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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Archetype/Start
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| image name = Gladiator.jpg‎
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| image = GladiatorBeast.png
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| caption = The [[Battle Beast]] with "[[Gladiator Beast Murmillo (anime)|Gladiator Beast Murmillo]]", "[[Gladiator Beast Augustus (anime)|Gladiator Beast Augustus]]" and "[[Gladiator Beast Secutor (anime)|Gladiator Beast Secutor]]".
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| ja_name = {{Ruby|剣闘獣|グラディアルビースト}}
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| romaji = Guradiaru Bīsuto
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| kanji = <ruby><rb>剣闘獣</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>グラディアルビースト</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
  
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| japanese = 剣闘獣
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| trans = Gladial Beast
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| furigana = グラディアル・ビースト
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| fr_name = Bête Gladiateur
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| romanji = Guradiaru Bīsuto
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| de_name = Gladiatorungeheuer
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| it_name = Gladiatore Bestia
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| japanese translated = Gladial Beast
  
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| german = Gladiatorungeheuer
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| ko_name = 검투수
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| brazilian = Besta Gladiadora
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| ko_hanja = 劍鬪獸
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| korean = 검투수
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| ko_romanized = Geomtusu
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| pt_name = Besta Gladiadora
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}}
  
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| es_name = Bestia Gladiador
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{{Infobox/Archetype/Yu-Gi-Oh!
  
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| sets =
 
* [[Gladiator's Assault]]
  
* [[Gladiator's Assault]]
 
* [[Phantom Darkness]]
  
* [[Phantom Darkness]]
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* [[Crossroads of Chaos]]
  
* [[Crossroads of Chaos]]
 
* [[Crimson Crisis]]
  
* [[Crimson Crisis]]
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* [[V-Jump Edition 3]]
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* [[V Jump Edition 3]]
 
* [[Extreme Victory]]
  
* [[Extreme Victory]]
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* [[Primal Origin]]
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| anime =
 
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* [[Chaos Impact]]
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| list = List of "Gladiator Beast" monsters
  
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| support list = List of "Gladiator Beast" Support Cards
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| tcg =
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* [[Cybernetic Horizon]]
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* [[Duelist Saga]]
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* [[Battles of Legend: Light's Revenge]]
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* [[20th Anniversary Pack 1st Wave]]
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* [[Collectors Pack 2017]]
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* [[LINK VRAINS Pack]]
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* [[Tournament Pack 2019 Vol.3]]
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| anime =
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time]]
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]
 
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"'''Gladiator Beast'''", known as "'''Gladial Beast'''" ({{Ruby|剣闘獣|グラディアルビースト}} ''Guradiaru Bīsuto'') in the ''[[OCG]]'', is an [[archetype]] of [[Monster Card|monsters]] with various [[Attribute]]s (primarily [[DARK]] and [[EARTH]]) and [[Type]]s (primarily [[Beast]], [[Beast-Warrior]], and [[Winged-Beast]]) released in ''[[Gladiator's Assault]]''. They are used by both the [[Battle Beast]] and [[Sanders]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''.
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The '''Gladiator Beasts''' are a series of cards released in [[Gladiator's Assault]], that look like futuristic versions of the ancient Roman Colosseum slave-warriors, and consist of many different [[Attribute]]s and [[Type]]s. The types consist of [[Beast]]s, [[Beast-Warrior]]s, [[Winged-Beast]], [[Dinosaur]]s, one [[Rock]], one [[Aqua]], two [[Fish]] and one [[Reptile]]. With a few exceptions, all non-[[Fusion]] Gladiator Beasts have an effect to return to the [[Main Deck|Deck]] during the end of a [[Battle Phase]] when it battled, and then to [[Special Summon]] another Gladiator Beast Monster to replace it (this is also known as Tagging Out). The newly special summoned Gladiator Beast monsters usually gain another effect when special summoned in this way. Despite their special summoning abilities, many Gladiator Beast Monsters have low ATK and/or DEF stats which are compensated for by their support cards.
  
   
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==Design==
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In addition to "tagging out" Gladiator Beasts, Gladiator Beasts have four Fusion monsters, each of which requires one specific Gladiator Beast monster and either one or two other Gladiator Beast monsters on the field (depending on the Fusion monster being summoned), at which point the Gladiator Beast monsters can be returned to the Main Deck to Special Summon the appropriate Gladiator Beast Fusion monster. The monsters used for the Special Summoning of these Gladiator Beast monsters ("[[Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz]]", "[[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos]]", "[[Gladiator Beast Essedari]]" and "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]") can be used as Fusion Material monsters while face up or face down on the field, and with the exception of "[[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos]]" and "[[Gladiator Beast Essedari]]", the Gladiator Beast Fusion monsters can be returned to the deck in the same way as normal Gladiator Beast monsters after they've battled (although they cannot summon the specific Gladiator Beast monster required for their summoning). Gladiator Beast Fusion monsters, because they do not require a spell card to Special Summon them, are considered Contact Fusion Monsters (or Fusion Tagged Monsters, although neither of these terms have any practical importance).
  
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===Appearance===
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The archetype resemble futuristic versions of the ancient [[wikipedia:Colosseum|Roman Colosseum]] slave-warriors.
   
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===Etymology===
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Also, nearly every card in the archetype is capable of being returned to the Hand, Field, or Deck from the Graveyard, whether using the Gladiator Beast monsters themselves or using their support cards. The Gladiator Beast deck includes a mix of destruction, aggro, and [[toolbox]] cards and tactics. It is this versatility which landed this deck as one of the top decks in the Shonen Jump Circuit.
  
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The archetype's name comes from "[[wikipedia:Gladiator|Gladiator]]", a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena.
   
