Trickstar
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| Clockwise, from top right: "Trickster Holy Angel", "Candina", "Lycorissica" and "Lilybell" in the artwork of "Trickster Lightstage" Clockwise, from top right: "Trickster Holy Angel", "Candina", "Lycorissica" and "Lilybell" in the artwork of "Trickster Lightstage" | |||||
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"Trickster" is an archetype of female LIGHT Fairy-Type monsters used by Aoi Zaizen in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS.
Design
The "Trickstar" monsters are based on Japanese idols and named after flowers.
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| Trickster Lilybell | Lilium |
| Trickster Lycorissica | Lycoris |
| Trickster Candina | Candytuft |
| Trickster Holy Angel | Hollyhocks |
Playing Style
The primary strategy of a "Trickster" deck is dealing small amounts of effect damage, usually 200 points, multiple times through various effects. "Trickster Candina" will deal damage whenever your opponent activates a Spell or Trap, "Trickster Lycorissica" will deal damage for each card your opponent adds to their hand (including those drawn by effect or for their Draw Phase), "Trickster Holy Angel" will deal damage whenever a "Trickster" is summoned to one of her Linked Zones, and "Trickster Lightstage" will deal damage whenever one of your "Trickster" monsters deals damage. The archetype is not without the ability to deal battle damage, however; "Holy Angel" gains ATK each time a "Trickster" monster deals damage, including herself, and "Trickster Lilybell" can bypass your opponent's monsters and attack directly.
Their secondary strategy is to disrupt your opponent's plays to prevent them from mounting a comeback. "Lightstage" can lock down their Set Spells and Traps for a turn before forcing a "use it or lose it" scenario, while "Trickster Reincarnation" will banish their hand face-down and draw an equal number of new cards for them (which can also deal significant burn damage off of "Lycorissica's" effect), eliminating the benefit of search cards and cards that activate in the Graveyard. Additionally, "Holy Angel" will prevent the "Trickster" monsters in her Linked Zones from being destroyed while "Lycorissica" can return them from the field to the hand to avoid other removal effects.
The archetype also has lots of search and recovery power to it. "Lightstage" can search any of the "Trickster" monsters on activation, while "Candina" can search any "Trickster" card, including herself, when Normal Summoned. This will often be "Lilybell," which you can then Special Summon, allowing you to promptly Link Summon "Holy Angel" or attack directly with "Lilybell" via its effect to recover a "Trickster" card from the Graveyard. "Lycorissica" can return "Candina" to your hand to allow you to Summon her and search again, while "Reincarnation" can be banished from the Graveyard to Special Summon a "Trickster" from your Graveyard.
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