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| caption         = "[[Vylon Disigma]]"
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| ja_name         = ヴァイロン
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| caption       = "[[Vylon Omega]]"
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| romaji         = Vairon
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| it_name        = Vylon
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| ko_name        = 바이론
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| ko_romanized  = Bairon
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* [[Storm of Ragnarok]]
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* [[Generation Force]]
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* [[Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion]]
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* [[Hidden Arsenal 6: Omega Xyz]]
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| tcg            =
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* [[Duel Terminal 5a]]
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* [[Photon Shockwave]]
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* [[Duel Terminal 6a]]
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* [[Duel Terminal 6b]]
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* [[Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants]]
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* [[Realm of Light Structure Deck]]
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* [[Battle Pack 3: Monster League]]
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* [[Duel Terminal - Vylon Descends!!]]
 
* [[Duel Terminal - Vylon Descends!!]]
 
* [[V Jump Edition 2]]
 
* [[V Jump Edition 2]]
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* [[Duel Terminal Acceleration Guide 5 Promotional Card]]
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* [[Duel Terminal Acceleration Guide 5 promotional card]]
 
* [[Duel Terminal - Judgment of Omega!!]]
 
* [[Duel Terminal - Judgment of Omega!!]]
 
* [[Duel Terminal - Xyz Startup!!]]
 
* [[Duel Terminal - Xyz Startup!!]]
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* [[Storm of Ragnarok]]
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* [[Duel Terminal Chronicle 1 - Chapter of Awakening]]
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* [[Generation Force]]
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* [[Duel Terminal Chronicle 3 - Chapter of Destruction]]
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* [[Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion]]
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* [[Duel Terminal Chronicle 4 - Chapter of Opposites]]
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* [[Photon Shockwave]]
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* [[Duelist Set: Version Lightsworn Judgment]]
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* [[Hidden Arsenal 6: Omega Xyz]]
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| korea          =
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| anime           = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
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* [[Premium Pack Vol.7]]
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[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]
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* [[Premium Pack Vol.9]]
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| manga           = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL]]
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| anime         =
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]
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| manga         = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL]]
 
