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** Another comparison to the [=CXyz=] Monsters is the Dark Synchro Monsters. Both represent a corruption of a summoning method used by the protagonists (Synchro Summon for Yusei Fudo and Chaos Xyz Evolution for Yuma Tsukumo).

* MechanicalLifeform: Almost everyone of them look mechanical, despite only [=CXyz=] Skypalace Babylon is a Machine-type monster. Since most of their base forms look mechanical, too, it makes sense. The only [=CXyz=] monster who doesn't look like a machine is [=CXyz=] Dark Fairy Cheer Girl.

* {{Brainwashing}}: Shown in The Puppet Magic of Dark Ruler
* DealWithTheDevil: Shown in A Deal with Dark Ruler

* DragonInChief: Literally, A Deal with Dark Ruler brings out Berserk Dragon, a dragon monster that outstrips Ha Des in ATK by a little over a thousand points.
* EvilOverlord

* EyePatchOfPower: Don Zaloog
* EyesAlwaysShut: Gorg

* FemmeFatale: Meanae

* ScarsAreForever: Gorg

* SuperSentaiStance: As seen in "Mustering of the Dark Scorpions"

In the anime, following Dark Synchro Monsters were used by following Duelists: ''Frozen Fitzgerald'' by Dick Pitt/[[DubNameChange Grady]], ''Dark Diviner'' by Tetsu Ushio/[[DubNameChange Trudge]], ''Hundred-Eyes Dragon'' by Kyosuke Kiryu/[[DubNameChange Kallin Kessler]], ''Zeman the Ape King'' by Demack/[[DubNameChange Devack]], ''Dark Flattop'' by Bommer/[[DubNameChange Greiger]], ''Underground Arachnid'' by Rudger/[[DubNameChange Roman]] Goodwin, and ''Moon Dragon Quilla'' by Rex Goodwin.

* AntiMagic: Underground Arachnid, Frozen Fitzgerald, and Zeman all have the same effect preventing the activation of spell and traps when they attack, as monsters from the Ancient Gear archetype.
* BackFromTheDead: Frozen Fitzgerald can summon itself back to the field at the cost of discarding one card if it was destroyed by battle.

* CastingAShadow: The majority of them have the DARK attribute.

* AnIcePerson: Frozen Fitzgerald.

** Hundred-Eyes Dragon lets you add an Earthbound Immortal monster from your deck to your hand.
** Dark Flattop lets you summon a Machine-type monster from your hand.
** Moon Dragon Quilla summons the Sun Dragon Inti from the graveyard.

The '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Earthbound_Immortal Earthbound Immortals]]''' are a series of level 10 DARK monsters based on the Nazca lines. They were the primary antagonistic forces of the Dark Signers arc of ''5D's".

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Several of the immortals have effects that activate when the monster disappears from the field.

The '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO Elemental HERO]]''' archetype is a sub-archetype of the HERO archetype. The Elemental HERO monsters are all Warrior-type monsters and the focus is heavily on Fusion Summoning. Most of the primary Elemental HERO monsters can be fused with one another, allowing for an enormous amount of flexibility in a dedicated Deck. They were designed by Kazuki Takahashi, and are themed after comic-book superheroes in the anime and are based of natural elements in the manga. This archetype is famous for being used by Judai/[[DubNameChange Jaden]] Yuki, who uses two different Elemental HERO decks in the anime and manga, respectively - in the anime, he fuses specific monsters to create a Fusion Monster, while in the manga he fuses an Elemental HERO with another monster with a specific attribute. Elemental HERO decks are also used by Edo/[[DubNameChange Aster]] Phoenix and Koyo Hibiki in the anime and manga, respectively.

For Elemental HERO Neos, see the folder "Neos / Neo-Spacians". For information on their role in the anime, see Characters/YuGiOhAnimeAndMangaCards.

* BadassNormal: Mudballman has no effect, but it has 3000 DEF.

