Destiny HERO
Dark City or Clock Tower Prison
Commonly used for its ease of access and board wiping capabilities, Divine Arsenal AA Zeus Sky Thunder has a commonly forgotten third effect which can change the outcome of the remaining duel.
Once per turn, if another card you control is destroyed by battle or card effect: you can attach 1 card from your hand, deck , or extra deck to this card as material.
Being a primary otk enabler, this card saw significant play on its release at the beginning of the Link Format and continued to see consistent play in players’ extra decks until better cards released
Borrelsword Dragon
Side deck staple due to simplifying a decks poor matchup against a set of feathered avians in addition to its incidental synergy with Rivalry of Warlords
Zombie World
Swordsoul
Swordsoul of Moye
Six Samurai
Temple of the Six
Spright Sprind foolishes any level 2 for free however has an additional effect which could add disruption to the spright endboard
If another monster is Special Summoned while this card is on the field (except during the Damage Step): You can detach 1 material from an Xyz Monster you control, then target 1 monster on the field; return it to the hand.
This newly debuted archetype features an in-engine dark ruler your opponent cannot respond to if you meet certain requirements
Expurrely Happiness
Ease of access and its generic nature allowed this card to be made in a variety of rank 4 strategies if the player has bricked
Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir
Spright
Spright Starter
Shaddoll
Curse of the Shadow Prison
Primarily used for its on summon effect, Black Rose has an additional effect if it remains on the field bolstering its usage in plant strategies.
Once per turn: You can banish 1 Plant monster from your GY, then target 1 Defense Position monster your opponent controls; change that target to face-up Attack Position, and if you do, its ATK becomes 0 until the end of this turn.
A retrain of super polymerization which saw niche usage in predaplant decks post dimension force
Ultra Polymerization
This card notoriously known for its convoluted text is a mainstay for stun strategies like gren maju or true draco, among one of the strongest normal summons that arent vanillas
Inspector Boarder
Madolche
Anjelly or Petingcessour
Adventurer Token
Zaraalm the Dark Palace
Forest of Lost Flowers
Giving cyberse decks a way to draw cards as well as its effect to grow large based on what it points to, many players are unaware of this third effect getting ripped straight from the anime.
if your LP are 2000 or less, you can apply this effect.
● Banish this card from the field, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Link-3 or lower Cyberse monster from your Extra Deck, except "Decode Talker Heatsoul".
This card saw a sudden spike in usage in early power of the elements format to counter devastating spell and trap effects to ensure game on board
Anti-Magic arrows
This one sided floodgate was oppressive for the card to see play since its release up until just before covid format, this “link 1” monster was readily accessible if conditions were met
Thunder Dragon Colossus
Generaider
Generaider Boss Stage
Vaylantz
Vaylantz World - Konig Wissen
Vaylantz World - Shinrabansho
Water Enchantress of the Temple is a card with two exceptional effects of being able to special summon itself in addition to searching Rite of Aremesir however it also has a 3rd effect which only sees usage in adventurer token decks.
If you control an "Adventurer Token": You can place 1 Field Spell that mentions "Adventurer Token" from your Deck face-up in your Field Zone
Qliphort Stealth
When mannequin cat started seeing mainstream play in spright, this card saw experimentation as a cat target versus tearlament.
Testudo erat Numen
ABC
Union Hangar