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Updated Blackwing Guide
By BF2

In Crimson Crisis, one of the most powerful archetypes every to enter Yugioh hit the playing field - "Blackwings". They had incredible swarm and search ability, as well as an "Honest" of their own, which in some ways is superior to the original. It's a DARK archetype, enabling the use of "Dark Armed Dragon", "Dark Grepher". They were hit by one banlist after another, first hitting the amazing "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" and "Black Whirlwind", then hitting "Whirlwind" again, and then "Kalut", and finally "Icarus Attack". By this time, the archetype was decimated, but even today it still has potential in the form of Vayu decks.

Pros
Lots of Swarm Power: "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" and "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" can Special Summon themselves while you control other "Blackwing" monsters and other "Blackwings" also have swarming ability.

High ATK Power: The best "Blackwing" monsters have high ATK, can be boosted by "Kalut", or can reduce your opponent's monster's ATK scores.

Easy Synchro Summoning: "Blackwing" decks can Synchro Summon Level 6 and 7 Synchro Monsters each turn.

Cons
Blackwing Decks are easy to side against: A "Consecrated Light" totally shuts down "Blackwing" decks.

Gale, Whirlwind, and Kalut are all Limited: The most important "Blackwing" monsters have all been Limited.

Mechanics
"Blackwing" decks focus on swarming. "Bora" and "Gale" can both Special Summon themselves while you control other "Blackwings". "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North" Special Summons another "Blackwing" from your Graveyard. "Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame" Special Summons a "Blackwing" monster from your Deck. "Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite" Special Summons itself from your Graveyard. With "Black Whirlwind", you can search for "Blackwing - Breeze the Zephyr" and Special Summon it, although this is no longer as likely to happen due to the limitation of said card.

"Blackwing" decks can also focus on the Graveyard - "Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor" can Synchro Summon from the Graveyard with a Level 5 or higher "Blackwing" monster while "Blackwing - Hillen the Tengu-wind" and "Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite" can Special Summon themselves from there.

Monsters
Synchro Monsters:
 * Blackwing - Abrolhos the Megaquake:
 * Blackwing - Aurora the Northern Lights:
 * Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North:
 * Blackwing - Bora the Spear:
 * Blackwing - Boreas the Sharp:
 * Blackwing - Breeze the Zephyr:
 * Blackwing - Brisote the Tailwind:
 * Blackwing - Calima the Haze:
 * Blackwing - Elphin the Raven:
 * Blackwing - Etesian of Two Swords:
 * Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain:
 * Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind:
 * Blackwing - Ghibli the Searing Wind:
 * Blackwing - Gust the Backblast:
 * Blackwing - Hillen the Tengu-wind:
 * Blackwing - Jetstream the Blue Sky:
 * Blackwing - Jin the Rain Shadow:
 * Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow:
 * Blackwing - Kochi the Daybreak:
 * Blackwing - Kogarashi the Wanderer:
 * Blackwing - Mistral the Silver Shield:
 * Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame:
 * Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn:
 * Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor:
 * Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite:
 * Blackwing Armed Wing:
 * Blackwing Armor Master:
 * Black-Winged Dragon:
 * Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant:

Spells

 * Against the Wind:
 * Black Whirlwind:
 * Black-Winged Strafe:
 * Cards for Black Feathers:
 * Raptor Wing Strike:

Traps

 * Blackback:
 * Blackboost:
 * Black Feather Beacon:
 * Black Return:
 * Black Thunder:
 * Blackwing - Backlash:
 * Blackwing - Bombardment:
 * Blackwing - Boobytrap:
 * Delta Crow - Anti Reverse:
 * Fake Feather:
 * Ebon Arrow:

Monsters
Synchro Monsters:
 * Battlestorm:
 * Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning:
 * Caius the Shadow Monarch:
 * Dark Armed Dragon:
 * Dark Grepher:
 * Dark Simorgh:
 * Magical Merchant:
 * Plaguespreader Zombie:
 * Phantom of Chaos:
 * Reborn Tengu:
 * Ryko, Ligthsworn Hunter:
 * Sky Scourge Norleras:
 * The Dark Creator:
 * Dark End Dragon:

Spells

 * Allure of Darkness:
 * Burial from the Different Dimension:
 * Dark Eruption:
 * Swallow's Nest:

Traps

 * Icarus Attack:
 * Skill Drain: