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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Silverwind the Ascendence has a katana and is the strongest Blackwing monster.

* FanNickname: Chaos Sorcerer was nicknamed "the poor man's Chaos" due to its common rarity, as opposed being secret rare like the Envoys.

[[folder:Blackwings]]

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Bora the Spear and Armed Master can inflict Piercing Damage. Additionally, when Armed Master attacks a monster in Defense Position, its ATK are increased up by 500 points.

* OddNameOut: There are two Blackwings whose name has nothing to do with wind: "Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame" and "Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow".

* SixthRanger: Crow Theme Decks probably will include Black Winged Dragon, since it's Crow Signer Dragon card, but it's not a Blackwing monster. That's why many Blackwing decks don't have it in their Extra Decks.

* ThemeNaming: These cards relate to various types of birds and several types of winds.

** Zigzagged with Slifer's Lightning Blast effect. The legal version's effect will only work on monsters that are Normal or Special Summoned in attack position, while in the anime and manga it works on monsters in defense position as well (and it reduces the DEF points instead). However, unlike in the anime and manga, the legal version's Lightning Blast effect lasts as long as the weakened monsters are still on the field instead of just a single turn.

* FountainOfExpies:
** Ancient Gear Golem, Cyber Dragon, White Night Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, and especially Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon.
** And for Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, we have Cyber End Dragon, Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, and Neo Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon. (Though the latter differs in that it is a triple level 8 material Xyz monster.)

* {{Meganekko}}: Aussa
* NamesTheSame: Milla, an older version of Lyna, shares her OCG name 'Mira' with "Super Star Mira".

* FountainOfExpies
** The Dark Magician's style wears has inspired an entire archtype of Magician cards, and of course he has many evolved forms. In a round-about way, it's now tradition for the protagonist's key monster to have 2500 Attack, while to parallel to the Blue-Eyes, their rival's key monster has 3000 Attack.
** Dark Magician Girl has counterparts known as "Magician's Valkyria" and "Gagaga Girl", as well as a supposed younger counterpart known as "Card Ejector", a Toon counterpart known as "Toon Dark Magician Girl", and an Xyz counterpart known as "Magi Magi ☆ Magician Gal."

* NoExportForYou: The Anniversary Pack artwork for Dark Magician Girl was not included in the TCG release. According to most sources, this is because Kazuki Takahashi refused to edit the art for release outside Japan.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Duel Art artbook by Kazuki Takahashi, Magi Magi ☆ Magician Gal was originally intended to be simply another "Dark Magician Girl" art to act as a female counterpart to the anniversary art of "Dark Magician." It was later made into a new Xyz monster.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Prior to the official release of Primal Origin, there were sources depicting this monster as a fake "Duston" version of "Stardust Dragon". It also had a effect highly reminiscent of "Stardust Dragon": During either player's turn, when a card or effect is activated that would destroy a card(s) on the field: You can Tribute this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. You can only control 1 face-up "Starduston".

[[folder:Dark Ruler Ha Des]]
[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Ruler_Ha_Des Dark Ruler Ha Des]] was, when he was originally released, true to his name as one of the most formidable Fiend monsters in the game. He has appeared in card art as a shadow figure manipulating things from behind the scenes and using dark magic against his enemies. In the story of the cards, the Dark King killed Ha Des, but he returned as the Zombie-type Revived Ruler Ha Des.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Constellar Constellar]] monsters, called Sacred in the OCG, are a series of LIGHT monsters that are variably Beast, Beast-Warrior, Warrior, or Machine. Based on the constellations, they swarm the field to perform Xyz summons of their stronger members, the strongest of which is Constellar Ptolemy M7. They are used by Hokuto Shijima in the ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' Anime.

* BigDamnHeroes: They appeared to help the tribes fight against the Verz horde.
* CainAndAbel: [[ClassicalMythology Sacred Pollux and his corrupted brother, Verz Castor.]]

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn

** Shining Phoenix Guy --> Phoenix Enforcer.

* NoSell: Phoenix Enforcer and Shining Phoenix Enforcer cannot be destroyed in battle.

* PlayingWithFire: Inferno Wing, Infernl Sniper and Malicious Fiend are FIRE monsters.

* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Verz Frais/Evilswarm Hraesvelg and Verz Thunderbird
* BlackKnight: Verz Nightmare

* CombatTentacles: Many Verz gain these as a result of their corruption, best seen on Verz Ouroboros and Verz Thunderbird.
* CoolTrain: Verz Coppelial
* TheCorruption: The Verz virus corrupts those it comes into contact with, infecting them and transforming them into a mindless member of the horde.
* CuteIsEvil: Verz Mandrago because it's an infected Naturia Cosmobeet.

* {{Expy}}: Aside from their EvilCounterpart theme being similar to the existing Dark Counterparts, the Verz have quite a bit in common with the Phyrexians in MagicTheGathering.

** Judging from Evilswarm Heliolope, more than just being a virus born from the bodies of fallen Inverz monsters (Infestation Infection), it can be said that it is an infection that carries the soul and will of the Inverz, thus any monster infected by it, became a slave to their will.
** For example in Trial and Tribulation, we see Gishki Noellia mourning who seems to be Gishki Natalia before becoming a spirit, all these while the Verz Infection lurks around her, with none other than Inverz Grez in the background, later the infection grows (Creeping Darkness) and she becomes half Evigishki half Verz (Evigishki Psychelone).
** Another example is Constellar Meteor where we see Constellar Castor charging against Evigishki Psychelone while the same Verz Infection (from Trial and Tribulation) seems to approach him. So, more than just being a self-defense mechanism in case of extermination, the Verz Virus is actually an amalgamate of the Inverz souls searching for new bodies in order to fulfill their objectives.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Evilswarm somehow infected the three sealed Ice Barrier dragons, so when the Gishki tried to revive them to stop the Verz... it didn't end well.

* ThemeNaming: The Verz are named after various monsters and deities from a variety of mythologies. This indicates that they are highly destructive and should not be treated lightly.

* TyrannosaurusRex: Verz Salamandra
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Three of the Evilswarm Xyzs are the corrupted Ice Barrier Dragons, with Brionac becoming Verz Bahamut, Gungnir becoming Verz Ophion, and finally Trishula becoming Verz Ouroboros.

** Burstinatrix + Clayman = Inferno Sniper.

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* ArmorPiercingAttack: Bora the Spear and Armed Master can inflict Piercing Damage. Additionally, when Armed Master attacks a monster in Defense Position, its ATK are increased up to 500.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Bora the Spear and Armed Master can inflict Piercing Damage. Additionally, when Armed Master attacks a monster in Defense Position, its ATK are increased up to 300.

* NighInvulnerabilty: "Blackwing - Armor Master" cannot be destroyed in battle and the player does not receive any damage. Furthermore, it can add a token on the enemy monster, which can be removed to reduce that monster's ATK to 0. This effects make Armor Master probably the best Blackwing monster.

* LightEmUp

* NoSell: "Blackwing - Armor Master" cannot be destroyed in battle and the player does not receive any damage. Furthermore, it can add a token on the enemy monster, which can be removed to reduce that monster's ATK to 0. This effects make Armor Master probably the best Blackwing monster.

* {{Nerf}}: The effects of the legal versions are greatly inferior to their anime/manga counterparts. Most notably is Ra, who does not get the ATK of the tributed monsters and cannot be Special Summoned, becoming from the most powerful Egyptian God to the worse.

* PhysicalGod: All of them.

[[folder:Atlaneans]]

** Blue-Eyed Maiden is likely a reference to Kisara, who carried the spirit of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in Dawn of the Duel.

* MysteriousWaif: Blue-Eyed Maiden. Absolutely weak in combat, but can summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon

