Archfiend Deck Breakdown

DARK 8

You can Normal Summon this card without Tributing, but its original ATK/DEF become halved. If Summoned this way, this card is destroyed during the End Phase. You cannot Special Summon any monsters, except Fiend monsters. Once per turn: You can banish 1 "Archfiend" card from your hand or GY, then target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

DARK 8

If (exactly) 1 face-up DARK Fiend-Type monster on the field, except this card, would be destroyed, you can remove from play 1 DARK Fiend-Type monster from your Graveyard, instead. When this card is destroyed and sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can select 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Fiend-Type monster in your Graveyard, except "Archfiend Empress", and Special Summon it.

DARK 3

If this card is sent to the Graveyard because of a card effect or being destroyed by battle: You can add 1 "Archfiend" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Archfiend Heiress". You can only use the effect of "Archfiend Heiress" once per turn.

DARK 5

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Level 4 Beast monster and/or 1 "Chimera Fusion" from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Fusion Monsters. If this card is sent to the GY as material for a Fusion Summon: You can target 1 Illusion monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Big-Winged Berfomet" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is in your hand or GY: You can send 1 other card from your hand or field to the GY; Special Summon this card, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK Dragon Synchro Monsters. You can target 1 face-up monster you control that has a Level; send 1 Fiend Tuner from your hand or Deck to the GY, and if you do, increase or decrease that monster's Level by 1. You can only use each effect of "Bone Archfiend" once per turn.

DARK 6

If this card is in your GY: You can banish 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster from your GY, except "Chaos Betrayer"; Special Summon this card in Defense Position, but banish it when it leaves the field. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card in your opponent's GY; banish it. You can only use each effect of "Chaos Betrayer" once per turn.

WIND 4

If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. You can only use each of the following effects of "Cornfield Coatl" once per turn. You can discard this card; add 1 monster that mentions "Chimera Fusion" from your Deck to your hand, except "Cornfield Coatl". When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets a card(s) you control, while you control "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your field or GY; negate that effect, and if you do, destroy that card.

DARK 3

If you control a monster that is not a "Burning Abyss" monster, destroy this card. You can only use 1 of these effects of "Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" per turn, and only once that turn. ● If you control no Spell/Trap Cards: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. ● If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 monster on the field; banish it until the End Phase.

EARTH 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Level 5 Fiend monster or 1 "Chimera Fusion" from your Deck to your hand. If this card is sent to the GY as material for a Fusion Summon: You can add 1 Illusion monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. You can only use each of the following effects of "Mirror Swordknight" once per turn. (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck that mentions "Chimera Fusion", except "Mirror Swordknight". When a monster your opponent controls activates its effect, while you control "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your field or GY; negate that effect.

DARK 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 card. You can only Special Summon "Nightmare Apprentice" once per turn this way. If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Illusion monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Nightmare Apprentice". You can only use this effect of "Nightmare Apprentice" once per turn.

DARK 7

If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. At the end of the Damage Step, if this card battled an opponent's monster: You can take control of that opponent's monster. Once per turn, at the start of the Damage Step, if another monster attacks: You can destroy 1 card on the field.

WIND 6

2 monsters with different Types (Beast, Fiend, or Illusion) This card's name becomes "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" while on the field or in the GY. You can only use each of the following effects of "Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can send 1 Beast, Fiend, or Illusion monster from your Deck to the GY. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 of your banished Beast, Fiend, or Illusion monsters, except "Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts"; Special Summon it.

WIND 6

1 Beast monster + 1 Fiend monster This card's name becomes "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" while on the field or in the GY. You can only use each of the following effects of "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can activate this effect; send 1 random card from your opponent's hand to the GY during the End Phase of this turn. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Beast, Fiend, or Illusion monster in your GY; Special Summon it.

DARK

2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

FIRE

2 monsters with different names If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 card, then target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy it, then, if this card was co-linked when this effect was activated, you can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Knightmare Phoenix" once per turn. Co-linked monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle.