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"'''Vylon'''" (ヴァイロン ''Vairon'') is an [[archetype]] that debuted in ''[[Duel Terminal - Vylon Descends!!]]'' and focuses around the use of [[Equip Card]]s.
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"'''Vylon'''" (ヴァイロン ''Vairon'') is an [[archetype]] that debuted in ''[[Duel Terminal - Vylon Descends!!]]'' and focuses around the use of [[Equip Card]]s. The monsters appear as angelic, vaguely humanoid machines, are all [[LIGHT]]-[[Attribute]], and are either [[Fairy]], [[Machine]], or ([[Vylon Prism|in one case]]) [[Thunder]]-type. Their team symbol is a golden-orange orb, often with gold metal trim. The names of various cards from the archetype are based on mathematical concepts and constants. The [[Tuner monster]]s of this group are shaped and named after three-dimensional geometric figures ("Prism", "Cube", "Sphere", "Tetra[hedron]", "Stella [Octangula]"), and the [[Union Monster]]s are based on four-dimensional figures ("Tesseract", "Pentachloro [pentachoron]"). The five Vylon Synchro Monsters are each named after the phonetic pronunciation of a Greek letter. Some have bodies resembling their letter ("[[Vylon Epsilon]]", "[[Vylon Sigma]]", "[[Vylon Omega]]"), while others have something on their bodies that resembles it ("[[Vylon Alpha]]", "[[Vylon Delta]]"), and they all have Roman Numerals corresponding to their order in the Greek Alphabet written vertically on their chests. The Xyz Monster of this group, "[[Vylon Disigma]]", is named after an archaic Greek letter.
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==Design==
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===Appearance===
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All Vylon [[Equip Spell Card]]s can only be equipped to a Vylon Monster and have a secondary effect that allows the player to search for another Vylon [[Spell Card]] when they are sent from the field to the graveyard while face up. This is perhaps their greatest asset, as it allows Vylon decks to keep their card advantage from their Spells as long as there are other Vylon Spells in the deck.
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The monsters appear as angelic, vaguely humanoid machines, have [[LIGHT]] as their [[Attribute]], and have either [[Fairy]], [[Machine]], or ([[Vylon Prism|in one case]]) [[Thunder]] as their [[Type]]. Their team symbol is a golden-orange orb, often with gold metal trim.
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===Members===
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In ''[[Duel Terminal - Judgment of Omega!!]]'', four Vylon Tuner monsters (levels 1 through 4) were introduced that have the ability to be [[Treated as Equip Card]]s when sent from the Monster Card Zone to the Graveyard (even when used for a [[Synchro Summon]]) at the cost of 500 [[Life Points]], each providing different effects when they are equipped. In ''[[Duel Terminal - Xyz Startup!!]]'', the Vylons obtained two [[Union Monster]]s that can be equipped to another Vylon to grant effects when the equipped monster destroys another monster in battle, as well as one of the first [[Duel Terminal]]-exclusive [[Xyz Monster]]s, "[[Vylon Disigma]]".
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The names of various cards from the archetype are based on mathematical concepts and constants.
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====Tuner monsters====
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== Story ==
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"Vylon" [[Tuner monster]]s are based on three-dimensional polytopes.
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In the story of the Duel Terminals, the Vylon are holy machine weapons created by the [[Constellar]] in The Ancient Era to oversee the seal they had placed upon the [[Steelswarm]], and were designed to be impervious to the corruption of the [[Lswarm]]. As ages passed and the Constellar returned to the stars, the Vylon merely observed the confrontations that took place on the Surface World below. Even through the wars against the [[Worm]]s and the [[Fabled]]s and the resulting devastation caused by the [[Ice Barrier]] Dragons, they stayed silent.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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! Vylon
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Within the second generation of the Duel Terminals, the Vylon choose to appear during a conflict that breaks out between the [[Laval]] and [[Gem-Knight]] tribes, descending from the heavens amidst the fighting and forcing a temporary ceasefire between the warring clans. "[[Gishki Noellia]]", a former member of the [[Ice Barrier]] possessed by the madness of the [[Lswarm]], revives the Steelswarm by launching an assault on the [[Gusto]] tribe in their homeland of the Mist Valley Marshlands, trying to gain control of [[Shrine of Mist Valley|a certain shrine]]. Feeding off the chaos of the fighting, the Steelswarm break free of their containment and ravage the Surface World, seeking revenge on those that had sealed them away long ago. The Vylon relay this turn of events to the Constellar before turning their attention to the battles ahead. The fated collision, that which they had been created for so long ago, awaited them.
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! Origin
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To combat this powerful threat and common enemy, the four tribes of [[Gem-Knight]], [[Laval]], [[Gusto]] and [[Gishki]] create an alliance under the umbrella of the Vylon forces. In their time of need, the Vylon send each of the tribes new power via "[[Vylon Element]]".
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| [[Vylon Prism|Prism]]
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| [[wikipedia:Prism (geometry)|Prism]]
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* "[[Vylon Sphere]]" + "[[Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto]]" = "[[Daigusto Sphreez]]"
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* "[[Vylon Tetra]]" + "[[Gishki Noellia]]" = "[[Evigishki Tetrogre]]"
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| [[Vylon Stella|Stella]]
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* "[[Vylon Stella]]" + "[[Laval Cannon]]" = "[[Laval Stennon]]"
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| [[wikipedia:Stellated octahedron|Stella octangula]]
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* "[[Vylon Prism]]" + "[[Gem-Knight Crystal]]" = "[[Gem-Knight Prismaura]]"
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| [[Vylon Cube|Cube]]
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| [[wikipedia:Cube|Cube]]
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| [[Vylon Tetra|Tetra]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tetrahedron|Tetrahedron]]
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| [[Vylon Sphere|Sphere]]
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| [[wikipedia:Sphere|Sphere]]
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|}
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====Union monsters====
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"Vylon" [[Union monster]]s are based on four-dimensional polytopes.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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! Vylon
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! Origin
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| [[Vylon Tesseract|Tesseract]]
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| [[wikipedia:Tesseract|Tesseract]]
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| [[Vylon Pentachloro|Pentachloro]]
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| [[wikipedia:5-cell|Pentachoron]]
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|}
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====Extra Deck====
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"Vylon" Extra Deck monsters are named after Greek letters. "Vylon" Synchro Monsters are named after standard Greek letters, while the "Vylon" Xyz Monster, "[[Vylon Disigma]]", is named after an archaic Greek letter.
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Every "Vylon" Extra Deck monster has a gold metal component on their body that is shaped like their eponymous letter (upper or lower case). They each all have Roman Numerals corresponding to their order in the Greek Alphabet written vertically on their chests.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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! Type
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! Vylon
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! Origin
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! Symbol
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! Shape Location
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! Roman numeral
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! rowspan = 5 | [[Synchro Monster|Synchro]]
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| [[Vylon Alpha|Alpha]]
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| [[wikipedia:Alpha|Alpha]]
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| Α
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| Back
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| I (1)
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| [[Vylon Delta|Delta]]
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| [[wikipedia:Delta (letter)|Delta]]
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| δ
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| Arms
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| IV (4)
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| [[Vylon Epsilon|Epsilon]]
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| [[wikipedia:Epsilon|Epsilon]]
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| ε
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| Arms
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| V (5)
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| [[Vylon Sigma|Sigma]]
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| [[wikipedia:Sigma|Sigma]]
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| σ
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| Arms & Back
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| XVIII (18)
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| [[Vylon Omega|Omega]]
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| [[wikipedia:Omega|Omega]]
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| Ω
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| Back
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| XX (20)
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! [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]]
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| [[Vylon Disigma|Disigma]]
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| [[wikipedia:Sampi|Disigma]]
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| ϡ
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| Arms
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| CM (900)<ref group="lower-alpha" name="Disigma"/>
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<references group="lower-alpha">
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<ref name="Disigma">Rather than the being the order of the letter in Greek alphabet, 900 was the number that disigma (or sampi) represented in the alphabetic system of [[wikipedia:Greek numerals|Greek numerals]].
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==Story==
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In the story of the Duel Terminals, the Vylon are holy machine weapons created by the "[[Constellar]]" in The Ancient Era to oversee the seal they had placed upon the "[[Steelswarm]]", and were designed to be impervious to the corruption of the "[[lswarm]]". As ages passed and the Constellar returned to the stars, the Vylon merely observed the confrontations that took place on the Surface World below. Even through the wars against the "[[Worm]]s" and the "[[Fabled]]s" and the resulting devastation caused by the "[[Ice Barrier]]" Dragons, they stayed silent.
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Within the second generation of the Duel Terminals, the Vylon choose to appear during a conflict that breaks out between the "Laval" and "[[Gem-Knight]]" tribes, descending from the heavens amidst the fighting and forcing a temporary ceasefire between the warring clans. "[[Gishki Noellia]]", a former member of the "Ice Barrier" possessed by the madness of the "lswarm", revives the Steelswarm by launching an assault on the "[[Gusto]]" tribe in their homeland of the Mist Valley Marshlands, trying to gain control of [[Shrine of Mist Valley|a certain shrine]]. Feeding off the chaos of the fighting, the Steelswarm break free of their containment and ravage the Surface World, seeking revenge on those that had sealed them away long ago. The Vylon relay this turn of events to the Constellar before turning their attention to the battles ahead. The fated collision, that which they had been created for so long ago, awaited them.
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To combat this powerful threat and common enemy, the four tribes of "Gem-Knight", "Laval", "Gusto" and "[[Gishki]]" create an alliance under the umbrella of the Vylon forces. In their time of need, the Vylon send each of the tribes new power via "[[Vylon Element]]".
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! First element !! Second element !! Merged form
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| [[Vylon Sphere]] || [[Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto]] || [[Daigusto Sphreez]]
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| [[Vylon Tetra]] || [[Gishki Noellia]] || [[Evigishki Tetrogre]]
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| [[Vylon Stella]] || [[Laval Cannon]] || [[Laval Stennon]]
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| [[Vylon Prism]] || [[Gem-Knight Crystal]] || [[Gem-Knight Prismaura]]
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War rages against the onslaught of the Steelswarm and many are lost, including "[[Vylon Alpha]]". The final battle reaches its appex when "[[Steelswarm Hercules]]" rises to end it himself. Suddenly "[[Vylon Omega]]" arrives from the Vylon Element gateway to turn the tides! Omega descends upon the field of battle to cast judgment, vaporizing all the lesser Steelswarm that draw near. The war is decided when the two leaders clash, and in the end both lie defeated.
 
