Evil HERO

"Evil HERO" (Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ（イービルヒーロー） Ībiru Hīrō) is a sub-archetype of the "HERO" archetype used by Jaden Yuki as The Supreme King in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. It consists of Fiend monsters. They are corrupted versions of Jaden's "Elemental HERO" monsters and "Hero Kid". Most "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters are Fusion Summoned by fusing existing "Elemental HERO" monsters with "Dark Fusion" instead of the traditional "Polymerization".

Evil HERO
The Supreme King and "Evil HERO Inferno Wing".
Japanese	Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ（イービルヒーロー） Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ (base) イービルヒーロー (ruby) Ībiru Hīrō (romanized)
Traditional Chinese	邪心英雄 Evil-minded Hero (translated)
French	HÉROS du Mal
German	Böser HELD
Italian	EROE Malvagio
Korean	이블 히어로 Ibeul Hieoro (romanized)
Portuguese	HERÓI Maligno
Spanish	HÉROE Malvado
Sets Gladiator's Assault Duelist Pack: Jaden Yuki 3 TCG Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years Mega Pack Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants Battle Pack 3: Monster League Legendary Duelists: Immortal Destiny Speed Duel GX: Duelists of Shadows Speed Duel Tournament Pack 6 OCG Tournament Pack 2009 Vol.3 Duelist Edition Volume 2 Duelist Pack: Legend Duelist 5 Tournament Pack 2019 Vol.3 Korean Tournament Pack 2011 Vol.11
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Lists	Members Support

"Evil HERO" monsters debuted in Gladiator's Assault and featured prominently Duelist Pack: Jaden Yuki 3, but "Evil HERO" only received its first support in Duelist Pack: Legend Duelist 5 and Legendary Duelists: Immortal Destiny.

Prior to the Problem-Solving Card Text rename to recognize "HERO" as an archetype, cards that support the "HERO" archetype in the OCG instead supported "Elemental Hero", "Destiny Hero" and "Evil Hero" as separate archetypes in the TCG ("Masked HERO" and "Vision HERO" were not released in the TCG at that time). This was despite the fact that "Evil Hero" was not an archetype at the time.

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OriginEdit

The designs of the "Evil HERO" monsters bear some similarity to various demonic superheroes, villains, and antiheroes, such as The Darkness, Hellboy, and Witchblade.

The "Evil HERO" monsters appear to have allusions to Hell. Most of them have the word "Hell" in their Japanese attack/effect names, as well as fire being a prominent feature among them; any instances of "Hell" are replaced with "Infernal" in English. For example, the attack name of "Inferno Wing" is "Inferno Blast" and its effect name is "Hell Backfire", "Infernal Sniper" (whose Japanese name is "Hell Sniper") has the effect name "Hell Shot". The Japanese names of "Infernal Gainer" and "Malicious Fiend" are "Hell Gainer" and "Malicious Devil" respectively. Additionally, when "Dark Gaia" (whose background appears to be Hell) was Summoned in the anime, a big burst of lava erupted from the ground.

MembersEdit

CorruptedEdit

Evil HERO	Associated Elemental HERO	Effect
		Upgraded	Additional
Adusted Gold	Captain Gold	Discard this card to add 1 "Dark Fusion" or 1 card that specifically lists "Dark Fusion" in its text, except "Evil HERO Adusted Gold", from your Deck to your hand. Cannot attack unless you control a Fusion Monster.	N/A
Infernal Prodigy	Hero Kid	If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in Attack Position.	Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Tributed this turn to Tribute Summon a "HERO" monster: Draw 1 card.
Infernal Sniper	Rampart Blaster	Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent during each of your Standby Phases, provided this card is in face-up Defense Position.	Cannot be destroyed by Spell effects.
Inferno Wing	Flame Wingman	Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the greater value (ATK or DEF) of a monster this card destroyed by battle and sent to the GY.	Inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent if this card attacks a Defense Position monster.
Lightning Golem	Thunder Giant	Destroy 1 monster on the field.	N/A
Malicious Edge	Bladedge	N/A	Tribute Summon this card with 1 Tribute if your opponent controls a monster.
Sinister Necrom	Necroshade	Banish this card from your GY to Special Summon 1 "Evil HERO" monster from your hand or Deck, except "Evil HERO Sinister Necrom".	N/A
Wild Cyclone	Wild Wingman	Destroy all face-down Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls when this card inflicts battle damage.	Your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step if this card attacks.

OriginalEdit

Evil HERO
Dark Gaia
Infernal Gainer
Malicious Bane
Malicious Fiend

Playing styleEdit

The "Evil HERO" archetype is focused on Fusion Summoning, specifically with the Fusion Spell Card "Dark Fusion". By default, all "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters must be Summoned with "Dark Fusion".

Most "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters have specific material requirements, and most of them require specific "Elemental HERO" monsters. As such, an "Evil HERO" Deck is functionally also an "Elemental HERO" Deck, and shares many of the same strategies aside from the additional requirement to search out "Dark Fusion". However, "Evil HERO Malicious Fiend", "Malicious Bane", and "Dark Gaia" have more generic material requirements, allowing them to be used in more diverse Deck builds.

