Speedroid

Speedroid
"Speedroid Pachingo-Kart" and "Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke" in the artwork of "Speedlift".
Japanese	スピードロイド Supīdoroido (romanized) ＳＲ（スピードロイド） (anime) ＳＲ (base) スピードロイド (ruby) Supīdoroido (romanized)
French	Vitesseroid
German	Geschwindigkeitsroid
Italian	Velociroid
Korean	스피드로이드 Seupideuroideu (romanized)
Portuguese	Velocidaroide
Spanish	Velociroid
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Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
Manga appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
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"Speedroid" (スピードロイド Supīdoroido, written as ＳＲ（スピードロイド） in the anime) is an archetype of WIND Machine monsters used by Yugo in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime and manga. This archetype is a sub-archetype of the "roid" archetype.

Design

Speedroid

"Speedroid" monsters mostly resemble weaponized toys, like tops and boomerangs, or make references to games, like dice, with their names commonly being puns or portmanteaus with the names of said toys/games mostly from Japan.

Monster	Origin
Block-n-Roll	Guitar controller
CarTurbo	Karuta
Den-Den Daiko Duke	Den-den daiko
Dominobutterfly	Dominoes
Double Yoyo	Yo-yo
Gum Prize	Chewing gum bug
Hexasaucer	Toy flying saucer
Horse Stilts	Hobby horse + Stilts
Ultra Hound	Ultra Hand
Maliciousmagnet	Magnetix
Marble Machine	Marble run
Skull Marbles
Menko	Menko
Ohajikid	Ohajiki
Pachingo-Kart	Pachinko + Go-kart
Fuki-Modoshi Piper	Party horn
Passinglider	Glider
Razorang	Boomerang
Red-Eyed Dice	Six-sided dice
Rubberband Plane	Rubber band-propelled model aircraft
Taketomborg	Bamboo-copter
Terrortop	Beigoma
Tri-Eyed Dice	Four-sided die

Hi-Speedroid

The Synchro and Link Monsters are called "Hi-Speedroid" (High-Speedroid in Japanese) and serve as the archetype's bosses.

Monster	Origin
Chanbara	Toy sword
Clear Wing Rider	RC motorbike/cars TK2000PS + Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
Cork Shooter	Cork gun
Hagoita	Hagoita (Hanetsuki paddle)
Kendama	Kendama
Kitedrake	Kite
Puzzle	Puzzle
Rubber Band Shooter	Rubber band gun

Playing style

"Speedroids" focus on quickly swarming the field for fast Synchro Summons. "Speedroid Terrortop" makes for a great opening move, as it can Special Summon itself from the hand while the player controls no monsters and can search for any "Speedroid" monster from the Deck, while also starting the deck's numerous combos. "Speedroid Marble Machine" can also search other "Speedroid" monsters (albeit with its Normal Summon). Both "Terrortop" and "Marble Machine" can then search for the following extenders to advance their Synchro Summon plans further. For example, "Taketomborg" can Special Summon itself from the hand freely (albeit the card can only be Special Summoned once per turn) as a non-Tuner, or Special Summon any "Speedroid" Tuner from the Deck by Tributing itself. "Speedroid Double Yoyo" and "Speedroid Passinglider" can Special Summon more "Speedroid" monsters from the GY when Normal Summoned, which can be followed up with a Synchro Summon if a Tuner monster was Summoned, or another search if "Taketomborg" or "Terrotop" was Summoned. Their various Tuners also have useful effects, either for extension ("Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke" can Special Summon other "Speedroid" Tuners from the hand or GY, "Speedroid CarTurbo" freely Special Summon itself from the hand and "Speedroid Fuki-Modoshi Piper" can add one excavated card.), flexibility ("Red-Eyed Dice" changing other "Speedroid" monsters' levels and "Maliciousmagnet" using an opponent's monster to Synchro Summon) or protection ("Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice"). They also have several cards that can be activated by banishing themselves from the Graveyard for more usage, such as "Horse Stilts", which can be set up with generic milling cards such as "Foolish Burial" or its archetype-specific solution "Speedroid Ultra Hound".

