Pot of Greed
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About
Pot of Greed is an infamous card from the popular trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh, which allows the user to draw 2 more cards from their deck and add them to their hand. Online, the card has gained notoriety due the fact that the anime series explains the card's function every time is used, inspiring several jokes regarding not knowing its effect, mostly under the question "But what does pot of greed do?"
Origin
The Pot of Greed first appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh in episode 65 of the anime, "Mime Control, Part 1,"[1] which aired July 24th, 2001 in Japan and March 8th, 2003 in the USA.
Spread
On December 11th 2014, YouTube user Wheeler uploaded a video titled "Pot of Greed in Yugioh" which showed a compilation of the card being used throughout the anime. Every time the card is used, the user explains what the card does. The video has gained over 1 million views (shown below, left)). On December 1st, 2015, YouTuber Millennium Camcorder uploaded a similar video which gained over 79,000 views (shown below, right).
The popularity of the video Yu-Gi-Oh copypasta about the card, which goes:
POT OF GREED ALLOWS ME TO DRAW TWO MORE CARDS. I WILL START MY TURN BY PLAYING POT OF GREED WHICH ALLOWS ME TO DRAW TWO MORE CARDS. I WILL PLAY THE MAGIC CARD, POT OF GREED, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO DRAW TWO NEW CARDS.
The copypasta was uploaded to /r/copypasta on April 1st, 2016.[3] The copypasta saw frequent use during April Fools Day 2016 on the subreddit r/hearthstone as the subbreddit was made Yu-Gi-Oh themed for the day (examples shown below). The moment was inquired about on /r/OutOfTheLoop[2] several days later.
On April 16th, 2016, YouTuber RANK10YGO uploaded a 12-minute video humorously over-explaining what the Pot of Greed card does, gaining over 220,000 views (shown below, left). On April 27th, 2017, YouTuber 414YGO uploaded a similar video, gaining over 22,000 views (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Yu-Gi-Oh Wiki – Yu-Gi-Oh! – Episode 065
[2] /r/OutOfTheLoop – What is with this "Pot of Greed" copypasta?
[3] /r/copypasta – POT OF GREED
![POT OF VERBOSITY wwwwww 3.141592 Leine [SPELL CARD] BICS-3.141 Place your pointer finger, index finger, and thumb onto your main card storage location, hereby referred to as the deck. Do NOT place your fingers onto your graveyard or extra deck. After ensuring that the place you have placed your fingers onto is, in fact, your main deck, proceed to apply pressure onto the two topmost cards of your deck and move your hand towards you to remove those two topmost cards from your deck. After doing so, proceed to place those two cards into your hand. 2017 BAD IDEA CO. 9-0 YU-G](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/643/469/e1e.jpg "Of what is or has does pot relating to a part that which is more whole between verbosity do?")
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![POT OF GREED 魔 [SPELL CARD] Draw 2 cards. A THO ©1996 KAZUKI TAKAHASHI ECOF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/027/097/7a3.jpeg "Pot of Stimmies")
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