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Black and Green Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards: Xyz Pendulum Monsters
A Yu-Gi-Oh! card that is black on top and green on the bottom is an Xyz Pendulum Monster. It starts in your Extra Deck and is Xyz Summoned with monsters of the same Level like any black card, and it can also sit in a Pendulum Zone with a Pendulum Scale.
Black and green is the frame of a Xyz Pendulum Monster. It starts in the Extra Deck. Xyz Pendulum Monsters: Extra Deck Xyz with a Rank and a Scale, like Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.
10 cards released in the TCG are black and green, as of November 2, 2026. See the full color chart →
What a Black and green Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Is
The top half is black because the monster is an Xyz Monster, with a Rank rather than a Level and its Xyz Material on the first line of the lower text box. The bottom half is Spell green because it can also sit in a Pendulum Zone.
Black and green is an Extra Deck combination. The card never goes in your Main Deck.
How Xyz Pendulum Monsters Play
Xyz Summon it the usual way, stacking monsters of the same Level. Most then reach a Pendulum Zone from the field: when Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is destroyed in the Monster Zone, it can destroy the cards in your Pendulum Zones and take their place, and D/D/D Deviser King Deus Machinex can place itself there during your Standby Phase.
If it would go to the Graveyard from the field, it goes to your Extra Deck face up instead. Several, including Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon and Dark Anthelion Dragon, say that if you can Pendulum Summon Level 7, you can Pendulum Summon them from the face-up Extra Deck.
What to Know About Black and green Cards
- Starts in the Extra Deck.
- Has a Rank, not a Level, like any Xyz Monster.
- Its materials go to the Graveyard when it leaves the field, even though the card itself goes to the Extra Deck face up.
- Pendulum Summoning it from the Extra Deck is only possible when its text allows it.
Black and green Cards by the Numbers
Counted from YGOPRODeck's card database, the source of TurnZero HQ's Yu-Gi-Oh! catalog, as of November 2, 2026: every card with a TCG release, each counted once however many times it was reprinted. Xyz Pendulum Monsters are among the rarest frames in the game: 10 of the 14,012 cards released in the TCG.
Black and green Card Examples
4 cards that show what a black and green frame means, chosen to explain the color rather than to rank the best ones. Each links to its card page with every printing and its price.
Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon
BLCR-EN076
The famous one
Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon
LAVD-ENO29
Pendulum Summoned from the Extra Deck
Dark Anthelion Dragon
DUOV-EN036
Generic Rank 7
D/D/D Deviser King Deus Machinex
BACH-EN044
Rank 10
- Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon: 2 Level 7 Dragons. Xyz Summoned using an Xyz Monster, it destroys your opponent's Level 7 or lower monsters and attacks three times.
- Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon: 2 Level 7 Dragons. It can be Pendulum Summoned from the face-up Extra Deck if you can Pendulum Summon Level 7.
- Dark Anthelion Dragon: 2 Level 7 monsters. Detach a material to halve an opponent's monster's ATK and take what it lost.
- D/D/D Deviser King Deus Machinex: 2 Level 10 Fiends, or Summoned on a D/D/D monster. It attaches an opponent's monster that activates its effect, and moves to your Pendulum Zone in your Standby Phase.
The Two Halves
Each half of a black and green card is a color of its own. The top is the black of a Xyz Monster, and the bottom is the green of a Spell Card.
Every Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Color
The other frame colors, each with its own page. Main Deck colors come first, then the Extra Deck, Tokens and the two-tone Pendulum frames.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a black and green Yu-Gi-Oh! card mean?
It is an Xyz Pendulum Monster. The black top means it is an Xyz Monster that starts in your Extra Deck; the green bottom means it can be placed in a Pendulum Zone as a Spell.
Can you Pendulum Summon an Xyz Pendulum Monster?
Only if its text allows it. Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon and Dark Anthelion Dragon say that if you can Pendulum Summon Level 7, you can Pendulum Summon them from your face-up Extra Deck.
Does an Xyz Pendulum Monster have a Level?
No, it has a Rank like any Xyz Monster. Cards that let it be Pendulum Summoned say so in terms of the Level you can Pendulum Summon.
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