Flower Cardian

"Cardian" ( Kādian) is an archetype used by Chojiro Tokumatsu in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V based on hanafuda playing cards.

Design
"Cardian" monsters look like giant hanafuda cards. The images depicted in them appear to be parodies of the images depicted in the actual playing cards using Yu-Gi-Oh! cards; for example, the image depicted on "Cardian - Matsu ni Tsuru" is a parody of the image depicted in the "" card with "Crane Crane".

Furthermore, the cards with same Level but different ATK/DEF represent the "normal" and "special" version of the cards. For example, "Cardian - Susuki" represents the normal Susuki card, worth 1 point (represented with 100 ATK and DEF), while "Cardian - Susuki ni Tsuki" represents the special Full Moon with Red Sky Susuki card, worth 20 points (represented with 2000 ATK and DEF). "Cardian" monsters appear to have Levels from 1 to 12—the Level represents their "suits", so there is one pair for every suit. For example, "Matsu" is the first suit, so there is one "normal" (worth 1 point) Level 1 "Matsu" card ("Cardian - Matsu") and one "special" (worth 20 points) Level 1 one ("Cardian - Matsu ni Tsuru").

Etymology
"Cardian" is written with kanji meaning "Hanafuda" and "Protection". The reading "Cardian" is a pun on "Card" and "Guardian".

Playing style
The "Cardian" archetype is revolved around performing plays that mirror plays from Hanafuda games. Their effects allow the player to tribute the "Cardians" worth 1 point in Hanafuda games on their field to Special Summon the "Cardian" of matching Level worth 20 points from their hand, which will then allow the player to draw 1 card. If the drawn card is a "Cardian" who has a "Cardian" of matching Level on the field, the player can keep Special Summoning "Cardians" and drawing cards. This arrangement is meant to gather the right cards on the field to perform a combination named "Yaku", represented by a Synchro Summon.

The archetype uses cards such as "Hana Awase" to gather cards more quickly, as well as effects such as "Hanazumi" to rearrange the cards in the top of one's Deck to make it easier for the player to Special Summon as many "Cardian" monsters as possible. Everything revolves around gathering the right cards to perform a "Yaku" and Synchro Summon the Synchro Monster corresponding to that combo.