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Each monster is primarily named after types of gladiators that fought in the Roman Colosseum, while others are named after famous fighters from the Roman Empire.
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Due to the new September 2010 Banlist, Gladiators Beasts have become more popular, especially with cards like "[[Heavy Storm]]" getting banned and "[[Royal Oppression]]" limited, both of which were a threat to the Gladiator Beast strategy.
  
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==Members==
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Due to the new March 2011 Banlist, Gladiator Beasts will be able to pull off more plays with [[Test Tiger]], because of the limiting of "[[Book of Moon]]", particular reason that Test Tiger was unpopular during the September format.
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
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! rowspan="2" | Gladiator Beast
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! colspan="2" | Origin
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! rowspan="2" | Unique effect
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! Reference
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! Creature
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| [[Gladiator Beast Alexander|Alexander]]
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| [[wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_lion Winged lion]
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| Unaffected by Spell effects.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Andabata|Andabata]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_gladiator_types#Andabata Andabata]
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| [[wikipedia:Hadrosaurid|Hadrosaurid]]
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| Special Summons 1 Level 7 or lower “Gladiator Beast” Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Andal|Andal]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_gladiator_types#Andabata Andabata]
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| [[wikipedia:American black bear|Black bear]]
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| N/A
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|[[Gladiator Beast Attorix|Attorix]]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiatrix Gladiatrix]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracal Caracal]
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|Sends 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard, this card's Level and name become the sent monster' until the End Phase.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Augustus|Augustus]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Augustus Caesar]
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| [[wikipedia:Dragon|Dragon]]
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| Special Summons 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your hand in Defense Position.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Bestiari|Bestiari]]
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| [[wikipedia:Bestiarii|Bestiarii]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_amazon Red-crowned amazon]
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| Destroys 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Darius|Darius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Darius I|Darius the Great]]
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| [[wikipedia:Horse|Horse]]
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| Special Summons 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Graveyard.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Dimacari|Dimacari]]
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| [[wikipedia:List of Roman gladiator types#Dimachaerus|Dimachaerus]]
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| [[wikipedia:African buffalo|Cape buffalo]]
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| Attacks twice during the Battle Phase.
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|[[Gladiator Beast Domitianus|Domitianus]]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus]
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Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Dragases|Dragases]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos Constantine Dragases Palaiologos]
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| [[wikipedia:Bald Eagle|Bald Eagle]]
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| Protects your attacking “Gladiator Beast” monster(s) from being destroyed by battle and prevents your opponent from activating cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters with different names from your Deck.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Equeste|Equeste]]
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_gladiator_types#Eques Equites]
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| Winged [[wikipedia:Centaur|Centaur]]
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| Adds 1 "Gladiator Beast" card from your Graveyard to your hand.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Essedarii|Essedarii]]
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| [[wikipedia:Essedarius|Essedarius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Gorilla|Gorilla]]
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| N/A
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| [[Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz|Gaiodiaz]]
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| [[wikipedia:Gordias|Gordias]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus]]
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| Inflicts damage to your opponent whenever it destroys an opponent’s monster by battle, equal to the DEF of the destroyed monster. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Spartacus".
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| [[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus|Gyzarus]]
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| [[wikipedia:Julius Caesar|Gaius Julius Caesar]]
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| Unknown bird
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| Destroys up to 2 cards on the field whenever it's Special Summoned. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Bestiari".
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| [[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos|Heraklinos]]
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| [[wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]]
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| Negates the activation of a Spell/Trap Card and destroys that card, by discarding 1 card (Quick Effect).
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| [[Gladiator Beast Hoplomus|Hoplomus]]
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| [[wikipedia:List of Roman gladiator types#Hoplomachus|Hoplomachus]]
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| [[wikipedia:Rhinoceros|Rhino]]
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| DEF becomes 2400.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Lanista|Lanista]]
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| [[wikipedia:List of Roman gladiator types#Lanista|Lanista]]
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| [[wikipedia:Eagle|Eagle]]
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| Gains the name of 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster that was banished from your Graveyard.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Laquari|Laquari]]
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| [[wikipedia:Laquearius|Laquearius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tiger|Tiger]]
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| ATK becomes 2100.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Murmillo|Murmillo]]
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| [[wikipedia:Murmillo|Murmillo]]
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| [[wikipedia:Carp|Carp]]
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| Destroys 1 face-up monster on the field.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Nerokius|Nerokius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Nero|Nero]]
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| [[wikipedia:Bat|Bat]]
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| Cannot be destroyed by battle and when this card battles, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Noxius|Noxius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Gladiator#Legal_and_social_status|Noxii]]
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| [[wikipedia:Leopard|Leopard]]
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| Special Summons itself from your hand when your opponent declares a direct attack and redirects the attack to itself then proceeds to damage calculation; also, it cannot be destroyed by that battle. Sends 1 Gladiator Beast monster from your Deck to the Graveyard.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Octavius|Octavius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Gaius Octavius|Gaius Octavius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Bald eagle|Bald eagle]]
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| Destroys 1 face-down Spell/Trap Card on the field.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Retiari|Retiari]]
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| [[wikipedia:List of Roman gladiator types#Retiarius|Retiarius]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Crocodile|Crocodile]]
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| Banishes 1 card from your opponent's Graveyard.
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|[[Gladiator Beast Sagittarii|Sagittarii]]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarii Sagittarii]/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(astrology) Sagittarius]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur Centaur]
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|Discard 1 "Gladiator Beast" card to draw 2 cards.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Samnite|Samnite]]
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| [[wikipedia:Samnite (gladiator type)|Samnite]]
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| [[wikipedia:Smilodon|Smilodon]]
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| Adds 1 “Gladiator Beast” card from your Deck to your hand whenever it destroys an opponent’s monster by battle.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Secutor|Secutor]]
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| [[wikipedia:Secutor|Secutor]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Lizard|Lizard]]
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| Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except itself.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Spartacus|Spartacus]]
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| [[wikipedia:Spartacus|Spartacus]]
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| [[wikipedia:Dinosaur|Dinosaur]]
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| Adds 1 "Gladiator Beast" Equip Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor|Tamer Editor]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tame animal|Taming]]/[[wikipedia:List of Roman gladiator types#Editor|Editor]]
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| [[wikipedia:Deer|Deer]]
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| Special Summons 1 “Gladiator Beast” Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, except itself, ignoring its Summoning conditions. Special Summons 1 “Gladiator Beast” monster from your Deck, by shuffling 1 “Gladiator Beast” monster that battled into your Deck or Extra Deck.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Torax|Torax]]
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| [[wikipedia:Thraex|Thraex]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tetraodontidae|Blowfish]]
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| Allows you to draw 1 card by shuffling itself into your Deck.
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| [[Gladiator Beast Tygerius|Tygerius]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tiberius (praenomen)|Tiberius]]
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| [[wikipedia:White tiger|White tiger]]
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| Adds 1 “Gladiator Beast” monster from your Deck to your hand by discarding 1 “Gladiator Beast” card.
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|[[Gladiator Beast Vespasius|Vespasius]]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian Titus Flavius Vespasianus]
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|All monsters you control gain 500 ATK.
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===Monsters===
  
