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* [[Darkwing Blast]]
 
* [[Darkwing Blast]]
 
* [[Photon Hypernova]]
 
* [[Photon Hypernova]]
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* [[OTS Tournament Pack 21]]
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* [[25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II]]
 
| ocg            = [[Power of the Elements +1 Bonus Pack]]
 
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== Lore ==
 
== Lore ==
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{{Main|The Valuable Book EX 3 card storylines#No. 02: The New Broken Worlds}}
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{{Main|The Valuable Book EX 3 card storylines#No. 02: The New Broken Worlds|The Valuable Book EX 4 card storylines#No. 01: Sharv Sarga}}
  
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
 
"Tearlaments" is a portmanteau of "tear", "tiara", and "lament". The theme of sadness may be a reference to the tragic fairy tale ''[[wikipedia:The Little Mermaid|The Little Mermaid]]''.
 
"Tearlaments" is a portmanteau of "tear", "tiara", and "lament". The theme of sadness may be a reference to the tragic fairy tale ''[[wikipedia:The Little Mermaid|The Little Mermaid]]''.
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The archetype's name may also be a play on "firmaments", referring to the tiered layers of "[[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]".
 
The archetype's name may also be a play on "firmaments", referring to the tiered layers of "[[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]".
 
The majority of "Tearlaments" [[Main Deck]] monsters are named after types of mermaids and other similar mythological creatures. "[[Tearlaments Kitkallos]]" is named after ''[[wikipedia:Chaetoceros|Chaetoceros]]'', a genus of marine planktonic diatoms. This may also be a reference to ''The Little Mermaid'', as marine planktons are one of the main components of sea foam (according to the fairy tale, mermaids turn into sea foam upon death).
 
The majority of "Tearlaments" [[Main Deck]] monsters are named after types of mermaids and other similar mythological creatures. "[[Tearlaments Kitkallos]]" is named after ''[[wikipedia:Chaetoceros|Chaetoceros]]'', a genus of marine planktonic diatoms. This may also be a reference to ''The Little Mermaid'', as marine planktons are one of the main components of sea foam (according to the fairy tale, mermaids turn into sea foam upon death).
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==Design==
 
==Design==
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With the exceptions of "[[Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart]]", "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart]]", and "[[Tearlaments Kashtira]]", the members of the archetype are [[DARK]] [[Aqua]] monsters.
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With the exceptions of "[[Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart]]", "[[Tearlaments Rulkallos]], "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart]]", and "[[Tearlaments Kashtira]]", the members of the archetype are [[DARK]] [[Aqua]] monsters.
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The "mermaid girls" "Tearlament" monsters features overall similar asthetics; a silver-haired sirens wearing a tiara and a lockpad somewhere on their clothing, the latter symbolize their forced servitude towards "Tearlaments Reinoheart", the tyrannical ruler of "Primeval Planet Perlereino". "[[Tearlaments Rulkallos]]" is a notable exception of these theme, as she is "[[Tearlaments Kitkallos]]" that were freed from the brainwashing effect of "Reinoheart" and thus lacking the padlocks that the other "mermaid girls" have.
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To reflect their theme of sadness, the mermaid girls "Tearlaments" were depicted as in distress or crying for various reasons, such as being abused by "Reinoheart" as seen in "[[Tearlaments Sulliek]]".
  
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===Members===
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
 
! Tearlaments
 
! Tearlaments
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| [[Tearlaments Rulkallos|Rulkallos]]
 
| [[Tearlaments Rulkallos|Rulkallos]]
 
|''[[wikipedia:Rusalka|Rusalka]]''
 
|''[[wikipedia:Rusalka|Rusalka]]''
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==Playing style==
 
==Playing style==
 
The "Tearlaments" archetype is centered on [[mill]]ing cards from the player's [[Deck]], in order to perform [[Fusion Summon]]s with the [[Trigger Effect]] activated when a Main Deck "Tearlaments" monster is sent to the GY. The Deck has a notable secondary focus on Fusion Summoning during the opponent's turn to trigger additional beneficial Trigger Effects. As an archetype in the lore of "[[Visas Starfrost]]", certain "Tearlaments" cards also interact with "Visas Starfrost".
 
