Gladiator Beast

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Gladiator Beast
Gladiator Beast
Japanese
  • 剣闘獣（グラディアルビースト）
  • 剣闘獣 (base)
  • グラディアルビースト (ruby)
  • Guradiaru Bīsuto (romanized)
  • Gladial Beast (translated)
German
  • Gladiatorungeheuer
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  • 검투수
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Gladiator Beast, known as Gladial Beast (剣闘獣（グラディアルビースト） Guradiaru Bīsuto) in the OCG, is an archetype of cards released in Gladiator's Assault. They resemble futuristic versions of the ancient Roman Colosseum slave-warriors, and consist of many different Attributes and Types, primarily Beast, Beast-Warrior and Winged-Beast. With a few exceptions, all non-Fusion "Gladiator Beasts" have an effect to return to the Deck during the end of a Battle Phase when it battled, and then to Special Summon another "Gladiator Beast" monster to replace it (this is also known as 'tagging out'). The newly Special Summoned "Gladiator Beast" monsters usually gain another effect when Special Summoned in this way.

"Gladiator Beasts" also have four Fusion Monsters, three of which require a specific "Gladiator Beast" monster and either one or two other "Gladiator Beast" monsters as Fusion Material. However, "Polymerization" is not required to Fusion Summon these monsters. Instead, the correct "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Material Monsters are returned to the Main Deck to Special Summon the appropriate "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monster. This process is otherwise known as Contact Fusion. Several of the "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monsters are also able to 'tag out' to Special Summon 2 or more "Gladiator Beast" monsters from the Deck.

Nearly every card in the archetype is capable of being returned to the hand, field, or Deck from the Graveyard by utilizing the effects of "Gladiator Beast" monsters or their support cards. The "Gladiator Beast" deck includes a mix of destruction, aggro, and toolbox cards and tactics. It is this versatility which landed this deck as one of the top decks in the Shonen Jump Circuit.

The September 2010 Forbidden List caused "Gladiators Beasts" to become more popular, especially with the banning of "Heavy Storm" and Limiting of "Royal Oppression", both of which were a threat to their strategy.

"Gladiator Beast" monsters are primarily named after types of warriors that fought in the Roman Colosseum, while others are named after famous fighters from the Roman Empire.

Deck Types

Gladiator Beast (without "Test Tiger" or "Elemental HERO Prisma")

After the March 1st, 2011 Ban list hit, many people created an alternate version of Gladiator Beast that do not revolve around "Elemental HERO Prisma" or "Test Tiger" but rather the speed and draw power of the deck by using mostly Gladiator Beast Cards and "Gladiator Proving Ground", "Gladiator Beast's Respite", and even "Reborn Tengu" for added speed and stability.

Using such cards as "Gladiator Beast Equeste", "Gladiator Proving Ground", and "Gladiator Beast's Respite" easily form a drawing loop in which you can keep drawing cards while maintaining a good diversity of Gladiator Beast in your deck.

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Prisma Gladiator Beasts

Also known as "Prismadiators" or "Prisma Glads", this deck is variation of the basic "Gladiator Beast" Deck that uses "Elemental HERO Stratos" to add "Elemental HERO Prisma" to your hand. Then you use "Elemental HERO Prisma" to act as "Gladiator Beast Bestiari". Then it is used to summon "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus" and destroy cards on your opponent's side of the field. After attacking you can return "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus" to the Extra Deck to summon "Gladiator Beast Darius" and another "Gladiator Beast". Use "Gladiator Beast Darius" to summon "Gladiator Beast Bestiari" to summon "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus" again and destroy more cards. Then "Gladiator Beast Bestiari" is back in the Deck and the process can be repeated.

One of the best combos of the Deck is to start with a hand consisting of "Elemental HERO Prisma" (it can be also a "Reinforcement of the Army" or "E - Emergency Call" to search for him), and "Test Tiger".

Normal Summon "Prisma" and activate his effect to send "Bestiari" to the Graveyard. Next, Special Summon "Test Tiger" and tribute him to send "Prisma" back to the deck and Special Summon "Darius", activate his effect and Special Summon "Bestiari". Contact Fusion both monsters and Special Summon "Gyzarus" to destroy up to 2 cards on the field. Next, attack with "Gyzarus" and tag-out for another 2 "Gladiator Beasts" monsters. If you have "Laquari" in your Graveyard then tag-out for "Darius" and another "Gladiator Beast", then Special Summon "Laquari" by the effect of "Darius" and Contact Fuse for "Heraklinos".

Alternatively, if you already have a "Gladiator Beast" monster on the field, you can summon "Prisma" and take "Bestiari's" name to contact fuse the two. After you tag out with "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus", summon "Darius" as one of the two and use him to retrieve "Bestiari" from the grave. If you wish, you may either contact out for "Gyzarus" a second time (totaling 4 destructions from "Gyzarus'" effect alone), or proceed to summon "Gladiator Beast Heraklinos" if your second choice happens to be "Laquari".