* AchillesHeel: While "Cloudians" cannot be destroyed by battle while in Attack Position, "Zero Gravity", "Stumbling, "No Entry" and "Spider Web" would cripple this Deck as the these cards forces all monsters to Defense Position making the "Cloudians" destroy themselves. An opponent using a well-timed Windstorm of Etaqua can effectively destroy all Cloudian monsters. "Spiders" are also a threat, because they change the Battle position of a monster to Defense Position. Cards such as "Savage Colosseum" and "Final Attack Orders" can have the same effect. The best way to counter is by using "Raging Cloudian". Amon/[[DubNameChange Adrian]] had an Cloudian deck as his first deck before he replaced it with an Exodia deck.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Agent The Agents of Heaven]] are a series of angels that hail from the Sanctuary in the Sky. Named after planetary bodies, their leader is Master Hyperion.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Alien Aliens]] are a series of Reptiles that rely on disrupting "A-Counters" on monsters to activate their effects, many of which allow them to seize control of enemy monsters or lower their stats. Their leaders are Cosmic Horror Gangi'el and Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ally_of_Justice Allies Of Justice]] are a series of Dark Machine monsters that arrived to stop the invasion of the Light-attribute Worms. As such their effects center on crippling enemy Light monsters. They're lead by Ally of Justice Decisive Armor.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Amazoness Amazoness]] monsters are a tribe of female Warrior types that rely on strength through battle, with high ATK and effects that determine the outcome of attacks in various ways. Their leader, Amazoness Queen, prevents all Amazoness from being destroyed in battle. Mai Kujaku/[[DubNameChange Valentine]] combined them with her Harpie Deck, and the Shadow Rider Tania used an Amazoness deck in ''GX''.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ancient_Gear_(archetype) Ancient Gears]] and their cousins the [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Gadgets Gadgets]] are a series of Earth Machine monsters. The Ancient Gears have effects that prevent the opponent from using Spells and Traps when they attack, stopping the likes of Mirror Force and Magic Cylinder, and otherwise restrict the opponent's ability to defend from attacks. The Gadgets are a trio of monsters that search out a copy of one of the other two from the deck when summoned. The Ancient Gears are lead by Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, while the Gadgets rely on Stronghold the Moving Fortress personally. The bond between the two archetypes is represented by Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon and Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera, who gain effects when Gadgets are their Tribute fodder. Chronos/[[DubNameChange Crowler]] used an Ancient Gear deck in ''GX'', while Yugi Muto used Gadgets cards against his alter ego.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantean Atlanteans]] are a series of Water Sea Serpent monsters that rely on swarming the field and activating effects that change the course of battle. They also activate secondary effects if sent to the Graveyard by the effect of a Water monster. They are lead by Atlantean Dragon Poseidra.

* StoneWall

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Batteryman Batteryman]] are a series of Light Thunder-type monsters based on batteries. They swarm the field to power each other up. The strongest Batteryman is Batteryman Industrial Strength.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Blackwing Blackwing]] monsters are a series of Dark Winged-Beasts, notably used by Crow Hogan in ''5Ds''. They rely on swarming the field to summon Synchro monsters.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Blue-Eyes Blue-Eyes]] series is a series of Light Dragons famous for being Seto Kaiba's signature card. They're only Normal monsters, but they have 3000 ATK to beat down enemies in battle and a lot of support cards to help them hit the field.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos Chaos]] are more a theme of similar effect gods rather than actually supporting each other. The Chaos cards rely on summoning themselves by combining the powers of Light and Dark, or in a couple cases, Fairy and Fiend, and banishing cards from play. Their leaders are Black Luster Soldier - Enjoy of the Beginning and Chaos Emperor Dragon - Enjoy of the End, but the anime has an even stronger leader, Chaos End Ruler - Ruler of the Beginning and the End.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chronomaly Chronomaly]], known as [=OOParts=] in the OCG, are a series of Light Rock monsters based on artifacts of the ancient world. They rely on manipulating their levels to Xyz Summon their leaders, Chronomaly Atlandis, Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut, and Chronomaly Machu Mech.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cloudian Cloudians]] are a series of Water Fairy monsters based on types of Clouds. Being Clouds they lack power but are immune to being destroyed in battle, and distribute Fog Counters to monsters to use effects. In ''GX'', Amon Garam/[[DubNameChange Adrian Gecko]] uses a Cloudian deck as his first deck.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Constellar Constellar]] monsters, called Sacred in the OCG, are a series of Light monsters that are variably Beast, Beast-Warrior, Warrior, or Machine. Based on the constellations, they swarm the field to perform Xyz summons of their stronger members, the strongest of which is Constellar Ptolemy M7. They are used by Hokuto Shijima in the ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' Anime.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cyberdark Cyberdarks]] are a trio of Dark Machine-types that act as the "Yin" to the "Yang" of the Cyber Dragons listed below. They ensnare Dragon monsters in the Graveyard to power themselves up by stealing its power. They fuse into Cyberdark Dragon, who grows more powerful the more cards are in the Graveyard. They're used by Ryo Marufuji/[[DubNameChange Zane Truesdale]] in the anime, though the Cyber Dragons are much more famous as his signature cards. They are later used by his younger brother Sho/[[DubNameChange Syrus]] as well.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon Cyber Dragon]] is a Light Machine monster with allies of the same type and attribute based on mechanical dragons. It relies on brute force, special summoning itself from the hand for a quick beatstick and fusing into very powerful combined forms are promised to do serious damage if your opponent cannot stop them, highlighted by Cyber End Dragon and its ArmorPiercingAttack that deals damage when it attacks defense position monsters. In the anime and manga they are Ryo Marufuji/[[DubNameChange Zane Truesdale's]] signature cards. They are later used by his younger brother Sho/[[DubNameChange Syrus]] as well.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cyber_Girl Cyber Girls]] are a series of female Earth Warrior based on sports stars. They lack power but have varied effects. Their leader is Blade Skater, who gains various effects as the opponent summons more monsters. They are used by Asuka Tenjoin/[[DubNameChange Alexis Rhodes]] in ''GX''.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Darklords Darklords]] are a series of Dark Fairy monsters representing fallen angels. They are almost universally high-level and thus hard to summon, but have generally high power and potent effects.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Scorpion Dark Scorpions]] are five (with a sixth card representing all of them) Dark Warrior monsters. They're a gang of thieves that allow the player to use one of two effects when they damage the opponent. Though they lack offensive monster, their effects are very potent. They are used by the Shadow Rider Don Zaloog in ''GX''.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_World Dark World]] monsters are a series of Dark Fiends that rule the Dark World alluded to in a lot of flavor text. Ruled by Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, they activate powerful effects when discarded from the hand, letting them manipulate the field and hand without warning. In the ''GX'' anime, a Dark World deck is used by Brron, Mad King of Dark World.

