Fortune Lady

Fortune Lady
"Fortune Lady Earth", "Fortune Lady Light" and "Fortune Lady Wind" in the artwork of "Inherited Fortune".
Japanese	フォーチュンレディ Fōchunredi (romanized)
French	Demoiselle de Fortune
German	Schicksalsdame
Italian	Signora della Fortuna
Korean	포츈 레이디 Pochyun Reidi (romanized)
Portuguese	Senhora Fortuna
Spanish	Adivinadora
Sets Ancient Prophecy Stardust Overdrive Rising Rampage TCG OTS Tournament Pack 11 OCG Duelist Edition Volume 4 Tournament Pack 2019 Vol.2 Special Pack 20th Anniversary Edition Vol.5
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
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"Fortune Lady" (フォーチュンレディ Fōchun Redi) is an archetype of Spellcaster monsters, which are also evolved versions of the "Fortune Fairy" monsters. They are used by Carly Carmine while she was a Dark Signer in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime. After Carly's transformation into a Dark Signer, the cards in her Deck changed. The "Fortune Fairies" evolved into the "Fortune Ladies". Each "Fortune Lady" is an evolved version of the "Fortune Fairies" of the same Attribute and Level. "Fortune Lady Light" and "Fortune Lady Fire" were first released in Ancient Prophecy, while the rest were released in Stardust Overdrive.

Each "Fortune Lady" has a different Attribute and Level from 1 to 6. Each one's Attribute and Level correspond to that of her "Fortune Fairy" counterpart. All Ladies are Spellcaster Effect Monsters, with ? ATK and DEF. In the OCG, the names of all known Fortune Ladies have been their Attribute with an added "y" at the end. They all have effects that increase their Levels by 1 each Standby Phase and gain a fixed amount of ATK times their Level. All of their effects either activate when they are Summoned or are used to Special Summon other Fortune Ladies, meaning that they can be strategically used once "Future Visions" is also on the field. They can also be protected with the help of "Slip of Fortune".

Design

The OCG cards have similar names to four of the element Clow Cards in Cardcaptor Sakura (Windy, Earthy, Firey, Watery). They also seem to derive some inspiration from CLAMP's style in general, such as Fire strongly resembling Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth (Though this is more evident in her previous form, "Fortune Fairy En").

Members

Level	Fortune Lady	ATK/DEF boost
1	"Light" "Past"	200
2	"Fire"
3	"Wind"	300
4	"Water"
5	"Dark"	400
6	"Earth"
7	"Every"

Playing style

"Fortune Lady" Decks either revolve around a hit-and-fade strategy involving careful field control leading into a quick field swarm offensive with powerful attacking monsters or very specific combination Decks with a focused win condition. Quite often though, Fortune Lady cards are incorporated into a mixed Deck style where they act as a draw engine through the use of "Fortune's Future" and/or "Fortune Lady Water" with "Fortune Lady Dark" that improves the effectiveness of the core Deck strategy.

To pick off specific theme cards though for assessment, "Fortune Lady Wind" is not a commonly used card in a pure Fortune Lady Deck because its effect only activates when it is Normal Summoned and not Special Summoned like other Fortune Lady monsters.

"Fortune Ladies" need to swarm the field quickly using "Fortune Lady Light" and "Fortune Lady Dark". For example, you can play "Fortune Lady Light" while "Future Visions" is face-up on the field to Special Summon "Fortune Lady Dark". Using "Fortune Lady Dark" and "Fortune Lady Light's" effects, you can Special Summon:

• "Fortune Lady Water" to draw 2 cards, and keep constant hand advantage.
• "Fortune Lady Fire" to destroy an opponent's troublesome monster (and inflict burn damage).
• "Fortune Lady Past" to Synchro Summon "Fortune Lady Every".
• If you control two "Fortune Lady Dark" and any Fortune Lady destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, you can activate both of their effects and Special Summon two "Fortune Ladies".

Recommended cards

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Fortune Lady Dark Fortune Lady Earth Fortune Lady Fire Fortune Lady Light Fortune Lady Water Fortune Lady Wind Catoblepas and the Witch of Fate Solitaire Magician Cyber Valley Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu (with "Future Visions") Tragoedia Tuner monsters Fortune Lady Past Broomy Spell Cards Normal Spells Fortune Lady Calling Fortune's Future Allure of Darkness Gold Sarcophagus Spellbook of Knowledge Spellbook of Secrets Terraforming World Legacy Succession Galaxy Queen's Light Ready Fusion De-Synchro One for One Equip Spells D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation Spellbook of Life Wonder Wand Kahyoreigetsu Synchro Boost Field Spells Future Visions Secret Village of the Spellcasters Continuous Spells Fortune Vision Secret Sanctuary of the Spellcasters Magician's Right Hand Magician's Left Hand Trismagistus Quick-Play Spells Time Passage Magical Dimension Spellbook of Wisdom Turn Silence Xyz Align Eye of Illusion Whispers of the Sinful Spoils Trap Cards Normal Traps Fortune Lady Rewind Inherited Fortune Slip of Fortune Back to the Front Storm Dragon's Return Trap Trick Counter Traps Bending Destiny Continuous Traps Escape from the Dark Dimension Rivalry of Warlords Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Targets for "Ready Fusion" Kamionwizard Musician King Sanwitch Synchro Monsters Fortune Lady Every Stardust Charge Warrior Flower Cardian Moonflowerviewing Arcanite Magician Ib the World Chalice Justiciar Xyz Monsters Norito the Moral Leader Link Monsters Akashic Magician Crowley, the First Propheseer Day-Breaker the Shining Magical Warrior Puzzlomino, the Drop-n-Deleter Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians

Weaknesses

Even though the "Fortune Ladies" have an immense amount of draw power and can grow in strength with each passing turn, they are extremely vulnerable to effect negation due to having effects that make their ATK dependent on their Levels, with problematic cards including "Forbidden Chalice", "Infinite Impermanence", and "Skill Drain". Worse, due to their dynamic Level values and the fact that they are composed of each of the six main Attributes, cards like "Gozen Match", "Battle of the Elements", "Attention!" and "Unification" can not only purge them from the field but even keep it that way for quite some time, which can be better than using mass-removing staples like "Dark Hole" and "Torrential Tribute". Similarly, "Doom Donuts" and "Overworked" can also clean house since a "Fortune Lady"'s original ATK and DEF would both be 0.

"Fortune Ladies" tend to rely on summoning, as they must be summoned either from the Graveyard, by "Fortune Lady Dark", or from your hand (through cards like "Inherited Fortune"), or solely on the effects of "Fortune Lady Light". If the swarm starts too late, it can be very difficult to win. Against other swarm Decks, such as "Blackwings", "Future Visions" can slow down both Decks if you don't have "Fortune Lady Light". Likewise, if "Fortune Lady Dark" is somehow sent to Graveyard, the swarming is pretty much disrupted. Moreover, even if she's on the Field, cards like "The Transmigration Prophecy", "Foolish Return", "Evilswarm Ouroboros", "Soul Release" and "Out of the Blue" can interdict "Fortune Lady Dark" from reviving any "Fortune Lady" sitting in the Graveyard.