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"Hakai" is an archetype introduced in Chaos Impact, made up of Fiend monsters with various Attributes and centered around destroying cards for benefits, usually summoning monsters.
Etymology
The archetype's name is complex, multi-layered wordplay. First, in Japanese, it is an homophone to both 「破壊」 ("destroy"; fitting to their playstyle to say the least) and 「破戒」 ("breaking a religious commandment"; which together to the monsters' visual design might imply the members of the archetype are "tortured heretics"). In addition, the 「械」 kai kanji is part of 「機械」 kikai ("machine"), but also take the meaning of "fetter" if written separately (in which case it reads as kase), alluding to the many restraining devices on the monsters' bodies.
Playing style
The "Hakai" theme focuses on using the effects of their basic Main Deck monsters, "Hakai Douji Arha" and "Hakai Douji Rakia", in order to destroy cards you control through two main methods: either the effect of "Arha" that Special Summons iself from the hand, or the Quick Effect of "Rakia". The primary targets for these effects are other "Hakai" monsters and their Spells and Traps which, upon destruction, can Special Summon a "Hakai" monster from various locations: hand and Deck for the aforementioned duo, GY for "Magatama", and Deck for the Spells and Traps (if destroyed while Set).
The main choice to Special Summon is their strongest Main Deck member, "Hakaishin no Magatama". Through the effect of "Magatama", it can use itself alongside an opponent's monster to Summon the in-theme Link Monsters, "Hakaishin Ragia" and "Hakaishin Arba". "Ragia" and "Arba" both require a "Hakaishin" monster as Link Material, making "Magatama" vital to Summon them currently. "Ragia" and "Arba" also have their own Link Summoning effects using the opponent's monsters, used to climb into the ultimate boss of the theme: "Hakai Souohshin Raigou".
As mentuoned, all Spells and Traps of the theme feature a secondary effect that Summon a "Hakai" monster from the Deck if destroyed while Set. Their primary effects include searching for any "Hakai" card, destroying a card on the field when one of the Links Monsters is Link Summoned once per turn, destroying a both a "Hakai" monster and any other card on the field, and Summoning any "Hakai" monster from hand or GY.
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