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"Noble Knight", referred to as "Sacred Knight" in the anime and some video games, and known as "Holy Knight" (聖 (せい) 騎 (き) 士 (し) Seikishi) in the OCG, is an archetype of LIGHT and DARK Warrior monsters. It was introduced in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Strategy Guide and received its first support in Return of the Duelist with "Noble Arms - Gallatin". This archetype is also used by Kento Naito in the spin-off manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL.

All printed "Noble Knights" (except "Noble Knight Joan", "Flame Noble Knight Roland" and "Flame Noble Knight Renaud") are based on the Knights of the Round Table of Arthurian legend, or on related concepts from Arthurian legend. The "Noble Arms" archetype supports this archetype, and encompasses weapons used by those knights.

Naming in the TCG

In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, the archetype names are respectively "Nobile Cavaliere", "Nobre Cavaleiro" and "Noble Caballero", with the adjective meaning "Noble" coming before the noun meaning "Knight". This is to make sure that the support cards work well with "Ignoble Knight" cards which are called "Ignobile Cavaliere", "Inobre Cavaleiro" and "Innoble Caballero"; however, in these languages the "Noble Arms" archetype has the adjective after the noun meaning "Arms". In French, the adjective is placed after the noun in both cases of "Noble Knight" ("Chevalier Noble") and "Noble Arms" ("Armes Nobles"), as "Ignoble Knight" cards are simply named "Chevalier Noble Infâme" (literally "Infamous Noble Knight").
There is no agreement on the noun phrase "Noble Knight" in English (the plural form is simply "Noble Knights", with no change reflected on the adjective "Noble"). However, in other languages there is, which makes the naming of the archetype potentially complicated.
- Plural forms are never used in French, German and Spanish card names, as shown on "Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights", "Noble Knight Brothers", "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table".
- An ungrammatical plural form is used in Portuguese ("Nobre Cavaleiros"), without making the adjective "Nobre" agree, as shown on "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table".
- In Italian, agreement is still applied on "Noble Knight Brothers", "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table", with the plural form being "Nobili Cavalieri". This makes support confusing for a few "Noble Knight" support cards, such as "Noble Knight Brothers", "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn" and "Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights". However, cards whose names contain feminine and plural variants of archetype names seem to be implicitly considered for membership as with other archetypes.
- "Noble Knight Joan", despite being female, is referred to as a male in all non-English TCG. Feminine equivalents (e.g. French chevaleresse, Spanish caballera, German Ritterin) of the words for "knight" do occur to some degree, however in this case, they aren't used, to reduce ambiguity and prevent grammatical gender from interfering with the game play.

Origin

Arthurian legends

Knights

Noble Knight	Knight of the Round Table
King Artorigus and Sacred Artorigus	King Arthur
Black Laundsallyn and High Laundsallyn	Lancelot
Artorigus	Arthur
Borz	Bors the Younger
Drystan	Tristan
Gawayn	Gawain
Gwalchavad	Galahad
Medraut	Mordred
Peredur	Percival
Brothers	Sir Agravain, Sir Gaheris, and Sir Gareth
Eachtar	Hector de Maris
Bedwyr	Bedivere
Pellinore	Pellinore
Custennin and Sacred Custenin	Constantine III of Britain
Iyvanne	Ywain

Other

Card	Origin
Gwenhwyfar, Queen of Noble Arms	Guinevere
Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights	Iseult
Lady of the Lake	Lady of the Lake
Morgan, the Enchantress of Avalon	Morgan le Fay
Noble Knights of the Round Table	Round Table
Merlin	Merlin
Avalon	Avalon

Other legends

Card	Origin
Joan	Joan of Arc
Renaud	?
Roland	Roland

Noble Arms

Noble Arms	Origin
Arfeudutyr	Arondight
Caliburn and Excaliburn	Excalibur
Gallatin	Gawain

Playing style

The archetype relies on equipping the "Noble Knights" with the "Noble Arms" Spell Cards and take advantage of this, either by searching for more support or simply destroying cards. There are also some "Noble Knights" that behave like Gemini monsters, being treated as Normal monsters while they are not equipped with a "Noble Arms" card. Once equipped, they gain an effect, and with the exception of "Gwalchavad", all of them become DARK and increase their Level by 1, in order to assist the Xyz Summon of "Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus" or the effect of "Lady of the Lake" to Synchro Summon "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn". The "pure" Level 5 "Noble Knights" can be Special Summoned from the hand and/or Graveyard and also serve to speed up the aforementioned Xyz/Synchro Summons.