War rages against the onslaught of the Steelswarm and many are lost, including "[[Vylon Alpha]]". The final battle reaches its appex when "[[Steelswarm Hercules]]" rises to end it himself. Suddenly "[[Vylon Omega]]" arrives from the Vylon Element gateway to turn the tides! Omega descends upon the field of battle to cast judgment, vaporizing all the lesser Steelswarm that draw near. The war is decided when the two leaders clash, and in the end both lie defeated.
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Peace after their victory doesn't last as the other tribes soon return to fighting over their petty conflicts. The Vylon cannot understand such disunion, and the defeat of the Steelswarm is shown to have had an effect on them: during the final battle, when "[[Vylon Tetra]]" was used in a ritual by Noellia to merge into Tetrogre, the evil of the "lswarm" possessing Noellia touched the hive-mind of the Vylon. The resulting madness quickly spread through the Vylon ranks, warping them in a way that the "lswarm" never could physically. The Vylon resolve to exterminate the other tribes to end their on-going feuds for good and create the perfect utopia. "[[Vylon Stigma]]", "[[Vylon Tesseract]]" and "[[Vylon Pentachloro]]" [[Xyz Summon|join]] to create the seeker of absolute unity, "[[Vylon Disigma]]".
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Peace after their victory doesn't last as the other tribes soon return to fighting over their petty conflicts. The Vylon cannot understand such disunion, and the defeat of the Steelswarm is shown to have had an effect on them: during the final battle, when "[[Vylon Tetra]]" was used in a ritual by Noellia to merge into Tetrogre, the evil of the [[Lswarm]] possessing Noellia touched the hive-mind of the Vylon. The resulting madness quickly spread through the Vylon ranks, warping them in a way that the [[Lswarm]] never could physically. The Vylon resolve to exterminate the other tribes to end their on-going feuds for good and create the perfect utopia. "[[Vylon Stigma]]", "[[Vylon Tesseract]]" and "[[Vylon Pentachloro]]" [[Xyz Summon|join]] to create the seeker of absolute unity, "[[Vylon Disigma]]".
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The four tribes are forced to unite once again, [[Xyz Summon|sharing their powers]] to combat this friend-turned-foe. Disigma absorbs members of the other tribes, gaining the power to defeat each one in turn and heavily damaging them. Disigma decides the fate of "[[Evigishki Merrowgeist]]", "[[Evigishki Gustkraken]]", "[[Lavalval Ignis]]", "[[Lavalval Dragun]]", "[[Daigusto Phoenix]]", and "[[Daigusto Falcos]]" in his rampage (minus "[[Kamui, Hope of Gusto]]", who Falcos aided in escaping). Only "[[Gem-Knight Pearl]]", created from the strength of the Gem-Knights and the Gishki, proves [[Non-Effect Monster|immune to Disigma's absorption ability]] and has the power to end the [[Xyz Reversal|twisted angel]]. With the Vylon [[Oni-Gami Combo|crushed]], yet another threat is overcome. [[lswarm|The true enemy]] is only just stirring, however, and now the Vylon are not there to oppose it...
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==Playing style==
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The four tribes are forced to unite once again, [[Xyz Summon|sharing their powers]] to combat this friend-turned-foe. Disigma absorbs members of the other tribes, gaining the power to defeat each one in turn and heavily damaging them. Disigma decides the fate of "[[Evigishki Merrowgeist]]", "[[Evigishki Gustkraken]]", "[[Lavalval Ignis]]", "[[Lavalval Dragun]]", "[[Daigusto Phoenix]]", and "[[Daigusto Falcos]]" in his rampage (minus "[[Kamui, Hope of Gusto]]", who Falcos aided in escaping). Only"[[Gem-Knight Pearl]]", created from the strength of the Gem-Knights and the Gishki, proves [[Normal Monster|immune to Disigma's absorption ability]] and has the power to end the [[Xyz Reversal|twisted angel]]. With the Vylon [[Oni-Gami Combo|crushed]], yet another threat is overcome. [[lswarm|The true enemy]] is only just stirring, however, and now the Vylon are not there to oppose it...
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Vylon is an [[Equip Card]]-focused archetype, revolving around using Equip Cards to power up its Extra Deck monsters. Vylon Main Deck [[Tuner]] and [[Union monster]]s can typically equip themselves to other monsters, and Vylon Extra Deck monsters typicaly have effects that require sending Equip Cards to the Graveyard as [[cost]], as well as effects to equip additional Equip Cards to themselves.
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Most Vylon Decks throughout the Deck's history revolved around a [[swarm]]ing loop created by "[[Vylon Element]]" and "[[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]]". However, there did exist some historical variants that forgoed the loop, such as Vylon Sigma OTK, which focused on performing an [[OTK]] with "[[Vylon Sigma]]" (by equipping it with "[[Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce]]" and "[[Mage Power]]"), and Epsilon Control, which focused on summoning "[[Vylon Epsilon]]" and controlling the field by destroying opposing cards.
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==Playing Style==
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Vylon Main Deck monsters are low-Level monsters with minor Equip-related battle or utility effect. The only Vylon non-Tuner monsters of note are:
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The Vylon strategy revolves around the use of [[Equip Cards]], their effects often only working when they have at least one equipped. Their Equip Spell Cards can search out other Vylon Spells from the deck when they are sent to the Graveyard from the field, and most of their Tuner and Union monsters (except "[[Vylon Cube]]") can become Equip Cards. Their Equip Spells activate even when the monsters they are equipped to are destroyed or used as [[Synchro Material]], letting their users gather the right tools for the situation at hand at any time, though they should always be aware of the number of Spell and Trap Card Zones they have left to work with. One should try to keep at least 1 Spell or Trap Card Zone open so that they can respond should the duel's situation suddenly change.
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* "[[Vylon Hept|Hept]]", who can Special Summon a Vylon monster that is an Equip Card.
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* "[[Vylon Tesseract|Tesseract]]" and "[[Vylon Pentachloro|Pentachloro]]", who are [[LIGHT]] [[Machine]] [[Union monster]]s; they're thus supported by Machine Union support, most notably "[[Union Hangar]]".
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Vylon Tuner monsters are the Deck's main combo enablers.
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'''Vylon Sigma OTK''' focuses on Synchro Summoning "[[Vylon Sigma]]", then maxing out its ATK with multiple "[[Mage Power]]" and attacking twice with "[[Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce]]" for massive battle damage as soon as possible.
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* "[[Vylon Cube|Cube]]" can search any [[Equip Spell]] if sent to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a LIGHT monster, enabling specific Equip-based combos.
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* This can be started by Special Summoning "[[Photon Thrasher]]" and then Normal Summoning "[[Vylon Cube]]" to prepare for summoning the Level 7 Sigma.
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* "[[Vylon Sphere|Sphere]]", "[[Vylon Tetra|Tetra]]", "[[Vylon Stella|Stella]]", "[[Vylon Prism|Prism]]" can equip themselves to a face-up monster if they're sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard, providing more Equips to Vylon Extra Deck monsters.
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** Alternatively "[[Trident Warrior]]" can also be used, but it is more vulnerable to effect negation, and Thrasher outclasses it in terms of ATK.
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** "[[Vylon Sphere|Sphere]]" can replace itself with an Equip Spell in the player's Graveyard, enabling certain specific combos.
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* "[[Vylon Cube]]" is always the Tuner Monster of choice for this build, since it can search out "[[Mage Power]]" or any other Equip Spell needed when used as a Synchro Material for a LIGHT Monster.
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All Vylon [[Equip Spell]]s ("[[Vylon Segment|Segment]]", "[[Vylon Component|Component]]", "[[Vylon Material|Material]]", "[[Vylon Filament|Filament]]") can only be equipped to Vylon monsters, and provide minor battle boosts or protection. Their main use comes in their shared secondary effect: if they are sent from the face-up field to the GY, they can each search another Vylon Spell. This provides immediate access to the Deck's key combo-making Spells, and its non-once-per-turn nature enables the Vylon swarming loop.
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** "[[Vylon Stella]]" and "[[Morphtronic Scopen]]" are also options, though they don't provide the same advantage as Cube.
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The [[Continuous Spell]] "[[Vylon Element]]" is the key to the Vylon swarming loop. Non-once-per-turn, when a "Vylon" Equip Card is destroyed, "Element" can Special Summon a "Vylon" Tuner monster from the player's Deck. By equipping a Vylon monster with "[[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]]", then equipping it with "Vylon" Equip Spells, "Rod of Silence" will immediately destroy the Equip Spells, triggering "Element" to summon a Vylon, and triggering the Equip Spells to search out another Equip Spell, which can be repeated for more summons. With enough Vylon monsters, the Deck can easily summon multiple "[[Vylon Omega]]" with multiple equip spells for multiple negates, or set up a [[Link Monster]]-based board.
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* With "[[Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce]]", "[[Mage Power]]", and "[[Vylon Material]]" for power, "[[Vylon Filament]]" and "[[Vylon Segment]]" for protection, and "[[Vylon Component]]" for piercing, this combo can be lethal and consistent.
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===Recommended cards===
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** "[[Honest]]" can also power up Sigma if needed.
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'''Vylon Epsilon Control''' focuses on Synchro Summoning "[[Vylon Epsilon]]" quickly and equipping it with "[[Vylon Segment]]" to make it and Segment untargetable by most cards, then using Epsilon's destruction effect and high ATK to control the field and attack until game.  
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* Epsilon can be Synchro Summoned by combining either "[[Photon Thrasher]]" or "[[Summoner Monk]]" with "[[Vylon Prism]]", or via "[[Cyber Dragon]]", "[[Solar Wind Jammer]]" or "[[Ghost Ship]]" together with "[[Vylon Cube]]".
 
