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*All members of that group of cards must contain a common term (the name of the archetype) appearing in their members' Japanese card names. Alternately, a card must contain an [[archetype condition]] in its [[card text]] that specifically states that the card belongs to a certain archetype (e.g. "[[Number 39: Beyond the Hope]]"). In the ''[[TCG]]'', archetype conditions are sometimes added due to inconsistency when cards were translated from Japanese (e.g. "[[Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast]]" and "[[Axe of Despair]]"). Cards with the same words in their non-Japanese names are not necessarily part of the same archetype (e.g. "[[Frog the Jam]]" is not a "[[Frog]]" card).
**[[wikipedia:Ruby character|Ruby]] text is considered by itself for archetype membership (e.g. the "[[Red-Eyes]]" archetype includes any [[monster]]s consists of any monster whose Japanese name contains 「レッドアイズ」 either as base text or ruby text). For archetype names that contain both base text and ruby text in their Japanese name, a card must exactly match both and format to be a part of that archetype (e.g. "[[NEX]]" is not a "[[Neo-Spacian]]" card because 「ネオスペーシアン」 (Neo-Spacian) is not superscripted only above 「N」).
***As for Korean cards, due to the poorly made typesetters, an archetype name that contains ruby text is formatted uniquely in the [[card text]] using parentheses as follows: ''base text''(''ruby text'') (no space intervening).
*There must be at least one [[support]] or [[anti-support]] card relating to the archetype; that is, a card that mentions "''archetype'' monster", "''archetype'' card", "''archetype'' Spell/Trap card", etc. (prior to the [[Simplified Effect Text]], "contains ''archetype'' in its card name") in its [[card text]]. Note that these cards must support ''the archetype'', not only one member of the archetype.
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