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{{Infobox archetypearchseries| image = Mat-OrdealTraveler-Darklord.png| caption = [[Midori Hibiki|Midori]] with "[[Darklord Edeh Arae (manga)|Edeh Arae]]", "[[Darklord Superbia (manga)|SuperbiaMorningstar]]" and "[[Darklord Asmodeus (manga)|AsmodeusRebellion]]"| ja_name = {{Ruby|堕|だ}}{{Ruby|天|てん}}{{Ruby|使|し}}| romaji = Datenshi| trans = Fallen Angel| fr_name = Ange Déchu| de_name = Finsterlord| it_name = Signore Oscuro| ko_name = 타락천사| ko_romanized = Tarakcheonsa| ko_trans = Fallen Angel| pt_name = Senhor(a) Obscuro(a)| es_name = Señoroscuro(/a)| anime sets = * [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!Labyrinth of Nightmare]]* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GXTag Force Evolution promotional cards]]| manga = * [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GXVolume 5 promotional card]]* [[Flames of Destruction]]* [[Rise of the Duelist]]| sets tcg = * [[Dark Beginning 1]]

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"In the '''DarklordTCG'', the archetype's first two members, "[[Darklord Marie]]" and "[[Darklord Nurse Reficule]]", were both formerly known as "'''Marie the Fallen AngelOne'''" ({{Ruby|堕|だ}}{{Ruby|天|てん}}{{Ruby|使|し}} and "''Datenshi'Nurse Reficule the Fallen One'''" respectively, suggesting that "') ''Fallen One'''" was planned to be this archetype's original name in the Japanese version''TCG''. However, is an since the release of "[[archetypeDarklord Zerato]] comprised primarily " in the ''TCG'' version of ''[[DARK]] [[Fairy]]-[[Type]] [[Monster Card|monsters]] used by [[Midori HibikiPhantom Darkness]] ''; all subsequent cards of the archetype introduced in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga|all English media prior to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GXDestiny Soldiers'' manga]]. Many of their effects are focused on sending had "Darklord" monsters to in their names. "Marie the Graveyard Fallen One" and then Special Summoning them. Much of this [[archetype]] have been released as "Nurse Reficule the Fallen One" were renamed to their current names upon their reprints in ''[[V Jump promotional cards]]Destiny Soldiers'', to clearly mark their status as "Darklord" cards.

Though members have existed since 2008, this archetype had no support until the release of ''[[Booster SP== Lore =={{Main|The Valuable Book EX card storylines#No. 08: Destiny Soldiers]]'' in the ''OCG'' and ''[[Destiny Soldiers]]'' in the ''TCG'', both in 2016.Condemned Witch}}

==Members==Nearly all members of this archetype (except for three; see below) are based on figures or concepts from Judeo-Christian and Abrahamic theology, and are the contrasting DARK and Fairy types to represent their status as fallen angels.

| rowspan=2 | [[Darklord Ixchel|Ixchel / Ixtab]]

| [[Darklord Nergal|Nergal]] || [[wikipedia:Nergal|Nergal]]|-| [[Darklord Superbia|Superbia]] || [[wikipedia:Seven_deadly_sins#Pride|Superbia ("pride " in Latin)]]