The "Tearlaments" archetype is centered on [[mill]]ing cards from the player's [[Deck]], in order to perform [[Fusion Summon]]s with the [[Trigger Effect]] activated when a Main Deck "Tearlaments" monster is sent to the GY. The Deck has a notable secondary focus on Fusion Summoning during the opponent's turn to trigger additional beneficial Trigger Effects. As an archetype in the lore of "[[Visas Starfrost]]", certain "Tearlaments" cards also interact with "Visas Starfrost".
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Every Main Deck "Tearlaments" card has a beneficial Trigger Effect triggered when they are sent to the GY by a [[card effect]] (such as by being milled). The central effect among them is the Fusion effect of the 3 "Tearlaments" mermaid monsters; by triggering this effect on both player's turns, and using GY materials, the Deck can rapidly create Fusion boards with minimal on-field material costs.
 
Every Main Deck "Tearlaments" card has a beneficial Trigger Effect triggered when they are sent to the GY by a [[card effect]] (such as by being milled). The central effect among them is the Fusion effect of the 3 "Tearlaments" mermaid monsters; by triggering this effect on both player's turns, and using GY materials, the Deck can rapidly create Fusion boards with minimal on-field material costs.
  
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"Tearlaments" Main Deck monsters are the Deck's main starters, as each of them provides a milling-related on-field effect. "[[Tearlaments Havnis|Havnis]]" is a [[hand trap]] that mills 3, "[[Tearlaments Merrli|Merrli]]" mills 3 on summon, and "[[Tearlaments Scheiren|Scheiren]]" is a special summon extender (with an extra discard cost) that also mills 3. Lastly, "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart|Reinoheart]]" precisely sends 1 "Tearlaments" monster from Deck to GY on summon, making it a 1-card starter.
 
"Tearlaments" Main Deck monsters are the Deck's main starters, as each of them provides a milling-related on-field effect. "[[Tearlaments Havnis|Havnis]]" is a [[hand trap]] that mills 3, "[[Tearlaments Merrli|Merrli]]" mills 3 on summon, and "[[Tearlaments Scheiren|Scheiren]]" is a special summon extender (with an extra discard cost) that also mills 3. Lastly, "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart|Reinoheart]]" precisely sends 1 "Tearlaments" monster from Deck to GY on summon, making it a 1-card starter.
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"Tearlaments" Spell/Traps provide searchable interaction and extension. Many of them first provide a beneficial effect, and then forces the player to send a monster from their hand/field/Deck to the GY. By activating them on the opponent's turn, the Deck can trigger its monsters' GY effects, and in turn Fusion Summon, in the opponent's turn.
 
"Tearlaments" Spell/Traps provide searchable interaction and extension. Many of them first provide a beneficial effect, and then forces the player to send a monster from their hand/field/Deck to the GY. By activating them on the opponent's turn, the Deck can trigger its monsters' GY effects, and in turn Fusion Summon, in the opponent's turn.
  
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The Deck has an additional non-archetypal Field Spell, "[[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]", who lacks a GY effect. It searches a "Tearlaments" monster on activation, providing immediate access to the 1-card starter "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart|Reinoheart]]". It also targets and destroys 1 card if a "Tearlaments" monster is returned from the field/GY to the Deck/Extra Deck, providing additional advantage from "Tearlaments" Fusion Summons, even in the opponent's turn. It can also be used to destroy friendly cards to trigger their GY effects for more varied combos.
 
The Deck has an additional non-archetypal Field Spell, "[[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]", who lacks a GY effect. It searches a "Tearlaments" monster on activation, providing immediate access to the 1-card starter "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart|Reinoheart]]". It also targets and destroys 1 card if a "Tearlaments" monster is returned from the field/GY to the Deck/Extra Deck, providing additional advantage from "Tearlaments" Fusion Summons, even in the opponent's turn. It can also be used to destroy friendly cards to trigger their GY effects for more varied combos.
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"Tearlaments" Fusion Monsters provide the Deck's main field prescence and consistent combo-making tools.
 
