Speedroid

"Speedroid" (スピードロイド Supīdoroido, written as in the anime) is an archetype of WIND Machine-Type monsters used by Yugo in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V and his manga counterpart. This archetype is a sub-archetype of the "roid" archetype.

Design
"Speedroid" monsters mostly resemble weaponized toys, like tops and boomerangs, or make references to games, like dice, with their names commonly being puns or portmanteaus with the names of said toys/games mostly from Japan.

The Synchro Monsters are called "Hi-Speedroid" ("Highspeedroid" in Japanese). The Tuner monsters all have "Dice" in their names, except for "Den-Den Daiko Duke" and "OMK Gum".

Playing style
"Speedroid Terrortop" can search for "Speedroid Taketomborg", who can Special Summon itself from the Hand when another WIND-Attriute Monster is on the field. For Rank 3-based Decks this combination is great for opening and extended combinations with "Leviair the Sea Dragon".

"Speedroid Taketomborg" can also Tribute itself to Special Summon any "Speedroid" Tuner Monsters from the Deck, usually "Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice" to open or "Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice" for the defensive effect. With the Graveyard having the above for targets, or off of the 2nd effect of "Speedroid Bamboo Horse": "Speed Recovery" and "Speedroid Double Yoyo" can revive "Terrortop" for another search.

The revival effect of "Hi-Speedroid Hagoita" only needs a "Speedroid" Tuner Monster on the Field to activate and can be used turn-after-after to Synchro Summon

Many of the Archetype's Monster effects restrict the Player to Special Summoning WIND-Attribute Monsters for the rest of the turn, similar to the "Wind Witch" Sychro archetype.

Weaknesses

 * Although "Speedroids" are an excellent swarming Deck, the archetype itself is almost completely focused on the user, and their cards have somewhat low utility on its own, with very few cards that hinder the opponent substantially. Therefore, it is somewhat dependent on whatever monster they Synchro Summoned in order to maintain both offense and defense on the field.


 * The biggest weakness of this deck is their heavy dependency on "Speedroid Terrortop" and the fact that while it is the deck's primary searcher, it is unsearchable through normal means itself (similar on how "Mecha Phantom Beasts" rely on their "Megaraptor"), which can severely hamper the Deck's speed and preventing them from maintaining card advantage during the early game.


 * The Deck relies heavily on their Graveyard, which can be exploited through banishing cards such as "Dimensional Fissure" and "Macro Cosmos".


 * Because they are very dependent on Synchro Summons, they are also susceptible to Anti-Special Summoning cards such as "Vanity's Emptiness", "Vanity's Fiend", and "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo". They're also vulnerable against cards with Extra Deck lockdown effects, such as "Domain of the True Monarchs" or "Nekroz of Unicore".