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'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Fallen_of_Albaz Fallen of Albaz]]''' is a DARK Dragon monster that can Fusion Summon by using itself and monsters the opponent controls as Fusion Materials, which it can use to summon its Fusion Monster forms. These Fusion Monsters are DARK monsters of various types with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF, and during the End Phase of the turn they are sent to the Graveyard, can search the deck for a related archetype card (and in some cases Fallen of Albaz), which can be added to the hand, Special Summoned (if a monster), or Set (if a Spell/Trap).\\\

* BastardBastard: The OCG name of Fallen of Albaz uses the term "rakuin," which refers to an illegitimate child. Even more obvious in Titaniklad, which in the OCG is instead named "Bastard."

* MeaningfulName: Besides the BastardBastard meaning, above, "Albaz" is likely a corruption of Latin "albus," which can mean "white." Fitting for a boy with MysticalWhiteHair.

[[folder:Fallen of Albaz]]

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Fallen_of_Albaz Fallen of Albaz]]''' is a DARK Dragon monster that can Fusion Summon by using itself and monsters the opponent controls as Fusion Materials, which it can use to summon its advanced, Fusion Monster forms. These Fusion Monsters are DARK monsters of various types with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF, and when sent to the graveyard, can add to the hand or Special Summon from the deck another Fallen of Albaz or a related archetype monster.\\\
Fallen of Albaz exists in the same world as the Dogmatika, Tri-Brigade, and Spriggun archetypes. Fallen of Albaz and its advanced forms are intended to be played alongside these archetypes, with its advanced forms able to search for archetype monsters when sent to the graveyard, and the archetypes providing support for Fallen of Albaz and/or benefitting from its advanced forms.

!!!Tropes associated with Fallen of Albaz:
* AmbiguouslyEvil: While portrayed as evil in the Dogmatika archetype, the Tri-Brigade and Spriggun archetypes show him traveling with and possibly protecting Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous.

** Splind the Steel Dragon: Requires an Effect Monster that was Special Summoned in the same turn. Related to the Spriggun archetype. Unlike the other Fusion Monsters related to it, Splind isn't a transformation of Albaz, as Albaz is seen driving it in its own artwork.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Sweet on the outside...]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:...bitter on the inside.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Dogmatika Nation's son of no one.]]

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** When Ra's Disciple is Summoned, the controller can Special Summon up to two more copies of it from their hand or Deck. While this does give the controller the necessary Tributes to Tribute Summon for an Egyptian God monster, it should be noted that Ra's Disciple cannot be Tributed for anything else, including Sphere Mode, and prevents the controller from Special Summoning other monsters while it is on the field.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: With the exception of Skull Bone, the Fossil monsters all have the ability to inflict piercing damage.

* BlingOfWar: It'd be harder to say what part of Eldlich ''isn't'' covered in gold and jewels. The Golden Land Trap Monsters are noticeably blinged-out as well.

* FusionDance: El Rey Conquista Eldlich is summoned by fusing an Eldlich the Golden Lord with a Level 5 or higher Zombie. Luckily, there's Seven Realms of the Golden Land, an archetype-themed Fusion Spell, to go along with this card.
* LightIsNotGood: Eldlich, along with the Golden Land Traps in their monster form, are all LIGHT monsters that also happens to be Zombie-Type.

* TheCameo: Ghost Ogre and Ash Blossom are on the thumbnails for one of their videos in Live Twin Channel.

* {{Cosplay}}: The Live☆Twins are dressed as Pikeru and Curran in the thumbnails for one of their videos.

* RedOniBlueOni: Kisikil—both as a Cyberse and a Link Monster—is much more outgoing than the more reserved Lilla. Just to hammer it home, Kisikil is often kitted out in red outfits, and Lilla in blue.