The aforementioned "Noble Arms" are Equip Spell Cards in the shape of swords with a broad variety of effects, that range from offensive effects like destroying cards or giving ATK boost to support/defensive effects like protecting against destruction and targeting effects. With the exception of "Excaliburn", all of them can re-equip to a "Noble Knight" you control when they are destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, so that even if you Special Summon a Extra Deck "Noble Knight", by using materials that were equipped with "Noble Arms", those Spell Cards will re-equip themselves to that new monster.

Deck

Extra Deck

Synchro Monsters

Xyz Monsters

Link Monsters

Spells & Traps

Spells

Traps

Official Konami Decklists

The following Decklists may or may not contain copies of cards that exceed the maximum amount allowed by the current Forbidden & Limited List. These should not be changed, as these Decklists are copied verbatim at the time they were published.

Noble Knight Deck
聖騎士デッキ

Obelisk Force “Noble Knights” Deck^[1]

Monsters

Effect Monsters

Tuner monsters

Effect Veiler x2
Glow-Up Bulb

Extra Deck

Synchro Monsters

Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn x2

Xyz Monsters

Spells & Traps

Spells

Traps

Weaknesses

Efficient cogency of this archetype is the aforementioned almost complete-dependence of both "Noble Knights" being equipped with "Noble Arms" (plus the effect of "Gwenhwyfar") combined with GY presence (e.g. for the effects of Noble Knights of the Round Table and "Avalon"). Therefore, beating "Noble Knight" Decks are threefold: denying the "Noble Arms"' field presence, occluding the sending of "Noble" cards to the GY and "Noble Knight" monster removal:

For "Noble Arms" field presence control and GY-blockading, Spell/Trap removal combined with banishing is a way to go. Banish-enablers like "Masked HERO Dark Law and "Macro Cosmos" combined with cards like "Linkslayer", "Cyber Prima", "Chiron the Mage", "De-Spell" "Twin Twisters" and "Sky Striker Maneuver - Afterburners!" or even cards like "Disarmament", "Eternal Rest" and "Really Eternal Rest" (as "Noble Arms" Spells are Equip Spells) will do the trick. "Cosmic Cyclone" despite costing ¹/₈^th of one's starting LPs, is a one-card army that can do the job more directly. "Evenly Matched" arguably does this job best however, banishing not only "Noble Arms Spells and the monsters equipped to them but also making it harder to return their banished and Face-down state back to the GY or Deck. If banishing can't be accomplished yet, an interesting counter would be to flip a "Noble Knight" face-down during an attempted equipping. As long as there isn't another "Noble Knight" on the field, cards like "Prediction Princess Tarotrei", "Invoked Raidjin", "Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer" and "Book of Moon" can leave an activated "Noble Arms" without a target and ensure its effects isn't immediately transferred to another "Noble Knight".
- The "Noble Arms" can also be stopped from being used in the first place. Cards like "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring", "Thunder Dragon Colossus", and "Mistaken Arrest" can prevent "Noble" cards from being added to the hand. "Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion" and "Big Burn" can stop "Avalon", "Gwalchavad" from recovering "Noble Knights" from the GY or "Lady of the Lake"'s Special Summoning effect. If they do in fact get tutored however, the knowledge of added "Noble Knight"s or "Noble Arms" to the hand can be used to an advantage through "Mind Crush" or "D.D. Designator"; you can even establish a gung-ho approach to this method by forcing a search through "Dark Designator".

Finally, without "Noble Arms", "Noble Knights" are almost without teeth and thus, can be easily dealt with. On the field, in addition to beatdown strategies and oppressive boss monsters (like "Ultimate Conductor Tyranno"), "Noble Knights" can be easily Tributed ("The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode" and "Lava Golem" may both be the best at doing this because multiple Tributings can lessen the chances of "Noble Arms" (if any on the field) being equipped to other monsters if banishing isn't an option yet.), be shuffled into the Deck, be sent to the GY non-destructively, be banished taken control of for a myriad of uses and used as material for Summons by your opponent. "Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries" can also hit Extra Deck "Noble Knight"s, guaranteering they never make the field.

