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Specifically, an archetype is a group of cards that respect the following rules.
* All members of that group of cards must contain a common term string (the name of the archetype) appearing in their members' Japanese card names. Alternatively, a card must contain an [[archetype condition]] in its [[card text]] which specifically states that the card belongs to a certain archetype (e.g. the Japanese version of "[[Number 39: Utopia BeyondContrast HERO Chaos]]" is treated as an "[[Elemental HERO]]"card). In the ''[[TCG]]'', archetype conditions are sometimes added due to inconsistency when cards were translated from Japanese the card's name in that language lacking the archetype name (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 In 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 cardCard", 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.
** Starting with ''[[Starter Deck 2014]]'', Japanese card text follows the "''archetype'' card", "''archetype'' Spell/Trap card", etc. patterns of the ''TCG''.
