what is a pendulum card in yugioh Yu-Gi-Oh! - Machine - SBSC-EN023 - Common - 1st Edition - Speed Duel Pendulum Monster | Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

halve its ATK until the end of this turn

If you call it wrong, destroy as many monsters you control as possible, and if you do, take damage equal to half the total ATK those destroyed monsters had while face-up on the field

This is a funny one

This guy puts a stop to that, and at the cost of 100 life points per turn, monsters with an attack greater than 1500 attack cannot declare an attack

Pendulum Witch Pendulum Witch Spellcaster PendulumEffect C Common SR Super Rare Related Cards View as Gallery View as List Duelist Alliance X SPELL If there is a card in the Pendulum Zone: Add 1 "Pendulum" Pendulum Monster or "Pendulum" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand

In the anime, they couldn't be destroyed except by other Numbers, and they were some of the most powerful Xyz monsters of all