A series of dragons representing the four Attributes other than Light and Dark, they can discard themselves or other Dragons from the hand to summon themselves and activate powerful effects.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dragunity Dragunity]] is an archetype of Wind Dragon and Winged-Beast monsters that rely on equipping other members of their series in the Graveyard to themselves to power up.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Egyptian_God The Egyptian Gods]] are considered as the most powerful cards in the anime and manga universi. They are so powerful that they do not have even card effect written on their flavor text and cannot be played. However, many years later, legal Effect Monster versions of them were released, but their effects are greatly {{Nerf}}ed, so playing them wouldn't be a GameBreaker.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Verz Evilswarm]] monsters, known as Verz in the OCG, are a series of Dark monsters that embody corrupted versions of other Duel Terminal archetypes. They have varied effects and are lead by several powerful Xyz monsters, the strongest of which is Evilswarm Ouroboros.

The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evol Evol]] cards are a series of Fire monsters. They come as Reptiles, Dinosaurs and Dragons, which is the entire point -- the Reptilian Evoltiles special summon the stronger Evolsaurs, activating their effects and setting up the field to Xyz summon the powerful Evolzars.

** Ra's God Blaze Cannon. It charges a fireball into its ring that transfers to its head and then fires a golden fire blast.

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Egyptian_God The Egyptian Gods]] are considered as the most powerful cards in the anime and manga universi. They are so powerful that they do not have even card effect written on their flavor text and cannot be played. However, many years later, legal effect versions of them were released by their effects are greatly {{Nerf}}ed, so playing them wouldn't be a GameBreaker.

* TheSphinx: Chronomaly Winged Sphinx is based on the Great Sphinx of Giza, the largest monolith statue in the world that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt.

* AscendedExtra: "Retrained" versions of Wynn and Eria have been incorporated into the Gusto and Gishki archetypes. It's unknown if or when the other four will get the same treatment.

* EvilCounterpart: Inverted: Searcher seems to be made to specifically counter "Worm Barses". "Worm Barses" flips monsters face-down, while "A.O.J. Searcher" flips monsters face-up without triggering their Flip Effects. Besides, they have similiar stretching-arms posture, same ATK and Level, with opposite Attributes([[YinYangClash LIGHT vs DARK]]).

** "Omni-Weapon" has eight arms equipped with weapons, only four of them can be determined from the artwork: [[DropTheHammer Hammer]], [[ThisIsADrill Drill]], Giant scissor/cutter and [[PowerFist Giant punch]]. These eight weaponized arms thus make "Omni-Weapon"'s name fitting.
** "Thousand Arms" has a {{BFS}}, {{an axe|to grind}}, a cutlass a [[BladeOnAStick halberd]] and a [[CarryABigStick mace]]. The effect of attacking multiple times during the Battle Phase is a reference to its multiple weapons.

