Card Trivia:Firewall Dragon

"Firewall Dragon":

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"Firewall Dragon" about to attack

• This card's second artwork is based on its appearance in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime, specifically scenes depicting it about to attack, where it changes color from blue to red.

• This is the cover card of Code of the Duelist, and is also one of the cover cards of Ghosts From the Past, LINK VRAINS Box, Mega Pack 01, Prismatic Art Collection, and 25th Anniversary Tin: Dueling Heroes.

• This monster appears in the artwork of "Cynet Circuit"

• This card is named after a firewall, a network security system in computing that monitors and controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
  • This card reflects Playmaker's actions of protecting LINK VRAINS against any threat, especially the Knights of Hanoi.

• This card has some counterparts:
  • 2 downgraded Link-2 forms: "Proxy Dragon" and "Security Dragon".
  • An Xyz counterpart: "Firewall eXceed Dragon".
  • 3 upgraded forms: "Firewall Dragon Darkfluid", "Firewall Dragon Darkfluid - Neo Tempest Terahertz", and "Firewall Dragon Singularity".

• This monster is one of the signature cards of Yusaku Fujiki/Playmaker in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime, alongside "Decode Talker".
  • This card has the same ATK (2500) as the signature cards of the other anime protagonists (with the exception of Yuga Ohdo's "Sevens Road Magician"): Yugi Muto's "Dark Magician", Jaden Yuki's "Elemental HERO Neos", Yusei Fudo's "Stardust Dragon", Yuma Tsukumo's "Number 39: Utopia", Yuya Sakaki's "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" and Yudias Velgear's "Galactica Oblivion".
  • Although this monster was Yusaku's signature card, it was used sparingly in the anime: it was only Summoned five times before it became Forbidden in the OCG/TCG.

• This card and "Decode Talker" are the first ace monsters of a spin-off anime protagonist to not be either Dragon or Warrior.
  • Despite this, this monster has a dragon-like appearance and "Decode Talker" has a warrior-like appearance.
  • Both are also the first time ace monsters of a spin-off anime protagonist to have a new Type, Cyberse.

• This card is similar to "Stardust Dragon".
  • This card focuses on Special Summoning from the GY monsters that were destroyed, while "Stardust Dragon" prevents other cards from being destroyed by banishing itself and later Special Summoning itself. the field from any harmful effect by its presence.
  • This card's first artwork also depicts this monster in a pose similar to that of "Stardust Dragon".

• This card is the rival counterpart of "Borreload Dragon".
  • Both have mirrored poses in their card artworks.
  • Both have opposite color-schemes.
  • Both have opposite effects: this card focuses on Special Summoning from the GY monsters that were destroyed, while "Borreload" allow the player to take control of the opponent's monsters and then sends them to the GY.

• This card was the first Link-4 monster to be released.

• This was the first signature card of an anime protagonist, as well as the first Cyberse monster, to become Forbidden.
  • It was the first signature card of an anime protagonist to be listed on the Forbidden/Limited Lists as well.
  • It was also the first Link Monster, as well as the first Cyberse monster, to be Limited as well as be on the Lists.
  • This is the first signature card of an anime protagonist to have its effect changed after becoming Unlimited again.

• This monster's attack name in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime, "Tempest Terahertz" ("Tempest Attack" in the Japanese version), is based on Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation Standard (TEMPEST) attacks, which work on the principle of intercepting electromagnetic radiation emissions from electronic devices such as monitors, hard disk and PC memory from a remote location, and allow the replay of the information captured.