The "Evil HERO" Main Deck monsters have largely supportive effects focusing on supporting the "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters. The most important member is arguably "Adusted Gold", who can search out "Dark Fusion" or a card that mentions it. Among these cards, "Dark Calling" is a substitute for "Dark Fusion" that can also Summon "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters but by banishing materials in the GY or hand, allowing a Fusion Summon without the need for a field setup, while "Supreme King's Castle" allows "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters to be Fusion Summoned without requiring "Dark Fusion", greatly expanding the flexibility of their Summons. This also allows them to be Summoned with "Super Polymerization", by using one of the opponent's monsters as Fusion Material. This strategy synergizes with the "Omni HERO"-style Deck that uses "Super Polymerization" to Summon monsters such as "Elemental HERO Absolute Zero", "Elemental HERO The Shining", or "Elemental HERO Escuridao" using an opponent's monster as well. The remaining Main Deck monsters are not as useful in the modern game, though they have a minor swarming engine in the form of "Infernal Prodigy" and "Sinister Necrom".

The archetype's related Link Monster, "Xtra HERO Infernal Devicer", compliments the playstyle of Decks that run the "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters that require specific materials by being able to search the materials from the Deck while also providing an ATK gain to Fiend monsters such as "Evil HERO" monsters. They can also make use of "Xtra HERO Wonder Driver" to help recycle their Fusion Spells from the GY for reuse if needed.

While the effects of various "Evil HERO" cards generically support Fiend monsters, "Evil HERO" decks generally do not function optimally with such monsters except those of their own archetype. Instead, the "Evil HERO" archetype greatly benefits from generic "HERO" searchers and support cards, such as "Elemental HERO Stratos", "Vision HERO Vyon", and "Elemental HERO Shadow Mist". Within a general "HERO" archetypal Deck, the only "Evil HERO" cards used are just "Adusted Gold", "Dark Calling", and "Malicious Bane". "Adusted Gold" can search for "Dark Calling", and "Dark Calling" will then banish "Adusted Gold" and another suitable generic material to Summon "Malicious Bane", providing an easy and low-cost way to bring out a strong boss monster.

For Rock-Type monsters, "Evil HERO" Decks historically used the Hex-Sealed Fusion monsters ("The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion", "The Earth - Hex-Sealed Fusion" or "The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion"), as they were able to substitute for named materials of their Fusion Monsters in addition to "Dark Gaia". Currently however, "Nibiru, the Primal Being" and "Lord of the Heavenly Prison" are both high-ATK, high-Level, Rock hand traps, which can be used as Fusion Materials for "Dark Gaia" or "Malicious Bane" after using their own effects. This ensures the Deck runs functional Rock-Type monsters over cards such as "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior" who have higher ATK, but have no function outside of being used as Fusion Materials for "Dark Gaia" or "Malicious Bane", making them bricks.

Recommended cardsEdit

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Elemental HERO Avian Elemental HERO Burstinatrix Elemental HERO Clayman Elemental HERO Sparkman Effect Monsters Evil HERO Adusted Gold Evil HERO Infernal Gainer Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy Evil HERO Malicious Edge Evil HERO Sinister Necrom Elemental HERO Honest Neos Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier Elemental HERO Shadow Mist Elemental HERO Stratos Elemental HERO Wildheart Destiny HERO - Denier Destiny HERO - Malicious Vision HERO Faris Vision HERO Increase Vision HERO Vyon Nibiru, the Primal Being Lord of the Heavenly Prison Spell Cards Normal Spells Dark Calling Dark Fusion Evil Mind A Hero Lives Allure of Darkness Dark World Dealings E - Emergency Call Fiendsmith Tractus Foolish Burial Fusion Destiny Miracle Fusion Polymerization Reinforcement of the Army Equip Spells Favorite Hero Field Spells Supreme King's Castle Quick-Play Spells Mask Change Super Polymerization Trap Cards Normal Traps Favorite Contact Magistery Alchemist Metaverse Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Evil HERO Dark Gaia Evil HERO Infernal Sniper Evil HERO Inferno Wing Evil HERO Lightning Golem Evil HERO Malicious Bane Evil HERO Malicious Fiend Evil HERO Wild Cyclone Elemental HERO Absolute Zero Elemental HERO Escuridao Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage Elemental HERO Great Tornado Elemental HERO The Shining Elemental HERO Sunrise Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer Masked HERO Dark Law Masked HERO Blast Link Monsters Xtra HERO Cross Crusader Xtra HERO Dread Decimator Xtra HERO Infernal Devicer Xtra HERO Wonder Driver Predaplant Verte Anaconda (Traditional Format only)

TriviaEdit

"Elemental HERO Dark Gaia"

"Evil HERO Dark Gaia"

• In the Korean version of Gladiator's Assault, the "Evil HERO" monsters used "Elemental HERO" (엘리멘틀 히어로) in their names instead of "Evil HERO" (이블 히어로). This occurred in both 1st Edition and Unlimited Edition prints, but was corrected in later Unlimited Edition prints. Subsequent sets used the correct names for "Evil HEROes" in Korean.
• The way the Japanese name of the archetype is written (Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ) is a reference to the Elemental HERO archetype (Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ). This makes the two archetypes the only two HERO subarchetypes used in the anime to share an abbreviated letter in their Japanese name.