Archfiend
116 cards in this archetype
Playing Style
Archfiend Heiress acts as the primary search trigger for the whole strategy: when sent to the graveyard by destruction or card effect, she fetches any Archfiend card from the deck, making her an early priority to pitch through discard outlets or battle. From there, Archfiend Commander accelerates the board substantially — it self-summons from the hand whenever you already control an Archfiend card, and though it must destroy one of your own Archfiend cards on arrival, that penalty feeds the graveyard for further plays. Archfiend Cavalry converts that destruction into immediate recursion, special summoning any Archfiend from the graveyard when it is itself destroyed by a card effect, creating a loop where the Commander's mandatory destruction simply becomes another summon.
Archfiend General supplies Pandemonium on demand by discarding himself, and Pandemonium is central to several older members of the archetype, keeping them on the field and replacing them when they are destroyed. The newer ritual branch, introduced through Throne of the Archfiends, extends the archetype's reach further: Archfiend Emperor can clear the entire main monster zone on a Ritual Summon from the Extra Deck and then generate a free special summon each turn it spends in the Extra Monster Zone, while Archfiend Matriarch strips the opponent's back row clean upon arrival.
The archetype favours a slower, resource-generating approach over aggressive combo chains. Highness Archfiend alone adds two Archfiend cards directly to hand off a single Normal Summon, sustaining hand advantage across multiple turns, though the restriction to Archfiend Extra Deck monsters it imposes means players must plan their summon sequencing carefully to avoid locking themselves out of broader Extra Deck access.
Archetype Relationships
Members(116)
Archfiend Mirror
Archfiend Soldier
Beast of Talwar
Summoned Skull
Annihilator Archfiend
Archfiend Cavalry
Archfiend Commander
Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror
Archfiend Empress
Archfiend General
Archfiend Giant
Archfiend Heiress
Archfiend Interceptor
Archfiend of Gilfer
Archfiend's Advent
Archfiend's Origin
Beast of Talwar - The Sword Summit
Berserk Archfiend
Black Skull Dragon the Archfiend Dragon of Unity
Bone Archfiend
Cyber Archfiend
Darkbishop Archfiend
Desrook Archfiend
Duke Archfiend
Highness Archfiend
Imprisoned Queen Archfiend
Infernalqueen Archfiend
Infernity Archfiend
Labrynth Archfiend
Lancer Archfiend
Lesser Fiend
Mad Archfiend
Mimighoul Archfiend
Mist Archfiend
Nefarious Archfiend Eater of Nefariousness
Red Gardna
Red-Eyes Archfiend of Lightning
Regenesis Archfiend
Royal Archfiend
Shadow Tamer
Shadowknight Archfiend
Shipping Archfiend
Skilled Red Magician
Skull Archfiend of Lightning
Terrorking Archfiend
Trance Archfiend
Vilepawn Archfiend
Weiss, Lightsworn Archfiend
Archfiend Emperor
Archfiend Matriarch
Archfiend's Awakening
Matador Archfiend
Archfiend Black Skull Dragon
Archfiend's Manifestation
Black Skull Dragon
Fiend Skull Dragon
Archfiend Zombie-Skull
Archfiend's Call
Chaos King Archfiend
Crossmind Archfiend
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity
Majestic Red Dragon
Overmind Archfiend
Red Dragon Archfiend
Red Dragon Archfiend
Red Nova Dragon
Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend
Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend
Scarred Dragon Archfiend
Scarred Dragon Archfiend
Scrap Archfiend
Thought Ruler Archfiend
Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend
Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend
Archfiend's Ascent
Number C102: Archfiend Seraph
Linkmail Archfiend
Masterking Archfiend
Vector Scare Archfiend
Archfiend Eccentrick
A Deal with Dark Ruler
Archfiend Palabyrinth
Archfiend Strategy
Archfiend's Oath
Archfiend's Staff of Despair
Archfiend's Usurpation
Axe of Despair
Checkmate
Falling Down
Makourai, the Lightning Strike
Pandemonium
Scarlet Security
Throne of the Archfiends
Archfiend Playtime
Archfiend's Fervor
Archfiend's Ghastly Glitch
Archfiend's Roar
Battle-Scarred
Call of the Archfiend
Crimson Fire
King Scarlet
Nightmare Archfiends
Red Cocoon
Red Dragon Archfiend's Chains
Red Dragon Archfiend's Chains
Red Screen
Red Supremacy
Simul Archfiends
Nightmare Archfiend Token