- This monster appears in the artwork of "Catastrophe Draw".
- In Arabian mythology, the Roc or Rukh, was a giant bird, able to seize elephants. It was believed to create the winds by flapping its wings.
- "Mist Valley Baby Roc" appears to be the baby of "Roc from the Valley of Haze", which is visible in the background of this card.
- The name of this card might be a reference to a chapter in the Taiheiki (a Japanese war epic that can be translated to Chronicle of Grand Pacification) titled "Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird".