Ancient Warriors

戦華
「せんか」 (Senka)

Translation

Warring Flower

Other names

French

Guerriers Anciens

German

Alte Krieger

Italian

Antichi Guerrieri

Korean

전황
戰華 (Hanja)
Jeonhwang (romanized)
Translation: Warring Flower

Portuguese

Guerreiros Antigos

Spanish

Antiguos Guerreros

Sets

OCG Sets

Lists

Members
Support
Anti-support

Ancient Warriors, known as Warring Flower (戦 (せん) 華 (か) Senka) in Japanese, is an archetype of WATER, WIND, FIRE, and DARK Beast-Warrior monsters first introduced in the OCG in Ignition Assault. In the OCG, every "Ancient Warrior" monster is named after heroes in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms historical novel, while the Ancient Warriors Saga Spell/Trap Cards are named after pivotal events in the novel.

Etymology[]

Each of the monsters in this archetype is named after a character from the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The theme's name itself seems to be reference to 戦 (せん) 火 (か) senka (the fires/horrors of war) and 中 (ちゅう) 華 (か) chūka (the Japanese spelling of a poetic name for China meaning "The Central Flower"), resulting in something similar to "Warring Flower".

In addition, the attributes reference the story. Monsters with WATER attributes were from the Wu Kingdom, where the kingdom was best known to be surrounded by rivers and lakes. Monsters with WIND attributes were from the Shu Kingdom. Monsters with FIRE attributes were from the Wei Kingdom. During the Battle of the Red Cliff, Shu strategist Zhuge Liang was infamous for "borrowing the wind" and winning the war.

Members[]

Attribute	Historical Faction	Monster	Origin	Courtesy name	Beast reference
WATER	Eastern Wu	Graceful Zhou Gong	Zhou Yu	Gongjin	Swan
		Masterful Sun Mou	Sun Quan	Zhongmou	Turtle and snake
		Eccentric Lu Jing	Lu Su	Zijing	Snake
WIND	Shu Han	Valiant Zhang De	Zhang Fei	Yide	White Tiger
		Loyal Guan Yun	Guan Yu	Yunchang	White Tiger
		Virtuous Liu Xuan	Liu Bei	Xuande	Dragon
		Ingenious Zhuge Kong	Zhuge Liang	Kongming
		Double Dragon Lords	Liu Xuan and Zhuge Kong
FIRE	Cao Wei	Ambitious Cao De	Cao Cao	Mengde	Phoenix
		Fearsome Zhang Yuan	Zhang Liao	Wenyuan	Demon
		Deceptive Jia Wen	Jia Xu	Wenhe	Bird
DARK	Independent	Rebellious Lu Feng	Lü Bu	Fengxian	Demon
DARK	Independent	Savage Don Ying	Dong Zhuo	Zhongying	Boar

Support[]

Card	Origin
Defense of Changban	Battle of Changban
Sun-Liu Alliance	Alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei against their common foe, Cao Cao
Borrowing of Arrows	The Borrowing of Arrows in the Battle of the Red Cliffs
Three Visits	Three visits to the thatched cottage
East-by-South Winds	Zhuge Liang summons an eastern wind
Chivalrous Path	Guan Yu spares Cao Cao at Huarong Trail
Deception and Betrayal	Lü Bu confronts Dong Zhuo, his adoptive father, with Cao Cao's forged imperial decree that summoned 18 princes to attack Dong Zhuo

Playing style[]

The archetype focus on summoning more than 1 Ancient Warrior as some monsters can only activate their effect if another Ancient Warrior activates their effect. The Continuous Spell, Ancient Warriors Saga - Sun-Liu Alliance also encourage playing Ancient Warriors of multiple attributes.

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