Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards That Make No Sense Outside The Anime
The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime has a long history of creating oddly specific cards that would only work under the rarest of circumstances. These are usually made for dramatic effect as a key to finish the episode's duel, although why less specialized cards aren't used is never addressed. These strangely specific cards are simply an accepted part of Yu-Gi-Oh! history.
Where things become particularly messy is when some of these cards wind up leaving the anime and becoming a part of the legitimate card game. General-use cars such as Raigeki and Pot of Greed, which have good effects that are always usable, are generally considered better than situationally useful cards. When a card that is only useful in a single scenario is printed, it will almost never find a place in any serious deck, especially not one of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s more competitive meta decks.
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While a lot of great cards came from the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, some were clearly never meant to be used outside of the episodes that introduced them. Although they may exist in real life, they will rarely find play for this very reason. As crude as it may sound, some cards may have been better off remaining in the anime.
Burst Return is a restrictive card with a weak effect. If the player has Elemental HERO Burstinatrix on the field, then they can use Burst Return to return all other Elemental HERO monsters on the field to their owners' respective hands. Considering the activation requirement, it is clearly meant to be used in an Elemental HERO deck. However, unless the opponent is also running Elemental HEROes, this card would likely only return the user's monsters. This card does little to help Elemental HEROes, not even helping
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