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Harpie
Various "Harpie Ladies".
Various "Harpie Ladies".
Japanese
  • ハーピィ
  • Hāpyi (romanized)
  • Harpy (translated)
English
  • Harpy (manga)
French
  • Harpie
German
  • Harpyie
Italian
  • Arpia
Portuguese
  • Harpia
Spanish
  • Arpía
  • Águila
Other names
Arabic
ذات المخالب
Croatian
Harpije
Sets
Anime appearances
Manga appearances
Lists

"Harpie" (ハーピィ Hāpyi) is an archetype of female Winged Beast-Type monsters. "Harpie's Brother" is not a Harpie, since his Japanese name is "Birdman" (バードマン Bādoman).

Maximum of 3 Rule

Harpie Ladies usually have the phrase This card's name is treated as "Harpie Lady" in their effect text. Their name is also treated as "Harpie Lady" while in the player's Deck; a player can only have a combination of 3 cards whose name is treated as "Harpie Lady" in their Deck. "Harpie Queen" and "Harpie Channeler" are the exception to this rule, since its effect only has her name treated as "Harpie Lady" while she is on the field and in the Graveyard. However this also mean that they are the only "Harpie Lady" that can't be searched by "Birdface" or "Elegant Egotist" but can be searched by "Harpie Channeler".

"Harpie Ladies" "1", "2", and "3", in addition to "Cyber Harpie Lady", are treated as if their name is "Harpie Lady" at all times for all rules of the game, including in the Deck, hand and Side Deck.

Media appearances

"Harpie Lady Sisters" alongside "Harpie's Pet Dragon" in Duelist Kingdom.

In the anime, the "Harpies" are the signature cards of Mai Valentine. She often begins with one "Harpie" card and uses support cards to accessorize and multiply it. Joey Wheeler also used some "Harpie" cards as a reminder of his promise to save Mai from her Penalty Game.

A "Harpie Lady" also appears as a Duel Monster Spirit in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. She battles Jesse Anderson and his "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus". That same "Harpie Lady" later uses the effect of "Elegant Egotist" to multiply into 3, but they were defeated by "Sapphire Pegasus" and "Topaz Tiger".

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time, at the site of Maximillion Pegasus's tournament, one of the spectators cosplays as a "Harpie Lady".

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force series, Jasmine plays a "Harpie" Deck.

When "Harpies" were released, they were an archetype without a lot of support (however, they were also the first fleshed-out archetype). However, with the release of Rise of Destiny, "Harpies" became a more balanced and powerful archetype. Since then, Structure Deck 8: Lord of the Storm has aided the "Harpie" archetype with cards such as "Hysteric Party". Furthermore, "Harpie Queen" was released in Force of the Breaker, and "Cyber Shield" was reintroduced as a common card in Storm of Ragnarok.

In Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy, "Harpies" gain new members and support, including the release of the first Harpie Xyz Monster, "Harpie's Pet Mirage Dragon", which is capable of attacking directly as well as protecting your other "Harpie" monsters from attacks and targeting effects, as long as it has Xyz Material. Also introduced is "Harpie Channeler", which can Special Summon "Harpie" monsters straight from your Deck by discarding 1 "Harpie" monster from your hand, as well as open up Rank 7 plays through it's level-changing effect. Additionally, a new Spell Card is introduced called "Hysteric Sign", which can search for "Elegant Egotist" and, upon destruction, add 3 "Harpie" monsters with different names from your Deck straight to your hand.

Censoring

"Harpie Lady" in Japanese version

Most "Harpies" in the international release of the game, including all language prints except Japanese, and in the anime have been edited to appear to wear bodysuits while in the Japanese versions they wear much more revealing clothing. "Cyber Harpie Lady" and "Harpie Lady Sisters" have had the spikes extruding from their armor removed due to the suggestiveness. However, some earlier printings of a few of the "Harpie" cards outside of Japan (Specifically the original "Harpie Lady" and "Harpie Girl") were printed without being censored.

Play style

"Harpies" combine the ability to be rapidly summoned, to destroy the opponent's Spell and Trap Cards, to increase each others attack points and abilities, and to work together to protect each other. They do not have the ability to destroy Spell and Trap cards innately, but the Field Spell Card "Harpies' Hunting Ground" allows the controller of the summoned Harpie or harpies to destroy one Spell or Trap Card when a "Harpie Lady" card is Summoned in any way. They are one of the very few cards that can be Summoned en masse' from the Graveyard through the effect of "Hysteric Party". Their support cards, "Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon" and "Harpie's Pet Dragon", rapidly gain in power and usefulness through effects including protecting other "Harpie" cards and card destruction as the "Harpies" swarm the field. Properly played, "Harpies" can overwhelm the opponent in moments with high attack power and powerful effects, but they are individually not too strong, so they are vulnerable to opponents who Summon strong single Monsters early to whittle down the number of "Harpies" on the field.

