Editing Kashtira

{{Infobox archseries
| cut_from_names = yes
| image          = KashtiraPreparations-MADU-EN-VG-artwork.png
| caption        = "[[Kashtira Unicorn]]", "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]" (behind "Unicorn"), and "[[Tearlaments Reinoheart]]" (inside the canister) in the artwork of "[[Kashtira Preparations]]"
| ja_name        = クシャトリラ
| romaji         = Kushatorira
| trans          = Kshatrira
| fr_name        = Kashtira
| de_name        = Kashtira
| it_name        = Kashtira
| ko_name        = 크샤트리라
| ko_romanized   = Keusyateurira
| pt_name        = Kashtira
| es_name        = Kashtira
| sets           = 
* [[Darkwing Blast]]
* [[Photon Hypernova]]
* [[Cyberstorm Access]]
| tcg            = 
* [[OTS Tournament Pack 21]]
* [[25th Anniversary Rarity Collection II]]
| ocg            = 
* [[Darkwing Blast +1 Bonus Pack]]
* [[Photon Hypernova +1 Bonus Pack]]
}}

"'''Kashtira'''", known as "'''Kshatrira'''" (クシャトリラ ''Kushatorira'') in the ''[[OCG]]'', is an [[archetype]] of primarily [[Level]]/[[Rank]] 7 [[Psychic]] monsters introduced in ''[[Darkwing Blast]]''.

== Lore ==
{{Main|The Valuable Book EX 3 card storylines#No. 02: The New Broken Worlds|The Valuable Book EX 4 card storylines#No. 01: Sharv Sarga}}

==Etymology==
"Kshatrira" appears to be a portmanteau of [[wikipedia:Kshatriya|Kshatriya]] and ''ira'' (Latin for "anger"). The 3 Main Deck members introduced in "Darkwing Blast" are named after mythological creatures. Their names combine to form "UFO" ('''U'''nicorn, '''F'''enrir, and '''O'''gre).

==Design==
All members (and their structures, as depicted in "[[Kashtira Birth]]" and "[[Pressured Planet Wraitsoth]]") were depicted in a futuristic Japanese dystopian style. All "Kashtira" monsters have a primarily red and black color scheme, with purple accents on the Main Deck monsters. All "Kashtira" monsters are depicted as bio-mechanical beings with several parts of their body either grafted or replaced with cybernetic parts.

The exceptions to these designs are "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]", who appears to wear a Japanese-style armor and has a similar "galactic arm" as "[[Visas Starfrost]]", and "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]", which is essentially "[[Pressured Planet Wraitsoth]]" (the home world of "Kashtira" monsters) summoned as a monster itself.

Their own art, as well as related Spells and Traps, depict them as alien invaders onto "[[Primitive Planet Reichphobia]]" and later "[[Primeval Planet Perlereino]]", taking resources and abducting their inhabitants away in canisters (manifested in gameplay as banishing face-down).

==Playing style==
"Kashtira" is an archetype focused around primarily [[Level]] 7 [[Psychic]] monsters and [[Banish|banishing]] cards face-down. Most members of the archetype, excluding "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]", are Level 7 monsters able to [[Special Summon]] themselves if the player controls no monsters or by some other condition, such as with "[[Scareclaw Kashtira]]" and "[[Tearlaments Kashtira]]", are able to search cards while on the field, and can banish their opponent's cards (from various different locations) if they attack or if the opponent activates a monster effect.

The "U.F.O" Level 7 "Kashtira" monsters ("[[Kashtira Unicorn]]", "[[Kashtira Fenrir]]", and "[[Kashtira Ogre]]") are the key playmakers of the deck. Each of the "U.F.O" trio can be Special Summoned if you have no monsters on your field; each has an effect to search a "Kashtira" monster, spell, or trap card; and each has an effect to banish an opponent's card face-down from various places whenever they attack, or when any of the opponent's monsters activate their effects.

