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{{For|the character|Frog (character)|the card part|""Froggie""}}
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| caption      = "[[D.3.S. Frog]]", three "[[Treeborn Frog]]s" and three "[[Des Frog]]s"
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| ja_name      = ガエル
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| romaji      = Gaeru
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| kanji                = ガエル
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| zh_name      = 蛙
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| zh_pinyin    = Wā
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| fr_name      = Grenouille
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| de_name      = Frosch
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| english              = Frog
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| german              = Frosch
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| pt_name      = Sapo
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'''Frogs''' are a series of cards identified by having "Frog" (ガエル) in their name. "[[Frog the Jam]]" is excluded since its Japanese name uses a different spelling of Frog (カエル).  They are all [[WATER]] [[Aqua]]-Type monsters, making them the first [[Archetype]] of [[WATER]] attribute and [[Aqua]]-Type. They debuted in the [[Cybernetic Revolution]] pack. [[Princess Rose]] uses this archetype in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]] Anime.  
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"'''Frog'''" (ガエル ''Gaeru'') is an [[archetype]] of [[WATER]] [[Aqua]] [[Monster Card|monsters]] that debuted in ''[[Cybernetic Revolution]]''. This was both the first WATER archetype and the first Aqua archetype. The archetype is used by [[Princess Rose]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime. The "[[Toad]]" series is a related series of monsters that support the "Frog" archetype.
  
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Though weak, Frog cards can unleash devastating effects that include rapid summoning, the option to increase their ATK or protect themselves from destruction, or wiping out all cards the opponent controls.  Many Frog cards are very low in level, which makes them benefit from "[[Wetlands]]" as well as cards such as "[[Gravity Bind]]".
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"[[Froggy Forcefield]]" is not a member of this archetype, as its name does not contain「ガエル」.  
  
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Another card that is helpful in a Frog deck is "[[One for One]]" from the [[Raging Battle]] set, which will allow you to get "[[Substitoad]]" onto the field faster, so you're not wasting a Normal Summon or Set to get "[[Substitoad]]" out.
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==Design==
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True to their their name, the general design of "Frog" as well as the related "Toad" monsters resemble their real-life counterparts. Some "Frog" monsters like "[[Flip Flop Frog]]" and "[[Poison Draw Frog]]" showcase their long, sticky tongues in their artwork. Most of the "Frog" and Toad monsters have distinctive colorful markings on their bodies and heads, most notably "[[Swap Frog]]", "[[Dupe Frog]]", "[[Beelze Frog]]", and "[[Ronintoadin]]".
  
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With the addition of [[Light of Destruction]] and from then on, Frogs are even more powerful with "[[Froggy Forcefield]]" to counter attacks, "[[Substitoad]]" to get out more Frog monsters and prevent them from being destroyed in battle, "[[Unifrog]]" able to make direct attacks, and "[[Wetlands]]" powering up most Frogs a considerable amount. Others include [[Dupe Frog]], [[Flip Flop Frog]] and [[Swap Frog]].
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Some "Frog" and Toad monsters resemble angels like "[[Treeborn Frog]]", while others resemble demons like "Beelze Frog" and "Swap Frog". This thematic resemblance to angels and demons is further highlighted by the contrasting half-angel, half-demon appearances of "[[Substitoad]]" and "[[Tradetoad]]".
  
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The set also has the spell card: [[Moray of Greed]] this lets you draw three cards by sending two water monsters from your hand to your deck.  
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===Etymology===
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The Japanese name of the "Frog" archetype, ''gaeru'', is the [[wikipedia:Rendaku|voiced]] form of the word for "frog", ''kaeru''; ''kaeru'' in turn is used in the Japanese names of the Toad monsters. Most ''[[TCG]]'' languages localize ''gaeru'' as "frog" and ''kaeru'' as "toad" in their own languages. In Portuguese, however, the reverse is true: "Frog" is translated as "Sapo" ("toad"), while "Toad" is translated as "Rã" ("frog").
  
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"[[Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord]]" is the perfect protection for this archetype.
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In the Japanese, the names of "Frog" and Toad monsters are puns on ''gaeru''/''kaeru'', primarily exploiting the fact that many verbs in Japanese end in one of those sequences.
  