The archetype's Spell/Traps include "Speedroid Scratch" which can search any "Speedroid" monster, "Speedroid Wheel" which can Special Summon up to 2 "Speedroid" monsters from the Deck and "Speedroid Dupligate" can bounce any card on the field and can Special Summon itself as a Tuner once per Duel. Other supporting cards include "Speed Recovery", which can revive any "Speedroid" monster from the GY and can recur a "Speedroid" monster to the hand in the player's next turn.

The "Speedroid" Synchro Monsters have various effects. "Hi-Speedroid Hagoita" and "Hi-Speedroid Kendama" which can Special Summon themselves from the GY either by controlling a "Speedroid" Tuner or no monsters respectively (while "Kendama" can also burn the opoonent). "Hi-Speedroid Chanbara" which can attack twice, gaining a smal amount of ATK each time and add a banished "Speedroid" monster to the hand if sent to the GY, "Hi-Speedroid Puzzle" can recur a "Speedroid" monster from the GY at the end of the turn it is sent to the GY. "Hi-Speedroid Cork Shooter" can bring back its Synchro Materials or search a "Speedroid" Spell/Trap. "Hi-Speedroid Kitedrake" can nuke the entire field or negate the opponent's entire field and float into a "Speedroid" search upon its destruction. Finally, the high level 11 "Hi-Speedroid Clear Wing Rider" can recycle WIND monsters, then selectively destroy cards on the opponent's field, and float into two Level 7 WIND Synchro Monsters during the opponent's turn. Other WIND Synchro Monsters worth considering are those from the intimately-connected "Clear Wing" and "Synchro Dragon" archetypes for access to the main negates; in particular, "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon" is the deck's central focus most of the time, due to its powerful negation effect and being easy to Summon in this deck. With the correct setup, the deck is capable of Summoning 2 or even 3 copies of "Crystal Wing" in one turn. Netherless, the WIND Synchro pool has plenty of powerful choices for the endboard of a "Speedroid" deck including high-level omni-negates such as "Baronne de Fleur" and "Cosmic Blazar Dragon".

The archetype's Link Monster "Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter" effectively provides more utilities to the deck and further extend by randomly sending a "Speedroid" monster or adding one to the hand and also providing a much needed additional Normal Summon of a WIND monster. Some of the archetype's monster effects (such as "Taketomborg" or "Hagoita") limit the player to Special Summoning only WIND monsters during the turn their effects are used. Some of the aformentioned "Speedroid" cards depend on luck (mostly requiring die rolls) including the aformentioned "Hi-Speedroid Clear Wing Rider", "Speedroid Wheel" and "Re-dyce-cle".

This Deck can also make good use of Xyz Monsters, mainly Rank 3 Xyz Monsters with "Terrortop" and "Taketomborg". Because of the excellent synergy between "Terrortop" and "Taketomborg" providing bodies for a Rank 3 Xyz Summon without using a Normal Summon, those cards are often utilized in various strategies (mainly ones that are focused on Rank 3 Summons), including, but not limited to, "Burning Abyss" and "The Phantom Knights". However, it was also this synergy that ultimately led to "Terrortop" being Limited in both the OCG and TCG, due to its over-usage in almost all decks, primarily "Zoodiac" and all its variants during its prime. For "Speedroid" decks though, the pool of noteworthy WIND choices are not as plentiful as the Synchro choices but there are notable choices such as "Leviair the Sea Dragon", "Number 75: Bamboozling Gossip Shadow" and "Totem Bird".

"Speedroid" Decks can benefit greatly with any generic WIND extenders outside of the archetype such as "Red Hared Hasty Horse" or "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms" as they can help provide materials for Link Summoning "Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter" or Synchro Summoning. Fittingly considering their anime users, the "Windwitch" archetype can work well and intimately with this Deck, due to their similar swarming the field with WIND monsters for Synchro Summons and and are restricted into Summoning WIND Monsters for the turn.

