Editing Trickstar

{{Infobox archseries
| image        = Trickster.png
| caption      = Clockwise, from top right: "[[Trickstar Holly Angel]]", "[[Trickstar Candina|Candina]]", "[[Trickstar Lycoris|Lycoris]]" and "[[Trickstar Lilybell|Lilybell]]" in the artwork of "[[Trickstar Light Stage]]"
| ja_name      = トリックスター
| romaji       = Torikkusutā
| fr_name      = Farstar
| de_name      = Trickstar
| it_name      = Truccastella
| ko_name      = 트릭스터
| ko_romanized = Teuligseuteo
| pt_name      = Trapestrela
| es_name      = Bromiestrella
| es_name2     = Embaucadora <small>(Spanish Crunchyroll subtitles)</small>
| sets         =
* [[Code of the Duelist]]
* [[Circuit Break]]
* [[Flames of Destruction]]
* [[Savage Strike]]
| ocg          =
* [[LINK VRAINS Edition]]
* [[V Jump February 2018 promotional card]]
* [[Advanced Event Pack 2018 Vol.1]]
* [[LINK VRAINS Box]]
* [[Premium Pack Vol.13]]
* [[Special Pack 20th Anniversary Edition Vol.3]]
* [[Tournament Pack 2018 Vol.4]]
| tcg          =
* [[OTS Tournament Pack 6]]
* [[Weekly Shonen Jump January 2018 membership promotional card]]
* [[Star Pack VRAINS]]
* [[Battles of Legend: Relentless Revenge]]
* [[2018 Mega-Tin Mega Pack]]
* [[Duel Power]]
| anime        = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]
}}

"'''Trickstar'''" is an [[archetype]] of [[female]] [[LIGHT]] [[Fairy]] [[Monster Card|monsters]] used by [[Skye Zaizen]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime, which debuted in the ''[[OCG]]'' and ''[[TCG]]'' with ''[[Code of the Duelist]]''.

==Appearance==
===Design===
[[File:Trickster (anime).png|200px|left|thumb|[[Blue Angel]] with "[[Trickstar Holly Angel (anime)|Trickstar Holly Angel]]", "[[Trickstar Lilybell (anime)|Lilybell]]" and "[[Trickstar Lycoris (anime)|Lycoris]] in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|anime]].]]
The "Trickstar" monsters are based on [[wikipedia:Japanese idol|Japanese idol]]s. All of the members shown so far are females dressing in colorful attires with a few pairs of insect-like wings, glassy eyes, a tattoo of varying shape on their faces, headphones over their ears, and holding an unique object in their respective artworks. Their skirt designs, and sometimes their hairdos, resemble the petal of each flowers they're named after. The Main Deck monsters have an appearance of teenage girls, while the [[Link Monster]]s appear as young women.

<div style="float:right">[[File:TrickstarToken-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|200px|right|thumb|A "[[Trickstar Token]]", which is a winged version of the "Trickstar" crest.]]</div>
The archetype's crest is a red stylized heart, with four protusions on the bottom and three pinkish spots in the middle that make it resemble a skull, likely referencing the burn playstyle and the toxic plant theme (see below). Every member has the crest pinned somewhere on their outfit, most usually on the collar. It also features heavily in many of their Spell/Trap Cards.

The monster "[[Dark Angel]]", although not being an official member of this archetype, has a similar design to the rest of the "Trickstar" monsters and was also used by Skye in the anime once.

===Etymology===
Trickstar is a portmanteau of the words "Trick" and "Star" while also playing on the word "Trickster". The members of this archetype are named after various flowers, nearly always poisonous or toxic ones.<ref>https://ygorganization.com/finally-a-poison-fairy-type/</ref><ref>https://ygorganization.com/oof-ouch-owie/</ref> In addition, most of the Link Monsters also reference religious motifs.

