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Asking all of you
Let's go find the Melffies ♫— The archetype's tagline in promotional material
"Melffy" (メルフィー Merufī) is an archetype of Beast monsters, predominately EARTH Attribute and Level/Rank 2, introduced in Rise of the Duelist.
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Design[edit]
The artworks of this archetype are drawn in a cartoonish style similar to children's story books. It also uses pastel color palettes.
Etymology[edit]
The name of this archetype may be a portmanteau of "märchen" (メルヘン) and "fee" (フィー). Both words are German, with "märchen" meaning "fairy tale" and "fee" meaning "fairy". It may also be a pun on "fluffy". The Spells and Traps reference various children games.
Appearance[edit]
Every member of this archetype are based on various kinds of animal. "Melffy Mommy" is probably supposed to be the 'mother' of all Melffy, as shown in the artwork of "Melffy Playhouse", where "Mommy" appears to be gigantic and taking care of small Melffy monsters. All members have a heart pattern on their chest and a flower pattern on their thigh. All of the main deck monsters except "Melffy Rabby" have a combined ATK/DEF value of 400, while the extra deck monster except "Melffy Mommy" have combined value of 2500.
Monsters[edit]
Among the Main Deck monsters, except "Melffy Rabby" and "Melffy Pinny", they all share the same second effect and much of the same first effect.
Each of those Melffys first effect triggers when either an opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster or when the Melffy in question is attacked. The Melffys are returned to the hand, and an unique effect, listed in the table below, is applied. These effects tend to add or Summon Beast monsters from various locations.
Their second effect, meanwhile, allow the player to Special Summon the Melffys from the hand during the player's End Phase. The main purpose this serves is to allow the player to field their Main Deck Melffys in Defense Position, as their ATK and DEF aren't geared for offense, while allowing them to be Face-up so that they can meet the trigger for their first effect as quickly and as much at the player's leisure as possible. Also, by allowing them to swarm the field during the End Phase, as opposed to the Main Phase, this design choice encourages Melffys to be played in a more control-oriented style.
| Melffy | Animal | Unique effect |
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| Catty | Cat | The controller can add a Beast monster from their Deck to their hand, except "Catty". |
| Fenny | Fennec fox | The controller can Special Summon a Beast monster from their hand, except "Fenny". |
| Mommy | Marmot/mommy | |
| Pinny | Seal/pinniped | If a face-up Beast monster(s) the controller controls, other than "Melffy Pinny", was returned to the hand this turn, they can Special Summon this card from their hand, then, immediately after this effect resolves, they can Synchro Summon using only "Melffy" monsters in their hand and this card as material. |
| Pony | Pony | The controller can add a Level 2 or lower Beast monster from their GY to their hand, except "Pony". |
| Puppy | Dog/puppy | The controller can Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Beast monster from their Deck, except "Puppy". |
| Rabby | Rabbit | N/A |
| Wally | Wallaby | The controller can Special Summon 2 "Melffy" monsters with different names from each other from your Deck, except "Melffy Wally". |
| Merry Melffys Joyous Melffys Melffy of the Forest |
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Spells/Traps[edit]
| Melffy | Game |
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| Hide-and-Seek | Hide-and-seek |
| Staring Contest | Staring contest |
| Tag | Tag |
| Playhouse | House |
Playing style[edit]
"Melffy" is an archetype focused on Xyz Summoning and disruption tactics. Every Main Deck "Melffy" monster can Special Summon themselves from the hand on the player's End Phase, and return themselves to the hand when attacked or if the opponent summons a monster, along with some other effect meant to generically support Beast monsters, such as adding them to the hand, special summoning them or recovering them from the graveyard. The Xyz Monsters of the archetype have effects based on having many Xyz Materials, with the Deck's boss monster, "Melffy Mommy" being able to be Xyz Summoned with many materials at once, and gaining powerful effects once it has 5 of them, turning it into essentially a Beast "Yubel". It's very defensive in nature and stronger in grind games, attempting to gather as many resources as it can for a big attack at the end, mainly through the trap "Melffy Playhouse", which can return most of your opponent's field to the hand and increase your Xyz Monsters' ATK to ludicrous levels for a final OTK.
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Animation[edit]
This theme was one of those featured in the Yu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME THE CHRONICLES video.
Trivia[edit]
- "Melffy" monsters based on an alpaca, panda, tanuki, mouse, otter, penguin, and polar bear appear in the artworks of various "Melffy" cards, but do not have corresponding Monster Cards.