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* "[[Tearlaments Kitkallos|Kitkallos]]" is the Deck's main Extra Deck searcher and combo enabler, with 3 extremely powerful consistency-boosting effects.
 
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** If it is summoned, it can take 1 "Tearlaments" card from the Deck, and add it to hand or send it to the GY, providing access to almost every effect within the archetype.
 
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** Its second effect targets 1 friendly monster, Special Summons 1 "Tearlaments" monster from hand or GY, and sends that friendly monster to the GY; this provides access to the on-summon effects of "Reinoheart" and "Meirrow", and triggers even more "Tearlaments" monsters' GY effects.
 
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** Its third effect is its GY trigger effect triggered if it is sent to the GY by a card effect, which mills 5 cards, providing a significant boost of GY milling resources for more Fusion Summons.
 
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* "[[Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart|Kaleido-Heart]]" is the Deck's main offensive 3-material boss monster. If it is summoned, or if an Aqua monster is sent to the player's GY by a card effect, it can target and shuffle 1 opposing card into the Deck. This provides immediate on-summon removal (synergizing with Fusion Summons made in the opponent's turn), and also synergizes with milling effects done in the opponent's turn. Its second GY trigger effect has it Special Summon itself and send 1 "Tearlaments" card from Deck to GY, giving it self-recovery and engaging additional "Tearlaments" GY effects.
 
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* "[[Tearlaments Rulkallos|Rulkallos]]" is the Deck's main defensive 2-material boss monster. It provides battle protection to Aqua monsters and a Special Summon negate, the latter also requiring  sending 1 "Tearlaments" card from the player's hand or face-up field to the GY (engaging more "Tearlaments" GY effects). It also has a (functionally one-time-only) GY self-revival effect if it is sent to the GY by a card effect after being Fusion Summoned.
 
  
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The Deck is incredibly resilient against effect destructions, as destroying any of its cards with effects will trigger their GY Trigger Effects, leading to more Fusion Summons or resource recovery. The Deck even has the potential for turn-0 plays, thanks to the hand-activated effect of "Havnis".
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"Tearlaments" Fusion Monsters provide the Deck's main field prescence and consistent combo-making tools; they each also have effects that send friendly cards to the GY, which can be used to trigger GY trigger effects.
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Externally, the Deck can synergize with a wide variety of Fusion or milling-based engines and packages.
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* "[[Tearlaments Kitkallos|Kitkallos]]" can add/send specific "Tearlaments" cards to the hand/GY, and summon "Tearlaments" monsters from hand/GY while sending another monster from field to GY by effect. Its GY trigger effect mills 5.
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* "[[Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart|Kaleido-Heart]]" can shuffle 1 opposing card into the Deck when summoned, or when another Aqua monster is sent to GY by effect. Its GY trigger effect has it revive itself and send 1 "Tearlaments" card from Deck to GY.
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* "[[Tearlaments Rulkallos|Rulkallos]]" provides battle protection to Aqua monsters, and has a Special Summon-effect negate that also sends a "Tearlaments" card from hand/field to GY by effect. Its GY trigger effect has it revive itself if it was Fusion Summoned.
  
