Photon

Photon (フォトン Foton) is an Archetype of LIGHT-Attribute cards used by Kaito Tenjo, Droite and Gauche in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. This archetype was first released in Photon Shockwave. The monsters in this archetype all emit blue light on their bodies, which most of them are covered with some armours or scales.

Despite that the "Photon" cards being main objection scattered around, they do have a goal, which is to take control of field, preventing your opponent from doing harm towards you. "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" is a good example show due to its Quick Effect - being able to banish itself, even chaining to another card; this gives itself advantages by escaping traps, such as "Dimensional Prison", etc. Even though its effects allow itself to gain ATK for banishing Xyz Monster, along with itself, it can be used to bypass other card effects. Another example is "Photon Leo" - though it may be a Level 6, it can be benefiting, as it shuffles cards in your opponent's hand back into the Deck, which may or may not mess up your opponent's plan.

Another good thing about the Photon archetype is that many of their support cards just say "LIGHT" monsters, and can be used with any other archetype thereof.

Monster Cards

 * Photon Cerberus
 * Photon Crusher
 * Photon Thrasher
 * Photon Lizard
 * Photon Wyvern
 * Photon Sabre Tiger
 * Photon Circle
 * Honest
 * Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
 * Alexandrite Dragon
 * Sacred Crane
 * Cyber Dragon
 * ZW - Unicorn Spear
 * Elemental HERO Neos Alius
 * Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke
 * Thunder King Rai-Oh
 * Guardian of Order

Spell Cards

 * Future Fusion
 * Photon Booster to make Cerberus, Circler, a lone Sabre Tiger and Lizard suitable tributes for Galaxy-Eyes.
 * Photon Sanctuary
 * Polymerization
 * Luminous Spark
 * Photon Lead
 * Photon Veil
 * Lightwave Tuning
 * Photon Trident

Trap Cards

 * Call of the Haunted
 * Photon Rising Stream
 * Lumenize
 * Scrap-Iron Scarecrow
 * Gozen Match
 * Zero Force
 * Xyz Reborn

Extra Deck

 * Twin Photon Lizard
 * Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
 * Number 39: Utopia
 * Number 17: Leviathan Dragon
 * Light End Dragon
 * Ancient Sacred Wyvern
 * Avenging Knight Parshath
 * Number C39: Utopia Ray
 * Photon Butterfly Assassin
 * Photon Streak Bouncer

Trivia

 * A photon is a packet of light.
 * The Photon archetype has a similar appearance to the EM-beings in Megaman Starforce.
 * In physics, a photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.