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{{Infobox archetype
 
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| image  = StakeyourSoul-DBWS-JP-SR.png
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| image  = StakeyourSoul-MADU-EN-VG-artwork.png
 
| caption = "[[Vanquish Soul Pantera]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]" in the artwork of "[[Stake your Soul!]]".
 
| caption = "[[Vanquish Soul Pantera]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]" in the artwork of "[[Stake your Soul!]]".
 
| ja_name = {{Ruby|ＶＳ|ヴァンキッシュ・ソウル}}
 
| ja_name = {{Ruby|ＶＳ|ヴァンキッシュ・ソウル}}
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| de_name = Bezwingerseele
 
| de_name = Bezwingerseele
 
| it_name = Sgomina Anima
 
| it_name = Sgomina Anima
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| ko_name =  
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| ko_name = {{Ruby|VS|뱅키시 소울|lang=ko}}
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| ko_romanized = Baengkisi Soul
 
| pt_name = Alma Aniquiladora
 
| pt_name = Alma Aniquiladora
 
| es_name = Derrota Almas
 
| es_name = Derrota Almas
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| tcg    = [[Wild Survivors]]
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| sets    = [[Age of Overlord]]
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| tcg    =  
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* [[Wild Survivors]]
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* [[OTS Tournament Pack 24]]
 
| ocg    = [[Deck Build Pack: Wild Survivors]]
 
| ocg    = [[Deck Build Pack: Wild Survivors]]
 
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==Design==
 
==Design==
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The "Vanquish Soul" archetype shares many general aesthetics with those found in various popular fighting game franchises; such as ''[[wikipedia:Tekken|Tekken]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:BlazBlue|BlazBlue]]''. The archetype's monsters especially have designs that match the common character tropes rosters of this genre of games from monsters like "[[Vanquish Soul Razen]]" sharing common design elements with that of the standard Fighting Game Protagonist character to "[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger]]" being similar to the design of large grappler characters and the archetype's main boss monster, "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]", taking ideas from the final boss of a fighting game.
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The "Vanquish Soul" archetype shares many general aesthetics with those found in various popular fighting game franchises; such as ''[[wikipedia:Guilty Gear|Guilty Gear]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:BlazBlue|BlazBlue]]''. The archetype's monsters especially have designs that match the common character tropes rosters of this genre of games from monsters like "[[Vanquish Soul Razen]]" sharing common design elements with that of the standard Fighting Game Protagonist character to "[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger]]" being similar to the design of large grappler characters and the archetype's main boss monster, "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]", taking ideas from the final boss of a fighting game. "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]" heavily resembles Yuuki Terumi (specifically Susanoo), the main antagonist of ''[[wikipedia:BlazBlue|BlazBlue]]''.
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This influence can also be seen in the way the effects are formatted as revealing monsters from the hand to use various effects is, in a way, much like using a character assist.
 
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This influence can also be seen in the way the effects are formatted. The way many members of the archetype Special Summon themselves by returning other members of the archetype to the hand can be seen as representing tagging out to an assist character (similar to the likes of ''[[wikipedia:Marvel vs. Capcom|Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' or ''[[wikipedia:Dead or Alive (franchise)|Dead or Alive]]''). The way each member has different effects depending on the quantity of Attributes revealed in the hand can be seen as representing different button inputs.
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Additionally, their Spell/Trap cards such as "[[Vanquish Soul Dust Devil]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Calamity Caesar]]" can be seen as either special moves or "Super Moves/Hyper Combos" of their featured monsters, where the user performs an especially powerful attack or technique to provide immense utility and power in a given situation, as well as put the opponent in an easy position to further the player's onslaught.
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==Playing style==
 
==Playing style==
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"Vanquish Soul" revolves around the shared ability to, as a [[Quick Effect]], [[Reveal|reveal]] monsters from the hand in order to activate a variety of effects depending on the revealed monster's Attribute. All "Vanquish Soul" monsters, by default, have one effect that can be activated by revealing a monster of the same Attribute as themselves with another, typically stronger, effect by revealing monsters in some combination of DARK, EARTH, or FIRE. As a result, each monster is able to fulfil a unique role to the Deck and able to make further advantage of using some of the best [[Hand trap]] cards in the game as well due to their attributes matching the main three used in "Vanquish Soul"; "[[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]" for FIRE, "[[Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion]] and "[[Maxx "C"]]" (in the OCG) for EARTH, and "[[D.D. Crow]]" for DARK.
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"Vanquish Soul" revolves around the shared ability to, as a [[Quick Effect]], [[reveal]] monsters from the hand in order to activate a variety of effects depending on the revealed monster's Attribute. The deck generally plays a [[control]]/midrange strategy, aiming to generate card advantage on both players' turns to outgrind the opponent.
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All "Vanquish Soul" monsters are [[EARTH]], [[FIRE]], or [[DARK]]. Each monster has an effect related to summoning; either the monster searches on summon, or the monster can conditionally Special Summon itself from the hand, for some as a Quick Effect.
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Each monster also has a Quick Effect activated by revealing EARTH, FIRE, and/or DARK monster(s) in the hand, with a choice between two options: a typically weaker effect requiring revealing 1 monster with the same Attribute as the "Vanquish Soul" itself, and a typically stronger effect requiring revealing multiple monsters of certain Attribute combinations.
  