A "Darklord" Deck focuses on sending [[DARKsend]] Fairy-Type monsters ing its cards to the Graveyard and then reviving themtheir monsters from there, especially "[[Darklord Superbia]]", who then in turn can also revive another Fairy monster.  With the exception of "[[Darklord Morningstar]]", all of the Level 6 and higher Main Deck "Darklord" monsters from ''[[Destiny Soldiers]]'' and onwards share the following [[condition]]s and effect:#"''You can only Special Summon "CARD NAME(s)" once per turn.''" #"''(Quick Effect): You can pay 1000 [[LP]], then target 1 "Darklord" [[Spell Card|Spell]]/[[Trap Card|Trap]] in your GY; howeverthis effect becomes that target's effect when that card is activated, bringing back then shuffle that target into the [[Deck]]. You can only use this/each effect of "CARD NAME" once per turn.''" These monsters have their own unique effects: {| class="wikitable"! Darklord !! Effect|-| [[Darklord Amdusc|Amdusc]] || Can discard itself and one other "Darklord" card to add 1 targeted "Darklord" card in the GY to the hand|-| [[Darklord Ixchel|Ixchel]] || Can discard itself and one other "Darklord" card to draw 2 cards.|-| [[Darklord Nasten|Nasten]] || Can discard two other "Darklord" cards to Special Summon itself from the hand.|-| [[Darklord Nergal|Nergal]] || Makes all Fairy monsters deal inflict piercing battle damage.|-| [[Darklord Tezcatlipoca|Tezcatlipoca]] || Can discard itself to protect a "Darklord" monster(s) from being destroyed by battle or card effects.|} Sending "Darklord" cards to the Graveyard can be done with monster- especially a effects such as those of "Amdusc, "Ixchel", "Nasten" which send from the hand. Meanwhile, "[[Darklord Ukoback]]" and "[[Darklord Asmodeus]]" can send "Darklord" cards or Fairy monsters (respectively). Bringing back "Darklord"- monsters requires a more permanent solution rather than relying on one -time use cards such as "[[Monster Reborn]]", "[[Call of the Haunted]]", or "[[Ribbon of Rebirth]]"but within the archetype, etc. It is recommended to run multiple copies of "[[AthenaDarklord Contact]]", "[[The Dark CreatorDarklord Descent]]" or and "[[Sephylon, the Ultimate TimelordThe First Darklord]]"are viable choices. The downside of using Although Special Summoning from the effect Graveyard is a major theme of "The Dark CreatorDarklord" is that , a clear field swarm play-style is neededunsuitable, due to many of the archetype's newer Main Deck members being limited by this shared condition. One can send one This, as well as the variety of [[Level]]s "The Dark CreatorDarklord" monsters have, makes it difficult to the Graveyard[[Xyz Summon]] with this archetype (except for Rank 8, then summon as "Superbia" and "Zerato" do not have these Summoning restrictions). The "Darklord" Spell/Traps are as follows: {| class="wikitable"! Name!! Effect and notes|-| [[Phantom Banishment of Chaosthe Darklords]]|| A Spell that adds 1 "Darklord" card from the Deck to copy its effectthe hand, though this except itself. It is a solution the archetype's main searcher.|-| [[Darklord Contact]] || A Spell that cannot be used for more than one turn. Special Summons 1 "SephylonDarklord" is extremely powerful but requires having at least 10 monsters monster from the GY in Defense position. Note that due to the Graveyard to summon him. For these reasonseffect of "Superbia" being a "when" optional effect, Special Summoning "Superbia"Athenavia a " is the most reliable and best option. Darkord"Athenamonster copying this card's effect does not allow " also works well with Superbia"to activate its effect.|-| [[Darklord ZeratoDescent]]|| A Trap that Speical Summons up to 2 "Darklord"monsters from the GY, whose effect would cause it to destroy itself at which have the same Level as 1 face-up monster the opponent controls.|-| [[Darklord Enchantment]] || A Trap that takes control of 1 of the opponent's monsters until the end of this turn. Using |-| [[Darklord Rebellion]] || A Trap that dstroys one card on the field.|-| [[Darklord Uprising]] || A Trap that Fusion Summons 1 DARK Fusion Monster using materials in the hand or field. It serves as the effect archetype's main method of Fusion Summoning their sole Fusion Monster "Athena[[The First Darklord]]" you can send "Zerato" to |-| [[The Sanctified Darklord]] || A Trap that negate the effects of one monster on the Graveyard field and then revive it, thus resetting "Zerato" and preventing it from being destroyedgain LP equal to its ATK.|}

While Special Summoning from The shared Quick Effect of the Graveyard is "Darklord" monsters allows even a major theme single copy of this archetype, a swarm play style is unsuitable, due "Darklord" Spell/Trap to many of be potentially "used" twice even on the same turn (despite their [[only once per turn]] card activation limitations) or during the archetypeopponent's members being limited by turn whilst recycling them into the Deck. The applications of this effect include an additional search with "Banishment of the condition Darklords", an additional revival with "Darklord Contact" or "Darklord Descent" and using the other Trap effects to disrupt the opponent''You s plays which can only Special Summon be done more quickly and easily with the "CARD NAMEDarklord" once per turn.monsters'Quick Effects rather than activating the Trap Cards normally (which all of them except "Darklord Descent" share the card activation cost of sending a "Darklord" monster from the user's hand or field, causing the player to lose hand/field advantage while " Darklord Descent" requires half of the player's LP to be activated). This also makes it difficult to Xyz Summon gives the "Darklord" Traps better utility of being used as discard costs for the effects of other cards or being sent from the Deck with this archetype (except for Rank 8)"Ukoback". However"Condemned Darklord", this can be mitigated by "Darklord Morningstar", "[[Darklord Uprising]]" (through activating the use of card itself) and "[[Soul ChargeThe Sanctified Darklord]]", as it is possible all have effects which can increase LP to Special Summon multiple copies off-set the LP costs of using the same card in one turn as long as they are Summoned at the same time, allowing for Xyz plays with high Level monsterseffects of "Darklord" cards.

