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Zombies represent undead beings, including mummies, skeletons, vampires, ''yokai'', biologically-infected humans and animals, ghosts, and of course, zombies. Gameplay-wise, Zombies are heavily associated with the [[Graveyard]] and [[banish]]ing; many of their monster effects and support cards support interactions with Zombies that are banished or in the GY, most commonly through Special Summoning. Zombies are mostly either [[EARTH]] or [[DARK]]-[[Attribute]].
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Zombies represent undead beings, including mummies, skeletons, vampires, ''yokai'', biologically-infected humans and animals, ghosts, and of course, zombies.
  
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Despite encompassing a large variety of archetypes and series, there's a recurrent element in most Zombie-based decks, that being a reliance on [[Graveyard]]-related effects, particularly sending Zombie monsters from Deck to GY, and reviving them afterwards. Expanding on this, there's a subset of cards that can revive monsters from the opponent's GY, akin to spreading a zombie plague. This playstyle has been consistently supported through the years by the Field Spell [[Zombie World]], which transforms all monsters in the opponent's GY into Zombies. There's also a number of archetypes and cards based on gaining advantage and banishing Zombie monsters from the GY, with many of the Zombie cards released in ''[[Dimension Force]]'' being centered on this strategy.  
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Gameplay-wise, Zombies are heavily associated with the [[Graveyard]]; many Zombie effects and Zombie support involve sending Zombies from the Deck to the GY, summoning Zombies from the GY, or banishing Zombies from the GY for other effects. Many Zombie monsters have effects that implicitly relate them to "[[Zombie World]]", usually involving affecting the opponent's Zombie monsters on their field or in their GY, which "Zombie World" can set up; summoning monsters from the opponent's GY is also a somewhat common pattern among Zombie effects.
  
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Historically, Zombie monsters are characterized by high ATK, but low (many times zero) DEF, reflecting the animalistic nature of the undead and/or the ethereal nature of spirits. However, this is offset by their potent swarming and offensive capabilities, with most Zombie decks aiming to end the duel in the first turns of the game. The [[Shiranui]] archetype is an example of this, with all of its members having zero DEF points, while [[Vampire]] and [[Vendread]] also have a high number of [[0 DEF Monster Cards]].  
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Zombies are mostly either [[EARTH]] or [[DARK]]-[[Attribute]], and usually have low [[DEF]]. The type also has a focus on [[Synchro Summon]]ing, with many its key playmakers and boss monsters being [[Tuner]]s and Synchro monsters, respectively.
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The type also has a heavy [[Synchro Summon]]ing focus, with many of the most powerful Zombie playmakers and boss monsters being [[Tuner]] and Synchro monsters, respectively. [[Uni-Zombie]], [[Plaguespreader Zombie]] and [[Glow-Up Bloom]] are powerful Tuner monsters that are staples in most Zombie decks for this reason.
 
  
 
In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom]]'', Zombies are treated as [[Fiend]] monsters.
 
In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom]]'', Zombies are treated as [[Fiend]] monsters.

Revision as of 05:23, 16 November 2023

For the card, see Zombie (card).
Zombie

Zombie

Japanese (base text)

アンデット

Japanese (romanized)

Andetto

Japanese (translated)

Undead

English

Zombie

Lists

Zombie (Japanese: アンデット Andetto, "Undead") is a Type of Monster Cards.

Overview

Zombies represent undead beings, including mummies, skeletons, vampires, yokai, biologically-infected humans and animals, ghosts, and of course, zombies.

Gameplay-wise, Zombies are heavily associated with the Graveyard; many Zombie effects and Zombie support involve sending Zombies from the Deck to the GY, summoning Zombies from the GY, or banishing Zombies from the GY for other effects. Many Zombie monsters have effects that implicitly relate them to "Zombie World", usually involving affecting the opponent's Zombie monsters on their field or in their GY, which "Zombie World" can set up; summoning monsters from the opponent's GY is also a somewhat common pattern among Zombie effects.

Zombies are mostly either EARTH or DARK-Attribute, and usually have low DEF. The type also has a focus on Synchro Summoning, with many its key playmakers and boss monsters being Tuners and Synchro monsters, respectively.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom, Zombies are treated as Fiend monsters.

Of particular note, the Yokai Type from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga are all turned into Zombies when they were released in the OCG/TCG proper.

Themes

TCG/OCG

Mixed

Rush Duel

Anime/manga-only

Mixed

Appearance in media

The following characters use Zombie monsters across the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.

Anime

Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS
Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!

Trivia

  • "Shiranui Samuraisaga" is the first Zombie Synchro Monster that can be Synchro Summoned without "Plaguespreader Zombie", and is also not a Zombie counterpart of an already existing monster.
  • The Japanese name of the Zombie Type, Andetto 「アンデット」, is a non-standard transcription of the English word "undead", normally transcribed as Andeddo 「アンデッド」. Andeddo has been inconsistently used in earlier Yu-Gi-Oh! works, but was later standardized to Andetto.
    • It is unclear why Yu-Gi-Oh! uses this non-standard transcription; it's speculated that Andetto was originally a typo that was maintained for the sake of consistency.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As part of a Flip monster Deck.
  2. ↑ As fodder for a Virus Deck.
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