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Sam Huffer
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Australian game developer, formerly at Infinity Plus Two on Gems of War, and mimik Technology. I design custom Yu-Gi-Oh! cards for fun.

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For Vengeful Arbor, I may have had some fun with its Reddit post by parodying #drseuss and #thelorax:
I am an arbor, I speak for us trees. And we would like our revenge, if you please. You’ve drained all our water, you’ve polluted our air. You’ve chopped down our kin, and we say, “That’s not fair.” So I’ll Summon a monster to take your Life Points. A monster, a Plant, with 2000 Defense Points.
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Looks like I've been lax with posting my cards again, but it's just been another four typal battle searchers (for Warriors, Beast-Warriors, Plants, and Pyro monsters). Should be breaking that streak with my next two cards, though.
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Legendary Samurai of the Wasteland Effect Monster, Level 3 EARTH Warrior, 1300 ATK / 1450 DEF Rules text: ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Warrior monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck. Grassland Warrior Effect Monster, Level 4 EARTH Beast-Warrior, 900 ATK / 1500 DEF Rules text: ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Beast-Warrior monster with 1500 or less DEF from your Deck. Vengeful Arbor Effect Monster, Level 2 EARTH Plant, 800 ATK / 1200 DEF Rules text: ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Plant monster with 2000 or less DEF from your Deck. Lava Eye Effect Monster, Level 2 FIRE Pyro, 400 ATK / 200 DEF Rules text: ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Pyro monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck.
August 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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As Des Slime provides archetypal support for Slime monsters by name, I figured I should provide some errata'd copies of Revival Jam and Jam Defender with archetype conditions clarifying that they are, per their Japanese names, Slime cards.
Revival Jam Effect Monster, Level 4 WATER Aqua, 1500 ATK / 500 DEF (This card is always treated as a "Slime" card.) ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can pay 1000 LP; Special Summon it in Defense Position during your next Standby Phase. Revival Jam appears in the Battle City arc of Yu-Gi-Oh! It was originally printed in North America in Labyrinth of Nightmare (LON-006) in 2003, and then worldwide in the TCG in Dark Beginning 1 (DB1-EN210) in 2004. Jam Defender Continuous Trap (This card is always treated as a "Slime" card.) ① When an opponent's monster declares an attack on a monster you control: You can target 1 "Revival Jam" you control; switch the attack target to that target. Jam Defender appears in the Battle City arc of Yu-Gi-Oh! It was originally printed in North America in Labyrinth of Nightmare (LON-028) in 2003, and then worldwide in the TCG in Dark Beginning 1 (DB1-EN231) in 2004.
July 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I got the itch to give Revival Jam some support restoring its anime effects, so I made Des Slime. This week, I also made the destroyed-by-battle searcher for Spellcasters, designed to synergise with their current, limited searcher, Apprentice Magician.
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Des Slime Effect Monster, Level 2 WATER Aqua, 0 ATK / 800 DEF ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can add 1 “Slime” monster from your Deck to your hand. ② While this card is in your GY, when a “Revival Jam” you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: Special Summon that destroyed “Revival Jam”. Assistant Magician Effect Monster, Level 2 DARK Spellcaster, 450 ATK / 750 DEF ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Spellcaster monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck.
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Also, I've started filling out the cycle of typal destroyed-by-battle searchers like Masked Dragon and Pyramid Turtle, starting with Rock, Fairy, and Machine monsters. I'll keep going with this cycle until all the Types have a searcher, so leave a reply if there's a type you want to see done first.
Tower Golem Effect Monster, Level 4 EARTH Rock, 1000 ATK / 1300 DEF ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Rock monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck. Angelic Egg Effect Monster, Level 3 LIGHT Fairy, 1100 ATK / 1200 DEF ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Fairy monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck. Machine Soldier Effect Monster, Level 4 DARK Machine, 1500 ATK / 1000 DEF ① When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 Machine monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck.
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I've been lax with posting my custom cards as I publish them, so here's what I've put together over the last couple of weeks. First, an anime accurate Toon World retrain, and a Trap inspired by a funny Reddit anecdote.
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World of Fantasy - Toon World Continuous Spell (This card's name is always treated as "Toon World".) ① Non-Effect Monsters you control are treated as Toon monsters. ② You do not pay LP to declare an attack with a Toon monster. ③ Toon monsters you control that can attack and change their battle position cannot be destroyed by battle with a non-Toon monster, also you take no battle damage from those battles. The Hateful Blade Normal Trap ① Target 1 monster on the field; if it is in Defense Position, change it to face-up Attack Position, then you can equip this card to it with this effect. ● The equipped monster must attack if able, also it cannot change its battle position.
June 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Hand Traps have made Trap Cards largely obsolete outside of dedicated Trap-focused decks, thanks to being faster to use. I figured I'd put something together to help Trap Cards compete.
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Trap Restoration Normal Trap ① If your opponent controls a card, you can activate a Trap Card from your hand by discarding this card at activation. ② If your opponent controls a card, you can activate a Trap Card from your hand by banishing this card from your GY at activation.
June 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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I found out from Reddit that Duel Links has to censor skulls in card art in China. While looking at some of the alt arts, Ryu Kokki's jumped out as being almost a Metal counterpart. So I made it one.

