Archfiend Deck Breakdown

DARK 8

If (exactly) 1 face-up DARK Fiend-Type monster on the field, except this card, would be destroyed, you can remove from play 1 DARK Fiend-Type monster from your Graveyard, instead. When this card is destroyed and sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can select 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Fiend-Type monster in your Graveyard, except "Archfiend Empress", and Special Summon it.

DARK 3

If this card is sent to the GY by card effect, or by being destroyed by battle: You can add 1 "Archfiend" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Archfiend Heiress". You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Heiress" once per turn.

DARK 4

No monsters can be Special Summoned, except for DARK monsters.

DARK 8

Your opponent cannot target any face-up monster you control, except "Belial - Marquis of Darkness", for an attack, or with Spell/Trap effects.

DARK 3

Monsters in your leftmost or rightmost Main Monster Zones cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Buio the Dawn's Light" once per turn. If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 Fiend Effect Monster you control; negate its effects, and if you do, Special Summon this card. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 "Mutiny in the Sky" from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 8

(This card is always treated as a "Sinful Spoils" card.) You can banish 1 Spell and 1 Trap from your hand and/or GY; Special Summon this card from your hand or GY. (Quick Effect): You can pay half your LP, then target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it, then if another "Diabell" Monster Card is on the field, you can Special Summon 1 Tuner Synchro Monster (Illusion or Spellcaster) from your Extra Deck. You can only use each effect of "Diabellstar Vengeance" once per turn.

WIND 1

If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand, except during the Draw Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; for the rest of this turn, cards cannot be added from either player's Main Deck to the hand.

WATER 4

Gains ATK equal to its Level x 200. You can only use each of the following effects of "Duke Archfiend" once per turn. You can target 1 face-up monster you control that has a Level; send 1 "Archfiend" monster from your Deck to the GY, except "Duke Archfiend", and if you do, increase that monster's Level by the Level of the sent monster. When your Ritual Monster is destroyed by battle while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card.

LIGHT 8

You can Tribute Summon this card in face-up Attack Position by Tributing 1 "Fabled" monster. Once per turn, the first opponent's Normal Spell Card effect to resolve becomes "Your opponent discards 1 card".

LIGHT 1

If this card is discarded to the GY: Special Summon it.

LIGHT 6

You can discard this card; add 1 "Fiendsmith" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Equip Card you control and 1 monster on the field; send them to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck; Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith Engraver" once per turn.

LIGHT 3

If this card is Normal Summoned: You can banish 1 "Archfiend" card from your GY; add 2 "Archfiend" cards from your Deck to your hand, except "Highness Archfiend", also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except "Archfiend" monsters. When your Ritual Monster is destroyed by battle while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Highness Archfiend" once per turn.

DARK 6

You cannot Summon monsters. You can only control 1 "Ido the Supreme Magical Force". If this card is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon it from your Graveyard during the next turn's Standby Phase and destroy all other monsters you control.

DARK 8

Your opponent cannot activate Quick-Play Spell Cards.

LIGHT 4

(This card is always treated as a "Fiendsmith" card.) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Fiendsmith" card from your Deck to the GY, except "Lacrima the Crimson Tears". During your opponent's turn, if this card is in your GY (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Link Monster in your GY; shuffle this card into the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon that monster. You can only use each effect of "Lacrima the Crimson Tears" once per turn.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

WATER 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) from the hand, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can banish 1 Trap from your Deck; increase this card's Level by 1. You can target 1 Trap in either GY; banish it, and if you do, increase this card's Level by 1. If this card in its owner's possession is destroyed by an opponent's card: You can Set 1 of your banished Normal Traps. You can only use each effect of "Prufinesse, the Tactical Trapper" once per turn.

EARTH 8

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by revealing another monster with 2500 ATK or DEF in your hand. You can only Special Summon "Regenesis Archfiend" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Regenesis Archfiend" once per turn. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Regenesis" card from your Deck or banishment to your hand, except "Regenesis Archfiend". During your opponent's End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add this card to your hand.

WATER 7

If a monster with 2500 original ATK or DEF is on the field, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Regenesis Sage" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Regenesis Sage" once per turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can send 1 other "Regenesis" card from your hand or face-up field to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. During your opponent's End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add this card to your hand.

FIRE 7

You can Tribute this card from your hand or face-up field; add 1 "Archfiend" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Royal Archfiend", also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except "Archfiend" monsters, but you can Normal Summon 1 Fiend monster during your Main Phase this turn, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set (you can only gain this effect once per turn). When your Ritual Monster is destroyed by battle while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Royal Archfiend" once per turn.

