Editing Dragonmaid

{{Infobox archseries
| cut_from_names = true
| image          = DragonmaidHospitality-MADU-EN-VG-artwork.png
| caption        = "[[Parlor Dragonmaid|Parlor]]", "[[Kitchen Dragonmaid|Kitchen]]", "[[Nurse Dragonmaid|Nurse]]", "[[Laundry Dragonmaid|Laundry]]", and "[[House Dragonmaid|House]]" in the artwork of "[[Dragonmaid Hospitality]]".
| ja_name        = ドラゴンメイド
| romaji         = Doragonmeido
| sc_name        = 龙女仆
| fr_name        = Dragonirène
| de_name        = Drachenmädchen
| it_name        = Dragonzella
| ko_name        = 드래곤메이드
| ko_romanized   = Deuraegonmeideu
| pt_name        = Dragãozela
| es_name        = Dragoncella
| sets           =
* [[Ignition Assault]]
* [[Eternity Code]]
* [[Rise of the Duelist]]
| tcg            =
* [[Mystic Fighters]]
* [[Chaos Impact Special Edition]]
* [[2021 Tin of Ancient Battles]]
* [[Magnificent Mavens]]
| ocg            =
* [[Deck Build Pack: Mystic Fighters]]
* [[Selection 5]]
}}

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"'''Dragonmaid'''" (ドラゴンメイド ''Doragonmeido'') is an [[archetype]] of [[Dragon]] monsters introduced in ''[[Deck Build Pack: Mystic Fighters]]''.

==Lore==
{{Main|The Valuable Book EX 3 card storylines#The New Cake Designs of the "Dragonmaids"}}

==Design==
The [[Main Deck]] monsters consist of two lineups: Level 2/3/4 humanoid maids, and Level 7/8 dragons. The maids (except "Chamber") are the humanoid versions of the dragons, with every pair sharing the same Attribute (and having a predominant color matching that Attribute) but having a 5-Level difference.

===Etymology===
The "Dragonmaid" monsters' human forms are broadly based on [[wikipedia:Maid#Types|maid classifications]] found in late modern period European domestic worker hierarchies.

The ''[[OCG]]'' names of the dragon forms are the German names of things associated to their Attributes, whereas in the ''[[TCG]]'' they're simply anagrams of their respective humanoid forms'.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="1" rowspan="2" | Attribute
! colspan="2" | Humanoid Dragonmaid
! colspan="1" rowspan="2"| Name origin
! colspan="2" | Draconic Dragonmaid
! colspan="1" rowspan="2"| ''OCG'' name origin
|-
! ''TCG''
! ''OCG''
! ''TCG''
! ''OCG''
|-
| [[File:LIGHT.svg|24px]] [[LIGHT]]
| [[House Dragonmaid|House]]
| Hauskee
| [[wikipedia:Housekeeper (domestic worker)|Housekeeping]]
| [[Dragonmaid Sheou|Sheou]]
| Strahl
| ''Strahl'' (German for "ray")
|-
| [[File:DARK.svg|24px]] [[DARK]]
| [[Chamber Dragonmaid|Chamber]]
| Chame
| [[wikipedia:Bedroom|Bedchamber]]
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[File:WATER.svg|24px]] [[WATER]]
| [[Laundry Dragonmaid|Laundry]]
| Laudry
| [[wikipedia:Laundry|Laundry]]
| [[Dragonmaid Nudyarl|Nudyarl]]
| Fluss
| ''Fluss'' (German for "river")
|-
| [[File:EARTH.svg|24px]] [[EARTH]]
| [[Nurse Dragonmaid|Nurse]]
| Nasary
| [[wikipedia:Nursery (room)|Nursery]]
| [[Dragonmaid Ernus|Ernus]]
| Erde
| ''Erde'' (German for "soil")
|-
| [[File:WIND.svg|24px]] [[WIND]]
| [[Parlor Dragonmaid|Parlor]]
| Parla
| [[Wikipedia:Parlour|Parlour]]
| [[Dragonmaid Lorpar|Lorpar]]
| Luft
| ''Luft'' (German for "air")
|-
| [[File:FIRE.svg|24px]] [[FIRE]]
| [[Kitchen Dragonmaid|Kitchen]]
| Tillroo
| [[wikipedia:Kitchen|Kitchen]]/[[wikipedia:Still room|Still room]]
| [[Dragonmaid Tinkhec|Tinkhec]]
| Flamme
| ''Flamme'' (German for "flame")
|}