* UngratefulBastard: Evolsaur Terias loses 500 ATK when summoned by an Evoltile monster.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Ra and Obelisk have red eyes.

The three Egyptian Gods, also known as the Sangenshin/Three Phantom Gods in Japanese, are The Winged Dragon of Ra, Obelisk the Tormentor and Slifer the Sky Dragon. If they combine their power into a single entity, their ultimate form is the Creator God of Light, Horakthy.

** "Elemental HERO Voltic" to form "Elemental Hero The Shining".

[[folder:Elemental Lord]]
The four [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_Lord Elemental Lords]] are high-level monsters summoned when enough monsters of their Attribute are gathered in the Graveyard. They force you to skip your next Battle Phase if they leave the field, but they have high ATK and activate powerful effects when called.

* BilingualBonus: The names of each Elemental Lord came from their corresponding element in various languages. See also ThemeNaming below.
* ElementalEmbodiment: It appears that the Elemental Lords are going to represent the elements in the same way as the "Monarchs" being the same in almost every way except for Attribute, summoning requirements, and the effect that activates upon summoning.
* ElementalPowers
** BlowYouAway: Windrose
** DishingOutDirt: Grandsoil
** AnIcePerson: Moulinglacia
** PlayingWithFire: Pyrorex
* {{Expy}}: Their Trigger Effects can also be seen as mirroring the effects of powerful Spell and Trap Cards from the game's past that are currently Forbidden.
** The effect of "Grandsoil" is an exact replica of "Monster Reborn".
** The effect of "Moulinglacia" is a more powerful version of "Delinquent Duo".
** The effect of "Pyrorex" is a weakened version of "Ring of Destruction".
** The effect of "Windrose" is an exact replica of "Harpie's Feather Duster".
** Additionally, the Elemental Lords are very similar to the Monarchs archetype; both are strong element-oriented monsters with effects that trigger when they are summoned.
* ThemeNaming: Each "Lord" is named in a different language with their respective element. "Grandsoil" (Earth) and "Windrose" (Wind) in English (This could be German too), "Moulinglacia" (Ice) in French, and "Pyrorex" (Fire) in Latin.

