Windwitch

Windwitch
Rin with two "Windwitch - Ice Bells"
Japanese	ＷＷ（ウィンド・ウィッチ） ＷＷ (base) ウィンド・ウィッチ (ruby) Windo Witchi (romanized) Wind Witch (translated)
French	Sorcièrevent
German	Windhexe
Italian	Ventostrega
Korean	WW（윈드 위치） WW (base) 윈드 위치 (ruby) Windeu Wichi (romanized)
Portuguese	Ventobruxa
Spanish	Vientobruja
Sets Raging Tempest Blazing Vortex TCG OTS Tournament Pack 6 Shadows in Valhalla OTS Tournament Pack 15 OCG Dimension Box Limited Edition Korean Advanced Event Pack 2017 Vol.2
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
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"Windwitch" (ＷＷ（ウィンド・ウィッチ） Windo Witchi) is an archetype of WIND Spellcaster monsters used by Rin in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. They debuted in Raging Tempest.

Design

The monsters of of this archetype follow the naming pattern "Windwitch - [noun] Bell", where the noun is a word relating to cold or a transparent item (e.g. "Snow" and "Glass"). Visually, all of them have a big bell somewhere on their bodies as accessories. The Main Deck monsters shown so far have the appearance of either a stereotypical magical girl riding on a broom-like bell (e.g. "Glass Bell" and "Ice Bell") or a literal bell itself ("Snow Bell"). The Extra Deck monsters, on the other hand, have more abstract-looking appearances consisting of a feminine figure with bells and jet aircraft parts integrated in the body.

Playing style

The "Windwitch" monsters focus on freely swarming the field for Synchro Summons. The most important starter is "Windwitch - Ice Bell" which can Special Summon itself and another "Windwitch" monster from the deck while there are no monsters the user's field. The most important choice is to summon (though while also a potent starter itself) is the Level 4 Tuner monster "Windwitch - Glass Bell" which can search another "Windwitch" monster upon its summon. The ideal search choices are either "Windwitch - Snow Bell" or "Windwitch - Freeze Bell", both which can freely Special Summon themselves from the hand and provide protection effects to a Synchro Monster that uses either of them as material for a Synchro Summon (protection from either effect destruction or battle destruction with "Snow Bell" or "Freeze Bell" respectively). As such, the engine of "Ice Bell", "Glass Bell" and "Snow Bell" can effectively Synchro Summon a powerful Level 8 WIND Synchro Monster that cannot be destroyed by card effects such as "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon" without using a Normal Summon. However, their effects restrict the user into only being able to Special Summon WIND Attribute monsters for the turn, while the self-Special Summoning effect of "Ice Bell" further restricts the user into only Special Summoning Level 5 and higher WIND monsters for the turn, denying the user from Xyz or Link plays. "Windwitches" also focus on a burn strategy which many of their cards' effects (namely, "Ice Bell", "Blizzard Bell", "Winter Bell" and "Diamond Bell") can deal effect damage. The introduction of "Windwitch - Diamond Bell" gives further utility to their burn strategy, since "Diamond Bell" can destroy cards whenever the opponent takes effect damage. Thus any means of inflicting damage (even during the opponent's turn which "Blizzard Bell" can be used for) can aid in disrupting the opponent and/or break their board. "Windwitches" are supported by "Windwitch Chimes" which can Special Summon additional "Windwitch" monsters from the Deck and "Icy Breeze Refrain", which can either Special Summon a "Windwitch" monster from the GY or negate an opponent's effect in response to a "Windwitch" monster's effect. In the anime, the high-Level monsters can copy the effects of monsters in the Graveyard, allowing the user to keep indirectly reactivating the burn effects. The real-life versions instead have "Windwitch - Winter Bell" focuses on swarming and burn tactic, while the effect of "Windwitch - Crystal Bell" is toned down to the user's turn only but also capable of copying the monster's name. "Windwitch" plays similarly to "Speedroid", another WIND-based archetype geared towards Synchro Summoning, coinciding with the relationship of their users in the anime (Rin and Yugo respectively). This implies that "Windwitches" can be an engine that can be teched into a "Speedroid" Deck and vice-versa.

Recommended cards

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Windwitch - Ice Bell Windwitch - Freeze Bell Fusion Parasite Ghost Fairy Elfobia Pilica, Descendant of Gusto Ranryu Speedroid Terrortop Speedroid Taketomborg Wynn the Wind Channeler Garuda the Wind Spirit Tuner monsters Windwitch - Glass Bell Windwitch - Blizzard Bell Windwitch - Snow Bell Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice Spell Cards Normal Spells Windwitch Chimes Instant Fusion Magicalize Fusion Majespecter Storm Miracle Synchro Fusion One for One Spellbook of Knowledge Ultra Polymerization Synchro Creed Synchro Rumble Equip Spells Kahyoreigetsu Field Spells Secret Village of the Spellcasters Continuous Spells Magician's Restage Magician's Right Hand Quick-Play Spells Emergency Teleport Eye of Illusion Majespecter Cyclone Sinful Spoils of Doom - Rciela Spellbook of Wisdom Trap Cards Normal Traps Icy Breeze Refrain Majespecter Tornado Counter Traps Majespecter Tempest Mannadium Reframing Continuous Traps Gozen Match Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Windwitch - Crystal Bell Lyrilusc - Independent Nightingale Invoked Raidjin Millennium-Eyes Restrict Supreme Arcanite Magician Synchro Monsters Windwitch - Diamond Bell Windwitch - Winter Bell Wind Pegasus @Ignister Clear Wing Fast Dragon Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon Arcanite Magician Baronne de Fleur Hi-Speedroid Clear Wing Rider Hi-Speedroid Kendama Old Entity Hastorr Stardust Dragon Xyz Monsters Leviair the Sea Dragon Lightning Chidori Totem Bird Tornado Dragon Link Monsters Greatfly Security Dragon Wynn the Wind Charmer, Verdant Hraesvelgr, the Desperate Doom Eagle

Official Decklists

"Performapal Sky Magician" + "Windwitch" Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards (19) Effect Monsters Performapal Revue Dancer x2 Performapal Sky Magician x3 Performapal Sky Pupil x3 Windwitch - Ice Bell x3 Tuner monsters Windwitch - Glass Bell x3 Windwitch - Snow Bell Pendulum Monsters Performapal Parrotrio x3 Performapal Skullcrobat Joker Spell Cards (15) Different Dimension Gate Harpie's Feather Duster Magician's Left Hand x3 Magician's Restage x3 Magician's Right Hand x3 Monster Reborn Ultra Polymerization x2 Z-ONE Trap Cards (6) Call of the Haunted x3 Magical Hats Performapal Pinch Helper x2 Extra Deck (15) Fusion Monsters Windwitch - Crystal Bell x2 Synchro Monsters Clear Wing Fast Dragon Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon Stardust Dragon Windwitch - Winter Bell x2 Xyz Monsters Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer Daigusto Emeral Leviair the Sea Dragon Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack Muzurhythm the String Djinn Number 11: Big Eye The Phantom Knights of Break Sword