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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters in the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' anime and manga adaptations. Please put cards in the appropriate section. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used. The Japanese card names, if they differ from the English, are noted in brackets.
'''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''
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! Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
'''Dark Magician''' (''Black Magician'', ブラック・マジシャン, ''Burakku Majishan'')
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
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[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
'''Dark Magician Girl''' (''Black Magician Girl'' ブラック・マジシャン・ガール ''Burakku Majishan Gaaru'')
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Magician Of Black Chaos]]
'''Magician Of Black Chaos'''
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. In ''GX'', a "retrained" variant, the Dark Magician of Chaos, appears in Yugi's deck when it goes on tour.
The Magician of Black Chaos, unlike the other two Black Magicians, doesn't appear to have a counterpart in Ancient Egypt nor the Shadow RPG.
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* {{Badass}}: Enough that he frightens [[BigBad Pegasus]]. That should say something right there.
* BlackMagic: Makes no bones about being a user of this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Probably the best example in Dark Yugi's deck. Unlike the other members of the Black Magician trio, he's truly evil looking, has a definitely nasty-vibe, is called Magician of Black Chaos, and serves as one of TheHero's trump cards.
* DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime, a Magician of Black Chaos is shown in the first Shadow Game against Pegasus while Pegasus is giving a monologue about the origin of Duel Monsters, squaring off against a Thousand-Eyes Restrict. The exact-same match-up takes place in Dark Yugi and Pegasus's final duel in Duelist Kingdom.
* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Implied by the name.
* EvilSorcerer: Unlike Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Black Magician's Ego, and Black Magician Girl's Id.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Evil Eyes. Cold and narrow.
* MagicStaff: As with the normal Dark Magician, it wields a staff to channel its spells.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name essentially says "I am ChaoticEvil. Run away!"
* NiceHat: Wears a huge hat with horn-like protrusions on either side.
* OhCrap: When Dark Yugi summons it, Pegasus' reaction is "Not him! Not now!"
* PerpetualFrowner: Is always stone-faced, never making an expression even when destroyed.
* TheStoic: Okay, they're cards, but while Black Magician and Black Magician Girl's facial expressions regularly change, Magician of Black Chaos remains stone-faced; only his eyes ever shift.
* SummonMagic: Requires the Black Chaos Ritual to appear.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* {{Badass}}: This is a man with a sword who can take on the Blue-Eyes and the Lava Golem. He has to be a badass.
* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite the pretty boy under that helmet.
* BlackKnight: Clad head to toe in black and gold armor.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a knight's helmet with a long red plumage.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of the many examples in Yugi and Atem's deck. He's a BlackKnight with a cold expression, and an ominous sounding name, but he's ultimately one of the good guys. Oddly enough, he's an Earth-attribute monster.
* EvilRedhead: Has the look, though see DarkIsNotEvil above.
* FusionDance: Can fuse with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to become Dragon Master Knight (5000/5000), who gains power for every dragon on the field.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carries a shield on his opposite hand.
* MasterSwordsman: Pretty much goes without saying.
* PerpetualFrowner: Is never shown smiling in any appearance.
* PowerEqualsRarity: When Dark Yugi summoned him in his duel with Mai, it was the first time the card had ever been successfully summoned. ''That'''s how rare it was.
* SinisterScimitar: His WeaponOfChoice.
* SummonMagic: Comes only in response to the Black Luster Ritual.
* SuperSoldier: Of the magical variety.
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[[folder:Celtic Guardian]]
'''Celtic Guardian''' (''Elf Swordsman'')
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A mid-tier card and one of the few non-Dark Magician derivatives to see extensive screen time in the manga/anime.
It's an original card created by Pegasus and does not have a counterpart gaming piece during the Shadow RPG .
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* BadassNormal: A mid-tier card with 1400 ATK and no special effects, but still effective in some duels.
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian.
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He ''is'' a Warrior.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's its Japanese name).
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 are right out of comic book settings.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart is a shirtless hero who fights with a boomerang.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal projects a signal to the sky to call them out.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge fights with arm blades.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes are, like Judai as the Supreme King, heroes that gave into darkness for greater power.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian attacks by shooting feathers.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster is armed with an ArmCannon gatling gun.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler is the dog of the team.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Necroshade, the sole Dark-Attribute Elemental Hero.
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Neo Spacians speak perfect English when Judai finds them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices. With all of them though, their physical appearance other than Glow Moss doesn't indicate a gender.
* BatSignal: N-Signal calls more of them out with a beam of light to signal them.
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy lets Neos wield one of these.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2 exists to explain to Judai what the Neo Spacians are.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: They're heroes named for the region of space they were born in.
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole has a drill for its weapon.
* UndyingLoyalty: They remain by Judai's side no matter what.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos; the clue is in the name.
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos is Neos fused with the Dark-Attribute Dark Panter and Light-attribute Glow Moss.
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key cards, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency. In the manga, Ryo uses different types of "Cyber" monsters other than Cyber Dragon, but they still have draconian themes to them.
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* AnimalMecha: They're all based on dragons.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Ryo's cards are some of the best of their era, and they're all cool-looking dragons.
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King is a fusion of the three of them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight is an Ojama in knight armor.
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower: All three of them appear clad in nothing but their underwear.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal is their answer to Hero Signal and N-Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma attaks with a wave of blood.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite all being Dark-attribute, they're still heroes and are wielded by a protagonist.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster is a hulking prisoner that escaped confinement.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another Destiny Hero monster.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn. Doom Lord banishes a monster that returns in two turns, Double Dude summons tokens the turn after it's destroyed, and so forth.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, Rainbow Dragon. These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The prismatic Rainbow Dragon is the leader of the series.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: All of them have jewels and/or jewelry on their bodies.
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted: They all bear gemstones somewhere on their body.
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal: Their entire schtick.
* RainbowMotif: The seven of them are based on the colors of the rainbow.
* TalkingAnimal: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're always there for Johan.
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms. They are based in appearance and power on the Egyptian God Cards, and have the power to absorb energy from other cards and duel spirits to empower themselves and their wielder.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge: They're massive, towering over most other GX-era monsters.
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio: There's three of them.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy: All of them have spikes covering their bodies.
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!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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'''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''
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! Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
'''Dark Magician''' (''Black Magician'', ブラック・マジシャン, ''Burakku Majishan'')
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
'''Dark Magician Girl''' (''Black Magician Girl'' ブラック・マジシャン・ガール ''Burakku Majishan Gaaru'')
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Magician Of Black Chaos]]
'''Magician Of Black Chaos'''
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. In ''GX'', a "retrained" variant, the Dark Magician of Chaos, appears in Yugi's deck when it goes on tour.
The Magician of Black Chaos, unlike the other two Black Magicians, doesn't appear to have a counterpart in Ancient Egypt nor the Shadow RPG.
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* {{Badass}}: Enough that he frightens [[BigBad Pegasus]]. That should say something right there.
* BlackMagic: Makes no bones about being a user of this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Probably the best example in Dark Yugi's deck. Unlike the other members of the Black Magician trio, he's truly evil looking, has a definitely nasty-vibe, is called Magician of Black Chaos, and serves as one of TheHero's trump cards.
* DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime, a Magician of Black Chaos is shown in the first Shadow Game against Pegasus while Pegasus is giving a monologue about the origin of Duel Monsters, squaring off against a Thousand-Eyes Restrict. The exact-same match-up takes place in Dark Yugi and Pegasus's final duel in Duelist Kingdom.
* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Implied by the name.
* EvilSorcerer: Unlike Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Black Magician's Ego, and Black Magician Girl's Id.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Evil Eyes. Cold and narrow.
* MagicStaff: As with the normal Dark Magician, it wields a staff to channel its spells.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name essentially says "I am ChaoticEvil. Run away!"
* NiceHat: Wears a huge hat with horn-like protrusions on either side.
* OhCrap: When Dark Yugi summons it, Pegasus' reaction is "Not him! Not now!"
* PerpetualFrowner: Is always stone-faced, never making an expression even when destroyed.
* TheStoic: Okay, they're cards, but while Black Magician and Black Magician Girl's facial expressions regularly change, Magician of Black Chaos remains stone-faced; only his eyes ever shift.
* SummonMagic: Requires the Black Chaos Ritual to appear.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* {{Badass}}: This is a man with a sword who can take on the Blue-Eyes and the Lava Golem. He has to be a badass.
* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite the pretty boy under that helmet.
* BlackKnight: Clad head to toe in black and gold armor.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a knight's helmet with a long red plumage.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of the many examples in Yugi and Atem's deck. He's a BlackKnight with a cold expression, and an ominous sounding name, but he's ultimately one of the good guys. Oddly enough, he's an Earth-attribute monster.
* EvilRedhead: Has the look, though see DarkIsNotEvil above.
* FusionDance: Can fuse with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to become Dragon Master Knight (5000/5000), who gains power for every dragon on the field.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carries a shield on his opposite hand.
* MasterSwordsman: Pretty much goes without saying.
* PerpetualFrowner: Is never shown smiling in any appearance.
* PowerEqualsRarity: When Dark Yugi summoned him in his duel with Mai, it was the first time the card had ever been successfully summoned. ''That'''s how rare it was.
* SinisterScimitar: His WeaponOfChoice.
* SummonMagic: Comes only in response to the Black Luster Ritual.
* SuperSoldier: Of the magical variety.
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[[folder:Celtic Guardian]]
'''Celtic Guardian''' (''Elf Swordsman'')
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A mid-tier card and one of the few non-Dark Magician derivatives to see extensive screen time in the manga/anime.
It's an original card created by Pegasus and does not have a counterpart gaming piece during the Shadow RPG .
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* BadassNormal: A mid-tier card with 1400 ATK and no special effects, but still effective in some duels.
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian.
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He ''is'' a Warrior.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's its Japanese name).
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 are right out of comic book settings.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart is a shirtless hero who fights with a boomerang.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal projects a signal to the sky to call them out.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge fights with arm blades.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes are, like Judai as the Supreme King, heroes that gave into darkness for greater power.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian attacks by shooting feathers.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster is armed with an ArmCannon gatling gun.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler is the dog of the team.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Necroshade, the sole Dark-Attribute Elemental Hero.
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Neo Spacians speak perfect English when Judai finds them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices. With all of them though, their physical appearance other than Glow Moss doesn't indicate a gender.
* BatSignal: N-Signal calls more of them out with a beam of light to signal them.
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy lets Neos wield one of these.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2 exists to explain to Judai what the Neo Spacians are.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: They're heroes named for the region of space they were born in.
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole has a drill for its weapon.
* UndyingLoyalty: They remain by Judai's side no matter what.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos; the clue is in the name.
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos is Neos fused with the Dark-Attribute Dark Panter and Light-attribute Glow Moss.
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key cards, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency. In the manga, Ryo uses different types of "Cyber" monsters other than Cyber Dragon, but they still have draconian themes to them.
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* AnimalMecha: They're all based on dragons.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Ryo's cards are some of the best of their era, and they're all cool-looking dragons.
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King is a fusion of the three of them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight is an Ojama in knight armor.
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower: All three of them appear clad in nothing but their underwear.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal is their answer to Hero Signal and N-Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma attaks with a wave of blood.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite all being Dark-attribute, they're still heroes and are wielded by a protagonist.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster is a hulking prisoner that escaped confinement.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another Destiny Hero monster.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn. Doom Lord banishes a monster that returns in two turns, Double Dude summons tokens the turn after it's destroyed, and so forth.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, Rainbow Dragon. These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The prismatic Rainbow Dragon is the leader of the series.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: All of them have jewels and/or jewelry on their bodies.