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** This build can also readily summon "[[Vylon Alpha]]" by tuning the Level 5 monsters mentioned above with "[[Vylon Prism]]", or "[[Vylon Sigma]]" by tuning "[[Photon Thrasher]]" with "[[Vylon Cube]]". "[[Vylon Disigma]]" can also be made with a "[[Photon Thrasher]]" and "[[Summoner Monk]]" combo.
 
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'''Vylon Element Swarming''' focuses on utilizing "[[Vylon Element]]" to swarm the field with Vylon Tuners (which can only be used for the [[Synchro Summon]] of Vylon [[Synchro Monster]]s). "[[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]]" can quickly destroy Vylon Equip Cards to activate Element's effect. Since the Equip Spells replace themselves with other Vylon Spells (including Element), this can be done over and over in a loop to summon as many Vylon Tuners to the field as there are Vylon Equip Spells in the deck. This variant is capable of Synchro Summoning the mighty "[[Vylon Omega]]", as well as a field's worth of Rank 3 or 4 Xyz Monsters (depending on the Tuners available in the deck).  
 
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* To summon Omega, it's best to first Synchro Summon either "[[Vylon Sigma]]" or "[[Vylon Delta]]" with "[[Vylon Cube]]" to get "[[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]]". Both Sigma and Delta can use their effects to search for the remaining pieces of the loop if needed. Sigma can gain an Equip Spell if it can survive one battle (or cause a replay via Element), making Omega possible in a single turn. Alternatively, Delta backed by "[[Vylon Segment]]" or Kay'est is a very solid defensive option that should enable the loop on the following turn without the risk of battle. With Element, Kay'est and one Vylon Equip at the ready, the Element loop can fetch "[[Vylon Sphere]]" and "[[Vylon Tetra]]" to gather the ten stars needed for Omega. "[[Vylon Tetra]]" will protect Omega from destruction once and activate Element's effect again when it does, while "[[Vylon Sphere]]" can be traded for one of the Vylon Equip Spells the loop sent to the Graveyard and expand Omega's powers. Omega's own effect to equip itself with a Vylon from the Graveyard can reuse these two until it is nearly invulnerable.
 
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** Alternatively, one of the Level 4 non-Tuner Vylons can be combined with two Cubes (or one Tetra and one Prism) to create Omega. Epsilon can also refit into Omega with the help of two Spheres.
 
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* While only Vylon monsters can be Synchro Summoned using the Tuners from the Element loop, those monsters can still be used towards any Xyz Summons. Extra "[[Vylon Cube]]" or "[[Vylon Prism]]" remaining in the deck can be summoned and overlayed to create powerful allies for Omega; "[[Number 20: Giga-Brilliant]]", "[[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]", "[[Number 39: Utopia]]", "[[Starliege Paladynamo]]", "[[Constellar Omega]]", and "[[Number 16: Shock Master]]" are excellent choices to consider. One can even forgo Omega entirely in favor of swarming Tuners and Xyz monsters.
 
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** Even Rank 1 and 2 Xyz Monsters can be made with the help of multiple Sphere and Tetra, though with limted Extra Deck space and the general superiority of the Level 3 and 4 Tuners and Rank 3 and 4 Xyz, they should probably only be used towards the creation of Omega.
 
