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An '''archetype''' is a group of cards that respect the following rules:
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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. the Japanese version of "[[Number 39: Utopia 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]] 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 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).
