Card Trivia:Number C98: Antitopian Halfrail


 * This card is a dark counterpart of.
 * This card is used by in the Duel Monsters AU of A Certain Magical Index, and contains several references to her character.
 * The OCG name for this card, "Hopeless Hafrenil", references the fate of the British princess Hafren, who was the illegitimate daughter of the King Locrin. To her stepmother Gwendolen, who Locrin betrayed, she was a symbol of said betrayal, despite having nothing to do with the situation herself. Thus, she had Hafren drowned in a river after killing the former king. Misaka Worst is a clone of the third-ranked Esper created by Academy City scientists, and part of a group of clones composing the, who the first-ranked  had sworn to protect after being manipulated into killing them by Academy City. In this way, Accelerator betrayed the city, which sought to get back at him by engineering Worst, a clone who resembled those he vowed to never hurt again, into a killing machine filled with the hatred of the entire Network. She was callously programmed to self-destruct if she failed the mission, which would have happened had Accelerator not saved her life after their battle.
 * Both the TCG and OCG names reference the difference in power between Misaka Worst and the original Mikoto. "Halfrail"/"Hafrenil" can be interpreted as "half [of] Rail[gun's potential]" (and even then, such a conclusion is very generous). This is also reflected in its card effects. Unlike "Utopia the Lightning", "Antitopian Halfrail" can only boost its ATK up to 4000, and only locks out cards and effects when it attacks a Defense Position monster. Its only advantages over "Lightning" are that it can be used as Xyz Material and that it inflicts piercing battle damage, which certainly differentiate it from "Lightning", but not enough to put it on the same power level.