Zefra

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"Zefra", known as "Sephira" (セフィラ Sefira) in the OCG, is an archetype consisting of Pendulum Monsters making its debut in Crossed Souls. Each of the members also belongs to another archetype that first appeared in the Series 9 Booster Packs (3 of them from Duelist Alliance, while the other 2 from The Secret Forces/Booster SP: Tribe Force).

Design

Etymology

"Sephira" is a reference to the Sephiroth, the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah.

Appearance

Members of this archetype have shining white angelic styled wings with similar pattern and design on their back. The archetype's symbol is a sphere with six-pointed star-shaped outline with the similar design as combined team symbol of the "Gem-Knight" and "Constellar", resembling some sort of a crown. (The symbol can be clearly visible in "Zefra Divine Strike".) These spheres have the same colors as the spheres present in the "Qli" monsters, as well as the glowing canisters of the "Infernoid" monsters.

Position	Sphere color	Zefra	Origin	Sephiroth	Opposing Qliphort	Opposing Infernoid
1	White	Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz	Great Sorcerer of the Nekroz	Keter	Apoqliphort Skybase	Infernoid Pirmais
2	Gray	Stellarknight Zefraxciton	Evilswarm Exciton Knight	Chokhmah	Qliphort Stealth	Infernoid Antra
3	Black	Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing	Taotie, Shadow of the Yang Zing (Qiuniu is the modern name of it)	Binah	Qliphort Shell	Infernoid Harmadik
4	Blue	Zefraxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing	Jiaotu, Darkness of the Yang Zing (Fuxi is the modern name of it)	Chesed	Qliphort Disk	Infernoid Patrulea
5	Red	Satellarknight Zefrathuban	Currently unknown (but seems to wear a design of armor similar to "Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing")	Gevurah	Qliphort Cephalopod	Infernoid Piaty
6	Yellow	Ritual Beast Tamer Zeframpilica	Pilica, Descendant of Gusto and Spiritual Beast Rampengu	Tiferet	Qliphort Scout	Infernoid Sjette
7	Green	Ritual Beast Tamer Zefrawendi	Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin (Ritual Beast Tamer Wen and Spiritual Beast Pettlephin)	Netzach	Qliphort Carrier	Infernoid Seitsemas
8	Orange	Zefraxa, Flame Beast of the Nekroz	Exa, Enforcer of the Nekroz	Hod	Qliphort Helix	Infernoid Attondel
9	Purple	Shaddoll Zefranaga	Evilswarm Kerykeion	Yesod	Qliphort Monolith	Infernoid Devyaty
10	Multi-colors	Shaddoll Zefracore	Shaddoll Core and Ohr	Malkuth	Apoqliphort Towers	Infernoid Onuncu

Playing style

A "Zefra" Deck is primarily focused on Pendulum Summons, as all the members of the archetype are Pendulum monsters, while gaining advantage with "Oracle of Zefra" and "Chosen of Zefra". "Zefra" Decks are encouraged– through the effects of "Oracle" as well as the monster effects of the individual members– to incorporate Synchro, Xyz, Fusion and even Ritual Summons into the Deck, enabling an astounding degree of potential variety. This deck even has the ability to summon "Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth", one of the most difficult monsters in the game to summon (This is fitting, as the Zefra are supposedly the chosen warriors of Sophia). The natural reusability of Pendulum Monsters fits well into this strategy, and can enable the player to perform multiple kinds of Summons every turn. "Shaddoll" Fusion Monsters especially thrive in "Zefra" Decks, which incorporate all 6 Attributes and provides 2 "Shaddoll" Main Deck monsters on its own.

Each member can also be used in Decks of their secondary archetypes, augmenting their existing strategies with Pendulum Summons. For example, "Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz" can function as a reusable substitute for a Ritual Spell Card when paired with other copies of itself and "Zefraxa, Flame Beast of the Nekroz". In fact, the archetype is designed such that its 10 members form ordered pairs for each of the 5 secondary archetypes ("tellarknight", "Shaddoll", "Ritual Beast", "Nekroz" and "Yang Zing"), with one member having a scale of 7 and the other having a scale of 1. For all of the archetypes mentioned, every single Main Deck monster (with the exception of "Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing", "Pulao, Wind of the Yang Zing" and "Ritual Beast Tamer Lara") falls within these scales, meaning that any (non-Nomi) monster in these archetypes can be Pendulum Summoned using their respective "Zefra" pair.

Recommended cards

Monsters

Effect Monsters

• Satellarknight Deneb
• Shaddoll Beast
• Shaddoll Dragon
• Shaddoll Falco
• Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz
• Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth
• Spiritual Beast Rampengu

Pendulum Monsters

• Ritual Beast Tamer Zeframpilica
• Ritual Beast Tamer Zefrawendi
• Satellarknight Zefrathuban
• Stellarknight Zefraxciton
• Shaddoll Zefranaga
• Shaddoll Zefracore
• Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz
• Zefraxa, Flame Beast of the Nekroz
• Zefraxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing
• Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing
• Zefratorah Grammaton

Ritual Monsters

• "Nekroz" Ritual Monsters (with "Nekroz Cycle" or "Nekroz Mirror")

Extra Deck

Fusion Monsters

• "Shaddoll" Fusion Monsters (with "Shaddoll Fusion")
• Gem-Knight Seraphinite (with Zefrathuban or Zefraxciton)
• Gem-Knight Zirconia (with Zefracore)

Synchro Monsters

• "Yang Zing" Synchro Monsters
• Metaphys Horus

Xyz Monsters

• "tellarknight" Xyz Monsters
• Number 82: Heartlandraco
• Constellar Ptolemy M7

Spells & Traps

Spells

• Oracle of Zefra
• Zefra Path
• Zefra Providence
• Brilliant Fusion
• Emergency Teleport
• Pot of Dichotomy
• Pot of Riches
• Reinforcement of the Army
• Preparation of Rites
• Supply Squad
• Terraforming

Traps

• Star Crusade of the Zefra
• Chosen of Zefra
• Zefra Divine Strike
• Echo Oscillation

Trivia

• This is the second archetype to be based on the Sephiroth, the first being the "Timelords".

• All the Pendulum Effects among "Zefra" monsters revealed thus far are similar to those of "Qli" monsters, only less restrictive (applies limits to only Pendulum Summons, and only restricting those to members of 2 different archetypes instead of 1) and without any additional positive effects.