Fairy


 * Angel redirects here, for the World Championship 2008 opponent, see: Angel (character)

Fairy, are Angel in the OCG, are a type of monster often represented by beings of LIGHT such as sprites or angels, although there are fairies of all six attributes. Many times, the Card Effects of Fairy monsters involve some restoration and protection of the player's Life Points.

They lose ATK and DEF when "Yami" is on the field, though "Yami" is now outdated and fairies do have their own Field Spell Card, "The Sanctuary in the Sky". Many other Fairy support cards seem to revolve around the Summoning of powerful, high-level monsters, examples include "Gellenduo", "Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen" and "Court of Justice".

The Agent and Archlord cards of the Ancient Sanctuary Set are perhaps some of the best-known Fairies and some possess good effects with the "Majestic Mechs" as the second best known. Union Monsters "Aitsu" and "Koitsu" work very well together as a low-level union with a high ATK, as do "Soitsu" and "Doitsu". "Cloudians" are WATER but share the Fairy Type, so can also use "The Sanctuary in the Sky" as one of their main gameplay elements. Other high ATK fairies include "Wingweaver" and "Majestic Mech - Goryu". Another powerful, but risky, archetype are the "Arcana Force", noted for gaining effects depending on coin tosses yet features two of the strongest Fairy-Type monsters in the game; "Arcana Force Ex - the Light Ruler and "Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler". "Guardian Angel Joan" is a well known Fairy-type monster, both for having a very effective Life Points gain effect and for having very high stats for a Level 7 monster. Another well known archetype are the "Parshaths", composed of "Airknight Parshath", his DARK counterpart "Darknight Parshath", the Synchro Monster version "Avenging Knight Parshath", and Airknights upgraded version "Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin", who can easily get his ATK as well as a players Life Points in the tens of thousands. An upcoming archetype called the "Vairon" will be released in the Duel Terminal series, focusing upon gaining effects while equipped Equip Spell Cards.

One of the best-known Fairy Archetypes are the "Synthetic Angels" and "Counter Fairies", who have effects revolving around the use of Counter Trap Cards. "Bountiful Artemis" and "Voltanis the Adjudicator" are examples of this. These Archetypes were featured prominently in the OCG, Structure Deck 11: Surge of Radiance.

A "Herald" Deck is another commonly played deck which focuses on Fairies.