"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 | |
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Creature | Occupation/Title | |
Beat | Rabbit | Bladesman |
Bravo | Salamander | Fighter |
Donna | Dog | Dagger |
Donpa | Fennec fox | Marksman |
Dyna | Manticore | Hero |
Folgo | Wolf | Justice |
Helmer | Mermaid | Helmsman |
Filo | Chick | Messenger |
Rafale | Dragon | Champion |
Recon | Fennec fox | Scout |
Rex | Tyranosaur | Freight |
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 |
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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 |
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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.
Six Attributes | ||||||
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DARK | EARTH | FIRE | LIGHT | WATER | WIND | |
/Assault Modes | Red Dragon Archfiend / Colossal Fighter | Hyper Psychic Blaster / T.G. Halberd Cannon | Doomkaiser Dragon | Arcanite Magician | n/a | Stardust Dragon |
@Ignisters Base forms Evolved forms |
Doyon Dark Templar |
Doshin Earth Golem |
Achichi Fire Phoenix |
Pikari Light Dragon |
Hiyari Water Leviathan |
Bururu Wind Pegasus |
Alchemy Beasts Summoners (Normal Spell Cards) |
Moonface the Silver Silver Key |
Leon the Lead Lead Compass |
Salamandra the Steel Steel Lamp |
Ouroboros the Bronze Bronze Scale |
Ekenas the Mercury Mercury Hourglass |
Aretos the Tin Tin Spell Circle |
Aliens | Overlord / Mother / Psychic | Shocktrooper / Infiltrator / Warrior | Mars / Telepath | Ammonite / Dog / Grey / Kid / Shocktrooper M-Frame | Hunter / Hypno | Skull |
Altergeists | Primebanshee / Multifaker / Kidolga / Fifinellag / Dragvirion / Memorygant / Pookuery | Kunquery | Hexstia | Marionetter | Meluseek / Fijialert | Silquitous / Pixiel |
Aromages | Marjoram | Cananga | Bergamot | Jasmine | Rosemary | Laurel |
Attribute Boosters (500 ATK▲/400 DEF▼) Link Monsters (500 ATK▲/500 DEF▲) Field Spells (500 ATK▲/400 DEF▼) Equip Spells (400 ATK▲/200 DEF▼) |
Witch's Apprentice Wee Witch's Apprentice Mystic Plasma Zone Sword of Dark Destruction |
Milus Radiant Missus Radiant Gaia Power Invigoration |
Little Chimera Duelittle Chimera Molten Destruction Burning Spear |
Hoshiningen Hip Hoshiningen Luminous Spark Elf's Light |
Star Boy Mistar Boy Umiiruka Steel Shell |
Bladefly Greatfly Rising Air Current Gust Fan |
Attribute Knights | Armageddon | Dust | Brushfire | Dawn | Shore | Altitude |
Attribute Reptiles | Umbral Soul | Raging Earth | Firestorm Prominence | Radiant Spirit | Silent Abyss | Destruction Cyclone |
Attribute Sorcerers (4/1500/0/Spellcasters) |
Dark | n/a | Fire | Light | Aqua | n/a |
Attribute Spirits | Luna the Dark Spirit | The Rock Spirit | Spirit of Flames | Diana the Light Spirit | Aqua Spirit | Garuda the Wind Spirit |
Attribute Summoners | Mystic Tomato | Giant Rat | UFO Turtle | Shining Angel | Mother Grizzly | Flying Kamakiri #1 |
B.E.S. | Big Core | Covered Core / Blaster Cannon Core | Big Core MK-2 | Big Core MK-3 | Crystal Core | Tetran |
Barrier Statues | Abyss | Drought | Inferno | Heavens | Torrent | Stormwinds |
Beast Gear World | Catapult Devilkong | Motor Wolf / Trike Fox / King Convoy Ligeon | Buggy Dog | n/a | n/a | Gyro Jackal |
Charmers Familiar-Possessed Cataclysmic Charmers Spiritual Arts Familiar Possessed Familiars |
Dharc Dharc n/a Greed Meda Bat n/a |
Aussa Aussa Avalanching Aussa Kurogane Marmot Nefarious |
Hiita Hiita Blazing Hiita Kurenai Fox Fire Inari Fire |
Lyna Lyna n/a Hijiri Happy Lover n/a |
Eria Eria Raging Eria Aoi Gigobyte Jigabyte |
Wynn Wynn Storming Wynn Miyabi Petit Dragon Ranryu |
Chrysalis Neo-Spacians Evolved forms Contact Fusions Evolved forms Advanced Contact Fusions |
Pantail Dark Panther n/a Dark Neos n/a Chaos Neos |
Mole Grand Mole n/a Grand Neos n/a Nebula Neos |
Larva Flare Scarab n/a Flare Neos n/a Magma Neos |
Pinny Glow Moss Twinkle Moss Glow Neos n/a Cosmo Neos |