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|+ {{nowrap|U.F.O Kashtira}}
! Monster
! Search
! Banish
! Note
|-
|[[Kashtira Unicorn|Unicorn]]
|"Kashtira" [[Spell card]]
|1 card from the opponent's [[Extra Deck]].
|Can search either "[[Kashtiratheosis]]" to summon another "Kashtira" monster for more search effects, or "[[Kashtira Birth]]" to utilize other "Kashtira" monsters in your hand or that are [[Banish|banished]]. Its banish effect is useful for eliminating potentially dangerous cards from the opponent's [[Extra Deck]].
|-
| [[Kashtira Fenrir|Fenrir]]
|"Kashtira" [[Monster card]]
|1 [[Face-up|face-up]] card on the opponent's [[Field]].
|Can search "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]", which can be immediately Special Summoned by its own effect and activate its Level change effect. Its banish effect can be used as a form of removal when going second or as an interruption during the opponent's turn.
|-
| [[Kashtira Ogre|Ogre]]
|"Kashtira" [[Trap card]]
|1 of up to 5 card(s) [[Excavate|excavated]] from the opponent's top [[Deck]].
|Can search either "[[Kashtira Preparations]]" to set up grind game, or "[[Kashtira Big Bang]]" as a removal option. Its banish effect allows the player to foresee any card that the opponent might draw in the next turn (provided that the opponent doesn't use any effect that has them [[Shuffle|shuffling]] their deck before their [[Draw Phase]]) and eliminate the one that might counter your game plans.
|}

This banish play style is further emphasized through their original boss monster "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]", a Rank 7 [[Xyz Monster]] with 0 ATK that can Special Summon more "Kashtira" monsters to the field for each [[Standby Phase]] and lockdown unused [[Main Monster Zone]]s as well as [[Spell & Trap Zone]]s each time an opponent's card in their possession is banished face-down.

In ''[[Photon Hypernova]]'', the deck's swarming capability is enhanced with the introduction of "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]", a Level 4 [[FIRE]] [[Warrior]] monster that can special summon itself if you have a "Kashtira" monster on your field at a cost of locking you into Xyz summon that turn. "Riseheart" can banish a "Kashtira" card from your Deck to banish the top 3 cards of the opponent's Deck, face-down, and become Level 7 itself for use in [[Xyz Summon]]s and set up the banish zone in the progress.

In addition, two "hybrid" extenders based on a "captured" members of the [[Broken World]] storyline were introduced; "[[Scareclaw Kashtira]]" and "[[Tearlaments Kashtira]]". Both has an effect to special summon themselves by banishing one "Kashtira" card or a card from their respective archetypes from player's hand or GY, and has a unique effect in reference to their "original" forms and were thus compatible with their original archetypes, allowing "Kashtira" Decks to be played in combination with "[[Scareclaw]]" and "[[Tearlaments]]" using these cards as a "bridge" to link them together.

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|+ {{nowrap|Hybrid Kashtira}}
! Monster
! Based on
! Unique effects
! Note
|-
|[[Scareclaw Kashtira]]
|[[Scareclaw Tri-Heart]]
|
* Can [[Defense Position attacker|attack in defense position]] using its [[DEF]].
* [[Negate]] any effect(s) of monster(s) that were selected as an attack target by "Kashtira" monster until the [[End Phase]].
|Versatile extender that can either "unbrick" your hand in case you opened with multiple "U.F.O Kashtiras" or set them up for special summon in the banish zone using either "[[Kashtira Birth]]" or "[[Kashtira Preparations]]". Its unique battle-related effects allows it to attack after being summoned with "[[Kashtiratheosis]]", as well as providing non-target effect [[negate]] whenever it or other "Kashtira" monster attacks, thus countering any battle-related monster effects or targeting protection in the process.
|-
|[[Tearlaments Kashtira]]
|[[Tearlaments Kitkallos]]
|
* Can send 3 cards on top of either player's [[Deck]] to the [[Graveyard]] when summoned.
* It it was sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can send 2 cards on top of your deck to GY.
|Aside from its summoning condition, its milling effect has little to no synergy with "Kashtira" game plans, as "Kashtira" decks can search, dump, and banish their cards with good consistency without using random mill. This effect is, however, more useful in "[[Tearlaments]]" Deck, of which it can be used as a bridge for both theme's playstyle.
|}

The main offensive boss monster of "Kashtira" is "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]", a 3000 ATK monster able to be quickly Xyz Summoned once per turn using any 1 "Kashtira" monster on the field the same turn that "Shangri-Ira" used its effect and able to force any cards send to the GY to be banished instead, as well as granting itself more materials to use 3 materials and banish any card on the field, face-down.