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* [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]] - A very powerful card that cripples nearly all of the meta. It stops the usage of popular cards such as "[[Elemental Hero Stratos]]", "[[Black Whirlwind]]", and "[[Charge of the Light Brigade]]". It also can negate Synchro Summons, which is very useful against top-tier decks such as [[Blackwings]], [[X-Sabers]], and Zombies. Rai-Oh's effect shouldn't harm you since you shouldn't be using "[[Gladiator Proving Ground]]" or "[[Gladiator Beast Samnite]]" when Rai-Oh is on the field.
  
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* [[Elemental Hero Prisma]] - Use its effect to reveal "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" in your [[Extra Deck]] and send "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]" from your deck to the Graveyard, at which point "Prisma" is now treated as "Bestiari". Next, special summon "[[Test Tiger]]" and use it's effect to send "Prisma" back to deck to special summon "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]", which revives "Bestiari". Finally, you can [[Contact Fusion|Contact Fuse]] both monsters to special summon "Gyzarus", which destroys up to two cards on the field, leaving your opponent open for an attack.
  
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| [[Colosseum - Cage of the Gladiator Beasts]] || [[wikipedia:Colosseum|Colosseum]]
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* [[Elemental Hero Stratos]] - Use it's effect to add "Elemental Hero Prisma" to your hand. Then use Prisma's effect and treat it as a Gladiator Beast.
  
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* [[Cyber Dragon]] - Can provide a 2100 beatstick, and can make your opponent waste their "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" or "[[Solemn Warning]]". Is especially useful side-decking "Cyber Dragon" in Mirror Matches and Machinas.
  
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| [[Gladiator Beast War Chariot]] || [[wikipedia:Chariot#Rome|Chariot]]
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* [[Hedge Guard]] - Can help your [[Gladiator Beast]] survive a battle on your opponent's turn. Since it goes to the [[Graveyard]], it also gives you the option to tech out "[[Mark of the Rose]]", or use "[[Black Rose Dragon]]" to it's full potential. Can also provide a 2100 defensive wall.
  
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* [[Witch Doctor of Sparta]] - This card inflicts 500 points of damage to your opponent each time a monster is Special Summoned from either deck, easily shortening your opponent's life points.
  
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| [[Gladiator Beast's Battle Archfiend Shield]] || [[wikipedia:Scutum (shield)|Scutum]]
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* [[My Body as a Shield]] - "[[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos]]" can negate almost any Spell or Trap card your opponent uses, but it has no defense against monster effects, and there are two monsters in particular that are the greatest threat to Heraklinos - "[[Judgment Dragon]]" and "[[Dark Armed Dragon]]", either of which can appear without warning and wipe you out. "[[My Body as a Shield]]" can also be used to stop destructive Spells or Traps if you don't have Heraklinos out. ("[[Divine Wrath]]" is not needed because of "[[Gladiator Beast War Chariot]]")
  
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| [[Gladiator Beast's Battle Gladius]] || [[wikipedia:Gladius|Gladius]]
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* [[Dimensional Fissure]] - Your Gladiator Beasts won't be going to the grave very often and this can help stop [[Lightsworns]] from milling, [[Blackwings]] from using "[[Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame|Shura]]", "[[Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow|Kalut]]", and "[[Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor|Vayu]]", Zombies from using "[[Mezuki]]" and "[[Plaguespreader Zombie]]", and Infernities from using "[[Infernity Necromancer]]". Be careful when using this card, however, because this card removes your "[[Test Tiger]]" from play, you can't use "[[Rescue Cat]]"'s effect, and it can conflict with "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]".
  
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* [[Fissure]] and [[Smashing Ground]] - Despite being one for one's, these cards are very powerful. They do not [[Target]] so they can destroy difficult to destroy monsters such as "[[Thought Ruler Archfiend]]" and "[[Tytannial, Princess of Camellias]]". Also, many cards require a specific monster on their side of the field to use (e.g. "[[Icarus Attack]]" and "[[Limiter Removal]]") using these cards to destroy their monster first not only allows you to direct attack more often, it also allows you to tag in "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]" and destroy them without allowing the opponent from using them later on.
  