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"[[Vanquish Soul Razen|Razen]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love|Dr. Mad Love]]" make up the main searchers, able to add the monsters and backrow of the deck to hand as well as able to provide forms of removal with column-based monster destruction and non-targeting, non destruction removal. "[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger|Heavy Borger]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius|Caesar Valius]]" make up the main boss monsters, able to Special Summon themselves by returning a "Vanquish Soul" that isn't the same Type as them to the hand with effects to draw a card and deal 1500 burn damage in the case of "Borger" and the effects to become unaffected by opponents card effects as well as pop a card on the field in the case of "Kaiser', the latter needing to reveal 1 each DARK, EARTH, and FIRE to perform.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; text-align: center"  
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! Vanquish Soul
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! Reveal
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! Effect 1
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! Reveal
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! Effect 2
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Razen|Razen]]
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| [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]]
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| Gain effect destruction protection
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| [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]] + [[File:DARK.svg|20px]]
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| Destroy monsters in column
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Pantera|Pantera]]
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| [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]]
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| Gain battle destruction protection
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| [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]] + [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]]
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| Destroy Spell/Traps in column
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger|Heavy Borger]]
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| [[File:DARK.svg|20px]]
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| Draw 1 card
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| [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]] + [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]]
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| [[Burn]] for 1500
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love|Dr. Mad Love]]
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| [[File:DARK.svg|20px]]
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| Give -500 ATK/DEF to enemy monster
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| [[File:DARK.svg|20px]] + [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]]
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| [[List of unofficial terms#Bounce|Bounce]] lowest DEF monster
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Pluton HG|Pluton HG]]
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| [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]]
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| Gain 3000 DEF
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| [[File:DARK.svg|20px]] + [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]]
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| Gain 3000 ATK
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius|Caesar Valius]]
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| [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]]
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| Gain protection against activated effects
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| [[File:EARTH.svg|20px]] + [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]] + [[File:DARK.svg|20px]]
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| Destroy 1 card
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|-
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| [[Vanquish Soul Jiaolong|Jiaolong]]
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| [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]]
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| Change 1 monster's battle position
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| [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]] + [[File:FIRE.svg|20px]]
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| Search 1 "Vanquish Soul" card
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|}
  
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Among the cards as well is the related [[Link Monster]], "[[Rock of the Vanquisher]]", which makes the opponent only able to attack the strongest monster while you control a "Vanquish Soul" as well as two Quick Effects to Special Summon a "Vanquish Soul" monster from hand or add one to the hand from the [[Graveyard|GY]], enabling easy and quick disruption abilities and swarming.  
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Because of these varied Quick Effects, the Deck can easily play on both players turns, producing varied disruptions or card advantage generation, as long as the player has the requisite monster Attributes in the hand.
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Between their summon-related and reveal-based effects, "[[Vanquish Soul Razen|Razen]]", "[[Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love|Dr. Mad Love]]", "[[Vanquish Soul Jiaolong|Jiaolong]]", and "[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger|Heavy Borger]]" are the Deck's main advantage generators, with the former two also having removal effects.
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"[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger|Heavy Borger]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius|Caesar Valius]]" are the Deck's main boss monsters, able to Special Summon themselves by returning a "Vanquish Soul" that isn't the same Type as them to the hand, and having advantage generating or removal effects.
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The deck's supporting [[Link Monster]], "[[Rock of the Vanquisher]]", acts as a de facto Field Spell; it has no combat effects itself, but provides a small degree of battle protection and a two-choice Quick Effect to either Special Summon a "Vanquish Soul" monster from hand or add one to the hand from the [[Graveyard|GY]], enabling "Vanquish Soul" on-summon effects or resource cycling.  
  
 
The theme is further supported through various [[Spell Card]]s and [[Trap Card]]s that offer extra consistency and bonus disruptions for the opponent to face.
 