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Rescue Gladiator Beasts

Previous incarnations of this Deck used "Rescue Cat" to summon monsters such as "Gladiator Beast Samnite" and "Test Tiger" to make big plays, though after it was banned, the Deck was unusable. However, with the release of the "Rescue Rabbit", the new version of the Deck uses "Rescue Rabbit" to Summon "Gladiator Beast Andal", usually to allow for the Summon of "Gladiator Beast Essedarii" or "Gladiator Beast Heraklinos".

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Weaknesses and Counter-Strategies

"Gladiator Beasts" are currently one of the most tournament-competitive deck types, due to their incredible flexibility. However, they are not invincible. Some good ways to overcome a "Gladiator Beast" user are as follows:

  • Monster Effects - Since "Gladiator Beasts" must battle to gain their effects, Monster Card Effects that trigger during battle are highly effective. Note, however, that "Gladiator Beasts" have access to "Gladiator Beast War Chariot", so be prepared with something like "Trap Jammer" or "Counter Counter" to negate it. Here are some good monster card effects:
    • Monsters that destroy the monsters that attacked them - "Snowman Eater", "Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter"
    • Monsters that return the cards that attacked them - "Penguin Soldier", "Legendary Jujitsu Master", "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" : These cards are even better than the destroyers above, since the "Gladiator Beasts" cannot be brought back with "Gladiator Beast Darius".
    • Monsters that banish the cards when Gladiator Beast attacked them - "D.D. Warrior", "D.D. Warrior Lady" - Even worse for the opponent than the destroyers or returners, since though they have a heavy focus upon recycling or hand exchanging, "Gladiator Beasts" have no internal method of re-using banished cards.
    • Trump-card monsters with mass-destruction effects - Cards like these can destroy the "Gladiator Beasts" by effect, preventing their battle-swap from activating, or they can destroy the support cards that prevent the Gladiator Beasts from being destroyed by battle. A few can even do both. Some of these include: "Judgment Dragon", "Dark Armed Dragon", "Demise, King of Armageddon". "Judgment Dragon" and "Dark Armed Dragon," in particular, are great because they can appear suddenly without warning to wipe out most everything the opponent has.
  • Destroy on Summoning - Cards such as "Trap Hole", "Bottomless Trap Hole", and especially "Mirror of Oaths", that destroy the monsters when are Special Summoned from the Deck are great against "Gladiator Beasts".
  • Effect Canceling - Cards such as "Skill Drain","Chivalry","Effect Veiler" or "Angel 07" can prevent your monsters from tagging out or negate the effects of the ones that are Summoned leaving your monsters defenseless against some of the more powerful ATK monsters.
  • Attack Negation/Prevention - You can only "tag out" a "Gladiator Beast" for another if the first "Gladiator Beast" "attacked or was attacked". Unlike most card effects with a similar activation requirement, the battle must "go through", i.e. instead of just declaring an attack or being targeted as the target of an attack, the battle has to go into and apply "Damage Calculation" (even if the damage for that battle would be 0). Therefore, any Spell, Trap, or Monster Effect that lets you negate a monster attack would prevent the opponent from tagging out their "Gladiator Beasts".
Gladiator Beast Named after Effect upon tagging out
Alexander Alexander the Great Unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards
Andal Andabata
Bestiari Bestiarii Destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field
Darius Darius the Great Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from the Graveyard
Dimacari Dimachaerus Attack twice during the Battle Phase
Equeste Equites Add 1 "Gladiator Beast" card from the Graveyard to your hand
Essedarii Essedarius
Gaiodiaz Gordias Special Summon 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Spartacus"
Gyzarus Gaius Julius Caesar Special Summon 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Bestiari"
Heraklinos Heracles
Hoplomus Hoplomachus DEF becomes 2400
Lanista Lanista Gains the name of 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster banished from your Graveyard
Laquari Laquerius ATK becomes 2100
Murmillo Murmillo Destroy 1 face-up monster on the field
Octavius Gaius Octavius Destroy 1 face-down Spell or Trap Card on the field
Retiari Retiarius Banish 1 card from your opponent's Graveyard
Samnite Samnite When it destroys an opponent's monster by battle, add 1 "Gladiator Beast" card from your Deck to your hand
Secutor Secutor When tagging out, Special Summon 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck
Spartacus Spartacus Add 1 "Gladiator Beast" Equip Spell Card from your Deck to your hand
Tygerius Tiberius Discard 1 "Gladiator Beast" card to add 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck to your hand
Torax Thraex Tag it out to draw 1 card
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