* ShoutOut: The artstyle for the Live Twins brings [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty & Stocking]] or [[WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi Puffy AmiYumi]] to mind. The Evil★Twins instead feel like one towards {{VideoGame/Persona 5}} with their entire theme of being [[GentlemanThief Gentlewoman Thieves]].
** In the corner of Live☆Twin Kisikil's full artwork, she's doing a troll face.

%%* BlackKnight: Evilswarm Nightmare.
* BodyOfBodies: Evilsawrm Azzathoth. "Worm Apocalypse", "Worm Dimikles", "Worm Falco", "Worm King", "Worm Rakuyeh", "Worm Tentacles", "Worm Warlord" and "Worm Victory" can be identified as being parts of the whole monster. While the merge of "Worms" to fuse "Worm Zero" is "clean," the "Worms" merged to make this card are just jumbled up in a large group of mangled biomass.

* CoolTrain: Evilswarm Coppelial resembles a demonic steam locomotive.

%%* DarkIsEvil: And how.

*** Ancient Chant's second effect replicates this effect in the OCG. To wit, if the controller banishes it from the Graveyard, then Tribute Summons Ra later that turn, Ra's original ATK and DEF become the combined original AKk and DEF of the monsters that were Tributed to Tribute Summon it.

* DecompositeCharacter: In the anime, The Winged Dragon of Ra was a singular card, with its Sphere and Phoenix Modes being alternate forms that it could shift into under certain circumstances. In contrast, the two forms were released into the OCG as separate cards. Taken UpToEleven when Ancient Chant, Blaze Cannon, Dark Spell Regeneration, Millennium Revelation, and Sun God Unification were released, with each card containing an effect or characteristic that Ra possessed in the anime. In the manga, Ra had three groups of unique effects, with ''portions of each'' being divided up among multiple cards.

** Ancient Chant derives its name from the chant that a player has to utter in the anime and manga to unseal Ra from its Sphere Mode and gain control of it. In line with that, its artwork depicts Ra emerging from its Sphere Mode. The card's first effect added Ra from the controller's Deck or Graveyard to their hand and granted them an additional Tribute Summon that turn. This implies that playing the card itself represented a successful utterance of the chant and as such, the controller gained the means to Summon Ra. Ancient Chant's second effect allowed the controller to banish it from the Graveyard, and if Ra was Tribute Summoned that turn, its original ATK and DEF became equal to the combined original ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. This was an effect that Ra's anime and manga counterpart inherently possessed, but was excluded from its OCG card.

** In the manga, Dark Spell Regeneration was used by Marik to take Monster Reborn, which Yugi took from his hand via Exchange and subsequently used, from Yugi's Graveyard. Marik then activated Monster Reborn, Special Summoning Ra from his Graveyard. Although Monster Reborn was originally Marik's card, it was sent to Yugi's Graveyard because he used it, as per the rules surrounding card ownership in the manga. When Dark Spell Resurrection was released in the OCG, its effect remained largely the same as that of its manga incarnation, allowing the controller to Set a Spell Card from the opponent's Graveyard when the opponent's monster declared an attack. The circumstances in which the card was used in the manga are impossible to replicate in the OCG, however, as cards are sent to their owner's Graveyards from the field, regardless of which player controlled them. Additionally, Ra's OCG incarnation cannot be Special Summoned. In order to allow for GameplayAndStoryIntegration, Dark Spell Regeneration's OCG incarnation was given an additional effect to enable players to use it in broadly the same way Marik did. Namely, the additional effect allowed the controller to banish Dark Spell Regeneration from the Graveyard and send Monster Reborn from their hand or face-down on their field to the Graveyard, then Special Summon Ra from the Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions. However, Ra Special Summoned this way is sent to the Graveyard at the End Phase, making reference to how in the anime and manga, certain card effects only affect the Egyptian Gods for the duration of the turn they were used. Additionally, when Ra is Summoned with the effect of Dark Spell Regeneration, the controller can send a monster the opponent controls to the Graveyard. This is likely a reference to Ra's anime-only Instant Attack effect, which allows Ra to attack on the same turn it is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, regardless of if circumstances would prevent this, such as card effects or it ''being the opponent's turn''. True to this, Dark Spell Regeneration's effect of sending an opposing monster directly to the Graveyard when Ra is Summoned would represent Ra "attacking and destroying" that monster, with this effect being usable even in spite of card effects that prevent attacks or during the opponent's turn.

*** If Tributed Summoned, Ra's ATK and DEF was equal to the combined ATK and DEF of monsters Tributed to Tribute Summon it. However, a Tribute Summoned Ra was Summoned in its Sphere Mode, and functionally useless to the controller. If a player uttered a specific chant while Ra in its Sphere Mode was on the field, they would unseal Ra and gain control of it.

* DecompositeCharacter: In the anime, The Winged Dragon of Ra was a singular card, with its Sphere and Phoenix Modes being alternate forms that it could shift into under certain circumstances. In contrast, the two forms were released into the OCG as separate cards. Taken UpToEleven when Ancient Chant, Blaze Cannon, Dark Spell Regeneration, Millennium Revelation, and Sun God Unification were released, with each card containing an effect or characteristic that Ra's anime incarnation possessed.

* EvilKnockoff: Egyptian God Slime is one to Obelisk, to whom it visually resembles.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration:

** Slifer's effect causes any monster that is Normal or Special Summoned to the opponent's field in Attack Position to lose 2000 ATK, and if a monster's ATK is reduced to 0 this way, it is destroyed. Link Monsters do not have DEF, thus they cannot be Summoned in or switched to Defense Position, which means that they have no way of avoiding Slifer's effect and will always be affected by it. Additionally, Slifer's SignatureMove based card, Thunderforce Attack, destroys as many of the opponent's face-up monsters as possible, and because Link Monsters cannot be place in face-down Defense Position, means that they will always be affected by the card.

** In the anime and manga, if Ra was Special Summoned, it could apply a number of effects that were [[{{Nerf}} not included]] on its OCG card. More to the point, the OCG incarnation of Ra could not be Special Summoned anyway. These effects included an immunity to card effects that would prevent it from attacking, the controller being able to Tribute other monsters they controlled to add their ATK and DEF to that of Ra, and being able to attack all monsters the opponent controlled and as well as attacking directly afterwards. Blaze Cannon would enable the controller to apply adapted versions of those effects to Ra, and it could also do so even if Ra was Normal Summoned. First, Ra became unaffected by the opponent's card effects. Second, when an attack was declared involving Ra, its controller could Tribute any number of their other monsters that did not attack that turn, and boost Ra's ATK by the Tributed monsters' combined original ATK until the end of the turn. Third, af Ra attacked, the controller can send all of the opponent's monsters to the Graveyard after damage calculation.

** In the anime and manga, Ra was widely considered to be the strongest of the Egyptian Gods due to its higher position on the hierachy over the other two, as well as possessing a plethora of effects that the other two did not have. Its OCG incarnation, on the other hand, is often seen as the weakest, due to its inability to be Special Summoned, having no inherent protection, and having two effects that require high LP payments that also contradict each other, thus forcing players to choose between them.