External links

References

↑ https://ygorganization.com/ocg-obelisk-force-noble-knights-deck-list/

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-{{Infobox archetype
+{{Infobox archseries
+| image   = NobleKnightsoftheRoundTable-DAR-EN-VG-Field.png
+| caption = "Noble Knight" monsters in the artwork of "[[Noble Knights of the Round Table]]".
 | ja_name = {{Ruby|聖|せい}}{{Ruby|騎|き}}{{Ruby|士|し}}
+| romaji  = Seikishi
+| trans   = Holy Knight
 | fr_name = Chevalier Noble
 | de_name = Edler Ritter
 | it_name = Nobile Cavaliere
-| romaji  = Seikishi
+| ko_name = 성기사
-| trans   = Holy Knight
+| ko_hanja = 聖騎士
+| ko_trans = Holy Knight
-| image   = NobleKnightJoan-TF05-JP-VG.png
+| ko_romanized = Seonggisa
-| caption = "[[Noble Knight Joan]]"
+| pt_name = Nobre Cavaleiro
+| es_name = Noble Caballero
+| zh_name = 聖騎士
+| zh_pinyin = Shèngqíshì
+| zh_jyutping = Sing3 ke4 si6
+| zh_trans = Holy Knight
 | sets    =
+| tcg     =
-* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Strategy Guide]]
 * [[Galactic Overlord]]
 * [[Return of the Duelist]]
@@ Line 15: / Line 25: @@
 * [[Cosmo Blazer]]
 * [[Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy]]
-* [[Extra Pack - Sword of Knights]]
+* [[Judgment of the Light]]
+* [[Shadow Specters]]
-| anime = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
+* [[Legacy of the Valiant]]
-| manga = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
+* [[Primal Origin]]
+* [[Noble Knights of the Round Table Box Set]]
+* [[Extreme Force]]
+* [[Cybernetic Horizon]]
+* [[Soul Fusion]]
+| ocg     =
+* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Advance Tag Duel promotional card]]
+* [[Premium Pack Vol.7]]
+* [[Extra Pack: Sword of Knights]]
+* [[Extra Pack: Knights of Order]]
+* [[Duel Field EX Epic of Noble Knights: Holy Sword of Guidance]]
+* [[LINK VRAINS Pack]]
+* [[Extra Pack 2019]]
+| anime   = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
+| manga   =
+* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
+* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL]]
 }}
-"'''Noble Knight'''", referred to as '''"Sacred Knight"''' in the anime and some video games, and known as "'''Holy Knight'''" ({{Ruby|聖|せい}}{{Ruby|騎|き}}{{Ruby|士|し}} ''Seikishi'') in the ''OCG'', is an [[archetype]] of [[Warrior]]-[[Type]] monsters used by [[Sherry LeBlanc]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''. It was introduced in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Strategy Guide]]'' and received its first support in ''[[Return of the Duelist]]'' with "[[Noble Arms - Gallatin]]". The "[[Noble Arms]]" archetype is comprised of weapons based on those of the Knights of the Round Table, and lends support to this archetype.
+"'''Noble Knight'''", referred to as "'''Sacred Knight'''" in the anime and some video games, and known as "'''Holy Knight'''" ({{Ruby|聖|せい}}{{Ruby|騎|き}}{{Ruby|士|し}} ''Seikishi'') in the ''OCG'', is an [[archetype]] of [[LIGHT]] and [[DARK]] [[Warrior]] [[Monster Card|monsters]]. It was introduced in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Advance Tag Duel promotional card|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Strategy Guide]]'' and received its first support in ''[[Return of the Duelist]]'' with "[[Noble Arms - Gallatin]]". This archetype is also used by [[Kento Naito]] in the spin-off manga series ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL]]''.
+All printed "Noble Knights" (except "Noble Knight Joan", "[[Flame Noble Knight Roland]]" and "[[Flame Noble Knight Renaud]]") are based on the [[wikipedia:Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]] of Arthurian legend, or on related concepts from Arthurian legend. The "[[Noble Arms]]" archetype supports this archetype, and encompasses weapons used by those knights.
-{| class="wikitable"
+==Naming in the ''TCG''==
