| image name = WindWIND.svg | image size = 200px100px | image caption = Wind Iconicon

| kanji = <ruby><rb>{{Ruby|風</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|かぜ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}} | romanji romaji = Kaze | japanese = 風 | japanese translated furigana = かぜ | english = WindWIND | french = VentVENT | german = WindWIND | italian = VENTO | korean = 바람 ''Baram'' | portuguese = VENTO | spanish = VIENTO | chinese = 風 ''Fēng / Fung1'' | simplified chinese= 风 ''Fēng''

| list = List of WIND monsters | support list = List of WIND Support Cardssupport cards | anti-support list = List of AntiWIND anti-WIND Support Cardssupport cards

'''WIND''' monsters are often flying monsters, such as the "({{Ruby|風|かぜ}} ''Kaze'') is an [[Harpie Lady|Harpie LadiesAttribute]]", perhaps one of the most famous Wind monsters among the game as well as in the anime. This Attribute is greatly under''Yu-represented, but the most common type associated with it is the [[Winged Beast]]Gi-[[Type]], though [[Insect]], [[Fairy]], and [[Dragon]] are not uncommon. Other Wind monsters include "[[Slate Warrior]]", "[[Stardust Dragon]]" and the "[[Armed Dragon]]" LV series. Wind is usually thought of as the opposite of [[EARTH]], though there is no direct advantage other than in certain video gamesOh!''.

The strategy with ==Overview==WIND monsters is difficult to define, and not many players typically run [[Wind Deck]]s, but a common theme are commonly thematically associated with most involve the removal of the opponent's Spell avian and Trap cards, though some are designed to take advantage of an empty back row instead of destroying it, such as [[Sonic Shooter]] and [[Simorgh, Bird of Divinity]]airborne beings. Generally speaking, the option to attack multiple times with a monster in the same The Monster [[Phase#Battle Phase|Battle PhaseType]] is also s typically associated with WIND monsters (such as "are [[Chain ThrasherWinged Beast]]"). Taking advantage of this effect, however, is usually rendered somewhat difficult by the low [[original ATK]] of most WIND monsters. This disadvantage is somewhat balanced by the common synergy benefits that WIND monsters give each other, such as "[[Harpie Lady 1]]", or "and [[BladeflyPsychic]]".

Also there Effect-wise, WIND monsters are many cards for the strongly associated with non-destruction removal and/or destruction of [[Spell]] and [[Trap]] Cards that make reference to the Natural Phenomena related to the Wind like [[Mystical Space Typhoon]], such as [[TwisterBounce|bouncing]], [[Tornado]], [[Dust Tornado]], or [[Heavy Storm]spin], [[Cyclone Boomerang]], etcning. along They are also strongly associated with [[Harpie's Feather Duster]], which is a support for the famous Wind Archetype The [[Harpies]]effects that remove Spell and Trap cards.

Archetypes include In some card effects (e.g. "[[Harpie|HarpiesGreatfly]]" ) and "in certain video games, the WIND Attribute is positioned as the opposite of the [[Mist ValleyEARTH]]"Attribute.

==Supporting CardsThemes==It is very likely that Wind monsters have the least number of supporting cards of all Attributes. In terms of Spell and Trap support cards, they come nowhere close to the other Attributes, despite the generally low amount of Attribute===''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''===<div class="columns" style="column-related Spell and Trap cards that exist and the resulting low standards for having a number of these cards devoted to any given Attribute family. But a few of them includecount: 3">* [[Clear Wing]]* [[Flying Kamakiri 1|Flying Kamakiri ^#1Synchro Dragon]], * [[BladeflyDragunity]], * [[SilpheedGusto]], and * [[Garuda the Wind SpiritHarpie]]. * [[Rising Air CurrentLyrilusc]] is a * [[Field Spell Cards|Field Spell CardMajespecter]] which increases the * [[ATKMecha Phantom Beast]] of Wind monsters by 500, and * [[MountainMist Valley]] is similar in increasing * [[Type#Winged Beast|Winged Ritual Beast]] types' * [[Speedroid]]* [[ATKSymphonic Warrior]]s by 200, as well as that of * [[DragonWindwitch]] and * [[Type#Thunder|ThunderYosenju]] types. * [[Spiritual Wind Art - MiyabiBattlewasp]] is another Wind support that aims to take the theme of returning cards a step further, by instead returning them to the Deck and actually costing the opponent representation on the field.</div>

==ExampleExamples==<{{Show card image|Clear Wing Synchro Dragon|align=center>[[Image:HarpieQueenFOTB-EN-R.jpg]]}}

==Icons==These are icons used to represent the WIND Attribute. ===''TCG/OCG''===<gallery widths="75px" heights="75px">WIND.svg | EnglishWIND-FR.svg | FrenchWIND-DE.svg | GermanWIND-IT.svg | ItalianWIND-PT.svg | PortugueseWIND-SP.svg | SpanishWIND-JP.svg | JapaneseWIND-KR.svg | KoreanWIND-CH.svg | Chinese</gallery> ===''Rush Duel''=== <gallery widths="75px" heights="75px">WIND-DBR-JP.png | Japanese</gallery> ===Video games===<gallery widths="75px" heights="75px">WIND-Attribute-DM5.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1|Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1]]'' / ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2|Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2]]''WIND-Attribute-DOR.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses|The Duelists of the Roses]]''WIND-Attribute-GX02.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force|GX Tag Force]]''</gallery> ==Trivia==* WIND is not an Attribute in the original manga's ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''.* Similar to WIND monsters' association with Spell and Trap removal effects, many Spell and Trap cards with effects involving the destruction of Spell/Trap cards are also thematically related to winds and wind-related natural phenomena, such as "[[Mystical Space Typhoon]]", "[[Twister]]", "[[Typhoon]]", "[[Tornado]]", "[[Dust Tornado]]", "[[Heavy Storm]]", "[[Cyclone Boomerang]]", "[[Malevolent Catastrophe]]", "[[Harpie's Feather Duster]]", "[[Pendulum Storm]]", etc. {{GameplayCard types}}[[Category:GameplayAttributes]]