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lil yugi was a FREAK walking around in bondage gear in broad daylight with the most innocent baby panda eyes trading porn tapes with Jou from the first arc to the last 😭 AND IT WASN’T EVEN BECAUSE OF THE 3000 YEAR OLD PHARAOH SHARING HIS BODY

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"Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Hmm.

Indisputably THE most iconic Magic & Wizards card. This is the original version of what is likely the most well-known card in the entire overall Yu-Gi-Oh! series.

Nonetheless, I still struggled with whether or not to include it in my project. After all, every copy we know of belongs to either Grandpa Sugoroku Mutou or Seto Kaiba, not Yugi.

By the way- the left card in the second image shows what the layout of the original chapter 9 ("The Cards with Teeth, Part 1") version of this card looks like. You can think of it as Grandpa's card, if you'd like.

Neither of them represent Kaiba's cards. The three below are his:

These cards have the very first, original colorscheme for 'ol Blue-Eyes (no not Frank Sinatra) as it was seen throughout the entire Weekly Shonen Jump run of Yu-Gi-Oh!. The other, bluer colorscheme is taken from the 2016 color bunkobon edition, where the illustration was recolored to match the first art given to it by Konami. I'll give you an in-depth visual history regarding that under the cut.

So why add Blue-Eyes to my project? Well, Dark Yugi used this card at least 2 times:

-In chapter 10, "The Cards with Teeth, Part 2", Dark Yugi takes control of Kaiba's stolen Blue-Eyes with "Resurrection of the Dead", uses it to defeat Kaiba, and holds onto it until he's able to give the stolen card back to Yugi's Grandpa the next day.

-In chapter 74, "Messenger from Hell", Seto Kaiba's deck has been stolen by Industrial Illusion goons and given to a player killer called the Ventriloquist of the Dead. The Ventriloquist is subsequently sent to duel Yugi and knock him out of the Duelist Kingdom tournament.

At the climax of that duel in chapter 76, "The Legendary Dragon!!", Dark Yugi once again brings a dead Blue-Eyes back via "Resurrection of the Dead", bolsters its attack with "Holy Elf"'s special ability, and uses it to defeat the Ventriloquist.

Yugi then goes on to hold on to Kaiba's stolen deck (including all of his Blue-Eyes cards) until later that night, when Kaiba shows up; pretty much the first thing Yugi does is give Kaiba his deck back.

So Yugi does take possession of all four different copies of this card, although not for more than roughly 8-12 hours each time it happens.

Ultimately, I decided that given this card's iconic status, it was worth including in my project. Though it's never directly part of any of Yugi's decks, Blue-Eyes is such a vital part of the series' identity that I felt I'd be remiss not to include it.

There's a lot more to say about Yu-Gi-Oh!'s most famous card. Check out this card's color artwork history, ancient past, and possible original Magic: the Gathering inspiration under the cut!

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whatever these two have going on

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new color palettes...can't make up my mind

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thinking about Cupsy☆Yummy

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playing across from a tough coolguy with an edgy deck and he goes "I use this effect to destroy your monster" and I go "which one" and he goes "you only have one" and i go "you have to tell me what you're targeting" and he goes "that one" and i go "say it" and he, visibly sweating, goes "c....cupsy. yummy." and i go "wrong that's not what it's called" "wha--" "it's Cupsy☆Yummy" and he goes "how did you do that with your mouth"

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