God of Games Seeks to Prove Himself

"What?!"

Only now did Pegasus begin to panic.

His invincible ultimate shield, Mirror Force, which prevented the activation of any card effects, had actually been useless.

Furthermore, although during the Duelist Kingdom era, Toon Monsters had the Kouhu effect of nimbly evading opponents' attacks and being untouchable, once Battle City began and the Dueling Rules were gradually standardized by KaibaCorp, such unregulated early Kouhu effects were abolished.

Thus, when Pegasus later made limited-time guest appearances in the movie and the GX Anime, it could be seen that under modern rules, his Toon Monsters had lost their former invincible resistance and were instead revised to gain the ability to Direct Attack the opponent.

Of course, Pegasus was not without ways to compensate for the nerf brought about by the version change.

The new card "Cartoon Kingdom," which only appeared in the GX Anime, was his enhancement for the resistance Toon Monsters had lost.

"Then, the effect of 'Cartoon Kingdom'!" Pegasus shouted. "When a Toon Monster on my Field battles and would be destroyed by battle, I can Banish one card from the Top of Deck instead, preventing that monster's Battle Destruction!" (Original effect)

Both this effect and its activation cost had been changed compared to the physical card.

In the anime, Cartoon Kingdom required five cards to be Banished from the Top of Deck when activated, and one card from the Top of Deck was Banished when replacing destruction.

In the physical card version, three cards were Face-down Banished from the Top of Deck upon activation, and one card was likewise Face-down Banished from the Top of Deck when replacing destruction.

Do not underestimate the addition of the words "face-down." In modern Yu-Gi-Oh!, while not everyone could use Banishment like a second hand, quite a few Decks could do so—for many