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| [[Gladiator Beast's Battle Halberd]] || [[wikipedia:Halberd|Halberd]]
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* [[Book of Moon]] - This card is very useful in a Gladiator Beast deck. It can save your own monster from "[[Mirror Force]]" or "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", it can temporarily stop Continuous Monster Effects that prevent you from using certain cards (e.g. "[[Jinzo]]" and "[[Stardust Dragon]]") but most importantly, it gives you a defensive target for your Gladiator Beast to safely attack into without worrying about cards like "[[Honest]]" and "[[Kalut]]". Also, if the monster has very high defense, all the monsters you control can ram into it allowing each of them to tag out and use their effects for a relatively small trade off. Alternatively, you can chain this card to "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]", flipping Darius face-down before Darius' effect resolves. When Darius' effect resolves and revives the Gladiator Beast monster, that monster's effect will not be negated as the negation effect is Continuous and Darius is now face-down.
 
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* [[Savage Colosseum]] - A useful Field Spell that forces your opponent's monsters to battle with your [[Gladiator Beast Hoplomus]]. However, this card prevents you from special summoning a Gladiator Beast in attack position after your battle phase. It also heals you for the traps you use that will decrease your life points.
  
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| [[Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica]] || [[wikipedia:Manica (armguard)|Manica]]
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| [[Thumbs Down]] || [[wikipedia:Pollice verso|Pollice verso]]
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| [[Trojan Gladiator Beast]] || [[wikipedia:Trojan Horse|Trojan Horse]]
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| [[Virtus of Gladiator Beast]] || [[wikipedia:Virtus (virtue)|Virtus]]
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== Playing style ==
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* [[Burden of the Mighty]] - Since most level 4 monsters dont have more than 1900 atk points, this card leaves them with 1500 atk points, an easy prey for most gladiator beast monsters, not to mention that the biggest threat to Gladiator Beasts is "[[Stardust Dragon]]" which drops to 1700 atk, so it can be destroy by "[[Gladiator Beast Laquari]]", tie with "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]" or be stopped by "[[Gladiator Beast Hoplomus]]". So in other words this card helps gladiator beasts to gain more offense and defense since also you´ll be taking less damage from direct hits too.
  
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With a few exceptions, all non-[[Fusion]] "Gladiator Beasts" have an effect to return to the [[Main Deck|Deck]] during the end of a [[Battle Phase]] when it battled, and then to [[Special Summon]] another "Gladiator Beast" monster to replace it (this is also known as 'tagging out'). The newly Special Summoned "Gladiator Beast" monsters usually gain another effect when Special Summoned in this way.
   
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"Gladiator Beasts" also have seven Fusion Monsters, four of which require a specific "Gladiator Beast" monster and either one or two other "Gladiator Beast" monsters as [[Fusion Material]]. However, "[[Polymerization]]" is not required to [[Fusion Summon]] these monsters. Instead, the correct "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Material Monsters are returned to the Main Deck to Special Summon the appropriate "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monster. This process is otherwise known as [[Contact Fusion]]. Several of the "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monsters are also able to 'tag out' to Special Summon 2 or more "Gladiator Beast" monsters from the Deck.
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* [[Forbidden Lance]] - Excellent card for Gladiator Beasts, since your opponent will try everything to stop them from staying on the field. This card can stop your Gladiator Beast from getting hit by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" or getting flipped face-down by "[[Book of Moon]]". It can also help a Gladiator Beast get over a monster by decreasing it's ATK.
  
   
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Nearly every card in the archetype is capable of being returned to the hand, field, or Deck from the Graveyard by utilizing the effects of "Gladiator Beast" monsters or their support cards. The "Gladiator Beast" Deck includes a mix of destruction, aggro, and [[toolbox]] cards and tactics. It is this versatility which landed this Deck as one of the top Decks in the ''Shonen Jump Circuit''.
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===Traps===
  
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* [[Waboku]] - This card is almost identical to "[[Defensive Tactics]]", but unlike Defensive Tactics, it can be activated if you control no face-up Gladiator Beasts, or no monsters at all, so you can use it if you play a weak Gladiator Beast in face-down Defense Position, trigger it when the opponent declares an attack, then summon a Gladiator Beast afterward.
  
   
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The [[September 2010 Lists|September 2010 Forbidden List]] caused "Gladiators Beasts" to become more popular, especially with the banning of "[[Heavy Storm]]" and [[Limited|Limiting]] of "[[Royal Oppression]]", both of which were a threat to their strategy.
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* [[Icarus Attack]] - Although only 4 (by including "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" even 5) of the Gladiator Beasts are [[Winged Beast]]s, they can tag out for each other, making it easy to activate this card. Also, if you tag in for one of the following: "[[Gladiator Beast Equeste]]", "[[Gladiator Beast Lanista]],"[[Gladiator Beast Octavius]] or even "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]" and the opponent tries to use "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" on it, you can use this card to save Bestiari from being removed and also destroy 2 more cards. Later you can use "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]" to revive the Bestiari in the Graveyard and [[Contact Fusion|Contact Fuse]] for "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" to destroy another two cards.
  
   
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The [[April 2015 Lists (TCG)|April 2015 Forbidden List]] made the previously Limited "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]" Unlimited, making the entire deck not as susceptible to having a "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" or other card that banishes monsters used on "Bestiari", which would render "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" inaccessible for the remainder of the Duel.
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* [[Dust Tornado]] - One of the main cards that wreck Gladiator Beasts that is commonly used today is "[[Royal Oppression]]". Dust Tornado can help remedy that problem, and it also destroys other cards such as "[[Black Whirlwind]]", "[[Mirror of Oaths]]", and "[[Chivalry]]".
  
