Thunder (
Ikazuchi) monsters are generally
LIGHT, although there are
EARTH,
WATER or
WIND minorities as well. Thunder monsters usually represent beings with electrical powers. Many Thunder
card effects and support cards focus upon destroying the opponent's monsters by effect.
Thunder
archetypes include "
Batteryman" and "
Thunder Dragon" which are purely composed of Thunder monsters, and "
Watt" (apart from "
Wattaildragon" and "
Wattsychic Fighter"). In the
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL manga, there's also the "
Hunder" archeype used by
Thunder Spark.
Some of the more notable ones include "
The Creator", "
Mist Wurm", "
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder", "
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch", "
Thunder King Rai-Oh", "
Mist Valley Thunder Lord" and "
Denko Sekka".
"
Thunder Dragon" is also a well-known Thunder monster, for its Deck-thinning abilities and for its
Fusion Monster counterpart, "
Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon".
There is also a subset of Level 4 LIGHT Thunder monsters that are noteworthy for stalling or locking down both players from performing some action: "Denko Sekka" prevents Spell/Trap Cards from being set on the field, "
Lightning Rod Lord" forbids both players from activating Spell Cards during the Main Phase 1, "Thunder King Rai-Oh", whose effect prevents cards from being searched from the Deck and "
Zap Mustung", which locks both players from Special Summoning in a very peculiar manner.
Support cards include "
Electro-Whip", "
Judgment of Thunder", "
Mountain", "
Umi", and "
Makiu, the Magical Mist". Most notably, the "
Hunder" series include general support for LIGHT Thunder monsters, such as "
Pahunder" and "
Thunder Sea Horse".