History Characters / YuGiOhCardGameVToZ

* KickChick: Judging by her artwork, Panthera specializes in kicking-based martial arts. This may be a nod to how Chun-Li fights in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' series.

* SignatureMove: Razen, Jiaolong, and Caesar Valius have signature attacks in the form of Dust Devil, and Calamity Caesar, respectively. Dust Devil has Razan attacking, Snow Devil shows Jiaolong attacking, and Calamity Caesar shows Caesar Valius attacking.

* SignatureMove: Both Razen and Caesar Valius have signature attacks in the form of Dust Devil and Calamity Caesar, respectively. Dust Devil has Razan attacking, while Calamity Caesar shows Caesar Valius attacking.

* NoSell: Panthera and Razen can't be destroyed by battle or card effects, respectively, if they reveal only one monster of their Attribute in the hand to activate their effect. Kaiser Varius goes one step further by rendering it immune to any enemy's activated effect.

* SignatureMove: Both Razen and Kaiser Varius have signature attacks in the form of Dust Devil and Calamity Kaiser, respectively. Dust Devil has Razan attacking, while Calamity Kaiser shows Kasier Varius attacking.
* SinisterShades: In a nod to Violet from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series, Jiaolong dons shades in his artwork. With the way he smuggly grins in Vanquish Soul Snow Devil, he could be up to no good.
* SNKBoss: Invoked with Kaiser Varius. He's the strongest among the Vanquish Souls, making him the boss monster, and he has a powerful signature attack in the form of Calamity Kaiser, which destroys Rock of Vanquisher in its artwork.
* VersusCharacterSplash: "Stake Your Soul!" depicts a typical one, with a lightning bolt in the shape of a "VS" dividing the two fighters. The name of the card itself is a typical round introduction catchphrase for a fighting game.

* LoopholeAbuse:
** The spell Ride of the Valkyries will force the player to return all monsters they control during the End Phase, but if the player uses Mischief of the Time Goddess, said end phase will be skipped, allowing them to keep their monsters on the field and even re-use effects that can be activated once per turn.
** Final Light lets the player revive Valkyries from their graveyard for each 1000 LP paid but then allows their opponent to summon monsters from their graveyard with 2000 ATK up to the number of Valkyrie revived... that is, only if they have monster cards in the graveyard that meets said criteria.

* AchillesHeel:
** The deck can't withstand losing Venom Swamp, as Venom Counters do nothing on their own, and most of the monsters are focused on just spreading them.
** As exploited in the anime, Vennominaga may be nearly invulnerable to all effects, but getting rid of the Reptiles on the opponent's GY through card effects will reduce its ATK to negligible levels and reduce the number of times it can self-resurrect.

* WeaksauceWeakness: None of the forms have any protection from card effects. For Yubel and Terror Incarnate it's not much of a problem [[ThanatosGambit since you WANT them to be destroyed]] [[OneWingedAngel so you can bring out the next form]], but if the opponent drops a Raigeki or something on Ultimate Nightmare, bad things happen. And since all of them have 0 ATK and DEF, the opponent can simply negate their effects to neuter them completely.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The whole point of this card. Zushin is extremely powerful, on par with the Egyptian Gods, but is ridiculously difficult to summon since he requires keeping a Level 1 Normal Monster on the field until it has 10 Zushin Counters on it and in order to place 1 of those counters, you need to reveal Zushin from your hand which can only done once per turn. However, once he hits the field, he's pretty much invincible. His diffcult Summoning condition is acknowledged in the anime as many characters write him off as a worthless common, and Team Taiyou Summoning him is met with enormous cheers from the audience.

* {{Pun}}: Each of their OCG names has a double meaning. [[LostInTranslation As they don't translate very well]], their TCG names incorporate both meanings instead.

** All of these references are made even clearer as being intentional through the OCG name, Killer, which is a reference to the Belmont family of vampire killers and to the whip they use to kill vampires (also named Vampire Killer).

** )ne card features what's very clearly Castlevania, Dracula's castle, which got an actual card in the anime name "Infernalvania"

** It's made even clearer this is intentional through the OCG name, Killer, which is a reference to the Belmont family of vampire killers and to the whip they use to kill vampires (also named Vampire Killer).

* {{Homage}}:
** Vampire Hunter's OCG name, Killer, is a reference to the Belmont family of vampire killers from Konami's game series "Castlevania", and to the whip they use to kill vampires (also named Vampire Killer).
** Castlevania - the castle of Dracula - is featured in this card's artwork. It was also referenced in the card "Infernalvania".

* ShoutOut:
** A few members are visually inspired by characters from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', a vampire-focused franchise also owned by Konami.
** [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/2a5ef896c67c89b9cb6dd6f01657cfa3/tumblr_ncqq03UtOT1rie4kjo1_400.png Vampire Vamp]] bears a strong resemblance to [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/answers/2420000/2420349_1328709529230.27res_500_284.jpg Inner Moka]] from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'', a manga series whose plotlines resemble ''Yu-Gi-Oh's'' before the card game took over. Both series are published by Shueisha.