==Members==
===[[Main Deck]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | Trickstar
! rowspan="2" | Plant
! rowspan="2" | Object held
|-
! English
! Japanese
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Birdhelm|Birdhelm]] || [[wikipedia:Aconitum|Bird helmet]] || [[wikipedia:Shield|Shield]] + [[wikipedia:Rapier|Rapier]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Calobane|Calobane]] || [[wikipedia:Actaea (plant)|Baneberry]] || [[wikipedia:Walking stick|Walking stick]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Candina|Candina]] || ''[[wikipedia:Brugmansia|Brugmansia candida]]'' || [[wikipedia:Megaphone|Megaphone]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Lilybell|Lilybell]] || [[wikipedia:Lily of the valley|Lily of the valley]] || [[wikipedia:Bell|Bell]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Lycoris|Lycoris]] || Lycorissica || ''[[wikipedia:Lycoris radiata|Lycoris radiata]]'' || [[wikipedia:Sword|Sword]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Mandrake|Mandrake]]  || [[wikipedia:Mandragora (genus)|Mandrake]] || [[wikipedia:Tambourine|Tambourine]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Narkissus|Narkissus]] || Narkiss || ''[[wikipedia:Narcissus (plant)|Narcissus]]'' || [[wikipedia:Gun|Gun]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Nightshade|Nightshade]] || [[wikipedia:Hyoscyamus niger|Stinking nightshade]] || [[wikipedia:Baton (conducting)|Conductor baton]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Rhodode|Rhodode]] || ''[[wikipedia:Rhododendron|Rhododendron]]'' || [[wikipedia:Ōnusa|Ōnusa]]
|}

===[[Extra Deck]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | Trickstar
! rowspan="2" | Plant
! rowspan="2" | Religious figure
! rowspan="2" | Object held
|-
! English
! Japanese
|-
| [[Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar|Band Sweet Guitar]] || Band Guitarsweet || [[wikipedia:Solanum dulcamara|Bittersweet nightshade]] || [[wikipedia:Madonna (art)|Madonna]] || [[wikipedia:Axe Bass|Axe Bass]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Bella Madonna|Bella Madonna]] || ''[[wikipedia:Atropa belladonna|Atropa belladonna]]'' || [[wikipedia:Madonna (art)|Madonna]] || [[wikipedia:Scythe|Scythe]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Black Catbat|Black Catbat]] || Sweet Devil || [[wikipedia:Tacca chantrieri|Devil/Black Bat/Cat's Whiskers flower]] || [[wikipedia:Devil|Devil]] || [[wikipedia:Sceptre|Sceptre]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Bloom|Bloom]] || [[wikipedia:Cytisus scoparius|Common/Scotch broom]] || [[wikipedia:Witch|Witch]]  || [[wikipedia:Broom|Broom]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Crimson Heart|Crimson Heart]]|| Bloody Mary || [[wikipedia:Lamprocapnos|Bleeding heart]] || [[wikipedia:Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]] || [[wikipedia:Handcuffs|Handcuffs]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Delfiendium|Delfiendium]] || Devilphinium || ''[[wikipedia:Delphinium|Delphinium]]'' || [[wikipedia:Devil|Devil]] || [[wikipedia:Walking stick|Cane]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Divaridis|Divaridis]] || ''[[wikipedia:Psychotria viridis|Psychotria viridis]]'' || [[wikipedia:Diva|Diva]] || [[wikipedia:Stick-fighting|Stick]] + [[wikipedia:Microphone|Microphone]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Holly Angel|Holly Angel]] || [[wikipedia:Alcea|Hollyhocks]] + [[wikipedia:Holly|Holly]] || [[wikipedia:Angel|Angel]] || [[wikipedia:Flail (weapon)#The ball-and-chain flail|Ball-and-rope flail]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Trickstar Foxglove Witch|Foxglove Witch]] || [[wikipedia:Digitalis|Foxglove / Witch's glove]] || [[wikipedia:Witch|Witch]] || [[wikipedia:Wand|Wand]] 
|}

===Support===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Card
! Origin
|-
| [[Trickstar Bouquet]] || [[wikipedia:Bouquet|Bouquet]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Perennial]] || [[wikipedia:Perennial plant|Perennial plant]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Maribold]] || [[wikipedia:Tagetes|Marigold]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Magicorolla]] || [[wikipedia:Petal#Corolla|Corolla]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Reincarnation]] || [[wikipedia:Dianthus caryophyllus|Carnation]]
|}

==Playing style==

The primary strategy of a "Trickstar" Deck is dealing small amounts of effect damage, usually 200 damage. In the case of the Main Deck cards, this effect is triggered according to the opponent's actions, as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! "Trickstar" !! Damage-inflicting effect
|-
| [[Trickstar Candina|Candina]] || When the opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card.
|-
| [[Trickstar Lycoris|Lycoris]] || When the opponent adds card(s) to their hand, for each card. 
|-
| [[Trickstar Narkissus|Narkissus]] || When the opponent activates a monster's effect in their hand or Graveyard.
|-
| [[Trickstar Rhodode|Rhodode]] || When a card(s) is banished from the opponent's Graveyard, for each card.
|-
| [[Trickstar Bella Madonna|Bella Madonna]] || For each different "Trickstar" monster in its controller's Graveyard. 
|-
| [[Trickstar Black Catbat|Black Catbat]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | When a monster it points to is destroyed by battle or by a card effect.
|-
| [[Trickstar Bloom|Bloom]]
|-
| [[Trickstar Divaridis|Divaridis‎]] || When Special Summoned and each time the opponent Normal/Special Summons a monster(s).
|-
| [[Trickstar Foxglove Witch|Foxglove Witch]] || When Special Summoned and when destroyed, for each card the opponent controls.
|-
| [[Trickstar Holly Angel|Holly Angel]] || When a "Trickstar" monster is Normal or Special Summoned to a Zone it points to.
|-
| [[Trickstar Light Stage|Light Stage]] || When a "Trickstar" monster inflicts damage to the opponent.
|}

