Card Trivia:Blue-Eyes White Dragon

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon":

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• This is the cover card of Vol.1, Booster R1, EX Starter Box, Starter Deck: Kaiba, the Japanese version of Premium Pack, Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon, the TCG version of Structure Deck: Seto Kaiba, Premium Pack: The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century Edition, and Structure Deck: Rise of the Blue-Eyes, and is also one of the cover cards of Ghosts From the Past: The 2nd Haunting‎‎, EX-R Starter Box, Structure Deck: Kaiba, Starter Deck: Kaiba Reloaded, Retro Pack, Beginner's Edition 1 (2011), Dark Legends, Structure Deck: The Blue-Eyed Dragon's Thundering Descent/Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon Structure Deck, the OCG version of Structure Deck: Seto Kaiba, Duelist Saga, Speed Duel: Battle City Box, Legendary Duelists: Season 2, History Archive Collection, and Over Rush Pack.

• This monster appears in the artworks of "Burst Breath of Destruction", "Burst Stream of Destruction", "Destined Rivals", "Dimension Explosion", "Dragon's Fighting Spirit", "Legacy of the Duelist", "Majesty with Eyes of Blue", "Meteor Stream", "Mystical Elf - White Lightning", "Rage with Eyes of Blue", "Raging Hellfire - Exodo Flame", "Spell Card: "Soul Exchange"", "Successor Soul", "Treasure of Eyes of Blue" (as a statuette), "Vision with Eyes of Blue" and the second artwork of "Dragonic Domination".
  • This monster's silhouette appears in the artwork of "Ultimate Fusion".
  • An engraving of this monster appears in the artwork of "True Light".

• Seto Kaiba appears in this card's 7th OCG artwork.
  • Fittingly, this is Seto Kaiba's signature card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime.
    • This card has the same original ATK (3000) as the signature cards of the rivals from the other NAS anime series: Chazz Princeton's "Armed Dragon LV10", Jack Atlas's "Red Dragon Archfiend", Kite Tenjo's "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", Declan Akaba's "D/D/D Doom King Armageddon", and Varis' "Borreload Dragon".
    • In the Viz translation of Kaiba's Duel against Ishizu Ishtar in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Kaiba stated that this monster is an embodiment of his soul. In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Jack also called "Red Dragon Archfiend" my very soul (Waga tamashi, in Japanese); in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, Kite referred to "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" as my soul (Ore no tamashi in Japanese); and in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Declan often used the phrase my soul (Waga tamashi in Japanese) in his Pendulum Summoning chant.

• This monster has multiple counterparts:
  • A retrained counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon"
  • An advanced counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon"
  • A Fusion with "Tyrant Burst Dragon": "Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon"
  • A mechanized counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon"
  • Two Synchro counterparts: "Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon"
  • Two Ritual "Chaos" counterparts: "Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon"
  • A "Red-Eyes" counterpart: "Red-Eyes Black Dragon"
  • A "Malefic" counterpart: "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon"
  • A "Toon" counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon"
  • A "White Night" counterpart: "White Night Dragon"
  • A Match winner Xyz counterpart: "Legendary Dragon of White"
  • A Match winner Link counterpart: "Amatsu-Okami of the Divine Peaks"
  • An anime-exclusive "Statue" counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Statue Dragon"
  • A Rush Duel Cat counterpart: "Blue-Eyes White Cat"
  • A High Tech Dragon counterpart: "Blue Tooth Burst Dragon"
  • Three 25th anniversary counterparts:
    • Manga anniversary: "Chronicle Magician" (with "Dark Magician") and "Chronicle Sorceress" (with "Dark Magician Girl")
    • OCG anniversary: "Dragon of Pride and Soul"
  • Four younger forms: "The White Stone of Ancients", "The White Stone of Legend", the dragon that appears in the artwork of "Paladin of White Dragon", and "Dragon Spirit of White".

