Melffy

Melffy is an archetype of Level/Rank 2 EARTH Beast monsters which debuted in "Rise of the Duelist".

Design

The artworks of this archetype are drawn in a cartoonish style similar to children's story books. It also uses pastel color palettes.

Etymology

The name of this archetype may be a portmanteau of "melt" (メル) and "fluffy" (フィー).

Appearance

Every member of this archetype are based on various kinds of animal. "Melffy Mommy" is probably supposed to be the 'mother' of Melffys, as shown in the artwork of "Melffy Playhouse", where "Mommy" appears to be gigantic and taking care of small Melffys.

Members

Melffy	Origin
Catty	Cat
Fenny	Fennec fox
Mommy	Marmot
Pony	Pony
Puppy	Dog
Rabby	Rabbit
Melffy of the Forest	Various animals

Playing style

"Melffy" is an archetype focused on Xyz Summoning and disruption tactics. Every Main Deck "Melffy" monster can Special Summon themselves from the hand on the player's End Phase, and return themselves to the hand when attacked or if the opponent summons a monster, along with some other effect meant to generically support Beast monsters, such as adding them to the hand, special summoning them or recovering them from the graveyard.

The Xyz Monsters of the archetype have effects based on having many Xyz Materials, with the Deck's boss monster, "Melffy Mommy" being able to be Xyz Summoned with many materials at once, and gaining powerful effects once it has 5 of them, turning it into essentially a Beast "Yubel". It's very defensive in nature and stronger in grind games, attempting to gather as many resources as it can for a big attack at the end, mainly through the trap "Melffy Playhouse", which can bounce most of your opponent’s field and increase your Xyz Monsters' ATK to ludicrous levels for a final OTK.

"Melffy" 「メルフィー」 Members Joyous Melffys Melffy Catty Melffy Fenny Melffy Mommy Melffy Pony Melffy Puppy Melffy Rabby Melffy of the Forest Melffy Hide-and-Seek Melffy Playhouse Melffy Tag Support Joyous Melffys Melffy of the Forest Melffy Tag