"Kashtira" Spell/Trap cards focus on summoning/recovering additional "Kashtira" monsters, and either banishing opponents' cards if the opponent activates a card of the same type, or activating an effect when they're banished themselves. When properly set up, "Kashtira" Spell/Trap provides an excellent resource recovery capabilities as well as a bonus interruption.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; text-align: left" 
|+ {{nowrap|Kashtira Spells & Traps}}
! Kashtira
! Type
! Effects
! Note
|-
|[[Pressured Planet Wraitsoth]]
|[[Field Spell]]
|
* When activated, add 1 "Kashtira" monster from your Deck.
* All monsters you control gain 100 ATK/DEF for each different [[Attribute]] on the field.
* If "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]" has activated its effect; [[target]] 1 card on either field and destroy it.
|Non-archetypical Field Spell and the main searcher of the theme. Provides additional utility and removal option while on the field.
|-
|[[Kashtira Birth|Birth]]
|[[Continuous Spell]]
|
* Allows the [[Normal Summon]] of one [[Level 7 Monster Cards|Level 7 monsters]] per turn without [[Tribute]]s.
* During the [[Main Phase]]; you can special summon 1 non-[[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] "Kashtira" in your [[Graveyard]] or [[Banish]]ment.
* While you control a "Kashtira" monster and your opponent [[activate]] a [[Spell Card]]; banish 3 cards from opponent's GY [[face-down]].
|Main "Kashtira" monster recovery tool and a generic support for Level 7 monsters, with an additional anti-GY bonus effect.
|-
|[[Kashtiratheosis|Theosis]]
|[[Normal Spell]]
|
* Target 1 "Kashtira" monster on your field; special summon 1 "Kashtira" monster of different [[Attribute]] from your Deck in [[Defense Position]], but you cannot summon non-Xyz monsters from the [[Extra Deck]] after it resolves.
* When it is banished; add 1 "Kashtira" card from Banishment to your hand.
|Extender that is easily searchable through "[[Kashtira Unicorn]]" for consistency boosts and more swarming capabilities. The banish effect is useful for recovering other "Kashtira" Spell/Trap in your Banishment, of which it can do so multiple times by attaching it to "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]".
|-
|[[Kashtira Akstra|Akstra]]
|rowspan = 2|[[Quick-Play Spell]]
|
* If a "Kashtira" Xyz monster is [[destroy]]ed; banish 1 "[[Visas Starfrost]]" from your hand, Deck, or your [[Monster Zone]], then special summon 1 "[[Vicious Astraloud]]" from your [[Extra Deck]], [[ignoring the Summoning conditions]].
* When it is banished; add 1 "Visas Starfrost" in your Banishment to your hand.
|Highly situational card that requires using "[[Visas Starfrost]]" as a largely unusable [[garnet]], and thus not useful for "Kashtira" game plans.
|-
|[[Kashtira Overlap|Overlap]]
|
* Target 1 monster on either field; banish 1 monster with [[1500 ATK Monster Cards|1500 ATK]]/[[2100 DEF Monster Cards|2100 DEF]] from either field from your hand, GY, or [[face-up]] on either field. Then the target gains 1500 ATK.
* If it is banished while a "Kashtira" monster is on your field; target 1 [[Effect Monster]] your opponent controls and [[negate]] its effect until the End Phase.
|Situational ATK booster that is only usable within the theme by banishing "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]". While not often used, it is primarily utilized for its negation effect that can be triggered by banishing it with "Riseheart" or the "Hybrid Kashtira".
|-
|[[Kashtira Preparations|Preparations]]
|[[Continuous Trap]]
|
* During either player's turn, you can special summon 1 "Kastira" monster from your hand or in your Banishment.
* If the opponent has activated a [[Trap Card]] while this card and a "Kashtira" monster is already face-up on the field; look at your opponent's hand and banish 1 of their card face-down.
|Secondary resource recovery tool, being capable of summoning "Arise-Heart" or "Shangri-Ira" in your Banishment back to the field, as well as punishing the opponent from using Trap Cards.
|-
|[[Kashtira Big Bang|Big Bang]]
|[[Normal Trap]]
|
* If a "Kashtira" monster is on the field and either player [[control]]s two or more monsters; they must banish these monster(s) face-down until they have only one monster.
* If banished; target 1 "Kashtira" Xyz monster, add 1 "Kashtira" monster [[Attaches as Xyz Material|attached to it]] to your hand, then you can special summon it.
|An "[[Evenly Matched]]"-like mass removal. Though it is usually played as a [[garnet]] to be banished with the effect of "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]" to summon the material from "Shangri-Ira".
|}