Credit to Redditor Ray_V_Xyz for the Evolution Monster mechanic and frame.

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Metal-Armoured Ryu Kokki Evolution Effect Monster, Level 8 DARK Zombie, 2400 ATK / 2000 DEF Evolve: "Ryu Kokki", Requirement: Send 1 "Metalmorph" equipped to it to the GY ① While this card has material, this card is also treated as a Machine monster, it gains 400 ATK/DEF, and is unaffected by your opponent's Spell effects. ② If this card would be destroyed, you can detach 1 material instead. ③ If this card destroys a monster by battle while it has no material: You can attach that destroyed monster to this card as material.
June 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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I was listening to Thunderbringer animatics a few weeks ago, and one of Zeus' lines started giving me ideas for a card for him. This spiraled into me designing cards for each of the big three.
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Zeus, Thunderbringer of Olympus Effect Monster, Level 8 WIND Fairy, 3000 ATK / 2800 DEF You can only activate effect ② of “Zeus, Thunderbringer of Olympus” once per turn. ① If a monster you control is destroyed: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. ② If this card is Summoned while you control “The Sanctuary in the Sky”: You can target any number of monsters your opponent controls; your opponent chooses 1 of these effects for you to apply. * Destroy those targets. * Destroy all monsters your opponent controls, except those targets. Poseidon, Tideshaker of Olympus Effect Monster, Level 8 WATER Fairy, 2800 ATK / 3000 DEF You can only activate effect ② of “Poseidon, Tideshaker of Olympus” once per turn. ① If a monster you control battles an opponent’s monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. ② If this card is Summoned while you control “The Sanctuary in the Sky”: You can activate 1 of these effects. * Your opponent shuffles their hand into their Deck, then they draw the same number of cards. * Destroy all Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls. Hades, Underworld Adjudicator of Olympus Effect Monster, Level 8 DARK Fairy, 2900 ATK / 2900 DEF ① If your opponent sends a monster they control to the GY (Quick Effect): You can discard this card. ② If this card is sent from your Deck to the GY, add it to your hand instead. ③ While this card is in your GY, if you control “The Sanctuary in the Sky”, apply these effects. * This card can attack and be targeted for attacks while in your GY, but if it would be destroyed, banish it instead. * Each time a monster(s) is sent to or leaves your opponent’s GY, inflict 300 damage to your opponent.
May 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Forgot to post this, but when we got the recent information about Air Neos being tangled up in a lawsuit, I put together Elemental HERO Vigilante Neos.
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Elemental HERO Vigilante Neos LV 7 / DARK / Warrior / Effect / 2500 ATK / 2000 DEF "Elemental HERO Neos" + 1 "HERO" or "Neo-Spacian" monster Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control. ① This card's Attribute becomes the Attribute of the "HERO" or "Neo-Spacian" monster banished for this card's Special Summon. ② Other monsters with the same Attribute as this card cannot be Summoned, and their effects cannot be activated. ③ Negate the effects on the field of other monsters with the same Attribute as this card. ④ Once per turn, during the End Phase: Banish this card, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each monster on their field or in their GY with the same Attribute as this card on the field. Elemental HERO Vigilante Neos is a fan card I designed based Elemental HERO Air Neos's conspicuous lack of reprints, as well as information that has come to light about a lawsuit by Beyond Comics Inc against Konami over Air Neos's resemblance to Ravedactyl. All copyright for Yu-Gi-Oh! and related assets used goes to Kazuki Takahashi, Studio Dice, and Konami. All copyright for Ravedactyl and related assets used goes to Beyond Comics Inc.
May 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Made some more custom #yugioh cards, this time just a few singles. One is Pegasus's unreleased monster from the manga, two are Monster Reborn retrains inspired by Rare Metal Dragon, and the fourth is a fixed Premature Burial. Guess which one I made the art for almost from scratch.
Custom Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. L-R: No-Eyes Dark Maw, an unreleased monster used by Pegasus in the manga; Hollow Rebirth and Extraordinary Reincarnation, retrains of Monster Reborn focused on specific categories of monsters that Rare Metal Dragon happens to fall into; and The Restless Grave, a fixed Premature Burial that can't be abused by returning it to the hand.
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I also designed Syzygy, the Black Sun Dragon, an Xyz monster based on solar eclipses.
Syzygy, the Black Sun Dragon
November 12, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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A while back I made some custom #yugioh cards for the Malefic archetype. Didn't like the quick artworks I made by just inverting their colours, so I re-did them and put more effort into them. They're not masterpieces, but still a vast improvement over the originals in my opinion.
Custom Yu-Gi-Oh! cards for the Malefic archetype. Top, L-R: Malefic Black Rose Dragon, Malefic Ancient Fairy Dragon, Malefic Power Tool Dragon, Malefic Red Dragon Archfiend, Malefic Black-Winged Dragon. Middle, L-R: Malefic Horus, Malefic Vice Dragon, Malefic Cyberdark Dragon, Malefic Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, Malefic Armed Dragon. Bottom, L-R: Malefic Five-Headed Dragon, Harpie's Pet Malefic Dragon, Malefic Gandora, Malefic Planetary Gear, and Malefic Exchange.
November 12, 2024 at 1:08 AM