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted: They all bear gemstones somewhere on their body.
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal: Their entire schtick.
* RainbowMotif: The seven of them are based on the colors of the rainbow.
* TalkingAnimal: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're always there for Johan.
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms. They are based in appearance and power on the Egyptian God Cards, and have the power to absorb energy from other cards and duel spirits to empower themselves and their wielder.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge: They're massive, towering over most other GX-era monsters.
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio: There's three of them.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy: All of them have spikes covering their bodies.
[[/folder]]
!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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! Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
'''Dark Magician''' (''Black Magician'', ブラック・マジシャン, ''Burakku Majishan'')
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
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[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
'''Dark Magician Girl''' (''Black Magician Girl'' ブラック・マジシャン・ガール ''Burakku Majishan Gaaru'')
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Magician Of Black Chaos]]
'''Magician Of Black Chaos'''
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. In ''GX'', a "retrained" variant, the Dark Magician of Chaos, appears in Yugi's deck when it goes on tour.
The Magician of Black Chaos, unlike the other two Black Magicians, doesn't appear to have a counterpart in Ancient Egypt nor the Shadow RPG.
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* {{Badass}}: Enough that he frightens [[BigBad Pegasus]]. That should say something right there.
* BlackMagic: Makes no bones about being a user of this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Probably the best example in Dark Yugi's deck. Unlike the other members of the Black Magician trio, he's truly evil looking, has a definitely nasty-vibe, is called Magician of Black Chaos, and serves as one of TheHero's trump cards.
* DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime, a Magician of Black Chaos is shown in the first Shadow Game against Pegasus while Pegasus is giving a monologue about the origin of Duel Monsters, squaring off against a Thousand-Eyes Restrict. The exact-same match-up takes place in Dark Yugi and Pegasus's final duel in Duelist Kingdom.
* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Implied by the name.
* EvilSorcerer: Unlike Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Black Magician's Ego, and Black Magician Girl's Id.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Evil Eyes. Cold and narrow.
* MagicStaff: As with the normal Dark Magician, it wields a staff to channel its spells.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name essentially says "I am ChaoticEvil. Run away!"
* NiceHat: Wears a huge hat with horn-like protrusions on either side.
* OhCrap: When Dark Yugi summons it, Pegasus' reaction is "Not him! Not now!"
* PerpetualFrowner: Is always stone-faced, never making an expression even when destroyed.
* TheStoic: Okay, they're cards, but while Black Magician and Black Magician Girl's facial expressions regularly change, Magician of Black Chaos remains stone-faced; only his eyes ever shift.
* SummonMagic: Requires the Black Chaos Ritual to appear.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* {{Badass}}: This is a man with a sword who can take on the Blue-Eyes and the Lava Golem. He has to be a badass.
* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite the pretty boy under that helmet.
* BlackKnight: Clad head to toe in black and gold armor.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a knight's helmet with a long red plumage.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of the many examples in Yugi and Atem's deck. He's a BlackKnight with a cold expression, and an ominous sounding name, but he's ultimately one of the good guys. Oddly enough, he's an Earth-attribute monster.
* EvilRedhead: Has the look, though see DarkIsNotEvil above.
* FusionDance: Can fuse with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to become Dragon Master Knight (5000/5000), who gains power for every dragon on the field.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carries a shield on his opposite hand.
* MasterSwordsman: Pretty much goes without saying.
* PerpetualFrowner: Is never shown smiling in any appearance.
* PowerEqualsRarity: When Dark Yugi summoned him in his duel with Mai, it was the first time the card had ever been successfully summoned. ''That'''s how rare it was.
* SinisterScimitar: His WeaponOfChoice.
* SummonMagic: Comes only in response to the Black Luster Ritual.
* SuperSoldier: Of the magical variety.
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[[folder:Celtic Guardian]]
'''Celtic Guardian''' (''Elf Swordsman'')
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A mid-tier card and one of the few non-Dark Magician derivatives to see extensive screen time in the manga/anime.
It's an original card created by Pegasus and does not have a counterpart gaming piece during the Shadow RPG .
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* BadassNormal: A mid-tier card with 1400 ATK and no special effects, but still effective in some duels.
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian.
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He ''is'' a Warrior.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's its Japanese name).
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 are right out of comic book settings.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart is a shirtless hero who fights with a boomerang.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal projects a signal to the sky to call them out.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge fights with arm blades.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes are, like Judai as the Supreme King, heroes that gave into darkness for greater power.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian attacks by shooting feathers.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster is armed with an ArmCannon gatling gun.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler is the dog of the team.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Necroshade, the sole Dark-Attribute Elemental Hero.
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Neo Spacians speak perfect English when Judai finds them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices. With all of them though, their physical appearance other than Glow Moss doesn't indicate a gender.
* BatSignal: N-Signal calls more of them out with a beam of light to signal them.
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy lets Neos wield one of these.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2 exists to explain to Judai what the Neo Spacians are.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: They're heroes named for the region of space they were born in.
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole has a drill for its weapon.
* UndyingLoyalty: They remain by Judai's side no matter what.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos; the clue is in the name.
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos is Neos fused with the Dark-Attribute Dark Panter and Light-attribute Glow Moss.
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key cards, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency. In the manga, Ryo uses different types of "Cyber" monsters other than Cyber Dragon, but they still have draconian themes to them.
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* AnimalMecha: They're all based on dragons.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Ryo's cards are some of the best of their era, and they're all cool-looking dragons.
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King is a fusion of the three of them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight is an Ojama in knight armor.
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower: All three of them appear clad in nothing but their underwear.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal is their answer to Hero Signal and N-Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma attaks with a wave of blood.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite all being Dark-attribute, they're still heroes and are wielded by a protagonist.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster is a hulking prisoner that escaped confinement.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another Destiny Hero monster.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn. Doom Lord banishes a monster that returns in two turns, Double Dude summons tokens the turn after it's destroyed, and so forth.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, Rainbow Dragon. These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The prismatic Rainbow Dragon is the leader of the series.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: All of them have jewels and/or jewelry on their bodies.
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted: They all bear gemstones somewhere on their body.
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal: Their entire schtick.
* RainbowMotif: The seven of them are based on the colors of the rainbow.
* TalkingAnimal: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're always there for Johan.
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms. They are based in appearance and power on the Egyptian God Cards, and have the power to absorb energy from other cards and duel spirits to empower themselves and their wielder.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge: They're massive, towering over most other GX-era monsters.
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio: There's three of them.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy: All of them have spikes covering their bodies.
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!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
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* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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'''Crystal Beasts'''
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster,
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'''Sacred Beasts'''
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
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Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of
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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: PersonOfMassDestruction: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
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'''Signer Dragons'''
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'''Earthbound Immortals'''
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'''Meklord Emperors'''
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'''Duel Dragons'''
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* BadassBookworm
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** DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
* DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
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* MagicStaff
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* MagicStaffMagicStaff: As with the normal Dark Magician, it wields a staff to channel its spells.
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* NiceHat
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* NiceHatNiceHat: Wears a huge hat with horn-like protrusions on either side.
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* PerpetualFrowner
* PowerGlows
* PowerGlows
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* PerpetualFrowner
* PowerGlowsPerpetualFrowner: Is always stone-faced, never making an expression even when destroyed.
* PowerGlows
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** BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: When fused with Ultimate Blue-Eyes.
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: When fused with Ultimate Blue-Eyes.
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** EmpoweredBadassNormal: When fused with Ultimate Blue-Eyes.
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* BlackKnight
* CoolHelmet
* CoolHelmet
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* BlackKnight
BlackKnight: Clad head to toe in black and gold armor.
*CoolHelmetCoolHelmet: Wears a knight's helmet with a long red plumage.
*
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* PerpetualFrownerPerpetualFrowner: Is never shown smiling in any appearance.
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** EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He IS a warrior
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He IS a warrior
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* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 are right out of comic book settings.
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* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
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* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
Wildheart is a shirtless hero who fights with a boomerang.
* BatSignal: HeroSignal.
Signal projects a signal to the sky to call them out.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder:Bladedge.Bladedge fights with arm blades.
* BatSignal: Hero
* BladeBelowTheShoulder:
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* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
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* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
Heroes are, like Judai as the Supreme King, heroes that gave into darkness for greater power.
* FeatherFlechettes:Avian.Avian attacks by shooting feathers.
* FeatherFlechettes:
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* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
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* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.Blaster is armed with an ArmCannon gatling gun.
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* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
Wroughtweiler is the dog of the team.
* TokenEvilTeammate:Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among Necroshade, the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroessole Dark-Attribute Elemental Hero.
* TokenEvilTeammate:
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish
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* AliensSpeakingEnglishAliensSpeakingEnglish: The Neo Spacians speak perfect English when Judai finds them.
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* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* BatSignal: N-Signal
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* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
voices. With all of them though, their physical appearance other than Glow Moss doesn't indicate a gender.
* BatSignal:N-SignalN-Signal calls more of them out with a beam of light to signal them.
* BatSignal:
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* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
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* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.Energy lets Neos wield one of these.
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* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
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* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
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* NamedAfterTheirPlanetNamedAfterTheirPlanet: They're heroes named for the region of space they were born in.
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* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* UndyingLoyalty
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* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
Mole has a drill for its weapon.
*UndyingLoyaltyUndyingLoyalty: They remain by Judai's side no matter what.
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* WeatherManipulation: Storm NeosNeos; the clue is in the name.
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Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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Ryo's key deck theme, cards, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
efficiency. In the manga, Ryo uses different types of "Cyber" monsters other than Cyber Dragon, but they still have draconian themes to them.
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* AnimalMecha
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* AnimalMechaAnimalMecha: They're all based on dragons.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragonsInstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Ryo's cards are some of the best of their era, and they're all cool-looking dragons.
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* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
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* FusionDance: Ojama King
King is a fusion of the three of them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: OjamaKnightKnight is an Ojama in knight armor.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama
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* UnderwearOfPower
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* UnderwearOfPowerUnderwearOfPower: All three of them appear clad in nothing but their underwear.
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* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
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* BatSignal: Destiny SignalSignal is their answer to Hero Signal and N-Signal.
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* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
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* BloodyMurder: Plasma.Plasma attaks with a wave of blood.
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* DarkIsNotEvil
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* DarkIsNotEvilDarkIsNotEvil: Despite all being Dark-attribute, they're still heroes and are wielded by a protagonist.
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* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
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* HeroicSacrifice
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* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.Dreadmaster is a hulking prisoner that escaped confinement.
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* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
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* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.Destiny Hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
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* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
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* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn. Doom Lord banishes a monster that returns in two turns, Double Dude summons tokens the turn after it's destroyed, and so forth.
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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The prismatic Rainbow Dragon is the leader of the series.
*EverythingsSparklyWithJewelryEverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: All of them have jewels and/or jewelry on their bodies.
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* GemEncrustedGemEncrusted: They all bear gemstones somewhere on their body.
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* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
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* PowerCrystal
PowerCrystal: Their entire schtick.
*RainbowMotif
RainbowMotif: The seven of them are based on the colors of the rainbow.
*[[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: TalkingAnimal: Except for Ruby.
*UndyingLoyaltyUndyingLoyalty: They're always there for Johan.
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* LargeAndInChargeLargeAndInCharge: They're massive, towering over most other GX-era monsters.
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* PowerTrio
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* SpikesOfVillainySpikesOfVillainy: All of them have spikes covering their bodies.