Disruption is readily available to the archetype due In addition to Special Summoning from the effect "''During either player's turn: You can pay 1000 LPGraveyard, then target 1 "Darklord" Spell/Trap Card in your Graveyard; this effect becomes that target's effect when that card is activated, then shuffle that target into the Deckhas also historically featured [[Tribute Summon]]ing their high-Level monsters more easily.''" being common Darklord Zerato" and "Darklord Desire" can each be Tribute Summoned with just 1 Tribute (under the appropriate condition in many the case of the archetype's "Zerato"). The Tribute Summon strategy is a supported by a few "Darklord" cards. This that works in conjunction with the archetype's two Trap Cards (every Fairy monster; namely "[[Condemned Darklord Enchantment]]" and who enables the Tribute Summon of a Fairy monster that requires 2 Tributes by banishing any 2 monsters from the Graveyard, while "[[Capricious Darklord Rebellion]]") allows the user to disrupt opponent plays, allowing Tribute Summon a Fairy monster at any time during the Main Phase as a Quick Effect. They facilitate an easier access to setup for Tribute Summon "Darklord Morningstar", which has an on-Tribute Summon effect to potentially Special Summon a large horde of "Darklord"[[Athena]]monsters from the Deck, then potentially mill several "Darklord"-cards for LP recursion, for "[[Darklord Superbia]]" loop monsters to copy their effects or similar win conditionsrevive said monsters.

This Deck can have many ways of discarding cards deck, due to the Graveyard. You large accumulation of DARK monsters, can use also run DARK monster effects Deck support cards such as those "[[Dark Illusion]]", "[[Allure of Darkness]]", "[[Armageddon Knight]]" or "[[Dark Grepher]]", or . Due to the Deck being able to regulate the effects number of "Darklord" monsters in the Graveyard (or rather, DARK/Fairy monsters in general), "[[Darklord AsmodeusArchlord Kristya]]" and "[[Darklord ZeratoDark Armed Dragon]]" can also be used. "[[Angel O1]]", in order to discard cards to can help support the archetype's Tribute Summon playstyle or provide a free [[Link Material]] on the Graveyardfield for "Condemned Darklord". Additionally, you can use "[[Trade-In]]" (you run many can be used due to a number of Level 8 monsters) and present in the deck. The addition of "[[Hand DestructionShadow's Light]]" in order to combine both discarding and drawing power. This deck, due to the large accumulation of "[[DARKDuality]] monsters" can lead into a few useful choices to Summon; for Level 8 ("Superbia", "Zerato", can also run DARK monster Deck support cards such as "Nergal" and "Asmodeus") there are "Archlord Kristya" and "[[Dark IllusionInvoked Augoeides]]" or , and for Level 4 ("Indulged" and "Capricious") there is "[[Allure Herald of Darknessthe Arc Light]]". Summoning "Archlord Kristya", by the mixture of the aformentioned cards in a typical "Darklord" deck, usually serves as the Deck's main "win condition". Even though the user is locked under "Kristya's'" effect, the user can simply negate its effect or destroy it with "The Sanctified Darklord" or "Darklord Uprising" respectively if they want to Special Summon freely, or just continually Tribute Summon their high-level Fairy monsters "for free" with "Condemned Darklord".

* [[The Dark CreatorGrepher]]* /[[Dark GrepherArmageddon Knight]] / * [[Armageddon KnightDark Honest]]* [[Exodius Sephylon, the Ultimate Forbidden LordTimelord]]

|tuner monsters =* [[Herald of Orange Light]]|fusion monsters =* [[The First Darklord]]* [[Despian Proskenion]]* [[Despian Quaeritis]]* [[Masquerade the Blazing Dragon]]* [[Albion the Branded Dragon]]* [[Brigrand the Glory Dragon]]* [[Lubellion the Searing Dragon]]* [[Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon]]* [[Titaniklad the Ash Dragon]]* [[Mystic TomatoPredaplant Dragostapelia]]* [[Phantom of ChaosStarving Venom Fusion Dragon]]* [[Sephylon, Flowering Etoile the Ultimate TimelordMelodious Magnificat]](''with "Duality" or "Shadow's Light"'')* [[Summoner MonkInvoked Augoeides]](''with "Duality" or "Shadow's Light"'')|synchro monsters =* [[Herald of the Arc Light]] (''with "Duality" or "Shadow's Light"'')* [[Masterflare Hyperion]] (''with "Duality" or "Shadow's Light"'')

* [[Number 97: Draglubion]]* [[Number 100: Numeron Dragon]]|link monsters =* [[Condemned Darklord]]* [[Celestial Knightlord Parshath]]* [[Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy]]* [[Wee Witch's Apprentice]]* [[Herald of Mirage Lights]]|normal spells =

* [[AnteBranded Fusion]]* [[Burial from a Different Dimension]]* [[Celestial Transformation]]* [[Fires of DoomsdayCreeping Darkness]]

