Deck-Building Bungles
You're telling me HERO needs this graveyard banisher to work? Sure, I just won't draw it!
Destiny HERO - Malicious
If this monster existed, it would fusion summon when it's special summoned, and get shuffled into your opponent's deck when flipped!
Fusion Parasite Paracide
One of Fallen of Albaz's many fusion monsters, this fusion monster, summoned with Fallen of Albaz and one Light monster, is the only monster to belong to the Branded archetype
Albion, the Branded Dragon
Second only to Code Talker, this wrestling-themed archetype has the most Link monsters of any other.
Gouki
While Dark Magician may be the ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense, this Queen of the spellcasters could easily best him in a battle.
Cosmo Queen
Yeah, this seems great, you're telling me I get to negate the summon? So what if I'm playing Radiant Typhoon!
Dominus Impulse
A spooky Xyz with an alt-win attached meets "the perfect out to any Xyz deck". How devious!
Ghostrick Angel of Mischief of the Gnomes
While Fallen of Albaz does not have an archetype to call his own, he does belong to this eponymous series of monsters released in Rise of the Duelist.
Albaz Dragon
Prior to Sky Striker's new OCG link, this washed up archetype had the most Link-1's of any other. Trust me, they need it!
Appliancer
The longest non-pendulum card in Yu-Gi-Oh! by card text this archetypal is secretly just a review and recommendation for a fictional sushi joint.
Gunkan Suship Shari
An Infernoble Knight, if not in name then in archetype, and his great big...
Emperor Charles the Great Long Nose
"Check THIS out!" It's better than Gemini Elf!
Mekk-Knight Avram
It's practically a plus 9! Who cares if the archetype is mostly bricks, most of its monsters are 1's, and I don't have to play the lock! I'm sure it's splashable in Yummy somehow...
Wightbaking
A 6 star monster tearing through Genesys format (as of the creation of this board) is "the best card printed in 2017, and it's a normal monster".
Radiant Typhoon Kro-Sea Monster of Theseus
Everyone knows that Firewall Dragon Singularity is the link monster that requires the most material, but this is the one and only one LEGAL Link-1 you can make with Firewall Dragon Singularity... Outside of Vaalmonica.
Secure Gardna
A monster that most of us have frankly never read, Yugi's iconic anime... spell?
Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magical Hats
This 2023 non-archetypal normal trap absolutely won't see any play, but it is notable for showcasing a fight in the Branded lore between Bystial Alba Los, Gigantic "Champion" Sargas, and Tri-Brigade Arms Bucephalus II.
Gigantic Thundercross
This Link-4 with an anti-banish floodgate attached was an amazing answer to Maliss... If you were a Zombie player.
Yuki-Onna, The Absolute Zero Mayakashi
This "horrible torture Machine", originally printed in Vol 7. in the OCG, might have fit right at home in the modern game if Konami had waited! After all, it shares half of its name with a quite modern summoning condition.
Pendulum Machine