* DarkIsNotEvil: An interesting thing to note about this archetype's name is that "Ally of Justice" usually would make people think that they are LIGHT monsters since "Justice" is usually associated with "goodness/good side" which is, in turn, usually associated with LIGHT, therefore an "Ally" (friend/team mate) of "Justice" would be on the good/LIGHT side as well. But in reality, they are DARK and have effects that destroy LIGHT monsters instead. However, their abilities might be a reference to The Light of Destruction. From another viewpoint the Ally of Justice name may reference the idea that when light cannot defeat itself, it must rely on darkness to aid it. It may also be a reference to the fact that Yugi Muto used mostly EARTH and DARK-Type monster cards (in addition to the fact that Seto Kaiba's signature card, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, is LIGHT Attribute). Also, since the "Worm" archetype is primarily LIGHT, "Ally of Justice" monsters may have been invented to defeat them, thus another reason to reference Justice if they are invaders. This is also reinforced by the card "Ally Mind" which mentions the Worm Nebula as well.

* MechanicalMonster: Hell Armageddon and Chaos Apocalypse. The D/D Savants count as well.

** NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The D/D/D monsters are named after famous conquerors, rulers, and other military figures, such as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Joan of Arc. The two D/D Savants are named after historical scientists.

* HellHound: D/D Cerberus and D/D Orthros.
* HighCollarOfDoom: D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga.

'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/D/D D/D]]''' ('''DD''' in the OCG) are a group of Fiend-type monsters used by Reiji Akaba in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''. They focus on swarming the field and searching cards in order to facilitate the summoning of their "boss" monsters, the '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/D/D/D D/D/D]]''' /'''DDD''' in the OCG), many of them being either Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Pendulum Monsters. They also make use of the '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Contract Dark Contract]]''' cards, Spells and Traps with powerful effects that cause their controller to lose life points as long as they are on the field.

** Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon can negate any Spell card that targets it.
** White Spirit Dragon can banish a Spell or Trap card on the opponent's field if summoned.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Taken UpToEleven with Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, which deals ''double'' piercing damage and has 4000 ATK to begin with. If this thing hits a defense-position monster, it will ''hurt''. If said monster has 0 DEF, [[OneHitKill game over]].

** Blue-Eyes decks generally consists of monsters that can get the Blue-Eyes and its variants onto the field, at which point their high ATK and cards that let them attack multiple times devastate the opponent's monsters through battle. Dark Magician decks rely on Spell and Trap cards to get the Dark Magician and its variants into play, and then protect it while using other support cards to destroy the opponent's cards through their effects. The Blue-Eyes has Level 1 Tuners it can combine with to Synchro Summon stronger versions of itself; Dark Magician has the Dark Magician Girl that it can combine with to use stronger support Spells and Traps.
** Blue-Eyes and Red-Eyes decks both rely on summoning their main monster to the field quickly, and in multiple copies when possible. However, at that point the Red-Eyes and its cards rely on inflicting large amounts of burn damage, while Blue-Eyes inflicts large amounts of battle damage by making multiple attacks. Also a point of note -- Blue-Eyes' stronger forms are Fusion, Synchro monsters and a Ritual monster, while Red-Eyes' stronger forms are Fusion monsters with one Xyz monster.[[note]]Blue-Eyes ''does'' have a Xyz counterpart, Legendary Dragon of White, but it's not part of the Blue-Eyes archetype and is just based on it in design.[[/note]]
* FusionDance:

** Blue-Eyes White Dragon + Blue-Eyes White Dragon = Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons

* LightEmUp: The LIGHT Attribute.

* LightningBruiser: With the support it recieved from the ''Shining Victories'' booster and the ''Dark side of Dimensions'' movie promos, a well constructed Blue-Eyes deck can easily be this now. Thanks to the support for searching out and summoning Blue-Eyes monsters, it's possible to quickly swarm the field with three thousand ATK beatsticks to force your opponent into the ground. A well put together one with the right hand can get no less than ''four'' of these kinds of monsters out in one turn, and that's not even counting the number of Rank 8 Xyz monsters they can go for.
* {{Miko}}: Priestess with Eyes of Blue, as indicated by the card's japanese name.

* MysticalWhiteHair: All of the "with Eyes of Blue" Spellcasters.

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The Ritual monster "Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon." The Blue-Eyes forsakes all defense for overwhelming power, and unlike other Blue-Eyes incarnations, this one is a DARK monster.
* TookALevelInBadass: Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon is a Synchro version of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. This card's ATK and DEF are the inverse of those of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon's Level is the combined Levels of Blue-Eyes White Dragon and The White Stone of Legend or Maiden With Eyes of Blue, which are appropriate Synchro Material Monsters for this card.

