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{{CleanupFor|the character|Frog (character)|the card part|""Froggie""}}{{Infobox archetypearchseries| image = D3SFrog-TF04MADU-JPEN-VG-artwork.jpgpng| caption = "[[D.3.S. Frog]]", three "[[Treeborn Frog]]s" and three "[[Des Frog]]s" all in the artwork of "D.3.S. Frog"| ja_name = ガエル| romaji = Gaeru| zh_name = 蛙| zh_pinyin = Wā| zh_jyutping = Waa1| fr_name = Grenouille| de_name = Frosch| it_name = RANA| ko_name = 개구리

| pt_name = Sapo| es_name = RANA| sets =

* [[Extra Pack Volume 2]]* [[Rarity Collection Premium Gold Edition]]* [[Structure Deck: Ice Barrier of the Frozen Prison]]| anime =

"'''Frog'''" (ガエル ''Gaeru'') is an [[archetype]] of [[WATER]] [[Aqua]]-[[TypeMonster Card|monsters]] monsters that debuted in ''[[Cybernetic Revolution]]''. This [[archetype]] is was both the first WATER archetype and the first Aqua-Type archetype. The archetype is used by [[Princess Rose]] uses this archetype in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime. The "[[Froggy ForcefieldToad]]" series is not a "Frog" card, because it does not have 「ガエル」 in its Japanese name. "[[Slime Toad]]", originally known as "Frog related series of monsters that support the Jam", is also not a "Frog" card because of its Japanese name, and was renamed to clarify thisarchetype.

==Playing style==Though weak, "Frog" cards can unleash devastating effects that include rapid [[Summon]]ing, the option to increase their ATK or protect themselves from destruction, and wiping out all cards the opponent controls. Many "Frog" cards have low Levels, which lets them benefit from cards like "[[Gravity BindFroggy Forcefield]]"is not a member of this archetype, "[[Pride of the Weak]]" and "[[Graceful Revival]]"as its name does not contain「ガエル」.

Frog Decks use ==Design==True to their their name, the Field Spell general design of "[[Wetlands]]Frog" that increases as well as the [[ATK]] of all Level 2 or lower WATER/Aqua Monsters by 1200. Frogs can use related "Toad"[[T.A.D.P.O.Lmonsters resemble their real-life counterparts.E.]]Some " (which allows you to add up to 2 more copies of itself from your deck to your hand when destroyed by battle), "[[Substitoad]]Frog" ([[Traditional Format]]), monsters like "[[Flip Flop Frog]]", and "[[Treeborn Poison Draw Frog]]" (though you can't Special Summon him with showcase their long, sticky tongues in their artwork. Most of the "[[Wetlands]]Frog" out)and Toad monsters have distinctive colorful markings on their bodies and heads, most notably "[[Froggy ForcefieldSwap Frog]]", and "[[Dupe Frog]]" to stall while building up combos. , "[[Beelze Frog]]" can gain up to 2100 ATK with all 3 "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" in the Graveyard, a sizeable amount for a Level 3 monster. "[[Mermaid Archer]]" is also useful with Frogs, since all Frogs except for "[[Des Frog]]" are Level 3 or lower. "[[Star Boy]]" can power up Frogs in a flash; even with only "[[Wetlands]]" and its own effect, it has 2250 [[ATK]]. "[[UnifrogRonintoadin]]" can be used to make [[direct attack]]s, having 1600 ATK while "Wetlands" is active, and can also destroy an opponent's Spell/Trap Card if you control another Frog.

Because this Deck often heavily revolves around Some "[[Wetlands]]Frog" and easily swarms the field with Frogs for Tribute fodder, it can easily accommodate an Toad monsters resemble angels like "[[Earthbound ImmortalTreeborn Frog]]". , while others resemble demons like "[[Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua]]Beelze Frog" works superbly because its effect lets it deal damage even with cards like and "[[Gravity Bind]]Swap Frog" active. This thematic resemblance to angels and demons is further highlighted by the contrasting half-angel, half-demon appearances of "[[Earthbound ImmortalsSubstitoad]]" that require Tributes for their effects, such as and "[[Earthbound Immortal UruTradetoad]]", also have great synergy with the Frogs' aforementioned swarming power.

