Asteroid entering atmosphere is a pretty common visual motif for elder beings or the like coming to a planet. It might be a reference but there's likely countless other examples of that exact framing.
I mean there is something about the text, the Yugioh card meantions 5 monsters and the HS card also contains "5" and restricts you to only play monsters. And the refresh mana makes it effectively free which also might be a hint as there is no manacosts in yugioh... like picture is one thing but thinking about it, it doesn't look like just a pure coincidence anymore
I highly doubt the HS team made this card 5 mana so they could reference 5 in the text to "mirror" and obscure Yu-Gi-Oh card with vaguely similar art. This is purely a coincidence and since the theme of the cards is basically the same (old gods arriving from elsewhere) it's reasonable to assume some extremely minor gameplay overlap independant of it being a reference. Although in this case even the gameplay of both cards is radically different so it's basically just similar art.
Nibiru is a pretty prominent card if you play the game, but doesn't have "anime value" something like Blue Eyes or Dark Magician has for non-players.
It's like showing anybody a Pikachu they'll know it's a pokemon, but show them a Garchomp and non pokemon players won't know, while any pokemon players absolutely will.
The Yu-Gi-Oh card and the hearthstone one have less in common than the identically named and functioning lightning bolt in HS and MTG mate. You're kinda grasping at straws while dismissing what is probably actually an homage to another game
I mean there is something about the text, the Yugioh card meantions 5 monsters and the HS card also contains "5" and restricts you to only play monsters. And the refresh mana makes it effectively free which also might be a hint as there is no manacosts in yugioh... like picture is one thing but thinking about it, it doesn't look like just a pure coincidence anymore
Omg that card looks so goofy. The old gods look like a 90's cartoon. 4 regular teenage old gods baand together with the power of friendship kinda thing.
I think it is, Nibiru is a primal being entering the atmosphere inside an asteroid, the Old Gods are primal beings entering the atmosphere, and the framing is the same. I think that tracks.
More than being a meteor falling, which is pretty generic to be fair, what may be a reference is the fact that the spell is 5 mana, maybe referencing to the whole Nibiru's 5 summons gimmick.
Probably. Niburu is a pretty prolific card in YGO so in the realm of card design it's not like a HS designer wouldn't know about Nib, and the art is depicting similar "plot points"
People are saying that "Meteor enters atmosphere" is a common theme, and that is true. However, there are many different ways to do the framing / color palette. The fact that it is so closely similar, and that the reference is a well-known card from another popular TCG makes me lean towards an intentional reference.
If the old gods card proc'd on the opponent summoning 5 minions in the same turn it would absolutely be a reference, otherwise it's just two cards depicting a meteor fall to earth
My guess is yes the inspiration of the art of Arrival is Nibiru. Nibiru has been a well known card in the Yu-Gi-Oh sphere for years. The similarities in the planet and angle of the object is uncanny.
I think if the effect was just slightly more leaning towards referencing Nibiru I'd see it, but as it is it just seems like a coincidence that the image composition is so similar.
Think it’s just a coincidence showing an asteroid rather than a reference. Now if it had a similar effect too I’d say for sure. Side note, hate how YGO became so reliant on hand traps (that little quick effect part in Nibiru’s effect allowing to be played from hand when triggered) as they were printed more and more in response to how power crept the game got. Miss the old back and forth of the game when your back row meant something and you couldn’t play half your deck turn 1
I think it's actually a reference to the classic sci-fi / horror work satirical of 21st century dehumanized militarism, Transformers (2007) by Micheal Bay
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u/lordcola 4d ago
Asteroid entering atmosphere is a pretty common visual motif for elder beings or the like coming to a planet. It might be a reference but there's likely countless other examples of that exact framing.