Skyfire".
  • This card's damage inflicting effect is the reverse "The Winged Dragon of Ra's" destruction effect; the player would pay 1000 Life Points to destroy a monster with "Ra's" effect, while the opponent would lose 1000 Life Points when this card destroys a monster by battle.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, this card's yellow border design was similar to that of "The Winged Dragon of Ra's" borders.

• This card has the highest ATK and DEF each (4000) of all Thunder monsters.
  • This card is also tied for the highest Level (10) of all Thunder monster, along with "Thunder Dragon Titan" and "Prank-Kids Battle Butler".