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Wind-Up Hunter
Photon Shockwave PHSW-EN024 • super-rare
- Set
- Photon Shockwave
- Printing code
- PHSW-EN024
- Rarity
- Super rare
- Card type
- Effect monster
- Attribute
- Dark
- Level / Rank
- 3
- ATK
- 1600
- DEF
- 500
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Where it came from
Wind-Up Hunter was released in 2011 as part of the Photon Shockwave booster set, a core release in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. As part of the 'Wind-Up' archetype, the card features a mechanical, toy-like aesthetic consistent with the set's focus on clockwork-themed monsters. Its design reflects the series' tendency to blend whimsical visuals with competitive, utility-driven gameplay effects, specifically revolving around graveyard-focused resource manipulation.
The card was designed to support the Wind-Up strategy, which centers on manipulating monster levels and special summoning cycles. Upon its introduction, the card's ability to force opponents to discard cards became a significant focal point in the competitive meta. While the artwork depicts a stylized, wind-up hunter figure, the card is primarily remembered for its mechanical integration into powerful, loop-based combos that eventually led to adjustments in the game's forbidden and limited list.
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