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Following the release of the [[Exchange of the Spirit (series)|Exchange of the Spirit]] (aka "Ishizu fairies" series), this allows "Tearlaments" to explosively set up their GY through milling effect of Ishizu "miller" [[Fairy]] monsters while also set up GY interruption/recursion though "shufflers", all with very high synergy and being quite hard to interrupt. This led to the most cards of both series being [[Limited]] or [[Forbidden]] to curb their power in late 2022/early 2023 in OCG/TCG.
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The Deck is incredibly resilient against effect destructions, as destroying any of its cards with effects will trigger their GY Trigger Effects, leading to more Fusion Summons or resource recovery. The Deck is also easily capable of playing on the opponent's turn (with "Havnis", even on Turn 0), as many of its effects send its monsters to the GY at Spell Speed 2.
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Externally, the Deck can synergize with a wide variety of Fusion or milling-based engines and packages. In particular, the [[Exchange of the Spirit (series)|Exchange of the Spirit]] series (a.k.a. "Ishizu fairies" series) lets "Tearlaments" explosively set up their GY through the milling effect of Ishizu "miller" [[Fairy]] monsters ("[[Agido the Ancient Sentinel]]" and "[[Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard]]"), providing huge amounts of GY resources. Besides "Tearlament" cards to procc, this also sets up "GY traps" in the form of Ishizu's "shufflers" ("[[Keldo the Sacred Protector]]" and "[[Mudora the Sword Oracle]]"), which have fast effects to control against the opponent's GY tactics, and high resilience against interruptions. This led to most cards of both themes being [[Limited]] or [[Forbidden]] to curb their power in late 2022/early 2023 in OCG/TCG.
  
 
===Recommended cards===
 
===Recommended cards===
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* [[Tearlaments Reinoheart]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Reinoheart]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Kashtira]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Kashtira]]
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* [[Agido the Ancient Sentinel]]
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* [[Agido the Ancient Sentinel]] ''(Traditional Format)''
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* [[Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard]]
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* [[Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard]] ''(Traditional Format)''
 
* [[Keldo the Sacred Protector]]
 
* [[Keldo the Sacred Protector]]
 
* [[Mudora the Sword Oracle]]
 
* [[Mudora the Sword Oracle]]
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* [[Fairy Tail - Snow]]
 
* [[Fairy Tail - Snow]]
 
* [[King of the Swamp]]
 
* [[King of the Swamp]]
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* [[Supreme Sea Mare]]
 
* "[[Lightsworn]]" monsters
 
* "[[Lightsworn]]" monsters
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* [[Supreme Sea Mare]]
 
 
* "[[Shaddoll]]" monsters
 
* "[[Shaddoll]]" monsters
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* [[Wulf, Lightsworn Beast]]
 
 
|tuner monsters =
 
|tuner monsters =
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* [[Felis, Lightsworn Archer]]
 
 
* [[Visas Starfrost]]
 
* [[Visas Starfrost]]
 
|fusion monsters =
 
|fusion monsters =
 
* [[Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart]]
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* [[Tearlaments Kitkallos]] (Traditional format)
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* [[Tearlaments Kitkallos]] ''(Traditional Format)''
 
* [[Tearlaments Rulkallos]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Rulkallos]]
 
* [[Vicious Astraloud]]
 
* [[Vicious Astraloud]]
 
* [[Despian Quaeritis]]
 
* [[Despian Quaeritis]]
 
* [[El Shaddoll Winda]]
 
* [[El Shaddoll Winda]]
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* [[Five-Headed Dragon]] (with "Rebirth Judgment")
 
 
* [[Granguignol the Dusk Dragon]]
 
* [[Granguignol the Dusk Dragon]]
 
* [[Grapha, Dragon Overlord of Dark World]]
 
* [[Grapha, Dragon Overlord of Dark World]]
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* [[Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon]]
 
* [[Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon]]
 
* [[Predaplant Dragostapelia]]
 
* [[Predaplant Dragostapelia]]
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* [[Quintet Magician]] (with "Rebirth Judgment")
 
 
* [[Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]]
 
* [[Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]]
 
* [[Time Wizard of Tomorrow]]
 
* [[Time Wizard of Tomorrow]]
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* [[Ultra Beetrooper Absolute Hercules]] (with "Rebirth Judgment")
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* [[Five-Headed Dragon]] ''(with "Rebirth Judgment")''
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* [[Quintet Magician]] ''(with "Rebirth Judgment")''
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* [[Ultra Beetrooper Absolute Hercules]] ''(with "Rebirth Judgment")''
 
|xyz monsters =
 
|xyz monsters =
 
* [[Time Thief Redoer]]
 
