I Try To Explain An Archetype That...Doesn't Exist?

Kings, Queens And Monarchs Of Every Circle Of Hell
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Hello Everyone! GoldenNova here! This one's a...little out of left field. A patron challenged me to explain a group of monsters that have SOME connection to each other, but not a very strong one. Today, I sift through the chaff to bring you the DEFINITIVE video on...Archfiends? Explained?
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0:00 Intro
1:43 Archfiend Main Deck Monsters
16:43 Archfiend Extra Deck Monsters
19:07 Archfiend Spells/Traps
25:25 Okay, but what the heck even IS an Archfiend deck?
26:47 Tech Picks
32:05 Outro
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#yugioh #archfiend #goldennovayugioh

[TheArchfiendGuy]

It's true, even my mum calls me Archfiend Guy.

Thank you so much for the shoutout! I definitely need to make more content

[leafgreenbeast]

"there aren't an good tuners, at least on-theme" lightsworn archfiend (a level 4 light fiend tuner that grave setups) is RIGHT there man

[ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

You know, the “Archfiend” keyword pops up in so many different places over the years that any cards that were made to tie the “Archfiend” series together into a more proper archetype would probably end up serving as a bridge between all sorts of different cards (“Red-Eyes”, “Possessed”, “Red Dragon Archfiend”, “Cyber”, “Infernity”, “Labrynth”, etc…)

[reaflor]

Makiu also working with Thunders make sense thematically; Summoned Skull attacks with lightning.

[drooprtroopr]

Archfiends are so prominent, you'll probably ask yourself why they're so common. Well because of the wonders of translation, what were Dēmon in Japanese became Archfiend in English. And so, because Demon is a generic descriptor, Archfiends are born. All about 70+ of them.

[dragonmaster]

I liked the early Archfiend Chess cards. It was brutal (except against those Gods Darn Lightsworn!😡)

[Straven]

As an Archfiend player. Roar is an amazing piece of support. Typically archfiends play around with the dark spirits and being able to revive empress during the opponent EP, You can end up with a lot of potential advantage. Getting her effect to revive something, getting the dark spirits from the grave back to your hand, getting a search off of pandemonium. If you're playing any Labrynth cards you get to reset cards because a monster left the field by the effect of a normal trap. It is potentially their best card.

[Straven]

One of the best things about heiress is you can turn her and tour guide into number 49 crash into something detach for effect get a search off heiress then make a zeus

[flygonmaster]

Ah, Thought Ruler Archfiend, my favourite card. Old it may be, if I can use it, I will, and in a dedicated LP Psychic deck, I can do some silly things with it and its evolution (the first one, that is) Ultimate Axon Kicker. Don't you want to somehow get to 30, 000 LP in a duel for no reason?~

[garbotoxin_enthusiast]

Pandamonium is a card just asking to be broken, with cards like Archfiend of Gilfer. If a good Archfiend deck comes around with ways to pop their own cards, I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the first card hit.

[El_Kaito]

Archfiend is one of my favorite archetypes of all times, I won my first local tournament years ago with this deck ❤️

[ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

Idea for some new “Archfiend” monsters that would help tie them together:
_Archfiend’s Aspirant_ (DARK)
Level 1
Fiend/Flip/Tuner/Effect
_FLIP: Add 1 Spell/Trap that mentions “Tribute”, “Ritual”, “Fusion”, “Synchro”, “Xyz”, “Pendulum”, and/or “Link” to your hand from your Deck._
_If this card is Summoned; Add 1 “Archfiend” Monster to your hand from your deck. This card can be treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of an “Archfiend” monster. If you Ritual Summon any number of “Archfiend” Ritual Monsters with a card effect that requires use of monsters, this card can be used as the entire requirement._
ATK/0 DEF/0

_Archfiend Animalistic- Succu-Serpent_ (FIRE)
Level 4
Reptile/Effect
_If this card is summoned; Add to your hand (from your deck or GY) or Set (From your Hand or Deck) either 1 “Snake Rain” or “Rekindling”. While this card is Face-up on the field or in your GY, the following by effects are applied._
_⚪️”Archfiend” Monsters you Possess are also FIRE-Attribute, and their DEF becomes 200 while in the GY._
_⚪️”Archfiend” monsters you Possess are treated as Reptile monsters, and also, “Archfiend” Monsters you control that would be Banished are instead shuffled into your deck._
ATK/1500 DEF/200

