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→Similarities within archetypes
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 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, "[[Kinetic Soldier]]" is considered to be part of the "[[Cipher]]" archetype, as its Japanese name ("Cipher Scouter") contains 「サイファー」, the text for "Cipher", despite this card having no relation to or synergy with the other members of the archetype.
