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'''[[http://yugipedia.com/Inpachi_(series) Inpachi]]''' is an archetype of monsters based around the normal monster card [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Inpachi Inpachi]]. His story is told within his card series and other cards, where he fights numerous other monsters and changes forms.

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'''[[http://yugipedia.com/Inpachi_(series) '''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Inpachi_(series) Inpachi]]''' is an archetype of monsters based around the normal monster card [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Inpachi Inpachi]]. His story is told within his card series and other cards, where he fights numerous other monsters and changes forms.
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[-'''Lore Cards/Characters:''' [[Characters/YuGiOhAtlantean Atlantean]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhDracoslayer Dracoslayer]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhEndymion Endymion]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhVisasStarfrost Visas Starfrost]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhSixSamurai Six Samurai]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhSkullServant Skull Servant]]-]\\

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[-'''Lore Cards/Characters:''' [[Characters/YuGiOhAtlantean Atlantean]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhDracoslayer Dracoslayer]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhEndymion Endymion]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhVisasStarfrost Visas Starfrost]] [[Characters/YuGiOhSForce S-Force]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhSixSamurai Six Samurai]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhSkullServant Skull Servant]]-]\\
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[-'''Storyline Cards/Characters:''' [[Characters/YuGiOhDuelTerminal Duel Terminal]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhWorldLegacy World Legacy]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhAbyss Abyss]]-]\\

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[-'''Storyline Cards/Characters:''' [[Characters/YuGiOhDuelTerminal Duel Terminal]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhWorldLegacy World Legacy]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhAbyss Abyss]]-]\\Abyss]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhVisasStarfrost Visas Starfrost]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhDiabellstar Diabellstar]]-]\\

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Major rewrite of the Sangan section. (For the record, Sangan's ban had nothing to do with the Xyz ruling, since it was banned over a year after the ruling was corrected. It was simply just that good, especially since Tour Guide could search it.)


'''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Sangan Sangan]]''' is one of the game's earliest and most famous Effect Monsters. It's a low level monster with bad stats, but when it is sent from the field to the graveyard, the owner can search for any monster with 1500 or less ATK. This effect made Sangan an exceptional generic searcher, and it was part of basically every deck. It was Limited because of this, at least until March 2013...\\\

Due to a mistaken interpretation of the ruling, Sangan became frequently used as an Xyz Material, and detached to trigger its effect. This became [[GameBreaker broken]] enough to ban Sangan from the game. The ruling eventually clarified that Xyz Materials are not regarded as being on the field, but Sangan remained banned. It would later be unbanned following an erratum.

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'''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Sangan Sangan]]''' is one of the game's earliest and most famous Effect Monsters. It's a low level monster with bad stats, but when it is sent from the field Monsters, renowned for its ability to the graveyard, the owner can search for any monster with 1500 or less ATK. This effect made Sangan an exceptional generic searcher, and it was part of basically every deck. It was Limited because of this, at least until March 2013...\\\

Due to a mistaken interpretation of the ruling, Sangan became frequently used as an Xyz Material, and detached to trigger its effect. This became [[GameBreaker broken]] enough to ban Sangan
ATK when sent from the game. The ruling field to the Graveyard. However, it was eventually clarified that Xyz Materials are not regarded as banned in March 2013 due to its search being on the field, but Sangan remained banned. It too versatile, though it would later be unbanned September 2016 following an erratum. erratum.

During the time when it was banned, it became a recurring character on several cards depicting its misadventures in the Forbidden Realms, featuring cameos from other iconic banned cards that it meets along the way. It was originally on a tour of the underworld, riding in the Tour Bus From the Underworld, but at one of the stops it accidentally gets on the Tour Bus to Forbidden Realms instead. Realizing its mistake, it gets off and tries to hitch a ride with Delinquent Duo and the angel from Graceful Charity, but they're pulled over by the police, who finds Delinquent Duo in possession of a Pot of Greed, and Sangan is thrown in jail.



