Heraldic Beast

Heraldic Beast
"Heraldic Beast Berners Falcon" and "Heraldic Beast Aberconway" in the artwork of "Advanced Heraldry Art"
Japanese	紋（もん）章（しょう）獣（じゅう） 紋章獣 (base) もんしょうじゅう (ruby) Monshōjū (romanized)
French	Bête Héraldique
German	Wappenungeheuer
Italian	Bestia Araldica
Korean	문장수 紋章獸 (Hanja) Munjangsu (romanized)
Portuguese	Besta Heráldica
Spanish	Bestia Heráldica
Sets Abyss Rising Cosmo Blazer Legacy of the Valiant Ignition Assault TCG World Superstars OCG Extra Pack: Knights of Order Collectors Pack: ZEXAL Version
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
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"Heraldic Beast" (紋（もん）章（しょう）獣（じゅう） Monshōjū) is an archetype used by Vetrix in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. They are composed of Level 4 monsters based on the symbolic representations of countries known as Heraldry Charges: With the exception of "Heraldic Beast Unicorn", all monsters of this archetype are either WIND or EARTH monsters.

Heraldic Beast	Origin
Aberconway	Baron Aberconway / Dragon
Amphisbaena	Amphisbaena
Basilisk	Basilisk
Berners Falcon	Juliana Berners / Falcon
Eale	Yale
Leo	Lion
Twin-Headed Eagle	Double-headed eagle
Unicorn	Unicorn

Playing style

The archetype is focused around swarm and banish tactics, primarily through cards such as "Heraldic Beast Eale" and "Heraldic Beast Unicorn". They also have a number of cards to maintain a hand advantage such as "Heraldic Beast Leo" and "Heraldic Beast Aberconway". They also feature support for Psychic Xyz Monsters. The Deck relies on putting "Heraldic Beast" monsters in the Graveyard, either to activate their effect (in the case of "Heraldic Beast Leo") or to use their effects later (in the cases of "Heraldic Beast Unicorn" and "Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle"). Due to the entire archetype being made up of Level 4 monsters, they heavily rely on Xyz Summoning Rank 4 Monster Cards, and this is supported through "Advanced Heraldry Art" and "Heraldry Reborn". Of particular note is the importance of "Heraldic Beast Leo". Due to its ability to search other "Heraldic Beast" monsters out, it is key to Summon it quickly with cards like "Summoner Monk" and "Goblindbergh" or swarming the field with cards like "Photon Thrasher" and "Kagetokage". Although this Deck relies heavily on the Graveyard, using "Lightsworn" cards is usually not recommended, due to the fact that its indiscriminate milling can backfire if "Advanced Heraldry Art" and "Heraldry Reborn" are milled. "Number 18: Heraldry Patriarch" works as the Deck's floater, letting you send your "Heraldic Beast" monsters directly from your Deck to your Graveyard as soon as it is sent to the Graveyard. After its Xyz Summoned for the first time, "Heraldic Beast Unicorn" can Special Summon it back from your Graveyard, letting you re-use its effect and even be used for field presence. It also lets the Deck use "Mind Over Matter", which can hinder your opponent's moves while loading your Graveyard with more "Heraldic Beast" monsters. Additionally, since it doesn't specify the place it needs to be before being sent to the Graveyard, you can use its effect even when its Summon is negated (although this will block it from being Summoned by "Unicorn") and even when detached as an Xyz Material, as when its used with a "Rank-Up-Magic" card.

Recommended cards

Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Heraldic Beast Aberconway Heraldic Beast Amphisbaena Heraldic Beast Eale Heraldic Beast Leo Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle Heraldic Beast Unicorn Photon Thrasher Time Thief Bezel Ship Time Thief Winder Astraltopia Astral Kuriboh Spell Cards Normal Spells Advanced Heraldry Art Charged-Up Heraldry Heraldry Reborn Foolish Burial Generation Force Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force Reinforcement of the Army Sacrifice Level-Up Field Spells Augmented Heraldry Trap Cards Normal Traps The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine Xyz Reborn Counter Traps Xyz Block Numbers Protection Continuous Traps Resurgam Xyz Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage Number 18: Heraldry Patriarch Number 69: Heraldry Crest Number C69: Heraldry Crest of Horror Ice Beast Zerofyne Lightning Chidori Number 106: Giant Hand Number C106: Giant Red Hand Number 39: Utopia Number 39: Utopia Rising Number S39: Utopia the Lightning Time Thief Redoer Bujinki Amaterasu Drill Driver Vespenato Cyber Dragon Nova (with "Sacrifice Level-Up") Cyber Dragon Infinity Link Monsters Gravity Controller Infinitrack Fortress Megaclops Bujinki Ahashima

Weaknesses

Since this Deck relies on accumulating materials in your Graveyard, "The End of Anubis", "Macro Cosmos" and "Dimensional Fissure" can force this Deck to a screeching halt. "Thunder King Rai-Oh" and "Prohibition" can also be dangerous, since both of them can stop the effects of "Heraldic Beast Leo". Individually, all the "Heraldic Beasts" except "Leo" and "Aberconway" have below-average ATK, and they cannot survive for long if they cannot be used for an Xyz Summon at all. Anti-Special Summon cards (such as "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" and "Vanity's Fiend") and anti-Spell Cards (such as "Naturia Beast", and "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8") can deadlock this Deck effectively. Mirror matches between "Heraldic Beasts" can also be quite hazardous, since this Deck's reliance on Xyz Summoning can conflict with this Deck's own ace monster, "Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage" (which can be disastrous for any Xyz Monsters). Also, due to this Deck's focus on anti-Xyz tactics, it may have trouble against Synchro Summon-oriented Decks, because cards such as "Genom-Heritage" and "Heraldry Crest" are fairly useless against them, with their relatively low ATK and exclusively anti-Xyz effects.