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[[folder:Osiris]]
'''Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris (Sky Dragon of Osiris) ([[DubNameChange Slifer the Sky Dragon]])'''
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/osiris_938.png
One of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World. Dark Yugi won it from one of Marik's mind slaves, the Pantomimer, in a duel. An immense dragon with the ability to deal 2000 points damage to all monsters when they arrive, and whose power is dependent on the number of cards in the player's hand, Osiris becomes Dark Yugi's trump card for most of the Battle City arc.
Osiris was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign.
'''Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris (Sky Dragon of Osiris) ([[DubNameChange Slifer the Sky Dragon]])'''
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One of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World. Dark Yugi won it from one of Marik's mind slaves, the Pantomimer, in a duel. An immense dragon with the ability to deal 2000 points damage to all monsters when they arrive, and whose power is dependent on the number of cards in the player's hand, Osiris becomes Dark Yugi's trump card for most of the Battle City arc.
Osiris was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign.
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'''Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris (Sky Dragon of Osiris) ([[DubNameChange Slifer the Sky Dragon]])'''
'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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* {{Badass}}
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage/have connections to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BreathWeapon: Osiris' attack "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]."
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch (and varies between anime and manga), the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard, which is why Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba's Battle City duel consists of them first keeping the other's God Card from being summoned, and then weakening them through loopholes in their immunity.
* DubNameChange: Cards and characters get their names changed left and right, but Osiris/Slifer is a rather odd case. Obviously Osiris is named for the Egyptian deity, but who or what is Slifer named for you ask? Roger Slifer, executive producers for 4Kids. Who's great idea was that anyway?
* FinishingMove: ''Thunder Force!'' and ''Shouraidan''
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this, and is generally ''very'' fearsome when he busts out on the field. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Osiris are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge
* OminousLatinChanting: Whenever he's summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Huge snake like dragon with two mouths full of sharp teeth, gigantic wings, and a pair of arms that end in fairly big claws. And it breathes lightning.
* PhysicalGod: To the point of being able to interface with the real world in all sorts of ugly ways.
* PowerGlows
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Seto Kaiba even mentions at one point that it crushes the opponent's will to fight.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage/have connections to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BreathWeapon: Osiris' attack "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]."
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch (and varies between anime and manga), the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard, which is why Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba's Battle City duel consists of them first keeping the other's God Card from being summoned, and then weakening them through loopholes in their immunity.
* DubNameChange: Cards and characters get their names changed left and right, but Osiris/Slifer is a rather odd case. Obviously Osiris is named for the Egyptian deity, but who or what is Slifer named for you ask? Roger Slifer, executive producers for 4Kids. Who's great idea was that anyway?
* FinishingMove: ''Thunder Force!'' and ''Shouraidan''
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this, and is generally ''very'' fearsome when he busts out on the field. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Osiris are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge
* OminousLatinChanting: Whenever he's summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Huge snake like dragon with two mouths full of sharp teeth, gigantic wings, and a pair of arms that end in fairly big claws. And it breathes lightning.
* PhysicalGod: To the point of being able to interface with the real world in all sorts of ugly ways.
* PowerGlows
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Seto Kaiba even mentions at one point that it crushes the opponent's will to fight.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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[[folder:Poker Knights]]
'''Poker Knights'''
A trio of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin knights themed after playing cards]]. Mainly, they serve the role of tribute fodder for the God Cards, though they do provide muscle for their owner apart from that. Their Playing Card motif sort of echoes Dark Yugi's role as the King of Games.
Being based off of playing card faces, the Poker Knights were original creatures created by Pegasus and have no Monster Ka counterpart in the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Though a trio of a monsters that are very easily summoned is nothing to scoff at, even in this high-speed XYZ era, they're hindered by King's Knight being the focal point of the trio and the other two near-useless without him.
* InformedAttribute: They're considered in-universe as ''The three playing card swordsmen possessing the maximum speed summoning ability''; they need a specific combination of the two to summon the third, in-universe.
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'''Poker Knights'''
A trio of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin knights themed after playing cards]]. Mainly, they serve the role of tribute fodder for the God Cards, though they do provide muscle for their owner apart from that. Their Playing Card motif sort of echoes Dark Yugi's role as the King of Games.
Being based off of playing card faces, the Poker Knights were original creatures created by Pegasus and have no Monster Ka counterpart in the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Though a trio of a monsters that are very easily summoned is nothing to scoff at, even in this high-speed XYZ era, they're hindered by King's Knight being the focal point of the trio and the other two near-useless without him.
* InformedAttribute: They're considered in-universe as ''The three playing card swordsmen possessing the maximum speed summoning ability''; they need a specific combination of the two to summon the third, in-universe.
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[[folder:Obelisk]]
'''The God of Obelisk (Giant God Soldier of Obelisk) ([[DubNameChange Obelisk the Tormentor]])'''
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One of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World, Obelisk is a powerful warrior deity who was given to Seto Kaiba by Ishizu to bait Marik's Ghouls. With 4000 ATK, 4000 DEF, and the ability to destroy everything on the field ''and'' inflict 4000 points of damage to the victim's Life Points, Obelisk is a force to be reckoned with, and serves as Kaiba's trump card for most of the Battle City arc, before being lost to Dark Yugi.
The original God of Obelisk (as pictured) was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign. The original incarnation of Obelisk bares a slightly different design than its modern ''Magic & Wizards'', most notably its head piece. It's possible that Seto Kaiba was able to summon its ''Magic Wizards'' incarnation because he is the reincarnation of Priest Seto, who is in fact Pharaoh Atem's cousin.
'''The God of Obelisk (Giant God Soldier of Obelisk) ([[DubNameChange Obelisk the Tormentor]])'''
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/obelisks_5215.png
One of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World, Obelisk is a powerful warrior deity who was given to Seto Kaiba by Ishizu to bait Marik's Ghouls. With 4000 ATK, 4000 DEF, and the ability to destroy everything on the field ''and'' inflict 4000 points of damage to the victim's Life Points, Obelisk is a force to be reckoned with, and serves as Kaiba's trump card for most of the Battle City arc, before being lost to Dark Yugi.
The original God of Obelisk (as pictured) was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign. The original incarnation of Obelisk bares a slightly different design than its modern ''Magic & Wizards'', most notably its head piece. It's possible that Seto Kaiba was able to summon its ''Magic Wizards'' incarnation because he is the reincarnation of Priest Seto, who is in fact Pharaoh Atem's cousin.
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'''The God of Obelisk (Giant God Soldier of Obelisk) ([[DubNameChange Obelisk the Tormentor]])'''
'''Red-Eyes Black Dragon'''
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* {{Badass}}
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Osiris have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Osiris has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick, but emphasis on giant - his effect can pump him up to infinite strength.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* FinishingMove: 'God Hand Crusher'', ''Soul Energy MAX'', and ''Infinite God Impact'' (which is a unison attack with the other two gods).
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this, and is generally ''very'' fearsome when he busts out on the field. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Osiris are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies his summonings in the dub.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Within the show, Obelisk is overshadowed by Ra and Osiris in terms of abilities. However, it's still a very powerful card.
* PhysicalGod: To the point where his first use destroyed [=KaibaCorp=]s mainfraime.
* PowerGlows
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be one of the strongest cards in the game, and is this in the real game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
[[/folder]]
!! Katsuya Jonouchi's/Joey Weeler's Deck
[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
'''Red-Eyes Black Dragon'''
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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[[folder:Gilford the Lightning]]
'''Gilford the Lightning'''
Obtained by Jonouchi sometime during the events of the Battle City arc, Gilford the Lightning is easily Jonouchi's best card, and remains so for the duration of the series. A powerful Warrior with 2800 ATK and 1400 DEF, Gilford can destroy all of the monsters on the opponent's side of the field, provided an extra monster is sacrificed when tribute summoning him.
It does not have a counterpart in the Shadow RPG.
'''Gilford the Lightning'''
Obtained by Jonouchi sometime during the events of the Battle City arc, Gilford the Lightning is easily Jonouchi's best card, and remains so for the duration of the series. A powerful Warrior with 2800 ATK and 1400 DEF, Gilford can destroy all of the monsters on the opponent's side of the field, provided an extra monster is sacrificed when tribute summoning him.
It does not have a counterpart in the Shadow RPG.
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'''Gilford the Lightning'''
Obtained by
A card Jonouchi
The Flame Swordsman is
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* {{Badass}}: Aside from his good stats, better effect, and awesome look, this is the monster that nearly defeated Dark Marik. It took Ra to put him down.
* CoolHelmet
* CoolSword: It throws lightning bolts. What more can you ask for?
* DidntSeeThatComing: His effect took Dark Marik by surprise, since Jonouchi's plan to summon him had him powering up one of Marik's monsters to be stronger than Gilford. He soon found Gilford's effect made that a moot point.
* LightningBruiser: Terrible pun aside, this is very true of how Gilford is depicted.
* MagicKnight: He's a massively built warrior who attacks with a lightning strike.
* TheMagnificent: The Lightning.
* MutualKill: With Mr. Mutou's Ancient Dragon in the anime. Twice.
* ShockAndAwe: He isn't called Gilford the ''Lightning'' for nothing.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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!!Pegasus J. Crawford's/Maximillion J. Pegasus's Deck
[[folder:Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
'''Sacrifice/Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice ([[DubNameChange Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]])'''
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Pegasus' best card, this 1-Star Ritual Monster has (0/0), but had a very nasty effect. Capable of taking over other monsters, and using them as weapons, Sacrifice turns Pegasus' Shadow Game against Yugi in the game creator's favour, following the destruction of his Toon World. It can be made even more powerful by fusing it with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God to produce the Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice, which can not only possess other monsters, but prevents the opponent from attacking.
[[folder:Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
'''Sacrifice/Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice ([[DubNameChange Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]])'''
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Pegasus' best card, this 1-Star Ritual Monster has (0/0), but had a very nasty effect. Capable of taking over other monsters, and using them as weapons, Sacrifice turns Pegasus' Shadow Game against Yugi in the game creator's favour, following the destruction of his Toon World. It can be made even more powerful by fusing it with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God to produce the Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice, which can not only possess other monsters, but prevents the opponent from attacking.
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[[folder:Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
'''Sacrifice/Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice ([[DubNameChange Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]])'''
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Pegasus'
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his
[[/folder]]
!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
'''Elemental Heroes'''
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with
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* TheAssimilator: It and Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice both assimilate other monsters into themselves, claiming their attack and defence points for their own.
* BellyMouth: Sacrifice/Relinquished has a gaping hole in its stomach, covered by a flap of skin. Monsters are sucked into the hole, and then emerge on its wings, trapped. Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice adds fangs and yet another set of eyes just above the hole, making it clear that this is a mouth.
* BodyHorror: Its entire look is pretty horrific.
* DarkIsEvil
* EldritchAbomination: Its appearance is certainly designed to evoke this, if nothing else. Just look at that thing. What ''is'' it?
** Arguably, it's more akin to HumanoidAbomination, as while freaky-looking, it has immediately-discernable arms, and a less-evident head-like bodypart. The fact that the humanoid Dark-Eyes Illusionist was used as the Ritual sacrifice in the anime suggests that Sacrifice is a mutated version of that monster.
* EvilSorcerer: They may look like Fiends, but both Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict are listed as Spellcasters. Again, this likely has to do with Dark-Eyes Illusionist being its tribute as well as its control effect.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Thousand-Eyes Restrict has a thousand eyes and restricts your monsters' movements.
* ExtraEyes: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
* EyeBeams: Attacks with blasts from its eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Thousand Eyes Restrict's body is covered in eyes.
