Zefra

Zefra
All ten of the "Zefra" monsters in the artwork of "Chosen of Zefra". All ten of the "Zefra" monsters in the artwork of "Chosen of Zefra".
Japanese	セフィラ Sefira (romanized) Sephira (translated)
French	Zefra
German	Zefra
Italian	Zefra
Korean	세피라 Sepira (romanized) Sephira (translated)
Portuguese	Zefra
Spanish	Zefra
Sets Crossed Souls Maximum Crisis
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"Zefra", known as "Sephira" (セフィラ Sefira) in the OCG, is an archetype consisting of Pendulum Monsters making its debut in Crossed Souls. Each of the members also belongs to another archetype that first appeared in the Series 9 Booster Packs (3 of them from Duelist Alliance, while the other 2 from The Secret Forces/Booster SP: Tribe Force), except one.

Design

Duel Terminal Storyline

With the gathering of “Tellarknight Ptolemaeus”, “Nekroz of Sophia”, “Dragunity Divine Lance”, and “Evilswarm Kerykeion” inside of “El Shaddoll Anoyatyllis” in one place, the powers of the “Goddess of Rebirth”, the power of “creation” and “destruction”, and the 10 “Cores” were assembled. The aura pulsating from this gathering became the key to starting up the “sefiroth” system, the counterpart to the “qliphoth” system, from within the “Naturia Sacred Tree”. The holy light emanating from the floating “Sacred Tree” chose 10 lives from the surface world to transform into the “Zefra”. This “Zefra”, just like the “Qliphort”, is a part of the “Sacred Tree’s” system. Its original purpose was as a defense system that purged damaging errors to the “Sacred Tree”, but for this war, in order to purge the anomaly threatening to destroy the planet known as “Anoyatyllis”, it shared its powers with the surface lifeforms. And so the 10 chosen holy warriors stood against “Anoyatyllis” which threatened to destroy both the world and the Tree.

Etymology

"Sephira" is a reference to the Sephiroth, the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah.

Appearance

The "Zefra" Crest.

Members of this archetype have shining white angelic styled wings with similar pattern and design on their back. The archetype's symbol is a sphere with six-pointed star-shaped outline with the similar design as combined team symbol of the "Gem-Knight" and "Constellar", resembling some sort of a crown. (The symbol can be clearly visible in "Zefra Divine Strike".) These spheres have the same colors as the spheres present in the "Qli" monsters, as well as the glowing canisters of the "Infernoid" monsters.

Position	Pyroxene	Zefra	Origin	Sephiroth	Opposing Qliphort	Opposing Infernoid
1	White	Zefrasaber	Great Sorcerer of the Nekroz	Keter	Skybase	Pirmais
2	Gray	Zefraxciton	Evilswarm Exciton Knight	Chokhmah	Stealth	Antra
3	Black	Zefraniu	Taotie, Shadow of the Yang Zing (Qiuniu is the modern name of it)	Binah	Shell	Harmadik
4	Blue	Zefraxi	Jiaotu, Darkness of the Yang Zing (Fuxi is the modern name of it)	Chesed	Disk	Patrulea
5	Red	Zefrathuban	Currently unknown (but seems to wear a design of armor similar to "Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing")	Gevurah	Cephalopod	Piaty
6	Yellow	Zeframpilica	Pilica, Descendant of Gusto and Spiritual Beast Rampengu	Tiferet	Scout	Sjette
7	Green	Zefrawendi	Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin (Ritual Beast Tamer Wen and Spiritual Beast Pettlephin)	Netzach	Carrier	Seitsemas
8	Orange	Zefraxa	Exa, Enforcer of the Nekroz	Hod	Helix	Attondel
9	Purple	Zefranaga	Evilswarm Kerykeion	Yesod	Monolith	Devyaty
10	Multi-colors	Zefracore	Shaddoll Core and Ohr	Malkuth	Towers	Onuncu
11	Multi-colors	Zefraath	The power of the 9 Yang Zing + the 10 Zefra	-	-	-

Playing Style

A "Zefra" Deck is primarily focused on Pendulum Summons, as all the members of the archetype are Pendulum monsters, while gaining advantage with "Oracle of Zefra" and "Chosen of Zefra". "Zefra" Decks are encouraged – through the effects of "Oracle" as well as the effects of the individual members – to incorporate Synchro, Xyz, Fusion and even Ritual Summons into the Deck, enabling an astounding degree of potential variety. This deck even has the ability to summon "Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth", one of the most difficult monsters in the game to summon (This is fitting, as the Zefra are supposedly the chosen warriors of "Sophia"). The variety of cards and the search power can also provide resources for the Summon of "Tierra, Source of Destruction". The natural reusability of Pendulum Monsters fits well into this strategy, and can enable the player to perform multiple kinds of Summons every turn. "Shaddoll" Fusion Monsters especially thrive in "Zefra" Decks, which incorporate all 6 Attributes and provides 2 "Shaddoll" Main Deck monsters on its own.