WIND Monsters have good capacity to Special Summon, and as such the Deck can be fast. Although some of the Monsters are weak, cards such as "Harpie Lady 1", "Bladefly", "Hunter Owl" and "Rising Air Current" can leave you with a field full of enormous Monsters. The tendency of WIND Monsters to destroy Spell and Trap cards ("Raiza the Storm Monarch" & "Harpies' Hunting Ground", even "Icarus Attack") leaves you able to attack in relative safety.

A weakness of this deck is that most of the time your cards target all WIND Monsters, and not just your own, such as the ATK boost from cards like "Harpie Lady 1", "Bladefly", and "Rising Air Current". This makes commonly played cards like "Elemental Hero Stratos" and "Raiza the Storm Monarch" benefit from your own card effects. You may also add Monster-destroying cards such as "Fissure" & Icarus Attack". Since WIND Monsters usually have low ATK, they may not able to destroy today's commonly used Monsters. However, support from the new "Harpie" cards can be very powerful.

Many cards from various packs can be quite useful if made an addition to a "Harpie Lady" deck. Many WIND Monsters, such as "Hunter Owl", "Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry" and "Twin-Headed Behemoth", have useful effects that can help out in tough situations. In particular, "Stardust Dragon" fits perfectly into this type of deck: it is a high level WIND Monster, and its effect allows you to negate a destructive effect, such as that of "Dark Hole" each turn as long as you can keep reviving "Stardust Dragon" with its own effect, making it a great boost to the Deck's theme of destroying and negating your opponent's Spell and Trap cards. Also, it can be used as a instant Beatstick with "Starlight Road".

If a player is going to use Synchro Monsters, then they must use proper tuners. "Vortex the Whirlwind" is a level 5 Synchro Monster with a swarming effect. "Glow-Up Bulb" is easily on of the best tuners to use as you can use it twice, or use "Foolish Burial" to send it to your Graveyard. "Mist Valley Soldier" can be used with a "Harpy" to make "Stardust Dragon", and, in an emergency, can be used with "Icarus Attack". "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" can be used with "Icarus Attack" and can cut in half an opponent's monster such as "Caius the Shadow Monarch", "Stardust Dragon", and even "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon". More importantly, you can splash "Blackwing Armor Master", who is immune to crippling cards such as "Shrink" and "Honest", and "Black Rose Dragon", who can clear the field. "Dragunity Darkspear" can be used as either a substitute of "Monster Reborn" or used to summon the incredibly powerful "Dragunity Knight - Trident", who can eliminate the most popular archtypes in the game, such as "Gladiator Beast" and "Blackwings".

A possible card to use in this deck is "Inferno Reckless Summon". You can first use "Elegant Egotist", "Swallow's Nest" or "Hysteric Party" to Special Summon any "Harpie Lady" whose attack is 1500 or less after applying continuous effects. Then use the effect of "Inferno Reckless Summon" to summon more "Harpies". (You cannot use "Inferno Reckless Summon" with "Harpie Lady #1" because it will gain the extra 300 ATK instantly after being summoned to the field, but, should you Special Summon a different "Harpie Lady" such as "Harpie Lady 2" you would be able to use it as the target monster for "Inferno Reckless Summon's" effect, and then Special Summon one or more "Harpie Lady 1".) You can use "Harpie Channeler" however to activate "Inferno Reckless Summon" since she has only 1400 Atk and is treated as "Harpie Lady" while on the field. Since many "Harpie" monsters are treated as "Harpie Lady," you can also use "Three of a Kind" to significantly clear the Field.