** Ancient Chant derives its name from the chant that a player has to utter in the anime and manga to unseal Ra from its Sphere Mode and gain control of it. In line with that, its artwork depicts Ra emerging from its Sphere Mode. The card's first effect added Ra from the controller's Deck or Graveyard to their hand and granted them an additional Tribute Summon that turn. This implies that playing the card itself represented a sucessful utterance of the chant and as such, the controller gained the means to Summon Ra. Ancient Chant's second effect allowed the controller to banish it from the Graveyard, and if Ra was Tribute Summoned that turn, its original ATK and DEF became equal to the combined original ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. This was an effect that Ra's anime and manga counterpart inherently possessed, but was excluded from its OCG card.
** Blaze Cannon is named after Ra's SignatureMove, and naturally, its artwork depicts Ra launching the epynomous BreathWeapon. It has the ability to grant Ra three effects until the end of the turn, all of which are based on effects it possessed in the anime and manga but [[{{Nerf}} not the OCG]]. First, it causes Ra to become unaffected by the opponent's card effects, referencing the fact that it enjoys broad protections from card effects in the anime and manga, including that of Slifer and Obelisk. Second, when an attack is declared involving Ra, the controller can Tribute any number of monsters they control that did not attack that turn, and add their combined original ATK to Ra's ATK until the end of the turn. In the anime and manga, Ra possessed an effect wherein the controller can Tribute other monsters they control for Ra to gain ATK equal to their ATK, which this effect references. Third, if Ra attacked, the controller can send all monsters the opponent controls to the Graveyard after damage calculation. This alludes to Ra's anime and manga Instant Attack effect, which allows a Special Summoned Ra to attack in spite of any card effects that prevent attacks, or attack during the opponent's turn. Via Instant Attack, Ra also had the ability to attack all monsters the opponent controls and then attack the opponent directly.

* RuleOfThree: There are three Egyptian God monsters, and each one requires three Tributes to be Tribute Summoned. Ra additionally also has three forms that it can cycle through in the anime and manga, which were all made into separate physical cards.

** If Holactie is successfully Special Summoned, the controller automatically wins the Duel. While this is obviously a potent effect, the effort required to actually Summon Holactie has left many players deciding against running her. To wit, in order to Special Summon her from the hand, the controller must Tribute all three ''actual'' Egyptian God monsters, and cannot use substitute monsters that can copy their names. Given that each Egyptian God monster requires three Tributes to be Normal Summoned, the controller has to amass up to ''nine Tributes'' beforehand. While methods exist to Special Summon Slifer and Obelisk and thus forgo using Tributes for them, Ra cannot be Special Summoned, except through either Sphere Mode, which still requires three Tributes, or Millennium Revelation or Dark Spell Regeneration. And that does not get into the fact that there are still several opportunities for the opponent to throw a wrench in the plan by interfering with any stage of the set up of amassing all three Egyptian Gods on the field.

** Yami Marik ''never'' Tribute Summoned Ra and always sent it to the Graveyard before Special Summoning it with Monster Reborn. In contrast, Ra's OCG incarnation ''cannot be Special Summoned''. This invariably led to subsequent support cards, such as Sphere Mode, Millennium Revelation, and Dark Spell Regeneration, ''explicitly ignoring Ra's Summoning conditions'' so that it could be Special Summoned. The latter two cards in particular, was created so Ra could be Special Summoned from the Graveyard with Monster Reborn.

** In the manga, Dark Spell Regeneration was used by Marik to take Monster Reborn, which Yugi took from his hand via Exchange and subsequently used, from Yugi's Graveyard. Marik then activated Monster Reborn, Special Summoning Ra from his Graveyard. Although Monster Reborn was originally Marik's card, it was sent to Yugi's Graveyard because he used it, as per the rules surrounding card ownership in the manga. When Dark Spell Resurrection was released in the OCG, its effect remained largely the same as that of its manga incarnation, allowing the controller to Set a Spell Card from the opponent's Graveyard when the opponent's monster declared an attack. The circumstances in which the card was used in the manga are impossible to replicate in the OCG, however, as cards are sent to their owner's Graveyards from the field, regardless of which player controlled them. Additionally, Ra's OCG incarnation cannot be Special Summoned. In order to allow for GameplayAndStoryIntegration, Dark Spell Regeneration's OCG incarnation was given an additional effect to enable players to use it in broadly the same way Marik did. Namely, the additional effect allowed the controller to banish Dark Spell Regeneration from the Graveyard and send Monster Reborn from their hand or face-down on their field to the Graveyard, then Special Summon Ra from the Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions. However, Ra Special Summoned this way is sent to the Graveyard at the End Phase, making reference to how in the anime and manga, certain card effects only affect the Egyptian Gods for the duration of the turn they were used.