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==Playing Style==
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====''Gaeru'' puns====
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Frog decks uses the Field Spell [[Wetlands]] that will increase the ATK of all level 2 or lower Water Aqua monsters by 1200. You can use [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]] (Which will also give you 2 more) or stalling Frog cards like [[Substitoad]] along with [[Dupe Frog]] or [[Flip Flop Frog]] and [[Treeborn Frog]] to defend in order to build up combos. For example, [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]s can power up your [[Beelze Frog]]s to 2100 ATK, a pretty high attack for a level three monster. Since Frogs are all low- level, you can use cards that benefit from this, like [[Pride of the Weak]] or [[Graceful Revival]]. Also [[Mermaid Archer]] is good with frogs due to that all frogs except for [[Des Frog]] are level 3 or lower. [[Star Boy]] is critical if you want to power up your frogs in a flash; even by itself, with the [[Wetlands]] support and its own ability, it becomes a 2250 [[ATK]] beatstick.
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[[Big Wave Small Wave]] can be useful for bringing out [[Des Frog]] form your hand.
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! English name !! Japanese name (romaji) !! Japanese name (base) !! Japanese name (translation) !! Pun !! Pun (translation)
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[[Water Hazard]] is another powerful Spell that can allows you to Special Summon frogs from your hand.
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| [[Beelze Frog]] || Amagaeru || 悪魔ガエル || Devil Frog || アマガエル || [[wikipedia:Japanese tree frog|Japanese tree frog]]
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| [[Des Frog]] || Desugaeru || デスガエル || Death Frog || ですがえる || "to come across"
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| [[Centerfrog]] || Negaeru || 寝ガエル || Sleeping Frog || 寝返る || "to switch sides or to betray"
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| [[Dupe Frog]] || Machigaeru || 魔知ガエル || Evil Wisdom Frog || 間違える || "to make a mistake"
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| [[Flip Flop Frog]] || Uragaeru || 裏ガエル || Reverse Frog || 裏返る || "to be turned inside-out"
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| [[Poison Draw Frog]] || Hikigaeru || 引きガエル || Draw Frog || 蟇蛙 || [[wikipedia:Japanese common toad|Japanese common toad]]
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| [[Submarine Frog]] || Michigaeru || 未知ガエル || Unknown Frog || 見違える || "to be hardly recognized"
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| [[Swap Frog]] || Kigaeru || 鬼ガエル || [[wikipedia:Oni|Ogre]] Frog || 着替える || "to change clothes"
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| [[Treeborn Frog]] || Yomigaeru || 黄泉ガエル || [[wikipedia:Yomi|Underworld]] Frog || 蘇る || "to be revived"
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| [[Unifrog]] || Kangaeru || 貫ガエル || Penetrating Frog || 考える || "to think about"
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==Frog OTK Decks==
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| [[D.3.S. Frog]] || Gaeru Sandesu || ガエル・サンデス || Frog Three-Death || ガエルさんです || "I'm Mr. Frog"
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| [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]] || Otamajakushi || 悪魂邪苦止 || Phono-semantically matched ''[[wikipedia:Ateji|ateji]]'' of ''Otamajakushi'', the Japanese word for "tadpole"; literally translates to "evil, soul, vice, pain, stop" || オタマジャクシ || [[wikipedia:Tadpole|Tadpole]]
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A possible OTK is to Tribute Summon [[Des Frog]] when at least 2 [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]s are in your graveyard, then use [[Des Croaking]] to destroy all cards on your opponent's side of the field and the attack for 5700 damage with the 3 [[Des Frog]]s. It is very possible to [[OTK]] this way, especially if you have at least two [[Beelze Frog]]s on the field, which will make a total of 9900 damage. To summon [[Des Frog]] you may need to stall, so use [[Treeborn Frog]], [[Froggy Forcefield]], and other good defense and tribute-material cards.
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==Playing style==
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Though with weak stats, "Frog" monsters are very versatile and their effects include rapid Summoning, the option to increase their ATK or protect themselves from destruction, and wiping out all cards the opponent controls, with "[[Des Croaking]]".
  
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[[D.3.S. Frog]] works great with the Quick-Play Spell Card [[Super Polymerization]]; Tribute Summon 1 Des Frog and get your other two. Then, use a [[Des Croaking]] and attack with the 3 Des Frogs. Finally, use [[Super Polymerization]] and attack with [[D.3.S. Frog]] for a One Turn Kill
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One card that kept "Frogs" versatile and powerful was "[[Substitoad]]", but after ''[[Frog FTK]]'' won the ''2010 World Championships'', it was [[Forbidden]], so many "Frog" Decks lost their supreme speed.
  
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Before "[[Monarch]]" monsters gained support through recent years, they were commonly combined with monsters like "Treeborn Frog", "Swap Frog" and "Ronintoadin", that could provide fodders for the Tribute Summons. This granted them popularity and competitive viability and the Deck became known as ''[[Frog Monarch]]''.
  