One card that kept ===Etymology===The Japanese name of the "Frogs" versatile and powerful was Frog"archetype, ''gaeru'', is the [[Substitoadwikipedia:Rendaku|voiced]]form of the word for "frog", but after ''kaeru''; ''kaeru'' in turn is used in the Japanese names of the Toad monsters. Most ''[[Frog FTKTCG]] won the 2010 World Championships'' languages localize ''gaeru'' as "frog" and ''kaeru'' as "toad" in their own languages. In Portuguese, it was [[Forbidden]]however, so many the reverse is true: "Frog" [[Deck]]s lost their supreme speed. is translated as "[[One for One]]Sapo" allows easy Summoning of ("[[Substitoad]]toad"), so a [[Normal Summon]]/[[Normal Set|Set]] while "Toad" is not spent to get translated as "Rã" ("[[Substitoad]]frog" out).

"[[Fishborg Blaster]]" ([[Traditional Format]] only) and "[[Deep Sea Diva]]" are good Tuners to include in a Frog Deck; they are easily Special Summoned and benefit from "[[Aegis of In the Ocean Dragon Lord]]"Japanese, the names of "[[Water Hazard]]Frog" and other WATER support. "[[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]]" is another effective Tuner, as "[[Wetlands]]" grants him 2500 ATK. "[[Dewdark of the Ice Barrier]]" also works thanks to his ability to attack directly while you only control Level 2 or lower Toad monstersare puns on ''gaeru''/''kaeru'', which is easily manageable with primarily exploiting the Frogs teamed up with "Wetlands" fact that many verbs in Japanese end in this Deckone of those sequences.

==Frog FTK/OTK Decks==''Gaeru'' puns===={| class=Frog Burn FTK/Mass Driver FTK "wikitable sortable"! English name !! Japanese name (romaji) !! Japanese name (base) !! Japanese name (translation) !! Pun !! Pun (Traditionaltranslation)===This FTK is hard to stop, and relatively easy to pull off. First, you need to get a "|-| [[SubstitoadBeelze Frog]]" on the field (easy with "|| Amagaeru || 悪魔ガエル || Devil Frog || アマガエル || [[One for Onewikipedia:Japanese tree frog|Japanese tree frog]]" or "|-| [[Swap Des Frog]]|| Desugaeru || デスガエル || Death Frog || ですがえる || " + to come across"|-| [[SalvageCenterfrog]]|| Negaeru || 寝ガエル || Sleeping Frog || 寝返る || "). Then, you just need another monster on the field as fodder for his effect. At that point, dump as many Frogs as you possibly can into your Graveyard (cards like to switch sides or to betray"|-| [[Banisher of the LightDupe Frog]]|| Machigaeru || 魔知ガエル || Evil Wisdom Frog || 間違える || " and to make a mistake"|-| [[Dimensional FissureFlip Flop Frog]]|| Uragaeru || 裏ガエル || Reverse Frog || 裏返る || " are the bane of this strategy). If you have three copies of to be turned inside-out"|-| [[RonintoadinPoison Draw Frog]]" in your Deck, there is a very good chance that if he's not already in your hand, he will be very soon, likewise with "|| Hikigaeru || 引きガエル || Draw Frog || 蟇蛙 || [[Mass Driverwikipedia:Japanese common toad|Japanese common toad]]" (Traditional Only). All you need to do now is get "|-| [[RonintoadinSubmarine Frog]]|| Michigaeru || 未知ガエル || Unknown Frog || 見違える || " in the Graveyard, either by to be hardly recognized"|-| [[Swap Frog]]'s|| Kigaeru || 鬼ガエル || [[wikipedia:Oni|Ogre]] Frog || 着替える || "to change clothes" effect or by other means (|-| [[Magical MerchantTreeborn Frog]]), and "|| Yomigaeru || 黄泉ガエル || [[Mass Driverwikipedia:Yomi|Underworld]]Frog || 蘇る || " (Possible to substitute be revived"|-| [[Cannon SoldierUnifrog]]|| Kangaeru || 貫ガエル || Penetrating Frog || 考える || " instead) on the Field. Use the effect of to think about"Ronintoadin" to bring him back to the Field and then Tribute him for 400 LP damage. Repeat until you win.|}

With the banning of ====Other puns===={| class="Substitoadwikitable sortable" in September 2010 and ! English name !! Japanese name (romaji) !! Japanese name (base) !! Japanese name (translation) !! Pun !! Pun (translation)|-| [[D.3.S. Frog]] || Gaeru Sandesu || ガエル・サンデス || Frog Three-Death || ガエルさんです || "Mass DriverI'm Mr. Frog" in March 2011|-| [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]] || Otamajakushi || 悪魂邪苦止 || Phono-semantically matched ''[[wikipedia:Ateji|ateji]]'' of ''Otamajakushi'', this strategy is no longer playable in the Japanese word for "tadpole"; literally translates to "evil, soul, vice, pain, stop" || オタマジャクシ || [[Advanced Formatwikipedia:Tadpole|Tadpole]]. |}

