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Thousand Needles
Dark Crisis DCR-028 • common
- Set
- Dark Crisis
- Printing code
- DCR-028
- Rarity
- Common
- Card type
- Effect monster
- Attribute
- Earth
- Level / Rank
- 4
- ATK
- 1000
- DEF
- 1800
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Where it came from
Thousand Needles was released in 2003 as part of the Dark Crisis booster set for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. This set is particularly notable for introducing several powerful archetypes and support cards that shifted the competitive landscape of the era. The card itself reflects the dark, high-fantasy aesthetic typical of early-2000s card illustrations, designed to fit into the game's expanding pool of effect-based Earth monsters.
The design of Thousand Needles draws from common fantasy tropes of heavily armored, defensive creatures. Within the game's mechanics, it is classified as a common rarity card, making it widely accessible to players during its initial release. While it never rose to the prominence of the set's flagship ultra-rare cards, it remains a nostalgic artifact for collectors interested in the foundational years of the game's Western expansion.
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