Photon

Photon
Photon
Japanese	光子(フォトン) フォトン Foton (romanized)
French	Photon
Portuguese	Fóton
Spanish	Fotón
Sets Photon Shockwave Order of Chaos Premium Pack 14 Galactic Overlord 2012 Premium Collection Tin
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) GX Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Manga appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
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"Photon" (フォトン Foton) is an archetype of LIGHT-Attribute cards used by Kaito Tenjo, Droite and Gauche in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. This archetype was first released in Photon Shockwave. Most of the monsters in this archetype emit blue light on their bodies (Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon emits red light) and most are covered with armor or scales.

The goal of a "Photon" Deck is to take control of field, preventing your opponent from doing harm towards you. "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" is a good example show due to its Quick Effect - being able to banish itself, even chaining to another card; this gives itself advantages by escaping Traps, such as "Dimensional Prison", etc. Even though its effects allow itself to gain ATK for banishing Xyz Monsters, along with itself, it can be used to bypass other card effects. Another example is "Photon Leo" - though it may be a Level 6, it can be benefiting, as it shuffles cards in your opponent's hand back into the Deck, which may or may not mess up your opponent's plan.

All "Photon" monsters are LIGHT and as such receive benefits from LIGHT support cards.

Recommended cards

Monsters

• Photon Cerberus
• Photon Crusher
• Photon Thrasher
• Photon Lizard
• Photon Wyvern
• Photon Sabre Tiger
• Photon Circle
• Photon Leo
• Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
• Daybreaker
• Honest
• Alexandrite Dragon
• Sacred Crane
• ZW - Unicorn Spear
• Elemental HERO Neos Alius
• Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke
• Thunder King Rai-Oh
• Guardian of Order
• Cyber Dragon
• Ghost Ship

Spells

• Future Fusion
• Photon Booster to make "Cerberus", "Circler", a lone "Sabre Tiger" and "Lizard" suitable tributes for "Galaxy-Eyes".
• Photon Sanctuary
• Polymerization
• Luminous Spark
• Photon Lead
• Photon Veil
• Lightwave Tuning
• Photon Trident
• Dragon's Mirror for when you need a monster quickly on your field

Traps

• Call of the Haunted
• Photon Rising Stream
• Lumenize
• Scrap-Iron Scarecrow
• Gozen Match
• Zero Force
• Xyz Reborn
• Mirror Force
• Beckoning Light

Extra Deck

• Twin Photon Lizard
• Photon Butterfly Assassin
• Photon Streak Bouncer
• Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
• Thunder End Dragon
• Number 39: Utopia
• Number C39: Utopia Ray
• Number 17: Leviathan Dragon
• Number 16: Shock Master
• Number 10: Illumiknight
• Number 20: Giga-Brilliant
• Number 50: Black Corn
• Light End Dragon
• Ancient Sacred Wyvern
• Avenging Knight Parshath
• Chimeratech Fortress Dragon (for use with Cyber Dragon)

Trivia

• A photon is a packet of light.
• The Photon archetype has a similar appearance to the EM-beings in Megaman Starforce.
• In physics, a photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.