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Yu-Gi-Oh!: 10 Archetypes That Remain Anime-exclusive

Yu-Gi-Oh!: 10 Archetypes That Remain Anime-exclusive

We take a look at the Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetypes that have yet to make their way from the anime into the TCG.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG may have an ever-increasing amount of archetypes, or groups of cards, supported due to having some of the same words in their names, but many have stayed exclusive to the various anime series and have yet to see real-life counterparts.

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The Dragons of Legend booster pack series, which launched between 2014 and 2016 with three separate booster packs, was notable for adding many previously anime-exclusive cards to the TCG. This trend is continued to this day by the ongoing Battles of Legend booster pack series, but somehow, many archetypes are still waiting to see their TCG debut.

10. Tennis

yugioh gx anime tennis archetype with smash ace spell card art and big server monster card

The Tennis archetype used by Harrington Rosewood was introduced in the 15th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series and rely on effect damage. The Big Server is the only monster of this archetype that was shown.

The most interesting card of the archetype is the Deuce Spell card, which lets only one monster attack each Battle Phase, with whoever inflicts damage twice winning the duel; however, if a player takes damage from their opponent, that damage is reduced to zero. Even if a player's Life Points becomes zero, no one loses the duel as long as Deuce is face-up on the Field.

9. Alchemy Beast

yugioh gx anime alchemy beast archetype with leon the lead and ouroboros the bronze

The Alchemy Beast archetype introduced in the 44th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series, during the Rise of the Sacred Beasts arc, was used by Amnael. The monsters in this archetype are relatively weak, having only 500 Attack and Defense Points, but they can all attack directly.

Alchemy Beasts also must be Special Summoned by the corresponding Spell cards while the Continuous Spell card Chaos Distill is in play and cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Chaos Distill banishes all monsters that would otherwise be sent to the Graveyard. This can help power up Golden Homunculus, which gains 300 Attack and Defense Points for all your banished monsters.

8. Curry Spice

yugioh gx anime curry spice archetype with potatoman and curry fiend roo

The Curry archetype, introduced in the 63rd episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series, was used by Sartyr, the head teacher of Duel Academy's Ra Yellow dorm. This food-based archetype revolves around using Spell Spice Spell cards to summon Curry Fiend Roo, a monster that gains 200 Attack Points for each Spice card in the Graveyard and 300 Attack Points for each banished Spice card.

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Although the word Spice is not included in their names, three Normal Monster cards known as Carrotman, Onionman, and Potatoman are related to the archetype, each based on a different curry ingredient and each having one of their hands in a rock-paper-scissors position.

7. White Knight

yugioh gx anime white knight archetype with white knight swordsman and white knight gardna

The White Knight archetype used by Chazz Princeton was introduced in the 87th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series. The White Knight archetype consists of Light attribute Warrior-type monsters that revolve around summoning White Knight Lord, the strongest archetype member.

White Knight Lord cannot be Tribute Summoned or Set, cannot be destroyed by battle, prevents the player from taking battle damage from battles involving it, inflicts 300 points of Life Point damage to the opponent after successfully destroying a monster by battle, and inflicts 1,000 damage if destroyed by an opponent's card effect. The player must also take 800 points of damage during their End Phase on any turn it has not attacked.

6. Mystic

yugioh gx anime mystic archetype with mystic egg, mystic baby dragon, and mystic revolution card art

In the 103rd episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series, Blair Flanagan is seen using a deck featuring the Mystic archetype, which revolves around monsters summoning stronger versions of themselves after being destroyed by battle, such as Mystic Egg turning into Mystic Baby Dragon and then into Mystic Dragon. The Spell card Mystic Revolution allows you to circumvent the destroyed by battle part of their effects.

Several other cards in the Mystic archetype were referenced but not seen, such as Mystic Baby Knight and Mystic Baby Magician. It is also assumed that these unseen cards have more powerful forms in the same vein as Mystic Baby Dragon.

5. Statue

yugioh zexal anime statue archetype with statue blue-eyes white drago and blue-eyes ultimate card art

The Statue archetype was used by Roku and introduced in the 15th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal anime series. These Earth attribute Rock-type monsters are based on classic monsters like Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon and have the same Attack and Defense Points as them, although their effects reduce them each to zero when Face-up on the Field.

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The Field Spell Statue Zone negates the effects of all Statue monsters on the Field, making it integral if the player using these cards wants to be able to attack their opponent. The Pendelumstatue archetype from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V anime series is similar, consisting of Pendulum Monsters whose Pendulum effects are based on older Spell cards.

yugioh zexal anime tomato archetype with tomato paradise and tomato king card art

The Tomato archetype was introduced in the 26th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal anime series, and are used by the character Tombo Tillbitty. The Tomato archetype revolves around Special Summoning various Tomato monsters and using support Spell cards that cause burn damage to the opponent.

Although they may seem and probably should be related due to all being Plant-type monsters based on the same type of food, the Tomato archetype is unrelated to monsters like Mystic Tomato and the Inmato archetype, despite these older monsters having representation in various anime series, even if they are quick cameos, and real-life TCG counterparts.

3. Cookpal

yugioh arc-v anime cookpal archetype with pumapotato and king burger card art

The Cookpal archetype, first introduced in the 16th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V anime series, was used by Reed Pepper and is a food-based archetype that revolves around swarming the field and paving the way for the Royal Cookpal sub-archetype, which can increase the strength of the other monsters.

The Continuous Trap card Food Cemetery is integral to this strategy, as you place all Cookpals sent to the Graveyard on the turn of its activation underneath it and then add the same number of Cookpal cards from your deck to your hand. The caveat is that you must destroy all cards you control if you control more monsters than those underneath Food Cemetery.

2. Quiz

yugioh arc- v quiz archetype with quiz sphinx and quiz monkey anime art

Possibly inspired by the classic Spell card Question, the Quiz archetype used by Pierre L'Supérieure introduced in the 19th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V anime series revolves around the opponent answering questions and solving riddles, with different effects occurring depending on whether they had the correct answer.

When the opponent answers a Quiz card wrong, it can prevent them from attacking and may also increase your Life Points and deal Life Point damage to the opponent. Only two Monster cards, Quiz Monkey and Quiz Sphinx, were revealed to be members of this archetype, with the rest being Spell cards.

1. Beastborg

yugioh arc-v anime beastborg archetype with beastborg panther predator and beastborg wolf kampfer art

The Beastborg archetype introduced in the 40th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V anime series was used by Barrett. It consists of Fusion Monsters that are also cyborg versions of older Beast-Warrior-type monsters such as Panther Warrior and Pitch-Black Warwolf, due to them requiring both Beast-Warrior and Machine-type monsters to be Fusion Summoned.

These Dark attribute Machine-type monsters revolve around constant Fusion Summoning and using Medal Continuous Trap Cards to boost their Attack Points or decrease the Attack Points of the opponent's monsters. Unfortunately, this archetype has yet to be expanded, as it could make old and irrelevant Beast Warrior-type monsters relevant again.

Source: thegamer.com

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