
FIRE (
Honō "Flame") is an
Attribute commonly associated with
Pyro,
Dragon,
Dinosaur and
Machine-
Type monsters, though it is not uncommon in other Types such as
Warrior or even
Beast. FIRE is diametrically opposed to
WATER, but there is no direct advantage outside some of the video games (however this idea also appears in the effects of some cards like "
Frost and Flame Dragon", "
Elemental HERO Inferno", "
Star Boy" or "
Little Chimera").
FIRE monsters tend to focus on inflicting
Effect damage to the opponent, a mechanic traditionally known as "
Burning". In recent years, a trend among FIRE monsters is that many of them have 200
DEF.
Recent FIRE
Archetypes are also fast and combo-oriented, and while they are slow at the start, they tend to build-up for huge plays that often result in
One Turn Kills. They also tend to use some
Anti-Meta strategies, like
Graveyard manipulation,
banishing and negating effects.


Pyro (
Honō "Flame") are a
Type of
monster that are almost always of the
FIRE Attribute, and represent control over FIRE, or they may be an embodiment of fire itself. Their effects often involve the dealing of
effect damage to the opponent. They are used by
Axel Brodie in the
anime.
Currently, there is no
Field Spell Card designed especially for Pyro-
Type monsters, though the card "
Molten Destruction" works to increase the
ATK of FIRE monsters by 500.
Pyro Archetypes includes "
Volcanic", "
Laval", "
Flamvell", and "
Hazy Flame".
Some prominent Pyro-Type monsters include "
Uria, Lord of Searing Flames", "
Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch", "
Fire Princess", "
Volcanic Doomfire", "
Infernal Flame Emperor", "
Raging Flame Sprite", "
Tenkabito Shien" and "
Old Entity Chthugua".
Support cards include "
Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective", "
Solar Flare Dragon", "
Royal Firestorm Guards", and "
The Thing in the Crater".