This archetype's secondary strategy is to disrupt your opponent's plays to prevent them from mounting a comeback. "Light Stage" can lock down their Set Spells and Traps for a turn before forcing a "use it or lose it" scenario. "[[Trickstar Reincarnation]]" banishes the opponent's entire hand and lets them draw an equal number of new cards for them (which can also deal significant burn damage off of the effect of "Lycoris"), eliminating the benefit of search cards and cards that activate in the Graveyard. "Holly Angel" prevents "Trickstar" monsters in her Link Points from being destroyed. "Lycoris" can return "Trickstar" monsters from the field to the hand to avoid other removal effects.

To help facilitate the above strategies, "Trickstars" have immense searching and reviving power. "Light Stage" can search any of the "Trickstar" monsters on activation. "Candina" can search any "Trickstar" card, including herself, when Normal Summoned. This will often be "Lilybell," which you can then Special Summon, allowing you to promptly [[Link Summon]] "Holly Angel" or attack directly with "Lilybell" via its effect to recover a "Trickstar" card from the Graveyard. "Lycoris" can return "Candina" to your hand to allow you to Summon her and search again. "Reincarnation" can be banished from the Graveyard to Special Summon a "Trickstar" from the Graveyard.

{{Decklist|Recommended cards
<!--This is not an exact Decklist. Please do not add multiples or staples.-->

|effect monsters =
* [[Trickstar Candina]]
* [[Trickstar Calobane]]
* [[Trickstar Lilybell]]
* [[Trickstar Lycoris]]
* [[Trickstar Mandrake]]
* [[Trickstar Narkissus]]
* [[Trickstar Nightshade]]
* [[Trickstar Rhodode]]
* [[Athena]]
* [[Fairy Archer]]
* [[Hecatrice]]
* [[Honest]]
* [[Protector of the Sanctuary]] (in combination with "Trickstar Reincarnation")

|fusion monsters =
* [[Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar]]

|xyz monsters =
* [[Fairy Cheer Girl]]
* [[Starliege Paladynamo]]

|link monsters =
* [[Trickstar Bella Madonna]]
* [[Trickstar Black Catbat]]
* [[Trickstar Bloom]]
* [[Trickstar Crimson Heart]]
* [[Trickstar Divaridis‎]]
* [[Trickstar Foxglove Witch]]
* [[Trickstar Holly Angel]]
* [[Hip Hoshiningen]]

|spells =
* [[Trickstar Fusion]]
* [[Trickstar Light Arena]]
* [[Trickstar Light Stage]]
* [[Trickstar Live Stage]]
* [[Trickstar Magicorolla]]
* [[Arrivalrivals]]
* [[Card Destruction]]
* [[Celestial Transformation]]
* [[Chain Strike]]
* [[Chain Summoning]]
* [[Dark Room of Nightmare]]
* [[Inferno Reckless Summon]]
* [[Photon Lead]]
* [[Terraforming]]
* [[Transmodify]]
* [[Ultra Polymerization]]
* [[Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen]]
* [[World Legacy Succession]]

|traps =
* [[Trickstar Reincarnation]]
* [[Disturbance Strategy]]
* [[Metaverse]]
* [[Present Card]]
}}