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** The infamous "[[Vylon Omega|Omega's]] [[Number 16: Shock Master|Shocking]] [[Royal Decree|Decree!!!]]" lockdown prevents your opponent from activating any Spells, Traps, or Monster effects. To create, use the Element loop to summon three "[[Vylon Prism]]" from the deck (before creating Omega) and form Shock Master. Once Omega has been summoned and equipped with its Spells, Shock Master can use its effect to prevent the activation of Spells. Backed by Decree to negate Traps and Omega's effect to negate monsters, the opponent should be left with few to no options.
 
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{{Decklist|Recommended Cards
 
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|color=
 
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|monsters =
 
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* [[Vylon Cube]]
 
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* [[Vylon Prism]]
 
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* [[Vylon Tetra]] (Element only)
 
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* [[Vylon Sphere]] (Element only)
 
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* [[Vylon Vanguard]]
 
 
* [[Vylon Ohm]]
 
* [[Vylon Ohm]]
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* [[Vylon Soldier]]
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* [[Vylon Stigma]]
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* [[Shining Angel]]
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* [[Honest]]
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* [[Lightray Grepher]]
 
* [[Photon Thrasher]]
 
* [[Photon Thrasher]]
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* [[Cyber Dragon]] (Epsilon Control)
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* [[Photon Vanisher]]
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* [[Summoner Monk]] (Epsilon Control)
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* [[Diana the Light Spirit]]
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* [[Genex Neutron]]
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* [[Hecatrice]]
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'''Other'''
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|spirit monsters =
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* [[Honest]]
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* [[Sakitama]]
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|union monsters =
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* [[Vylon Pentachloro]]
 
* [[Vylon Tesseract]]
 
* [[Vylon Tesseract]]
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* [[Vylon Pentachloro]] (use with [[Machine Duplication]] for [[Vylon Disigma]])
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|tuner monsters =
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* [[Vylon Hept]]
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* [[Vylon Cube]]
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* [[Ghost Ship]] (Epsilon Control)
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* [[Vylon Sphere]]
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* [[Nova Summoner]]
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* [[Vylon Stella]]
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* [[Trident Warrior]] (Sigma OTK only)
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* [[Vylon Tetra]]
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* [[Herald of Orange Light]]
 
|synchro monsters =
 
|synchro monsters =
 
* [[Vylon Alpha]]
 
* [[Vylon Alpha]]
 
* [[Vylon Delta]]
 
* [[Vylon Delta]]
 
* [[Vylon Epsilon]]
 
* [[Vylon Epsilon]]
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* [[Vylon Omega]]
 
* [[Vylon Sigma]]
 
* [[Vylon Sigma]]
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* [[Vylon Omega]]
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* [[Power Tool Braver Dragon]]
 
* [[Power Tool Dragon]]
 
* [[Power Tool Dragon]]
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* [[Avenging Knight Parshath]]
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* [[Power Tool Mecha Dragon]]
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* [[PSY-Framelord Omega]]
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* [[F.A. Dawn Dragster]]
 
|xyz monsters =
 
|xyz monsters =
 
* [[Vylon Disigma]]
 
* [[Vylon Disigma]]
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* [[Constellar Omega]]
 
* [[Constellar Omega]]
 
* [[Constellar Ptolemy M7]]
 
* [[Constellar Ptolemy M7]]
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* [[Number 20: Giga-Brilliant]]
 
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* [[Number 32: Shark Drake]]
 
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* [[Number 39: Utopia]]
 
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* [[Number C39: Utopia Ray]]
 
 
* [[Starliege Paladynamo]]
 
* [[Starliege Paladynamo]]
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* [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]
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* [[Starring Knight]]
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|fusion monsters =
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* [[Light Dragon @Ignister]]
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* [[Chimeratech Fortress Dragon]]
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* [[Cyber Dragon Nova]] ''(with "Sacrifice Level-Up")''
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|spells =
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** [[Cyber Dragon Infinity]]
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|link monsters =
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* [[Crystron Halqifibrax]] ''(Traditional Format only)''
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* [[Hip Hoshiningen]]
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* [[Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights]]
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* [[Union Carrier]] ''(OCG or Traditional Format only)''
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* [[Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous]]
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|normal spells =
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* [[Vylon Matter]]
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* [[Foolish Burial]]
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* [[Iron Call]]
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* [[Machine Duplication]]
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* [[One for One]]
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* [[Ties of the Brethren]]
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* [[Photon Sanctuary]]
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* [[Sacrifice Level-Up]]
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|equip spells =
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* [[Vylon Component]]
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* [[Vylon Filament]]
 
* [[Vylon Material]]
 
* [[Vylon Material]]
 
* [[Vylon Segment]]
 
* [[Vylon Segment]]
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* [[Vylon Component]]
 
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* [[Vylon Filament]]
 
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* [[Vylon Matter]]
 
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* [[Vylon Element]]
 
 
* [[Mage Power]]
 
* [[Mage Power]]
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* [[Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce]] (Sigma OTK only)
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* [[Kahyoreigetsu]]
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* [[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]] (Element only)
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|field spells =
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'''Other'''
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* [[Union Hangar]]
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* [[Iron Call]]
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|continuous spells =
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* [[Release Restraint Wave]]
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* [[Vylon Element]] ''(with [[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]])''
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* [[Tool Box]]
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* [[Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen]]
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|quick-play spells =
 
* [[Vylon Polytope]]
 
* [[Vylon Polytope]]
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* [[Upstart Goblin]] / [[Pot of Duality]]
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* [[Arms Regeneration]]
 
* [[Photon Lead]]
 
* [[Photon Lead]]
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* [[Machine Duplication]] (for use with [[Vylon Pentachloro]])
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|normal traps =
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|traps =
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* [[Armory Call]]
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* [[Royal Decree]] / [[Trap Stun]]
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* [[Back to the Front]]
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* [[Mannadium Breakheart]]
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* [[Horn of Olifant]]
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* [[Omega Judgment]]
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|counter traps =
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* [[Mannadium Reframing]]
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|continuous traps =
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* [[Call of the Haunted]]
 
