Vendread

Vendread
"Revendread Slayer"
Japanese	ヴェンデット Vendetto (romanized) Vendet (translated)
French	Vedentterreur
German	Venschrecken
Italian	Venterrore
Portuguese	Vendorror
Spanish	Vengamiedo
Sets TCG Code of the Duelist OCG Extra Pack 2017
Lists	Members Support

"Vendread", known as "Vendet" (ヴェンデット Vendetto) in the OCG, is an archetype of DARK Zombie monsters. It is one of two formerly TCG-exclusive archetypes debuted in Code of the Duelist, the other being "F.A.".

Design

Appearance

The "Vendread" monsters resemble mutated creatures and zombies, common from several horror series, in particular the Resident Evil franchise, as well as a few possible nods to the Spawn franchise.

Etymology

"Vendread" is a portmanteau of the words 'Vengeance' and 'Dread'. "Vendet" is a portmanteau of 'Vengeance' and 'Undead'.

Members

Monster	Origin
Revendread Slayer	Tyrant/Spawn
Vendread Chimera	Chimera
Vendread Houndhorde	Zombie Dog
Vendread Revenants	Revenant

Support

Card	Origin
Revendread Origin	t-Virus
Vendread Reorigin	Zombie

Playing style

The "Vendread" archetype focuses on Ritual Summoning. So far, all non-Ritual monsters in the archetype come with two effects, each of which can only be used once per turn: the first effect revolves around the Special Summon of the monster from your GY when a certain condition is met, but comes at the cost of the monster being banished when it leaves the field. The second effects grants a "Vendread" Ritual Monster that was Ritual Summoned using the "Vendread" non-Ritual monster on the field a Quick Effect that enables considerable field advantage. "Vendread Reorigin" is a rather unorthodox Trap Card which enables not only slowing down the opponent's momentum by means other than destroying a card, but also gives the player a way to generate more tribute fodder.

Their first and currently only Ritual Spell Card, "Revendread Origin", is easily one of the most practical Ritual Spell Cards seen in recent times. It is one of only four Ritual Spell Cards which can Ritual Summon the target monster out of the GY, which makes discarding the archetype's Ritual Monsters to activate effects a viable strategy, and enables the spell to act as a recovery option for the archetype's Ritual Monsters after they leave the field. In addition, the Ritual Spell allows the player to tribute monsters whose total Levels may exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster that is to be Ritual Summoned, and enables banishing any Zombie type monsters from the GY should one lack the needed monsters on the field or hand. This in turn opens a lot of possible combinations with the "Shiranui" archetype, as well as "Zombie World". Given that "Revendread Origin" has a protection effect that specifically lists and applies to only "Revendread Slayer", this card can be searched by "Pre-Preparation of Rites" which gives the deck the speed which every Ritual Summon deck needs, something that sets it apart from every other archetype-generic Ritual Spell Card that came before it.

Due to the sheer number of generic Zombie support released through the years, "Vendread" have access to a plethora of useful support cards to make up for the small number of their own cards, in particular the likes of "Book of Life", "Gozuki" and "Shutendoji" which tremendously benefit the archetype in terms of resource management and recycling tribute fodder for their next Ritual Summon.

Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Vendread Houndhorde Vendread Revenants Bone Crusher Djinn Demolisher of Rituals Djinn Releaser of Rituals Goblin Zombie Gozuki Mezuki Samurai Skull Shiranui Solitaire Shiranui Spiritmaster Shutendoji Tour Guide From the Underworld Tristan, Knight of the Underworld (with or without Isolde, Belle of the Underworld) Zombie Master Tuner monsters Ghost Charon, the Underworld Boatman Plaguespreader Zombie Scapeghost Shiranui Spectralsword Uni-Zombie Pendulum Monsters Archfiend Eccentrick Pendulumucho Performapal Trump Witch P.M. Captor Ritual Monsters Revendread Slayer Spell Cards Revendread Origin Allure of Darkness Book of Life Burial from a Different Dimension D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation Dragon's Mirror Foolish Burial Fulfillment of the Contract Fusion Substitute / Polymerization Instant Fusion Pot of Acquisitiveness Pre-Preparation of Rites Preparation of Rites Recurring Nightmare Ritual Cage Ritual Weapon Ties of the Brethren Veil of Darkness Zombie World Trap Cards Vendread Reorigin Escape from the Dark Dimension Dark Illusion Grisaille Prison Urgent Ritual Art Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon Predaplant Dragostapelia Sea Monster of Theseus Starving Venom Fusion Dragon Synchro Monsters Archfiend Zombie-Skull Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons Beelzeus of the Diabolic Dragons Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon Doomkaiser Dragon PSY-Framelord Omega Revived King Ha Des Xyz Monsters Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss Ghostrick Alucard Leviair the Sea Dragon Mechquipped Angineer Number 66: Master Key Beetle

Official Decklist

Konami's "Vendread" Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Vendread Houndhorde x3 Vendread Revenants x3 Shiranui Solitaire x3 Mezuki x2 Tuner monsters Uni-Zombie x3 Ritual Monsters Revendread Slayer x3 Spell Cards Revendread Origin x3 Fusion Recycling Plant x3 Terraforming x2 Polymerization Dragon's Mirror Super Polymerization Pre-Preparation of Rites x3 Preparation of Rites x2 Foolish Burial Burial from a Different Dimension x2 Trap Cards Vendread Reorigin x3 Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon x2 Starving Venom Fusion Dragon x2 Synchro Monsters PSY-Framelord Omega Xyz Monsters Tornado Dragon Diamond Dire Wolf Evilswarm Exciton Knight