==Playing style==
The "Dragonmaid" archetype revolves around swarming its low-Level members and using their on-summon effects to amass resources during the Main Phase 1, switching them out for their dragon forms during the Battle Phase, and then switching back into the humanoid forms afterwards. The archetype uses self-bouncing and Graveyard recursion as its main methods of gaining card advantage and triggering beneficial effects, has two Extra Deck Fusion boss monsters, and is backed up with many powerful Spells/Traps.
The low-Level humanoid forms of the "Dragonmaid" monsters each have two effects: 
# ''If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can [On-Summon Effect].''
# ''At the start of the Battle Phase: You can return this card to the hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 [high-Level] "Dragonmaid" monster from your hand or GY.''

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse"
! colspan = 3 | Low-Level Dragonmaids
|-
! Attribute
! Dragonmaid
! On-Summon Effect
|-
| [[File:DARK.svg|24px]] [[DARK]]
| [[Chamber Dragonmaid|Chamber]]
| Add 1 "Dragonmaid" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand.
|-
| [[File:WATER.svg|24px]] [[WATER]]
| [[Laundry Dragonmaid|Laundry]]
| Send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY.
|-
| [[File:EARTH.svg|24px]] [[EARTH]]
| [[Nurse Dragonmaid|Nurse]]
| Target 1 Level 4 or lower "Dragonmaid" monster in your GY, except "Nurse Dragonmaid"; Special Summon it.
|-
| [[File:WIND.svg|24px]] [[WIND]]
| [[Parlor Dragonmaid|Parlor]]
| Send 1 "Dragonmaid" card from your Deck to the GY, except "Parlor Dragonmaid".
|-
| [[File:FIRE.svg|24px]] [[FIRE]]
| [[Kitchen Dragonmaid|Kitchen]]
| Add 1 "Dragonmaid" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Kitchen Dragonmaid", then send 1 "Dragonmaid" monster from your hand to the GY.
|}

Within these cards, "Chamber" is the archetype's main Spell/Trap searcher. "Parlor" and "Kitchen" are situational card searchers that require setup for maximum effectiveness or otherwise can only send cards to the GY. "Nurse" is an advantage generator that can Special Summon additional "Dragonmaid" monsters (and trigger their effects), and is often summoned and triggered in the opponent's turn. Lastly, "Laundry" is a situational GY setup tool that can theoretically provide significant GY advantage, but at the cost of inconsistency.

Special Summoning a high-Level "Dragonmaid" monster from the GY with the low-Level "Dragonmaid" monsters' switching effect grants a +1 in card advantage, as they bounce themselves to the hand to do so.
The high-Level Dragonic forms of the "Dragonmaid" monsters each have three effects:
# ''Cannot be destroyed by card effects while you control a Fusion Monster.''
# ''You can discard this card, [Discard Effect]''
# ''At the end of the Battle Phase: You can return this card to the hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 [low-Level] "Dragonmaid" monster from your hand.''

