Introduction
Today, Konami announced the card list for the upcoming Booster Pack: Legendary Duelists: Sisters of the Rose and its Japanese version Duelist Pack: Legend Duelist 4. As usual for Duelist Packs, Konami strengthen the archetypes of certain anime characters.
5 Different Archetypes
Hounds of mighty Zeus, rise!
“Bird-bodied, girl-faced things they (Harpies) are; abominable their droppings, their hands are talons, their faces haggard with hunger insatiable” – Virgil, Aeneid 3.216
The Harpie archetype is the archetype related to Mai Valentine, they revolved around summoning WIND-type monsters and boosting them as described in the Structure Deck – Lord of the Storm. This booster pack provides some support for this archetype, with a lot of reprints:
Card list for the archetype
| Card numbers | English Name | Japanese Name | Rarity | Category |
| DP21-JP000 | “Harpie’s Feather Duster” | 「ハーピィの羽根帚」 | Holographic Rare | Normal Spell Card |
| DP21-JP001 | “Harpie Perfumer” | 「ハーピィ・パフューマー」 | Ultra Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP002 | “Harpie Oracle” | 「ハーピィ・オラクル」 | Super Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP003 | “Split Mirrors of Seduction” | 「魅惑の合わせ鏡」 | Rare | ContinuousSpell Card |
| DP21-JP004 | “Harpie’s Feather Roosting” | 「ハーピィの羽根休め」 | Rare | Normal Spell Card |
| DP21-JP005 | “The Elegant Harpie Lady” | 「華麗なるハーピィ・レディ」 | Rare | Normal Trap Card |
| DP21-JP006 | “Harpie Lady Sisters” | 「ハーピィ・レディ三姉妹」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP007 | “Harpie Queen” | 「ハーピィ・クィーン」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP008 | “Elegant Egotist” | 「万華鏡－華麗なる分身－」 | Common | Normal Spell Card |
| DP21-JP009 | “Harpies’ Hunting Ground” | 「ハーピィの狩場」 | Common | Field Spell Card |
| DP21-JP010 | “Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation” | 「ハーピィ・レディ －鳳凰の陣－」 | Common | Normal Spell Card |
| DP21-JP011 | “Triangle Ecstasy Spark” | 「トライアングル・Ｘ・スパーク」 | Common | Normal Spell Card |
Along the cards added, we can note the new Harpie Perfumer that tutors Spell and Traps from its archetype when it’s Normal or Special Summoned. It has an additional effect that tutors up to 2 cards with different names if you control a level 5 or higher “Harpie” monster.
Among the reprints, Harpie’s Feather Duster makes a comeback, despite being limited in OCG and forbidden in the TCG. Its effect is to destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponents controls, which is really strong.
Harpie Oracle is a card that can be Special Summoned from the hand if you control a Level 5 or higher “Harpie” monster, or if it is Normal or Special Summoned, you can bring a Spell/Trap card from the archetype from the Graveyard to your hand, at the End Phase, which is really slow.
The Harpie remains very weak, however the Link VRAINS Pack 2 will bring a Link monster to the archetype: Harpie Conductor.
Cyber Dragon Angel
The Archetype from Alexis Rhodes gets a bunch of cards in this Booster Set:
Card list for the archetype
| Card numbers | English Name | Japanese Name | Rarity | Category |
| DP21-JP012 | “Cyber Angel Izana” | 「サイバー・エンジェル－伊舎那－」 | Ultra Rare | Effect Ritual Monster |
| DP21-JP013 | “Cyber Egg Angel” | 「サイバー・エッグ・エンジェル」 | Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP014 | “The Merciful Machine Angel” | 「慈悲深き機械天使」 | Super Rare | Normal Spell Card |
| DP21-JP015 | “Machine Angel Manifestation” | 「応身の機械天使」 | Rare | ContinuousSpell Card |
| DP21-JP016 | “Majestic Machine Angel” | 「荘厳なる機械天使」 | Rare | Quick-PlaySpell Card |
| DP21-JP017 | “Cyber Petit Angel” | 「サイバー・プチ・エンジェル」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP018 | “Cyber Angel Benten” | 「サイバー・エンジェル－弁天－」 | Common | Effect Ritual Monster |
| DP21-JP019 | “Cyber Angel Idaten” | 「サイバー・エンジェル－韋駄天－」 | Common | Effect Ritual Monster |
| DP21-JP020 | “Cyber Angel Dakini” | 「サイバー・エンジェル－荼吉尼－」 | Common | Effect Ritual Monster |
| DP21-JP021 | “Machine Angel Ritual” | 「機械天使の儀式」 | Common | Ritual Spell Card |
| DP21-JP022 | “Ritual Sanctuary” | 「祝福の教会－リチューアル・チャーチ」 | Common | Field Spell Card |
The Cyber Angel archetype aims to Ritual Summon monsters as soon as possible, with a Machine synergy.