+*In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, the archetype names are respectively "Nobile Cavaliere", "Nobre Cavaleiro" and "Noble Caballero", with the adjective meaning "Noble" coming before the noun meaning "Knight". This is to make sure that the [[List of "Noble Knight" support cards|support cards]] work well with "Ignoble Knight" cards which are called "Ignobile Cavaliere", "Inobre Cavaleiro" and "Innoble Caballero"; however, in these languages the "[[Noble Arms]]" archetype has the adjective after the noun meaning "Arms". In French, the adjective is placed after the noun in both cases of "Noble Knight" ("Chevalier Noble") and "Noble Arms" ("Armes Nobles"), as "Ignoble Knight" cards are simply named "Chevalier Noble Infâme" (literally "Infamous Noble Knight").
+*There is no [[wikipedia:Agreement (linguistics)|agreement]] on the noun phrase "Noble Knight" in English (the plural form is simply "Noble Knights", with no change reflected on the adjective "Noble"). However, in other languages there is, which makes the naming of the archetype potentially complicated.
+**Plural forms are never used in French, German and Spanish card names, as shown on "[[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights]]", "[[Noble Knight Brothers]]", "[[Last Chapter of the Noble Knights]]" and "[[Noble Knights of the Round Table]]".
+**An ungrammatical plural form is used in Portuguese ("Nobre Cavaleiros"), without making the adjective "Nobre" agree, as shown on "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table".
+**In Italian, agreement is still applied on "Noble Knight Brothers", "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table", with the plural form being "Nobili Cavalieri". This makes support confusing for a few "Noble Knight" support cards, such as "Noble Knight Brothers", "[[Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn]]" and "Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights". However, cards whose names contain feminine and plural variants of archetype names seem to be implicitly considered for membership as with other archetypes.
+**"[[Noble Knight Joan]]", despite being female, is referred to as a male in all non-English ''TCG''. Feminine equivalents (e.g. French ''chevaleresse'', Spanish ''caballera'', German ''Ritterin'') of the words for "knight" do occur to some degree, however in this case, they aren't used, to reduce ambiguity and prevent grammatical gender from interfering with the game play.
+==Origin==
+===Arthurian legends===
+====Knights====
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
 ! Noble Knight
-! [[wikipedia:Round Table|Round Table Knight]]
+! [[wikipedia:Round Table|Knight of the Round Table]]
+|-
+| [[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights|King Artorigus]] and [[Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus|Sacred Artorigus]]
+| [[wikipedia:King Arthur|King Arthur]]
+|-
+| [[Ignoble Knight of Black Laundsallyn|Black Laundsallyn]] and [[Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn|High Laundsallyn]]
+| [[wikipedia:Lancelot|Lancelot]]
 |-
 | [[Noble Knight Artorigus|Artorigus]]
-| [[wikipedia:Arthur|Arthur]]
+| [[wikipedia:King Arthur|Arthur]]
 |-
+| [[Noble Knight Borz|Borz]]
-| [[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights|King Artorigus]]
-| [[wikipedia:King Arthur|King Arthur]]
+| [[wikipedia:Bors|Bors the Younger]]
 |-
-| [[Noble Knight Medraut|Medraut]]
+| [[Noble Knight Drystan|Drystan]]
-| [[wikipedia:Mordred|Mordred]]
+| [[wikipedia:Tristan|Tristan]]
 |-
 | [[Noble Knight Gawayn|Gawayn]]
@@ Line 41: / Line 87: @@
 | [[wikipedia:Galahad|Galahad]]
 |-
-| [[Ignoble Knight of Black Laundsallyn|Laundsallyn]]
+| [[Noble Knight Medraut|Medraut]]
-| [[wikipedia:Lancelot|Lancelot]]
+| [[wikipedia:Mordred|Mordred]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Peredur|Peredur]]
+| [[wikipedia:Percival|Percival]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Brothers|Brothers]]