While "Kashtira" decks were usually played as a lockdown deck to prevent the opponent from summoning any monsters and/or using any Spell/Trap cards, the ability to quickly summon various Level 7 monsters — usually without [[Normal Summon]] — also allows the deck to either form the core of the "7-Axis" strategy to exploit various generic [[Rank 7 Monster Cards|Rank 7 monsters]], or to further utilize various [[Tuner monster]] [[Hand trap|hand traps]] such as "[[Effect Veiler]]" or the [[Yo-kai Girl]] series to summon Level 8 or 10 [[Synchro Monster]]s. This is especially apparent after the [[forbidden|ban]] of "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]" and "[[Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker]]" in the ''[[TCG]]'' in late 2023 (due to these monsters were primarily used to facilitate lockdown), which resulted in the Deck being repurposed as a blind going second control/midrange strategy, of which it also managed to found competitive success like the "zone lock" variant.

Externally, due to the aforementioned non-reliance on Normal Summon, "Kashtira" decks also synergize well with the [[Adventurer]] series, as "Kashtira" monsters can easily trigger the basic search effects of "[[Fateful Adventure]]". In addition, the two key interruptions of the series, "[[Wandering Gryphon Rider]]" and "[[Illegal Knight]]" are Level 7 monsters that can be either Special Summoned first by their own effects (which can be chained together to summon both at once) as a generic starter, as an additional extender/interruption while "[[Adventurer Token]]" is on the field, or as extra materials summoned through the effect of "Kashtira Birth".

===Recommended cards===
{{Decklist|Recommended cards
<!--This is not an exact Decklist. Please do not add multiples or staples.-->
|effect monsters =
* [[Kashtira Fenrir]]
* [[Kashtira Ogre]]
* [[Kashtira Riseheart]]
* [[Kashtira Unicorn]]
* [[Scareclaw Kashtira]]
* [[Tearlaments Kashtira]]
* [[Astral Kuriboh]]
* [[Chaos Hunter]] ''(especially potent in [[Mirror Match]])''
* [[Charging Gaia the Fierce Knight]]
* [[Danger!? Jackalope?]]
* [[Danger! Nessie!]]
* [[Danger! Dogman!]]
* [[Diabellstar the Black Witch]] ''(with "[[Sinful Spoils]]" cards)''
* [[Diabellze of the Original Sin]]
* [[Dinowrestler Pankratops]]
* [[Eater of Millions]]
* [[Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay]]
* [[Fog King]]
* [[Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast]]
* [[Heavenly Zephyr - Miradora]]
* [[Kumongous, the Sticky String Kaiju]]
* [[Labyrinth Heavy Tank]]
* [[Planet Pathfinder]]
* [[Psi-Beast]]
* [[Psychic Processor]]
* [[Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju]]
* [[Segmental Dragon]]
* [[The Ascended of Thunder]]
|tuner monsters =
* [[Visas Starfrost]]
|fusion monsters =
* [[Vicious Astraloud]] ''(if using "[[Visas Starfrost]]")''
* [[Elemental HERO Aqua Neos]] ''(or any other Level 7 "[[Elemental HERO]]" Fusion with "[[Instant Contact]]")''
|synchro monsters=
* [[Ultimaya Tzolkin]]
** [[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]
* Level 8 Synchro Monsters ''(with "[[Effect Veiler]]")
* Level 10 Synchro Monsters ''(with various [[Yo-kai Girl]] cards)''
|xyz monsters =
* [[Kashtira Arise-Heart]] ''(OCG and Traditional Format)''
* [[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]
* Rank 7 Xyz Monsters
** [[Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation]]
** [[Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker]] ''(OCG and Traditional Format)''
* [[Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy]] ''(with "Sacrifice Level-Up")''
* [[Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus]]/[[Number 106: Giant Hand]] ''(with "Seventh Tachyon")''
* [[Number F0: Utopic Future]]
** [[Number F0: Utopic Draco Future]]
|link monsters =
* [[Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos]]
* [[Infinitrack Goliath]] ''(banished face-down by any means, to be attached to "Arise-Heart")''
|normal spells =
* [[Kashtiratheosis]]
* [[Gold Sarcophagus]]
* [[Instant Contact]]
* [[Interrupted Kaiju Slumber]] ''(with Level 7 "[[Kaiju]]" monsters)''
* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
* [[Rite of Aramesir]] ''(with [[Adventurer Token]] cards)''
* [[Sacred Sword of Seven Stars]]
* [[Sacrifice Level-Up]]
* [[Seventh Tachyon]]
* [[Spell Card: "Soul Exchange"]]
* [[Terraforming]]
|equip spells =
* [["Infernoble Arms - Durendal"]]
|field spells =
* [[Pressured Planet Wraitsoth]]
|continuous spells = 
* [[Kashtira Birth]]
|quick-play spells =
* [[Kashtira Akstra]]
* [[Kashtira Overlap]]
* [[Additional Mirror Level 7]]
* [[Emergency Teleport]] ''(with "[[P.U.N.K.]]" [[Tuner monster]], "[[Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit]]", or "Psychic Processor")''
|normal traps =
* [[Kashtira Big Bang]]
* [[Storm Dragon's Return]]
|continuous traps =
* [[Kashtira Preparations]]
}}

