Team Monarchs Deck

Monarch

 

 

 

 

"Monarch" ( Tei), also referred to as "Emperor" in the Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V manga, is a series in the OCG/TCG and anime, and an archetype in the manga, that is focused on Tribute Summoning. They are used by The Light Brigade members in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, Sylvio Sawatari in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime and manga, and by Kyoji Mikado in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V The Strongest Duelist Yuya!! manga. While a series in the OCG/TCG, the card "Dark Advance" supports the "Monarchs" as an archetype in the manga only. The "Monarchs" may be the rulers of the Duel Monsters Spirit World, due to their names.

Each of them is Level 6 (with the exception of "Zaborg", who is Level 5), has 2400 ATK and 1000 DEF and has a unique ability that activates upon its own Tribute Summon (except "Tenmataitei"), although "Kuraz the Light Monarch" and "Delg the Dark Monarch" do not require that they be Tribute Summoned or even Normal Summoned to trigger their abilities. They often have effects dealing with removing cards from the field. Each has an Attribute reflective of the element they control.

Shadow Specters introduced the "Mega Monarchs", a series of upgraded forms for each "Monarch". All "Mega Monarchs" released so far are Level 8, can be Tribute Summoned by Tributing another monster that was Tribute Summoned, and have 2800 ATK and 1000 DEF, as well as upgraded effects based on their element (e.g. "Granmarg the Mega Monarch" destroys 2 Set cards instead of one, and if Tribute Summoned by Tributing an EARTH monster, allows the player to draw a card).

 

Mega Monarch

 

Additionally, there is an archetype of "Monarch" Spell and Trap Cards (including cards like "March of the Monarchs" and "The Monarchs Erupt") that are designed to support Tribute Summons and monsters with ATK and DEF similar to "Monarch" monsters, although they often prevent Summons from the Extra Deck. Many of these cards depict the transformation of a Monarch into their Mega Monarch form, and are released in the same sets as Mega Monarchs.

 

Caius the Shadow	DARK	Fiend	Caius	Lucius the Shadow	Tenacity of the Monarchs
Granmarg the Rock	EARTH	Rock	Granmarg	Landrobe the Rock	Return of the Monarchs
Mobius the Frost	WATER	Aqua	Mobius	Escher the Frost	Frost Blast of the Monarchs/The Monarchs Awaken
Raiza the Storm	WIND	Winged Beast	Raiza	Garum the Storm	The Monarchs Stormforth
Thestalos the Firestorm	FIRE	Pyro	Thestalos	Berlineth the Firestorm	The Monarchs Erupt
Zaborg the Thunder	LIGHT	Thunder	Zaborg	Mithra the Thunder	Strike of the Monarchs

 

 

Angmarl the Fiendish	DARK	Fiend
Delg the Dark		Spellcaster
Kuraz the Light	LIGHT	Warrior

Ehther the Heavenly	LIGHT	Fairy	Edea the Heavenly	The Prime Monarch
Erebus the Underworld	DARK	Zombie	Eidos the Underworld	The First Monarch