With Xyz monsters out and the release of new Harpie support cards coming out in Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy, This archetype can have the ability to Xyz summon rank 4 monsters quick with "Harpie Channeler", "Elegant Egotist", and "Hysteric Party". "Harpie Channeler" (coming soon) can act like a "Summoner Monk" for Harpies with the cost of 1 Harpie card in your hand, setting up the graveyard for "Hysteric Party". Harpie Channeler can also summon out "Harpie's Pet Dragon" straight from your deck making it more easier to summon instead of tributing 2 monsters to summon it, also you can use "Harpie Channeler" and "Harpie's Pet Dragon" for an Xyz summon of a rank 7 monster like "Number 11: Big Eye". "Hysteric Sign" (coming soon) can help gain hand advantage by getting an "Elegant Egotist" from your hand or graveyard also can give you any 3 Harpie cards with a different name from your deck upon destruction giving a +3. You can use Harpies' Hunting Ground to destroy your "Hysteric Sign" to help get your combos out faster. "Harpie's Pet Mirage Dragon" is a new powerful Xyz monster (coming soon) that can be easily summoned with "Harpie Channeler", "Elegant Egotist", "Hysteric Party", and even "Rescue Rabbit" if your using "Harpie Lady" and/or "Harpie's Brother". "Harpie's Pet Mirage Dragon" while it has Xyz materials can attack directly also can protect your Harpie monsters from being targeted for attacks and by card effects, but you lose an Xyz material from this card during the end phase. Another powerful Xyz monster that can be easily summoned in a Harpie deck is "Lightning Plover". Although not strong in ATK, "Lightning Plover" Has a powerful effect of putting cards they control to their decks ruining their strategies and taking out their strongest monsters, also can give then a dead draw. Harpie monsters can have a capability of summoning rank 4 monsters that require 3 level 4 monsters with ease like "Number 16: Shock Master" and "Number 32: Shark Drake", and also can summon popular rank 4 monsters like "Number 39: Utopia". "Harpies' Hunting Ground" can be a powerful card by destroying Spell/Trap cards on the field that can hinder you from executing your combos, also can force your opponent to activate their set trap cards like "Bottomless Trap Hole", "Torrential Tribute", "Solemn Warning", etc before they be destroyed by "Harpies' Hunting Ground" although it puts the risk of our own Spell/Trap cards. "Harpies' Hunting Ground" can also be searched by "Terraforming", "Hysteric Sign" and "Harpie Queen" (Sending "Harpie Queen" to the graveyard sets up the graveyard for "Hysteric Party").

Weaknesses

Despite the motliness in tactics that "Harpie"s are capable of, there are still Achilees heels witin this archetype that can be capitalized on. For instance, Harpie monsters, except "Cyber Harpie Lady" and "Harpie Queen", are generally low in original ATK and can easily get run over by powerful monsters and are also vaunerable to "King Tiger Wanghu" and "Deck Devastation Virus" . You can add "Harpie Lady 1", "Bladefly", and "Rising Air Current" to avoid these problems, although those cards can also benefit your opponent's wind monsters.

Harpies are capable of swarming the field making mass destruction cards like "Dark Hole", "Torrential Tribute", "Black Rose Dragon" and "Mirror Force" very deadly against this archetype. "Bottomless Trap Hole" is also a dangerous card that can be used on your Harpies special summoned by "Hysteric Party", causing all of them to be destroyed and banished if they have 1500 or more ATK. "Harpies' Hunting Ground" can solve most of these problems, also counter trap cards like "Dark Bribe", "Solemn Judgment", and "Seven Tools of the Bandit" can help with these problems too. Anti-Special summon monsters like "Archlord Kristya" and the Vanity monsters can also cause problems to this Archetype. you can use monster removal cards like "Icarus Attack" and "Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi" can help with those problems.

"Poisonous Winds" is a deadly weakness to all Wind decks, also "Dimensional Fissure" And "Macro Cosmos" can prevent Harpies from hitting the graveyard, Preventing the use of "Hysteric Party" and "Harpie Queen"'s effect. "Harpies' Hunting Ground", "Mystical Space Typhoon", "Heavy Storm", and "Dust Tornado" can solve these problems. "Prohibition" can shut down Harpie Ladies and most of their of there support cards, although it does not prevent "Harpie Queen" and "Harpie Channeler" from being summoned and it can be destoyed by "Mystical Space Typhoon".

Recommended cards

There are many Winged-Beast support cards, and can be used easily in combination to overwhelm the opponent.

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra Deck

Black Harpies

Recommended cards

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra Deck

Valley of Harpies

Recommended cards

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra Deck

Harpie Lady Beatdown

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Monsters

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Traps

Non-canon appearances

In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom, the Harpie Ladies are given names, each based on those of three Harpy sisters from Greek mythology.

Harpie Lady 1 - Airo (from Aello, "storm swift")

Harpie Lady 2 - Ocupete (from Ocypete, "the swift wing")

Harpie Lady 3 - Keraino (from Celaeno, "the dark")

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