* [[Galaxy CycloneFoolish Burial Goods]]* [[Inferno Reckless Summon]]* [[The Monarchs StormforthGreater Polymerization]]

* [[Sacred Sword of Seven StarsShadow's Light]]* [[Spell Card: "Soul Exchange"]]* [[Trade-In]] / * [[Advance DrawToy Parade]]|equip spells =* [[Kahyoreigetsu]]|field spells =* [[Despia, Theater of the Branded]]|continuous spells =

* [[Veil of DarknessEbon Sun]]|quick-play spells =* [[Branded in Red]]* [[Branded Opening]]* [[Burial from a Different Dimension]]* [[Celestial Transformation]]* [[Duality]]* [[The Monarchs Stormforth]]|normal traps =

* [[Breakthrough SkillDarklord Uprising]]* [[Call of the HauntedThe Sanctified Darklord]]* [[Branded Banishment]]

* [[Escape from the Dark DimensionNecro Fusion]]* [[Jar of Avarice]]* [[Miraculous Descent]]}} ===Darklord OTK===In order to perform this OTK you need to have plenty of DARK attribute monsters in your Graveyard plus at least one "[[Athena]]". How to: Play "[[Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen]]" and then Special Summon "[[Darklord Asmodeus]]". Use the effect of "Asmodeus" to fill your Graveyard with DARK Fairy-type Monsters. Eventually your opponent will have to get rid of him to prevent him/her from the monster's 3000 ATK Points threat. When they do, you will need some way to remove the Tokens "Asmodeus" Summons. Once again use the effect of "Valhalla" so as to Special Summon "[[Athena]]", or tribute the Tokens Summoned by "Asmodeus" to Summon "Athena", or you can Special Summon "[[The Dark Creator]]", then Special Summon "[[Darklord Superbia]]" and use the effect of "Darklord Superbia" to Special Summon "[[Athena]]". Afterward, either Summon a Fairy-type monster or send "[[Darklord Superbia]]" to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon another "[[Darklord Superbia]]" and use its effect to Special Summon another Darklord such as "[[Darklord Zerato]]". Use the effect of "Zerato" to clear the field and then head for a Direct Attack, performing an OTK. You can also perform the combo with "[[Darklord Contact]]", though this method is slightly slower as it must Summon the target in Defense Position. Special Summon "[[Darklord Superbia]]" and after summoning "[[Athena]]", then replay the above instructions. You may play "[[Phantom of Chaos]]" by Banishing "[[The Dark Creator]]" or "[[Athena]]", and use the Banished card's effect, followed by the usage of "[[Miraculous Descent]]" or "[[Escape from the Dark Dimension]]". Running the above cards may enable you to Special Summon a "[[Darklord Asmodeus]]" that was sent to Graveyard previously, but you must first Banish "Asmodeus" as it cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard. This OTK focuses on the [[Special Summon]]ing of (especially [[Dark]]) [[Fairy]]-[[Type]] Monsters. Some cards used are:<br/>"[[Darklord Superbia]]", "[[Darklord Asmodeus]]", "[[Darklord Zerato]]", "[[Dark Creator]]", "[[Athena]]", "[[Hecatrice]]", "[[Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen]]", and any card that Special Summons the above cards from the Graveyard or may emulate any of these cards, like "[[Phantom of Chaos]]". "[[Darklord Ixchel]]" is also a good card to use as she can discard herself and any "Darklord" card to draw 2 cards, speeding the deck up while also helping to fill the Graveyard with more "Darklord" cards to Summon with the effect of "Athena". "[[Tethys, Goddess of Light]]" is also a card that can speed the deck up, but is less reliable than "Darklord Ixchel" for the overall purpose of the deck. {{Decklist|Darklord OTK|effect monsters =* [[Darklord Asmodeus]]* [[Darklord Superbia]]* [[Darklord Edeh Arae]]* [[Darklord Zerato]]* [[Darklord Desire]] (Optional)* [[Archlord Kristya]]* [[Athena]]* [[Splendid Venus]]* [[Dark Valkyria]]* [[Hecatrice]]* [[Honest]] (Optional)* [[Metaion, the Timelord]] * [[Armageddon Knight]]* [[Dark Grepher]]* [[Chaos Sorcerer]] (Optional)* [[Dark Armed Dragon]] (Optional)* [[Phantom of Chaos]]* [[Tragoedia]] (Optional)* [[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]] (Optional)|xyz monsters =* [[Number 22: Zombiestein]]* [[Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis]]|spells =* [[Allure of Darkness]]* [[Foolish Burial]]* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]* [[Trade-In]]* [[Advance Draw]]* [[Hand Destruction]]* [[Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen]]* [[Mausoleum of the Emperor]]* [[Celestial Transformation]]* [[Inferno Reckless SummonTrap Trick]]|continuous traps =