

Zombie (Japanese:
Andetto, "Undead") is a
Type of
monster representing undead beings, including mummies, skeletons, vampires and ghosts. Initially, their focus was on swarming the field from the
Graveyard with cards such as "
Mezuki", "
Zombie Master", and "
Book of Life". Since most Zombie monsters have low DEF (frequently 0), many high-
Level Zombie monsters could be Summoned with "
Pyramid Turtle". According to
Bandit Keith this represents how the undead have no intelligence to understand how to defend themselves; all they know is how to attack. In the real game, however, with the release of "
Plaguespreader Zombie", one of the first
Tuner monsters that could
Special Summon themself and several
Synchro Monsters that required "Plaguespreader" as
Synchro Material, Zombies began to focus on
Synchro Summoning,
Synchro Zombie
There are also several
Zombie counterparts of other cards, notably "
Revived King Ha Des", "
Doomkaiser Dragon", and "
Archfiend Zombie-Skull". A common theme among Zombie counterparts is that they have the same stats as the original monster (in the case of "Dark Ruler", even having a similar effect tailored to suit the monster's new Type).