+| [[wikipedia:Sir Agravain|Sir Agravain]], [[wikipedia:Sir Gaheris|Sir Gaheris]], and [[wikipedia:Sir Gareth|Sir Gareth]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Eachtar|Eachtar]]
+| [[wikipedia:Hector de Maris|Hector de Maris]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Bedwyr|Bedwyr]]
+| [[wikipedia:Bedivere|Bedivere]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Pellinore|Pellinore]]
+| [[wikipedia:Pellinore|Pellinore]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Custennin|Custennin]] and [[Sacred Noble Knight of King Custennin|Sacred Custenin]]
+| [[wikipedia:Custennin|Constantine III of Britain]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Iyvanne|Iyvanne]]
+| [[wikipedia:Ywain|Ywain]]
 |}
-== Playing Style ==
+====Other====
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
+! Card !! Origin
+|-
+| [[Gwenhwyfar, Queen of Noble Arms]] || [[wikipedia:Guinevere|Guinevere]]
+|-
+| [[Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights]] || [[wikipedia:Iseult|Iseult]]
+|-
+| [[Lady of the Lake]] || [[wikipedia:Lady of the Lake|Lady of the Lake]]
+|-
+| [[Morgan, the Enchantress of Avalon]] || [[wikipedia:Morgan le Fay|Morgan le Fay]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Knights of the Round Table]] || [[wikipedia:Round Table|Round Table]]
+|-
+| [[Merlin]] || [[wikipedia:Merlin|Merlin]]
+|-
+| [[Avalon]] || [[wikipedia:Avalon|Avalon]]
+|}
+===Other legends===
-The Noble Knights is an archtype based on 3 playing styles: Spell/Trap Card control (With the effect of [[Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr]] and [[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights]]), Equip Spells for Warrior-type monsters with various effects (with 4 released so far) and [[LIGHT]] Normal monsters (1 of them being a Normal monster itself and 2 treated as one while face-up on the field).
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Card !! Origin
+|-
+| [[Noble Knight Joan|Joan]] || [[wikipedia:Joan of Arc|Joan of Arc]]
+|-
+|[[Flame Noble Knight Renaud|Renaud]]
+| ?
+|-
+|[[Flame Noble Knight Roland|Roland]]
+| [[wikipedia:Roland|Roland]]
+|}
+=== Noble Arms ===
-[[Gemini monster]]s like [[Elemental HERO Neos Alius]] and [[Future Samurai]] can be useful in this deck since they are treated as Normal monsters on the field, making the Special Summon of [[Noble Knight Gawayn]] and [[Ignoble Knight of Black Laundsallyn]] easier.
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
+! Noble Arms !! Origin
+|-
+| [[Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr|Arfeudutyr]] || Arondight
+|-
+| [[Noble Arms - Caliburn|Caliburn]] and [[Noble Arms - Excaliburn|Excaliburn]]|| [[wikipedia:Excalibur|Excalibur]]
+|-
+| [[Noble Arms - Gallatin|Gallatin]] || Gawain
+|}
+==Playing style==
-Since they are sent to the Graveyard somewhat fast by the effect of Noble Knight Gawayn and [[Noble Knight Medraut]], it is a good idea to run [[Pot of Avarice]] in the deck to fuel Medraut's effect and if you don't get it quick, you can run [[Lightray]] monsters like [[Lightray Daedalus]] and [[Lightray Gearfried]] because they will be summoned relatively easy. It is a great idea to run [[Honest]] in the deck since they all are LIGHT Warrior-type monsters (Except Laundsallyn)
+The archetype relies on equipping the "Noble Knights" with the "Noble Arms" Spell Cards and take advantage of this, either by [[Noble Knight Borz|searching]] for more support or simply [[Noble Knight Drystan|destroying]] cards. There are also some "Noble Knights" that behave like [[Gemini monster]]s, being treated as Normal monsters while they are not equipped with a "Noble Arms" card. Once equipped, they gain an effect, and with the exception of "Gwalchavad", all of them become DARK and increase their Level by 1, in order to assist the Xyz Summon of "[[Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus]]" or the effect of "[[Lady of the Lake]]" to Synchro Summon "[[Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn]]". The "pure" Level 5 "Noble Knights" can be Special Summoned from the hand and/or Graveyard and also serve to speed up the aforementioned Xyz/Synchro Summons.