* UnskilledButStrong: Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, Blue-Eyes' ritual counterpart, is a 4000 point beatstick with 0 defense, which can neither be targeted nor destroyed by card effects and inflicts double piercing battle damage battling defense position monsters.

* WorldsStrongestMan: The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is the only Normal Monster card with 3000 ATK, having the highest ATK of all Normal Monsters in this game since its introduction.

They are focused on disruption and light stalling with cards such as Cubic Karma, supporting the "two paths" of their monsters, the burn-centric Emperors and the beatdown-centric Beasts. "Vijam, the Cubic Spawn" and "Duja, the Cubic Meteor Vessel" are important in setup. All of these culminated into their boss monster, "Crimson Nova, the Dark Cubic Entity" and its combined form "Crimson Nova Trinity, the Dark Wicked Cubic Entity".

They are used by Aigami, the main antagonist of the 2016 movie, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions'' and Sera, Aigami's sister in the manga duology prequel ''TRANSCEND GAME''.

The '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Darklords Darklords]]''', known as '''Fallen Angel''' (堕だ天てん使し ''Datenshi'') in the OCG, are a series of DARK Fairy-type monsters representing fallen angels. They are almost universally high-level and thus hard to summon, but have generally high power and potent effects.

* DarkIsEvil: Except Marie the Fallen One, who might be considered TheAtoner.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Darklord Zerato being an evil version of Archlord Zerato can be inferred by the artwork on Darklord Zerato; what appears to be the ruins of "The Sanctuary in the Sky" appears in the background of this card. It is possible that he may have been responsible for the destruction of the sanctuary.
* FallenAngel
* FusionDance: Marie the Fallen One is the fallen version of "St. Joan". Her fusion with "The Forgiving Maiden" is symbolic; her sins are forgiven and she becomes a saint. Later, she becomes "Guardian Angel Joan". Reflecting that she was accused of witchcraft and when she was proven right, she became a Saint.

* {{Lethal Joke|Item}} Card: "Gift Card" increases your opponent's life by 3000, but if you combo that with "Nurse Reficule The Fallen One" on the field, which turns healing into damage, you've just dealt a serious blow to the opponent.

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

* BadassBeard: The Agent of Miracles - Jupiter

* BigGood: Master Hyperion
* FieryRedhead: The Agent of Force - Mars
* TheGrimReaper: The Agent of Death - Uranus is the first "The Agent" monster whose name does not accurately depict what it is named after (in this case, the Greek god of the sky has no correlation with "Death").
* HolyHandGrenade: The Agent of Judgment-Saturn's effect.

* LoveGoddess: The Agent of Creation - Venus

* MookMaker: The Agent of Creation - Venus's effect
* MotherNature: The Agent of Mystery - Earth

* UranusIsShowing: The Agent of Death - Uranus
* WalkingShirtlessScene: The Agent of Force - Mars
* WarGod: The Agent of Force - Mars

'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Alien Aliens]]''' are a series of Reptile-type Monsters 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 ace monsters are Cosmic Horror Gangi'el and Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar.

* TheCorruption[=/=]TheVirus: A-Counters, distributed to enemy monsters as a means of weakening and eventually controlling them.
* EldritchAbomination: Their strongest level cards are "Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar" and "Cosmic Horror Gangi'el", obviously based on Lovecraftian monsters.

* OrbitalBombardment: One of the theme trap cards bears this trope's name. (Actual effect: send an Alien on the field to the graveyard to destroy a Spell or Trap on the field).

* FusionDance: Crimson Nova Trinity can be Fusion Summoned by using 3 Crimson Novas.

** Subverted with the "Two Paths"; while originally they have 0 stats, they gain HUGE ATK for their Level upon being Special Summoned, with Gandhail having 3000 ATK as a Level 4 monster.