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Keep in mind that, into a Beatdown deck, [[Wetlands]] is much more important than into a OTK deck. Make sure you use 3, and at least one [[Terraforming]]. Not drawing Wetlands can be a huge problem.
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Another popular combination is "[[Sea Lancer]]". It can equip itself with as many banished Aqua, Fish and Sea Serpent monsters as possible, which raises is ATK by 1000 and those targets can be easily provided by "Ronintoadin". It can send an equipped monster to the Graveyard to prevent its destruction and by sending a "[[Dupe Frog]]" or "[[Poison Draw Frog]]", it is possible to prevent a loss in card advantage, by drawing a card or search/retrieve a "Frog" monster.
  
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Using [[Flip Flop Frog]] is also crucial, as you can easily clear the field every turn as long as he's not destroyed, and can also be a powerful beatstick with [[Wetlands]].
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In 2016, with the ''[[Invasion: Vengeance]]'' Booster Pack, the archetype gained its boss monster, "[[Toadally Awesome]]", a very solid Xyz that is able to negate the activation of cards and effects, steal the negated card, Special Summon a "Frog" monster from the Deck and retrieve a WATER monster when it is sent to the Graveyard. Combined with the "[[Paleozoic]]" Trap Cards, that can Summon themselves from the Graveyard as Level 2 Aqua monsters, the Deck rapidily gained popularity and competitive relevance, which later resulted in "Toadally Awesome" becoming [[Limited]] in the OCG.
  
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Ancient Prophecy also added some great new support for low level water monsters including [[Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord]] to prevent your frogs from being destroyed by any means. This is particularly useful against [[Lightning Vortex]], [[Mirror Force]] and [[Torrential Tribute]]. Also, [[Moray of Greed]], while a powerful card, is skippable as it's better to use [[Pot of Avarice]].
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"Toadally Awesome" is currently banned in the OCG, because its powerful effects caused Decks based on Level 4 [[WATER]] monsters (which could Summon it throught "[[Bahamut Shark]]") and Level 2 like "[[Spright]]" (which could Summon it with a "Frog" engine) to dominate the metagame.  
  
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Since a combo of 2 [[Dupe Frog]]s or a [[Dupe Frog]] in defense position and a [[Substitoad]] essentially renders your opponents attacks completely useless, your main worry is monster destruction.  It is therefore essential to include cards to negate this, such as the aforementioned [[Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord]] or [[Destruction Jammer]] from the Light of Destruction set.
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If you want to incorporate Synchros, Junk Synchron works well as almost all frogs are level 2 or lower, but [[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]] is one of the best tuners for Frogs. Not only is he the strongest monster affected by Wetlands, he also has a powerful stalling effect. You can easily summon [[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]] using [[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]] and a [[Mother Grizzly]] or two of any level two monster. 
 
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Finally, it should be noted that a Frog deck is excellent at quickly filling the field with monsters thanks to its ability to lock down the opponents attacks.  This makes it an ideal deck to include some very powerful monsters, as you will be able to easily summon even monsters requiring three tributes.
 
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Another potentially beneficial card would be [[Divine Dragon Aquabizarre]], who can easily replenish your [[Wetlands]] supply with a simple Frog tribute.
 
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This Frog deck has a very powerful draw, you can convine "Substitoad"s effect with "Poison Draw Frog" so (if you have 3 copies of it), you will draw 3 cards. If you convine this play with 3 copies of "Pot Of Avarice” you, will draw 2 cards and if you continue tributing 3”Poison Draw Frog” with "Substitoad”, you will draw 3 cards. In adition of this play you can use “Exodius The Ultimate Forbbiden Lord”to to return "Poison Draw Frog) to your deck,then tribute this with “substitoad” and draw 3 cards.
 
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You can also use “Moray Of Greed” to return  poison draw frog to you deck and draw 5 (3-for “Moray Of Greed”/2 for “Poison Draw Frog”cards. You can have 3 copies of “Magical Malet” to draw "Exodia" and to
 
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return "Poison Draw frog" to the deck and then draw 3 cards with "Substitoad" s tributing.                                                      Convine all those  card and you will draw “Exodia” in the first turn,and you only have to summon “Substitoad” and other monster to active its effect .
 