   
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Previous incarnations of the Deck used "[[Rescue Cat]]" to Summon monsters such as "[[Gladiator Beast Samnite]]" and "[[Test Tiger]]" to make big plays. With the Errata of "Rescue Cat", however, the Deck changed its strategy. With the release of "[[Rescue Rabbit]]", the new version of the Deck uses "[[Gladiator Beast Andal]]" to allow for the quick Summon of "[[Gladiator Beast Essedarii]]", "[[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos]]", "[[Gladiator Beast Nerokius]]" or "[[Gladiator Beast Dragases]]".
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* [[Dimensional Prison]] - Aside from using "[[Gladiator Beast War Chariot]]", it is fairly difficult for Gladiator Beasts to destroy cards such as "[[Stardust Dragon]]". This card is a great solution to those problems and it can also be used to remove any stronger monsters your opponent may control allowing you to attack and tag out easier during your turn.
  
   
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With the release of "[[Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor]]" and "[[Gladiator Beast Andabata]]", the deck is now able to special summon their boss monsters with ease, allow them to focus more on swarm their field rather than try to get the appropriate material off their deck. But shortly after that, with the release of [[Master Rules|Master Rules 4]], the entire deck is hindered again because both "Tamer Editor" and "Andabata" requires an extra slot for Extra deck monster, while their [[Gladiator Beast Dragases|Link monster]] is not too good and put an extra weight on their already weak swarming power.
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* [[Trap Stun]] - It can be an alternative to Cold Wave. Using this card will prevent your opponent to activate cards like "[[Torrential Tribute]]", "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", "[[Dimensional Prison]]", "[[Mirror Force]]", etc.
  
   
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The deck got their second wind with many new supports from [[Chaos Impact|''Chaos Impact'']]. "[[Test Panther]]", is a Link monster that combine searching power with a "[[Test Tiger]]"-like effect, both incredibly valuable to the deck. "[[Gladiator Beast Domitianus]]" is a new boss monster with big stats and a built-in [[Negate|monster negation]], while easy to bring out with "Tamer Editor" or "Andabata". The deck also get two new Gladiator Beast monsters with "[[Destiny Draw]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Prisma|Prisma]]"-like effect.
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* [[Royal Oppression]] - Makes the deck more of an Anti - Meta build, along with any "[[Gladiator Beast]]", "[[Gladiator Beast War Chariot]]", and "[[Dimensional Prison]]" shuts down many other meta decks.
  
   
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The deck also got their own them's Fusion [[Spell Card|Spell]], "[[Gladiator Beast United]]", a [[Quick-Play Spell Card]] that also accept material from GY as well. "[[Gladiator Rejection]]" and "[[Gladiator Beast's Comeback]]" both help the deck on swarming the field, not only allow them to make a better play without relying too much on "Rescue Rabbit"/"Prisma", but also open their chance to use some powerful generic Link monster like "[[Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess]]".
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* [[Tyrant's Temper]] - Removes problematic cards such as "[[Negate Attack]]" and "[[Mirror Force]]", and essentially allows you to "[[Raigeki]]" your opponent's field with "[[Torrential Tribute]]". However, it does get in the way with some cards such as "[[Icarus Attack]]", but still allows use of "[[Waboku]]".
  
   
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Gladiator Beasts are currently one of the most tournament-competitive deck types, due to their incredible flexibility. However, they are not invincible. Some good ways to overcome a Gladiator Beast user are as follows:
  
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* '''Prevention of Special Summoning''' -- This is the big one, the one sure-fire way to shut down a [[Gladiator Beast]] deck. "[[Vanity's Fiend]]", "[[Vanity's Ruler]]", "[[Deck Lockdown]]", "[[Royal Oppression]]", "[[Solemn Warning]]", "[[Archlord Kristya]]", "[[Cactus Bouncer]]", "[[Corridor of Agony]]" and others all prevent Gladiator Beasts from tagging out or performing [[Contact Fusion]], paralyzing the deck. "[[Jowgen the Spiritualist]]" and "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]" also have the ability to destroy any Special Summoned monster already on the field in addition to preventing Special Summoning.
  
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* '''Counter-Destruction''' -- Often, it is the Gladiator Beasts with the effect to destroy cards that are the most troublesome, but there are a few good cards that specifically prevent that in use. [[Destruction Jammer]], [[Prime Material Dragon]], [[Stardust Dragon]], and [[Divine Wrath]] all work well. These latter two also work against [[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos]] when it activates its effect to negate and destroy a Spell or Trap.
  
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* '''Monster Effects''' - Since Gladiator Beasts must battle to gain their effects, monster card effects that trigger during battle are highly effective. Note, however, that Gladiator Beasts have access to "[[Gladiator Beast War Chariot]]", so be prepared with something like "[[Trap Jammer]]" or "[[Counter Counter]]" to lock that card out. Here are some good monster card effects:
  
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** '''Monsters that destroy the monsters that attacked them''' - [[Newdoria]], [[Man-Eater Bug]], [[Old Vindictive Magician]], [[Exploder Dragon]], [[Yomi Ship]], [[Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare]], [[Ally of Justice Catastor]], [[Ally of Justice Core Destroyer]] (with [[DNA Transplant]]).
  
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** '''Monsters that return the cards that attacked them''' - [[Wall of Illusion]], [[Hyper Hammerhead]], [[Morphing Jar 2|Morphing Jar #2]], [[Penguin Soldier]], [[Nightmare Penguin]], [[Legendary Jujitsu Master]], [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]] : These cards are even better than the destroyers above, since they can get around [[Gladiator Beast's Battle Archfiend Shield]], and the Gladiator Beasts cannot be brought back with [[Gladiator Beast Darius]].
  
