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* This card appears in the artwork of "[[Exchange]]" (first Japanese artwork of ) and "[[ExchangeHand Configuration]]".

* This monster appears to be based on the Japanese [[wikipedia:cryptid|cryptid]], [[wikipedia:Tsuchinoko|Tsuchinoko]], a [[wikipedia:snake|Japanese cryptid taking the form of a snake]] wider in the whose middle body is winder than its head and or tail. According to a legend of the Tsuchinoko, it has the power to control minds whereas in other legends it just has the power to lie very very well.

* This card was is the first [[Reptile]]-[[Type]] monster to be [[Forbidden]]. ** This is one of several Forbidden cards to go through an errata change to balance them out. The This card's original effect simply returned this card [[return]]ed it from the [[Graveyard]] to the [[hand ]] for free during the [[Standby Phase]].