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The next Yu-Gi-Oh trading card set looks packed with Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and other FromSoftware references, with monsters seemingly based on the likes of the Fire Keeper, Godfrey, and more.
As reported by DiceBreaker, the Phantom Nightmare Yu-Gi-Oh set arrives February 3 and fans have noticed that certain promotional material released by Konami bears a striking resemblance to the beloved series of FromSoftware video games.
"The events of an ancient battle play out over and over again as a brand new world premiere Pyro theme lights up the field in Phantom Nightmare," reads the official synopsis. "Make sure to pick up Maze of Millennia to get your copies of Bonfire so you’ll be ready to try it out when Phantom Nightmare launches in February."
Ancient battle playing out over and over is very Dark Souls, which is all about linking the fire in perpetuity. Pyro and Bonfire also tick plenty of boxes (alongside a new Ashened archtype), and artwork released by Konami depcting a slightly cosmic looking witchy character with a crown over her eyes (above) is reminding fans of the Fire Keeper.
Reddit user MalefixTekX has pointed out a bunch of other references. "Vados shooting a laser is an obvious reference to Midir," they said, referencing the Dark Souls 3 boss (in the second piece of artwork above). "He even has similar battle damaged wings and an extra pair of them like Midir."
They also liken the third piece of artwork to Andre the blacksmith and Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight, but most of all to Godfrey, the First Elden Lord in Elden Ring, who has a very a similar armour set and hair style.
The Bonfire-containing Maze of Millennia set mentioned by Konami focuses on bringing cards from the anime to the real Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game, even ones that debuted more than two decades ago. This includes the Eye of Illusion, a card used by classic villain Maximillion Pegasus in Episode 2 of the Yu-Gi-Oh: Dual Monsters anime.
Yu-Gi-Oh is as popular as ever more than 20 years later, with fans continuing to play in person and digitally in one of the many games. The accurate simulation game of Master Duel was released in 2022 and proved incredibly successful, with tens of millions of downloads in the first few months.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
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