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The term "archetype" is not officially used in the rules of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game]]''; however, it has occasionally appeared in some marketing material, where it has been used consistently with both "theme" and the common usage.
There is no official term in the rules of ''TCGOCG''/''OCGTCG'' that describes groups of cards that share a common effect-specified name string.
===Common usage===
In common usage, an "archetype" is specifically defined as a group of cards that share a [[name]] string specified in a [[card effect]] (or are treated a having that name string due to an [[archetype condition]]), thereby allowing them to interact with that card effect.
In the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game'' and official video games, these card effects are based on cards' Japanese names. In the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card GameTCG'', due to cards being ruled based on their English language text,<ref>{{cite book | url = https://img.yugioh-card.com/en/downloads/penalty_guide/YGOTCG_Policy_v_2_1.pdf | title = Official KDE-US Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Tournament Policy | format = PDF | edition = V.2.1 | publisher = Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc | date = November 17, 2020 | page = 62}}</ref> these effects are ruled based on the cards' English language names and card texts instead; however, the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game'' Card Database displays related cards for archetype-based effects based on their Japanese name in all languages.
==Effects that specify a common name string==
For example, "[[Skyscraper]]" can increase the ATK of an "Elemental HERO" monster; "Elemental HERO" monsters include "[[Elemental HERO Stratos]]", "[[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist]]", and "[[Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier]]". "[[Contrast HERO Chaos]]" is also treated as an "Elemental HERO" monster due to its archetype condition.
Prior to the [[Simplified Effect Text]] revision in the ''TCG'', and ''[[Starter Deck 2014]]'' in the OCG, such effects were written as "contains "[XX]" in its card name" (Japanese: ○○と名のついた ''XX to na no tsuita'') in [[card text]]s.
Some common name strings referenced in card text are exact matches of individual card names; for example, "Black Luster Soldier" is both an [[Black Luster Soldier|individual card]] as well as a [[Black Luster Soldier (archetype)|common name string]] mentioned in card text (such as that of "[[Super Soldier Ritual]]"). This is not considered to be [[mention]]ing the card whose name is exactly the common name string (for the purposes of effects that deal with mentioned card names, such as "[[Pre-Preparation of Rites]]").
In most cases, efforts are taken to ensure that these effects specify the same cards as they do in Japanese. This is typically achieved by using [[condition]]s (to [[Archetype condition|include]] or [[Archetype-exclusion condition|exclude]]), [[List of renamed cards|renaming cards]], or splitting an archetype in two (e.g. splitting 「真竜」 into "[[True Draco]]" and "[[True King]]"). Historically, this would often also include listing additional individual cards or excluding particular cards in the text of these effects, but this practice has been deprecated.
In the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card GameTCG'', cards are ruled based on their English language text, so if cards' English language names and text have not been aligned with the Japanese versions, these effects may affect different cards. For example, the English version of "[[Raviel, Lord of Phantasms - Shimmering Scraper]]" contains the English name string "[[Scrap]]", whereas the Japanese version of the card (「幻魔皇ラビエル－天界蹂躙拳」) does not contain the Japanese name of the "Scrap" archetype (「スクラップ」).
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==Anime and manga==
In the anime, manga, and even video games, characters often focus their deck around a single theme (or occasionally several themes). These themes often reflect the character's personality. Characters' themes are often archetypes in the anime or manga, or become archetypes when released in the ''TCGOCG''/''OCGTCG''.
In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga]], there are no effects based on substrings of card names, although some cards (such as "[[Magician's Circle (manga)|Magician's Circle]]") are worded similarly to modern archetype-based effects. Many cards and themes used by characters in the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga have subsequently had archetypes built around them.