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'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/CXyz CXyz]]''', an abbreviation of '''Chaos Xyz''', is an archetype of Xyz Monsters that can be Xyz Summoned by Chaos Xyz Change, with the effect of Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force. In the ''ZEXAL'' anime, [=CXyz=] monsters are created by the Barians for the sole purpose of subduing the Number monsters. Like monsters that can utilize Chaos Xyz Change, these monsters require an additional Xyz Material but with 1 higher Level in a regular Xyz Summon, since they themselves are 1 Rank higher than their respective original counterparts. This characteristic has been carried over by later Number C monsters introduced in the second season of ''ZEXAL'', cards that can also be summoned with Rank-Up Magic.

''[=CXyz=] Dark Fairy Cheer Girl'' was used by Kotori Mizuki/[[DubNameChange Tori Meadows]], ''[=CXyz=] Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral'' by Fuma/[[DubNameChange Fender]], ''[=CXyz=] Coach Lord Ultimatrainer'' by Daisuke Katagiri/[[DubNameChange Devon Knox]], ''[=CXyz=] Simon the Great Moral Leader'' by Mamoru Jinguji/[[DubNameChange Carlyle Chesterton]], ''[=CXyz=] Comics Hero Legend Arthur'' by Chitaro Ariga/[[DubNameChange Art Stanley]], ''[=CXyz=] Battleship Cherry Blossom'' by Aika/[[DubNameChange Lotus]] Hanazoe, ''[=CXyz=] Skypalace Babylon'' by Umimi Habara/[[DubNameChange Brooke Walker]], and ''[=CXyz=] Barian Hope'' by Nasch/[[DubNameChange Nash]]. In the manga, ''[=CXyz=] Zubaba Saikyo General'' is used by Yuma Tsukumo.

* CompositeCharacter: Cyber Angel - Vinshu is an odd combination of Cyber Angel - Dakini (Asuka's ace monster in GX) and Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon. Like Dakini, Vinshu is MultiArmedAndDangerous and Vinshu's effect is very similar to Odd-Eyes Rebellion's, both of them also having 3000 ATK to boot.

* ManOfKryptonite: Cyber Angel - Vinshu is designed to destroy Fusion Monsters.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Dakini and Vinshu have four arms and they are the strongest of the Cyber Angels.

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

Also included among the group are the '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cyber_Angel Cyber Angels]]''', a trio of Ritual Monsters.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Dakini has four arms and is the strongest of the Cyber Angel trio.

* OddNameOut: Blade Skater is the only Cyber Girl which doesn't have Cyber in the name.

The '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/B.E.S B.E.S.]]''' monsters, standing to '''Bacterion Empire Ship''', known as '''Giant Battleship''' (巨大戦艦 ''Kyodai Senkan'') in the OCG, are a series of Machine-type monsters based on the bosses in the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' video games. To represent their shield protection in the games, they generate counters when summoned that protect them from being destroyed in battle, but they lose a counter every time they battle and are destroyed when they fight without one. Their leader is Ambitious Gofer.

* CombatPragmatist: Battlin' Boxer Rabbit Puncher gains its name from the rabbit punch; a blow to the neck or to the base of the skull which is illegal in professional boxing and other combat sports. This references how Alito was willing to cheat in his tag duel with Gauche against Yuma and Droite.

* GlassCannon: True to his name, Battlin' Boxer Glassjaw is one. He has 2,000 ATK (high, considering he's Level 4) but he's automatically destroyed if he's attacked. (However, [[TakingTheBullet you then get to add another Battlin' Boxer from your Graveyard to your hand]].)

* EquippableAlly: Their speciality. The Main Deck trio can equip themselves with Level 3 or lower Dragon-type monsters from the Graveyard when Normal Summoned. Cyberdark Dragon can equip itself with any Dragon-type monster from the Fraveyard when Special Summoned.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being DARK monsters and being potentially dangerous to the owner, the Cyberdarks are not evil by their own nature. They are certainly not the reason how Kaiser became Hell Kaiser, and even Hell Kaiser wasn't an evil person, but morally twisted.

** Dark Paladin epitomizes this trope, serving as a fusion of a Spellcaster (Dark Magician) & Warrior (Buster Blader). For bonus points, Dark Paladin also has its very own BFS.

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.