===Weakness===
* "Kashtira" deck relies heavily on [[Banish|banishing]] cards to make their plays. Because of this, anti-banish floodgate such as "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" and "[[Chaos Hunter]]" can disable most of the main plays. "Chaos Hunter" in particular is especially dangerous in a [[Mirror Match]] due to its floodgate effect are one-sided and can also be easily summoned by the opponent's "Kashtira" cards.
* As the "Kashtira" deck can special summon multiple times per turn "[[Nibiru, the Primal Being]]" is a great threat to the deck, as it can remove all of the "Kashtira" monsters on the field, since none of them has protection against "Nibiru"'s effect. Conversely, cards that prevent special summoning, such as "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]" can also shut down any "Kashtira" game plans.
* In a dedicated zone lock strategy, any non-destruction removal effect or cards that can force the opponent's monster [[Face-down|face-down]], such as that of "[[Book of Moon]]" or "[[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]" can easily take care of "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]". Similarly, "[[Kaiju]]" and similar monsters can also remove "Shangri-Ira" from the field and bypass its protection effect.
* In the "pure" version of the deck, "Kashtira" monsters requires either having no monsters on your field (in the case of the three main Level 7 monsters) or already having "Kashtira" monster on the field (in the case of "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]"), cards that can be summoned onto the opponent's field before they could summon any "Kashtira" monsters, such as "[[Mushroom Man 2]]", can prevent them from summoning anything unless player already have "[[Kashtira Birth]]" on the hand.
** In addition, if you opened your hand with the multiple "U.F.O Kashtira", this would often results into them being a dead card in your hand if you don't have "Kashtira Birth" or "[[Kashtira Preparations]]" on the field.
* Since the deck consists of monsters of multiple [[Attribute]]s, "[[Gozen Match]]" can also shut down a "Kashtira" deck from summoning more monsters.

