Herald

Herald
Herald
Japanese	宣告者
Japanese (ruby)	デクレアラー
Japanese (translated)	Declarer
English	Herald
Other names German: Herold Italian: Araldo Portuguese: Heraldo
Appears in (sets)	Enemy of Justice The Duelist Genesis The Shining Darkness

The Heralds, known as Declarers in the Japanese and Korean version, are all LIGHT Attribute Fairy-Type monster, and the colored Heralds (which are all secondary colors) are Level 2 and have 300 ATK and 500 DEF, while "Herald of Perfection" is a Level 6 Ritual monster. Each of the Herald's effects focus on negating the Effects. In order to activate the colored Herald's effects, the monsters must be sent to the Graveyard from the hand, along with another Fairy-type monster. "Herald of Perfection" is the a combination of all heralds effect that negate effect which activate by discarding a Fairy-type monster to the Graveyard.

"Herald of Creation" is not included by these monsters, since it's Japanese card name doesn't contain the declarer they all do.

It should be noted that because all of the Heralds are monsters and their effects are Spell Speed 2, they cannot negate Counter Trap Cards, which are Spell Speed 3.

Playing Style

Heralds is mainly focus on sending itself and a Fairy-type monster cards to negate an activation of an opponent spell, trap or monster effect. Herald of Perfection allows you to send only 1 Fairy-type monster negate all types of activation except for a Counter Trap Card. A combination of "Archlord Kristya", "Herald of Perfection" and a "Royal Decree" can completely shut down any deck.

Weaknesses

Cards that prevent Special Summoning will also keep Herald out of play, so "Vanity's Fiend" and "Vanity's Ruler" can shut down the Herald Duelist’s plans. Better yet, "Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell" can shut out Ritual Summons permanently. If you negate "Advanced Ritual Art" or "Dawn of the Herald" once, your opponent won’t be able to play them again. Remove from play can also permanently shut down Herald of Perfection's effect.

Happy Heralds

This deck is similar to Perfect Herald but focuses on using "Advanced Ritual Art" to send Normal Fairy-Type monsters to the Graveyard; and in the process, Ritual Summoning Herald of Perfection. These Normal Monsters are then retrieved and used with "Herald of Perfection's" effect. Advanced Ritual Art can also be used to send exactly 4 Fairy-Type monsters to the Graveyard, allowing you to Special Summon "Archlord Kristya".

Monster Cards

• Herald of Perfection
• Archlord Kristya
• Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands
• Senju of the Thousand Hands
• Happy Lover
• Cloudian - Smoke Ball
• Gellenduo
• Honest

Spells

• Pot of Avarice
• Pot of Duality
• Preparation of Rites
• Advanced Ritual Art
• Dark Factory of Mass Production
• [[Salvage

Traps

• Royal Decree

Perfect Heralds

This variation of deck focuses on use "Dawn of the Herald" to tribute cards from your hand or field to the Graveyard to Ritual Summon "Herald of Perfection". After you have Ritual Summoned Herald of Perfection, you can use the effect of Dawn of the Herald to return 1 monster from the Graveyard that you have tributed for the special summon to your hand or not to activate the effect so you can have exactly 4 Fairy-Type monsters in the Graveyard, allowing you to Special Summon "Archlord Kristya". "Archlord Kristya can prevent the opponent from Special Summoning or Synchro Summoning. "Freya, Spirit of Victory" is used to boost the DEF of Herald of Perfection and the ATK of "Archlord Kristya" in case the opponent have monster with 3000 ATK. "Royal Decree" is used to prevent the activation of Counter Traps which Herald of Perfection can't negate.

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