Vendread

Vendread
"Revendread Slayer"
Japanese	ヴェンデット Vendetto (romanized) Vendead (translated)
French	Vendetterreur
German	Venschrecken
Italian	Venterrore
Portuguese	Vendorror
Spanish	Vengamiedo
Sets TCG Code of the Duelist Circuit Break Extreme Force Flames of Destruction OCG Extra Pack 2017
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"Vendread", known as "Vendead" (ヴェンデット Vendetto) in the OCG, is an archetype of DARK Zombie monsters. It is one of two formerly TCG-exclusive archetypes debuted in Code of the Duelist, the other being "F.A.".

Design

Appearance

The "Vendread" monsters resemble mutated creatures and zombies, common from several horror series, in particular the Resident Evil franchise, as well as a few possible nods to the Spawn franchise and The Thing.

Etymology

"Vendread" is a portmanteau of the words 'Vengeance' and 'Dread'.

Members

Level	Vendread	Origin
1	Vendread Core	Uroboros Virus/Necroplasm Parasite/The Thing
1	Vendread Anima	Wanda Blake
2	Vendread Striges	Crow/Kid Napper
3	Vendread Houndhorde	Zombie Dog/Kennel-Thing
4	Vendread Revenants	Revenant
5	Vendread Chimera	The Thing
6	Revendread Slayer	Tyrant/Spawn
7	Vendread Battlelord	Omega Spawn
8	Revendread Executor	Spawn Resurrection
-	Revendread Origin	t-Virus
-	Vendread Nights	Raccoon City
-	Vendread Reorigin	Zombie Infection
-	Vendread Reunion	Original Thing
-	Vendread Revolution	Assimilation

Playing style

The "Vendread" archetype focuses on Ritual Summoning. So far, all non-Ritual monsters in the archetype come with two effects, each of which can only be used once per turn: the first effect revolves around the Special Summon of the monster from your GY when a certain condition is met, but comes at the cost of the monster being banished when it leaves the field. The second effect grants a "Vendread" Ritual Monster that was Ritual Summoned using the "Vendread" non-Ritual monster on the field a Quick Effect that enables considerable field advantage. "Vendread Reorigin" is a rather unorthodox Trap Card which enables not only slowing down the opponent's momentum by means other than destroying a card, but also gives the player a way to generate more tribute fodder.

Their first and currently only Ritual Spell Card, "Revendread Origin", is easily one of the most practical Ritual Spell Cards seen in recent times. It is one of only four Ritual Spell Cards which can Ritual Summon the target monster out of the GY, which makes discarding the archetype's Ritual Monsters to activate effects a viable strategy, and enables the spell to act as a recovery option for the archetype's Ritual Monsters after they leave the field. In addition, the Ritual Spell allows the player to tribute monsters whose total Levels may exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster that is to be Ritual Summoned, and enables banishing any Zombie type monsters from the GY should one lack the needed monsters on the field or hand. This in turn opens a lot of possible combinations with the "Shiranui" archetype, as well as "Zombie World". Given that "Revendread Origin" has a protection effect that specifically lists and applies to only "Revendread Slayer", this card can be searched by "Pre-Preparation of Rites" which gives the deck the speed which every Ritual Summon deck needs, something that sets it apart from every other archetype-generic Ritual Spell Card that came before it.

"Vendread Reunion", although a Trap Card, acts as another Ritual card, allowing for the summoning of banished Vendread Monsters before immediately tributing them in order to Ritual Summon. This not only recycles banished Vendread Monsters but allows the Ritual Monster to gain additional effects.

Due to the sheer number of generic Zombie support released through the years, "Vendread" have access to a plethora of useful support cards to make up for the small number of their own cards, in particular the likes of "Book of Life", "Gozuki" and "Shutendoji" which tremendously benefit the archetype in terms of resource management and recycling tribute fodder for their next Ritual Summon.

Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Vendread Anima Vendread Core Vendread Houndhorde Vendread Revenants Vendread Striges Goblin Zombie Gozuki Mezuki Shiranui Solitaire Shiranui Spiritmaster Shutendoji Tuner monsters Ghost Charon, the Underworld Boatman Plaguespreader Zombie Shiranui Spectralsword Uni-Zombie Ritual Monsters Revendread Executor Revendread Slayer Vendread Battlelord Vendread Chimera Spell Cards Revendread Evolution Revendread Origin Vendread Charge Vendread Nightmare Vendread Nights Allure of Darkness Book of Life Burial from a Different Dimension D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation Dragon's Mirror Foolish Burial Fulfillment of the Contract Fusion Substitute / Polymerization Instant Fusion Pot of Acquisitiveness Pre-Preparation of Rites Preparation of Rites Recurring Nightmare Ties of the Brethren Trap Cards Vendread Daybreak Vendread Reorigin Vendread Reunion Vendread Revolution Escape from the Dark Dimension Urgent Ritual Art Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon Predaplant Dragostapelia Sea Monster of Theseus Starving Venom Fusion Dragon Synchro Monsters Archfiend Zombie-Skull Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons Beelzeus of the Diabolic Dragons Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon PSY-Framelord Omega Shiranui Samuraisaga Shiranui Shogunsaga Xyz Monsters Number 66: Master Key Beetle Link Monsters Vampire Sucker

Official Decklist

Konami's "Vendread" Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Vendread Houndhorde x3 Vendread Revenants x3 Shiranui Solitaire x3 Mezuki x2 Tuner monsters Uni-Zombie x3 Ritual Monsters Revendread Slayer x3 Spell Cards Revendread Origin x3 Fusion Recycling Plant x3 Terraforming x2 Polymerization Dragon's Mirror Super Polymerization Pre-Preparation of Rites x3 Preparation of Rites x2 Foolish Burial Burial from a Different Dimension x2 Trap Cards Vendread Reorigin x3 Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon x2 Starving Venom Fusion Dragon x2 Synchro Monsters PSY-Framelord Omega Xyz Monsters Tornado Dragon Diamond Dire Wolf Evilswarm Exciton Knight