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** '''Monsters that remove from play the cards that attacked them''' - [[D.D. Warrior]], [[D.D. Warrior Lady]], [[D.D. Assailant]] - Even worse for the opponent than the destroyers or returners, since though they have a heavy focus upon recycling or hand exchanging, Gladiator Beasts have no internal method of re-using removed-from-play cards.
  
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** '''Trump-card monsters with mass-destruction effects''' - Cards like these can destroy the Gladiator Beasts by effect, preventing their battle-swap from activating, or they can destroy the support cards that prevent the Gladiator Beasts from being destroyed by battle. A few can even do both. Some of these include: [[XYZ-Dragon Cannon]], [[Red Dragon Archfiend]], [[Judgment Dragon]], [[Dark Armed Dragon]], [[Demise, King of Armageddon]], [[Volcanic Doomfire]], [[Armed Dragon LV10]], and [[Beast King Barbaros]]. Judgment Dragon and Dark Armed Dragon, in particular, are great because they can appear suddenly without warning to wipe out most everything the opponent has. [[Yubel - Terror Incarnate]] is especially devastating, destroying the whole field at the end of your opponents turn except for itself.
  
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* '''Destroy on Summoning''' - "[[Trap Hole]]","[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", and especially "[[Mirror of Oaths]]", that destroy the monsters when are special summoned from the deck. Also, "[[Swallow Flip]]" will greatly hurt any Gladiator Beast deck when special summoning using the Gladiator Beasts effect.
  
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* '''Effect Canceling''' - Cards such as "[[Skill Drain]]","[[Chivalry]]","[[Effect Veiler]]" or "[[Angel 07]]" can prevent your monsters from tagging out or negate the effects of the ones that are Summoned leaving your monsters defenseless against some of the more powerful ATK monsters. [[G.B. Hunter]] is exclusively designed to stop the Gladiator Beasts to come back to the deck, as "[[Corridor of Agony]]", that can completely negate the effects of the Gladiator Beast monsters and prevent them to attack.
  
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* '''Attack Negation/Prevention''' - You can only "tag out" a Gladiator Beast for another if the first Gladiator Beast "attacked or was attacked". Unlike most card effects with a similar activation requirement, the battle must "go through", i.e. instead of just declaring an attack or being targeted as the target of an attack, the battle has to go into and apply [[Damage Calculation]] (even if the damage for that battle would be 0. Therefore, any Spell, Trap, or Monster Effect that lets you negate a monster attack would prevent the opponent from tagging out their Gladiator Beasts.
  
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* '''Mirror Match''' - Gladiator Beasts can be good against other Gladiator Beast decks, provided you have certain cards. For example, if you side in [[Jowls of Dark Demise]] or [[Rafflesia Seduction]] you can let the opponent attack into it, giving you control of their monster and letting you 'tag' their Gladiator Beast out for your own Gladiator Beast. Also, cards that a Gladiator Beast deck run normally are good against another Gladiator Beast deck anyway, such as [[Dimensional Prison]] and [[Gladiator Beast War Chariot]].
  
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* [[Gladiator Beast Murmillo]]
  
* [[Gladiator Beast Murmillo]]
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* [[Gladiator Beast Noxious]]
 
* [[Gladiator Beast Retiari]]
  
* [[Gladiator Beast Retiari]]
 
* [[Gladiator Beast Samnite]]
  
* [[Gladiator Beast Samnite]]
 
* [[Gladiator Beast Secutor]]
  
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* [[Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor]]
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* [[Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King]]
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* '''Prevention of Special Summoning''' - As "Gladiator Beast" Decks focus heavily on Special Summoning, they become crippled by cards that prevent it. "[[Solemn Warning]]", "[[Archlord Kristya]]" and "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]" are all common Main Deck and Side Deck cards that prevent Special Summoning, or neutralize it. In the case of "Kristya", the Deck finds it hard to get over a monster with 2800 ATK without Contact Fusion, as long as it is protected from the high Trap Card count with cards like "[[Forbidden Lance]]". Other options include "[[Vanity's Fiend]]", "[[Vanity's Ruler]]", "[[Deck Lockdown]]", "[[Corridor of Agony]]" and "[[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]".
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Also known as "Prismadiators" or "Prisma Glads", this deck is variation of the basic Gladiator Beast Deck that uses "[[Elemental Hero Stratos]]" to add "[[Elemental Hero Prisma]]" to your hand. Then you use "[[Elemental Hero Prisma]]" to act as "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]". Then it is used to summon "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" and destroy cards on your opponents side of the field. After attacking you can return "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" to the Extra Deck to summon "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]" and another Gladiator Beast. Use "[[Gladiator Beast Darius]]" to summon "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]" to summon "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]" again and destroy more cards. Then "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari]]" is back in the deck and the process can be repeated.
  
   
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* '''Counter-destruction''' - Often, it is the "Gladiator Beasts" with the effect to destroy cards that are the most troublesome, but there are several cards that can be used to combat this. "[[Starlight Road]]" is a common card that is particularly effective against "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]". Other options include "[[Divine Wrath]]", "[[Destruction Jammer]]", and "[[Stardust Dragon]]".
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One of the best combos of the deck is to start with a hand consisting of "[[Elemental Hero Prisma]]" (it can be also a "[[Reinforcement of the Army]]" or "[[E - Emergency Call]]" to search for him), "[[Test Tiger]]" and "[[Cold Wave]]" (optional).
  