{{See also|[[Frog Burn FTK]]}} ===Des Frog OTK=Playing style==The rapid summoning of "[[Des Frog]]"s can be used to [[OTK]] as follows:1. Tribute Summon "[[Des Frog]]" when at least 2 "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]s" are in your Graveyard. See below for 1 turn set-up.2. Use "[[Des Croaking]]" to destroy all cards on your opponent's side of the field3. (option A): Activate "[[Solidarity]]" or "[[United We Stand]]" and then attack for 8100 damage Though with the 3 "[[Des Frog]]s".3. (option B): Attack with all "[[Des Frog]]"s, then activate "[[Super Polymerization]]"weak stats, summoning "[[D.3.S. Frog]]" and finally attacking for 8200 damage. Special Summon "[[Ronintoadin]]" card from your Graveyard then, activate "[[Inferno Reckless Summon]]" and Special Summon 3 "[[Des Frog]]". Then use "[[Des Croaking]]" to clear your opponent's field. Xyz Summon Rank 5 like "[[Shark Fortress]]" then, Xyz Summon "[[Daigusto Phoenix]]" and win. Use "[[Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls]]", "[[Swap Frog]]" and "[[Foolish Burial]]" with the help "[[Salvage]]" to send "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]", "[[Gazer Shark]]" or "[[Des Frog]]" to the Graveyard. You can banish Gazer Shark for a free Rank 5 WATER Xyz Summon. "[[Sea Lancer]]" can also be used to recycle "Gazer Shark". There can also be an FTK if you add a "[[One for One]]" or "[[Swap Frog]]" into your Deck. If you draw a "[[Des Frog]]", a "[[Des Croaking]]", a "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" and "[[One for One]]" or a "[[Swap Frog]]", you can either:* Activate "[[One for One]]" and discard "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" from your hand to Special Summon "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" from your DeckOR* Discard one "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" from your hand to Special Summon "[[Swap Frog]]", then use its effect to send the second "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" from your Deck to the Graveyard. Tribute your Monster for a "[[Des Frog]]" monsters are very versatile and follow from stage 2 above! It is also possible to Normal Summon "[[Substitoad]]", then [[Special Summon]] with "[[One for One]]" or "[[Swap Frog]]" to tribute for "[[Substitoad]]"'s effect. Summon "[[Swap Frog]]" and use its effect to send "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]" to the [[Graveyard]]. Tribute "[[Swap Frog]]" to Summon another if you need to to make sure you have two "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]"s in your Graveyard, then use "[[Swap Frog]]'s effect by returning it or "[[Substitoad]]" to your hand to Tribute Summon your "[[Des Frog]]". As an alternative for step 3.(B), use "[[Polymerization]]" after using "[[Des Croaking]]", then "[[De-Fusion]]" after attacking with "[[D.3.S. Frog]]". You can use the Frog search cards like "[[Moray of Greed]]" and "[[Substitoad]]", "[[Tradetoad]]", along with stall cards like "[[Dupe Frog]]", "[[Treeborn Frog]]" and "[[Froggy Forcefield]]" to more reliably complete this [[OTK]]/[[FTK]]. Watch out for "[[Starlight Road]]", "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" and "[[D.D. Crow]]", however. ===Dragon Frog Exodia (Traditional)===This strategy uses "[[Substitoad]]" (Traditional Only), "[[DNA Surgery]]"/"[[D. Tribe]]" & "[[Super Rejuvenation]]" to draw through your entire Deck in one turn in order to cause a win condition using the 5 parts of "[[Exodia]]". First get the "[[Substitoad]]" & your Type change trap on the field, then after playing "[[Super Rejuvenation]]" tribute enough "Frogs" to draw the rest of your Deck during the End Phase. Like most "Frog" combos, use "[[One for One]]" and such to get "[[Substitoad]]" as fast as possible, and from there setup the rest of the 3 card combo. Other cards that could be used are "[[A Cat of Ill Omen]]" to search for the Type Changing traps, as well as "[[Magical Mallet]]" / "[[Hand Destruction]]" to allow controlled drawing through the Deck, in order not to lose any parts of "[[Exodia]]". Bear in mind that when you tribute "[[Poison Draw Frog]]" or "[[Dupe Frog]]", their effects do not activate.