Zoodiac

Zoodiac
"Zodiac Beast Wildbow", "Zodiac Beast Ram" and "Zodiac Beast Rabbina" in the artwork of "Elemental Triangle of the Zodiac Beasts" "Zodiac Beast Wildbow", "Zodiac Beast Ram" and "Zodiac Beast Rabbina" in the artwork of "Elemental Triangle of the Zodiac Beasts"
Japanese	十（じゅう）二（に）獣（しし） 十二獣 (base) じゅうにしし (ruby) Jūnishishi (romanized)
Sets Raging Tempest
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"Juunishishi" (十（じゅう）二（に）獣（しし） Jūnishishi) is an archetype of Level and Rank 4 EARTH Beast-Warrior-Type monsters that debuted in Raging Tempest.

"Master Peace, the True Dracoslayer" and "True King Lithosazim, the Disaster" appear to have a relation to this archetype in Duel Terminal Lore, as seen in "Zodiac Sign" and "Seasonal Direction to the Zodiac Beasts", respectively.

Design

Etymology

The name "Jūnishishi" is a play on the terms "Jūnishi" (十二支), which refers to the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, and "Shishi" (獣), meaning "beast".

Appearance

The "Juunishishi" monsters are based on the Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac, with each monster being a slightly anthropomorphized version of their respective animal. Each monster also wears an oversized gauntlet on either their left or right forearm, with which they wield their own respective weapon.

Juunishishi	Zodiacal sign	Weapon
Molmorat	Rat	Rapier
Bullhorn	Ox	Axe
Tigress	Tiger	Cannon
Rabbina	Rabbit	Blunderbuss
Drancia	Dragon	Halberd
Viper	Snake	Whip
Thoroughblade	Horse	Sword
Ram	Goat	Shield
Wildbow	Pig	Bow

Playing style

The "Juunishishi" monsters in the Main Deck possess effects that allow Beast-Warrior-Type Xyz Monsters they are attached to to gain different effects, ranging from Spell/Trap negation to piercing damage.

The Xyz Monsters of the archetype, meanwhile, all possess variable (?) ATK and DEF, stemming from the sum total of the ATK and DEF of the monsters attached to it as Xyz Material. Furthermore, each Xyz Monster can be Xyz Summoned once every turn by using a different "Juunishishi" monster as the Xyz Material.

The basic premise of the archetype is to stack up as many members as possible as Xyz Materials for their Xyz Monsters, making them gain more ATK/DEF and additional effects for each material they manage to gather.

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Zodiac Beast Molmorat Zodiac Beast Rabbina Zodiac Beast Ram Zodiac Beast Thoroughblade Zodiac Beast Viper Coach Captain Bearman Enraged Battle Ox Giant Rat Speedroid Taketomborg Speedroid Terrortop Spell Cards Zodiac Sign Creature Swap Elemental Triangle of the Zodiac Beasts Fire Formation - Tenki Fire Formation - Tensu Galaxy Wave Generation Force Overlay Regen Stoic Challenge Supply Squad Terraforming The Big Cattle Drive Ties of the Brethren Xyz Gift Xyz Shift Trap Cards Fire Formation - Tenken Fire Formation - Tensen Horn of the Phantom Beast Jar of Avarice Seasonal Direction to the Zodiac Beasts Xyz Reborn Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Zodiac Beast Bullhorn Zodiac Beast Drancia Zodiac Beast Tigress Zodiac Beast Wildbow Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King Coach King Giantrainer Diamond Dire Wolf M-X-Saber Invoker