* FacelessEye: Relinquished has no face--just a Millennium Eye at the end of a bobbing neck. The same goes for Thousand Eyes Restrict, and their close relative, Dark Eyes Illusionist.
* FinishingMove: Pegasus clearly means for the Thousand-Eyes Restrict to play this role.
* FusionDance: Fusing Sacrifice with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God creates Thousand Eyes Sacrifice.
* HumanShield: If you attack Sacrifice while it's controlling one of your monsters, the other monster takes the attack, ''you'' the damage, and Sacrifice gets away scot free. This is the only effect that was nerfed in the actual game, yet only slightly, to both players taking the damage.
* KnightOfCerebus: Sacrifice's summoning coincides with Pegasus turning his final match against Yugi and Dark Yugi into a Shadow Game. This ain't a coincidence.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thousand-Eyes Restrict
** Relinquished's name in the OCG? ''Sacrifice''. In GratuitousEnglish, no less.
* OneWingedAngel: Thousand-Eyes Restrict to Relinquished. Not only is it more powerful--it's even uglier to look at.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Like Toon World and Dark-Eyes Illusionist, Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict were deemed too powerful to release to the public. That [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem doesn't stop Pegasus from using them]]. Averted as of GX, however: Relinquished appears in Chazz's deck. He never gets to summon it, though.
* PowerFloats: Since it has no legs, this is more or less a necessity.
* SquishyWizard: No attack. No defence. One hell of an unpleasant effect. Not only can Relinquished absorb another monster and its ATK and DEF stats, but when its attacked, the controlled monster (and the controlled monster's player's Life Points) takes the damage. When it's fused with Thousand Eyes Idol, it gets even worse--not only can Thousand Eyes Restrict take over the opponent's monsters, but it also stops them from attacking ''or'' changing the positions of their monsters once they're summoned.
* SummonMagic: Relinquished can only be summoned via Black Illusion Ritual.
* WeakButSkilled: The Duel Monsters equivalent. See SquishyWizard for how.
* WingedHumanoid: For a certain definition of "humanoid".
* BellyMouth: Sacrifice/Relinquished has a gaping hole in its stomach, covered by a flap of skin. Monsters are sucked into the hole, and then emerge on its wings, trapped. Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice adds fangs and yet another set of eyes just above the hole, making it clear that this is a mouth.
* BodyHorror: Its entire look is pretty horrific.
* DarkIsEvil
* EldritchAbomination: Its appearance is certainly designed to evoke this, if nothing else. Just look at that thing. What ''is'' it?
** Arguably, it's more akin to HumanoidAbomination, as while freaky-looking, it has immediately-discernable arms, and a less-evident head-like bodypart. The fact that the humanoid Dark-Eyes Illusionist was used as the Ritual sacrifice in the anime suggests that Sacrifice is a mutated version of that monster.
* EvilSorcerer: They may look like Fiends, but both Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict are listed as Spellcasters. Again, this likely has to do with Dark-Eyes Illusionist being its tribute as well as its control effect.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Thousand-Eyes Restrict has a thousand eyes and restricts your monsters' movements.
* ExtraEyes: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
* EyeBeams: Attacks with blasts from its eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Thousand Eyes Restrict's body is covered in eyes.
* FacelessEye: Relinquished has no face--just a Millennium Eye at the end of a bobbing neck. The same goes for Thousand Eyes Restrict, and their close relative, Dark Eyes Illusionist.
* FinishingMove: Pegasus clearly means for the Thousand-Eyes Restrict to play this role.
* FusionDance: Fusing Sacrifice with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God creates Thousand Eyes Sacrifice.
* HumanShield: If you attack Sacrifice while it's controlling one of your monsters, the other monster takes the attack, ''you'' the damage, and Sacrifice gets away scot free. This is the only effect that was nerfed in the actual game, yet only slightly, to both players taking the damage.
* KnightOfCerebus: Sacrifice's summoning coincides with Pegasus turning his final match against Yugi and Dark Yugi into a Shadow Game. This ain't a coincidence.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thousand-Eyes Restrict
** Relinquished's name in the OCG? ''Sacrifice''. In GratuitousEnglish, no less.
* OneWingedAngel: Thousand-Eyes Restrict to Relinquished. Not only is it more powerful--it's even uglier to look at.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Like Toon World and Dark-Eyes Illusionist, Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict were deemed too powerful to release to the public. That [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem doesn't stop Pegasus from using them]]. Averted as of GX, however: Relinquished appears in Chazz's deck. He never gets to summon it, though.
* PowerFloats: Since it has no legs, this is more or less a necessity.
* SquishyWizard: No attack. No defence. One hell of an unpleasant effect. Not only can Relinquished absorb another monster and its ATK and DEF stats, but when its attacked, the controlled monster (and the controlled monster's player's Life Points) takes the damage. When it's fused with Thousand Eyes Idol, it gets even worse--not only can Thousand Eyes Restrict take over the opponent's monsters, but it also stops them from attacking ''or'' changing the positions of their monsters once they're summoned.
* SummonMagic: Relinquished can only be summoned via Black Illusion Ritual.
* WeakButSkilled: The Duel Monsters equivalent. See SquishyWizard for how.
* WingedHumanoid: For a certain definition of "humanoid".
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*
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and
*
* BodyHorror: Its entire look is pretty horrific.
* DarkIsEvil
* EldritchAbomination: Its appearance is certainly designed to evoke this,
** Arguably,
* EvilSorcerer: They may look like Fiends, but both Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict are listed as Spellcasters. Again, this likely has to do with Dark-Eyes Illusionist being its tribute as well as its control effect.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Thousand-Eyes Restrict has a thousand eyes and restricts your monsters' movements.
* ExtraEyes: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
* EyeBeams: Attacks with blasts from its eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Thousand Eyes Restrict's body is covered in eyes.
* FacelessEye: Relinquished has no face--just a Millennium Eye at the end of a bobbing neck. The same goes for Thousand Eyes Restrict, and their close relative, Dark Eyes Illusionist.
* FinishingMove: Pegasus clearly means for the Thousand-Eyes Restrict to play this role.
* FusionDance: Fusing Sacrifice with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God creates Thousand Eyes Sacrifice.
* HumanShield: If you attack Sacrifice while it's controlling one of your monsters, the other monster takes the attack, ''you'' the damage, and Sacrifice gets away scot free. This is the only effect that was nerfed in the actual game, yet only slightly, to both players taking the damage.
* KnightOfCerebus: Sacrifice's summoning coincides with Pegasus turning his final match against Yugi and Dark Yugi into a Shadow Game. This ain't a coincidence.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thousand-Eyes Restrict
** Relinquished's name in the OCG? ''Sacrifice''. In GratuitousEnglish, no less.
* OneWingedAngel: Thousand-Eyes Restrict to Relinquished. Not only is it more powerful--it's even uglier to look at.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Like Toon World and Dark-Eyes Illusionist, Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict were deemed too powerful to release to the public. That [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem doesn't stop Pegasus from using them]]. Averted as of GX, however: Relinquished appears in Chazz's deck. He never gets to summon it, though.
* PowerFloats: Since it has no legs, this is more or less a necessity.
* SquishyWizard: No attack. No defence. One hell of
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're
*
* WeakButSkilled: The Duel Monsters equivalent. See SquishyWizard for how.
* WingedHumanoid: For a certain definition of "humanoid".
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!!Marik's/Dark Marik's Deck
[[folder:Ra]]
'''The Sun of God Dragon Ra (Winged God Dragon of Ra) ([[DubNameChange The Winged Dragon of Ra]])'''
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The last, and most powerful of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World, The Winged Dragon of Ra is Dark Marik's trump card, and the one that most of his deck is built around. With attack and defense power equal to that of the three monsters sacrificed to summon it, the ability to further increase its power by feeding off of its user's Life Points, and the ability to destroy all monsters on the field when in its phoenix form (which it enters when the user revives it and pays 1000 Life Points), Ra is the strongest being in the entire game.
Ra was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign.
[[folder:Ra]]
'''The Sun of God Dragon Ra (Winged God Dragon of Ra) ([[DubNameChange The Winged Dragon of Ra]])'''
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The last, and most powerful of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World, The Winged Dragon of Ra is Dark Marik's trump card, and the one that most of his deck is built around. With attack and defense power equal to that of the three monsters sacrificed to summon it, the ability to further increase its power by feeding off of its user's Life Points, and the ability to destroy all monsters on the field when in its phoenix form (which it enters when the user revives it and pays 1000 Life Points), Ra is the strongest being in the entire game.
Ra was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign.
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[[folder:Ra]]
'''The Sun of God Dragon Ra (Winged God Dragon of Ra) ([[DubNameChange The Winged Dragon of Ra]])'''
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The last,
'''Neo Spacians'''
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and
Ra was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the lineage of the Pharaoh, thus also serving as a game piece during the Shadow RPG campaign.
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* BackFromTheDead: Can return from the dead in phoenix form for the cost of 1000 life points.
* {{Badass}}
* BreathWeapon
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage and/or connection to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The real life card was severely weakened.
* CastFromHitPoints: Can gain attack by being fed life points, and can be brought back to life for the cost of a thousand.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* TheDragon: To Marik, and later, Dark Marik, for being the trump card for both.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Of Battle City. Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death.
* FinishingMove: Dark Marik ends most of his Shadow Games by summoning Ra. Its own finishing attacks are as follows: ''God Blaze Canon'', ''One-Turn Kill'', and ''God Phoenix''.
* FusionDance: With Dark Marik himself. Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into it, his body, lacking one hand, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The manga's definitive example, trumping even the other God Cards in terms of power.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies his summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: And the most powerful of the trio to boot.
* PlayingWithFire: To be expected since its named after a sun god, all of its attacks and abilities involve fire.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Justified for Osiris and Ra, after all they ''are'' Dragons.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
* WreathedInFlames: Ra's ''God Phoenix'' form.
* {{Badass}}
* BreathWeapon
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage and/or connection to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The real life card was severely weakened.
* CastFromHitPoints: Can gain attack by being fed life points, and can be brought back to life for the cost of a thousand.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* TheDragon: To Marik, and later, Dark Marik, for being the trump card for both.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Of Battle City. Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death.
* FinishingMove: Dark Marik ends most of his Shadow Games by summoning Ra. Its own finishing attacks are as follows: ''God Blaze Canon'', ''One-Turn Kill'', and ''God Phoenix''.
* FusionDance: With Dark Marik himself. Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into it, his body, lacking one hand, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The manga's definitive example, trumping even the other God Cards in terms of power.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies his summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: And the most powerful of the trio to boot.
* PlayingWithFire: To be expected since its named after a sun god, all of its attacks and abilities involve fire.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Justified for Osiris and Ra, after all they ''are'' Dragons.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
* WreathedInFlames: Ra's ''God Phoenix'' form.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the
* {{Badass}}
* BreathWeapon
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage and/or connection to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The real life card was severely weakened.
* CastFromHitPoints: Can gain attack by being fed life points, and can be brought back to life for the cost of a thousand.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a
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* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark
* TheDragon: To Marik,
*
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a
* FinalBoss: Of Battle City. Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games,
* FinishingMove: Dark Marik ends most of his Shadow Games by summoning Ra. Its own finishing attacks are as follows: ''God Blaze Canon'', ''One-Turn Kill'', and ''God Phoenix''.
* FusionDance: With Dark Marik himself. Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into it, his body, lacking one hand, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The manga's definitive example, trumping even the other God Cards in terms of power.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies his summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod:
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most
* PlayingWithFire: To be expected since its named after
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and
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* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in
* WreathedInFlames: Ra's ''God Phoenix'' form.