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 ==Etymology==
-"Kshatrira" appears to be a portmanteau of [[wikipedia:Kshatriya|Kshatriya]] and ''ira'' (Latin for "anger"). The 3 Main Deck members introduced in "Darkwing Blast" are named after mythological creatures. Their names combine to form "UFO" ('''U'''nicorn, '''F'''enrir, and '''O'''gre), in reference for their role as an extraterrestrial invaders within the Visas storyline.
+"Kshatrira" appears to be a portmanteau of [[wikipedia:Kshatriya|Kshatriya]] and ''ira'' (Latin for "anger"). The 3 Main Deck members introduced in "Darkwing Blast" are named after mythological creatures. Their names combine to form "UFO" ('''U'''nicorn, '''F'''enrir, and '''O'''gre).
 ==Design==
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 |[[Continuous Spell]]
 |
-* Allows the [[Normal Summon]] of [[Level 7 Monster Cards|Level 7 monsters]] without [[Tribute]]s.
+* Allows the [[Normal Summon]] of one [[Level 7 Monster Cards|Level 7 monsters]] per turn without [[Tribute]]s.
 * During the [[Main Phase]]; you can special summon 1 non-[[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] "Kashtira" in your [[Graveyard]] or [[Banish]]ment.
 * While you control a "Kashtira" monster and your opponent [[activate]] a [[Spell Card]]; banish 3 cards from opponent's GY [[face-down]].
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 * Target 1 "Kashtira" monster on your field; special summon 1 "Kashtira" monster of different [[Attribute]] from your Deck in [[Defense Position]], but you cannot summon non-Xyz monsters from the [[Extra Deck]] after it resolves.
 * When it is banished; add 1 "Kashtira" card from Banishment to your hand.
-|Extender that is easily searchable through "[[Kashtira Unicorn]]" for consistency boost and more swarming capabilities. The banish effect is useful for recovering other "Kashtira" cards (especially Spell/Trap) in your Banishment, of which it can do so multiple times by attaching it to "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]".
+|Extender that is easily searchable through "[[Kashtira Unicorn]]" for consistency boosts and more swarming capabilities. The banish effect is useful for recovering other "Kashtira" Spell/Trap in your Banishment, of which it can do so multiple times by attaching it to "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]".
 |-
 |[[Kashtira Akstra|Akstra]]
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 * Target 1 monster on either field; banish 1 monster with [[1500 ATK Monster Cards|1500 ATK]]/[[2100 DEF Monster Cards|2100 DEF]] from either field from your hand, GY, or [[face-up]] on either field. Then the target gains 1500 ATK.
 * If it is banished while a "Kashtira" monster is on your field; target 1 [[Effect Monster]] your opponent controls and [[negate]] its effect until the End Phase.
-|Situational ATK booster that is only usable within the theme by banishing "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]". While not often used, it is primarily utilized for its negation effect that can be triggered by banishing it with "Riseheart" or the "Hybrid Kashtira", or attach/detach with "Arise-Heart".
+|Situational ATK booster that is only usable within the theme by banishing "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]". While not often used, it is primarily utilized for its negation effect that can be triggered by banishing it with "Riseheart" or the "Hybrid Kashtira".
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 |[[Kashtira Preparations|Preparations]]
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-While "Kashtira" decks were usually played as a lockdown deck to prevent the opponent from summoning any monsters and/or using any Spell/Trap cards, the ability to quickly Summon various Level 7 monsters — usually without [[Normal Summon]] — also allows the deck to either form the core of the "7-Axis" strategy to exploit various generic [[Rank 7 Monster Cards|Rank 7 monsters]], or to further utilize various [[Tuner monster]] [[Hand trap|hand traps]] such as "[[Effect Veiler]]" or the [[Yo-kai Girl]] series to summon Level 8 or 10 [[Synchro Monster]]s. This is especially apparent after the [[forbidden|ban]] of "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]" and "[[Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker]]" in the ''[[TCG]]'' in late 2023 (due to these monsters were primarily used to facilitate lockdown), which resulted in the Deck being repurposed as a blind going second control/midrange strategy, of which it also managed to found competitive success like the "zone lock" variant.
+While "Kashtira" decks were usually played as a lockdown deck to prevent the opponent from summoning any monsters and/or using any Spell/Trap cards, the ability to quickly summon various Level 7 monsters — usually without [[Normal Summon]] — also allows the deck to either form the core of the "7-Axis" strategy to exploit various generic [[Rank 7 Monster Cards|Rank 7 monsters]], or to further utilize various [[Tuner monster]] [[Hand trap|hand traps]] such as "[[Effect Veiler]]" or the [[Yo-kai Girl]] series to summon Level 8 or 10 [[Synchro Monster]]s. This is especially apparent after the [[forbidden|ban]] of "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]" and "[[Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker]]" in the ''[[TCG]]'' in late 2023 (due to these monsters were primarily used to facilitate lockdown), which resulted in the Deck being repurposed as a blind going second control/midrange strategy, of which it also managed to found competitive success like the "zone lock" variant.