* [[Time Thief Redoer]]
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* [[Cross-Sheep]]
 
* [[Cross-Sheep]]
 
* [[Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy]]
 
* [[Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy]]
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|spells =
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|normal spells =
 
* [[Tearlaments Grief]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Grief]]
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* [[Tearlaments Heartbeat]]
 
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* [[Tearlaments Perlegia]]
 
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* [[Tearlaments Scream]]
 
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* [[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]
 
 
* [[Branded Fusion]]
 
* [[Branded Fusion]]
 
* [[Foolish Burial]]
 
* [[Foolish Burial]]
 
* [[Fusion Deployment]]
 
* [[Fusion Deployment]]
 
* [[Instant Fusion]]
 
* [[Instant Fusion]]
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* [[Polymerization]]/[[Fusion Substitute]]
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* [[Polymerization]] / [[Fusion Substitute]]
 
* [[Reasoning]]
 
* [[Reasoning]]
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|traps =
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* [[That Grass Looks Greener]] (''OCG'')
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|field spells =
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* [[Tearlaments Perlegia]]
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* [[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]
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|continuous spells =
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* [[Tearlaments Scream]]
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|quick-play spells =
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* [[Tearlaments Heartbeat]]
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|normal traps =
 
* [[Tearlaments Metanoise]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Metanoise]]
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* [[Trivikarma]]
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* [[Virtue Stream]]
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|counter traps =
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* [[Tearlaments Cryme]]
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|continuous traps =
 
* [[Tearlaments Sulliek]]
 
* [[Tearlaments Sulliek]]
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* [[Tearlaments Cryme]]
 
 
* [[Rebirth Judgment]]
 
* [[Rebirth Judgment]]
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* [[Trivikarma]]
 
 
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==Weaknesses==
 
==Weaknesses==
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* Due to their heavily reliance on milling cards to GY, anti-GY floodgate such as "[[Necrovalley]]" and "[[Gravekeeper's Inscription]]" can slow down the deck. In addition, cards that force banishes cards sent to GY such as "[[Dimension Shifter]]" and "[[Macro Cosmos]]" can prevent "Tearlaments" player from recurring their resources.
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* Due to their heavily reliance on milling cards to GY and activate their effects from there, anti-GY cards such as "[[Abyss Dweller]]", "[[Bystial]]" monsters, "[[Necrovalley]]" and "[[Gravekeeper's Inscription]]" can slow down the deck. In addition, cards that force banishes cards sent to GY such as "[[Dimension Shifter]]" and "[[Macro Cosmos]]" can prevent the "Tearlaments" player from recurring their resources.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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Tearlaments
Top to bottom, left to right: "Visas Starfrost", "Tearlaments Scheiren", "Tearlaments Havnis", "Tearlaments Merrli", "Tearlaments Kitkallos", and "Tearlaments Reinoheart" in the artwork of "Tearlaments Sulliek"
Top to bottom, left to right: "Visas Starfrost", "Tearlaments Scheiren", "Tearlaments Havnis", "Tearlaments Merrli", "Tearlaments Kitkallos", and "Tearlaments Reinoheart" in the artwork of "Tearlaments Sulliek"
Japanese
  • ティアラメンツ
  • Tiaramentsu (romanized)
Simplified Chinese
  • 泪冠哀歌
French
  • Tiarmentations
German
  • Tränenklage
Italian
  • Tiaracrimalamenti
Korean
  • 티아라멘츠
  • Tiaramencheu (romanized)
Portuguese
  • Lagrimentiara
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  • Tiagrimentos
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"Tearlaments" (ティアラメンツ Tiaramentsu) is an archetype of mostly DARK Aqua monsters introduced in Power of the Elements.