The theme is further supported through various [[Spell Card]]s and [[Trap Card]]s that offer extra consistency and bonus disruptions for the opponent to face.
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Due to the theme's main playstyle of revealing monsters of various attributes to activate their effects, the theme generally requires a critical mass of EARTH, FIRE, or DARK monsters in the deck; hand traps of these Attributes can provide a flexible way to fill this quota, such as "[[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]", "[[Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion]]" and "[[Maxx "C"]]" (in the OCG), and "[[D.D. Crow]]".
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===Recommended cards===
 
===Recommended cards===
 
   
 
   
 
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|effect monsters =
 
|effect monsters =
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* [[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger]]
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* [[Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius]]
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* [[Vanquish Soul Jiaolong]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Pantera]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Pantera]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Pluton HG]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Pluton HG]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Razen]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Razen]]
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* [[EARTH]], [[FIRE]], and [[DARK]] utility monsters
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** [[Dimension Shifter]]
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** [[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]
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** [[Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion]]
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** [[Kurikara Divincarnate]]
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** "[[Bystial]]" monsters
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|xyz monsters =
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* [[Battlin' Boxer King Dempsey]]
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* Targets for "Seventh Tachyon"
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** [[Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus]]
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** [[Number C105: Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus]]
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** [[Number 106: Giant Hand]]
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** [[Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon]]
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|link monsters =
 
|link monsters =
 
* [[Rock of the Vanquisher]]
 
* [[Rock of the Vanquisher]]
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|spells =
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|normal spells =
 
* [[Stake your Soul!]]
 
* [[Stake your Soul!]]
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* [[Seventh Tachyon]]
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* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
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* [[Pot of Prosperity]]
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* [[Small World]]
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* [[One-Kuri-Way]]
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|equip spells =
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* [["Infernoble Arms - Durendal"]]
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** [["Infernoble Arms - Almace"]]
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|continuous spells =
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* [[Fire Formation - Tenki]]
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* [[Pinpoint Landing]]
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|quick-play spells =
 
* [[Vanquish Soul - Continue?]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul - Continue?]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Dust Devil]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Dust Devil]]
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* [["Infernoble Arms - Durendal"]]
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* [[Blink Out]]
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* [[Fire Formation - Tenki]]
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* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
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|normal traps =
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* [[Small World]]
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* [[Vanquish Soul Snow Devil]]
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* [[Vanquish Soul Trinity Burst]]
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|traps =
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|counter traps =
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Calamity Caesar]]
 
* [[Vanquish Soul Calamity Caesar]]
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* [[Vanquish Soul Trinity Burst]]
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|continuous traps =
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* [[Floodgate]] cards
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** [[There Can Be Only One]]
 
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==Weaknesses==
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* Because "Vanquish Soul" Deck relies heavily on making several searches within a turn, anti-search cards such as "[[Droll & Lock Bird]]" and "[[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]" can hinders the Deck's consistency.
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* Since all "Vanquish Soul" monsters require the player to reveal a card in their hand to use the effect, "[[Respect Play]]" and "[[Ceremonial Bell]]" can shut down any of these effects, as player would be forced to reveal their entire hand and unable to fulfil the activation condition.
  
 
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Vanquish Soul
"Vanquish Soul Pantera" and "Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius" in the artwork of "Stake your Soul!".
"Vanquish Soul Pantera" and "Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius" in the artwork of "Stake your Soul!".
Japanese
  • ＶＳ（ヴァンキッシュ・ソウル）
  • ＶＳ (base)
  • ヴァンキッシュ・ソウル (ruby)
  • Vankisshu Souru (romanized)
French
  • Âme du Vainqueur
German
  • Bezwingerseele
Italian
  • Sgomina Anima
Korean
  • VS（뱅키시 소울）
  • VS (base)
  • 뱅키시 소울 (ruby)
  • Baengkisi Soul (romanized)
Portuguese
  • Alma Aniquiladora
Spanish
  • Derrota Almas
Sets
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Vanquish Soul (ＶＳ（ヴァンキッシュ・ソウル） Vankisshu Souru) is an archetype of FIRE, DARK, and EARTH monsters introduced in Deck Build Pack: Wild Survivors/Wild Survivors.

Etymology[edit]

The name of the theme is likely in reference to how a fighting game introduces their opponents to the player as especially seen through the "VS" abbreviation on the cards in Japanese meant to refer to the word "versus".

Design[edit]

The "Vanquish Soul" archetype shares many general aesthetics with those found in various popular fighting game franchises; such as Guilty Gear and BlazBlue. The archetype's monsters especially have designs that match the common character tropes rosters of this genre of games from monsters like "Vanquish Soul Razen" sharing common design elements with that of the standard Fighting Game Protagonist character to "Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger" being similar to the design of large grappler characters and the archetype's main boss monster, "Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius", taking ideas from the final boss of a fighting game. "Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius" heavily resembles Yuuki Terumi (specifically Susanoo), the main antagonist of BlazBlue.

