Mirage of Nightmare

For the Tip Card, see "A "Mirage of Nightmare" combo".

The Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek and Portuguese names given are not official. (card names)

The Chinese and Portuguese lores given are not official.

Mirage of Nightmare

Japanese

悪（あく）夢（む）の蜃（しん）気（き）楼（ろう）

Base

悪夢の蜃気楼

Kana

あくむのしんきろう

Rōmaji

Akumu no Shinkirō

Card type	Spell
Property	Continuous
Password	41482598
Effect types	Trigger-like Trigger-like
Status	Forbidden (OCG) Forbidden (TCG Advanced) Limited (TCG Traditional)
Once per turn, during your opponent's Standby Phase: Draw cards until you have 4 cards in your hand. If you do, during your next Standby Phase after that: Randomly discard the same number of cards you drew (or your entire hand, if you do not have enough cards).

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English sets

Worldwide

Release	Number	Set	Rarity
2005-07-27	DB2-EN233	Dark Beginning 2	Common
2012-09-29	LCYW-EN155	Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack	Secret Rare

North America

Release	Number	Set	Rarity
2003-07-18	PGD-036	Pharaonic Guardian	Super Rare

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Actions

You draw cards

You discard as an effect

Other languages

	Name	Lore
French	Mirage du Cauchemar	Une fois par tour, durant la Standby Phase de votre adversaire : piochez des cartes jusqu'à en avoir 4 dans votre main. Si vous le faites, durant votre prochaine Standby Phase après ça : défaussez au hasard le même nombre de cartes que vous avez piochées (ou toute votre main si vous n'avez pas assez de cartes).
German	Albtraum-Trugbild	Einmal pro Spielzug, während der Standby Phase deines Gegners: Ziehe Karten, bis du 4 Karten in deiner Hand hast. Falls du dies tust, während deiner nächsten Standby Phase nach dem Ziehen: Wirf zufällig dieselbe Anzahl Karten ab, die du gezogen hast (oder deine gesamte Hand, falls du nicht genug Karten hast).
Italian	Miraggio d'Incubo	Una volta per turno, durante la Standby Phase del tuo avversario: pesca fino ad avere 4 carte nella tua mano. Se lo fai, durante la tua prossima Standby Phase: scarta a caso lo stesso numero di carte che hai pescato (o tutta la tua mano se non hai abbastanza carte).
Portuguese	Miragem do Pesadelo	Durante a Standby Phase do seu oponente, compre cartas até você possuir 4 cartas na sua mão. Durante a sua Standby Phase, descarte aleatoriamente ao Cemitério uma quantidade de cartas igual ao número de cartas que você comprou com o efeito desta carta.
Spanish	Espejismo de la Pesadilla	Una vez por turno, durante la Standby Phase de tu adversario: roba cartas hasta que tu mano tenga 4 cartas. Si lo haces, durante tu próxima Standby Phase: descarta al azar el mismo número de cartas que robaste (o toda tu mano, si no tienes cartas suficientes).
Japanese	悪（あく）夢（む）の蜃（しん）気（き）楼（ろう）	相手のスタンバイフェイズ時に１度、自分の手札が４枚になるまでデッキからカードをドローする。この効果でドローした場合、次の自分のスタンバイフェイズ時に１度、ドローした枚数分だけ自分の手札をランダムに捨てる。
	Akumu no Shinkirō
Korean	악몽의 신기루	상대의 스텐바이 페이즈시에, 자신의 패가 4장이 되도록 카드를 드로우한다. 자신의 스텐바이 페이즈시에, 그 효과로 드로우한 매수만큼 카드를 패에서 무작위로 버린다.
Chinese	噩夢之蜃氣樓	對方的準備階段時，自己抽卡直到4張手卡。自己的準備階段時，隨機丟棄那個效果所抽的卡的數量的手卡。

Other language sets

French

Release	Number	Set	French name	Rarity
2005-07-22	DB2-FR233	Dark Beginning 2	Genèse Ténébreuse 2	Common
2012-09-27	LCYW-FR155	Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack	Collection Légendaire 3: Le Monde de Yugi Méga Pack	Secret Rare

German

Release	Number	Set	German name	Rarity
2005-07-27	DB2-DE233	Dark Beginning 2	Dark Beginning 2	Common
2012-09-27	LCYW-DE155	Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack	Legendary Collection 3: Mega Pack	Secret Rare

Italian

Release	Number	Set	Italian name	Rarity
2005-07-22	DB2-IT233	Dark Beginning 2	Inizio Oscuro 2	Common
2012-09-27	LCYW-IT155	Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack	Collezione Leggendaria 3 Mega-Pack	Secret Rare

Spanish

Release	Number	Set	Spanish name	Rarity
2005-07-22	DB2-SP233	Dark Beginning 2	Principio Oscuro 2	Common
2012-09-27	LCYW-SP155	Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack	Colección Legendaria 3: El Mundo de Yugi Mega Pack	Secret Rare

Japanese

Release	Number	Set	Japanese name	Rarity
2002-03-21	PH-35	Pharaonic Guardian	Ｐｈａｒａｏｎｉｃ（ファラオニック） Ｇｕａｒｄｉａｎ（ガーディアン） －王（おう）家（け）の守（しゅ）護（ご）者（しゃ）－	Common
2003-04-24	DL5-120	Duelist Legacy Volume.5	ＤＵＥＬＩＳＴ（デュエリスト） ＬＥＧＡＣＹ（レガシー） Ｖｏｌｕｍｅ（ボリューム） ５	Common
2004-12-09	BE2-JP224	Beginner's Edition 2	ＢＥＧＩＮＮＥＲ＇Ｓ（ビギナーズ） ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ（エディション） ２	Common
2011-08-13	BE02-JP191	Beginner's Edition 2	ＢＥＧＩＮＮＥＲ＇Ｓ（ビギナーズ） ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ（エディション） ２ ［２０１１］	Common

Korean

Release	Number	Set	Korean name	Rarity
2004-12-14	PGD-KR036	Pharaonic Guardian	왕가의 수호자	Super Rare
2006-09-28	BP2-KR224	Beginner's Edition 2	비기너즈팩2	Common

Asian-English

Release	Number	Set	Rarity
2003-10-23	PGD-036	Pharaonic Guardian	Super Rare

In other media

Page	Medium	Debut date
Mirage of Nightmare (World Championship 2004)	Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004	2004-02-05
Mirage of Nightmare (World Championship 2006)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006	2006-02-23
Mirage of Nightmare (anime)	Anime	2004-01-07

Video games

Video game	Date	#	Name	Cost	Status
Nightmare Troubadour	2005-07-21	–		???	Unlimited
Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006	2006-02-23	–		13000	Forbidden
GX Spirit Caller	2006-11-30	–		???	Forbidden
GX Tag Force 2	2007-09-18	–		???	Forbidden

Lores and sets

Video game	Lore	Sets
Nightmare Troubadour		Devised Tactics (Ultra Rare)
Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006		Pharaonic Guardian (Secret Rare) Continuous Spell/Trap A (Secret Rare) All Spells (Common) All at Random (Common)
GX Spirit Caller		Other Cards