"Hate Cards", known as "Meta Cards" (メタカード Meta Kādo) in the Japanese version, are cards designed to take down opponents who use specific card types.
While the cards themselves are perfectly legal and their use isn't considered cheating, their use can be looked down upon, as they are only effective against specific matchups, and using those cards just to beat a certain opponent can be considered unfair play. They are also mostly useless when used against any other matchup. As a result, most Hate Cards tend to be placed in the sideboard, only being brought out against the deck type they were designed to beat.
Dragon Vanquishing cards are an example of Hate Cards; they only work when used against cards which possess the Traits of "Dragon", and are far less effective against other Traitsss which will not trigger their effects.
Messiah Arms are another example of hate cards also aimed at countering "Dragon" cards. Many of their cards, especially the items, can only be played to their fullest extent if your opponent controls a monster with the "Dragon" Trait.
The anime character Raremaro was used to explain the downside of using Hate cards, when his deck was completely designed to counter Dragon World, but became useless when used against a Magic World deck, resulting in him losing quickly and easily.
List of Hate Cards[]
Dragon World[]
Monsters[]
Size 1[]
- Guillotine Axe Dragon (Monsters/Spell with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Size 2[]
- Dirk Shotel Dragon ("Dragon Shield" Cards)
Legend World[]
Items[]
- Dragon Vanquishing Sword, Balmung (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Messiah Arms, Omega Siegsabre (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Messiah Arms, Siegblade (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Messiah Arms, Siegsabre (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Sword of the King, Excalibur ("Shield" Cards)
Spells[]
- Dragoness Pressure (Cards with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Thoughts within the Sword (Cards with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Resolution to Protect (Cards with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Impacts[]
- Dragon Slaying Arts, Ragnar Flame (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Monsters[]
Size 1[]
- Dragon Vanquishing Emperor, Beowulf (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Projection Shell, "Beowulf" (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Projection Shell, "Daniyyel" (Cards with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Projection Shell, "Ian" (Cards with "Dragon" in its attribute)
- Projection Shell, "Thraetaona" (Cards with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Size 2[]
- Dragon Extermination Knight, Siegfried (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Size 3[]
Dungeon World[]
Items[]
- Dragon Vanquishing Sword, Dragonslayer (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Katana World[]
Impacts[]
- Secret Sword, Annihilate Dragon Formation (Monsters with "Dragon" in its attribute)
Medabots[]
Characters[]
Size 1[]
- Roks (Medachange) (《Water》 Cards)
Ragnarok[]
Event[]
- Nameless Island (《Undead》 Cards)
Characters[]
Size 1[]
- 1st Commander of Destruction (《Undead》 Cards)
- 2nd Commander of Destruction (《Undead》 Cards)
- Acolyte "Class 1" (《Undead》 Cards)
- Verit (《Undead》 Cards)
Size 2[]
- Priest "Class 2" (《Undead》 Cards)
SSSS.Gridman[]
Characters[]
Size 4[]
- Anti (Kaiju Form), the Perseverance Kaiju (Cards with [Transform])