The archetype gets a new Ritual monster that is Cyber Angel Izana and allows the player to destroy 1 Spell or Trap card when Ritual Summon. If it attacks and destroys a minion, it can attack a second time a monster. It can also recycle 1 Ritual monster from the Graveyard to the Deck in order to destroy one card the opponent controls.
Shikkoku no hana yo, hirake! Shinkuro Shoukan!
In the japanese version of the anime, Izayoi Aki (Akiza Izinski) has a summoning chants for her Black Rose Dragon:
“Tsumetai honō ga sekai no subete wo tsutsumikomu. Shikkoku no hana yo, hirake! Shinkuro Shoukan!”
This chant was really weird because the “Tsumetai honō”, the cold flames, and the ” Shikkoku no hana yo”, the pitch-dark flower, didn’t seem to fit the archetype of Plant monsters, despite Black Rose Dragon being a FIRE monster. Its archetype revolved around summoning Plant monsters, summoning Black Rose Dragon and using Black Garden to get value. The new cards Frozen Roars and Blooming Rose seem to explain that the summoning chant refers to those two cards.
Card list for the archetype
| Card numbers | English Name | Japanese Name | Rarity | Category |
| DP21-JP023 | “Garden Rose Maiden” | 「ガーデン・ローズ・メイデン」 | Ultra Rare | Effect Synchro Monster |
| DP21-JP024 | “Dark Rose Fairy” | 「闇薔薇の妖精」 | Super Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP025 | “Red Rose Dragon” | 「レッドローズ・ドラゴン」 | Rare | Effect Tuner monster |
| DP21-JP026 | “Frozen Roars” | 「冷薔薇の抱香」 | Super Rare | Quick-PlaySpell Card |
| DP21-JP027 | “Blooming Rose” | 「漆黒の薔薇の開華」 | Rare | Normal Trap Card |
| DP21-JP028 | “Black Rose Dragon” | 「ブラック・ローズ・ドラゴン」 | Common | Effect Synchro Monster |
| DP21-JP029 | “Twilight Rose Knight” | 「夜薔薇の騎士」 | Common | Effect Tuner monster |
| DP21-JP030 | “Witch of the Black Rose” | 「黒薔薇の魔女」 | Common | Effect Tuner monster |
| DP21-JP031 | “Blue Rose Dragon” | 「ブルーローズ・ドラゴン」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP032 | “Black Garden” | 「ブラック・ガーデン」 | Common | Field Spell Card |
| DP21-JP033 | “Mark of the Rose” | 「薔薇の刻印」 | Common | Equip Spell Card |
This Booster Pack adds a new Synchro monster Garden Rose Maiden that tutors Black Garden. The Blooming Rose is a Trap card that summons as many Rose Tokens as possible on the field up to the number of Field Zones and Field Spells in the Graveyards. Also you can banish this card and another card until the next Standby Phase, one Plant monster or Black Rose Dragon, which is useful to protect from destroy effects. Frozen Roars, is a quite slow card that requires you to sacrifice one monster, and you can either draw 2 and discard one if it’s a Plant monster or else add 1 Level 4 or less Plant monster from the Deck to the hand. In terms of value, this last card is really slow. Frozen Roars and Blooming Rose can be tutored by Red Rose Dragon a level 3 Dragon Tuner monster when it’s used as a Synchro Material.
Finally, Black Rose Dragon is a strong card, and was even more at the time of its release, as it destroys all cards on the field and doesn’t require Plant type monsters to be Summoned; and it is a strong card without having an archetype on its own.
I am on Railway to Hell
Anna Kaboom in Zexal and Alen Kozuki in Arc V like to summon big EARTH Machine monsters: the Railway archetype. The archetype revolves around summoning the level 10 monsters of the archetype and using them to XYZ Summon.
Card list for the archetype
| Card numbers | English Name | Japanese Name | Rarity | Category |
| DP21-JP034 | “Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebe” | 「超弩級砲塔列車ジャッガーノート・リーベ」 | Ultra Rare | Effect Xyz Monster |
| DP21-JP035 | “Speedy Express Bullet Liner” | 「弾丸特急バレット・ライナー」 | Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP036 | “Runaway Railcar Flying Pegasus” | 「爆走軌道フライング・ペガサス」 | Super Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP037 | “Urgent Schedule” | 「緊急ダイヤ」 | Super Rare | Quick-PlaySpell Card |
| DP21-JP038 | “Blitzkrieg Bombardment” | 「掃射特攻」 | Rare | ContinuousTrap Card |
| DP21-JP039 | “Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max” | 「超弩級砲塔列車グスタフ・マックス」 | Common | Effect Xyz Monster |
| DP21-JP040 | “Night Express Knight” | 「深夜急行騎士ナイト・エクスプレス・ナイト」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP041 | “Snow Plow Hustle Rustle” | 「除雪機関車ハッスル・ラッセル」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP042 | “Ruffian Railcar” | 「無頼特急バトレイン」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP043 | “Construction Train Signal Red” | 「工作列車シグナル・レッド」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP044 | “Special Schedule” | 「臨時ダイヤ」 | Common | Normal Spell Card |
Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebe is the new Rank 11 XYZ monster, it requires 3 Level 11 monsters, but its effect makes that you can summon it by using 1 Rank 10 Machine Xyz Monster as material, this represents a strong body on the field with 4000 ATK and 4000 DEF. You can detach one material and it gains 2000 ATK and DEF points. It can also attack monsters equal to the numbers of materials it has + 1.
Urgent Schedule is a really good Super Rare Quick-Play Spell Card, which special summons a level 4- and a level 5+ Earth Machine monster from the Deck, their effects are negated, which represents two solid materials. When it’s sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can tutor 1 Level 10 Machine monster from the Deck.
Finally, the Railway archetype is made for those who like big numbers on the cards, and this booster packs adds support, especially with Urgent Schedule.
You can also use the Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max in a different deck: Timelords. You can setup an OTK using the following: Michion, the Timelord and Celestial Transformation to Summon Sandaion, the Timelord, then their respective effect triggers and Michion deals 4000 damage while Sandaion deals 2000 damage. Then, in Main Phase 2, since the Timelords are Level 10 monsters, you can XYZ Summon into Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max and use its effect to deal 2000 damage.
Hijo de la Lunalight
Celina uses the Lunalight archetype in the anime ARC-V; it is an archetype of LIGHT and DARK Beast-Warrior monsters; they want to summon their Fusion Monsters.
Card list for the archetype
| Card numbers | English Name | Japanese Name | Rarity | Category |
| DP21-JP045 | “Lunalight Sabre Dancer” | 「月光舞剣虎姫」 | Ultra Rare | Effect Fusion Monster |
| DP21-JP046 | “Lunalight Emerald Bird” | 「月光翠鳥」 | Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP047 | “Lunalight Yellow Marten” | 「月光黄鼬」 | Rare | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP048 | “Lunalight Fusion” | 「月光融合」 | Super Rare | Normal Spell Card |
| DP21-JP049 | “Lunalight Serenade Dance” | 「月光小夜曲舞踊」 | Rare | ContinuousTrap Card |
| DP21-JP050 | “Lunalight Blue Cat” | 「月光蒼猫」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP051 | “Lunalight Kaleido Chick” | 「月光彩雛」 | Common | Effect Monster |
| DP21-JP052 | “Lunalight Cat Dancer” | 「月光舞猫姫」 | Common | Effect Fusion Monster |
| DP21-JP053 | “Lunalight Panther Dancer” | 「月光舞豹姫」 | Common | Effect Fusion Monster |
| DP21-JP054 | “Lunalight Leo Dancer” | 「月光舞獅子姫」 | Common | Effect Fusion Monster |
| DP21-JP055 | “Luna Light Perfume” | 「月光香」 | Common | Normal Spell Card |
Lunalight Sabre Dancer is a new 3000 ATK Fusion monster that requires 3 Lunalight monsters. It has the great strength of not being targetable by opponent’s card effect. It has the minor effect of gaining 200 ATK for each Beast-Warrior in player’s Graveyard or being banished; this effect is really neglectible on a 3000 ATK body. When it’s in the Graveyard, you can use it to boost a Fusion Monster you control by giving it 3000 ATK until the end of the turn.
Lunalight Emerald Bird is a Level 4 Monster that allows you to send 1 Lunalight card from your hand to the Graveyard to draw, when it is Normal or Special Summoned. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon from the banished cards or from the Graveyard a Lunalight monster, except Lunalight Emerald Bird in Defense Position, its effects are negated. It is a good support for the archetype.
The Lunalight is a very weak archetype as of today. Most of its good card come from the DARK type synergy like Dark Armed Dragon or Allure of Darkness and Fusion support like Ultra Polymerization or King of the Swamp.
Conclusion
With 11 cards per character, this booster is helpful to complete specific decks, that aren’t very competitive, with really good reprints like Black Rose Dragon or Superdeadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max.
The Booster Pack, in the OCG, contains:
- 9 Ultra Rares
- 8 Super Rares
- 10 Rares
- 29 Common
The OCG version is scheduled for the 10th November 2018, while the TCG version is scheduled for the 11th January 2019. They should be sold at $1.99 per pack with 5 cards per pack.