** Ancient Chant provides Ra with a much needed search and recovery option, as it can add Ra to the controller's hand from the Deck or Graveyard. It also provides the controller with an additional Tribute Summon during the turn it is activated, so that the controller can Summon Ra without consuming their standard Normal Summon. Like Sphere Mode, Ancient Chant also alleviates Ra having 0 ATK and DEF if the controller cannot or does not use its first effect. To wit, the controller can banish Ancient Chant from the Graveyard and if Ra is Tribute Summoned that turn, Ra's original ATK and DEF become the combined original ATK and DEF of the monsters Tributed to Summon it. Similarly to Sphere Mode, this leaves the controller's LP avaliable to use with Ra's second effect. However, unlike the case with Sphere Mode, the controller can still choose to use Ra's first effect to bolster its ATK and DEF ''[[UpToEleven even further]]'' from the boost povided with Ancient Chant.

** Even if Ra is Special Summoned through Millennium Revelation, it will still have 0 ATK and DEF. One with the Sun God solves that issue with its first effect, which allows the controller to pay LP until they have 100 left, with a Special Summoned copy of Ra gaining ATK and DEF equal to the amount paid. The controller can use the second effect to Tribute Ra and gain LP equal to the ATK it had on the field. This allows the controller to recoup the LP they paid, as well as enabling Ra to dodge any potential removal from the opponent by using this effect in response. Although One with the Sun God is a Continuous Trap Card, it can be activated the turn it was Set if the controller has Ra on their field, which reduces the set-up otherwise needed to use it.

** One with the Sun God allows the controller to do this to ''Ra itself'', as its second effect lets the controller Tribute Ra, and then gain LP equal to the ATK that the Tributed Ra had on the field. This is based on an aspect of Ra's anime and manga Point-to-Point Transfer effect, wherein the controller can use De-Fusion on Ra that they previously transferred their LP to as ATK, and gain LP equal to Ra's ATK, while Ra loses all of its ATK.

** One with the Sun God allows the controller to do the same thing as Ra's first effect. The difference is that the controller can use this effect with a Special Summoned Ra at any point during a Main Phase, rather than when Ra is Normal Summoned, as was the case with its first effect.

** In the manga, during the final duel in the Battle City tournament, to keep Yami Marik from using Monster Reborn to Special Summon Ra from his Graveyard, Yugi used Exchange to take it from his hand and subsequently used it. Marik got around this by using Dark Spell Regeneration, whose manga incarnation allowed the controller to take a Spell Card from the opponent's Graveyard and Set it to their field when an opposing monster declared an attack. Marik used it to take Monster Reborn from Yugi's Graveyard and activate it so he could Special Summon Ra from his Graveyard. Due to the way the manga handled game mechanics, Monster Reborn wound up in Yugi's Graveyard because he used it, even though it was originally Marik's card. The anime got around this issue by altering Dark Spell Regeneration's effect to have it activate Spell Cards from the controller's Graveyard instead, as Monster Reborn wound up in Marik's Graveyard as per the rules concerning ownership of cards in the anime and OCG. When Dark Spell Regeneration was released in the OCG, its effect was taken from its manga incarnation, in that the Spell to be taken must come from the opponent's Graveyard. Furthermore, in the OCG, Ra cannot be Special Summoned, which is at odds with how Marik consistently Special Summoned it from the Graveyard in the anime and manga. To allow for GameplayAndStoryIntegration, the OCG incarnation of Dark Spell Regeneration was given an ''additional effect'', one that would not have been necessary if Dark Spell Regeneration's OCG incarantion stuck to the effect of the anime version and Ra did not have a restriction on being Special Summoned. To wit, the card's additional effect allowed the controller to banish it from the Graveyard and send Monster Reborn from their hand or face-down field to the Graveyard, then Special Summon Ra from their Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions, but it was sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase, then the controller can send a monster the opponent controls to the Graveyard.