   
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* '''Destroy on Summoning''' - Cards such as "[[Torrential Tribute]]", "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" and especially "[[Mirror of Oaths]]", that destroy the monsters when Special Summoned are great against "Gladiator Beasts".
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You can start activating Cold Wave, then Normal Summon "[[Elemental Hero Prisma|Prisma]]" and activate his effect to send "[[Gladiator Beast Bestiari|Bestiari]]" to the [[Graveyard]]. Next, Special Summon "[[Test Tiger]]" and tribute him to send "Prisma" back to the deck and Special Summon "[[Gladiator Beast Darius|Darius]]", activate his effect and Special Summon "Bestiari". [[Contact Fusion]] both monsters and Special Summon "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus|Gyzarus]]" to destroy up to 2 cards on the field. Next, attack with "Gyzarus" and tag-out for another 2 Gladiator Beasts monsters. If you have "[[Gladiator Beast Laquari|Laquari]]" in your Graveyard then tag-out for "Darius" and another Gladiator Beast, then Special Summon "Laquari" by the effect of "Darius" and Contact Fuse for "[[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos|Heraklinos]]".
  
   
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* '''Effect canceling''' - Cards such as "[[Skill Drain]]", "[[Chivalry]]" or "[[Effect Veiler]]" can prevent your monsters from tagging out or negate the effects of the ones that are Summoned, leaving them defenseless against high ATK monsters. "[[Clear Wing Synchro Dragon]]" and "[[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]" are also very effective, as they can negate the effects of the Gladiator Beasts upon summon or when they 'tag out', leaving them often helpless.
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Alternatively, if you already have a Gladiator Beast monster on the field, you can summon "Prisma" and take "Bestiari's" name to contact fuse the two. After you tag out with "[[Gladiator Beast Gyzarus]]", summon "Darius" as one of the two and use him to retrieve "Bestiari" from the grave. If you wish, you may either contact out for "Gyzarus" a second time (totaling 4 destructions from "Gyzarus'" effect alone), or proceed to summon "[[Gladiator Beast Heraklinos]]" if your second choice happens to be "[[Gladiator Beast Laquari|Laquari]]".
  
   
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"Gladiator Beast", known as "Gladial Beast" (剣闘獣 (グラディアルビースト) Guradiaru Bīsuto) in the OCG, is an archetype of monsters with various Attributes (primarily DARK and EARTH) and Types (primarily Beast, Beast-Warrior, and Winged-Beast) released in Gladiator's Assault. They are used by both the Battle Beast and Sanders in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.

Design

Appearance

The archetype resemble futuristic versions of the ancient Roman Colosseum slave-warriors.

Etymology

The archetype's name comes from "Gladiator", a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena.

Each monster is primarily named after types of gladiators that fought in the Roman Colosseum, while others are named after famous fighters from the Roman Empire.

Members

Gladiator Beast Origin Unique effect
Reference Creature
Alexander Alexander the Great Winged lion Unaffected by Spell effects.
Andabata Andabata Hadrosaurid Special Summons 1 Level 7 or lower “Gladiator Beast” Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck.
Andal Andabata Black bear N/A
Attorix Gladiatrix Caracal Sends 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard, this card's Level and name become the sent monster' until the End Phase.
Augustus Augustus Caesar Dragon Special Summons 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your hand in Defense Position.
Bestiari Bestiarii Red-crowned amazon Destroys 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field.
Darius Darius the Great Horse Special Summons 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Graveyard.
Dimacari Dimachaerus Cape buffalo Attacks twice during the Battle Phase.
Domitianus Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus

Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck.

Dragases Constantine Dragases Palaiologos Bald Eagle Protects your attacking “Gladiator Beast” monster(s) from being destroyed by battle and prevents your opponent from activating cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters with different names from your Deck.
Equeste Equites Winged Centaur Adds 1 "Gladiator Beast" card from your Graveyard to your hand.
Essedarii Essedarius Gorilla N/A
Gaiodiaz Gordias Tyrannosaurus Inflicts damage to your opponent whenever it destroys an opponent’s monster by battle, equal to the DEF of the destroyed monster. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Spartacus".
Gyzarus Gaius Julius Caesar Unknown bird Destroys up to 2 cards on the field whenever it's Special Summoned. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Bestiari".
Heraklinos Heracles Chimera Negates the activation of a Spell/Trap Card and destroys that card, by discarding 1 card (Quick Effect).
Hoplomus Hoplomachus Rhino DEF becomes 2400.
Lanista Lanista Eagle Gains the name of 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster that was banished from your Graveyard.
Laquari Laquearius Tiger ATK becomes 2100.
Murmillo Murmillo Carp Destroys 1 face-up monster on the field.
Nerokius Nero Bat Cannot be destroyed by battle and when this card battles, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck.
Noxius Noxii Leopard Special Summons itself from your hand when your opponent declares a direct attack and redirects the attack to itself then proceeds to damage calculation; also, it cannot be destroyed by that battle. Sends 1 Gladiator Beast monster from your Deck to the Graveyard.
Octavius Gaius Octavius Bald eagle Destroys 1 face-down Spell/Trap Card on the field.
Retiari Retiarius Crocodile Banishes 1 card from your opponent's Graveyard.
Sagittarii Sagittarii/Sagittarius Centaur Discard 1 "Gladiator Beast" card to draw 2 cards.
Samnite Samnite Smilodon Adds 1 “Gladiator Beast” card from your Deck to your hand whenever it destroys an opponent’s monster by battle.
Secutor Secutor Lizard Special Summons 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except itself.
Spartacus Spartacus Dinosaur Adds 1 "Gladiator Beast" Equip Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
Tamer Editor Taming/Editor Deer Special Summons 1 “Gladiator Beast” Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, except itself, ignoring its Summoning conditions. Special Summons 1 “Gladiator Beast” monster from your Deck, by shuffling 1 “Gladiator Beast” monster that battled into your Deck or Extra Deck.
Torax Thraex Blowfish Allows you to draw 1 card by shuffling itself into your Deck.
Tygerius Tiberius White tiger Adds 1 “Gladiator Beast” monster from your Deck to your hand by discarding 1 “Gladiator Beast” card.
Vespasius Titus Flavius Vespasianus All monsters you control gain 500 ATK.

