Gimmick Puppet Egg Head - Yu-Gi-Oh!

I refuse to stoop to making egg puns.

Besides printing previously OCG exclusive cards, the Number Hunters set printed new cards from the anime. And the TCG was going to be the first one to print them. A lot of the cards in Number Hunters were originally published in the TCG, and then later released for the OCG. Usually its Japan who gets the cards first before anyone in the states does.

So this guy was from the anime, used by the slightly psychotic IV (pronounced four, it's Roman numerals). The US version calls him Quattro, because they thought somebody with the name IV was stupid. Personally I find someone with the name Quattro more stupid, but that's me. Some changes from the original. The card in Japanese is Gimmick Puppet - Bomb Egg, but that had to be changed, because you can't have the word bomb in a game for children. Another change is the ability. You now have to discard a Gimmick Puppet monster instead of any card, in order to make sure you play the card with its archetype. Okay, no real complaints.

Also, you now have the ability to make it Level 8. This requires a bit of set up. In the anime, IV does make this guy Level 8, but that was due to another card, Level Cross, called Level Doubler in English because you can't have the word cross in a show for children. Rather than print that card, and to boost the power level of the first card, they gave the egg the Level 8 effect directly. This type of change I have less of an issue with, since it still pays attention to and acknowledges what happened in the anime.

Art wise, this guy is creepy, all the Gimmick Puppets are. Look into those soulless eyes, that emotionless expression. He also has appendages that remind me of a mannequin (and those wooden figures you pose in art class), with abnormally long arms that nearly touch its feet. The antique looking wig is also a nice little touch. Overall, this guy will haunt your nightmares.