In Yu-Gi-Oh! trading Cards Game there is a group of cards with at least have 1 defining property, and some of them have their story itself.
An archetypes cards are often identified by a term appearing in all its members names, such as "Archfiend" "Elemental Hero" or "Morphtronic". And also, there are support cards that designed specially for them and (of course) reference cards with that term in their name "Elemental Recharge".
But not all archetypes cards are always have supported, such as the "Monarchs", and they are not always identified by having a common term appearing in their names, such as the Synthetic Angels or Egyptian Gods.
The concept of archetypes is often used in the manga and anime series to define a character's personality, look, state of mind or style of play.
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