** Egyptian God Slime can treat itself as three Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a monster.

* DecompositeCharacter: In the anime, The Winged Dragon of Ra was a singular card, with its Sphere and Phoenix Modes being alternate forms that it could shift into under certain circumstances. In contrast, the two forms were released into the OCG as separate cards. Taken UpToEleven when Ancient Chant, Blaze Cannon, Millennium Revelation, and One with the Sun God were released, with each card containing an effect or characteristic that Ra's anime incarnation possessed.

** When utilizing Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer effect in the anime and manga, the controller is shown to physically merge with Ra. This is directly referenced by the name of One with the Sun God, which simulates said effect.

*** The physical Sphere Mode card is unable to attack and has 0 ATK and DEF while on the field, according to [[https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=4&cid=11927&request_locale=ja a ruling]] by Konami. This makes it nearly useless to its controller, unless they have a copy of Ra in the hand or Deck. If so, they can then Tribute Sphere Mode to Special Summon Ra, ignoring its Summoning conditions, thus representing a successful utterance of the chant. In keeping with the idea that OnlyTheChosenMayWield Ra, the opponent can also exploit this if Sphere Mode is Summoned to their field, should they also be playing a copy of Ra, indictating that they were also chosen by Ra.

** In the anime and manga, Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer effect was a Quick Effect that could only be used if Ra was Special Summoned. However, Ra's OCG incarnation has said effect as a Trigger Effect that could only be used if Ra was Normal Summoned. One with the Sun God restores this lost functionality, by allowing the controller to use the effect with a Special Summoned Ra during the Main Phase. Furthermore, Ra's anime and manga incarnation also had an effect wherein if the controller used the Point-to-Point Transfer effect, they could use De-Fusion on Ra to gain LP equal to Ra's currrent ATK and reduce Ra's ATK to 0. One with the Sun God replicates this interaction by allowing the controller to Tribute Ra and gain LP equal to the ATK it had on the field.

* HPToOne: In the anime and manga, Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer effect required the controller to pay LP until they had only 1 LP left, with Ra gaining ATK and DEF equal to the amount paid. The effects in the OCG that stimulate this, Ra's first effect and the first effect of One with the Sun God, changed the amount of LP remaining to 100 instead. However, given that LP are usually handled in increments of 100, and that it would be very rare for a player's LP to go below 100 without hitting 0, this trope is still functionally in effect.

** In the original anime and manga, Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer effect was a Quick Effect that could only be used if it was Special Summoned. However, because Ra's OCG incarnation ''cannot be Special Summoned'', the effect on said card was altered into a Trigger Effect that was ''only usable when Ra was Normal Summoned''. Most egregiously, in order to allow for GameplayAndStoryIntegration, One with the Sun God contained an adaptation of the effect that could ''only be used with a Special Summoned copy of Ra''. Also ironically, while the Point-to-Point Transfer effect was implemented on the OCG card in a manner at odds with how it worked in the original anime and manga series, it is somewhat faithful to the way it was used in the ''GX'' anime, where it was a Quick Effect that could be used if Ra was Normal Summoned.

** The artwork of Ancient Chant depicts Ra emerging from its Sphere Mode, and is intended to reference the chant that a player needs to utter in the anime and manga to release Ra from its Sphere Move and gain control of it. However, humourously enough, the card itself has nothing to do with the actual OCG Sphere Mode card, and instead contains an adaptation of Ra's anime and manga effect wherein its ATK and DEF become equal to the combined ATK and DEF of the monsters Tributed to Tribute Summon it.

