Black Swans
Infestations
Construction Site
Engineering
Tactical Evolutions
100

In the tcg, most of the zoodiac archetype has seen some level of play, except this one.

Zoodiac Kataroost

100

The infamous cockroaches themselves

Maxx "c"

100

MY NAME IS ATEM

The True Name

100

This card is probably best known for its role in Firewall Dragon FTK combos.

Cannon Soldier

100

Armityle the Chaos Phantasm

Armityle the Chaos Phantasm - Phantom of Fury

200

Played in early variants of Drytron, this card has since faded in modern builds as its effect is much too specific

Drytron Beta Rastaban

200

This card's TCG name is actually incorrect, as this card, according to its OCG name, is actually based on a damselfly.

Inzektor Dragonfly

200

Famous for that one scene in Duel monsters, this card's in-game effect requires you excavate cards instead of draw them like it does in the anime.

Berserker Soul

200

Crippled by an errata, this card was the payoff to old synchro cat decks and was capable of inflicting 4000 damage all by itself.

Dark Strike Fighter

200

Thousand-eyes Restrict

Millennium-eyes Restrict

300

This card gives Phantom Knights some draw power, the only monster in-archetype with a drawing effect

The Phantom Knights of Fragile Armor

300

This is the only insect Neo-Spacian

Neo-spacian Flare Scarab

300

Famous for its role in infernoid, this card has a goat deck named after it.

Reasoning

300

This card was the first synchro monster to require a synchro tuner and 2 or more non-tuner synchro monsters

T.G Halberd Cannon

300

Battle Ox

Enraged Battle Ox

400

The tutor for Dogmatikas, this card is the only level 4 Dogmatika that doesn't lock you out of the extra deck.

Dogmatika Adin, the Enlightened

400

This card formed part of a gimmicky OTK strategy from 2007, paired with Demise, King of Armageddon.

Doom Dozer

400
Overshadowed in its deck to its steep summoning requirements and lack of power compared to its competition, this card is the strongest in its archetype and the strongest rank 2 in the game

Paleozoic Anomalocaris

400

One of the best level 5 synchros of its time and the first of its archetype to come to the TCG, this card's effect made it nearly invincible in battle.

Ally of Justice Catastor

400

Orbital 7

Photon Orbital

500

The highest level Raidraptor, this card's effect clashes horribly with the rank 4 strategy of its archetype.

Raidraptor - Wild Vulture

500

A notable card in Goat format, this card was used to help dig for backrow cards.

Magical Merchant

500

In the anime, this card's effect always excavated the same number of monsters as the opponent had on their field.

Shooting Star Dragon

500

This card was the first xyz monster to require both type and attribute-specific materials

Cyber Dragon Infinity

500

Baby Dragon

Red-eyes Baby Dragon