* AnimalMecha

* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* EquippableAlly: Their specialty.
* {{Expy}}: "Cyberdark Dragon" resembles some members of the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" archetype, particularly "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon". In this it mirrors "Cyber End Dragon", which resembles the "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon". This card also resembles "Slifer the Sky Dragon" somewhat.
* FragileSpeedster: Cyberdark Edge
* GradualGrinder: Cyberdark Keel

** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* PowerTrio
* ZergRush: The potency of the Cyberdark Deck lies with its ability to quickly Normal Summon "Cyberdark" monsters with comparably higher ATK than your opponent could possibly muster.

[[folder:Cyber Dragon]]
'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon Cyber Dragon]]''' is a LIGHT Machine-type 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. The archetype later received Xyz support, allowing the Cyber Dragons to merge into Cyber Dragon Nova and Cyber Dragon Infinity.

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. For information on their role in the anime, see Characters/YuGiOhAnimeAndMangaCards

* AnimalMecha: The mecha part is more important purposes of rules, they're considered machines, not dragons.

* BackFromTheDead: Cyber Dragon Nova can bring back a Cyber Dragon from the graveyard if an Xyz material is detached. It can also bring back a Machine-type Fusion monster if it dies.

* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* EvolutionaryLevels: "Cyber Larva" > "Proto-Cyber Dragon" > "Cyber Dragon Zwei" > Cyber Dragon > "Cyber Twin Dragon" > "Cyber End Dragon" > "Cyber Eltanin" / "Chimeratech Overdragon" / "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon".
* {{Expy}}: Cyber Dragon's evolution is similar to "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Their Fusions requires 3 copies each. Both of their Final Forms ("Cyber End Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon") have the similar Blue orbs on their wings and chests.)
* FusionDance: "Cyber Dragon" fuses with:
** Another "Cyber Dragon"/"Proto-Cyber Dragon"/"Cyber Dragon Zwei" to form "Cyber Twin Dragon".
** Two other "Cyber Dragon"s/"Proto-Cyber Dragon"s/"Cyber Dragon Zwei"s to form "Cyber End Dragon"
** Any number of Machine-Type monsters to form "Chimeratech Overdragon".
** Two "Cyber Dragon" monsters to form Chimeratech Rampage Dragon
** "Cyber Dragon" also performs a VWXYZ - style fusion with Machine-Type monsters to form "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon".
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Dragon-themed robots and fan favorites.
* LightEmUp: They're all Light-attribute.

** "Chimeratech Overdragon", "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon", and "Chimeratech Rampage Dragon" originate from the 'Chimaera', a mythical beast that had the heads of a lion, goat and snake. More recently, 'chimaera' refers to the idea of combining things that occur naturally, much like both monsters are fused from varying Machine-Type monsters.

* {{Nerf}}: In the anime, "Chimeratech Overdragon's effect was different than its real-life counterpart. In the anime it could attack as many times (including direct attacks) as the amount of monsters used to play it while its real-life counterpart's effect only allows multiple attacks to monsters, but direct attacks aren't allowed.

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

'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon Cyber Dragon]]''' is a LIGHT Machine-type 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. The archetype later received Xyz support, allowing the Cyber Dragons to merge into Cyber Dragon Nova and Cyber Dragon Infinity

'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/CXyz CXyz]]''', an abbreviation of '''Chaos Xyz''', is an archetype of Xyz Monsters that can be Xyz Summoned by Chaos Xyz Evolution, with the effect of Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force. In the ''ZEXAL'' anime, [=CXyz=] monsters are created by the Barians for the sole purpose of subduing the Number monsters. Like monsters that can utilize Chaos Xyz Evolution, these monsters require an additional Xyz Material but with 1 higher Level in a regular Xyz Summon, since they themselves are 1 Rank higher than their respective original counterparts. This characteristic has been carried over by later Number C monsters introduced in the second season of ''ZEXAL'', cards that can also be summoned with Rank-Up Magic.

* BigBad[=/=]BigGood: Ironically not for the [=CXyzs=], but [=CXyz=] Barian Hope is this for the (Chaos) Over One-Hundred Numbers. His Rank represents the number of the members he can be Xyz Summoned by using one of them as an Xyz Material; in the anime, he Xyz Summoned by using all seven of them as Xyz Materials. [[MeaningfulName As his names suggests]], he is the hope of the Seven Barian Emperors and their ultimate trump card.