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: According to her concept art, Vampire Fascinator is a powerful femme fatale that preys on vampires. She forces them to suck her blood and then she sucks out their power. She even forces them to become her servants once they're weak enough.

* ShoutOut: [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/2a5ef896c67c89b9cb6dd6f01657cfa3/tumblr_ncqq03UtOT1rie4kjo1_400.png Vampire Vamp]] bears a strong resemblance to [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/answers/2420000/2420349_1328709529230.27res_500_284.jpg Inner Moka]] from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'', a manga series whose plotlines resemble ''Yu-Gi-Oh's'' before the card game took over. Both series are published by Shueisha.

* VampireHunter: The aptly named Vampire Hunter, who's effect involves performing a OneHitKill on any DARK-Type monster, of which all Vampires are.

* {{Alucard}}: "Vampire Scarlet Scourge" greatly resembles the ''Castlevania'' interpretation of the character.

* VampireHunter: According to her concept art, Vampire Fascinator is a powerful femme fatale that preys on vampires. She forces them to suck her blood and then she sucks out their power. She even forces them to become her servants once they're weak enough.

* MagmaMan: Volcanic Hammerer, Volcanic Slicer and Volcanic Doomfire.

* SentryGun: Blaze Accelerator, Tri-Blaze Accelerator, Blaze Accelerator Reload and Volcanic Blaster. Blaze Accelerator and Tri-Blaze Accelerator destroy opposing monsters by using Pyro-Type monsters as "ammunition" by sending them from your hand to the Graveyard. While Reload doesn't destroy things on its own, it can still dump a Scattershot to the Graveyard to trigger its effect.

The '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Volcanic Volcanic]]''' monsters are a group of monsters that resemble reptiles or dinosaurs, with some mechanical elements and a focus on inflicting effect damage. They are supported by '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Blaze_Accelerator_(archetype) Blaze Accelerator]]''' (known as '''Blaze Cannon''' in the OCG) cards. In ''GX'', Austin O'Brien ([[DubNameChange Axel Brodie]]) uses a Volcanic Burner deck.

The '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Volcanic Volcanic]]''' monsters are a group of monsters that resemble reptiles or dinosaurs, with some mechanical elements. They are supported by '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Blaze_Accelerator_(archetype) Blaze Accelerator]]''' (known as '''Blaze Cannon''' in the OCG) cards. In ''GX'', Austin O'Brien([[DubNameChange Axel Brodie]]) uses a Volcanic Burner deck.

* VolcanicVeins: Volcanic Hammerer and Volcanic Doomfire has them.

In the lore, the Vaylantz are based on a fictional ToysToLife game known as "VV - Vaylantz War", where players purchase collectable figurines that interact with an augmented reality tabletop to duke it out in strategy-based team combat. The characters in VV - Vaylantz War consist of two main factions: A group of Japanese-inspired warriors, who claim Vaylantz World - Shinra Bansho as their home turf, and a group of futuristic giant robots, who claim Vaylantz World - Konig Weissen as their home turf. There is also a third faction set to be revealed in a future expansion pack for VV - Vaylantz War, among of which Arktos XII - Chronochasm Vaylantz is a member.

'''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Vanquish_Soul Vanquish Soul]]''' is an archetype of EARTH, DARK, and FIRE monsters that can reveal monsters of those Attributes in your hand to activate various effects—either one monster that matches its own Attribute for a basic ability, or multiple monsters of other Attributes for a more powerful one.

* TimeMaster: The third clan that will be released in an in-universe pack can manipulate time. In an early-bird cameo, their boss is released early to show off their power.

* ToysToLifeGame: In-universe, the Vaylantz board game appears to be one of these crossed with a tabletop game, as [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Vaylantz_Vakening_-_Solo_Activation Vaylantz Vakening - Solo Activation]] shows the playfield reacting to the action figure being placed on the table.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The whole point of this card. Zushin is extremely powerful, on par with the Egyptian Gods, but is ridiculously difficult to summon since he requires keeping a Level 1 Normal Monster on the field until it has 10 Zushin Counters on it and in order to place 1 of those counters, you need to reveal Zushin from your hand which can only done once per turn. However, once he hits the field, he's pretty much invincible.

* FictionalVideoGame: The in-universe premise of the archetype looks eerily similar to ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' itself, even down to the placement of the zones as seen on the Field Spells. If [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Vaylantz_Wars_-_The_Place_of_Beginning Vaylantz Wars – The Place of Beginning]] is any indication, each of the Vaylantz even have their own action figures as well!

* BlobMonster: Pluton HG is a shapeshifting ooze with 0 ATK/DEF—but its effects can either [[StoneWall grant it 3000 DEF for a turn]] by revealing a FIRE monster, or [[GlassCannon 3000 ATK]] by revealing a DARK and an EARTH monster.

* KickChick: Judging by her artwork, Panthera specializes in kicking-based martial arts.

** Panthera is a nod to Chun Shina/Marvel from the ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' series.