Controversy
Due to the inspirations for some of the cards, such as ancient mythology and Japanese folklore, the card game was a potential target for religious advocacy groups. Perhaps to alleviate their concerns, the English names of the cards were not always given a direct translation, instead opting for a name less controversial. For example, the "Black Magician" in the original Japanese was changed to the "Dark Magician" in English, which reduced its association with black magic and the card "Trial of Hell" was changed to "Trial of Nightmare". Most cards with "Des" in their English names have it to replace "Death", which is used in other languages. However, this has caused some problems with the naming of certain cards, such as Archfiends (Demons in Japan), who (before the advent of Dark Crisis) all had unique names in the English version. Thus they had to be reclassified as Archfiends to meet the new standard. In addition the use of Christian themes have also been censored out of the international edition of Yu-Gi-Oh. Many cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game receive alternate or censored artwork from the original Japanese editions. This occurs mostly in cards where the original artwork has religious connotations or is of a sexual nature. This has also occurred in instances where a card may bear some similarity to a tragic event, such as the alteration of "Poseidon waves" to "Zeus's breath" in the anime, and the removal of crosshairs on the card "Cloak and Dagger."
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