DARK 6

While this card is face-up on the field, all effects of Spell, Trap, and Monster Cards that target a card(s) in the Graveyard or that activate in the Graveyard are negated.

FIRE 7

[ Pendulum Effect ] You can target 1 other face-up Spell/Trap on the field; destroy both it and this card. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Emperor" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] You can Ritual Summon this card with "Throne of the Archfiends". Must be Ritual Summoned. Unaffected by other monsters' effects while in the Extra Monster Zone. You can only use each of the following effects of "Archfiend Emperor" once per turn. If this card is Ritual Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can banish all monsters on the field, except in the Extra Monster Zones. If this card is in the Extra Monster Zone: You can Special Summon 1 Fiend monster from your hand, Deck, GY, or banishment.

LIGHT 79

[ Pendulum Effect ] You can target 1 "Archfiend" Spell/Trap in your GY or banishment; destroy this card, and if you do, add that target to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Matriarch" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] You can Ritual Summon this card with "Throne of the Archfiends". Must be Ritual Summoned. Unaffected by other monsters' effects while in the Extra Monster Zone. If this card is Ritual Summoned: You can destroy as many Spells/Traps your opponent controls as possible, then if this card is in the Extra Monster Zone, you can banish all Spells/Traps from your opponent's GY. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Matriarch" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Ritual of the Matador". If this card is Ritual Summoned: You can add 2 "Archfiend" cards from your Deck to your hand, except "Matador Archfiend", also this card cannot attack for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Matador Archfiend" once per turn. Cannot be destroyed by battle, also you take no battle damage from battles involving this card. After damage calculation, if this card battled a monster: Destroy that monster, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

DARK 2

If this card on the field would be used as Synchro Material, 1 Tuner in your hand can be used as 1 of the other materials. You can only use each of the following effects of "Kewl Tune Clip" once per turn. During your opponent's Main Phase, if this card is in your hand (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card, then immediately after this effect resolves, you can Synchro Summon 1 Tuner Synchro Monster. If this card is sent to the GY as Synchro Material: You can banish (face-up) 1 random face-down card from your opponent's Extra Deck.

FIRE 3

If this card on the field would be used as Synchro Material, 1 Tuner in your hand can be used as 1 of the other materials. You can only use each of the following effects of "Kewl Tune Reco" once per turn. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Kewl Tune" monster from your Deck or GY to your hand, except a Level 3 monster. If this card is sent to the GY as Synchro Material: You can target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy it.

Spell Field

Fiend monsters in the Extra Monster Zone(s) gain 1000 ATK. You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Banish 1 Fiend monster or 1 "Archfiend" card from your hand or GY; add 1 "Archfiend" card from your Deck to your hand, except a Field Spell. ● Add 1 "Archfiend" Pendulum Monster from your Deck to your face-up Extra Deck. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Strategy" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects; ● Set 1 "Archfiend" Trap from your Deck or GY. It can be activated this turn. ● Ritual Summon 1 "Archfiend" Ritual Monster from your hand or face-up Extra Deck, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level. You can only activate 1 "Archfiend's Usurpation" per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Normal

Add 1 LIGHT Fiend monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. You can banish this card from your GY; Fusion Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Tract" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 Fiend or Fairy Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by shuffling Fiend and/or Fairy monsters from your GY into the Deck as material. If this card is in your GY: You can send 1 Fiend or Fairy monster from your hand or face-up field to the GY; add this card to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Mutiny in the Sky" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Ritual Summon 1 "Archfiend" Ritual Monster from your hand, face-up Extra Deck, GY, or banishment, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level. During the Standby Phase, if you have "Archfiend Emperor" in your face-up Extra Deck: You can add this card from your GY or banishment to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Throne of the Archfiends" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Special Summon 1 Level 7 or lower "Archfiend" monster from your hand or Deck, or if you have an "Archfiend" Ritual Monster in your face-up Extra Deck, you can Special Summon up to 1 each of "Royal Archfiend", "Duke Archfiend", and "Highness Archfiend" from your hand and/or Deck instead. You can only activate 1 "Archfiend Playtime" per turn.

Trap Continuous

If you control an "Archfiend" Ritual Monster in the Extra Monster Zone: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; negate its effects until the end of this turn. If this card is banished from the hand or field: You can add 1 "Archfiend" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Archfiend's Fervor". You can only use each effect of "Archfiend's Fervor" once per turn.

Trap Normal

If you control a Fiend monster: Target 1 card on the field; destroy it, then, you can send 1 Fiend monster from your Deck to the GY.

