Card Trivia:B.E.S. Big Core

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• The Bacterium Empire Series are the main bosses in Konami's Gradius video games. "Big Core" serves as the standardized design, with every other ship following the same principles: A central power core protected by a set of ablative barriers. Sometimes following a famous on-screen prompt to "SHOOT THE CORE!", the player's ship must destroy the barriers, then the power core, in order to defeat the boss, all while dodging enough weapon's fire to typically fill the game screen.
  • This card's artwork and effect reflects this, as this monster features three shields protecting its core, representing the three counters placed on this card when it is summoned. When the last counter is removed from this card, when it is attacked, it will be destroyed during the battle.

• This card has two more upgraded and powerful versions: "B.E.S. Big Core MK-2" and "B.E.S. Big Core MK-3".