* ButtMonkey: Several artworks of other cards portray Sangan as an unlucky monster, reflecting his stint in the Forbidden list for several years.

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* ButtMonkey: Several artworks of other cards portray Sangan as an unlucky monster, monster that was mistakenly arrested after getting lost, reflecting his its stint in the Forbidden list for several years.



* GameplayAndStoryIntegration:
** Its first appearance in the storyline is on the "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Tour_Bus_From_the_Underworld Tour Bus From the Underworld]]." Both cards are Level 3 Fiend monsters whose effects activate when they're sent to the Graveyard, making them good choices for the effect of "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Tour_Guide_From_the_Underworld Tour Guide From the Underworld]]".
** The cards that depict it in the Forbidden Realms all have a way to prevent or punish the use of its effect: "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Mistake Mistake]]" and "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Mistaken_Arrest Mistaken Arrest]]" prevent it from searching, "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Shared_Ride Shared Ride]]" lets the opponent draw a card if it searches, and "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Mistaken_Accusation Mistaken Accusation]]" can target it while it's still on the field to prevent its effect ''for the entire Duel''.



* PutOnABus: Visually lampshaded by the Spell Card "Shared Ride", which shows Sangan along side with other forbidden cards. The Tour Bus to Forbidden Realms brings Sangan and the other cards to somewhere. Sangan is comforted by the angel of Graceful Charity and the bus driver is one of the devils of the Delinquent Duo.
* SpearCounterpart: To the Witch of the Black Forest, who has a similar, but more broken effect that brought her to the ban list.
* ThrowTheDogABone: In an alternate artwork of Tour Guide From the Underworld, Sangan can be seen as part of the tour group, finally getting a proper tour of the Underworld.

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* PutOnABus: Visually lampshaded by the Spell Card "Shared Ride", "Tour Bus to Forbidden Realms", which shows Sangan along side with alongside other forbidden cards. The Tour Bus to Forbidden Realms brings Sangan and the other cards to somewhere. Sangan is comforted by after it accidentally got on following the angel events of Graceful Charity "Mistake", and the bus driver is one of the devils of the Delinquent Duo.
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* SpearCounterpart: To the Witch of the Black Forest, who has a similar, but more broken effect that brought her to the ban list.
list. It ends up in the same prison cell as her.
* ThrowTheDogABone: In an An alternate artwork of for Tour Guide From the Underworld, Underworld that was printed after Sangan can be seen as part of the was unbanned depicts it happily on a tour. That said, it's ambiguous whether this tour group, finally getting was the one that got it stuck in the Forbidden Realms to begin with, or a proper second tour of the Underworld.it attends after it's released.
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The artwork of Sakuretsu Armor shows Dai Grepher turning into Dark Lucius. And since Sakuretsu Armor was used by Ropo, this was the logical conclusion of that.

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* CanonImmigrant: Although Dai Grepher doesn't appear in OCG Stories at all, Dark Lucius technically makes an appearance in the form of Ropo's Sakuretsu Armor.
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Dark King of the Abyss is one of the oldest monsters in the game, and even its original card alleges that it lost its power long ago.
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* ArcWelding: D. D. Warrior Lady spends most of her time having adventures with other D. D. members, but has crossed paths--and swords--with Dai Grepher on a few occasions. Given that her encounters include facing down Dark Lucius in a dark, urban environment, it would seem that her dimension, or one of the dimensions she's frequented, is also the same one where Dai Grepher takes that path.

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* DistaffCounterpart: The D. D. Warrior Lady is the female counterpart to the D. D. Warrior. Like the Warrior, the Warrior Lady's effect can banish both her target and herself after the damage step, but unlike the Warrior, the Warrior Lady's effect is optional, which means she can also be sent to the graveyard or even remain on the field at the player's discretion.



* {{Prequel}}: Rookie Warrior Lady covers the time when Warrior Lady of the Wasteland was a newcomer. She supports EARTH Warrior monsters.