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[[folder:Revival Jam]]
'''Revival Slime (Revival Jam)'''
A perrenial favourite of both Marik and Dark Marik, the near unkillable Revival Jam saw use in Pantomimer's duel with Dark Yugi, and in Dark Marik's Shadow Games with Mai and Dark Yugi. Impossible to destroy, and with the ability to shield the opponent's other monsters, Revival Jam can become even more of a problem by fusing with Dark Marik's Metal Reflect Slime to create Eyptian God Slime.
'''Revival Slime (Revival Jam)'''
A perrenial favourite of both Marik and Dark Marik, the near unkillable Revival Jam saw use in Pantomimer's duel with Dark Yugi, and in Dark Marik's Shadow Games with Mai and Dark Yugi. Impossible to destroy, and with the ability to shield the opponent's other monsters, Revival Jam can become even more of a problem by fusing with Dark Marik's Metal Reflect Slime to create Eyptian God Slime.
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'''Revival Slime (Revival Jam)'''
A perrenial favourite of
'''Cyberdark Dragons'''
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both
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* FusionDance: Complicated example. Dark Marik's Metal Reflect Slime trap card created a slimy clone of God of Obelisk. Dark Marik then fused this with Revival Jam to create Egyptian God Slime, which looks like the Obelisk clone, but like Revival Jam, cannot be terminated.
* HumanShield: If the trap card Jam Defender is on the field, Marik can use Revival Jam to intercept attacks aimed at his other monsters.
* {{Immortality}}: Whenever Revival Jam is destroyed, it returns to the field.
* NighInvulnerability: Blown apart, but never destroyed, Revival Jam will always put itself back together.
* StoneWall: Revival Jam's actual defense isn't that great, but its effect makes it a wall anyway. As Egyptian God Slime, with a defense of 3000 and its regular effect, it becomes a genuine example.
[[folder:Lava Golem]]
'''Demonic Lava God - Lava Golem ([[{{Bowdlerization}} Lava Golem]])'''
One of Dark Marik's rarest and most powerful cards, after the Winged Dragon of Ra itself. The Lava Golem is a hulking Fiend made of living lava, with statistics equal to those of Seto Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon or Yugi's Black Luster Soldier (3000/2500), and a bizarre special effect. Summoned to the opponent's side of the field by sacrificing two of their monsters, the Lava Golem is placed under the control of Dark Marik's adversary--but at the cost of 700 Life Points at the end of every turn[[note]]1000 life points at the start of every turn in the real life game[[/note]]. Worse yet, the opponent is trapped inside the cage that hangs from the Lava Golem's neck, feeling the heat as the monster literally melts around them.
* HumanShield: If the trap card Jam Defender is on the field, Marik can use Revival Jam to intercept attacks aimed at his other monsters.
* {{Immortality}}: Whenever Revival Jam is destroyed, it returns to the field.
* NighInvulnerability: Blown apart, but never destroyed, Revival Jam will always put itself back together.
* StoneWall: Revival Jam's actual defense isn't that great, but its effect makes it a wall anyway. As Egyptian God Slime, with a defense of 3000 and its regular effect, it becomes a genuine example.
[[folder:Lava Golem]]
'''Demonic Lava God - Lava Golem ([[{{Bowdlerization}} Lava Golem]])'''
One of Dark Marik's rarest and most powerful cards, after the Winged Dragon of Ra itself. The Lava Golem is a hulking Fiend made of living lava, with statistics equal to those of Seto Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon or Yugi's Black Luster Soldier (3000/2500), and a bizarre special effect. Summoned to the opponent's side of the field by sacrificing two of their monsters, the Lava Golem is placed under the control of Dark Marik's adversary--but at the cost of 700 Life Points at the end of every turn[[note]]1000 life points at the start of every turn in the real life game[[/note]]. Worse yet, the opponent is trapped inside the cage that hangs from the Lava Golem's neck, feeling the heat as the monster literally melts around them.
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* AnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance:
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the
* HumanShield: If the trap card Jam Defender is on the field, Marik can use Revival Jam to intercept attacks aimed at his other monsters.
* {{Immortality}}: Whenever Revival Jam is destroyed, it returns to the field.
* NighInvulnerability: Blown apart, but never destroyed, Revival Jam will always put itself back together.
* StoneWall: Revival Jam's actual defense isn't that great, but its effect makes it a wall anyway. As Egyptian God Slime, with a defense
[[folder:Lava Golem]]
'''Demonic Lava God - Lava Golem ([[{{Bowdlerization}} Lava Golem]])'''
One of Dark Marik's rarest and most powerful cards, after
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ojamas]]
'''Ojamas'''
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the
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* AwesomeButImpractical: It's a great-looking card, and a strong one at that, but it's a problem for both the controller and the guy who plays it. Yes, it will take away your opponent's life points, but it still requires that you give him a 3000 attack point beatstick. If you take control of it from your opponent, you can use it, but you'll lose the life points. Dark Marik knows the difficulties of using it as well; he combos it with cards that prevent the opponent from attacking.
* {{Badass}}: Complicated useage aside, yes. This is a card that can throw down with Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The card game equivalent. "Wow my enemy just handed me a monster that can match Blue-Eyes blow for blow? Wait. What do you mean it slowly drains my life points away?"
* CastFromHitPoints: Burns away a few more of its controller's lifepoints with every turn.
* {{Golem}}: It's right there in the name. In this case, it's made from molten rocks instead of solid ones.
* LavaAddsAwesome
* MagmaMan: Attacks with the lava it controls.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's a gigantic Fiend made of still molten lava.
* PlayingWithFire: Sets the duel arena on fire just by appearing.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Nobody watching the Shadow Game has a clue what Lava Golem does, it's so rare.
* {{Badass}}: Complicated useage aside, yes. This is a card that can throw down with Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The card game equivalent. "Wow my enemy just handed me a monster that can match Blue-Eyes blow for blow? Wait. What do you mean it slowly drains my life points away?"
* CastFromHitPoints: Burns away a few more of its controller's lifepoints with every turn.
* {{Golem}}: It's right there in the name. In this case, it's made from molten rocks instead of solid ones.
* LavaAddsAwesome
* MagmaMan: Attacks with the lava it controls.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's a gigantic Fiend made of still molten lava.
* PlayingWithFire: Sets the duel arena on fire just by appearing.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Nobody watching the Shadow Game has a clue what Lava Golem does, it's so rare.
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* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but
*
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The card game equivalent. "Wow my enemy just handed
* CastFromHitPoints: Burns away a few more of its controller's lifepoints with every turn.
* {{Golem}}:
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the
* PowerTrio: The three of
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* PlayingWithFire: Sets the duel arena on fire just by appearing.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Nobody watching the Shadow Game has a clue what Lava Golem does, it's so rare.
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!!Other Cards
[[folder:Moth]]
!!'''Petit Moth/Larva Moth/Great Moth/Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth'''
Insector Haga/'s best card, it appears in almost every duel he plays. The strongest insect monster in the game, its final form of Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth is fortunately very difficult to summon.
[[folder:Moth]]
!!'''Petit Moth/Larva Moth/Great Moth/Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth'''
Insector Haga/'s best card, it appears in almost every duel he plays. The strongest insect monster in the game, its final form of Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth is fortunately very difficult to summon.
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[[folder:Moth]]
!!'''Petit Moth/Larva Moth/Great Moth/Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth'''
Insector Haga/'s best card, it appears in almost every duel he plays. The strongest insect
'''Destiny Heroes'''
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the
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* AwesomeButImpractical: It has 3500/3000, making it stronger than anything that isn't Gate Guardian or Ultimate Blue-Eyes. It also requires you to equip Petit Moth with Cocoon of Evolution and wait six turns to summon it. Needless to say, Haga/Weevil would be hard-pressed to pull this off if not for his [[YouShallNotPass lockdown strategy]].
* BigCreepyCrawlies: It's larger than almost any monster except Exodia and the God Cards.
* FinishingMove: Subverted. Haga always thinks it will be, but it never is.
* GiantFlyer
* {{Kaiju}}: Its pretty obviously inspired by {{Mothra}}. ''"[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Destroy his cheap Mothra imitation!]]"''
* MagikarpPower: Petit Moth has 300/200. Lame. After two turns with Cocoon of Evolution attached it becomes Larva Moth, with 500/400. Also lame. On your fourth turn, however, it becomes Great Moth, a solid 8 star with 2600/2500. And on its sixth turn? Holy crap.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: Cocoon of Evolution, anyone.
* PowerEqualsRarity
* PrettyButterflies: Haga certainly thinks so. Everyone who's ever had to face the damn thing would disagree.
* StoneWall: Cocoon of Evolution, which has 0/2000, giving it whopping defence points for a 3 star. Becomes the card equivalent of a LightningBruiser post-evolution.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Great Moth attacks this way, by blowing wind and poison dust at the target. Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, on the other hand, throws itself bodily at the enemy.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: It's larger than almost any monster except Exodia and the God Cards.
* FinishingMove: Subverted. Haga always thinks it will be, but it never is.
* GiantFlyer
* {{Kaiju}}: Its pretty obviously inspired by {{Mothra}}. ''"[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Destroy his cheap Mothra imitation!]]"''
* MagikarpPower: Petit Moth has 300/200. Lame. After two turns with Cocoon of Evolution attached it becomes Larva Moth, with 500/400. Also lame. On your fourth turn, however, it becomes Great Moth, a solid 8 star with 2600/2500. And on its sixth turn? Holy crap.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: Cocoon of Evolution, anyone.
* PowerEqualsRarity
* PrettyButterflies: Haga certainly thinks so. Everyone who's ever had to face the damn thing would disagree.
* StoneWall: Cocoon of Evolution, which has 0/2000, giving it whopping defence points for a 3 star. Becomes the card equivalent of a LightningBruiser post-evolution.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Great Moth attacks this way, by blowing wind and poison dust at the target. Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, on the other hand, throws itself bodily at the enemy.
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* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the
* FinishingMove: Subverted. Haga always thinks it will be, but it never is.
* GiantFlyer
* {{Kaiju}}: Its pretty obviously inspired by {{Mothra}}. ''"[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Destroy his cheap Mothra imitation!]]"''
* MagikarpPower: Petit Moth has 300/200. Lame. After two turns with Cocoon
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a
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* PowerEqualsRarity
* PrettyButterflies: Haga
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to
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* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Great Moth attacks
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[[folder:Insect Queen]]
'''Insect Queen'''
Haga's rarest card, it gains attack power for every insect on the field, and lays eggs which will eventually hatch into an insect army. Weevil lost it to Jonouchi during their duel at Battle City, but later gained another copy from Dartz during the anime's DOMA FillerArc.
'''Insect Queen'''
Haga's rarest card, it gains attack power for every insect on the field, and lays eggs which will eventually hatch into an insect army. Weevil lost it to Jonouchi during their duel at Battle City, but later gained another copy from Dartz during the anime's DOMA FillerArc.
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'''Insect Queen'''
Haga's rarest card, it gains attack power for every insect on the field, and lays eggs
'''Crystal Beasts'''
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which
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* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl: For a certain definition of "girl".
* AwesomeButImpractical: Jonouchi's Insect Queen is basically useless because she cannot attack without sacrificing another insect monster. And Jonouchi hasn't any insect monsters in his deck, except Parasite Paracide which he probably gets rid off anyway.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CannibalismSuperpower: Gains power and lays an egg with every monster she destroys.
* FatBastard: A bloated monster.
* FinishingMove: As in the case of the Great Moth, it's subverted in the end. Haga thinks she'll end his duels for him, but she goes down each time.
* HiveQueen
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: If played correctly she can be this.
