Card Trivia:Number 96: Dark Mist

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• The number "96" appears on this monster's head.

• This card is the opposite counterpart of "Number 39: Utopia", like Number 96 is the opposite counterpart of Astral.

• This monster has a "Number C" upgraded form: "Number C96: Dark Storm".

• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, this card was the first "Number" monster to take on multiple forms without card effects.
  • When it first appeared, to lure Yuma Tsukumo into taking it, this monster's fake form had the purple-colored number "96" on its head and flaming eyes on its torso (similar to its real form); however, its body had a bulbous body with a large, red-lipped mouth and a fat belly, and the torso eyes were less intimidating.
  • When it was Summoned by Vector in his Duel against Marin and Dumon in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 131131: "Power Play", this monster transformed into a darkened puppet version of Astral, reflecting Number 96's true nature as a fragment of Don Thousand. Fittingly, it was also equipped to "Number 43: Manipulator of Souls", another monster with a puppet theme used by Vector.

• This card is the first Fiend "Number" monster, as well as the first Rank 2 "Number" monster.

• This card had the most Number holders of all "Number" cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime.

• This card was the first "Number" monster to require monsters with a specific Attribute as Xyz Materials, though only in the Japanese version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime.

• In the anime, when this monster detached an Xyz Material, it absorbed it through the face on its torso.

• This monster's neutral form in the anime was a blob of black slime with a flickering, flame-like object inside. The slime then formed its right claw, left leg and head before finally appearing in its true form.
  • When this monster turned into its full fake form, its right hand and head were shown being formed before the full fake form appeared.

• This card is the second "Number" monster whose neutral and true forms were not rendered in 3D graphics, the first being "Number 83: Galaxy Queen"; however, in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 03737: "Double Jeopardy: Part 1", its normal form was shown in 3D.