Card Trivia:Valiant Shark Lancer
- This monster is an upgraded form of "Black Ray Lancer".
- This monster's appearance is a reference to a scene of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 84: "Playing Defense", where Reginald Kastle activated "Sharkify", treating "Black Ray Lancer" as a "Shark" monster and changing its spear into the shape of a shark.
- This card's name is a reference to how Shark called "Black Ray Lancer" during that Duel: "Black Shark Lancer"; it is also a reference to Legacy of the Valiant, a Core Booster which had "Number C101: Silent Honor DARK" as the cover card.
- This card's ATK (2500) is also a reference to the ATK "Black Ray Lancer" had while equipped with "Sharkify".
- This card's name is a pun on "Barian" (バリアン Barian) and "Valiant" (ヴァリアント Varianto), as the letters "B" and "R" are pronounced in a similar way to "V" and "L" in Japanese.
- This card's effect to take a Spell from the player's Deck and place it on top reference the Chaos Draw, which allowed the Seven Barian Emperors to draw "Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One" during a Duel in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime.
- This monster's appearance is a reference to a scene of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 84: "Playing Defense", where Reginald Kastle activated "Sharkify", treating "Black Ray Lancer" as a "Shark" monster and changing its spear into the shape of a shark.
