History Headscratchers / YuGiOhCardGame

* Why is Exodia a Spellcaster and not a Fiend? And, for that matter, why isn't Exodia Necross a Zombie?

* Why is Exodia a Spellcaster and not a Fiend?

** Drawing up to five cards with no cost (or, as in this case) a negligible cost would be a Game Destroyer. Pot of Greed, a card that gives +1 card advantage, was banned for being a GameBreaker. Card of Last Will would give +4 card advantage in the best possible case, and triggering it is trivial through cards like "Umbral Horror Ghoul", "Night Express Knight" or "Xyz Reception". In short, allowing this card would be tantamount to allowing an "I win" button.

* Card of Last Will being made Illegal doesn't make sense. The rest of the illegal cards are most Match Winners (with the exception of Victory Dragon), the original versions of the Egyptian God Cards, the UDE version of the Seal of Orichalcos, promo cards, boss duel cards and Normal Monster versions of Ritual Monsters. Meanwhile Card of Last Will is basically inoffensive (if at least one of your monster's attack is dropped to 0 via card effect, you get to draw until you have 5 cards in your hand), yet you cannot use the card in official duels. What's worse is that neither UDE or Konami have explained why Card of Last Will is illegal for use in duels.

** This isn't entirely accurate. See [[https://ygorganization.com/pendenhance/ this article]] for an example (fourth option) In addition, it can be argued that the main point is to use the archetypes Extra Deck summonings over Pendulum Summoning their members (which largely work best or can work without Pendulum Summons).

** When these cards came out in English, UpperDeck was obsessed with not upsetting [[MoralGuardians conservative Christians]]: the Ankh in Monster Reborn was completely redrawn because it looked too much like a cross (even though the ankh predates Christianity by almost 3 millennia); Angel-Type was changed to Fairy-Type and almost all halos were removed; Demon-Type was changed to Fiend-Type and many horns & wings were removed because... well, they were demons, obviously; Daemon (literally), or Arch-Demon (connotationally), were originally omitted entirely, leading to a massive ContinuitySnarl when cards like Summoned Daemon, Daemon Axe, and Lesser Daemon were renamed Summoned Skull, Axe of Despair, and Lesser Fiend, yet later on the "Daemon" archetype was created, leading to necessary reminder text being errata'd in to explain that these and other cards were, in fact, "Archfiend" cards; the words "god" and "goddess" were entirely removed, or the cards left untranslated (Gyakutenno Megami - Gyakuten no Megami, trans. Turnabout Goddess, a reference to Tunrabout Courtroom, aka Franchise/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney); Black was universally removed and replaced with either Dark or B. (as with REBD) not because of racial implications but because of its connotations with BlackMagic (Dark Magician & Girl are actually Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, for example), with the SOLE exception being Witch of the Black Forest (since the Black Forest is a very real place in Europe); Hexagrams appearing prominently in artwork was removed because it was the Seal of Solomon, aka the Star of David. Lord of D. was shortened because "Lord of Dragons" sounded like a reference to Satan. And other cards were renamed just for the !@$% of it.

** This isn't entirely accurate. See [[https://ygorganization.com/pendenhance/ this article]] for an example (fourth option) In addition, it can be argued that the main point is to use the archetypes Extra Deck summonings over Pendulum Summoning their members (which largely work best or can work without Pendulum Summons).
* [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Luster_Soldier_-_Super_Soldier Black Luster Soldier - Super Soldier]]. Why? Why do we have that many instances of {{Woolseyism}}, did we get shit like this? Why was the FanNickname better than the official one?