WIND 6

2 Fiend monsters with the same Attribute If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can send 1 Fiend monster from your Deck to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can banish 2 Level 6 or higher Fiend monsters with the same Attribute as each other from your GY, except "Aerial Eater"; Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Aerial Eater" once per turn.

LIGHT 9

"Fiendsmith Engraver" + 2 LIGHT Fiend monsters (Quick Effect): You can negate the effects of a number of face-up cards on the field, up to the total Link Rating of Link Monsters equipped to this card, until the end of this turn. If this card is sent to the GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck, then target 1 card on the field; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Desirae" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

2 LIGHT Fiend monsters Monsters your opponent controls lose 600 ATK. You can only use each of the following effects of "Fiendsmith's Lacrima" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can target 1 of your LIGHT Fiend monsters that is banished or in your GY; add it to your hand or Special Summon it. If this card is sent to the GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck; inflict 1200 damage to your opponent.

DARK 8

3 Fiend and/or Fairy monsters in your GY Monsters in your leftmost or rightmost Main Monster Zones cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Luce the Dusk's Dark" once per turn. You can target 1 card your opponent controls; send 1 Fiend or Fairy monster from your Deck to the GY, and if you do, destroy that card. If another card(s) you control is destroyed by card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

DARK 6

1 monster equipped with a Monster Card + 1 Fiend Monster Card Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards from your hand and/or field to the GY. You can only control 1 "Necroquip Princess". If a monster(s) is sent from the hand to the GY to activate a card or effect: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Equip 1 of those monsters to this card as an Equip Spell that gives it 500 ATK. ● Draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Necroquip Princess" once per turn.

DARK

2+ monsters, including a Fiend monster During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Destroy 1 card on the field. ● Banish this card (until the End Phase), and if you do, Special Summon 1 LIGHT or DARK monster from your GY. During your Standby Phase: You can draw cards equal to the number of different Monster Types in your GY, then place cards from your hand on the bottom of the Deck in any order, equal to the number of cards you drew. You can only use each effect of "A Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow" once per turn.

LIGHT

2+ monsters, including a LIGHT Fiend monster Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster in your GY; Special Summon it, and if you do, equip this card you control to that monster as an Equip Spell with the following effects. ● The equipped monster gains ATK equal to the total Link Rating of Link Monsters equipped to it x 600. ● If the equipped monster attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

LIGHT

1 LIGHT Fiend monster You can only Special Summon "Fiendsmith's Requiem(s)" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" monster from your hand or Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell that gives it 600 ATK. You can only use this effect of "Fiendsmith's Requiem" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 monsters, including a LIGHT Fiend monster During your Main Phase: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fiend Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by shuffling its materials from your GY into the Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell with the following effect. ● Your opponent cannot target the equipped monster with card effects. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Sequence" once per turn.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters Cannot be used as Link Material the turn it is Link Summoned. If a monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute 1 Fiend monster instead. You can target 1 Fiend monster in your GY, except "Muckraker From the Underworld"; discard 1 card, and if you do, Special Summon that monster, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except Fiend monsters. You can only use this effect of "Muckraker From the Underworld" once per turn.

LIGHT

4+ Effect Monsters You can also use 1 monster your opponent controls as material to Link Summon this card. If this card is Link Summoned: You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls. This Link Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect that Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner LIGHT or DARK monsters For this card's Synchro Summon, you can treat 1 LIGHT or DARK monster you control as a Tuner. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field; banish it. This card gains these effects based on the original Attributes of materials used for its Synchro Summon. ● LIGHT: Synchro Monsters you control are unaffected by monster effects activated by your opponent. ● DARK: Monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle.

DARK 5

"Kewl Tune Reco" + 1+ Tuners Gains 300 ATK for each Tuner in the GYs. The Levels of monsters your opponent controls with 1700 or less original ATK are increased by 1. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can banish 1 Tuner from your GY, then target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; negate its effects until the end of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Kewl Tune RS" once per turn.

WATER

2 Level 6 Fiend monsters When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then you can make 1 other "D/D" monster you control and this card gain 1800 ATK until the end of this turn. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Dark Contract" card from your Deck to your hand.

DARK

2 Level 12 monsters During the turn, or turn after, your opponent Special Summoned 2 or more monsters from the Extra Deck, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). (Transfer its materials to this card.) If you do, you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. While this Xyz Summoned monster is on the field, neither player can activate the effects of monsters with 3000 or more ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; return 1 monster from the field to the hand.