Konami Realizes That Absolutely Anything Can Be A Yu-Gi-Oh Card

Posted on March 4, 2009
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Actual Yu-Gi-Oh cards from real life.


TOKYO — Excited officials at Konami, the makers of Yu-Gi-Oh, announced at a news conference Wednesday that scientific tests had determined that absolutely anything can be a Yu-Gi-Oh card.

Tinako Gafune, spokeswoman for Konami, said that the franchise had now grown to subsume every possible thought, genre or concept, from monsters, robots and dragons to little tomato people held behind bars and evil houses that spit out Scotch tape.

“Think of absolutely anything that you can think of. For example, uh, ‘a jack-in-the-box with umbrellas for hands.’ There. That can be a Yu-Gi-Oh card,” Gafune said.

“Or, ‘four-slot toaster.’ Bang. Yu-Gi-Oh card,” Gafune said.

“Maybe if you sacrifice the toaster, that lets you get out a giant killer eggbeater for free,” she said.

Gafune said that nearly everyone in the company, from temporary office workers to full-time designers, contributes their ideas for new cards.

“It’s like a separate game,” Gafune said. “Who can be the most creative? Just yell out your ideas. ‘Haunted lawn mower!’ ‘Magnet cowboy!’ ‘Robot cucumber!’ There are no rules!” she added. “Everyone join in!”

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6 Responses to “Konami Realizes That Absolutely Anything Can Be A Yu-Gi-Oh Card”

  1. Salem on March 4th, 2009 4:27 pm

    Possessed pencil, anyone?

    Just watch them make it.

  2. Sarah Palin on March 4th, 2009 9:07 pm

    Magically animated Roach Motel.

  3. vandwedge on March 5th, 2009 6:48 am

    Sarah Palin

  4. Eclipsio on May 24th, 2009 9:47 am

    I have kind of made up my own cards.. Like, partly a deck but some cards are from the anime and tcg.

  5. Andrew on December 28th, 2009 1:07 am

    iv’e got a idea for 2 good cards nice effects

  6. MrCorn on January 13th, 2011 8:29 pm

    Squidward Testicles!

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