This influence can also be seen in the way the effects are formatted. The way many members of the archetype Special Summon themselves by returning other members of the archetype to the hand can be seen as representing tagging out to an assist character (similar to the likes of Marvel vs. Capcom or Dead or Alive). The way each member has different effects depending on the quantity of Attributes revealed in the hand can be seen as representing different button inputs.

Additionally, their Spell/Trap cards such as "Vanquish Soul Dust Devil" and "Vanquish Soul Calamity Caesar" can be seen as either special moves or "Super Moves/Hyper Combos" of their featured monsters, where the user performs an especially powerful attack or technique to provide immense utility and power in a given situation, as well as put the opponent in an easy position to further the player's onslaught.

Playing style[edit]

"Vanquish Soul" revolves around the shared ability to, as a Quick Effect, reveal monsters from the hand in order to activate a variety of effects depending on the revealed monster's Attribute. The deck generally plays a control/midrange strategy, aiming to generate card advantage on both players' turns to outgrind the opponent.

All "Vanquish Soul" monsters are EARTH, FIRE, or DARK. Each monster has an effect related to summoning; either the monster searches on summon, or the monster can conditionally Special Summon itself from the hand, for some as a Quick Effect.

Each monster also has a Quick Effect activated by revealing EARTH, FIRE, and/or DARK monster(s) in the hand, with a choice between two options: a typically weaker effect requiring revealing 1 monster with the same Attribute as the "Vanquish Soul" itself, and a typically stronger effect requiring revealing multiple monsters of certain Attribute combinations.

Vanquish Soul Reveal Effect 1 Reveal Effect 2
Razen FIRE.svg Gain effect destruction protection FIRE.svg + DARK.svg Destroy monsters in column
Pantera EARTH.svg Gain battle destruction protection EARTH.svg + FIRE.svg Destroy Spell/Traps in column
Heavy Borger DARK.svg Draw 1 card EARTH.svg + FIRE.svg Burn for 1500
Dr. Mad Love DARK.svg Give -500 ATK/DEF to enemy monster DARK.svg + EARTH.svg Bounce lowest DEF monster
Pluton HG FIRE.svg Gain 3000 DEF DARK.svg + EARTH.svg Gain 3000 ATK
Caesar Valius EARTH.svg Gain protection against activated effects EARTH.svg + FIRE.svg + DARK.svg Destroy 1 card
Jiaolong FIRE.svg Change 1 monster's battle position FIRE.svg + FIRE.svg Search 1 "Vanquish Soul" card

Because of these varied Quick Effects, the Deck can easily play on both players turns, producing varied disruptions or card advantage generation, as long as the player has the requisite monster Attributes in the hand.

Between their summon-related and reveal-based effects, "Razen", "Dr. Mad Love", "Jiaolong", and "Heavy Borger" are the Deck's main advantage generators, with the former two also having removal effects.

"Heavy Borger" and "Caesar Valius" are the Deck's main boss monsters, able to Special Summon themselves by returning a "Vanquish Soul" that isn't the same Type as them to the hand, and having advantage generating or removal effects.

The deck's supporting Link Monster, "Rock of the Vanquisher", acts as a de facto Field Spell; it has no combat effects itself, but provides a small degree of battle protection and a two-choice Quick Effect to either Special Summon a "Vanquish Soul" monster from hand or add one to the hand from the GY, enabling "Vanquish Soul" on-summon effects or resource cycling.

The theme is further supported through various Spell Cards and Trap Cards that offer extra consistency and bonus disruptions for the opponent to face.

Due to the theme's main playstyle of revealing monsters of various attributes to activate their effects, the theme generally requires a critical mass of EARTH, FIRE, or DARK monsters in the deck; hand traps of these Attributes can provide a flexible way to fill this quota, such as "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring", "Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion" and "Maxx "C"" (in the OCG), and "D.D. Crow".

Recommended cards[edit]

Recommended cards

Monster Cards

Effect Monsters

Spell Cards

Normal Spells

Equip Spells

Continuous Spells

Quick-Play Spells

Trap Cards

Normal Traps

Counter Traps

Continuous Traps

Weaknesses[edit]

  • Because "Vanquish Soul" Deck relies heavily on making several searches within a turn, anti-search cards such as "Droll & Lock Bird" and "Thunder King Rai-Oh" can hinders the Deck's consistency.
  • Since all "Vanquish Soul" monsters require the player to reveal a card in their hand to use the effect, "Respect Play" and "Ceremonial Bell" can shut down any of these effects, as player would be forced to reveal their entire hand and unable to fulfil the activation condition.
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