Support

Card Origin
Colosseum - Cage of the Gladiator Beasts Colosseum
Gladiator Beast War Chariot Chariot
Gladiator Beast's Battle Archfiend Shield Scutum
Gladiator Beast's Battle Gladius Gladius
Gladiator Beast's Battle Halberd Halberd
Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica Manica
Thumbs Down Pollice verso
Trojan Gladiator Beast Trojan Horse
Virtus of Gladiator Beast Virtus

Playing style

With a few exceptions, all non-Fusion "Gladiator Beasts" have an effect to return to the Deck during the end of a Battle Phase when it battled, and then to Special Summon another "Gladiator Beast" monster to replace it (this is also known as 'tagging out'). The newly Special Summoned "Gladiator Beast" monsters usually gain another effect when Special Summoned in this way.

"Gladiator Beasts" also have seven Fusion Monsters, four of which require a specific "Gladiator Beast" monster and either one or two other "Gladiator Beast" monsters as Fusion Material. However, "Polymerization" is not required to Fusion Summon these monsters. Instead, the correct "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Material Monsters are returned to the Main Deck to Special Summon the appropriate "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monster. This process is otherwise known as Contact Fusion. Several of the "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monsters are also able to 'tag out' to Special Summon 2 or more "Gladiator Beast" monsters from the Deck.

Nearly every card in the archetype is capable of being returned to the hand, field, or Deck from the Graveyard by utilizing the effects of "Gladiator Beast" monsters or their support cards. The "Gladiator Beast" Deck includes a mix of destruction, aggro, and toolbox cards and tactics. It is this versatility which landed this Deck as one of the top Decks in the Shonen Jump Circuit.

The September 2010 Forbidden List caused "Gladiators Beasts" to become more popular, especially with the banning of "Heavy Storm" and Limiting of "Royal Oppression", both of which were a threat to their strategy.

The April 2015 Forbidden List made the previously Limited "Gladiator Beast Bestiari" Unlimited, making the entire deck not as susceptible to having a "Bottomless Trap Hole" or other card that banishes monsters used on "Bestiari", which would render "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus" inaccessible for the remainder of the Duel.

Previous incarnations of the Deck used "Rescue Cat" to Summon monsters such as "Gladiator Beast Samnite" and "Test Tiger" to make big plays. With the Errata of "Rescue Cat", however, the Deck changed its strategy. With the release of "Rescue Rabbit", the new version of the Deck uses "Gladiator Beast Andal" to allow for the quick Summon of "Gladiator Beast Essedarii", "Gladiator Beast Heraklinos", "Gladiator Beast Nerokius" or "Gladiator Beast Dragases".

With the release of "Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor" and "Gladiator Beast Andabata", the deck is now able to special summon their boss monsters with ease, allow them to focus more on swarm their field rather than try to get the appropriate material off their deck. But shortly after that, with the release of Master Rules 4, the entire deck is hindered again because both "Tamer Editor" and "Andabata" requires an extra slot for Extra deck monster, while their Link monster is not too good and put an extra weight on their already weak swarming power.

The deck got their second wind with many new supports from Chaos Impact. "Test Panther", is a Link monster that combine searching power with a "Test Tiger"-like effect, both incredibly valuable to the deck. "Gladiator Beast Domitianus" is a new boss monster with big stats and a built-in monster negation, while easy to bring out with "Tamer Editor" or "Andabata". The deck also get two new Gladiator Beast monsters with "Destiny Draw" and "Prisma"-like effect.

The deck also got their own them's Fusion Spell, "Gladiator Beast United", a Quick-Play Spell Card that also accept material from GY as well. "Gladiator Rejection" and "Gladiator Beast's Comeback" both help the deck on swarming the field, not only allow them to make a better play without relying too much on "Rescue Rabbit"/"Prisma", but also open their chance to use some powerful generic Link monster like "Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess".

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Weaknesses and counter-strategies

  • Effect canceling - Cards such as "Skill Drain", "Chivalry" or "Effect Veiler" can prevent your monsters from tagging out or negate the effects of the ones that are Summoned, leaving them defenseless against high ATK monsters. "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon" and "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon" are also very effective, as they can negate the effects of the Gladiator Beasts upon summon or when they 'tag out', leaving them often helpless.
  • Attack negation/prevention - You can only 'tag out' a "Gladiator Beast" when it "attacks or is attacked", therefore, any Spell, Trap, or Monster Effect that lets you negate a monster attack would prevent the opponent from tagging out their "Gladiator Beasts".
 
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French name
Bête Gladiateur +
German name
Gladiatorungeheuer +
Italian name
Gladiatore Bestia +
Japanese name
剣闘獣 (グラディアルビースト) +
Japanese translated name
Gladial Beast +
Korean Hanja name
劍鬪獸 +
Korean Revised Romanization name
Geomtusu +
Korean name
검투수 +
Name
剣闘獣 (グラディアルビースト) (ja) +, Bête Gladiateur (fr) +, Gladiatorungeheuer (de) +, Gladiatore Bestia (it) +, 검투수 (ko) +, Besta Gladiadora (pt) +  and Bestia Gladiador (es) +
Name (additional)
Rōmaji (Guradiaru Bīsuto (ja)) +
Page name
Gladiator Beast +
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Portuguese name
Besta Gladiadora +
Romaji name
Guradiaru Bīsuto +
Spanish name
Bestia Gladiador +