===Official Decklists===
{{Decklist|"Trickstar" Deck<ref>https://ygorganization.com/deathbyburndamagefromzarcandpals/</ref>
|total m = 15
|effect monsters =
* [[Firecracker]] x2
* [[Rescue Ferret]] x3
* [[Summoner Monk]]
* [[Trickstar Candina]] x3
* [[Trickstar Lilybell]] x3
* [[Trickstar Lycoris]] x3
|total me = 15
|xyz monsters =
* [[Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer]]
* [[Daigusto Phoenix]]
* [[Fairy Cheer Girl]]
* [[Gachi Gachi Gantetsu]]
* [[Number 39: Utopia]]
* [[Number C39: Utopia Ray]]
* [[Number S39: Utopia the Lightning]]
* [[Sky Cavalry Centaurea]]
|link monsters =
* [[Decode Talker]]
* [[Gaiasaber, the Virtual Knight]] x2
* [[Topologic Bomber Dragon]]
* [[Trickstar Holly Angel]] x3
|total s = 14
|spells =
* [[Dark Room of Nightmare]] x3
* [[Double Summon]] x3
* [[Harpie's Feather Duster]]
* [[Monster Reborn]]
* [[Terraforming]] x3
* [[Trickstar Light Stage]] x3
|total t = 11
|traps =
* [[Appropriate]] x2
* [[Blind Obliteration]]
* [[Dark Bribe]] x2
* [[Recall]] x3
* [[Trickstar Reincarnation]] x3
}}

{{Decklist|V Jump September Issue Recommended "Trickstar" Deck<ref>https://ygorganization.com/ocg-link-vrains-edition-centric-deck-recipes/</ref>
|total m = 17
|effect monsters =
* [[Artifact Moralltach]] x2
* [[Artifact Scythe]]
* [[Dark Angel]]
* [[Honest]] x3
* [[Trickstar Candina]] x3
* [[Trickstar Lycoris]] x3
* [[Trickstar Lilybell]]
* [[Trickstar Narkissus]] x3
|total me = 15
|link monsters =
* [[Akashic Magician]] x2
* [[Decode Talker]]
* [[Firewall Dragon]] x2
* [[Gaiasaber, the Virtual Knight]]
* [[Proxy Dragon]] x2
* [[Trickstar Crimson Heart]] x2
* [[Trickstar Holly Angel]] x2
* [[Trickstar Black Catbat]] x2
* [[V-LAN Hydra]]
|total s = 12
|spells =
* [[Chain Summoning]] x3
* [[Dark Hole]] x2
* [[Harpie's Feather Duster]]
* [[Monster Reborn]]
* [[Terraforming]] x2
* [[Trickstar Light Stage]] x3
|total t = 11
|traps =
* [[Appropriate]] x2
* [[Artifact Sanctum]] x3
* [[Blazing Mirror Force]] x2
* [[Metaverse]]
* [[Trickstar Reincarnation]] x3
}}

{{Decklist|"Trickstar" Deck (FLOD/LVB1)<ref>https://ygorganization.com/decktheburnhalls/</ref>
|total m = 23
|effect monsters = 
* [[Artifact Scythe]] x2
* [[Trickstar Candina]] x3
* [[Trickstar Calobane]] x3
* [[Trickstar Lilybell]] x2
* [[Trickstar Lycoris]] x3
* [[Trickstar Nightshade]] x2
* [[Trickstar Rhodode]] x3
|tuner monsters =
* [[Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]] x2
* [[Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit]] x2
|total me = 15
|synchro monsters = 
* [[Black Rose Dragon]]
|xyz monsters = 
* [[Constellar Pleiades]]
* [[Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh]]
|link monsters = 
* [[Akashic Magician]]
* [[Borreload Dragon]]
* [[Decode Talker]]
* [[Firewall Dragon]]
* [[Linkuriboh]] x2
* [[Saryuja Skull Dread]]
* [[Summon Sorceress]]
* [[Trickstar Bella Madonna]]
* [[Trickstar Bloom]]
* [[Trickstar Foxglove Witch]]
* [[Trickstar Holly Angel]]
|total s = 14
|spells =
* [[Dark Hole]]
* [[Scapegoat]] x2
* [[Set Rotation]]
* [[Terraforming]]
* [[Trickstar Light Arena]] x2
* [[Trickstar Light Stage]] x3
* [[Trickstar Magicorolla]] x2
* [[Twin Twisters]] x2
|total t = 3
|traps =
* [[Artifact Sanctum]] x2
* [[Trickstar Reincarnation]]
}}

=== Weaknesses ===
* As an effect damage-based deck, cards that either prevent/redirect effect damage or benefit from it, such as "[[Number 14: Greedy Sarameya]]" and "[[Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons]]", pose big threats to it.
** However, unlike other effect damage based decks, one-time damage prevention is far less of a hindrance.
* As a deck built upon Chain Links, it's very prone to [[Chain Effects]] or effects that affect the entire [[Chain Link]]. Because of this, [[Chain Burn]] decks utitlizing cards like "[[Accumulated Fortune]]", "[[Miraculous Rebirth]]", and "[[Vanity's Call]]" can quickly cause the Deck to fall to pieces. 
* A general weakness against LIGHT anti-support, such as "[[Light-Imprisoning Mirror]]".

==References==
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