Dolphin Aqua Dolphin Marine Dolphin Aqua Neos Marine Neos n/a |
Chicky Air Hummingbird n/a Air Neos n/a Storm Neos |
Code Talkers (Link-3) |
Decode (Extended) |
Transcode | Powercode | Encode | Shootingcode | Excode |
Color Ninjas Dragon Ninjas |
Strike Black |
Senior Silver n/a |
n/a Red |
White White |
n/a Blue |
Yellow Yellow |
Cubic | Vijam / Crimson Nova (Trinity) | Dark Garnex | Blade Garoodia | Duza / Buster Gundil / Indiora Doom Volt | n/a | Geira Guile |
CXyz | Dark Fairy Cheer Girl / Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral | Comics Hero Legend Arthur / Battleship Cherry Blossom / Zubaba Saikyo General | Coach Lord Ultimatrainer | Simon the Great Moral Leader / Barian Hope | N.As.Ch. Knight | Skypalace Babylon |
Dice Roll Archfiends | Terrorking / Masterking | Vilepawn | Infernalqueen | Desrook | Darkbishop | Shadowknight |
Double Tributers Effigies |
Double Coston Dark |
The Trojan Horse Earth |
Flame Ruler n/a |
Kaiser Sea Horse Light |
Unshaven Angler n/a |
Whirlwind Prodigy Wind |
Dragonmaids Human forms Dragon forms |
Chamber n/a |
Nurse Ernus |
Kitchen Tinkhec |
House Sheou |
Laundry Nudyarl |
Parlor Lorpar |
Dustons (1/0/1000/Fiends) |
Star | Yellow | Red | House / White | Blue | Green |
Elemental HERO Fusion Monsters (1 "HERO" + 1 matching Attribute) |
Escuridao | Gaia | Nova Master | The Shining | Absolute Zero | Great Tornado |
Elemental Lords Elementsabers |
Umbramirage Molehu |
Grandsoil Aina |
Pyrorex Malo |
Phosphorage Lapauila (Mana) |
Moulinglacia Nalu |
Windrose Makani |
Empowered Warriors Summoners |
Dragonox n/a |
Terratiger White Tiger |
Arnis Red Sparrow |
Dragodies Golden Dragon |
Hydrortoise Green Turtle |
Ventdra Blue Dragon |
Endymion | Master Magician / Mighty Master of Magic | Magister | Rogue | Crusader / Reflection | Magistus of Mastery | Servant |
Entities | Azathot | Nyarla | Cthugua | N'tss | Norden | Hastorr |
Fortune Fairies Fortune Ladies |
Ann Dark / Past |
Chee Earth |
En Fire |
Hikari Light / Every |
Swee Water |
Hu Wind |
Fur Hire | Seal / Folgo | Beat / Dyna | Bravo | Rafale | Helmer / Wiz | Donpa / Recon / Sagitta |
Generaiders | Hela / Harr | Dovelgus / Jormungandr | Naglfar / Loptr | Mardel / Utgarda | Nidhogg | Frodi |
Gizmek | Orochi | Uka | Kaku | Yata | Okami | Mikoto |
Guardians Weapons (Equip Spell Cards) |
Baou / Dreadscythe Wicked-Breaking Flamberge / Reaper Scythe |
Grarl Gravity Axe |
Ceal Shooting Star Bow |
Tryce Twin Swords of Flashing Light |
Kay'est Rod of Silence |
Elma / Eatos Buttefly Dagger / Celestial Sword |
Invoked (1 "Aleister the Invoker" + 1 matching Attribute) |
Caliga | Magellanica | Purgatrio | Mechaba | Cocytus | Raidjin |
Kaiju | Radian | Kumongous | Dogoran | Jizukiru / Mecha-Dogoran / Thunder King / Mecha-Thunder-King | Gameciel | Gadarla |
Knightmare | Iblee / Unicorn / Orcust / Idlee | Cerberus | Phoenix | Gryphon | Mermaid | Goblin |
Legendary Planets | Sun / Jupiter / Saturn / Pluto | Terra Firma | Mars | Venus / Uranus | Mercury / Neptune | n/a |
Masked HEROes | Dark Law / Anki | Dian | Goka | Koga | Vapor / Acid | Divine Wind / Blast |
Magician Girls | (Toon) Dark (Dragon Knight) |
Berry | Apple | Lemon | Chocolate | Kiwi |
Magikey | Clavkiys / Batosbuster / Ansyalabolas | Garesglasser | Transfurlmine | Mafteal | Vepartu | Andrabime |
Magistus | Grimoire Crowley | Goddess Ninaruru | Flame Zoroa / Dragon Vafram | Verre Cendrillon / Maiden Artemis | Master Endymion | Saint Aiwass |
Mirror Force | Dark | Quaking | Blazing | Radiant | Drowning | Storming |
Monarchs Mega Monarchs Related "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards Vassals |
Caius / Erebus Caius the Mega Tenacity / The First Lucius / Eidos |
Granmarg Granmarg the Mega Return Landrobe / Samsara Kaiser |
Thestalos Thestalos the Mega Erupt Berlineth |
Zaborg / Ehther Zaborg the Mega Strike / The Prime Mithra / Edea |
Mobius Mobius the Mega Awaken Escher |
Raiza Raiza the Mega Stormforth Garum |
