Element

Element cards are a series of 6 monsters that gain additional generic effects (such as ATK boost, Effect negation, and double attack) when a certain Attribute is present on the field. They all possess 1500 ATK and 1200 DEF and can gain up to two effects. The effects themselves are also generic, FIRE provides a respectable ATK boost (to 2000), WATER prevents the monster from shifting to the opposing player, WIND allows the monster to attack up to twice during any battle phase (usually having to have destroyed another monster beforehand), and EARTH allows the monster to negate the effect of another monster it destroys.

Because they benefit from the four elemental attributes, they are all either LIGHT or DARK monsters, so not to accidentally activate another Element's Effects. To easily activate their effects, Elemental Mistress Doriado and, to a lesser extent, Homunculus the Alchemic Being can easily activate all their effects when you need it. They all also fall under heavily supported types, allowing them to be able to incorporated into other decks as support.

Because of their low ATK, they can often be searched by many searchers, such as Mystic Tomato, Shining Angel, and Sangan. However, their effects are not game breaking, thus should be used to supplement another archetype, rather than try to win on their own. They also suffer from the fact that each only possess two out of the four possible effects, thus reducing each card's flexibility.