Card Trivia:Nirvana High Paladin

"Nirvana High Paladin":

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• This is the cover card for The Dark Illusion.

• This is the first Synchro Pendulum Monster to be revealed in both the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime and the OCG/TCG
  • Both this card and the first Xyz Pendulum Monster, "Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon", were used by Yuya Sakaki.
  • Both were Summoned via Yuya treating one of the monsters to become a viable Material for its respective Summoning procedure either by its own effect or another.
    • In this monster's case, this card treated "Enlightenment Paladin" as a Tuner (even though the anime effect-based requirement for it doesn't technically needs one to be treated as a Tuner), while the effects of "Xiangke Magician" and "Xiangsheng Magician" treated "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon" as a Level 7 monster just like "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon".
    • It is also worth noting that both Extra Deck Pendulum Monsters were Summoned by using 1 Pendulum Monster and 1 Extra Deck monster with the same card type.

• This monster is an upgraded Synchro Pendulum form of "Enlightenment Paladin".
  • Also, to somehow symbolize even further this fact, the first time Yuya used "Enlightment Paladin" was during episode 79 of the anime, while this card debuted in episode 97.

• This card and "Shooting Star Dragon" have several similarities:
  • Both have the same ATK, DEF, and Level.
  • They are both Synchro Monsters that require its non-Tuner Synchro Material monsters to be a Synchro Monster themselves.
  • They are both evolutions of 2 monsters with the same ATK, DEF and Level ("Enlightenment Paladin" and "Stardust Dragon").
  • They are both used by a protagonist (Yuya Sakaki and Yusei Fudo) to fight against an upgraded version of Jack Atlas' signature monster.
  • Their effects are upgraded versions of their base form's ones.

• In Buddhism, Nirvana is a "place" where one who achieved "Enlightenment" goes to after death, a reference to Clear Mind.