Zefra

Zefra
All ten of the "Zefra" monsters in the artwork of "Chosen of Zefra".
Japanese	セフィラ Sefira (romanized) Sephira (translated)
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Korean	세피라 Sepira (romanized) Sephira (translated)
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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 "Zefraath" and "Zefra Metaltron".

Design

Storyline

Main article: Master Guide 5 card storylines

The "Zefra" crest.

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.

[...]

In the face of the god of destruction with its true powers regained, those on the surface could do nothing but await their purgation. With her final, faint sliver of hope, Ptolemaeus released the powers of the 9 Yang Zings she had once materialized to control the Sacred Tree at the "sefiroth" system. That power activated the hidden 11th Zefra of the "sefiroth" system, and re-fused the cores of the 10 Zefra. The 11th Zefra chose Zefracore, who possessed auras of both light and darkness, and completed the fusion with its "Core".

[...]

The one who stood to face Tierra, Source of Destruction was the protector of the Naturia Sacred Tree, Zefraath. The scale of their battle shook the entire planet, and lasted for one thousand days and one thousand nights. At the dawn of the 1000th day, the forms of Tierra and Zefraath were nowhere to be seen. The only things left were the charred remains of the Sacred Tree, and two Gem-Knights.

Etymology

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

Appearance

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. The colors are based on the Queen Scale of Color, the color correspondences of the Sephiroth ascribed to the second celestial world of Beri'ah.

Position	Pyroxene	Zefra	Secondary archetype	Original form	Sephiroth	Opposing "Qliphort"	Opposing "Infernoid"
1	White	Zefrasaber	Nekroz	Great Sorcerer of the Nekroz	Keter	Skybase	Pirmais
2	Gray	Zefraxciton	tellarknight	Evilswarm Exciton Knight	Chokhmah	Stealth	Antra
3	Black	Zefraniu	Yang Zing	Qiuniu, Secret of the Yang Zing (only mentioned in Master Guide 5)	Binah	Shell	Harmadik
4	Blue	Zefraxi		Fuxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing (only mentioned in Master Guide 5)	Chesed	Disk	Patrulea
5	Red	Zefrathuban	tellarknight	Unknown monster (possibly "Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing")	Gevurah	Cephalopod	Piaty
6	Yellow	Zeframpilica	Ritual Beast Tamer	Pilica, Descendant of Gusto + Spiritual Beast Rampengu	Tiferet	Scout	Sjette
7	Green	Zefrawendi		El Shaddoll Wendigo (Ritual Beast Tamer Wen + Spiritual Beast Pettlephin)	Netzach	Carrier	Seitsemas
8	Orange	Zefraxa	Nekroz	Exa, Enforcer of the Nekroz	Hod	Helix	Attondel
9	Purple	Zefranaga	Shaddoll	Qadshaddoll Keios	Yesod	Monolith	Devyaty
10	Rainbow	Zefracore		El Shaddoll Grysta / Shaddoll Core	Malkuth	Towers	Onuncu
11	Multi-color	Zefraath	-	Shaddoll Zefracore (with the cores of the other 9 "Zefra")	Da'at	(Tierra, Source of Destruction)
		Zefra Metaltron	-	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 monster that is one of these archetypes (except Special Summon Monsters) can be Pendulum Summoned using their respective "Zefra" pair.

"Zefraath" can be used as 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; this can pave the way to Synchro, Ritual or Xyz Summons of powerful monsters. "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

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Satellarknight Deneb Flip monsters Shaddoll Beast Shaddoll Dragon Shaddoll Falco 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 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 Link Monsters Zefra Metaltron Heavymetalfoes Electrumite

Ritual Beast Variant

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Ritual Beast Tamer Wen Ritual Beast Tamer Elder Ritual Beast Tamer Lara Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda Spiritual Beast Apelio Spiritual Beast Cannahawk Spiritual Beast Rampengu Spiritual Beast Pettlephin Pendulum Monsters Zefraath Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing Ritual Beast Tamer Zeframpilica Ritual Beast Tamer Zefrawendi Shaddoll Zefracore Spell Cards Oracle of Zefra Zefra Providence Trap Cards Zefra Divine Strike Zefra War Ritual Beast Steeds Ritual Beast Ambush Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio Xyz Monsters Abyss Dweller Number 60: Dugares the Timeless Link Monsters Ritual Beast Ulti-Kimunfalcos Cross-Sheep I:P Masquerena PSY-Framelord Lambda

Obelisk Force deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda Flip monsters 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 Spell 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 Zefra War x2 Extra 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".