"Fur Hire", known as "Skyfang Brigade" (
Design
The monsters "Fur Hire" are anthropomorphic animals wearing armor. They also seem to be inspired by pirates or mercenaries. "Fur Hire" seems to be a pun on "fur" and "for hire", which describes well their beastly mercenary nature.
Members
| Monster | Origin | |
|---|---|---|
| Creature | Occupation/Title | |
| Beat | Rabbit | Bladesman |
| Bravo | Salamander | Fighter |
| Donpa | Fennec fox | Marksman |
| Dyna | Manticore | Hero |
| Folgo | Wolf | Justice |
| Helmer | Mermaid | Helmsman |
| Filo | Chick | Messenger |
| Rafale | Dragon | Champion |
| Recon | Fennec fox | Scout |
| Sagitta | Raven | Maverick |
| Seal | Goat | Strategist |
| Wiz | Octopus | Sage |
Playing style
The main strategy of the archetype is to swarm the field with as many monsters "Fur Hire" as possible, in order to trigger their effects, that range from card destruction to LP recovery.
- The Level 4 or lower monsters "Fur Hire" have an Ignition Effect that allows the player to Special Summon a monster "Fur Hire" from their hand during their Main Phase, plus an additional Trigger Effect that activates if a monster "Fur Hire" is Special Summoned while that monster is face-up on the field.
| Fur Hire | Level | Attribute | Type | Trigger Effect when a monster "Fur Hire" is Special Summoned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filo | 1 | 
|
Winged Beast | Special Summon a monster "Fur Hire" from the Graveyard in Defense Position. |
| Donpa | 2 |
|
Beast | Destroys a face-up card on the field. |
| Recon | 2 |
|
Beast | Destroys a Set card on the field. |
| Helmer | 3 | 
|
Aqua | Lets the player draw 1 card, by discarding a card "Fur Hire". |
| Beat | 3 | 
|
Warrior | Adds a monster "Fur Hire" from the Deck to the hand, except another copy of itself. |
| Seal | 4 | 
|
Beast-Warrior | Adds a monster "Fur Hire" from the Graveyard to the hand. |
| Bravo | 4 | 
|
Reptile | Monsters "Fur Hire" gain 500 ATK/DEF, until the end of the turn. |
- The Level 5 or higher monsters have a Trigger Effect that activates when they are Special Summoned and another effect that serves as a protection against the opponent's actions, by either negating their cards or effects or protecting other monsters "Fur Hire" from attacks or targeting effects.
| Fur Hire | Level | Attribute | Type | Trigger Effect when Special Summoned | Protective effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sagitta | 5 | WIND
|
Winged Beast | Inflicts 500 damage to the opponent for every other differently named monster "Fur Hire". | Prevents other monsters "Fur Hire" from being targeted by an opponent's card effect. |
| Dyna | 6 | EARTH
|
Beast-Warrior | Banishes a number of cards from the opponent’s Graveyard equal to the number of different monsters "Fur Hire" its owner controls. | Prevents the opponent from attacking other monsters "Fur Hire". |
| Wiz | 7 | WATER
|
Spellcaster | Increases its owner's LP by 500 for every other different monster "Fur Hire". | Discards a card "Fur Hire" to negate the activation of a Spell/Trap Card or effect. |
| Rafale | 8 | LIGHT 
|
Dragon | Excavates a number of cards equal to the number of different monster "Fur Hire" (other than itself) and adds 1 excavated card to the hand. | Discards a card "Fur Hire" to negate the activation of a monster effect. |
With the release of the Link Monster "Folgo, Justice Fur Hire", Fur Hires now have a powerful board-breaking strategy. By Link Summoning "Folgo" using non-Beast monsters ("Seal" and "Beat" are excellent for this), he can Summon from the Deck "Donpa" or "Recon", who then Summon another Fur Hire from the hand, triggering their effects to destroy an opponent's card, whereupon Folgo will draw 3 cards off his second effect, as the player now controls 3 "Fur Hire"s. It is also possible to use "Mayhem Fur Hire" to Summon a Fur Hire during the opponent's turn, interrupting their plays and drawing 3 extra cards during their turn. The main weakness of the Deck is how Normal Summon-reliant the Deck is and as such, cards like "Cyber Dragon" are recommended to allow the Deck to play on if against a card like "Effect Veiler" or "Solemn Warning".
Recommended cards
- Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire
- Bravo, Fighter Fur Hire
- Donpa, Marksman Fur Hire
- Dyna, Hero Fur Hire
- Helmer, Helmsman Fur Hire
- Filo, Messenger Fur Hire
- Rafale, Champion Fur Hire
- Recon, Scout Fur Hire
- Sagitta, Maverick Fur Hire
- Seal, Strategist Fur Hire
- Wiz, Sage Fur Hire
- Cyber Dragon
- Dinowrestler Pankratops
- Kaiju monsters
Trivia
- Interestingly, in English TCG, every "Fur Hire" card has reversed phrase to mention its archetype card in their texts; instead of using the standard phrase "archetype" card (e.g. "Fur Hire" card), they use the phrase card "Fur Hire" instead. This phenomenon is also reflected in every "Fur Hire" card name, where the position of "Fur Hire" is placed after the noun (e.g. "Rafale, Champion Fur Hire" instead of "Rafale, Fur Hire Champion").
- So far, this phenomenon only occurs uniquely to "Fur Hire" cards, since the other new cards released within the same pack as this archetype ("Vampire" and "Sky Striker" cards) still retain the standard phrase to mention the archetype card in their texts and card names.
- This could also be a pun to the phrase "for hire", since they are animals with fur and also mercenaries someone could hire.
- This deck is the antithesis of the "Sky Striker" archetype, in many ways:
- This deck's main strategy encourages filling the Main Monster Zones with monsters, while most of the Sky Striker (Spells) encourage keeping them empty.
- This deck's composed of several monsters "Fur Hire", and 3 Spell/Traps, while "Sky Striker" had originally 3 monsters and 10 Spells. (Meanwhile some more "Sky Striker" Link monsters were released.)
- This deck has only 1 Extra Deck monster, "Sky Striker" has only 1 Main Deck Monster.
- Both are released in Dark Saviors.
- This relationship mirrors that of the relationship between the "Magical Musket" and "The Weather" archetype, which were released in Spirit Warriors.
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