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** The Warrior Lady of the Wasteland is a younger version of the D. D. Warrior Lady before she wound up in a different dimension, but was released more than two years after the D. D. original.
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Rookie Warrior Lady covers the time when Warrior Lady of the Wasteland was a newcomer. She supports EARTH Warrior monsters.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Once he becomes Giga Gagagigo, he goes on one against all his former enemies: Inpachi, the Invader of Darkness, and General Freed. In "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Memory_of_an_Adversary Memory of an Adversary]]", Giga Gagagigo has already bested Inpachi and the Invader and is on the way to General Freed, when the Marauding Captain steps in trying to stop him peacefully.
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* CaptainErsatz: Gogiga's EvolutionaryLevels are blantantly modeled on ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'s'' Greymon evolutionary line, complete with compact child form and morally-grey cyborg form:

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* CaptainErsatz: Gogiga's Gagagigo's EvolutionaryLevels are blantantly modeled on ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'s'' Greymon evolutionary line, complete with compact child form and morally-grey cyborg form:
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* BreakTheBadass: The journey from Gagagigo to Giga Gagagigo is one filled with trauma, including being overwhelmed on the battlefield (as seen in [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Stumbling Stumbling]]), being sacrificed on the Archfiend's [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Altar_for_Tribute Altar for Tribute]], and being experimented on by Kozaky in the [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Level_Conversion_Lab Level Conversion Lab]].

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* BreakTheBadass: The journey from Gagagigo to Giga Gagagigo is one filled with trauma, including being overwhelmed on the battlefield (as seen in [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Stumbling Stumbling]]), being sacrificed on the Archfiend's Archfiends' [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Altar_for_Tribute Altar for Tribute]], and being experimented on by Kozaky in the [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Level_Conversion_Lab Level Conversion Lab]].

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* BreakTheBadass: The journey from Gagagigo to Giga Gagagigo is one filled with trauma, including being overwhelmed on the battlefield (as seen in [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Stumbling Stumbling]]), being sacrificed on the Archfiend's [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Altar_for_Tribute Altar for Tribute]], and being experimented on by Kozaky in the [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Level_Conversion_Lab Level Conversion Lab]].
* CaptainErsatz: Gogiga's EvolutionaryLevels are blantantly modeled on ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'s'' Greymon evolutionary line, complete with compact child form and morally-grey cyborg form:
** Gigobyte is Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Agumon.
** Gagagigo is Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Greymon.
** Giga Gagagigo is Yu-Gi-Oh!'s [=MetalGreymon=] (Cyborg form[[note]]Specifically the original [=MetalGreymon=], which was Virus-type and had a sickly blue coloration as a result of the mechanization process.[[/note]]).
** Gogiga Gagagigo is Yu-Gi-Oh!'s [=BlackWarGreymon=] (Corrupted final form).
** Gagagigo the Risen is Yu-Gi-Oh!'s [=WarGreymon=] (Pure final form).



* {{Expy}}: To ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Gagagigo is one of Greymon.
** Gigobyte is Agumon (Child Form).
** Giga Gagagigo is [=MetalGreymon=] (Cyborg Form).[[note]]Specifically the original [=MetalGreymon=], which was Virus-type and had a sickly blue coloration as a result of the mechanization process.[[/note]]
** Gogiga Gagagigo is [=BlackWarGreymon=] (Corrupted Final Form).
** Gagagigo the Risen is [=WarGreymon=] (Pure Final Form).
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** Most versions of the Warrior are carrying a sword of some kind: the Warrior's sword resembles Zera, the Angel of Zera and Archlord Zerato use clean and shining swords, Darklord Zerato uses a SerratedBladeOfPain, and AlghoulMazera uses a fiendish-looking blade.

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** Most versions of the Warrior are carrying a sword of some kind: the Warrior's sword resembles Zera, the Angel of Zera and Archlord Zerato use clean and shining swords, Darklord Zerato uses a SerratedBladeOfPain, and AlghoulMazera Alghoul Mazera uses a fiendish-looking blade.

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Alghoul Mazera roughly imitates the structure of the Angel of Zera.



* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Zera the Mant is a far cry from Warrior of Zera.

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* EvilCounterpart:
** Mazera Deville is a fiendish counterpart to Archlord Zerato; both have ties to a certain field-spell card that they need to trigger their special effects. Deville, unlike the Archlord, is tied to the Pandemonium field spell card (which is the lair of the Archfiend archetype), and its two effects cannot be simultaneously used, since one allows Deville to be tribute-summoned and the other requires it to be special-summoned instead.
** Darklord Zerato is not only a Darklord reflecting one of the Archlords, it's Archlord Zerato's [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_counterpart DARK counterpart]]. While the Darklord has a near-identical TotalPartyKill effect to the Archlord, one that doesn't even need a field-spell card to be used, using this effect will destroy the Darklord at the end of the turn, where Archlord can use its own effect with abandon provided The Sanctuary in the Sky remains on the field. The Darklord's effects are more about taking advantage of the number of DARK types in the graveyard, much like the other DARK counterparts.
** Alghoul Mazera, the Warrior zombified, has nothing to do with the Archlords or fiends, but instead reflects the Angel of Zera. Both the Angel and Alghoul have special effects that allow them to be special summoned after being banished from play--the Angel can be summoned to the field one turn after being banished, while Alghoul can be summoned immediately after being banished (but only if Alghoul was banished from the hand or graveyard).
* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Zera the Mant is a far cry from The Warrior of Zera.Zera's various evil forms (possibly including Zera the Mant) have all mutated into more beastly or threatening forms.
* EvolutionaryLevels: Most of the Warrior of Zera's various forms suggest different evolutionary paths he can take.


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* FieldPowerEffect:
** If the Warrior of Zera is on the field when The Sanctuary in the Sky is, the Warrior can be used for the Tribute Summon of Archlord Zerato. Archlord Zerato's TotalPartyKill effect requires The Sanctuary in the Sky to be on the field.
** If the Warrior of Zera is on the field when Pandemonium is, the Warrior can be used for the Tribute-Summon of Mazera Deville. If Mazera Deville is instead Special-Summoned to the field when Pandemonium is on it, Deville's second effect will activate and cause the opponent to discard three random cards from their hand.


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* GoodIsNotNice: Archlord Zerato's special effect is to produce a TotalPartyKill by sacrificing an allied Light monster, which is an ability so extreme that it ranges into KnightTemplar territory and may suggest why he became Darklord Zerato later on.


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* TotalPartyKill:
** If Archlord Zerato is on the field at the same time as The Sanctuary in the Sky, a Light monster can be discarded from the hand as payment for Archlord Zerato's effect: destroying every monster on the enemy's field.
** Darklord Zerato can also do this, but requires the discarding of a Dark monster instead. While Darklord Zerato doesn't require a field spell like Sanctuary in the Sky, [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique using this effect will destroy the Darklord at the end of the turn.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Most of the Warrior's "evolved" forms have bare chests.
* WeaponBasedCharacterization: The Warrior of Zera's use of weapons changes with his current condition in life.
** Most versions of the Warrior are carrying a sword of some kind: the Warrior's sword resembles Zera, the Angel of Zera and Archlord Zerato use clean and shining swords, Darklord Zerato uses a SerratedBladeOfPain, and AlghoulMazera uses a fiendish-looking blade.
** Mazera Deville, on the other hand, has notably abandoned all use of weapons and fights with his bare claws.

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* AmbiguouslyRelated:
** The precise relationship between the Warrior of Zera character and Zera the Mant is not delineated in official media, outside of the facts that they share ThemeNaming and that the Warrior of Zera's various forms have the same ATK and DEF scores as Zera the Mant.
** Mazera Deville and Alghoul Mazera share the "Mazera" name, but they appear to represent unrelated paths in the Warrior of Zera's development.