Each member can also be used in Decks of their secondary archetypes, augmenting their existing strategies with Pendulum Summons. For example, "Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz" can function as a reusable substitute for a Ritual Spell Card when paired with other copies of itself and "Zefraxa, Flame Beast of the Nekroz". In fact, the archetype is designed such that its 10 members form ordered pairs for each of the 5 secondary archetypes ("tellarknight", "Shaddoll", "Ritual Beast", "Nekroz" and "Yang Zing"), with one member having a scale of 7 and the other having a scale of 1. For all of the archetypes mentioned, every single Main Deck monster (with the exception of "Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing", "Pulao, Wind of the Yang Zing" and "Ritual Beast Tamer Lara") falls within these scales, meaning that any (non-Nomi) monster in these archetypes can be Pendulum Summoned using their respective "Zefra" pair.

Recently, with the new support released in Maximum Crisis, the Deck was given more search power and aggressiveness, providing the speed, protection and responsiveness this Deck lacked until the recent past. "Zefraath" can now be considered the lynchpin of the strategy, having a Pendulum Effect that changes its own Pendulum Scale while searching a "Zefra" monster in the process, providing resources while also assisting on Pendulum Summons even further. Its Monster Effect enables 2 Pendulum Summons per turn and also Special Summons a "Zefra" from the Deck; at a first glance, this may not seem too powerful, but with the proper set-up, this can pave the way to Synchro, Ritual or Xyz Summons of powerful monsters, by combining the right "Zefra" monsters at the right moment. "Zefra Providence" is a generic search card, but its second effect can be used to protect the Pendulum Spells from being destroyed, and "Zefra War" can destroy an opposing card and can even be activated from the hand.

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Satellarknight Deneb Shaddoll Beast Shaddoll Dragon Shaddoll Falco Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth Tierra, Source of Destruction Pendulum Monsters Zefraath Ritual Beast Tamer Zeframpilica Ritual Beast Tamer Zefrawendi Satellarknight Zefrathuban Stellarknight Zefraxciton Shaddoll Zefranaga Shaddoll Zefracore Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz Zefraxa, Flame Beast of the Nekroz Zefraxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing Ritual Monsters "Nekroz" Ritual Monsters (with "Nekroz Cycle", "Nekroz Mirror" or "Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz") Spell Cards Oracle of Zefra Zefra Path Zefra Providence Pot of Riches Terraforming Trap Cards Chosen of Zefra Zefra Divine Strike Zefra War Echo Oscillation Nine Pillars of Yang Zing Extra Deck Fusion Monsters "Shaddoll" Fusion Monsters (with "Shaddoll Fusion") Gem-Knight Seraphinite (with Zefrathuban or Zefraxciton) Gem-Knight Zirconia (with Zefracore) Synchro Monsters "Yang Zing" Synchro Monsters Metaphys Horus Stardust Charge Warrior Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer Nirvana High Paladin Xyz Monsters "tellarknight" Xyz Monsters Number 82: Heartlandraco Constellar Ptolemy M7

Obelisk Force deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda Shaddoll Hedgehog x2 Tuner monsters Red Resonator x3 Pendulum Monsters Zefraath Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing x3 Zefraxa, Flame Beast of the Nekroz Satellarknight Zefrathuban Stellarknight Zefraxciton Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz Shaddoll Zefracore Zefraxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing x2 Ritual Beast Tamer Zeframpilica Ritual Beast Tamer Zefrawendi Shaddoll Zefranaga Ritual Monsters Nekroz of Valkyrus Nekroz of Brionac Magic Cards Oracle of Zefra x3 Zefra Providence x3 Resonator Call x1 Terraforming x2 Shaddoll Fusion Harpie's Feather Duster Trap Cards Nine Pillars of Yang Zing x2 Star Crusade of the Zefra x2 Fusion Deck Fusion Monsters El Shaddoll Shekhinaga El Shaddoll Wendigo Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio Synchro Monsters Nirvana High Paladin Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend PSY-Framelord Omega Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing Metaphys Horus Stardust Charge Warrior Denglong, First of the Yang Zing Xyz Monsters Number 24: Dragulas the Vampiric Dragon Constellar Ptolemy M7 Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon

Trivia

• This is the second archetype to be based on the Sephiroth, the first being the "Timelords".

• "Zefraath" is the first and currently the only Pendulum Main Deck Monster that cannot be Pendulum Summoned.