}}
 
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==Weaknesses==
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===Weaknesses===
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Due to their emphasis on Equip Spell Cards, most Vylon decks are forced to run a low Trap Card count to stay consistent. This makes it hard to respond to the opponent's cards, requiring the use of "[[Vylon Segment]]" or "[[Vylon Filament]]" and high ATK monsters to keep the opponent's plays at bay. Since Vylons don't have much power to Special Summon themselves, cards that can negate summons like "[[Solemn Warning]]" are easy answers to the Vylon Synchro Monsters, and cards like “[[Macro Cosmos]]” which [[Banish]] your cards will prevent the Equip Spells and Tuners from activating their effects in the Graveyard. “[[Rivalry of Warlords]]” can be effective against the Vylon since the archetype is made up of three different Monster [[Type]]s even without counting other monsters common to the deck. "[[Royal Decree]]" is an excellent choice for disabling your opponent's Trap Cards while not affecting you at all, since this deck hardly utilizes any Traps.
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* Performing the "Vylon Element" loop requires a large amount of "Vylon" Tuner monsters and "Vylon" Equip Spells, most of which have largely irrelevant effects, giving the Deck issues with [[brick]]ing.
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* The "Vylon Element" loop requires searching several specific cards to function, and its setup can be easily disrupted.
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"[[Naturia Beast]]", "[[Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]]" or any Spell Negation can be problematic against Vylons due to their dependence on Spell Cards. In such a situation, rely on the power of Monster Cards like "[[Cyber Dragon]]", "[[Photon Thrasher]]" or "[[Summoner Monk]]" and the ability of the Vylon Tuners to become Equip cards from the Graveyard to overwhelm the opponent until you can use Spells again. However, "[[Dark Highlander]]" is ''the'' perfect mis-match against "Vylon"s due to most of said archetype's Decks revolving around Synchro Summoning and Equip Spell Cards.
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* The deck generally lacks Special Summoning tools outside of "Element", meaning that the Deck is quite fragile and struggles to play through disruption.
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* The deck provides little in-archetype protection against backrow removal, and removing Equip Cards can often completely shut down the effects of "Vylon" Extra Deck monsters.
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"[[Forbidden Lance]]" can be very dangerous to Vylon monsters (especially "[[Vylon Sigma]]") due to it making all cards equipped to one monster lose their effects upon that monster, in addition to reducing their ATK. “[[Enemy Controller]]” can switch the Vylons into their (usually) more vulnerable Defense Position, where boosts to ATK won’t help them, or could even steal your monster away for the turn if your opponent has a Tribute for it. "[[Book of Moon]]" can be perhaps even more devastating since it combines the strengths of both of these other cards, though thankfully it is currently [[Limited]] in the [[Advanced Format]]. "[[Vylon Segment]]" can't stop any of these cards, and "[[Vylon Filament]]" will only help if the opponent is careless enough to wait until your attack to try to use these cards. Element Swarming builds can utilize "[[Rod of Silence - Kay'est]]" to protect their monster against those Spells, though this prevents their own equips from helping them.
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* The "Vylon Element" loop is directly countered by:
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** Anti-Graveyard floodgates (e.g. "[[Macro Cosmos]]")
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As with all LIGHT-Attribute archetypes, the [[Ally of Justice]] and [[Koa'ki Meiru]] archetypes and "[[Light-Imprisoning Mirror]]", along with other anti-LIGHT support, can paralyze Vylons and their effects. Furthermore, odd [[Side Deck]] cards like “[[Eternal Rest]]”, “[[Really Eternal Rest]]”, "[[The Emperor's Holiday]]", “[[Disarmament]]”, "[[Armored Glass]]", "[[Armor Break]]" and "[[Collected Power]]" can extinguish active [[Equip Spell Card]]s or even the Vylon monsters themselves. Rely on high ATK and Equip Cards when your monster effects are made useless, and don't commit too many monsters to the field, as while the Vylon equips are easily replaced, their monsters aren't.
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** Anti-Spell floodgates (e.g. "[[Anti-Spell Fragrance]]")
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** Anti-Summoning floodgates (e.g. "[[Summon Limit]]")
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Sigma OTK users must always be prepared for backrow, since just one "[[Dimensional Prison]]" can dispatch Sigma easily. Moreover, if the OTK attempt fails once, it can be difficult to repeat since most of the Equip Spells needed for it would now be in the Graveyard. Use "[[Vylon Matter]]" or "[[Vylon Ohm]]" to help recover from such a situation.
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* The Deck as a whole is directly countered by:
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** Anti-Synchro floodgates (e.g. "[[Dimensional Barrier]]")
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Epsilon Control defends against several targeting cards, but is still vulnerable to targeting Spells like "[[Book of Moon]]" and any cards that don't target like "[[Black Rose Dragon]]", "[[Dark Hole]]", "[[Heavy Storm]]" or "[[Mirror Force]]". “[[Dark Bribe]]” is a valid replacement for “[[Royal Decree]]” in this case.
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** Anti-LIGHT floodgates (e.g. "[[Light-Imprisoning Mirror]]", "[[Koa'ki Meiru Drago]]")
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Element Swarm users rely on the lengthy Special Summon combo granted by "[[Vylon Element]]", which means cards like "[[Mystical Space Typhoon]]" can be dangerous obstacles since they can destroy "[[Vylon Element]]" and stop the chain of summons. Although "[[Vylon Omega]]" can seem virtually invincible thanks to its high-ATK and monster effect negation, it can still be made vulnerable if it loses its Equip Cards to something like "[[Heavy Storm]]". Try to have an answer for these threats or bait them out before you make any big plays.
 
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* All non-[[Synchro Monster|Synchro]], [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] and [[Tuner monster|Tuner]] Vylons are [[Level 4 Monster Cards]].
 
* All non-[[Synchro Monster|Synchro]], [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] and [[Tuner monster|Tuner]] Vylons are [[Level 4 Monster Cards]].
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* There are no "Vylon" [[Trap Cards]].
 
 
* All of the "Vylon" monsters have a similar armor style to the "[[Constellar]]" monsters.
 
* All of the "Vylon" monsters have a similar armor style to the "[[Constellar]]" monsters.
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** It is the only archetype in [[Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion]] and [[Hidden Arsenal 6: Omega Xyz]] to not receive any [[Trap Card]] support.
 
 
* "[[Steelswarm Roach]]" is a "[[Steelswarm Sentinel]]" that gained power from a corrupted Vylon fragment, as shown in "[[Advance Zone]]".
 
* "[[Steelswarm Roach]]" is a "[[Steelswarm Sentinel]]" that gained power from a corrupted Vylon fragment, as shown in "[[Advance Zone]]".
 