• This monster has the highest original ATK (3000) of all Normal Monsters.
  • Fittingly, this monster is also the Fusion Material for the Non-Effect Fusion Monster with the highest original ATK: "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon".
  • This monster has the highest original ATK of all Main Deck monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, although several Maximum Monsters have a higher MAXIMUM ATK.
  • Although the Normal Monster version of "Black Luster Soldier" is tied with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" at 3000 ATK and was technically released first, it was initially released as a prize card on stainless steel and was considered Illegal to use until the release of the "Legendary "Black Luster Soldier" GET Campaign in 2023. Therefore, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is the first legal Normal Monster to be released with 3000 ATK, and held that title for over 24 years.

• This is the first Legend Card released in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, as well as the first Normal Monster Legend Card.

• Excluding "Token", this card has the most alternate artworks in the OCG/TCG, with eight in total, tied with "Dark Magician".
  • However, "Dark Magician Girl" technically has the most artworks, due to small censoring differences between the Japanese and international versions.
  • Historically, this card often has had more alternate artworks than "Dark Magician".

• In the flavor text of the Normal Monster version of "Black Luster Soldier", this monster's name is written as「Ｂ（ブルーアイズ）・Ｗ（ホワイト）・Ｄ（ドラゴン）」.

• This is the first monster to be Special Summoned in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.

• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! and the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, despite its name ("White Dragon"), this monster was usually depicted as a blue dragon.

• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime, this monster is the ka belonging to Kisara.
  • Fittingly, "Maiden with Eyes of Blue" is based on Kisara, which can also Special Summon this card.

• This monster is similar to "Cyber Dragon".
  • Their evolved Fusion Monsters require two ("Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon" and "Cyber Twin Dragon") or three ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon"/"Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon"/"Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon" and "Cyber End Dragon") copies of them each.
  • Both of their final form ("Cyber End Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon") have similar blue orbs on their wings and chests.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, "Cyber Dragon" also served as a spiritual successor to this monster.

• With the release of Starter Deck: Kaiba Reloaded, this is the only card that has been printed in all rarities in the TCG (with the exception being Starfoil Rare, Shatterfoil Rare, and Mosaic Rare).

• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Toei film , it was said that this card is a symbol of power, and "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" is a symbol of potential. While this monster has higher ATK and DEF, "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" is more flexible. Also, this monster symbolizes pride and destruction, while "Red-Eyes" symbolizes violence and anger.
  • In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, this monster was said to actually be proud of its destructive power, while "Red-Eyes" was described as a superviolent creature.
  • The two monsters' owners also have these personality traits: Seto Kaiba, who has had countless victories, was known for being boastful and vain, while Joey Wheeler was once a bully, and was shown to have a harsh temper when ridiculed.
  • Additionally, the core mechanic of the "Blue-Eyes" archetype is to destroy the opponent's cards, while the core mechanic of the "Red-Eyes" archetype is inflicting burn damage.

• This monster and "Dark Magician" are the only two cards to have had an official Chinese print before the release of Duel Starter Deck standardized Chinese as an OCG language. As its Chinese version originated in Japan, its Chinese name has the Japanese character 「黒」 (Kuro, "Black"), rather than the Chinese character 「黑」.

• This is the first card to be printed with an italicized Matrix typeface used for its card text, in the Weekly Shonen Jump March 2014 membership promotional card print of this card. Before, the Matrix font was only used in regular type (i.e., neither bold nor italic).

• In some Yu-Gi-Oh! video games such as Dark Duel Stories, "Mystical Elf" can increase this monster's ATK/DEF by 500; this is a reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 76 (Duelist Duel 17): "The Legendary Dragon", specifically to the panel where Dark Yugi used a a similar effect to win his Duel against the Ventriloquist of the Dead.

• In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom, this monster's three copies of are named Azrael, Ibris (a mistranslation of Iblis), and Djibril. These are the Islamic names for the Angel of Death, Satan ("Iblis"), and the angel Gabriel, respectively. Azrael is an informal name, only occurring in non-religious sources (including both Sikhism and some Jewish lore as well), while Iblis is the lord of the jinn, rather than the principal fallen angel.

• In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, the animation when this card is Summoned by Kaiba was altered during April Fools Day 2017; this monster wore a KaibaConstruction construction helmet similar to the sketch shown during game maintenance periods when attempting to log in, and a sign in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions.

• This card's ninth OCG/eighth TCG artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 10: "The Cards with Teeth (Part 2)", specifically from the panel showing this monster being Summoned.