 Externally, due to the aforementioned non-reliance on Normal Summon, "Kashtira" decks also synergize well with the [[Adventurer]] series, as "Kashtira" monsters can easily trigger the basic search effects of "[[Fateful Adventure]]". In addition, the two key interruptions of the series, "[[Wandering Gryphon Rider]]" and "[[Illegal Knight]]" are Level 7 monsters that can be either Special Summoned first by their own effects (which can be chained together to summon both at once) as a generic starter, as an additional extender/interruption while "[[Adventurer Token]]" is on the field, or as extra materials summoned through the effect of "Kashtira Birth".
-=== Sample combos ===
-{{Combo steps
-| width   = 800px
-| opening = "[[Kashtira Unicorn]]" and no monsters on your field
-| end     = "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]" (with one [[Main Monster Zone]] or [[Spell & Trap Zone]] unusable) + "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]" ( + "[[Kashtira Fenrir]]" or "Kashtira Unicorn")
-| steps   =
-# Special Summon "Kashtira Unicorn" from the hand.
-# Activate the effect of "Unicorn" to add "[[Kashtiratheosis]]".
-# Activate "Kashtiratheosis" by targeting "Unicorn" to Special Summon "Kashtira Fenrir" from the Deck.
-# Activate the effect of "Fenrir" to add "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]".
-# Use "Fenrir" and "Unicorn" as [[Xyz Material]]s to [[Xyz Summon]] "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]". Order-wise, this step is interchangeable with the following step.
-# Activate the effect of "Riseheart" to Special Summon itself from the hand. Order-wise, this step is interchangeable with the previous step.
-# Activate the effect of "Riseheart" by banishing "[[Kashtira Big Bang]]", banishing the top 3 cards from your opponent's Deck face-down.
-# Activate the effects of "Shangri-Ira" and the banished "Big Bang" by targeting "Shangri-Ira" in a Chain; for the latter, add either "Fenrir" or "Unicorn" that is a material of "Shangri-Ira" to the hand then Special Summon it to the field.
-# Xyz Summon "[[Kashtira Arise-Heart]]" by using "Riseheart" as the sole material. Alternatively, "Riseheart" and the other "Kashtira" monster can be used to Xyz Summon another "Kashtira Shangi-Ira", then that newly Summoned "Shangri-Ira" can be used as the sole material to Xyz Summon "Arise-Heart" with 3 materials, enabling its Quick Effect to be activated as soon as it is Summoned (as opposed to the other method which leaves "Arise-Heart" with only 1 material).
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 ===Recommended cards===
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 <!--This is not an exact Decklist. Please do not add multiples or staples.-->
 |effect monsters =
-* [[Kashtira Fenrir]] ''(TCG)''
+* [[Kashtira Fenrir]]
 * [[Kashtira Ogre]]
 * [[Kashtira Riseheart]]
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 * [[Danger! Dogman!]]
 * [[Diabellstar the Black Witch]] ''(with "[[Sinful Spoils]]" cards)''
-* [[Diabellze the Original Sinkeeper]]
+* [[Diabellze of the Original Sin]]
-* [[Dimension Shifter]]
 * [[Dinowrestler Pankratops]]
 * [[Eater of Millions]]
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 * [[Kumongous, the Sticky String Kaiju]]
 * [[Labyrinth Heavy Tank]]
-* [[Mecha Phantom Beast Tetherwolf]]
 * [[Planet Pathfinder]]
 * [[Psi-Beast]]
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 * [[Elemental HERO Aqua Neos]] ''(or any other Level 7 "[[Elemental HERO]]" Fusion with "[[Instant Contact]]")''
 |synchro monsters=
+* [[Ultimaya Tzolkin]]
+** [[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]
 * Level 8 Synchro Monsters ''(with "[[Effect Veiler]]")
 * Level 10 Synchro Monsters ''(with various [[Yo-kai Girl]] cards)''
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 * Rank 7 Xyz Monsters
 ** [[Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation]]
-** [[Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack]]
 ** [[Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker]] ''(OCG and Traditional Format)''
 * [[Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy]] ''(with "Sacrifice Level-Up")''
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 |link monsters =
 * [[Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos]]
-* ''Link monsters that can be summoned using "[[Mecha Phantom Beast Token]]" from "[[Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack]]":''
+* [[Infinitrack Goliath]] ''(banished face-down by any means, to be attached to "Arise-Heart")''
-** [[Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss]]
-** [[Decode Talker Heatsoul]]
-*** [[G Golem Crystal Heart]] / [[I:P Masquerena]]
-*** [[Link Spider]]
-* [[Infinitrack Goliath]] ''(banished via "[[Pot of Prosperity]]", to be attached to "Arise-Heart")''
 |normal spells =
 * [[Kashtiratheosis]]
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 ===Weakness===