* EvilCounterpart: The [=CXyz=] monsters represent a corruption of Yuma's Chaos Xyz Evolution.

** This series is quite similar to Meklord Emperor monsters. Just as the Meklord Emperors are made to stop Synchro Monsters, [=CXyz=] were created to solely restrain Number monsters by being able to destroy them by battle despite their unique effect in the anime. They both can absorb specific targets to leave their opponents defenseless: [=CXyz=] can absorb Xyz Materials from the opponent's Number, which are all Xyz Monsters.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [=CXyz=] Barian Hope is the last monster in the archetype to be introduced, and differs from the rest of them in that it can be summoned by Chaos Xyz Evolution without a Rank-Up-Magic card, and lacks a base form (though it can be argued that the Number [=C10X=] monsters ''are'' its base forms).

** Norito the Moral Leader became [=CXyz=] Xyz Simon the Great Moral Leader.

!!!Tropes associated with the Cyber Girls and Cyber:

** Cyber Prima's effect destroys all face-up Spell cards on the field is she is summoned by Tribute Summon.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyber Angel - Dakini gives this ability to any Ritual monster, including herself, while she's on the field.
* BilingualBonus: Étoile is the French word for "star." Etoile Cyber's name is derived from "danseuse étoile," a French phrase meaning prima ballerina. Additionally, l'étoile is the highest recognized ballet rank in Paris.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Blade Skater

* FusionDance: "Etoile Cyber" + "Blade Skater" = Cyber Blader
* FragileSpeedster: Cyber Tutu's effect

** A minor one. Cyber Blader was a level 6 monster in the anime, which allowed her to be equipped with the Equip Spell card Ritual Weapon. However, her counterpart in the card game is level 7 and as such, cannot use Ritual Weapon.
** Cyber Angel - Benten and Cyber Angel - Idaten had their effects slightly changed compared to their anime selves: the damage Benten inflicts is now based on the destroyed monster's original DEF while Idaten can only add Ritual Spell cards to the hand instead of any Spell Card. On the other hand, they both gained an additional effect.
** Inverted with Cyber Angel - Dakini who not only gained a new effect like the other two but had both of her original ones buffed: her first effect forces the opponent to send a monster to the graveyard instead of destroying it, meaning it can bypass effects that protects against destruction while her ability to inflict piercing damage has been extended to all of her controller's Ritual Monsters.
** Also inverted with the archetype's Ritual spell, Machine Angel Ritual. In addition to allowing the total levels of the tributed monsters to exceed the levels of the Ritual Monster, it can now be banished to protect a LIGHT monster from destruction.

* Power Nullifier: As long as the opponent controls exactly three monsters, Cyber Blader will negate the effect of all their Spell and Trap cards as well as those of their effect monsters.

** Each Cyber Girl, and Blade Skater, has a name related to sport.

* SevenDeadlySins: They are all named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Origin_of_the_currently_recognized_Seven_Deadly_Sins eight evil thoughts]], precursors to the Seven Deadly Sins.

'''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/D/D D/D]]''' are a group of Fiend-type monsters used by Reiji Akaba in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''. They focus on swarming the field and searching cards in order to facilitate the summoning of their "boss" monsters, the '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/D/D/D D/D/D]]''', many of them being either Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Pendulum Monsters. They also make use of the '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Contract Dark Contract]]''' cards, Spells and Traps with powerful effects that cause their controller to lose life points as long as they are on the field.

!!!Tropes associated with the D/D, D/D/D and Dark Contracts:
* AbsurdlySharpClaws: D/D/D Cruel Dragon King Beowulf attacks with his claws.

** D/D/D Cruel Dragon King Beowulf can destroy all Spell And Trap Cards in each player's Spell & Trap Zones during your Standby Phase.

* {{BFS}}: Wielded by Temujin, Alexander, Caesar, Kaiser, Siegfried and Leonidas.

* CoolChair: Abyss Ragnarok and Kali Yuga sit on thrones, and they even attack while sitting on their thrones. The anime features Caesar Ragnarok sitting on a throne when he is summoned, but it breaks when the summon is complete.