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* [[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]]
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* [[Megalosmasher X]]
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* [[Beelze Frog]]
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* [[Centerfrog]]
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* [[Des Frog]]
 
* [[Dupe Frog]]
 
* [[Dupe Frog]]
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* [[Flip Flop Frog]]
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* [[Poison Draw Frog]]
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* [[Ronintoadin]] (OCG and Traditional Format)
 
* [[Submarine Frog]]
 
* [[Submarine Frog]]
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* [[Swap Frog]]
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* [[Substitoad]] (TCG and Traditional Format)
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* [[Tradetoad]]
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* [[Treeborn Frog]]
 
* [[Unifrog]]
 
* [[Unifrog]]
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* [[Substitoad]]
 
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* [[Junk Synchron]]
 
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* [[Treeborn Frog]]
 
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* [[Flip Flop Frog]]
 
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* [[Swap Frog]]
 
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* [[Poison Draw Frog]]
 
 
* [[T.A.D.P.O.L.E.]]
 
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* [[Treeborn Frog]]
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* [[Aqua Spirit]]
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* [[Des Frog]]
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* [[Rescue Rabbit]]
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* [[Sea Lancer]]
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* [[Silent Angler]]
 
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* [[Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier]]
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* [[Water Hazard]]
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* [[Icejade Ran Aegirine]]
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* [[Junk Synchron]]
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* [[D.3.S. Frog]]
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* [[Junk Warrior]]
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* [[Underworld Fighter Balmung]]
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* [[Icejade Gymir Aegirine]]
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* [[Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying]]
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* [[Toadally Awesome]] (TCG and Traditional Format)
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* [[Bahamut Shark]]
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* [[Cat Shark]]
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* [[Daigusto Phoenix]]
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* [[Gigantic Spright]]
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* [[Number 29: Mannequin Cat]]
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* [[Number 45: Crumble Logos the Prophet of Demolition]]
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* [[Sky Cavalry Centaurea]]
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* [[Eria the Water Charmer, Gentle]]
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* [[Mistar Boy]]
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* [[Mermail Abyssalacia]]
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* [[Spright Elf]] (OCG and Traditional Format)
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* [[Des Croaking]]
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* [[Moray of Greed]]
 
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* [[Surface]]
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* [[Moray of Greed]]
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* [[Surface Aqua Jet]]
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* [[Polymerization]]
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* [[Des Croaking]]
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* [[Wetlands]]
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* [[Aquarium Set]]
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* [[Aquarium Stage]]
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* [[Ocean of Regeneration]]
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* [[Spright Gamma Burst]]
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* [[Froggy Forcefield]]
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* ''[[Paleozoic]]'' Trap Cards
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* [[The Ice-Bound God]]
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* [[Virtue Stream]]
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* [[White Howling]]
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* [[Gozen Match]]
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* [[Rivalry of Warlords]]
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Cards such as "[[Zombie World]]" can be used to prevent "Toadally Awesome" from being Summoned. Card effects that banish cards that would be sent to the Graveyard, such as "[[Masked HERO Dark Law]]" and "[[Dimensional Fissure]]", greatly hamper the strategies of "Frog" Decks.
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For the character, see Frog (character). For the card part, see "Froggie".
Frog
"D.3.S. Frog", three "Treeborn Frogs" and three "Des Frogs"
"D.3.S. Frog", three "Treeborn Frogs" and three "Des Frogs"
Japanese
  • ガエル
  • Gaeru (romanized)
French
  • Grenouille
German
  • Frosch
Italian
  • RANA
Korean
  • 개구리
  • Gaeguri (romanized)
Portuguese
  • Sapo
Spanish
  • RANA
Sets
TCG
OCG
Anime appearances
Lists

"Frog" (ガエル Gaeru) is an archetype of WATER Aqua monsters that debuted in Cybernetic Revolution. This was both the first WATER archetype and the first Aqua archetype. The archetype is used by Princess Rose in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. The "Toad" series is a related series of monsters that support the "Frog" archetype.

"Froggy Forcefield" is not a member of this archetype, as its name does not contain「ガエル」.

Design[edit]

True to their their name, the general design of "Frog" as well as the related "Toad" monsters resemble their real-life counterparts. Some "Frog" monsters like "Flip Flop Frog" and "Poison Draw Frog" showcase their long, sticky tongues in their artwork. Most of the "Frog" and Toad monsters have distinctive colorful markings on their bodies and heads, most notably "Swap Frog", "Dupe Frog", "Beelze Frog", and "Ronintoadin".

Some "Frog" and Toad monsters resemble angels like "Treeborn Frog", while others resemble demons like "Beelze Frog" and "Swap Frog". This thematic resemblance to angels and demons is further highlighted by the contrasting half-angel, half-demon appearances of "Substitoad" and "Tradetoad".

