Ewekai

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Ewekai
(Clockwise) "Ewekai Pyrowool", "Aquasheep", "Thunderlambda", and "Grounmouton" in the artwork of "Ewekai - Grudges from the Grave"
Japanese
  • ようかい
  • 羊界 (base)
  • ようかい (ruby)
  • Yōkai (romanized)
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Ewekai (ようかい Yōkai, lit. Sheep World), is a series of Beast Type monsters and support used by Chupataro Kaburagi (and his manga counterpart), briefly by "Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan" (and her manga counterpart) when the latter was brought to life by the Earthdamar and Energy Copyko in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime and manga.

Etymology

The theme's name is a pun on "Yōkai" (妖怪, a general catch-all term for creatures that feature in Japanese mythology and urban legends), but with both kanjis swapped into ones that read "Sheep World" instead.

Members

All monsters in the series are based on sheep and sheep-herding; each monster of the theme has a portmanteau name formed from a sheep-related term and a term referencing said monster's Attribute.

Attribute Monster Term Notes
Attribute Sheep
DARK.svg DARK Ewekai Nightmutton Night Mutton
EARTH.svg EARTH Ewekai Grounmouton Ground Mouton
Ewekai Planeau Plant Ewe
FIRE.svg FIRE Ewekai Pyrowool Pyro Wool
LIGHT.svg LIGHT Ewekai Thunderlambda Thunder
Lambda
Lamb In physics, the Greek letter Lambda is sometimes used to indicate the linear charge density of a uniform line of electric charge.
Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan Magical Girl Baaa
Shepherd
"Baaa" is an onomatopoeia often used for sheep noises; the traditional Japanese rendition of the sounds is "Meee".
WATER.svg WATER Ewekai Aquasheep Aqua Sheep
Ewekai Waveschaf Wave Schaf "Schaf" is a German term for sheep, mostly used for ewes.
WIND.svg WIND Ewekai Airaries Air Aries "Aries" is Latin for "ram", and is most often used in reference to the constellation and/or the Western Zodiac named after it.

Playing style

The playstyle of the Deck revolves around Beast Type Normal Monsters, using "Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan" as the flagship and the low-Level "Ewekai" monsters as Tributes for Normal Summoning "Meeeg-chan" and/or discard fodders for using the Spell and Trap Cards, most of which require "Meeg-chan" on the field to activate.

Since "Meeeg-chan" is extremely important to the Deck, cards that can Summon her as fast as possible and recur her if she was destroyed are important. "Ancient Rules", "Secret Order" and "Parallel Birth Gate" are good fit for the role. Since "Meeeg-chan" is a Level 7 monster, cards that interact and make use of monsters with that Level such as "Ship of Seven Treasures" are also good tech choices.