Lore[edit]

Main articles: The Valuable Book EX 3 card storylines § No. 02: The New Broken Worlds and The Valuable Book EX 4 card storylines § No. 01: Sharv Sarga

Etymology[edit]

"Tearlaments" is a portmanteau of "tear", "tiara", and "lament". The theme of sadness may be a reference to the tragic fairy tale The Little Mermaid.

The archetype's name may also be a play on "firmaments", referring to the tiered layers of "Primeval Planet Perlereino". The majority of "Tearlaments" Main Deck monsters are named after types of mermaids and other similar mythological creatures. "Tearlaments Kitkallos" is named after Chaetoceros, a genus of marine planktonic diatoms. This may also be a reference to The Little Mermaid, as marine planktons are one of the main components of sea foam (according to the fairy tale, mermaids turn into sea foam upon death). "Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart" is named after a kaleidoscope, referencing the archetype's stained glass aesthetic.

Design[edit]

With the exceptions of "Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart", "Tearlaments Rulkallos, "Tearlaments Reinoheart", and "Tearlaments Kashtira", the members of the archetype are DARK Aqua monsters.

The "mermaid girls" "Tearlament" monsters features overall similar asthetics; a silver-haired sirens wearing a tiara and a lockpad somewhere on their clothing, the latter symbolize their forced servitude towards "Tearlaments Reinoheart", the tyrannical ruler of "Primeval Planet Perlereino". "Tearlaments Rulkallos" is a notable exception of these theme, as she is "Tearlaments Kitkallos" that were freed from the brainwashing effect of "Reinoheart" and thus lacking the padlocks that the other "mermaid girls" have.

To reflect their theme of sadness, the mermaid girls "Tearlaments" were depicted as in distress or crying for various reasons, such as being abused by "Reinoheart" as seen in "Tearlaments Sulliek".

Tearlaments Name origin
Havnis Havfrue
Merrli Melusine
Merrow
Reinoheart Reino
Scheiren Siren
Kaleido-Heart Kaleidoscope
Kitkallos Chaetoceros
Rulkallos Rusalka

Playing style[edit]

The "Tearlaments" archetype is centered on milling cards from the player's Deck, in order to perform Fusion Summons with the Trigger Effect activated when a Main Deck "Tearlaments" monster is sent to the GY. The Deck has a notable secondary focus on Fusion Summoning during the opponent's turn to trigger additional beneficial Trigger Effects. As an archetype in the lore of "Visas Starfrost", certain "Tearlaments" cards also interact with "Visas Starfrost".

Every Main Deck "Tearlaments" card has a beneficial Trigger Effect triggered when they are sent to the GY by a card effect (such as by being milled). The central effect among them is the Fusion effect of the 3 "Tearlaments" mermaid monsters; by triggering this effect on both player's turns, and using GY materials, the Deck can rapidly create Fusion boards with minimal on-field material costs.

Tearlaments GY Effects
Tearlaments Type GY Trigger Effect Notes
Havnis Monster Fusion Summon by placing materials from hand/field/GY on the bottom of the Deck, including this card in GY. Central playmaking Fusion Summon effect.
Merrli
Scheiren
Reinoheart Special Summon this card[a], and send 1 "Tearlaments" card from hand to GY. Extender and enabler for "Tearlaments" trigger effects.
Metanoise Trap Add to hand 1 "Tearlaments" monster from GY Monster Card recovery/searching.
Sulliek Deck
Cryme Banished cards
Grief Spell Add to hand 1 "Tearlaments" Trap from Banished cards Trap Card recovery/searching.
Heartbeat GY
Scream Deck
  1. ↑ Banish it when it leaves the field.

"Tearlaments" Main Deck monsters are the Deck's main starters, as each of them provides a milling-related on-field effect. "Havnis" is a hand trap that mills 3, "Merrli" mills 3 on summon, and "Scheiren" is a special summon extender (with an extra discard cost) that also mills 3. Lastly, "Reinoheart" precisely sends 1 "Tearlaments" monster from Deck to GY on summon, making it a 1-card starter.