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse"
! colspan = 3 | High-Level Dragonmaids
|-
! Attribute
! Dragonmaid
! Discard Effect
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|-
| [[File:DARK.svg|24px]] [[DARK]]
|
|
-->
|-
| [[File:WATER.svg|24px]] [[WATER]]
| [[Dragonmaid Nudyarl|Nudyarl]]
| Target 1 monster in either GY; shuffle it into the Deck.
|-
| [[File:EARTH.svg|24px]] [[EARTH]]
| [[Dragonmaid Ernus|Ernus]]
| (Quick Effect): Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Dragonmaid" monster from your hand.
|-
| [[File:WIND.svg|24px]] [[WIND]]
| [[Dragonmaid Lorpar|Lorpar]]
| Target 1 face-up monster on the field; players cannot activate that target's effects on the field this turn. 
|-
| [[File:FIRE.svg|24px]] [[FIRE]]
| [[Dragonmaid Tinkhec|Tinkhec]]
| (Quick Effect): Target 1 "Dragonmaid" monster you control; it gains 2000 ATK until the end of this turn.
|}

The Dragonic "Dragonmaid" monsters have high statlines, making them the deck's main battle monsters. They are functionally effectless on the field aside from their switching effect, so they also possess discard effects to provide some value in case they're stuck in the player's hand.

The switching effects of the "Dragonmaid" monsters are generally Level-restricted, meaning that not all of them can switch to all high-level or low-level "Dragonmaid" monsters. Specifically, the Level 2 monsters "Nurse" and "Laundry" can each switch with Level 7 "Nudyarl" or "Ernus", and the Level 3 monsters "Parlor" and "Kitchen" can each switch with the Level 8 monsters "Lorpar" or "Tinkhec". None of the aforementioned Level 7/8 monsters can switch into "Chamber", but it can switch into any of them.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse"
! colspan = 7 | Dragonmaid Switching Effects
|-
! rowspan = 2 | Attribute
! colspan = 3 | Humanoid
! colspan = 3 | Dragonic
|-
! Monster
! Level
! Target Level
! Monster
! Level
! Target Level
|-
| [[File:DARK.svg|24px]] [[DARK]]
| [[Chamber Dragonmaid|Chamber]]
| 4
| 7+<ref group="lower-alpha">"[[Chamber Dragonmaid|Chamber]]" can switch to all high-Level "Dragonmaid" monsters, including the Fusion Monsters.</ref>
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[File:WATER.svg|24px]] [[WATER]]
| [[Laundry Dragonmaid|Laundry]]
| rowspan = 2 | 2
| rowspan = 2 | 7
| [[Dragonmaid Nudyarl|Nudyarl]]
| rowspan = 2 | 7
| rowspan = 2 | 2
|-
| [[File:EARTH.svg|24px]] [[EARTH]]
| [[Nurse Dragonmaid|Nurse]]
| [[Dragonmaid Ernus|Ernus]]
|-
| [[File:WIND.svg|24px]] [[WIND]]
| [[Parlor Dragonmaid|Parlor]]
| rowspan = 2 | 3
| rowspan = 2 | 8
| [[Dragonmaid Lorpar|Lorpar]]
| rowspan = 2 | 8
| rowspan = 2 | 3
|-
| [[File:FIRE.svg|24px]] [[FIRE]]
| [[Kitchen Dragonmaid|Kitchen]]
| [[Dragonmaid Tinkhec|Tinkhec]]
|-
! colspan=7 | <references group="lower-alpha"/>
|}

The pair of "Dragonmaid" Fusion Monsters, "[[House Dragonmaid]]" and "[[Dragonmaid Sheou]]", are the deck's main boss monsters. They can easily be made using a pair of low-Level and/or high-Level "Dragonmaid" monsters, and both have two effects: a Special Summoning effect, and a disruptive effect.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse"
! colspan = 4 | House Dragonmaid & Dragonmaid Sheou
|-
! Dragonmaid
! Fusion Materials
! Effect 1
! Effect 2
|-
| [[House Dragonmaid|House]]
| 1 "Dragonmaid" + 1 Dragon
| (OPT) During each Standby Phase, you can target 1 other friendly "Dragonmaid", and Special Summon 1 "Dragonmaid" from hand or GY, whose Level is 1 higher or 1 lower than it.
| When another face-up friendly Dragon returns to hand, you can target 1 opposing monster and destroy it.
|-
| [[Dragonmaid Sheou|Sheou]]
| 1 "Dragonmaid" + 1 Level 5+ Dragon
| ([[HOPT]]) During each Standby Phase, you can Special Summon 1 Level 9 or lower "Dragonmaid" from hand or GY.
| ([[HOPT]]) When your opponent activates a card or effect, you can negate and destroy it, then return this card to the Extra Deck and Special Summon 1 "House Dragonmaid" from Extra Deck. 
|}

