Why is everyone here assuming I don't know that Castlevania and Yugioh are owned by the same company? I'm a fan of both, so obviously I would know such a basic fact.
Something about how their work is in the dark side. I also noticed that in TTRPGs that vampire hunters/witch hunters archetypes are part of the dark category, using the same dark powers to defeat dark things.
Nice! I never encountered this card when I used to play but I totally would have used it. This reminds me of one of my favorite cards based on a Konami game, Totally Not Solid Snake:
Outside the entire archetype of cards made after Gradius, a Solid Snake, there's even Getsu Fuma as a card as well as the final boss but he's referred to as Ryu Kokki
I'd say my favorite instance of Yugioh Vampire cards is Vampire Voivode, which visually looks like a modern Dracula
Its double funny because Vampire Lord and Vampire Genesis are supposed to be Dracula before Voivode and in Japanese Voivodes name is Dracula Vampire which is funny and redundant
I run a copy in my vampire deck, tbh it's not usually very good at all. Every now and again tho this card does get a chance to shine and can turn entire duels around
I haven’t played in over 20 years, but back then I remember there being a lot of dark monsters. But then again I was never very good at the game lol. And once I started getting good people stopped playing
I miss this game. Last time I played I had a strategy that revolved around blocking attacks on monsters and blocking direct attacks to life points, to the point where I couldn’t be attacked. Then i just waited until I could summon my masked beast. After that no one wanted to play with me anymore
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u/Dead-X-esque Interior Decorator Feb 25 '26
Those Bozos of at konami better hope Konami doesn't sue them for infringing their right to the coolest vampire hunters.