** When these cards came out in English, UpperDeck was obsessed with not upsetting [[MoralGuardians conservative Christians]]: the Ankh in Monster Reborn was completely redrawn because it looked too much like a cross (even though the ankh predates Christianity by almost 3 millennia); Angel-Type was changed to Fairy-Type and almost all halos were removed; Demon-Type was changed to Fiend-Type and many horns & wings were removed because... well, they were demons, obviously; Daemon (literally), or Arch-Demon (connotationally), were originally omitted entirely, leading to a massive ContinuitySnarl when cards like Summoned Daemon, Daemon Axe, and Lesser Daemon were renamed Summoned Skull, Axe of Despair, and Lesser Fiend, yet later on the "Daemon" archetype was created, leading to necessary reminder text being errata'd in to explain that these and other cards were, in fact, "Archfiend" cards; the words "god" and "goddess" were entirely removed, or the cards left untranslated (Gyakutenno Megami - Gyakuten no Megami, trans. Turnabout Goddess, a reference to Tunrabout Courtroom, aka PhoenixWrightAceAttorney); Black was universally removed and replaced with either Dark or B. (as with REBD) not because of racial implications but because of its connotations with BlackMagic (Dark Magician & Girl are actually Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, for example), with the SOLE exception being Witch of the Black Forest (since the Black Forest is a very real place in Europe); Hexagrams appearing prominently in artwork was removed because it was the Seal of Solomon, aka the Star of David. Lord of D. was shortened because "Lord of Dragons" sounded like a reference to Satan. And other cards were renamed just for the !@$% of it.

* [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Luster_Soldier_-_Super_Soldier Black Luster Soldier - Super Soldier]]. Why? Why do we have that many instances of {{Woosleyism}}, did we get shit like this? Why was the FanNickname better than the official one?

** This isn't entirely accurate. See [[https://ygorganization.com/pendenhance/ this article]] for an example (fourth option) In addition, it can be argued that the main point is to use the archetypes Extra Deck summonings over Pendulum Summoning their members (which largely work best or can work without Pendulum Summons).

** When these cards came out in English, UpperDeck was obsessed with not upsetting [[MoralGuardians conservative Christians]]: the Ankh in Monster Reborn was completely redrawn because it looked too much like a cross (even though the ankh predates Christianity by almost 3 millennia); Angel-Type was changed to Fairy-Type and almost all halos were removed; Demon-Type was changed to Fiend-Type and many horns & wings were removed because... well, they were demons, obviously; Daemon (literally), or Arch-Demon (connotationally), were originally omitted entirely, leading to a massive ContinuitySnarl when cards like Summoned Daemon, Daemon Axe, and Lesser Daemon were renamed Summoned Skull, Axe of Despair, and Lesser Fiend, yet later on the "Daemon" archetype was created, leading to necessary reminder text being errata'd in to explain that these and other cards were, in fact, "Archfiend" cards; the words "god" and "goddess" were entirely removed, or the cards left untranslated (Gyakutenno Megami - Gyakuten no Megami, trans. Turnabout Goddess, a reference to Tunrabout Courtroom, aka PhoenixWrightAceAttorney); Black was universally removed and replaced with either Dark or B. (as with REBD) not because of racial implications but because of its connotations with BlackMagic (Dark Magician & Girl are actually Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, for example), with the SOLE exception being Witch of the Black Forest (since the Black Forest is a very real place in Europe); Hexagrams appearing prominently in artwork was removed because it was the Seal of Solomon, aka the Star of David. Lord of D. was shortened because "Lord of Dragons" sounded like a reference to Satan. And other cards were renamed [[TheyJustDidntCare just for the !@$% of it]].

** This isn't entirely accurate. See [[https://ygorganization.com/pendenhance/ this article]] for an example (fourth option).

* What the heck is with the designs of the Zefra cards? The Pendulum Cards don't allow you to summon cards outside of Zefra and X archetype, meaning that this goes against making a hybrid deck of all the archetypes this deck is trying to bring together. And not only that, we had generic Scale 7s without these limitations since Pendulum Summoning's inception. And some of their regular effects don't mesh with the individual decks at all. Aside from he in-story lore, what's the point of a deck that's supposed to benefit individual decks while also being able to unite them, but done in a way that does neither?

* Why are there so many cards that have initials in them? "Red-Eyes B. Dragon", "Lord of D.", and so on. If they can have cards with an OverlyLongName like "Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1", I don't see why they can't be bothered to put the full name in there.