* {{Expy}}: D/D/D Cruel End King Armageddon is ''ARC-V''s stand-in for Blue-Eyes White Dragon, being a monster with 3000 ATK that serves as the rival's ace card.
** TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Blue-Eyes' other expies, Hell Armageddon is a Fiend, not a Dragon. It also seemingly loses its role as a signature card.

* FusionDance: Temujin, d'Arc, Beowulf and Caesar Ragnarok are all Fusion Monsters, but the latter is also a literal fusion of Wave King Caesar and Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok, as evidenced by the name. The Fusion Materials are not very specific. Temujin and d'Arc require only two D/D monsters, Beowulf requires one D/D/D monster and one D/D monster, and Caesar Ragnarok requires two D/D/D monsters.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Blaze King Temujin and Rebel King Leonidas are equipped with sword and shield.

* MythologyGag: Cruel Dragon King Beowulf may be a mockery of the franchise's trend to give rival characters Dragon-Type ace cards with 3000 ATK, which was broken by Reiji Akaba. Beowulf is called a "Dragon King" but is not a Dragon-Type monster (and does not even look like one), has 3000 ATK but is not Reiji's ace monster, and is named after someone who mutually killed a dragon (and was killed by one).
* {{Necromancer}}: Temujin, Alexander, Abyss Ragnarok and D/D Night Howling can all revive D/D monsters.

* PlayingWithFire: D/D/D Blaze King Temujin is a FIRE monster.

* PowerTrio: Temujin, Alexander, and Caesar, as shown in the anime. In the real life card game, it's still completely possible to summon all three of them in one turn due to the effects of the former two. They are also the only non-DARK monsters of this archetype so far.

* TheSouthpaw: Cursed King Siegfried is wielding his sword with his left hand, as shown on the artwork and in the anime.

** ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Most of the D/D monsters, on the other hand, derive their names from mythological and religious figures like Lilith or Cerberus.

* WolfMan: Cruel Dragon King Beowulf is one.

* OneHitKill: Ra is designed for this.

** Ra's God Blaze Cannon. It charges a fireball into its ring that transfers it to its head and then fires a golden fire blast.
** Slifer's Thunder Force is a long yellow thunder beam fired from the first mouth. The Lightning Blast, fired from the second mouth, is a blue lightning ball that weakens the enemy monster.

* KamehameHadouken: Obelisk is capable of firing beams with his fist, the Fist of Fury.

* MegatonPunch: Obelisk uses extemely powerful punches, the Fist of Fate.

** Obelisk's Soul Max effect that requires two monsters as a tribute will neither decrease 4000 Life Points of the opponent nor it will increase Obelisk's ATK to infinity. However, it now destroys all your opponents monsters in the field, the downside being it can't attack during the turn the effect is activated.
** 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).

* ThePhoenix: Ra's Phoenix Mode, also known as Eternal Phoenix.

* ShockAndAwe: Slifer breaths thunder and lightning.

* YellowLightningBlueLightning: Slifer's first mouth fires the yellow Thunder Force. The second mouth fires the blue Lightning Blast.

The '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos Chaos]]''' series is more a series of cards with a similar theme rather than a coherent archetype, though Chaos cards synergize well together. 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.

* FinishingMove: More likely than not, getting one of them to the field.

* ObviousRulePatch: The Chaos Emperor Dragon-Yata Garasu combo is pretty much the reason the ban list was first created, and they've been gone ever since.

[[folder:Ancient Gear / Gadgets]]

!!!Tropes associated with the Ancient Gears and Gadgets:

The '''[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ancient_Gear_(archetype) Ancient Gears]]''' (known as '''Antique Gear''' in the OCG) 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. Obelisk Force and other Academia characters in ''ARC-V'' also use Ancient Gear cards. For information specifically pertaining to the anime's depiction of the cards, see Characters/YuGiOhAnimeAndMangaCards

* CombinationAttack: Several monsters are depicted as incorporating the Gadgets into their mechanics to power themselves up.
* CuteMachines: The Gadget sub-archetype are a series of adorable gear-themed monsters.

* MiniMecha: Stronghold the Moving Fortress and Backup Soldier-Dread Dynamo, which are piloted by the Gadgets.