* The Vylon monsters in ''[[Duel Terminal - Xyz Startup!!]]'' all lack the team symbol.
 
* The Vylon monsters in ''[[Duel Terminal - Xyz Startup!!]]'' all lack the team symbol.
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* Vylons are the only Duel Terminal archetype that don't have a corrupted version of one of their monsters as an [[Evilswarm]] monster, aside from the Steelswarm from which the corruption originated. While they were amongst the first to be tainted by this epidemic, they could not be physically corrupted into an Evilswarm monster, thus why they were tasked with dealing with the [[Steelswarm]] in the first place.
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* Vylons are the only Duel Terminal archetype that don't have a corrupted version of one of their monsters as an [[lswarm]] monster, aside from the Steelswarm from which the corruption originated. While they were amongst the first to be tainted by this epidemic, they could not be physically corrupted into an Evilswarm monster, thus why they were tasked with dealing with the [[Steelswarm]] in the first place.
 
* This Archetype's Synchro Monsters (white card frames) are mainly white, while its [[Xyz Monster]] (black card frame) is mainly black.
 
* This Archetype's Synchro Monsters (white card frames) are mainly white, while its [[Xyz Monster]] (black card frame) is mainly black.
 
** This seems symbolic of their moral alignment in the [[Duel Terminal]] story: while at first they are the world's saviors in the name of order, their need for order turns them against the other tribes after their battle with the [[Steelswarm]].
 
** This seems symbolic of their moral alignment in the [[Duel Terminal]] story: while at first they are the world's saviors in the name of order, their need for order turns them against the other tribes after their battle with the [[Steelswarm]].
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*The majority of the Vylon Synchro/Xyz Monsters are Fairy-Type (except "[[Vylon Alpha]]"), while their Tuners are mostly Machine-Type, except "[[Vylon Prism]]" (Thunder-type) and "[[Vylon Stella]]" (Fairy-Type).  
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*The majority of the Vylon Synchro/Xyz Monsters are Fairy (except "[[Vylon Alpha]]"), while their Tuner monsters are Machine, except "[[Vylon Prism]]" (Thunder) and "[[Vylon Stella]]" (Fairy).
 
*All Tuners, except "[[Vylon Stella]]", have ATK equal to their DEF like the original "Ancient Gears".
 
*All Tuners, except "[[Vylon Stella]]", have ATK equal to their DEF like the original "Ancient Gears".
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 8 May 2024

Vylon
"Vylon Omega"
"Vylon Omega"
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"Vylon" (ヴァイロン Vairon) is an archetype that debuted in Duel Terminal - Vylon Descends!! and focuses around the use of Equip Cards.

Design[edit]

Appearance[edit]

The monsters appear as angelic, vaguely humanoid machines, have LIGHT as their Attribute, and have either Fairy, Machine, or (in one case) Thunder as their Type. Their team symbol is a golden-orange orb, often with gold metal trim.

Members[edit]

The names of various cards from the archetype are based on mathematical concepts and constants.

Tuner monsters[edit]

"Vylon" Tuner monsters are based on three-dimensional polytopes.

Vylon Origin
Prism Prism
Stella Stella octangula
Cube Cube
Tetra Tetrahedron
Sphere Sphere

Union monsters[edit]

"Vylon" Union monsters are based on four-dimensional polytopes.

Vylon Origin
Tesseract Tesseract
Pentachloro Pentachoron

Extra Deck[edit]

"Vylon" Extra Deck monsters are named after Greek letters. "Vylon" Synchro Monsters are named after standard Greek letters, while the "Vylon" Xyz Monster, "Vylon Disigma", is named after an archaic Greek letter. Every "Vylon" Extra Deck monster has a gold metal component on their body that is shaped like their eponymous letter (upper or lower case). They each all have Roman Numerals corresponding to their order in the Greek Alphabet written vertically on their chests.

Type Vylon Origin Symbol Shape Location Roman numeral
Synchro Alpha Alpha Α Back I (1)
Delta Delta δ Arms IV (4)
Epsilon Epsilon ε Arms V (5)
Sigma Sigma σ Arms & Back XVIII (18)
Omega Omega Ω Back XX (20)
Xyz Disigma Disigma ϡ Arms CM (900)[a]
  1. ↑ Rather than the being the order of the letter in Greek alphabet, 900 was the number that disigma (or sampi) represented in the alphabetic system of Greek numerals.

Story[edit]

In the story of the Duel Terminals, the Vylon are holy machine weapons created by the "Constellar" in The Ancient Era to oversee the seal they had placed upon the "Steelswarm", and were designed to be impervious to the corruption of the "lswarm". As ages passed and the Constellar returned to the stars, the Vylon merely observed the confrontations that took place on the Surface World below. Even through the wars against the "Worms" and the "Fableds" and the resulting devastation caused by the "Ice Barrier" Dragons, they stayed silent. Within the second generation of the Duel Terminals, the Vylon choose to appear during a conflict that breaks out between the "Laval" and "Gem-Knight" tribes, descending from the heavens amidst the fighting and forcing a temporary ceasefire between the warring clans. "Gishki Noellia", a former member of the "Ice Barrier" possessed by the madness of the "lswarm", revives the Steelswarm by launching an assault on the "Gusto" tribe in their homeland of the Mist Valley Marshlands, trying to gain control of a certain shrine. Feeding off the chaos of the fighting, the Steelswarm break free of their containment and ravage the Surface World, seeking revenge on those that had sealed them away long ago. The Vylon relay this turn of events to the Constellar before turning their attention to the battles ahead. The fated collision, that which they had been created for so long ago, awaited them. To combat this powerful threat and common enemy, the four tribes of "Gem-Knight", "Laval", "Gusto" and "Gishki" create an alliance under the umbrella of the Vylon forces. In their time of need, the Vylon send each of the tribes new power via "Vylon Element".