* NonMammalMammaries
* WeakButSkilled: For a seven-star, her stats are nothing special with 2200 ATK and 2400 DEF. Her effects, however, more than make up for this, especially if, like Haga, you play an insect deck.
* TheWorfEffect: Jonouchi's Insect Queen dies to show the power of Rishid's Holy Beast Serket; Haga's goes down during his filler duel with FillerVillain Siegfried to demonstrate how dangerous Ride of the Valkyries is.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Jonouchi's Insect Queen is basically useless because she cannot attack without sacrificing another insect monster. And Jonouchi hasn't any insect monsters in his deck, except Parasite Paracide which he probably gets rid off anyway.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CannibalismSuperpower: Gains power and lays an egg with every monster she destroys.
* FatBastard: A bloated monster.
* FinishingMove: As in the case of the Great Moth, it's subverted in the end. Haga thinks she'll end his duels for him, but she goes down each time.
* HiveQueen
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: If played correctly she can be this.
* NonMammalMammaries
* WeakButSkilled: For a seven-star, her stats are nothing special with 2200 ATK and 2400 DEF. Her effects, however, more than make up for this, especially if, like Haga, you play an insect deck.
* TheWorfEffect: Jonouchi's Insect Queen dies to show the power of Rishid's Holy Beast Serket; Haga's goes down during his filler duel with FillerVillain Siegfried to demonstrate how dangerous Ride of the Valkyries is.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Jonouchi's Insect Queen is basically useless because she cannot attack without sacrificing another insect monster. And Jonouchi hasn't any insect monsters in his deck, except Parasite Paracide
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CannibalismSuperpower: Gains power and lays an egg with every monster she destroys.
* FatBastard: A bloated monster.
* FinishingMove: As in
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the
* HiveQueen
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: If played correctly she can
* NonMammalMammaries
* WeakButSkilled: For a seven-star, her stats are nothing special with 2200 ATK and 2400 DEF. Her effects, however, more than make up for this, especially if, like Haga, you play an insect deck.
* TheWorfEffect: Jonouchi's Insect Queen dies to show
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
'''Elemental Heroes'''
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
'''Elemental Heroes'''
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
'''Elemental Heroes'''
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform
'''Sacred Beasts'''
Three powerful
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade canGod Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in thegraveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to onehands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Woodsman.
Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart:Most of Of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance:Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may beArmityle, the most popular, powerful, and heroic Phantom of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
Chaos.
*HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part ofEvil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: Thean evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to demon trio whose release will destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for themonster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere onAngel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the field, Bubbleman is angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appearedmain antagonist in the anime, however, but did appear in Book of Esther; Raviel for the manga.)
angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
*TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
*TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil HeroesSpikesOfVillainy
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance:
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be
*
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared
*
*
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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'''Neo Spacians'''
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
'''Neo Spacians'''
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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'''Neo Spacians'''
An archetype based on cards Judai designed
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
'''Signer Dragons'''
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Crimson_dragon1_7226.jpg]]
The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God NeosAllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks canuse unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of theNeo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boatturn, making them unfavorable in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cardsactual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that Jaden drew when he was a child cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and were sent into space would cause Stardust to receive their powers.
get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers:One Neo-Spacian for each The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of thegame's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
Spider Geoglyph.
*EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on{{God}}: Perhaps the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't includedmost powerful god in the dub.
--> Neos: Judaifranchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They comeother gods from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories inthe rest of the series come about due entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also aNeo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of thetwo.
* StarPower:series. The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
*SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a cardcan summon a Neo Spacian and is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's Attack points added to another the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
*[[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate theNeo Spacians destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and canspeak drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Pantherher sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon cantransform into change Field Spells in play and copy summon monsters from the effects of an opponent's monster.
hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
*WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards
* ElementalPowers:
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the
*
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included
--> Neos: Judai
* MagicalLand: They come
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the
* StarPower:
*
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card
*
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can
*
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
'''Cyberdark Dragons'''
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
'''Cyberdark Dragons'''
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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'''Cyberdark Dragons'''
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses
'''Earthbound Immortals'''
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300pxEarthboundimmortallsearthboundgods1_408.jpg]]
Embodiments of evil sealed within the
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for
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* AnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
to:
* AnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark HornBeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
*CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon:Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he usesWiraqocha Rasca, and the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makesKing of the Cyber Dragons while Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evilis in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly asfodder to power up it's the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halvesmost powerful of the symbol.
seven.
*EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to disputeOhCrap: Prominent when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent:They're machines, for one thing, The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener andembody the yin yang.
Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% *{{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
*PowerTrio: TheUnpronounceable: The Cyberdarks have three members.Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn
*
* BreathWeapon:
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves
*
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent:
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and
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*
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
'''Ojamas'''
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
'''Ojamas'''
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
to:
'''Ojamas'''
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them,
'''Sychrons'''
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
to:
* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normalprevious monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt"Warrior" in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from theopponent's Monster Zones.
Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
*NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
*PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot ZergRush: Very few of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The threenon-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them must be together to release and manipulate their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPowerlevels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the
*
*
* PowerTrio: The three
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
'''Destiny Heroes'''
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
'''Destiny Heroes'''
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
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'''Destiny Heroes'''
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming
'''Meklord Emperors'''
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A series of monsters used by the
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
*AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: WhenCombiningMecha: Each one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Whyis Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used made up of 5 separate components with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used against itself and parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate theuser, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major themecause of the Destiny Heroes system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that theyresurrect arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from thegraveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such field, as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monstersis that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit it can drag out the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effectsSynchro from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turnsGraveyard into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activateits effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.body.
*
* AntiHero: When
* AntiMagic: Why
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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'''Crystal Beasts'''
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
'''Crystal Beasts'''
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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'''Crystal Beasts'''
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts",
'''Duel Dragons'''
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
'''Sacred Beasts'''
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
[[/folder]]
!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
'''Signer Dragons'''
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
'''Earthbound Immortals'''
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
'''Sychrons'''
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
'''Meklord Emperors'''
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
'''Duel Dragons'''
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
'''Sacred Beasts'''
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
[[/folder]]
!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
'''Signer Dragons'''
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
'''Earthbound Immortals'''
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
'''Sychrons'''
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
'''Meklord Emperors'''
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
'''Duel Dragons'''
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Black Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus J. Crawford, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. The real card game later included a "retrained" Effect Monster version (that has since been banned from tournament play), who appeared in a display version of Yugi's deck in anime-only spin-off GX.
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Black Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus J. Crawford, Pegasus, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. The real card game later included a "retrained" Effect Monster version (that has since been banned from tournament play), who appeared in a display version of Yugi's deck in anime-only spin-off GX.
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!!'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
!!'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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!!'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
'''Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris (Sky Dragon of Osiris) ([[DubNameChange Slifer the Sky Dragon]])'''
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One of the three God Cards that are part of the key to opening up the Memory World. Dark Yugi
Osiris was a divine Monster Spirit that was capable of being summoned by the
* {{Badass}}
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage/have connections to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BreathWeapon: Osiris' attack "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]."
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch (and varies between anime and manga), the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard, which is why Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba's Battle City duel consists of them first keeping the other's God Card from being summoned, and then weakening them through loopholes in their immunity.
* DubNameChange: Cards and characters get their names changed left and right, but Osiris/Slifer is a rather odd case. Obviously Osiris is named for the Egyptian deity, but who or what is Slifer named for you ask? Roger Slifer, executive producers for 4Kids. Who's great idea was that anyway?
* FinishingMove: ''Thunder Force!'' and ''Shouraidan''
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this, and is generally ''very'' fearsome when he busts out on the field. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Osiris are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge
* OminousLatinChanting: Whenever he's summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Huge snake like dragon with two mouths full of sharp teeth, gigantic wings, and a pair of arms that end in fairly big claws. And it breathes lightning.
* PhysicalGod: To the point of being able to interface with the real world in all sorts of ugly ways.
* PowerGlows
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Seto Kaiba even mentions at one point that it crushes the opponent's will to fight.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage/have connections to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BreathWeapon: Osiris' attack "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]."
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch (and varies between anime and manga), the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the immunity in the hand or graveyard, which is why Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba's Battle City duel consists of them first keeping the other's God Card from being summoned, and then weakening them through loopholes in their immunity.
* DubNameChange: Cards and characters get their names changed left and right, but Osiris/Slifer is a rather odd case. Obviously Osiris is named for the Egyptian deity, but who or what is Slifer named for you ask? Roger Slifer, executive producers for 4Kids. Who's great idea was that anyway?
* FinishingMove: ''Thunder Force!'' and ''Shouraidan''
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this, and is generally ''very'' fearsome when he busts out on the field. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Osiris are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge
* OminousLatinChanting: Whenever he's summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Huge snake like dragon with two mouths full of sharp teeth, gigantic wings, and a pair of arms that end in fairly big claws. And it breathes lightning.
* PhysicalGod: To the point of being able to interface with the real world in all sorts of ugly ways.
* PowerGlows
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Seto Kaiba even mentions at one point that it crushes the opponent's will to fight.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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'''Blue-Eyes White Dragon'''
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
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'''The God of Obelisk (Giant God Soldier of Obelisk) ([[DubNameChange Obelisk the Tormentor]])'''
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While it does not appear as an
The original God of Obelisk (as pictured) was a divine Monster
* {{Badass}}
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Osiris have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Osiris has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick, but emphasis on giant - his effect can pump him up to infinite strength.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* FinishingMove: 'God Hand Crusher'', ''Soul Energy MAX'', and ''Infinite God Impact'' (which is a unison attack with the other two gods).
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this, and is generally ''very'' fearsome when he busts out on the field. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Osiris are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies his summonings in the dub.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Within the show, Obelisk is overshadowed by Ra and Osiris in terms of abilities. However, it's still a very powerful card.
* PhysicalGod: To the point where his first use destroyed [=KaibaCorp=]s mainfraime.
* PowerGlows
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be one of the strongest cards in the game, and is this in the real game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, it can be summoned by Pharaoh Atem for a heavy amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge.
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!! Katsuya Jonouchi's/Joey Weeler's Deck
[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
'''Red-Eyes Black Dragon'''
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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'''Gilford the Lightning'''
Obtained by Jonouchi
The Flame Swordsman
It does not
* {{Badass}}: Aside from his good stats, better effect, and awesome look, this is the monster that nearly defeated Dark Marik. It took Ra to put him down.
* CoolHelmet
* CoolSword: It throws lightning bolts. What more can you ask for?
* DidntSeeThatComing: His effect took Dark Marik by surprise, since Jonouchi's plan to summon him had him powering up one of Marik's monsters to be stronger than Gilford. He soon found Gilford's effect made that a moot point.
* LightningBruiser: Terrible pun aside, this is very true of how Gilford is depicted.
* MagicKnight: He's a massively built warrior who attacks with a lightning strike.
* TheMagnificent: The Lightning.
* MutualKill: With Mr. Mutou's Ancient Dragon in the anime. Twice.
* ShockAndAwe: He isn't called Gilford the ''Lightning'' for nothing.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards
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'''Sacrifice/Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice ([[DubNameChange Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict]])'''
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Pegasus' best card, this 1-Star Ritual Monster has (0/0), but had a very nasty effect. Capable of taking over other monsters, and using them as weapons, Sacrifice turns Pegasus' Shadow Game against Yugi in the
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* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
to:
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage,TheAssimilator: It and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of theThousand-Eyes Sacrifice both assimilate other monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack into themselves, claiming their attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his lifedefence points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with for their own.
