Thunder End Dragon


Dragon / Xyz / Effect  LIGHT / 8
2 Level 8 Normal Monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; destroy all other monsters on the field.

3000/2000 
CARD ID: 00698785
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YuGiOh! TCG karta: Thunder End Dragon

TCG SETS

TCG SetSymbolRarityLowAvgTrend
Duelist League 16 participation cards DL16-EN012 Rare---
Photon Shockwave PHSW-EN044 Ultimate Rare---
Photon Shockwave PHSW-EN044 Ultra Rare---
Star Pack 2014 SP14-EN021 Common---
Star Pack 2014 SP14-EN021 Starfoil Rare---

Card Trivia

 This monster appears in the artwork of Xyz Burst.
This card is the first Rank 8 Xyz Monster to exist, as well as the first to have a specific requirement for its Xyz Materials along with Black Ray Lancer and Evolzar Laggia (which are all in Photon Shockwave).
It is also the first Xyz Monster to have 3000 original ATK.
This card bears resemblances with some of the most notable cards from the previous three series:
It has the same number of stars (8, though as an Xyz Monster, it is Rank and not Level) as Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red Dragon Archfiend.
It has 3000 ATK, same with the aforementioned two.
It has 2000 DEF, the same as Red Dragon Archfiend.
It is a LIGHT monster, the same as Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
Its name bears similarity with Light End Dragon, Dark End Dragon, and Cyber End Dragon.
Its artwork depicts lightning, reminiscent of White Lightning, the dub version of Burst Stream of Destruction. This card's effect is also similar to the effect of Burst Stream of Destruction.
Consequently, destroying monsters on the opponent's side of field is reminiscent of Demon Meteor, which is the effect of Red Dragon Archfiend.
This card's relation to lightning could also be attributed to Raigeki and Lightning Vortex which are also lightning-based and destroy monsters.
The summoning requirement can be fulfilled with 2 copies of Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
Its color scheme (dominantly white and blue) is also similar to Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
This monster's naming scheme is similar to Thunder Dragon and Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, two other monsters used by Seto Kaiba in addition to Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
This monster's pose is very similar to the second artwork of Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
This monster could also be a reference to Chazz Princeton in both his anime and manga incarnations. In the manga, Chazz runs a Dragon-type deck with Light and Darkness Dragon as his ace monster, but also contains Main Deck versions of both Light End Dragon and Dark End Dragon (implied to be the halves of Light and Darkness Dragon). As mentioned above, Thunder End Dragon's name is structured very similarly to the two. Then in the anime, specifically the Japanese version, Chazz is often refered to as Manjoume Thunder, so the Thunder in Thunder End Dragon could be a reference to this nickname.

Rulings




OCG Rulings



Detaching one Xyz Material from this card is an activation cost.: Xyz Monster > Thunder End Dragon

The effect destroys all monsters on the field, regardless of their Battle Positions.

You can use Gemini Monsters (like "Phoenix Gearfried") that are treated as Normal Monsters as Xyz Materials for "Thunder End Dragon".: Can you Xyz Summon "Thunder End Dragon" by using Gemini Monsters treated as Normal Monsters as Materials?