-* "Kashtira" deck relies heavily on [[banish]]ing cards to make their plays. Because of this, anti-banish floodgate such as "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" and "[[Chaos Hunter]]" can disable most of the main plays. "Chaos Hunter" in particular is especially dangerous in a [[Mirror Match]] due to its floodgate effect are one-sided and can also be easily summoned by the opponent's "Kashtira" cards.
+* "Kashtira" deck relies heavily on [[Banish|banishing]] cards to make their plays. Because of this, anti-banish floodgate such as "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" and "[[Chaos Hunter]]" can disable most of the main plays. "Chaos Hunter" in particular is especially dangerous in a [[Mirror Match]] due to its floodgate effect are one-sided and can also be easily summoned by the opponent's "Kashtira" cards.
+* As the "Kashtira" deck can special summon multiple times per turn "[[Nibiru, the Primal Being]]" is a great threat to the deck, as it can remove all of the "Kashtira" monsters on the field, since none of them has protection against "Nibiru"'s effect. Conversely, cards that prevent special summoning, such as "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]" can also shut down any "Kashtira" game plans.
-* As the "Kashtira" deck can Special Summon multiple times per turn "[[Nibiru, the Primal Being]]" is a great threat to the deck, as it can remove all of the "Kashtira" monsters on the field, since none of them has protection against "Nibiru"'s effect nor can they negate "Nibiru"'s effect. In such cases, if the "Kashtira" Deck's user suspects the opponent has "Nibiru", they will most likely only end on a single "Arise-Heart" without Summoning "Shangri-Ira" (which can be done with 4 Normal or Special Summons). Conversely, cards that prevent Special Summoning, such as "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]" can also shut down any "Kashtira" game plans.
+* In a dedicated zone lock strategy, any non-destruction removal effect or cards that can force the opponent's monster [[Face-down|face-down]], such as that of "[[Book of Moon]]" or "[[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]" can easily take care of "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]". Similarly, "[[Kaiju]]" and similar monsters can also remove "Shangri-Ira" from the field and bypass its protection effect.
+* In the "pure" version of the deck, "Kashtira" monsters requires either having no monsters on your field (in the case of the three main Level 7 monsters) or already having "Kashtira" monster on the field (in the case of "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]"), cards that can be summoned onto the opponent's field before they could summon any "Kashtira" monsters, such as "[[Mushroom Man 2]]", can prevent them from summoning anything unless player already have "[[Kashtira Birth]]" on the hand.
-* In a dedicated zone lock strategy, any non-destruction removal effect or cards that can force the opponent's monster [[face-down]], such as that of "[[Book of Moon]]", "[[Book of Eclipse]]" or "[[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]" can easily take care of "[[Kashtira Shangri-Ira]]". Similarly, "[[Kaiju]]" and similar monsters can also remove "Shangri-Ira" from the field and bypass its protection effect.
-* In the "pure" version of the deck, "Kashtira" monsters requires either having no monsters on your field (in the case of the three main U.F.O monsters) or already having a "Kashtira" monster on the field (in the case of "[[Kashtira Riseheart]]"), cards that can be Summoned or placed onto the opponent's field before they could Summon any "Kashtira" monsters, such as "[[Mushroom Man 2]]", can prevent them from Summoning anything unless player already have "[[Kashtira Birth]]" on the hand.
 ** In addition, if you opened your hand with the multiple "U.F.O Kashtira", this would often results into them being a dead card in your hand if you don't have "Kashtira Birth" or "[[Kashtira Preparations]]" on the field.
+* Since the deck consists of monsters of multiple [[Attribute]]s, "[[Gozen Match]]" can also shut down a "Kashtira" deck from summoning more monsters.
-* Since the deck consists of monsters of multiple [[Attribute]]s, "[[Gozen Match]]" can also shut down a "Kashtira" deck from Summoning more monsters.
-* Since the "Kashtira" Deck will most likely use the effect of "Shangri-Ira" during the opponent's Standby Phase and/or will inevitably activate the effect of "Arise-Heart", this enables the opponent's "[[Triple Tactics Thrust]]" and/or "[[Triple Tactics Talent]]" to be useable (with the former also capable of searching the latter). "Talents" can then be used to attempt to take control of "Arise-Heart", allowing the opponent to use "Arise-Heart" against the "Kashtira" user.
-** If the "Kashtira" user uses the Quick Effect of "Arise-Heart" to banish itself in response to "Talents" (which removes its threat regardless), the other "Kashtira" monsters are still useful for the opponent to steal (e.g. taking control of "Shangri-Ira" then using it as material for a [[Link Summon]] or even Xyz Summoning another "Arise-Heart" using "Shangri-Ira", will free up their own blocked zones).
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