"Tearlaments" Spell/Traps provide searchable interaction and extension. Many of them first provide a beneficial effect, and then forces the player to send a monster from their hand/field/Deck to the GY. By activating them on the opponent's turn, the Deck can trigger its monsters' GY effects, and in turn Fusion Summon, in the opponent's turn.

Tearlaments Spell/Traps
Tearlaments Type On-field Effect Notes
Effect Then Send to GY
Metanoise Normal Tr. Flip face-down 1 opposing monster.[a][b] 1 "Tearlaments" monster from Deck "Book of Moon" + precise mill from Deck
Sulliek Continuous Tr. Negate the effects of 1 opposing monster.[a][b] 1 monster from own field Monster effect negate
Cryme Counter Tr. Negate the activation of a Spell/Trap/monster effect, and return it to Deck.[b] 1 monster from hand Omni-negate
Grief Normal Sp. Special Summon 1 "Tearlaments" monster or 1 "Visas Starfrost" from Deck/GY 1 monster with its Type or Attribute from own field Summon from Deck searcher
Heartbeat Quick-Play Sp. Shuffle into Deck 1 on-field Spell/Trap, or up to 2 if you control "Visas Starfrost".[a] 1 card from hand Backrow removal
Scream Continuous Sp. If a monster is Summoned: mill 3, and all opposing monsters lose 500 ATK this turn.[b] — Trigger effect mill extender
  1. ↑ a b c Effect targets.
  2. ↑ a b c d Effect/card can only be activated if the player controls either a "Tearlaments" monster or a "Visas Starfrost".

The Deck has an additional non-archetypal Field Spell, "Primeval Planet Perlereino", who lacks a GY effect. It searches a "Tearlaments" monster on activation, providing immediate access to the 1-card starter "Reinoheart". It also targets and destroys 1 card if a "Tearlaments" monster is returned from the field/GY to the Deck/Extra Deck, providing additional advantage from "Tearlaments" Fusion Summons, even in the opponent's turn. It can also be used to destroy friendly cards to trigger their GY effects for more varied combos.

"Tearlaments" Fusion Monsters provide the Deck's main field prescence and consistent combo-making tools; they each also have effects that send friendly cards to the GY, which can be used to trigger GY trigger effects.

  • "Kitkallos" can add/send specific "Tearlaments" cards to the hand/GY, and summon "Tearlaments" monsters from hand/GY while sending another monster from field to GY by effect. Its GY trigger effect mills 5.
  • "Kaleido-Heart" can shuffle 1 opposing card into the Deck when summoned, or when another Aqua monster is sent to GY by effect. Its GY trigger effect has it revive itself and send 1 "Tearlaments" card from Deck to GY.
  • "Rulkallos" provides battle protection to Aqua monsters, and has a Special Summon-effect negate that also sends a "Tearlaments" card from hand/field to GY by effect. Its GY trigger effect has it revive itself if it was Fusion Summoned.

The Deck is incredibly resilient against effect destructions, as destroying any of its cards with effects will trigger their GY Trigger Effects, leading to more Fusion Summons or resource recovery. The Deck is also easily capable of playing on the opponent's turn (with "Havnis", even on Turn 0), as many of its effects send its monsters to the GY at Spell Speed 2.

Externally, the Deck can synergize with a wide variety of Fusion or milling-based engines and packages. In particular, the Exchange of the Spirit series (a.k.a. "Ishizu fairies" series) lets "Tearlaments" explosively set up their GY through the milling effect of Ishizu "miller" Fairy monsters ("Agido the Ancient Sentinel" and "Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard"), providing huge amounts of GY resources. Besides "Tearlament" cards to procc, this also sets up "GY traps" in the form of Ishizu's "shufflers" ("Keldo the Sacred Protector" and "Mudora the Sword Oracle"), which have fast effects to control against the opponent's GY tactics, and high resilience against interruptions. This led to most cards of both themes being Limited or Forbidden to curb their power in late 2022/early 2023 in OCG/TCG.

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