* You can use "[[Swap Frog]]" to send them to include rapid Summoning, the graveyard from the field option to activate increase their own effects when "[[Swap Frog]]" is Summoned, however they will not actually be 'tributed' and therefore will not count for "[[Super Rejuvenation]]". ==Frog beatdown Decks==Keep in mind that, in a Beatdown Deck, "[[Wetlands]]" is much more important than in a OTK Deck. Make sure you use 3, and at least one "[[Terraforming]]". Not drawing "[[Wetlands]]" can be a huge problem. Hybrid Decks involving other monsters using Wetlands can be found on the [[Wetlands Deck]] page. Using "[[Flip Flop Frog]]" is also crucial as you can easily clear the field every turn as long as he's not destroyed, and can also be a powerful beatstick with "[[Wetlands]]". Although not a "Frog", "[[Penguin Soldier]]" can be a great help. You can use it to return 2 monsters on the field for a Direct Attack, and it gains the attack boost for "[[Wetlands]]". [[Ancient Prophecy]] also added some great new support for low Level WATER monsters including "[[Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord]]" to prevent your Frogs ATK or protect themselves from being destroyed by any means. This is particularly useful against "[[Lightning Vortex]]", "[[Mirror Force]]" and "[[Torrential Tribute]]". Also, "[[Moray of Greed]]", while a powerful card, is skippable as it's better to use "[[Pot of Avarice]]". Since a combo of 2 "[[Dupe Frog]]s" or a "[[Dupe Frog]]" in Defense Position and a "[[Substitoad]]" (Traditional Only) essentially renders your opponents attacks completely useless, your main worry is monster destruction. It is therefore essential to include cards to negate this, such as the aforementioned "[[Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord]]" or "[[Destruction Jammer]]" from the Light of Destruction set.  If you want to incorporate Synchros, "[[Junk Synchron]]" works well as almost all Frogs are Level 2 or lower, but "[[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]]" is one of the best tuners for Frogs. Not only is it the strongest monster affected by "[[Wetlands]]", he also has a powerful stalling effect (Though this would require running other "Ice Barrier" monsters). You can easily summon "[[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]" using "[[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]]" and a "[[Mother Grizzly]]" or two of any Level two monster. "[[Junk Warrior]]" is probably the best synchro monster for a Frog Deck to to his gaining the attack of every Level 2 monster on the field which means "Wetlands" makes him incredibly strong if you have at least one frog on the field.  Finally, it should be noted that a "Frog" Deck is excellent at quickly filling the field with monsters thanks to its ability to lock down the opponents attacks. This makes it an ideal Deck to include some very powerful monsters, as you will be able to easily summon even monsters requiring three tributes. Without using high Level monsters, "[[Dewdark of the Ice Barrier]]" is a great monster to combo with "[[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]]" because it can be a 2400 Direct Attacker and also block attacks from Level 4+ monsters. {{See also|[[Wetlands Deck]]}} ===Frognarch===This type of Deck utilizes "[[Swap Frog]]" and "[[Substitoad]]" (Traditional Only) to speed up the chances of getting "[[Treeborn Frog]]" on the Field. This Deck utilizes the potential of getting "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]" wiping out to stop your opponents, but also using "[[Dupe Frog]]" to stall, and "[[Ronintoadin]]" to get even more Tribute fodder. Use "[[Swap Frog]]'s" effect to bounce a "[[Monarch (series)|Monarch]]" monster back to your hand, and then tribute a monster like "[[Treeborn Frog]]" or a opponent monster using all cards like "[[Soul Exchange]]" and "[[Enemy Controller]]" to Normal Summon the "Monarch" and use its effect again. Normal Summon "[[Substitoad]]", tribute for its own effect, and then Special Summon a "[[Swap Frog]]" to dump a "[[Treeborn Frog]]" to the Graveyard. A popular play is the "Raiza Loop", which uses "[[Swap Frog]]" to return "[[Raiza the Storm Monarch]]" to your hand to continually return a card controlled by the opponent to the top of their Deckcontrols, disallowing them to Draw any new cards. This Deck can be played without with "[[Substitoad]]" meaning you will have a Frognarch Deck ready for advanced format. Just use "[[Swap FrogDes Croaking]]" to thin the Deck and you can thin it very quickly. Other then that the Deck is basically the same as the above.

