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Members of the same archetype commonly share a small number of [[Attribute]]s or [[Type]]s (or even both).
A lot of archetypes feature similar art as well, for example the "[[Lightsworn]] " and "[[Artifact]] " archetypes all have a specific background for their monsters, a diamond shape and vault respectively, and "[[Fire Fist]] " monsters have a spirit animal and "[[Six Samurai]] " tend to have their logo in their art.
A common trait of archetypes is to have at least 1 Field Spell Card, typically one that supports the monsters with ATK/DEF increases and other bonuses. Some of the time, these are not part of the archetype by name though, which is a more recent trend, as seen on the "[[Shaddoll]] " and "[[Majespecter]] " archetypes. Some Archetypes may heavily rely on Field Spell Cards such as Ghostrick and "[[Malefic]]".
Although membership in an archetype is dictated by the Japanese names of the cards, there are cases where the membership of a card in an archetype is unintentional. For example, "[[Thought Ruler Archfiend]]" is considered to be part of the manga-exclusive "[[Sphere]]" archetype, as its Japanese name ("Mental Sphere Demon") contains 「スフィア」, the text for "Sphere", despite this card bearing no relation to the other members of the archetype.
