Card Trivia:Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning

"Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning":

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• This is one of the cover cards of Expert Edition Volume.2/Dark Revelation Volume 2 and Controller of Chaos.

• This monster appears in the artwork of "Primal Seed".

• This card appears in the artwork of "E☆HERO Pit Boss".

• This card is a retrained counterpart of "Black Luster Soldier".
  • Since this card is key to the classic Chaos Dragon deck, and has been Forbidden for several consecutive years, the unofficial acronym BLS usually refers specifically to this card.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, this card was used by Dimitri to imitate Yugi Muto, who used "Black Luster Soldier" in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.
  • In the anime, despite this card being so rare it was thought not to exist (as stated during Dimitri's Duel with Jaden Yuki), in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 04949: "Rise of the Sacred Beasts, Part 2" it was seen in what appeared to be the Kame Game Store, being viewed by two kids when Kagemaru began to absorb Duel Monster Spirits.

• This card is the opposite counterpart of "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End".
  • This card is LIGHT-Attribute, while "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" is DARK-Attribute.
  • The color of the circle in the background of this card's artwork background is also the opposite of that in the artwork of "Chaos Emperor Dragon".
  • Its opposite counterpart also received a long-term tenure at the Forbidden list, is another key card of the aforementioned classic deck, and also goes under an acronym: "CED".

• This card has five counterparts:
  • A "Toon" counterpart: "Toon Black Luster Soldier".
  • A DARK counterpart: "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Evening Twilight".
  • A younger counterpart: "Beginning Knight".
  • An anime-exclusive counterpart, combined with "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End": "Chaos End Ruler - Ruler of the Beginning and the End".
  • A Rush Duel counterpart: "Black Luster Soljersey - Envoy of the Drying".
  • A Sky Scourge counterpart: "Sky Scourge Enrise".
    • The effect of "Ruin, Queen of Oblivion" is also based on this card's effect.

• This card's artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 118 (Duelist Duel 59): "The Legendary Swordsman", specifically from the panel showing Dark Yugi with "Black Luster Soldier" (albeit with the lower body also visible), after the latter destroyed "Harpies' Pet Dragon" by battle.