Etymology[edit]

The Japanese name of the "Frog" archetype, gaeru, is the voiced form of the word for "frog", kaeru; kaeru in turn is used in the Japanese names of the Toad monsters. Most TCG languages localize gaeru as "frog" and kaeru as "toad" in their own languages. In Portuguese, however, the reverse is true: "Frog" is translated as "Sapo" ("toad"), while "Toad" is translated as "Rã" ("frog").

In the Japanese, the names of "Frog" and Toad monsters are puns on gaeru/kaeru, primarily exploiting the fact that many verbs in Japanese end in one of those sequences.

Gaeru puns[edit]

English name Japanese name (romaji) Japanese name (base) Japanese name (translation) Pun Pun (translation)
Beelze Frog Amagaeru 悪魔ガエル Devil Frog アマガエル Japanese tree frog
Des Frog Desugaeru デスガエル Death Frog ですがえる "to come across"
Centerfrog Negaeru 寝ガエル Sleeping Frog 寝返る "to switch sides or to betray"
Dupe Frog Machigaeru 魔知ガエル Evil Wisdom Frog 間違える "to make a mistake"
Flip Flop Frog Uragaeru 裏ガエル Reverse Frog 裏返る "to be turned inside-out"
Poison Draw Frog Hikigaeru 引きガエル Draw Frog 蟇蛙 Japanese common toad
Submarine Frog Michigaeru 未知ガエル Unknown Frog 見違える "to be hardly recognized"
Swap Frog Kigaeru 鬼ガエル Ogre Frog 着替える "to change clothes"
Treeborn Frog Yomigaeru 黄泉ガエル Underworld Frog 蘇る "to be revived"
Unifrog Kangaeru 貫ガエル Penetrating Frog 考える "to think about"

Other puns[edit]

English name Japanese name (romaji) Japanese name (base) Japanese name (translation) Pun Pun (translation)
D.3.S. Frog Gaeru Sandesu ガエル・サンデス Frog Three-Death ガエルさんです "I'm Mr. Frog"
T.A.D.P.O.L.E. Otamajakushi 悪魂邪苦止 Phono-semantically matched ateji of Otamajakushi, the Japanese word for "tadpole"; literally translates to "evil, soul, vice, pain, stop" オタマジャクシ Tadpole

Playing style[edit]

Though with weak stats, "Frog" monsters are very versatile and their effects include rapid Summoning, the option to increase their ATK or protect themselves from destruction, and wiping out all cards the opponent controls, with "Des Croaking".

One card that kept "Frogs" versatile and powerful was "Substitoad", but after Frog FTK won the 2010 World Championships, it was Forbidden, so many "Frog" Decks lost their supreme speed.

Before "Monarch" monsters gained support through recent years, they were commonly combined with monsters like "Treeborn Frog", "Swap Frog" and "Ronintoadin", that could provide fodders for the Tribute Summons. This granted them popularity and competitive viability and the Deck became known as Frog Monarch.

Another popular combination is "Sea Lancer". It can equip itself with as many banished Aqua, Fish and Sea Serpent monsters as possible, which raises is ATK by 1000 and those targets can be easily provided by "Ronintoadin". It can send an equipped monster to the Graveyard to prevent its destruction and by sending a "Dupe Frog" or "Poison Draw Frog", it is possible to prevent a loss in card advantage, by drawing a card or search/retrieve a "Frog" monster.

In 2016, with the Invasion: Vengeance Booster Pack, the archetype gained its boss monster, "Toadally Awesome", a very solid Xyz that is able to negate the activation of cards and effects, steal the negated card, Special Summon a "Frog" monster from the Deck and retrieve a WATER monster when it is sent to the Graveyard. Combined with the "Paleozoic" Trap Cards, that can Summon themselves from the Graveyard as Level 2 Aqua monsters, the Deck rapidily gained popularity and competitive relevance, which later resulted in "Toadally Awesome" becoming Limited in the OCG.

"Toadally Awesome" is currently banned in the OCG, because its powerful effects caused Decks based on Level 4 WATER monsters (which could Summon it throught "Bahamut Shark") and Level 2 like "Spright" (which could Summon it with a "Frog" engine) to dominate the metagame.

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Weaknesses[edit]

Cards such as "Zombie World" can be used to prevent "Toadally Awesome" from being Summoned. Card effects that banish cards that would be sent to the Graveyard, such as "Masked HERO Dark Law" and "Dimensional Fissure", greatly hamper the strategies of "Frog" Decks.

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