[[folder:Evilswarm]]
The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Verz Evilswarm]] monsters, known as Verz in the OCG, are a series of Dark monsters that embody corrupted versions of other Duel Terminal archetypes. They have varied effects and are lead by several powerful Xyz monsters, the strongest of which is Evilswarm Ouroboros.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Constellar Sombre and Evilswarm Kerykeion have successfully defeated Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth and ascended to a higher plane of existence (as mentioned in the DT Story Guide), becoming the twin serpents pictured in Breath of the Divine Serpent
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Verz Frais/Evilswarm Hraesvelg and Verz Thunderbird
* BlackKnight: Verz Nightmare
* BodyOfBodies: Evilsawrm Azzathoth. "Worm Apocalypse", "Worm Dimikles", "Worm Falco", "Worm King", "Worm Rakuyeh", "Worm Tentacles", "Worm Warlord" and "Worm Victory" can be identified as being parts of the whole monster. While the merge of "Worms" to fuse "Worm Zero" is "clean," the "Worms" merged to make this card are just jumbled up in a large group of mangled biomass.
* CastingAShadow
* CombatTentacles: Many Verz gain these as a result of their corruption, best seen on Verz Ouroboros and Verz Thunderbird.
* CoolTrain: Verz Coppelial
* TheCorruption: The Verz virus corrupts those it comes into contact with, infecting them and transforming them into a mindless member of the horde.
* CuteIsEvil: Verz Mandrago because it's an infected Naturia Cosmobeet.
* DarkIsEvil: And how.
* DarkIsNotEvil: "Evilswarm Kerykeion" is not a true "Evilswarm" monster and also is not completely corrupted per se as compared to the other Duel Terminal monsters infected by the virus of "Evilswarm".
* DubNameChange: Evilswarm in the TCG.
* EvilCounterpart: The Archetype's theme is making these of former Duel Terminal Archetypes.
* {{Expy}}: Aside from their EvilCounterpart theme being similar to the existing Dark Counterparts, the Verz have quite a bit in common with the Phyrexians in MagicTheGathering.
* FusionDance: According to the Duel Terminal Storyline in the Duel Terminal Master Guide 2013, "Constellar Rasalhague" used the power of the "Gishki Aquamirror" to fuse itself with the 3 corrupted "Ice Barrier" Dragons to become "Evilswarm Kerykeion" in order to defeat "Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth" together with "Constellar Sombres", which means that it is not a true "Evilswarm" monster, and is also not completely corrupted per se, as compared to the other Duel Terminal monsters infected by the virus of ""Evilswarm"", and thus explaining the "Constellar" symbol that can be seen on the Aquamirror staff that "Evilswarm Kerykeion" is holding.
* MultipleHeadCase: Verz/Evilswarm Zah[h]ak, which is based on Zahhak. Zahhak was commonly depicted as a three-headed dragon in Iranian mythology.
* ObviouslyEvil: The TCG name of this group of monsters is Evilswarm.
* PuppeteerParasite:
** Judging from Evilswarm Heliolope, more than just being a virus born from the bodies of fallen Inverz monsters (Infestation Infection), it can be said that it is an infection that carries the soul and will of the Inverz, thus any monster infected by it, became a slave to their will.
** For example in Trial and Tribulation, we see Gishki Noellia mourning who seems to be Gishki Natalia before becoming a spirit, all these while the Verz Infection lurks around her, with none other than Inverz Grez in the background, later the infection grows (Creeping Darkness) and she becomes half Evigishki half Verz (Evigishki Psychelone).
** Another example is Constellar Meteor where we see Constellar Castor charging against Evigishki Psychelone while the same Verz Infection (from Trial and Tribulation) seems to approach him. So, more than just being a self-defense mechanism in case of extermination, the Verz Virus is actually an amalgamate of the Inverz souls searching for new bodies in order to fulfill their objectives.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Evilswarm somehow infected the three sealed Ice Barrier dragons, so when the Gishki tried to revive them to stop the Verz... it didn't end well.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The Steelswarm managed to put some pressure on the tribes before being killed by Vylon Omega. The Evilswarm killed off two tribes, corrupted a third and were literally on the brink of destroying the last resistance to their conquest before ''God itself'' was summoned to push the ResetButton. And even then Evilswarm Kerykeion played a key role in defeating said God.
* ThemeNaming: The Verz are named after various monsters and deities from a variety of mythologies. This indicates that they are highly destructive and should not be treated lightly.
** However some of them also have names based on the ThemeNaming of the archtype they were in per-corruption. Some can overlap (Castor) or be the OddNameOut (Heliotrope and Copellia. coincidentally the former is the archtype's only Normal Monster).
* TyrannosaurusRex: Verz Salamandra
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Three of the Evilswarm Xyzs are the corrupted Ice Barrier Dragons, with Brionac becoming Verz Bahamut, Gungnir becoming Verz Ophion, and finally Trishula becoming Verz Ouroboros.
* ZombieApocalypse: The result of the Evilswarm virus once Noelia betrays the other tribes and joins the Evilswarm.

[[folder:Evol]]
The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evol Evol]] cards are a series of Fire monsters. They come as Reptiles, Dinosaurs and Dragons, which is the entire point -- the Reptilian Evoltiles special summon the stronger Evolsaurs, activating their effects and setting up the field to Xyz summon the powerful Evolzars.

* DinosaursAreDragons: Played straight in this archetype.
** EvolutionaryLevels: The whole premise of this archetype. From [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evoltile Evotile]] to [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evolsaur Evolsaur]], then finally to [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evolzar Evolzar]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Evolzar monsters
* PlayingWithFire
* PrehistoricMonster: Played straight with the Evotile and Evolsaur, but averted with the Evolzar.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Evotile monsters.
* StockDinosaurs: The Evolsaur monsters.
* UngratefulBastard: Evolsaur Terias loses 500 ATK when summoned by an Evoltile monster.

* BigBadassBirdOfPrey

[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cloudian Cloudians]] are a series of Water Fairy monsters based on types of Clouds. Being Clouds they lack power but are immune to being destroyed in battle, and distribute Fog Counters to monsters to use effects.

** It's not complicated at all. In the original Japanese text Grapha's epithet is actually 'Dragon God of the Dark World'. Grapha is top of the food chain as their god.

* BackFromTheDead: Many of them revive when discarded to the Graveyard.