Recommended cards

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Speedroid Double Yoyo Speedroid Horse Stilts Speedroid Ultra Hound Speedroid Menko Speedroid Rubberband Plane Speedroid Taketomborg Speedroid Terrortop Pilica, Descendant of Gusto Reborn Tengu Windwitch - Ice Bell Wynn the Wind Channeler Tuner monsters Speedroid CarTurbo Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke Speedroid Maliciousmagnet Speedroid Fuki-Modoshi Piper Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice Windwitch - Snow Bell Windwitch - Glass Bell Pendulum Monsters Speedroid Dominobutterfly Speedroid Hexasaucer Speedroid Marble Machine Speedroid Passinglider Spell Cards Normal Spells Speedroid Scratch Speed Recovery Shock Surprise Summon Storm Synchro Creed Synchro Rumble Instant Fusion/Ready Fusion Iron Call One for One Quill Pen of Gulldos Quick-Play Spells Speedroid Wheel Speedlift Magnet Reverse Trap Cards Normal Traps Speedroid Dupligate Magnet Force Mannadium Breakheart Counter Traps Mannadium Reframing Continuous Traps Gozen Match Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Invoked Raidjin/Metal Dragon (if running "Instant Fusion"/"Ready Fusion") Synchro Monsters Hi-Speedroid Chanbara Hi-Speedroid Clear Wing Rider Hi-Speedroid Cork Shooter Hi-Speedroid Hagoita Hi-Speedroid Kendama Hi-Speedroid Kitedrake Hi-Speedroid Puzzle Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Clear Wing Fast Dragon Crystal Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon Martial Metal Marcher Stellar Wind Wolfrayet Baronne de Fleur (Traditional Format and OCG only) Mist Wurm Old Entity Hastorr Shooting Star Dragon T.G. EX Wind Pegasus @Ignister Xyz Monsters Leviair the Sea Dragon Lightning Chidori Totem Bird Link Monsters Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess

Official Decks

Official Speedroid Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Speedroid Double Yoyo Speedroid Horse Stilts x3 Speedroid Menko x2 Speedroid Pachingo-Kart Speedroid Taketomborg x3 Speedroid Terrortop x3 Tuner monsters Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke x2 Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice x3 Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice x3 Pendulum Monsters Speedroid Dominobutterfly x3 Speedroid Passinglider x3 Spell Cards Shock Surprise x3 Speedlift x3 Speed Recovery x3 Trap Cards Dragon's Bind x2 Follow Wing x2 Extra Deck Synchro Monsters Hi-Speedroid Chanbara Hi-Speedroid Hagoita Hi-Speedroid Kendama x2 Hi-Speedroid Puzzle Clear Wing Fast Dragon x3 Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon x2 Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer Superheavy Samurai Swordmaster Musashi Xyz Monsters Cyber Dragon Infinity Cyber Dragon Nova

Weaknesses

• Although "Speedroids" are an excellent swarming Deck, the archetype itself is almost completely focused on the user, and their cards have somewhat low utility on their own, with very few cards that hinder the opponent substantially. Therefore, it is somewhat dependent on whatever monster(s) they Synchro Summoned in order to maintain both offense and defense on the field.
• All of the Deck's strategies has various choke points that slow down its swarming capabilities which various "hand traps" can provide when used at the right time:
  • The numerous searches that the Deck has (e.g. "Speedroid Terrortop", "Speedroid Marble Machine" and "Speedroid Scratch") can be foiled by "Droll & Lock Bird".
  • "Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter" is a prime target to use with "Effect Veiler" or "Infinite Impermanence". Using the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in response to the effect of "Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter" to search and send a "Speedroid" monster to the GY from the Deck.
• The Deck relies heavily on having their cards in the Graveyard, which can be exploited through banishing cards before they can get to the GY such as "Dimensional Fissure" and "Macro Cosmos".
• Because they are very dependent on Synchro Summons, they are also susceptible to anti-Special Summoning cards such as "Vanity's Emptiness", "Vanity's Fiend", and "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" or Extra Deck lockdown effects (such as "Dimensional Barrier", "Domain of the True Monarchs" or "Nekroz of Unicore") until their effect disappears.