First element Second element Merged form
Vylon Sphere Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto Daigusto Sphreez
Vylon Tetra Gishki Noellia Evigishki Tetrogre
Vylon Stella Laval Cannon Laval Stennon
Vylon Prism Gem-Knight Crystal Gem-Knight Prismaura

War rages against the onslaught of the Steelswarm and many are lost, including "Vylon Alpha". The final battle reaches its appex when "Steelswarm Hercules" rises to end it himself. Suddenly "Vylon Omega" arrives from the Vylon Element gateway to turn the tides! Omega descends upon the field of battle to cast judgment, vaporizing all the lesser Steelswarm that draw near. The war is decided when the two leaders clash, and in the end both lie defeated. Peace after their victory doesn't last as the other tribes soon return to fighting over their petty conflicts. The Vylon cannot understand such disunion, and the defeat of the Steelswarm is shown to have had an effect on them: during the final battle, when "Vylon Tetra" was used in a ritual by Noellia to merge into Tetrogre, the evil of the "lswarm" possessing Noellia touched the hive-mind of the Vylon. The resulting madness quickly spread through the Vylon ranks, warping them in a way that the "lswarm" never could physically. The Vylon resolve to exterminate the other tribes to end their on-going feuds for good and create the perfect utopia. "Vylon Stigma", "Vylon Tesseract" and "Vylon Pentachloro" join to create the seeker of absolute unity, "Vylon Disigma". The four tribes are forced to unite once again, sharing their powers to combat this friend-turned-foe. Disigma absorbs members of the other tribes, gaining the power to defeat each one in turn and heavily damaging them. Disigma decides the fate of "Evigishki Merrowgeist", "Evigishki Gustkraken", "Lavalval Ignis", "Lavalval Dragun", "Daigusto Phoenix", and "Daigusto Falcos" in his rampage (minus "Kamui, Hope of Gusto", who Falcos aided in escaping). Only "Gem-Knight Pearl", created from the strength of the Gem-Knights and the Gishki, proves immune to Disigma's absorption ability and has the power to end the twisted angel. With the Vylon crushed, yet another threat is overcome. The true enemy is only just stirring, however, and now the Vylon are not there to oppose it...

Playing style[edit]

Vylon is an Equip Card-focused archetype, revolving around using Equip Cards to power up its Extra Deck monsters. Vylon Main Deck Tuner and Union monsters can typically equip themselves to other monsters, and Vylon Extra Deck monsters typicaly have effects that require sending Equip Cards to the Graveyard as cost, as well as effects to equip additional Equip Cards to themselves. Most Vylon Decks throughout the Deck's history revolved around a swarming loop created by "Vylon Element" and "Rod of Silence - Kay'est". However, there did exist some historical variants that forgoed the loop, such as Vylon Sigma OTK, which focused on performing an OTK with "Vylon Sigma" (by equipping it with "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce" and "Mage Power"), and Epsilon Control, which focused on summoning "Vylon Epsilon" and controlling the field by destroying opposing cards. Vylon Main Deck monsters are low-Level monsters with minor Equip-related battle or utility effect. The only Vylon non-Tuner monsters of note are:

Vylon Tuner monsters are the Deck's main combo enablers.

  • "Cube" can search any Equip Spell if sent to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a LIGHT monster, enabling specific Equip-based combos.
  • "Sphere", "Tetra", "Stella", "Prism" can equip themselves to a face-up monster if they're sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard, providing more Equips to Vylon Extra Deck monsters.
    • "Sphere" can replace itself with an Equip Spell in the player's Graveyard, enabling certain specific combos.

All Vylon Equip Spells ("Segment", "Component", "Material", "Filament") can only be equipped to Vylon monsters, and provide minor battle boosts or protection. Their main use comes in their shared secondary effect: if they are sent from the face-up field to the GY, they can each search another Vylon Spell. This provides immediate access to the Deck's key combo-making Spells, and its non-once-per-turn nature enables the Vylon swarming loop. The Continuous Spell "Vylon Element" is the key to the Vylon swarming loop. Non-once-per-turn, when a "Vylon" Equip Card is destroyed, "Element" can Special Summon a "Vylon" Tuner monster from the player's Deck. By equipping a Vylon monster with "Rod of Silence - Kay'est", then equipping it with "Vylon" Equip Spells, "Rod of Silence" will immediately destroy the Equip Spells, triggering "Element" to summon a Vylon, and triggering the Equip Spells to search out another Equip Spell, which can be repeated for more summons. With enough Vylon monsters, the Deck can easily summon multiple "Vylon Omega" with multiple equip spells for multiple negates, or set up a Link Monster-based board.

Recommended cards[edit]

Deck

Monster Cards

Effect Monsters

Spirit monsters

Union monsters

Tuner monsters

Spell Cards

Normal Spells

Equip Spells

Field Spells

Continuous Spells

Quick-Play Spells

Trap Cards

Normal Traps

Counter Traps

Continuous Traps

Weaknesses[edit]

  • Performing the "Vylon Element" loop requires a large amount of "Vylon" Tuner monsters and "Vylon" Equip Spells, most of which have largely irrelevant effects, giving the Deck issues with bricking.
  • The "Vylon Element" loop requires searching several specific cards to function, and its setup can be easily disrupted.
  • The deck generally lacks Special Summoning tools outside of "Element", meaning that the Deck is quite fragile and struggles to play through disruption.
  • The deck provides little in-archetype protection against backrow removal, and removing Equip Cards can often completely shut down the effects of "Vylon" Extra Deck monsters.
  • The "Vylon Element" loop is directly countered by:
  • The Deck as a whole is directly countered by:

Trivia[edit]

  • All non-Synchro, Xyz and Tuner Vylons are Level 4 Monster Cards.
  • All of the "Vylon" monsters have a similar armor style to the "Constellar" monsters.
  • "Steelswarm Roach" is a "Steelswarm Sentinel" that gained power from a corrupted Vylon fragment, as shown in "Advance Zone".
  • The Vylon monsters in Duel Terminal - Xyz Startup!! all lack the team symbol.
  • Vylons are the only Duel Terminal archetype that don't have a corrupted version of one of their monsters as an lswarm monster, aside from the Steelswarm from which the corruption originated. While they were amongst the first to be tainted by this epidemic, they could not be physically corrupted into an Evilswarm monster, thus why they were tasked with dealing with the Steelswarm in the first place.
  • This Archetype's Synchro Monsters (white card frames) are mainly white, while its Xyz Monster (black card frame) is mainly black.
    • This seems symbolic of their moral alignment in the Duel Terminal story: while at first they are the world's saviors in the name of order, their need for order turns them against the other tribes after their battle with the Steelswarm.
  • The majority of the Vylon Synchro/Xyz Monsters are Fairy (except "Vylon Alpha"), while their Tuner monsters are Machine, except "Vylon Prism" (Thunder) and "Vylon Stella" (Fairy).
  • All Tuners, except "Vylon Stella", have ATK equal to their DEF like the original "Ancient Gears".
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