+The aforementioned "Noble Arms" are Equip Spell Cards in the shape of swords with a broad variety of effects, that range from offensive effects like [[Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr|destroy]]ing cards or giving [[Noble Arms - Gallatin|ATK boost]] to support/defensive effects like [[Noble Arms of Destiny|protecting]] against destruction and [[Noble Arms - Excaliburn|targeting]] effects. With the exception of "Excaliburn", all of them can re-equip to a "Noble Knight" you control when they are destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, so that even if you Special Summon a Extra Deck "Noble Knight", by using materials that were equipped with "Noble Arms", those Spell Cards will re-equip themselves to that new monster.
-Another good addition to the deck is [[Gilford the Legend]], who when summoned allows you to bring all of your Noble Arms back and equip them to your Warriors setting up more combos and increasing the longevity of the deck.
-For the [[Extra Deck]], it is suggested to run Warrior-type Xyz monsters that requires Warriors or LIGHT monsters as materials, like [[Heroic Champion - Excalibur]], [[Heroic Champion - Gandiva]], [[Heroic Champion - Kusanagi]], [[Blade Armor Ninja]], [[Constellar Omega]] and [[Starliege Paladynamo]].
-{{clear}}
-== Recommended cards ==
 {{Decklist
-|monsters =
-|effect monsters =
 <!-- This is not an exact Decklist. Do not add multiples or staples.-->
+|normal monsters =
+* [[Noble Knight Artorigus]]
+|effect monsters =
 * [[Noble Knight Medraut]]
 * [[Noble Knight Gwalchavad]]
-* [[Noble Knight Joan]]
+* [[Noble Knight Drystan]]
-* [[Noble Knight Artorigus]]
 * [[Noble Knight Gawayn]]
+* [[Noble Knight Borz]]
+* [[Noble Knight Brothers]]
+* [[Noble Knight Eachtar]]
+* [[Noble Knight Bedwyr]]
 * [[Ignoble Knight of Black Laundsallyn]]
-* [[Queen's Knight]]
+* [[Gwenhwyfar, Queen of Noble Arms]]
+* [[Merlin]]
 * [[Rescue Rabbit]]
 * [[Summoner Monk]]
-* [[Goblindbergh]]
 * [[Photon Thrasher]]
 * [[Honest]]
-* [[Chaos Sorcerer]]
 * [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]
-* [[Heroic Challenger - Double Lance]]
-* [[Heroic Challenger - Extra Sword]]
-* [[Elemental HERO Neos Alius]]
-* [[Elemental HERO Stratos]]
-* [[Elemental HERO Sparkman]]
 |tuner monsters =
+* [[Lady of the Lake]]
 * [[Genex Ally Birdman]]
-* [[Unknown Synchron]]
-* [[Plaguespreader Zombie]]
-* [[Torapart]]
 * [[T.G. Striker]]
-* [[Sword Master]]
 |synchro monsters =
+* [[Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn]]
 * [[Genex Ally Triforce]]
-* [[Black Rose Dragon]]
-* [[Stardust Dragon]]
 * [[Colossal Fighter]]
 * [[Power Tool Dragon]]
 |xyz monsters =
 * [[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights]]
+* [[Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus]]
-* [[Heroic Champion - Excalibur]]
-* [[Heroic Champion - Gandiva]]
+* ''[[Heroic Champion]]s''
-* [[Heroic Champion - Kusanagi]]
-* [[Zubaba General]]
 * [[Blade Armor Ninja]]
 * [[Constellar Omega]]
 * [[Starliege Paladynamo]]
-* [[Number 39: Utopia]]
-* [[Number 102: Holy Lightning - Glorious Halo]]
-* [[Lavalval Chain]]
 * [[Daigusto Emeral]]
-* [[Number 16: Shock Master]]
-* [[Inzektor Exa-Stag]]
 * [[Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon]]
 * [[Tiras, Keeper of Genesis]]
+|link monsters =
+* [[Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights]]
+* [[Arcana Extra Joker]]
 |spells =
+* [[Glory of the Noble Knights]]
-<!-- This is not an exact Decklist. Do not add multiples or staples.-->
+* [[Noble Knights of the Round Table]]
-* [[The Warrior Returning Alive]]
-* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
-* [[Noble Arms - Gallatin]]
 * [[Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr]]