* TheArtifact: Zera the Mant, the fiend produced by the Zera Ritual. Given that the focus of the Zera series is the figure depicted in the Zera Ritual card, the vast majority of its cards have nothing to do with the Mant.
* TheCameo: Zera the Mant gets a nod in the Warrior of Zera's card, where the warrior is shown with a sword that resembles the Mant.



** Zera the Mant: Warrior of Zera is tempted by Ryu-Kishin Powered and becomes a Fiend.


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* MorphicResonance: Most of the cards in the series feature some version of the warrior's green helmet with its red horns.
* MultipleEndings: Most cards in the series suggest less a linear progression than the individual results of different paths the Warrior of Zera could take. Unfortunately, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption many of these are bleak and disheartening]].
** In the Zerato path, the Warrior of Zera successfully joins the angels and becomes Archlord Zerato... only to ultimately succumb to temptation anyway and become Darklord Zerato. Where and how the Angel of Zera card fits in this timeline is unknown.
** In the second path, the Warrior of Zera succumbs to the influence of the fiends without ever achieving angelhood and becomes Mazera Deville.
** In a third path, the Warrior of Zera [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie becomes a zombie]] known as Alghoul Mazera.
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* DualWielding: Wields the the Twin Swords of Tryce as Knight Day Grepher.

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* DualWielding: Wields the the Twin Swords of Tryce as Knight Day Grepher.Grepher in the art of "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Swords_at_Dawn Swords at Dawn]]".
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* BrilliantButLazy: He often uses labor-saving devices like the Lethal Abacus and Spell Economics.
* ButtMonkey: Several cards depicts him this way, some may cross into the border of BlackComedy.

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* BrilliantButLazy: He Kozaky often uses labor-saving devices like the Lethal Abacus and Spell Economics.
* ButtMonkey: Several cards depicts him depict Kozaky this way, some may cross into the border of BlackComedy.

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The story of '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gigo Gagagigo]]''', or short '''Gigo''', is one of the longest and most complex told in the card game, told through card art and their effects with little flavor text. Once a young "Gigobyte" in service to the Charmers, he went on a long journey after meeting the hero Marauding Captain, wishing to aid in the fight against the Invader of Darkness. But the power he gained on his quest corrupted his mind and turned him evil, until he almost struck down his old friend, when he realized what he had become and redeemed himself.

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The story of '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gigo Gagagigo]]''', or short '''Gigo''', is one of the longest and most complex told in the card game, told through card art and their effects with little flavor text. Once a young "Gigobyte" in service to the Charmers, he went on a long journey after meeting eventually stumbled into the hero middle of the war between the forces of the Dark World and the armies of Freed the Matchless General. After the Marauding Captain, wishing to aid in the fight against Captain saved him from a blast from the Invader of Darkness. But Darkness, Gagagigo returned the favor and shielded him, and in the aftermath of the battle was teleported through space. Now wishing to join Freed's forces in fighting the Dark World, Gagagigo went on a quest for greater power. Unfortunately his journey led him to the MadScientist Kozaky; unaware he was working for the Dark World, Gagagigo had Kozaky transform him into a cyborg to gain the power he gained on his quest corrupted his mind sought. Corrupted and turned him evil, until he almost struck down Gagagigo returned to the battlefield and nearly killed Freed, but the Marauding Captain defended his old friend, when he realized what he had become general. The clash brought Gagagigo to his senses and redeemed himself.his soul was purified, and he finally attained the pure and noble spirit of a hero.


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* FriendlyEnemies: Different artworks variably depict Gagagigo and the Marauding Captain (prior to Gagagigo's corruption) fighting together or fighting each other. The card "Memory of an Adversary" contains a wordplay pun in Japanese that gives the alternate reading of the characters "Memory of a ''Friend''", implying the two have a complex history.
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* WeakButSkilled: The King is a really weak, low-leveled monster. However, he has access to incredibly powerful magic, enabling him to depower, steal and use the soul of Dark Ruler Ha Des to defeat him, as seen in the artworks of "Skill Drain", "Soul Drain", "Mind Drain" and "Dark Ruler No More".

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