Noble Knight
"Noble Knight", referred to as "Sacred Knight" in the anime and some video games, and known as "Holy Knight" (
It was introduced in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Strategy Guide and received its first support in Return of the Duelist with "Noble Arms - Gallatin".
The original "Noble Knights" (except "Noble Knight Joan") are based on the Knights of the Round Table of Arthurian legend, or on related concepts from Arthurian legend. The "Noble Arms" archetype supports this archetype, and encompasses weapons used by those knights. These "Noble Knights" and "Noble Arms" were primarily introduced as TCG Exclusives starting with "Noble Knight Artorigus" in Galactic Overlord. This archetype is related to the "Artorigus" and "Laundsallyn" archetypes. These two archetypes are only supported by "Avalon", which only supports members of those archetypes that are also "Noble Knight" monsters.
Structure Deck R: Warriors' Strike introduced the Infernoble Knight sub-series which is based on characters from the epic poem, The Song of Roland. They're related to the "Roland" archetype.
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Naming in the TCG
- In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, the archetype names are respectively "Nobile Cavaliere", "Nobre Cavaleiro" and "Noble Caballero", with the adjective meaning "Noble" coming before the noun meaning "Knight". This is to make sure that the support cards work well with "Ignoble Knight" cards which are called "Ignobile Cavaliere", "Inobre Cavaleiro" and "Innoble Caballero"; however, in these languages the "Noble Arms" archetype has the adjective after the noun meaning "Arms". In French, the adjective is placed after the noun in both cases of "Noble Knight" ("Chevalier Noble") and "Noble Arms" ("Armes Nobles"), as "Ignoble Knight" cards are simply named "Chevalier Noble Infâme" (literally "Infamous Noble Knight").
- There is no agreement on the noun phrase "Noble Knight" in English (the plural form is simply "Noble Knights", with no change reflected on the adjective "Noble"). However, in other languages there is, which makes the naming of the archetype potentially complicated.
- Plural forms are never used in French, German and Spanish card names, as shown on "Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights", "Noble Knight Brothers", "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table".
- An ungrammatical plural form is used in Portuguese ("Nobre Cavaleiros"), without making the adjective "Nobre" agree, as shown on "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table".
- In Italian, agreement is still applied on "Noble Knight Brothers", "Last Chapter of the Noble Knights" and "Noble Knights of the Round Table", with the plural form being "Nobili Cavalieri". This makes support confusing for a few "Noble Knight" support cards, such as "Noble Knight Brothers", "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn" and "Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights".
Origin
Arthurian legends
Knights
| Noble Knight | Knight of the Round Table |
|---|---|
| Artorigus King Artorigus Sacred Artorigus |
King Arthur |
| Custennin King Custennin |
Constantine |
| Black Laundsallyn High Laundsallyn |
Lancelot |
| Bedwyr | Bedivere |
| Borz | Bors the Younger |
| Brothers | Sir Agravain Sir Gaheris Sir Gareth |
| Drystan | Tristan |
| Eachtar | Hector de Maris |
| Gawayn | Gawain |
| Gwalchavad | Galahad |
| Iyvanne | Ywain |
| Medraut | Mordred |
| Pellinore | Pellinore |
| Peredur | Percival |
Support
| Card | Origin |
|---|---|
| Gwenhwyfar, Queen of Noble Arms | Guinevere |
| Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights | Iseult |
| Lady of the Lake | Lady of the Lake |
| Merlin | Merlin |
| Morgan, the Enchantress of Avalon | Morgan le Fay |
| Noble Knights of the Round Table | Round Table |
| Heritage of the Chalice | Holy Grail |
| Avalon | Avalon |
| Camelot, Realm of Noble Knights and Noble Arms | Camelot |
The Song of Roland
Knights
| Infernoble Knight | The Song of Roland character |
|---|---|
| Astolfo | Astolfo |
| Bradamante | Bradamante |
| Emperor Charles | Charlemagne |
| Maugis | Maugris |
| Ogier | Ogier the Dane |
| Oliver Captain Oliver |
Oliver |
| Renaud | Renaud de Montauban |
| Roland Captain Roland |
Roland |
Support
| Card | Origin |
|---|---|
| Horn of Olifant | Olifant |
Other
Sherry LeBlanc's Knights
- See the page on the Fleur series for more.
Several of Sherry LeBlanc's monsters are "Noble Knight" monsters/support due to coincidentally containing the archetype's Japanese name in their own. They are not thematically related to the rest of the "Noble Knight" cards.
| Card | Origin |
|---|---|
| Horse of the Floral Knights | N/A |
| Noble Knight Joan | Joan of Arc |
| Noble Knight's Shield-Bearer | N/A |
| Noble Knight's Spearholder |
Playing style
The archetype relies on equipping the "Noble Knights" with the "Noble Arms" Spell Cards and take advantage of this, either by searching for more support or simply destroying cards. There are also some "Noble Knights" that behave like Gemini monsters, being treated as Normal monsters while they are not equipped with a "Noble Arms" card. Once equipped, they gain an effect, and with the exception of "Gwalchavad", all of them become DARK and increase their Level by 1, in order to assist the Xyz Summon of "Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus" or the effect of "Lady of the Lake" to Synchro Summon "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn". The "pure" Level 5 "Noble Knights" can be Special Summoned from the hand and/or Graveyard and also serve to speed up the aforementioned Xyz/Synchro Summons.
The aforementioned "Noble Arms" are Equip Spell Cards in the shape of swords with a broad variety of effects, that range from offensive effects like destroying cards or giving ATK boost to support/defensive effects like protecting against destruction and targeting effects. With the exception of "Excaliburn", all of them can re-equip to a "Noble Knight" you control when they are destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, so that even if you Special Summon a Extra Deck "Noble Knight", by using materials that were equipped with "Noble Arms", those Spell Cards will re-equip themselves to that new monster.
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Official Konami Decklists
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Noble Knight Deck
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