Card Trivia:Gorgonic Guardian

"Gorgonic Guardian":

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• This monster appears in the artworks of "Gorgon Charm", "Gorgonic Ritual" and "Gorgonic Temptation".

• This card is based on the Gorgon, a human-like creature in Greek mythology known for having sharp fangs, venomous snakes for hair, and a serpentine lower body.
  • This card's effects reference the Gorgon's ability to turn anyone in her gaze into stone, which leaves their victims vulnerable to being destroyed as statues.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, Nash used a mirror shield to defeat this monster, referencing how the Gorgon Medusa was defeated by Perseus by using the shield to deflect her gaze.

• This monster features heterochromia iridium, a term used to describe the different-colored irises of a living being.

• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, this monster served as part of Vector's army in his past life.

• In the English dubbed version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, the music used in the sequence of a "Number" monster being Summoned is used for the Summoning of this card.