* BellyMouth: Sacrifice/Relinquished has a gaping holewhere his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control in its stomach, covered by a flap of his body to skin. Monsters are sucked into the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due tohole, and then emerge on its wings, trapped. Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice adds fangs and yet another set of eyes just above the fact hole, making it clear that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Rathis is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
mouth.
*NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time BodyHorror: Its entire look is pretty horrific.
* DarkIsEvil
* EldritchAbomination: Its appearance is certainly designed to evoke this, if nothing else. Just look at thatRa gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It thing. What ''is'' mentioned that it?
** Arguably, it's more akin to HumanoidAbomination, as while freaky-looking, it hasthree powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summoningsimmediately-discernable arms, and a less-evident head-like bodypart. The fact that the humanoid Dark-Eyes Illusionist was used as the Ritual sacrifice in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Raanime suggests that Sacrifice is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
mutated version of that monster.
*ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, EvilSorcerer: They may look like Fiends, but both Relinquished and destroys everything on Thousand-Eyes Restrict are listed as Spellcasters. Again, this likely has to do with Dark-Eyes Illusionist being its tribute as well as its control effect.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Thousand-Eyes Restrict has a thousand eyes and restricts your monsters' movements.
* ExtraEyes: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
* EyeBeams: Attacks with blasts from its eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Thousand Eyes Restrict's body is covered in eyes.
* FacelessEye: Relinquished has no face--just a Millennium Eye at thefield.
* PhysicalGod: Allend of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
a bobbing neck. The same goes for Thousand Eyes Restrict, and their close relative, Dark Eyes Illusionist.
*PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be FinishingMove: Pegasus clearly means for the strongest cards Thousand-Eyes Restrict to play this role.
* FusionDance: Fusing Sacrifice with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God creates Thousand Eyes Sacrifice.
* HumanShield: If you attack Sacrifice while it's controlling one of your monsters, the other monster takes the attack, ''you'' the damage, and Sacrifice gets away scot free. This is the only effect that was nerfed in thegame.
actual game, yet only slightly, to both players taking the damage.
* KnightOfCerebus: Sacrifice's summoning coincides with Pegasus turning his final match against Yugi and Dark Yugi into a Shadow Game. This ain't a coincidence.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thousand-Eyes Restrict
** Relinquished's name in the OCG? ''Sacrifice''. In GratuitousEnglish, no less.
* OneWingedAngel: Thousand-Eyes Restrict to Relinquished. Not only is it more powerful--it's even uglier to look at.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Like Toon World and Dark-Eyes Illusionist, Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict were deemed too powerful to release to the public. That [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem doesn't stop Pegasus from using them]]. Averted as of GX, however: Relinquished appears in Chazz's deck. He never gets to summon it, though.
* PowerFloats: Since it has no legs, this is more or less a necessity.
* SquishyWizard: No attack. No defence. One hell of an unpleasant effect. Not only can Relinquished absorb another monster and its ATK and DEF stats, but when its attacked, the controlled monster (and the controlled monster's player's Life Points) takes the damage. When it's fused with Thousand Eyes Idol, it gets even worse--not only can Thousand Eyes Restrict take over the opponent's monsters, but it also stops them from attacking ''or'' changing the positions of their monsters once they're summoned.
* SummonMagic:In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up Relinquished can only be summoned via Black Illusion Ritual.
* WeakButSkilled: The Duel Monsters equivalent. See SquishyWizard for how.
* WingedHumanoid: For alarge amount certain definition of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them."humanoid".
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage,
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life
* BellyMouth: Sacrifice/Relinquished has a gaping hole
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra
*
* DarkIsEvil
* EldritchAbomination: Its appearance is certainly designed to evoke this, if nothing else. Just look at that
** Arguably, it's more akin to HumanoidAbomination, as while freaky-looking, it has
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra
*
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Thousand-Eyes Restrict has a thousand eyes and restricts your monsters' movements.
* ExtraEyes: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thousand Eyes Restrict]]
* EyeBeams: Attacks with blasts from its eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Thousand Eyes Restrict's body is covered in eyes.
* FacelessEye: Relinquished has no face--just a Millennium Eye at the
* PhysicalGod: All
*
* FusionDance: Fusing Sacrifice with Thousand-Eyes Heresy God creates Thousand Eyes Sacrifice.
* HumanShield: If you attack Sacrifice while it's controlling one of your monsters, the other monster takes the attack, ''you'' the damage, and Sacrifice gets away scot free. This is the only effect that was nerfed in the
* KnightOfCerebus: Sacrifice's summoning coincides with Pegasus turning his final match against Yugi and Dark Yugi into a Shadow Game. This ain't a coincidence.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thousand-Eyes Restrict
** Relinquished's name in the OCG? ''Sacrifice''. In GratuitousEnglish, no less.
* OneWingedAngel: Thousand-Eyes Restrict to Relinquished. Not only is it more powerful--it's even uglier to look at.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Like Toon World and Dark-Eyes Illusionist, Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict were deemed too powerful to release to the public. That [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem doesn't stop Pegasus from using them]]. Averted as of GX, however: Relinquished appears in Chazz's deck. He never gets to summon it, though.
* PowerFloats: Since it has no legs, this is more or less a necessity.
* SquishyWizard: No attack. No defence. One hell of an unpleasant effect. Not only can Relinquished absorb another monster and its ATK and DEF stats, but when its attacked, the controlled monster (and the controlled monster's player's Life Points) takes the damage. When it's fused with Thousand Eyes Idol, it gets even worse--not only can Thousand Eyes Restrict take over the opponent's monsters, but it also stops them from attacking ''or'' changing the positions of their monsters once they're summoned.
* SummonMagic:
* WeakButSkilled: The Duel Monsters equivalent. See SquishyWizard for how.
* WingedHumanoid: For a
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
[[folder:Ra]]
'''The Sun of God Dragon Ra (Winged God Dragon of Ra) ([[DubNameChange The
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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* {{Badass}}
* BreathWeapon
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via tombkeeper heritage and/or connection to Pharaoh Atem, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They don't take kindly to it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The real life card was severely weakened.
* CastFromHitPoints: Can gain attack by being fed life points, and can be brought back to life for the cost of a thousand.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. Of course, the ''player'' using them has no such protection, and they lack the
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's
*
* TheDragon: To Marik, and later, Dark Marik, for being the
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Of Battle City. Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and
* FinishingMove: Dark Marik ends most of his Shadow Games by summoning Ra. Its own finishing attacks are as follows: ''God Blaze Canon'', ''One-Turn Kill'', and
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance:
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The manga's definitive example, trumping even the other God Cards in terms of power.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time
*
*
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: And the most
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be
*
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings:
*
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent;
*
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule
'''Revival Slime (Revival Jam)'''
A perrenial favourite of both Marik and
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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*
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays
* {{Immortality}}: Whenever Revival Jam is
*
*
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets
[[folder:Lava Golem]]
'''Demonic Lava God - Lava Golem ([[{{Bowdlerization}} Lava Golem]])'''
One of
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses
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* AnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be
*
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The card game equivalent. "Wow my enemy just handed me a monster that can match Blue-Eyes
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real
* CastFromHitPoints: Burns away a few more of its
*
*
*
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's a gigantic Fiend made of still molten lava.
* PlayingWithFire: Sets the duel arena on fire just by appearing.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Nobody watching the Shadow Game has a clue what Lava Golem does, it's so rare.
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although
[[folder:Moth]]
!!'''Petit Moth/Larva Moth/Great Moth/Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth'''
Insector Haga/'s best card, it appears in almost every duel he
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
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* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me
* BigCreepyCrawlies: It's
* FinishingMove: Subverted. Haga always
* GiantFlyer
* {{Kaiju}}: Its pretty obviously inspired by {{Mothra}}. ''"[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Destroy his cheap Mothra imitation!]]"''
* MagikarpPower: Petit Moth has 300/200. Lame. After two turns with Cocoon of Evolution attached it becomes Larva Moth, with 500/400. Also lame. On your fourth turn, however, it becomes Great Moth, a solid 8 star with 2600/2500. And on
* {{Metamorphosis}}: Cocoon of Evolution, anyone.
* PowerEqualsRarity
* PrettyButterflies: Haga certainly thinks so. Everyone who's ever had to face the
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall:
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Great Moth attacks this way, by blowing wind and
* UnderwearOfPower
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
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Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based
'''Insect Queen'''
Haga's rarest card, it gains attack power for every insect on
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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*
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CannibalismSuperpower: Gains power and lays an egg with
* FatBastard: A bloated monster.
* FinishingMove: As in the case of the
* HiveQueen
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: If played correctly she can be this.
* NonMammalMammaries
* WeakButSkilled: For a seven-star, her stats are nothing special with 2200 ATK and 2400 DEF. Her effects, however, more than make up for this, especially if, like Haga, you play an insect deck.
* TheWorfEffect: Jonouchi's Insect Queen dies to show the power of Rishid's Holy Beast Serket; Haga's goes down during his filler duel with FillerVillain Siegfried to demonstrate how dangerous Ride of the Valkyries is.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
'''Elemental Heroes'''
The
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it'sattack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching forin the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which aregraveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts opponent's monster when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance:Rainbow Dragon fuses with Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summonRainbow Neos from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or afew times more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in theshow.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslavinganime, however, but did appear in the Crystal Beasts.
manga.)
*KickTheDog: Yubel does this TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed toTopaz Tiger in find a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as''Good'' Teammate among the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned intoEvil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
Trope Namers.
*NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance:
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving
*
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into
*
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
to:
Three powerful and dangerous
'''Neo Spacians'''
An archetype based on cards
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
to:
* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all theGod Cards, getting three monsters onto effects of the field Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden wasfairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of themon a boat in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power middle of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards thatcan instantly Summon all three of them Jaden drew when he was a child and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem sent into space to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards ofreceive their energy.
powers.
*DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intentElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for them to be ''evil'' versions each of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
*EvilCounterpart: Of EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on theEgyptian God Cards in the original series.
field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance:Armityle, Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on thePhantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroyfield for 1 turn before returning to the world? Check.
deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
*MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: TheyInnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in theBook of Esther; Raviel for dub.
--> Neos: Judai theangel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of God''[[/note]].
a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
*ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets andattack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
*SpikesOfVillainySpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of
*
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent
*
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance:
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy
*
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the
--> Neos: Judai the
*
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and
*
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Crimson_dragon1_7226.jpg]]
The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
to:
[[folder:Signer
The embodiment of
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the
Yusei holds
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination theAnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon'sBirthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy whenhe gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summonedusing all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life StreamCyber Dragon, appearing to Rua as but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses thesecond ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste.Cyberdarks. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all only usage he makes of the other Signer Cyber Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) while evil is as fodder to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon andpower up the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with thetwo Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The SignerCyber Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash:Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: Theonly attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
*EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: EvilCounterpart: The Savior Dragons, again.
Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon showed the Signers looks like a vision combination of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The CrimsonBlue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic RedBlue-Eyes Shining Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon"being re-named "Red its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber DragonArchfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itselfand its variants can also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: TheCrimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.Cyberdarks have three members.
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste.
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash:
* EquippableAlly: The
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
*
*
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon"
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon,
'''Ojamas'''
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is adisembodied heart appears Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
*BiggerBad: The King NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of theUnderworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it jokes in the whole time.
series.
*BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King PowerTrio: The three of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meantthem must be together to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy withrelease their Dark Signer.
powers.
*EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested fromShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Theydub are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it'sthe most powerful of the seven.
Three Stooges.
*OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: TheStoneWall: Ojama King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-openerhas 3000 defense, and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%%Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
*ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.UnderwearOfPower
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a
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* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the
*
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with
*
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from
* {{Mayincatec}}: They
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's
*
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener
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* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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'''Destiny Heroes'''
Edo Phoenix's main
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cardshad "Warrior" spelled differently were passed down to show Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how theywere different use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves fromprevious the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters with "Warrior" in to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their name. offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: Theenglish translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itselfmissing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drillsfirst host for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few ofthe non-Synchros Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they haveanything resembling impressive stats, but to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effectslets Yusei from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using severalof them tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and manipulate cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have theirlevels AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills
* ZergRush: Very few of
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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A series
'''Crystal Beasts'''
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor isAllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability,Rainbow Overdrive which was due to uses all the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there'sCrystal Beasts on the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared field to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Althoughboost it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: Thefirst time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract Rainbow Dragon card that too.
Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
*YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus andSkiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that itattacks from removing themselves is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone thatit can drag out may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Synchro from Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as theGraveyard duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned intoits body.the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability,
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The
*
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as
'''Sacred Beasts'''
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
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!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
'''Signer Dragons'''
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
'''Earthbound Immortals'''
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
'''Sychrons'''
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
'''Meklord Emperors'''
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
'''Duel Dragons'''
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
[[/folder]]
!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
'''Signer Dragons'''
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
'''Earthbound Immortals'''
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300pxEarthboundimmortallsearthboundgods1_408.jpg]]
Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
'''Sychrons'''
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
'''Meklord Emperors'''
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
'''Duel Dragons'''
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Infinity31_3068.jpg]]
A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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!!'''Magician Of Black Chaos'''
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The Magician of Black Chaos, unlike the other two Black Magicians, doesn't appear to have
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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** DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the
* BlackMagic: Makes no bones about being a user of
* DarkIsNotEvil: Probably the
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the
* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Implied by the name.
* EvilSorcerer: Unlike Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Black Magician's Ego, and Black Magician Girl's Id.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Evil Eyes. Cold and narrow.
* MagicStaff
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name essentially says "I am ChaoticEvil. Run away!"
* NiceHat
* OhCrap: When Dark Yugi summons
* PerpetualFrowner
* PowerGlows
* TheStoic: Okay, they're cards, but
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic:
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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!!'''Chaos Soldier (Black Luster Soldier)'''
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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* ArchEnemy: Of {{Badass}}: This is a man with a sword who can take on the Dark Magician.
*Blue-Eyes and the Lava Golem. He has to be a badass.
** BadassNormal:It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached toLike the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literallyand figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal 3000 attack point beatstick.
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: When fused withhis Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or itsUltimate form who clinches Blue-Eyes.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite thematch for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
pretty boy under that helmet.
*FourIsDeath: At the start BlackKnight
* CoolHelmet
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of theseries, there are only four known copies many examples in Yugi and Atem's deck. He's a BlackKnight with a cold expression, and an ominous sounding name, but he's ultimately one of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up good guys. Oddly enough, he's an Earth-attribute monster.
* EvilRedhead: Has thefourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
look, though see DarkIsNotEvil above.
* FusionDance:Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields Can fuse with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields to become Dragon Master Knight, Knight (5000/5000), who gains power for every dragon on the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
field.
*LightEmUp
LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carries a shield on his opposite hand.
*LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
MasterSwordsman: Pretty much goes without saying.
*MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
PerpetualFrowner
* PowerEqualsRarity:Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters When Dark Yugi summoned him in his duel with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep Mai, it was the first time the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival had ever been successfully summoned. ''That'''s how rare it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
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*RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were SinisterScimitar: His WeaponOfChoice.
* SummonMagic: Comes onlythree Blue-Eyes left in response to the world. Guess who owns them all.
Black Luster Ritual.
*{{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba andSuperSoldier: Of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.magical variety.
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** BadassNormal:
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: When fused with
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite the
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of the
* EvilRedhead: Has the
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
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* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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!!'''Elf Swordsman/Retrained Elf Swordsman ([[DubNameChange Celtic Guardian/Obnoxious Celtic Guard]])'''
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepyBadassNormal: A mid-tier card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) with 1400 ATK and no special effects, but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
still effective in some duels.
**It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
*EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other an effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of themonster that is created cannot be destroyed by equipping it battle with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon,a monster that has 1900 or any more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He IS a warrior
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's itsother alternate forms.Japanese name).
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
**
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
*
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon,
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He IS a warrior
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's its
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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!!'''Poker Knights'''
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Being based off of playing card
The Flame Swordsman is an
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
to:
* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends Though a trio of a monsters that are very easily summoned is nothing to scoff at, even in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look whenthis high-speed XYZ era, they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as hindered by King's Knight being the cards during the anime's loose adaptation focal point of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman trio and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman isthe same guy, colored blue.
other two near-useless without him.
*FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusionInformedAttribute: They're considered in-universe as ''The three playing card in swordsmen possessing the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, maximum speed summoning ability''; they need a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. Onespecific combination of the creatures used two to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while undersummon the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.third, in-universe.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is
*
* FusionDance: Is a fusion
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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The Egyptian God Cards are
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A set of five cards
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer,
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}:In-universe they're considered Assembling all the best pieces of its cards in instantly wins you the game. Them hitting In the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime,anime this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them fromrepresented as Exodia being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Mariksummoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, froma distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him,when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Sliferit coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
was sealed.
*MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
*NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: InGodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to give up fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a large amount of human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summonthem.of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
* {{Badass}}:
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime,
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him,
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer
*
*
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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* BadassNormal: It has
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the
*
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance:
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once
*
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no
*
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies
*
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]],
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos
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*
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
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* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in
*
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another
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* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the
*
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy
*
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* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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Ryo's key deck theme, he
A card Jonouchi uses in the
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and
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* AnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel",
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** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the
* FusionDance:
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing
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* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of
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* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against
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* FusionDance:
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
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* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes
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* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity:Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
Skyscraper.
* AntiHero:When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon:Fear Monger Bubbleman and Destiny End Dragoon.
Rampart Blaster.
*BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal:Destiny Signal
Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder:Dogma, Blade Master, Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster andDestiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower:Several Destiny Heroes Necroshade can activate their effects from summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sendsAlso, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsterswhen it's destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.itself.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based onmanga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real lifeClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relyingcounterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top field, Bubbleman is the only card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angelin the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposingJaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was theKryptonite only female member at first (the original version of her card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsterseven says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the card game anime, however, but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of did appear in the Supreme King's goblins.manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
* AbsurdlyCoolCity:
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero:
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon:
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* BatSignal:
* BladeBelowTheShoulder:
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower:
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man
** Clock Tower Prison is based on
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun:AlienAnimals: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance:Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning tosummon Rainbow the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neosa few times in episode 136. This wasn't included in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslavingdub.
--> Neos: Judai theCrystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger indie has already been cast. At a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse aspoint like this, it's the fate of a duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub,exhaust their voices reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets andpersonalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations provides emotional support in times of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
the last duel with Yubel.
*{{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
*PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
*PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]:Except for Ruby.All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun:
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance:
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving
--> Neos: Judai the
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub,
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
*
*
*
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]:
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
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* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone:To Johan Most notably in episode 152.151.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone:
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[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
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Three powerful
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least AnimalMecha
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with theGod Cards, getting three Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monstersonto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed thethemselves to power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
up.
* EvilCounterpart:Of The Cyberdarks to the Egyptian God Cards in Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By theoriginal series.
same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance:Armityle, the Phantom Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part ofChaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are allCyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named afterfigures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody theman Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
yin yang.
*ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
{{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
*SpikesOfVillainyPowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart:
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the
* FusionDance:
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the
*
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[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of
Yusei holds
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a SignerBlatantLies: After Chazz is fighting with great determination [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Againuse against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters withShooting Quasar Dragon. 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It'ssummoned using all why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of theSynchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings jokes in the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
series.
*BecauseDestinySaysSo: PowerTrio: The Signers having to come three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, andface the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years''Ojama Knight trails just after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubleswith ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
2500.
*DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.UnderwearOfPower
** When a Signer
** Again
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the
*
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years''
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles
*
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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Embodiments of evil sealed within
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
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* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
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* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
to:
* BeatStillMyHeart: AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: WhenEarthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears one considers their play-style and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
how they use their effects, type lll.
*BiggerBad: The King of AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it Ultimate D Card? When used with the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca,spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the King user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of theUnderworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this ifDestiny Heroes is that they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifestedresurrect themselves from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularlygraveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as it's collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes mostpowerful of certainly fit the seven.
idea.
*OhCrap: Prominent when they are DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
*OurDragonsAreDifferent: MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: TheKing of Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the Underworld, which appears strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability asan EvilCounterpart well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being ** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in thecan-opener Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in theNazca Lines, event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and allthings, being opposing monsters on the can.
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* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's namesfield have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters inQuechuan.the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When
*
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca,
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most
*
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
*
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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A series
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
to:
* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor isAllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability,Rainbow Overdrive which was due to uses all the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there'sCrystal Beasts on the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared field to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Althoughboost it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: Thefirst time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract Rainbow Dragon card that too.
Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
*YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus andSkiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that itattacks from removing themselves is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone thatit can drag out may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Synchro from Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as theGraveyard duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned intoits body.the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability,
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The
*
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
[[/folder]]
!!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Crimson_dragon1_7226.jpg]]
The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300pxEarthboundimmortallsearthboundgods1_408.jpg]]
Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Infinity31_3068.jpg]]
A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
[[/folder]]
!!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Crimson_dragon1_7226.jpg]]
The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300pxEarthboundimmortallsearthboundgods1_408.jpg]]
Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
[[quoteright:350: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Infinity31_3068.jpg]]
A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeel turn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeel turn FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy. energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, prefers performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the new Cyberdarks in Season 2, second season he undergoes a FaceHeel turn and in begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
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* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, Cyberdark Dragon could be considered an Expy of Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
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* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, Cyberdark Dragon could be considered an Expy the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
Dragon family.
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* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "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".
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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters from the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' franchise. Please put cards in the appropriate folder. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used.
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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters from in the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' franchise. anime and manga adaptations. Please put cards in the appropriate folder.section. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used.
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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters from the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' franchise. Please put cards in the appropriate folder. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used.
'''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''
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!!Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassBookworm
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
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[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, prefers the new Cyberdarks in Season 2, and in Seasons 3 and 4 utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
* AnimalMecha
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, Cyberdark Dragon could be considered an Expy of Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* FusionDance
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series.
* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief
* PowerTrio
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
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!!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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'''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''
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!!Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassBookworm
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
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[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler
* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted; you'll be hard-pressed to find a ''Good'' Teammate among the Evil Heroes. There's a reason they're the Trope Namers.
* VillainProtagonist: Evil Heroes
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: Glow Moss. The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is also female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices.
* BatSignal: N-Signal
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MagmaMan: Magma Neos
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole.
* UndyingLoyalty
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key deck theme, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, prefers the new Cyberdarks in Season 2, and in Seasons 3 and 4 utilizes both with deadly efficiency.
* AnimalMecha
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, Cyberdark Dragon could be considered an Expy of Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* FusionDance
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series.
* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight
* LethalJokeCharacter
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief
* PowerTrio
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DeathSeeker: Destiny Hero Departed.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another destiny hero monster.
* SelfSacrificeScheme: The idea behind most of these cards.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, "Rainbow Dragon". These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal
* RainbowMotif
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
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[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms.
* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cards Of Mass Destruction]]: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy
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!!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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