''See the article: One card that kept "Frogs" versatile and powerful was "[[FrognarchsSubstitoad]] or ", but after ''[[Frog EngineFTK]]''won the ''2010 World Championships'', it was [[Forbidden]], so many "Frog" Decks lost their supreme speed.

===Toadally Awesome beatdown===Before "[[Toadally AwesomeMonarch]]" can negate the activation of any Spell/Trap Card or monster effectmonsters gained support through recent years, then [[Set]] that card on your side of the field. A well-structured usage of they were commonly combined with monsters like "[[Ronintoadin]]Treeborn Frog" and , "[[Swap Frog]]" can easily swarm the field and grave with Level 2 monsters to either Summon "Toadally AwesomeRonintoadin" or be used , that could provide fodders for the Tribute Summons. This granted them popularity and competitive viability and the Deck became known as fodder for it''[[Frog Monarch]]''.

Beware of cards such as Another popular combination is "[[Zombie WorldSea Lancer]]" (. It can equip itself with as many banished Aqua, Fish and Sea Serpent monsters as possible, which will prevent you from summoning raises is ATK by 1000 and those targets can be easily provided by "Toadally AwesomeRonintoadin" at all) . It can send an equipped monster to the Graveyard to prevent its destruction and cards that banish what goes into your Graveyard such as by sending a "[[Masked HERO Dark LawDupe Frog]]" and or "[[Dimensional FissurePoison Draw Frog]]", it is possible to prevent a loss in card advantage, by drawing a card or search/retrieve a "Frog" monster.

===Lancer Frogs===This Deck uses "In 2016, with the ''[[RonintoadinInvasion: Vengeance]]" to banish your own frogs'' Booster Pack, the archetype gained its boss monster, while "[[Sea LancerToadally Awesome]]" brings them back , a very solid Xyz that is able to negate the activation of cards and effects, steal the negated card, Special Summon a "Frog" monster from the banished zone Deck and equips them onto itselfretrieve a WATER monster when it is sent to the Graveyard. Combined with the "[[Gachi Gachi GantetsuPaleozoic]]" Trap Cards, that can be brought out easily with this Deck being able to Summon themselves from the Graveyard as Level 2 Aqua monsters very quickly. It is recommended to use both "[[Dupe Frog]]" , the Deck rapidily gained popularity and competitive relevance, which later resulted in "[[Poison Draw Frog]]" because both get their effects when they are sent as Toadally Awesome"becoming [[Sea LancerLimited]]'s" equip card to in the GraveyardOCG.

Use "Toadally Awesome" is currently banned in the OCG, because its powerful effects caused Decks based on Level 4 [[Tidal, Dragon Ruler of WaterfallsWATER]]", monsters (which could Summon it throught "[[Swap FrogBahamut Shark]]" ) and Level 2 like "[[Foolish BurialSpright]]" (which could Summon it with the help "[[Salvage]]" to send "[[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]", "[[Gazer Shark]]" or a "[[Des Frog]]" engine) to dominate the Graveyard. You can banish "Gazer Shark" for a free Rank 5 WATER Xyz Summon. "[[Sea Lancer]]" can also be used to recycle "Gazer Shark"metagame.

===Recommended cards===

|normal monsters =* [[Megalosmasher X]]| effect monsters =

* [[Cryomancer of the Ice BarrierCenterfrog]]

* [[Poseidra, the Atlantean Dragon]]* [[Prior of the Ice Barrier]]* [[Ronintoadin]]* [[Sea Lancer]]* [[Shark Cruiser]]* [[Star Boy]](OCG and Traditional Format)

* [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]* [[Tidal, Dragon Ruler of WaterfallsSubstitoad]](TCG and Traditional Format)

* [[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]* [[Stardust DragonUnderworld Fighter Balmung]]

* [[Gachi Gachi GantetsuToadally Awesome]] (TCG and Traditional Format)* [[Bahamut Shark]]* [[Cat Shark]]

* [[Gigantic Spright]]* [[Number 9629: Dark MistMannequin Cat]]* [[Number 7345: Abyss SplashCrumble Logos the Prophet of Demolition]]* [[TirasSky Cavalry Centaurea]]|link monsters =* [[Eria the Water Charmer, Keeper of GenesisGentle]]* [[Mistar Boy]]* [[Shark FortressMermail Abyssalacia]]* [[Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor NinjaSpright Elf]](OCG and Traditional Format)

* [[Inferno Reckless SummonWetlands]]* [[Level Limit - Area BAquarium Set]]* [[Aquarium Stage]]

* [[Shield & Sword]]* [[Solidarity]]* [[Super PolymerizationSpright Gamma Burst]]

* [[WetlandsPolymerization]]