* ManOfKryptonite: Slifer and Sphere Mode have proven to be surprsingly effective against Link Monsters. However, since they were released in the OCG years before the first Link Monsters were introduced, using them in this manner might be a case of NotTheIntendedUse.
** Slifer's effect causes any monster that is Normal or Special Summoned to the opponent's field in Attack Position to lose 2000 ATK, and if a monster's ATK is reduced to 0 this way, it is destroyed. Link Monsters do not have DEF, thus they cannot be Summoned in or switched to Defense Position, which means that they have no way of avoiding Slifer's effect and will always be affected by it.

* MegatonPunch: Obelisk uses extemely powerful punches, God Hand Crusher.

** Ra's Sphere Mode debuted in Yami Marik's duel against Mai, where the latter took Ra from the former's deck and Triubte Summoned it. However, she was prevented from using it as Ra manifested in its Sphere Mode and could only be unsealed from it by a chant, which Marik proceeded to utter on the next turn and thus gain back control of Ra. When it was released in the OCG, Sphere Mode's card wound up containing a few references to that duel. To wit, the controller can Tribute Summon it to the opponent's field by Tributing their monsters, representing how Mai Summoned the card. If Summoned to the opponent's field, Sphere Mode returns to its owner's control at the end of the next turn, a reference to how Marik took back control of Ra by uttering the chant on the turn after Mai Summoned it. Finally, the fact that a chant is necessary to unlock Ra from Sphere Mode, with Sphere Mode being useless otherwise, is referenced by Sphere Mode's OCG incarnation being nearly unusable, save for being Tributed to Special Summon Ra from the hand or Deck. Either player can exploit this effect if they run a copy of Ra, indicating that they [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield were chosen to wield]] Ra.

** One with the Sun God's first effect allows the controller to pay LP until they have 100 left, with a Special Summoned Ra they control gaining ATK and DEF equal to the amount paid. This is evocative of the way Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer effect worked in the anime and manga, wherein it could only be used on Ra if it was Special Summoned. The card's second effect allowed the controller to Tribute Ra and then gain LP equal to the ATK that the Tributed Ra had on the field. This effect is a reference to how the controller could use De-Fusion on Ra that they previously used Point-to-Point Transfer on. This would cause Ra's ATK and DEF to become 0, while the controller gained LP equal to Ra's ATK. The card's artwork, depicting Ra attacking several of Yami Bakura's monsters, is a reference to his duel against Marik, in which Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer effect was first revealed. In that duel, Marik would use the effect to give Ra enough ATK to destroy all of Bakura's monsters and win.

** Guardian Slime visually resembles Humanoid Slime taking the form of Anubis, the Egyptian god of mummification. In Egyptian mythology, Anubis guided the souls of the dead through the afterlife to be judged by Osiris, the ruler of the afterlife. Osiris was Slifer's namesake in Japanese, and Slifer was used by Strings alongside Humanoid Slime while under the control of Marik.

* ObviousRulePatch: Because Ra cannot be Special Summoned, any support card for it must contain text that explicitly ignores its Summoning conditions in order to allow for it to be Special Summoned, such as Sphere Mode, Millennium Revelation, and Dark Spell Regeneration. This is rather egregious in that Special Summoning Ra is the only way in which the controller can use One with the Sun God's first effect on it.

* PowerOfTheSun: Just like its mythological basis, Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun, The Winged Dragon of Ra is described as a solar deity. One of its support cards is even named "One with the Sun God".

* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Ra is TheLeader and the TopGod among the trio, and it received several exclusive support cards which [[BalanceBuff increased its playability]] that the other two did not. This is possibly inverted, however, as Ra is commonly considered to be the weakest Egyptian God and the most unwieldy to use, and at least some of the exclusive support it received was likely meant to bring it up to the level of Slifer and Obelisk.
* PurposelyOverpowered: The original printed incarnations of the Egyptian God cards don't even have any written effects, and were immediately deemed illegal to use in a Duel, implying that their effects were so numerous and powerful that the designers choose not to even hint at them.

