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'''Vanquish Soul''' ({{Ruby|ＶＳ|ヴァンキッシュ・ソウル}} ''Vankisshu Souru'') is an [[Archetype|archetype]] of [[FIRE]], [[DARK]], and [[EARTH]] monsters introduced in ''[[Deck Build Pack: Wild Survivors]]''.
==Etymology==
The name of the theme is likely in reference to how a fighting game introduces their opponents to the player as especially seen through the "VS" abbreviation on the cards in Japanese meant to refer to the word "versus".
==Design==
The "Vanquish Soul" archetype shares many general aesthetics with those found in various popular fighting game franchises; such as Tekken and Blazblue. The archetype's monsters especially have designs that match the common character tropes rosters of this genre of games from monsters like "[[Vanquish Soul Razen]]" sharing common design elements with that of the standard Fighting Game Protagonist character to "[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger]]" being similar to the design of large grappler characters and the archetype's main boss monster, "[[Vanquish Soul Kaiser Varius]]", taking ideas from the final boss of a fighting game.
This influence can also be seen in the way the effects are formatted as revealing monsters from the hand to use various effects is, in a way, much like using a character assist.
==Playing style==
"Vanquish Soul" revolves around the shared ability to, as a [[Quick Effect]], [[Reveal|reveal]] monsters from the hand in order to activate a variety of effects depending on the revealed monster's Attribute. All "Vanquish Soul" monsters, by default, have one effect that can be activated by revealing a monster of the same Attribute as themselves with another, typically stronger, effect by revealing monsters in some combination of DARK, EARTH, or FIRE. As a result, each monster is able to fulfil a unique role to the Deck and able to make further advantage of using some of the best [[Hand trap]] cards in the game as well due to their attributes matching the main three used in "Vanquish Soul"; "[[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]]" for FIRE, "[[Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion]] and "[[Maxx "C"]]" (in the OCG) for EARTH, and "[[D.D. Crow]]" for DARK.
"[[Vanquish Soul Razen|Razen]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Dr. Madlove|Dr. Madlove]]" make up the main searchers, able to add the monsters and backrow of the deck to hand as well as able to provide forms of removal with column-based monster destruction and non-targeting, non destruction removal. "[[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger|Heavy Borger]]" and "[[Vanquish Soul Kaiser Varius|Kaiser Varius]]" make up the main boss monsters, able to Special Summon themselves by returning a "Vanquish Soul" that isn't the same Type as them to the hand with effects to draw a card and deal 1500 burn damage in the case of "Borger" and the effects to become unaffected by opponents card effects as well as pop a card on the field in the case of "Kaiser', the latter needing to reveal 1 each DARK, EARTH, and FIRE to perform.
Among the cards as well is the related [[Link Monster]], "[[Rock of Vanquisher]]", which makes the opponent only able to attack the strongest monster while you control a "Vanquish Soul" as well as two Quick Effects to Special Summon a "Vanquish Soul" monster from hand or add one to the hand from the [[Graveyard|GY]], enabling easy and quick disruption abilities and swarming.
The theme is further supported through various [[Spell Card]]s and [[Trap Card]]s that offer extra consistency and bonus disruptions for the opponent to face.
===Recommended cards===
{{Decklist|Recommended cards
<!--This is not an exact Decklist. Please do not add multiples or staples.-->
|effect monsters =
* [[Vanquish Soul Dr. Madlove]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Heavy Borger]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Kaiser Varius]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Panthera]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Pluton HG]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Razen]]
|link monsters =
* [[Rock of Vanquisher]]
|spells =
* [[Stake Your Soul!]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Continue]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Dust Devil]]
* [["Infernoble Arms - Durendal"]]
* [[Fire Formation - Tenki]]
* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
* [[Small World]]
|traps =
* [[Vanquish Soul Calamity Kaiser]]
* [[Vanquish Soul Trinity Burst]]
}}
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