_Adamantine Archfiend_ (DARK)
Level 4
_Fiend/Effect_
_Must First be Normal or Flip Summoned. Cannot be Destroyed by Battle. If your Opponent Declares an attack or activated an effect (Quick Effect); You can change this card’s battle position. Once per turn (Quick Effect), you can Discard 1 Card; For the rest of the turn, this card is unaffected by the effects of other cards of that discarded card’s type (Monster/Spell/Trap)._
ATK/2000 DEF/2300

_Archfiend’s Automaton_ (FIRE)
Level 1
Machine/Flip/Tuner/Effect
_FLIP: Add 1 Spell/Trap to your hand (from your deck, GY or Banishment) that mentions “Archfiend”, “Machine”, and/or “FIRE” in its name or Text._
_Face-up “Archfiend” Monsters You control gain 250 ATK, and can make an additional attack per battle phase, for every Face-up “Archfiend’s Automaton” you control. Your opponent cannot target “Archfiend” monsters that are Face-up in your field or in your GY for attacks or card effects, except “Archfiend’s Automaton”. If this card would be Banished; You can either shuffle it into your deck or send it to your GY instead._
ATK/500 DEF/200

[Straven]

Vast amount of dumb things ive done with these cards. Ive ran toon table of contents to search toon summon skull which has the same treated as an archfiend card to deck thin, to have as a target for allure of darkness, celestial observatory, fodder for emperors banish effect or for the second half of manifests fusion material

[Straven]

For the questions. I do give credit to the Archfiend Guy for a lot of my recent builds. But in the past I've played builds that boarder the control/stun path that focuses on playing board wipes like torrential tribute as to destroy my own cards as well to float back into bigger monsters, skill drain slotted in perfectly fine into the deck, there were plenty of big monsters so EEV fit perfectly. Along with turning card of demises discard into a potential search off heiress in the end phase. Because they were darks mask change 2 for dark law was an option. And for the time I was playing it this way there was a fun interaction of a boost calvary was 2400 so it could run over a colossus.
Other ways I've played the deck involved using Red resonator as a starter that could bring out another monster and taking advantage of palabyrinth you could make a lvl 5 or 6 synchro or banish the resonator because it's a fiend to make a rank 3 or 4. Slap in a commander you can make a lvl 8, synchro or rank 6. If you popped a calvary and had a target in grave you could make a red dragon Archfiend synchro use palab to summon an empress from deck to make a rank 8.

My latest shit brew involved a 60 card Horus pile that aimed to mill cards like the dark spirits, an heiress or rhino, get the lvl 8 archfiends and curse of necrofear into the grave to bring them back with the dark spirits, could mill a copy of commander or summon skull to bring back with commanders tribute summom effect (thanks to the Horus) to make ceasar. And the most copium part of the deck the spirit messages as to get possibly 2/3 draws on the following turn with dark spirit's mastery. They fit as discard fodder king sarc, void apocalypse, even mastery's first effect to search a lvl 8 fiend. This deck is absolute ass and I love it

[ianr.navahuber]

Wonder how long before the title of the video is changed to "Archfiend Explained"
12:20 waiting for the day this card and summond skull get their "legacy / retrain" support by virtue of needing to make a deck out of cads yugi played

[ZopalasXapzeers]

I run Archfiend pure, and the best build uses Heiress, Calvary, Commander, Empress, and Emperor. Run Tour Guide, Call of the Archfiend, Archfiend Palabyrinth, and Sinister Yorishiro as support. It's a little slow, but a fun recursion deck.

[NetherCrafterSMC]

I'd personally love more Archfiend support

[kingknightisbestknight]

Quick little fun thing for all you Archfiend Lovers
Masterking Archfiend + Juragedo + That Six = Infite LP Gain and ATK Boost

[vicenterivera]

can you do a video of compilation of arquetypes around the non-number chaos monsters?

[leojamesquiambao]

Everyone keeps bragging how close an archetype is to being the first one to receive all summoning types, but turns out Archfiends already got them beat lol