* RocketPunch: Obelisk can do this if he's not doing his regular MegatonPunch.

* SignatureMove: All of them have named attacks in the anime and manga, but only Ra's [[BreathWeapon Blaze Cannon]] has a card named for it.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Because Slifer and Ra's ATK and DEF are determined through their effects, any card effect that negates said effects will cause those stats to become 0. Additionally, the latter's stat determining effect is a Trigger Effect that is only applied when it is Normal Summoned, and as such, should it be flipped face-down and flipped face-up again, it will lose all of its ATK and DEF. This also applies if Ra has gained ATK and DEF through any in-series support, such as Ancient Chant, One with the Sun God, and Sphere Mode.

** The activation and effect of Blaze Cannon cannot be negated, and as such, it will always be able to grant Ra its effects and thus force the opponent to deal with an empowered Ra.

** Rochka's ability to give the opponent 500 LP is an attempt to show affection to the shepherd Lel. The opponent giving the player a card is the shepard Lel returning that affection. The ability to send Rochka is her melting away due to her love warming her up too much.

** Brigand the Stigmatavorous Dragon: Requires a Level 8 or higher monster. Related to the Tri-Brigade archetype.
** Splind the Steelexpress Dragon: Requires an Effect Monster that was Special Summoned in the same turn. Related to the Spriggun archetype. Unlike the other Fusion Monsters related to it, Splind isn't a transformation of Albaz, as Albaz is seen driving it in its own artwork.

[-[[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameAToB A to B]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameCToD C to D]] | '''E to F''' | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameGToI G to I]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameJToL J to L]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameM M]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameN N]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameOToR O to R]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameS S]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhCardGameTToZ T to Z]]]]-]]]

* CripplingOverSpecializatio: Due to the fact that Exodia decks bank solely on the process of hastily drawing cards, they are usually completely helpless if their engine is interrupted or delayed to poor draws.

** Splind the Steelexpress Dragon: Requires an Effect Monster that was Special Summoned in the same turn. Related to the Spriggun archetype.

* FusionDance: El Rey Conquista Eldlich is summoned by fusing an Eldlich the Golden Lord with a Level 5 or higher Zombie. Luckily, there's an archetype-themed Fusion Spell to go along with this card.

[[folder:Evil★Twin]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Sweet on the outside..]]

[[caption-width-right:350:..bitter on the inside.]]
The '''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Evil★Twin Evil★Twins]]''' are a duo of monsters introduced in the ''Deck Build Pack: Genesis Impactors''.

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Fallen_of_Albaz Fallen of Albaz]]''' is a DARK Dragon monster that can Fusion Summon by using itself and monsters the opponent controls as Fusion Materials, which it can use to summon its advanced, Fusion Monster forms. These Fusion Monsters are DARK monsters of various types with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF, and when sent to the graveyard, can add to the hand or Special Summon from the deck another Fallen of Albaz or a related archetype monster.\\
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** Splind the Steelexpress Dragon: Requires an Effect Monster that was special summoned in the same turn. Related to the Spriggun archetype.

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Fallen_of_Albaz Fallen of Albaz]]''' is a DARK Dragon monster that can Fusion Summon advanced forms by using itself and monsters the opponent controls. These Fusion monsters are DARK monsters of various types with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF, and when sent to the graveyard, can add to the hand or Special Summon from the deck another Fallen of Albaz or a related archetype monster.

[[folder:Felgrand / Darkblaze Dragon]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:No dragon ever truly dies.]]

'''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Felgrand Felgrand]]''' is a series of LIGHT monsters who focus on summoning Dragon-Type monsters from the Graveyard to trigger their effects.

'''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Darkblaze_Dragon Darkblaze Dragon]]''' is a Dragon-Type monster that is usually paired or associated with Felgrand due to being released together in their original Deck, and gaining benefit from Felgrand's playstyle.