LIGHT

4+ Effect Monsters You can also use 1 monster your opponent controls as material to Link Summon this card. If this card is Link Summoned: You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls. This Link Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect that Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation.

LIGHT 37

[ Pendulum Effect ] You can target 1 other Spell/Trap on the field; destroy both it and this card. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Eccentrick" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] You can Tribute this card, then target 1 monster on the field; destroy it. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Eccentrick" once per turn.

DARK 2

If a Level 5 or higher DARK monster is on the field, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Vision Resonator" once per turn this way. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 Spell/Trap that mentions "Red Dragon Archfiend" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Vision Resonator" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 6 monsters / You can also Xyz Summon this card by sending 1 "Burning Abyss" monster from your hand to the Graveyard, then using 1 "Dante" monster you control as the Xyz Material. (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials on this card.) If Summoned this way, the following effect cannot be activated this turn. Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; send 1 card from your Deck to the Graveyard. If this card in your possession is destroyed by your opponent's card (by battle or card effect) and sent to your Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 "Burning Abyss" monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

WATER

2 Level 6 Fiend monsters When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then you can make 1 other "D/D" monster you control and this card gain 1800 ATK until the end of this turn. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Dark Contract" card from your Deck to your hand.

Spell Quick

During the Main Phase: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as material, including a Beast or Fiend monster. During your Main Phase, if this card is in your GY and you have "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" on your field or in your GY: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Add this card to your hand. ● Banish this card, and if you do, Special Summon both 1 "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" and 1 "Berfomet" from your Deck and/or GY. You can only use this effect of "Chimera Fusion" once per turn.

Spell Equip

Activate this card by targeting an opponent's monster; equip this card to it. Take control of it. Destroy this card unless you control an "Archfiend" card. During each of your opponent's Standby Phases: You take 800 damage.

Spell Normal

Reveal 1 monster in your hand, choose 1 monster from your Deck that has exactly 1 of the same Type, Attribute, Level, ATK or DEF, and banish the revealed monster from your hand face-down. Then add, from the Deck to your hand, 1 monster that has exactly 1 of the same Type, Attribute, Level, ATK or DEF as the monster chosen from your Deck, and banish the card chosen from the Deck face-down. You can only activate 1 "Small World" per turn.

Trap Normal

Target 1 monster on the field with 2000 or more ATK; banish it (until the End Phase of the next turn), then if you activated this card while you controlled "Red Dragon Archfiend" or a Synchro Monster that mentions it, you can Set 1 "Fiendish Chain" directly from your Deck or GY.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.

Trap Normal

When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Special Summon 1 Illusion monster from your hand or GY, and if you do, return the attacking monster to the hand. If a face-up Illusion monster(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card; Special Summon 1 Illusion monster from your hand or GY. You can only use this effect of "Mirage Mirror Force" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Normal Summon this card without Tributing, but its original ATK/DEF become halved. If Summoned this way, this card is destroyed during the End Phase. You cannot Special Summon any monsters, except Fiend monsters. Once per turn: You can banish 1 "Archfiend" card from your hand or GY, then target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

DARK 3

If this card is sent to the Graveyard because of a card effect or being destroyed by battle: You can add 1 "Archfiend" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Archfiend Heiress". You can only use the effect of "Archfiend Heiress" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 card. You can only Special Summon "Nightmare Apprentice" once per turn this way. If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Illusion monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Nightmare Apprentice". You can only use this effect of "Nightmare Apprentice" once per turn.

DARK 7

If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. At the end of the Damage Step, if this card battled an opponent's monster: You can take control of that opponent's monster. Once per turn, at the start of the Damage Step, if another monster attacks: You can destroy 1 card on the field.

LIGHT 37

[ Pendulum Effect ] You can target 1 other Spell/Trap on the field; destroy both it and this card. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Eccentrick" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] You can Tribute this card, then target 1 monster on the field; destroy it. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend Eccentrick" once per turn.

WATER

2 Level 6 Fiend monsters When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then you can make 1 other "D/D" monster you control and this card gain 1800 ATK until the end of this turn. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Dark Contract" card from your Deck to your hand.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.