"Sheou" is usually the better target to be Fusion Summoned, as her effects are stronger, more flexible, and she can still turn into "House" if needed. In terms of supportive Spell/Traps, the most important Spells and Traps are "[[Dragonmaid Changeover]]", the archetype's Fusion Spell that can recover itself from GY as an immediate +1, "[[Dragonmaid Hospitality]]", which can Special Summon a "Dragonmaid" monster from hand or GY and then search out another "Dragonmaid" monster with the same Attribute (by milling it), and "[[Dragonmaid Tidying]]", a bounce disruption that also has a GY effect that can Special Summon "Dragonmaid" monsters from hand or GY.

{{Decklist|Recommended cards
<!--This is not an exact Decklist. Please do not add multiples or staples.-->
|effect monsters =
* [[Chamber Dragonmaid]]
* [[Dragonmaid Ernus]]
* [[Dragonmaid Tinkhec]]
* [[Dragonmaid Lorpar]]
* [[Dragonmaid Nudyarl]]
* [[Laundry Dragonmaid]]
* [[Nurse Dragonmaid]]
* [[Parlor Dragonmaid]]
* [[Kitchen Dragonmaid]]
* [[Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms]]
* [[Nowru Aries the Vernal Dragon]]
* [[Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon]]
* [[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]
|tuner monsters =
* [[Debris Dragon]]
* [[Rokket Synchron]]
* [[Dragunity Remus]]
|fusion monsters =
* [[House Dragonmaid]]
* [[Dragonmaid Sheou]]
* [[Five-Headed Dragon]]
* [[Borreload Furious Dragon]]
* [[Protostar Dragon of the Void]]
* [[Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment]]
* [[Darkfire Dragon]] (with "Ready Fusion")
|synchro monsters =
* [[Borreload Savage Dragon]]
* [[Coral Dragon]]
* [[Shooting Riser Dragon]]
* [[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]
|xyz monsters =
* [[Blaze, Supreme Ruler of Dragons]]
* [[Voloferniges, the Darkest Dragon Doomrider]]
* [[Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation]]
* [[Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy]]
* [[Number 97: Draglubion]]
* [[Number 100: Numeron Dragon]]
|link monsters =
* [[Dragunity Knight - Romulus]]
* [[Guardragon Elpy]] ''(Traditional Format only)''
* [[Guardragon Pisty]]
* [[Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres]]
|normal spells =
* [[Dragonmaid Changeover]]
* [[Dragonmaid Hospitality]]
* [[Approaching Machine]]
* [[Dragon Shrine]]
* [[Dragon's Mirror]]
* [[Return of the Dragon Lords]]
* [[Ready Fusion]]
|field spells =
* [[Dragon Ravine]]
|continuous spells = 
* [[Dragonmaid Welcome]]
* [[Ruins of the Divine Dragon Lords]]
* [[World Legacy Guardragon]]
* [[Pinpoint Landing]]
|quick-play spells =
* [[Dragonmaid Send-Off]]
* [[Super Rejuvenation]]
* [[Saga of the Dragon Emperor]]
* [[Sangen Kaimen]]
|normal traps =
* [[Dragonmaid Tidying]]
* [[Enhanced Metalmorph]]
* [[Guardragon Cataclysm]]
|continuous traps =
* [[Dragonmaid Downtime]]
* [[Floodgate]] cards
** [[Rivalry of Warlords]]
}}

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