10 Best Normal Monsters In Yu-Gi-Oh

In the early days, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was - and still is - the best normal monster in terms of attack, although requiring two tributes to summon the Blue-Eyes meant it wasn't the easiest monster to play.

As Yu-Gi-Oh progressed, Konami looked at ways to cheat the Blue-Eyes into play, at first with Paladin of White Dragon and later with the White Stone of Ancient. The role the Blue-Eyes plays in the deck has changed so much but that's only because of the cards that surround it.

There are so many cards that should be thankful for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and without it, say if it was ever banned, tons of cards would literally be useless. It's great watching this beast evolve, in the anime we watched it blow away many a monster, so this theme was captured in Burst Stream of Destruction, a spell card that destroys all of your opponent's monsters if you control a Blue-Eyes.

In the Dark Side of Dimensions movie, we were introduced to the Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, a new take on the Blue-Eyes, a card that made Blue-Eyes the best deck in 2016, even taking down the world championship.

There is something about this shining beacon that appeals to a boy of 10 and a 33-year-old and it's exciting to think we'll continue to see new and innovative cards that revolve around the legendary engine of destruction for years to come.