Musical Djinns | Maestroke | Temtempo | n/a | Melomelody | Humhumming | Muzurhythm |
Mythyrian Numbers | Djinn Buster | Lion Heart / Ronin Raccoon Sandayu | n/a | Sky Pegasus / Dragluon | Abyss Splash / Crystalzero | n/a |
Nemeses | Protos | Keystone | Flag | Eschatos | Umbrella | Corridor |
Number 10X Number C10X |
n/a Umbral Horror Masquerade |
Giant Hand Giant Red Hand |
Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus |
Star Seraph Sentry / Masquerade / Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon Archfiend Seraph / Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon |
Silent Honor ARK / Ragnazero Silent Honor DARK / Ragnafinity |
n/a n/a |
Odd-Eyes Dragons | Odd-Eyes / Pendulum / Rebellion (Overlord) / Persona / Phantom / Mirage / Performapal Metal Claw / Raging / Supreme King / Wing / Venom / Arc Pendulum / Advance / Wizard | Gravity | Meteorburst | Saber / Lancer / Revolution / Pendulumgraph | Absolute | Vortex |
Pendulum Magicians | Stargazer / Timegazer / Xiangke / Timebreaker / Acrobatic / Dragoncaller / Harmonizing / Double Iris / Black Fang / Purple Poison / Performapal Celestial | Dragonpulse | Nobledragon | Wisdom-Eye / Xiangsheng / Dharma-Eye / Performapal Five-Rainbow | Dragonpit | Oafdragon / White Wing |
Prediction Princesses | Astromorrigan / Tarotreith | Coinorma / Petalelf / Bibliomuse | n/a | Tarotrei | Crystaldine | Arrowsylph |
Resonators | Dark / Synkron / Crimson / Vision | Clock | Flare / Red / Double / Net / Soul | Barrier / Chain / Mirror | Force | Creation |
Road Magic | N/A | Diastrophism | Explosion | Rays Alter | Backflow | Tempest |
El Shaddoll Fusion Monsters (1 "Shaddoll" + 1 matching Attribute) |
Winda | Shekhinaga | Grysta | Construct | Anoyatyllis | Wendigo |
Signer Dragons | Red Archfiend / Black-Winged | Life Stream | Black Rose | Ancient Fairy | n/a | Stardust |
Six Samurai Legendary Six Samurai Secret Six Samurai |
Irou Shi En Doji |
Yariza Kizan Kizaru |
Kamon Mizuho Genba |
Zanji Enishi Rihan |
Yaichi Shinai Hatsume |
Nisashi Kageki Fuma |
Sky Striker Ace | Raye / Zeke | Kaina | Kagari | Roze | Shizuku | Hayate |
Sushi Angels | Spider Roll | Monkey Roll | n/a | Garibel / Agaribel | Tiger Roll | Dragon Roll |
Synchro Warriors Tuner Synchrons |
Junk / Satellite Junk / Satellite |
Drill Drill |
Nitro / Jet Nitro / Jet |
Road Road |
n/a Steam |
Turbo Turbo |
Tenyi Spirits | Vishuda | Adhara | Mapura | Ashuna / Sahasrara | Sthana | Nahata |
The Weathers Canvas (Continuous Spell/Trap Cards) |
Aurora / Moonbow Auroral |
Snow Snowy |
Sun Sunny |
Thunder / Rainbow Thundery / Rainbowed |
Rain Rainy |
Cloud Cloudy |
Timelords | Vorpgate | Kamion / Hailon | Metaion / Lazion / Michion | Sephylon / Sandaion | Zaphion / Gabrion | Sadion / Raphion |
True Draco and True King | All Calamities | Lithosazim / Dreiath III | Agnimazud / Ignis Heat | Master Peace (King) / Metaltron XII | Bahrstos / Dinomight Knight | Majesty Maiden / Mariamne |
Witchcrafters | Haine | Potterie | Schmitta | Edel / Madame Verre / Golem Aruru | Pittore | Genni |
World Chalice | World Legacy | Beckoned / Ningirsu | Chosen / Auram | Lee | Crowned / Ib (Priestess/Justiciar) | Guardragon / Imduk / Almarduke |
Yang Zing | Taotie / Jiaotu / Yazi | Bi'an / Zefraxi / Zefraniu | Suanni | Chiwen / Baxia / Chaofeng / Denglong | Bixi | Pulao |
Yo-kai Girls | Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries | Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion | Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring | Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit | Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood | Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill |
ZW - | Chimera Clad / Dragonic Halberd | Ultimate Shield | Phoenix Bow / Asura Strike | Unicorn Spear / Lightning Blade / Leo Arms / Sleipnir Mail / Fenrir Sword / Pegasus Twin Saber / Sylphid Wing | n/a | Tornado Bringer / Eagle Claw |