 * [[Noble Arms - Caliburn]]
+* [[Noble Arms - Excaliburn]]
+* [[Noble Arms - Gallatin]]
 * [[Noble Arms of Destiny]]
-* [[The Strongest Shield]]
 * [[Hidden Armory]]
+* [[The Warrior Returning Alive]]
+* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
+* [[Magnum Shield]]
 * [[Foolish Burial]]
+* [[Swords at Dawn]]
 |traps =
-<!-- This is not an exact Decklist. Do not add multiples or staples.-->
 * [[Call of the Haunted]]
-* [[Desperate Tag]]
+* [[Pinpoint Guard]]
+* [[Battleguard Howling]]
 }}
+==Official Konami Decklists==
+The following Decklists may or may not contain copies of cards that exceed the maximum amount allowed by the current Forbidden & Limited List. These should not be changed, as these Decklists are copied verbatim at the time they were published.
+{{Decklist|Noble Knight Deck<br />聖騎士デッキ
+<!-- This is a Decklist made by Yugioh-card(jp). Do not remove any multiples or staples.-->
+|normal monsters =
+* [[Noble Knight Artorigus]] x3
+|effect monsters =
+* [[Noble Knight Gawayn]] x3
+* [[Ignoble Knight of Black Laundsallyn]]
+* [[Noble Knight Medraut]] x3
+* [[Noble Knight Gwalchavad]] x2
+* [[Rescue Rabbit]] x2
+* [[Kagetokage]] x2
+* [[Summoner Monk]] x2
+* [[Honest]]
+* [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]
+|xyz monsters =
+* [[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights]] x2
+* [[Heroic Champion - Excalibur]]
+* [[Blade Armor Ninja]]
+* [[Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja]]
+* [[Zubaba General]]
+* [[Number 39: Utopia]]
+* [[Lavalval Chain]]
+| spells =
+* [[Noble Arms - Gallatin]] x2
+* [[Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr]] x3
+* [[Noble Arms - Caliburn]] x2
+* [[Noble Arms of Destiny]] x2
+* [[Release Restraint Wave]]
+* [[Swing of Memories]]
+* [[Monster Slots]]
+* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
+* [[The Warrior Returning Alive]]
+* [[Mystical Space Typhoon]]
+* [[Monster Reborn]]
+| traps =
+* [[Pinpoint Guard]] x2
+* [[Dark Bribe]]
+* [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]
+}}
+{{Decklist|Obelisk Force “Noble Knights” Deck<ref>https://ygorganization.com/ocg-obelisk-force-noble-knights-deck-list/</ref>
+|effect monsters =
+* [[Kuribandit]] x3
+* [[Merlin]] x3
+* [[Noble Knight Borz]] x3
+* [[Noble Knight Brothers]] x3
+* [[Noble Knight Medraut]] x3
+* [[Sangan]]
+|tuner monsters =
+* [[Effect Veiler]] x2
+* [[Glow-Up Bulb]]
+|synchro monsters =
+* [[Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn]] x2
+|xyz monsters =
+* [[Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights]] x2
+* [[Blade Armor Ninja]]
+* [[Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer]]
+* [[Evilswarm Exciton Knight]]
+* [[Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger]]
+* [[Heroic Champion - Excalibur]]
+* [[Number 39: Utopia]]
+* [[Number 61: Volcasaurus]]
+* [[Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad]]
+* [[Number S39: Utopia the Lightning]]
+* [[Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus]] x2
+|spells =
+* [[Book of Moon]] x3
+* [[Last Chapter of the Noble Knights]] x3
+* [[Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr]] x3
+* [[Noble Arms - Caliburn]]
+* [[Noble Arms - Excaliburn]]
+* [[Noble Arms of Destiny]]
+* [[Reasoning]]
+* [[Soul Charge]]
+|traps =
+* [[Breakthrough Skill]] x2
+* [[Crush Card Virus]]
+* [[Skill Prisoner]]
+* [[Cosmic Cyclone]]
+}}
+==Weaknesses==
+Efficient cogency of this archetype is the aforementioned almost complete-dependence of both "Noble Knights" being equipped with "Noble Arms" (plus the effect of "Gwenhwyfar") combined with GY presence (e.g. for the effects of [[Noble Knights of the Round Table]] and "Avalon").  Therefore, beating "Noble Knight" Decks are threefold: denying the "Noble Arms"' field presence, occluding the sending of "Noble" cards to the GY and "Noble Knight" monster removal:
+* For "Noble Arms" field presence control and GY-blockading, Spell/Trap removal ''combined'' with [[Banish|banishing]] is a way to go.  Banish-enablers like "[[Masked HERO Dark Law]] and "[[Macro Cosmos]]" combined with cards like "[[Linkslayer]]", "[[Cyber Prima]]", "[[Chiron the Mage]]", "[[De-Spell]]" "[[Twin Twisters]]" and "[[Sky Striker Maneuver - Afterburners!]]" or even cards like "[[Disarmament]]", "[[Eternal Rest]]" and "[[Really Eternal Rest]]" (as "Noble Arms" Spells are Equip Spells) will do the trick.  "[[Cosmic Cyclone]]" despite costing <sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub><sup>th</sup> of one's starting [[LP]]s, is a one-card army that can do the job more directly.  "[[Evenly Matched]]" arguably does this job best however, banishing not only "Noble Arms Spells and the monsters equipped to them but also making it harder to return their banished ''and'' [[Face-down]] state back to the GY or [[Main Deck|Deck]].  If banishing can't be accomplished yet, an interesting counter would be to flip a "Noble Knight" face-down during an attempted equipping.  As long as there isn't another "Noble Knight" on the field, cards like "[[Prediction Princess Tarotrei]]", "[[Invoked Raidjin]]", "[[Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer]]" and "[[Book of Moon]]" can leave an activated "Noble Arms" without a target and ensure its effects isn't immediately transferred to another "Noble Knight".
+** The "Noble Arms" can also be stopped from being used in the first place.  Cards like "[[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]", "[[Thunder Dragon Colossus]]", and "[[Mistaken Arrest]]" can prevent "Noble" cards from being added to the hand.  "[[Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion]]" and "[[Big Burn]]" can stop "Avalon", "Gwalchavad" from recovering "Noble Knights" from the GY or "Lady of the Lake"'s Special Summoning effect.  If they ''do'' in fact get tutored however, the knowledge of added "Noble Knight"s or "Noble Arms" to the hand can be used to an advantage through "[[Mind Crush]]" or "[[D.D. Designator]]"; you can even establish a gung-ho approach to this method by forcing a search through "[[Dark Designator]]".
+* Finally, without "Noble Arms", "Noble Knights" are almost without teeth and thus, can be easily dealt with.  On the field, in addition to beatdown strategies and oppressive boss monsters (like "[[Ultimate Conductor Tyranno]]"), "Noble Knights" can be easily Tributed ("[[The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode]]" and "[[Lava Golem]]" may both be the best at doing this because multiple Tributings can lessen the chances of "Noble Arms" (if any on the field) being equipped to other monsters if banishing isn't an option yet.), be shuffled into the Deck, be sent to the GY non-destructively, be banished taken control of for a myriad of uses and used as material for Summons by your opponent.  "[[Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries]]" can also hit Extra Deck "Noble Knight"s, guaranteering they never make the field.
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.pojo.biz/board/showpost.php?p=26531615&postcount=960 Pojo] Release in Lord of Tachyon Galaxy
+* [http://www.pojo.biz/board/showpost.php?p=26531615&postcount=960 Release in Lord of Tachyon Galaxy]
-* [http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/248918636/ shriek.twoday] OCG Extra Pack - Swords of Knights
+* [http://www.yugioh-card.com/japan/lineup/zexal/extra_pack_sword_of_knights/ OCG Extra Pack - Swords of Knights]
+* [http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/26317.html Release in Shadow Specters]
-* [http://manjyomethunder.twoday.net/stories/248918635/ manjyomethunder.twoday] OCG Extra Pack - Swords of Knights
-* [http://www.yugioh-card.com/japan/lineup/zexal/extra_pack_sword_of_knights/ yugioh-card] OCG Extra Pack - Swords of Knights
+==References==
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+[[Category:TCG and OCG archetypes]]