Yu-Gi-Oh! - Vampire Archetype

[@filipvadas7602]

1.Interesting thing to note, Vampire Takeover shows the Vampire Sorcerer converting a modern landscape into that of the Vampire Kingdom (hence it summoning the card directly from the deck) Implying that the Vampire Sorcerer and all the members of the new wave of support , lead by their version of Dracula the Vampire Vojvode, are survivors of the genocide and are executing their revenge by taking back what humanity stole. Becoming everything they were feared for in the first place. So , in a way, Camula got her wish, she just didn't live long enough to see it. 2. Overall, Vampires might just be one of my favorite archetypes in the game. Not just because of the Castlevania inspired designs and lore, but also because its just so rare for an archetype to COMPLETELY change course and be rebranded the way this one has. Going from an inneficient and slow "bleeding" effect that helps your opponent more then anything else nowadays, to one focused on losing and gaining LP , reviving themselves and each other ,as well as potentially devastating Monster snatching. You gotta give Konami credit, they did a good job reviving a decade old archetype.

[@blackbird7781]

Actually no. It is a reference to Castlevania Aria of Sorrow

[@benoliver5593]

Now if I can get stable support for Alien or more xyz reptiles

[@DunderHead.5000]

Dying and coming back sounds like the Zombie deck.

[@blackbird7781]

@Deseon Of the undead bruh. Grow up.

[@blackbird7781]

@Deseon Of the undead seems someone didnt see what konami announced today

[@JaimeD.]

Camula's backstory is filled with tragedy and becoming exactly what humans fear and destroyed in the first place. Ironically, Jaden being *The Supreme King* of the Gentle Darkness finished her off to maintain the balance between darkness and light in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. 😅🤙🏻

[@firepuppies4086]

Illusion gate tries to take his soul... Gate: Oh nope, nope nope. I am not pissing that thing off taking this one

[@JaimeD.]

@@firepuppies4086 🤣 Brilliant. lol

[@cadencek3576]

@@firepuppies4086 lol amazing

[@darksideofevil13]

She should have been the main villain of season one.

[@epicponedge1177]

The fact that Vampire Kingdom wasn't called Vampire Empire is a huge miss from Konami.

[@wassuprory]

The Vempire ™️

[@maxsync183]

@@wassuprory now I want a show set in a company run by vampires lol, VampCorp

[@Merilirem]

@@wassuprory Fill it with femboys vamps and call it the Fempire.

[@Yudaisei0]

I think a more huge miss was not reversing the targets of its two effects, meaning only DARK "Vampire" should have gained the atk boost in its first effect (which would make more sense as it is their kingdom) and allowing you to send any Zombie to the gy with its second effect.

[@skeletonwar4445]

It is literally called "Vanpaia Enpaia" (Vampire Empire) in Japanese. The translation team just... didn't want to go along with the pun? For some reason??

[@stevendelancy6421]

I like the honesty.... "How can a vampire be a ghost?"... I have no idea 🤣

[@dvdWATER6308]

Seeing how Camilla had a soul that does mean vampire can be ghost

[@blackbird7781]

It references how Dracula keeps coming back over and over again, his Castlevania II version, and finally, the cults that keep trying to bring him back

[@filipvadas7602]

*cough* Raziel *cough*

[@edmundoandrade5113]

A vampire just needs to bite the ghost, pretty obvious

[@stevendelancy6421]

@@edmundoandrade5113 Not as mush... They can go through walls and people

[@yamato9753]

Can we just talk about how the Castlevania references are mentioned... But not Vampire Bram being named after Bram stoker, the literal inventor of the Dracula Story and Character?

[@ChampionMarx]

2 things you missed. 1 vampire lord was released long before the structure deck. 2. Dhampire is the name for a half human vampire. Interesting since it drives home the idea that the monster is ment to be made of one of your monsters (a vampire) and an opponents (a human)

[@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407]

In fact I believe Kaiba was the first to have a Vampire monster with Vampire Lord

[@sukarjikarjiQ]

So patrician of darkness is a forgoten part of vampire archetype too ,right?

[@ChampionMarx]

@@sukarjikarjiQ No. It isn't a vampire monster. It looks like a vampire but it isn't a vampire monster

[@lennyface8195]

9:00 Actually, vampires can cast both shadows and reflections, vampire reflections are simply 'rejected' by mirrors backed with silver.

[@TGSAnime]

I played with the Vampire Deck: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bomwn2Sfm9apfbM

[@christopherelizondo318]

just wanted to try this out! you're right on time

[@tarikkash4282]

Oh I see, halloween is coming and you decide to make a spooky video. Good Idea! BTW your duel analysis videos are cool!

[@incorporationoflag5166]

noice

[@MasterArchfiend]

You forgot the Baby and barely acknowledged Lady, Lord and Genesis. Plus your usual curse of this video having a high probability of being outdated in a set or so.

[@WarriorD13]

If you dive deeper into vampire lore you'll find out that there are living vampires and non-living vampires so they can be zombie vampires that can be ghost vampires because the souls of the living vampires become ghosts and then there are those who are Undead vampires vampires that have gone through the stages of death but have been slightly resurrected through a different ceremony but you seem to have skipped any actual lore when it comes to that I'm sorry

[@Caelus32]

I love vampires and the Vampire archetype. Fraulein is my absolute favorite in terms of effect and design. She just looks so cute

[@r3zaful]

Vampire fascinator effect literally prevent the old generation effects to pop off, you can't ssummon from your opponent gy because you only able to summon zombie, very clever way to show that she is actually a good vampire that kills other vampire and protecting the outside world. Her

[@skeletonwar4445]

@@r3zaful Don't think so. Fascinator summons from GY regardless of type and *then* locks you into Zombies after doing so. But that wouldn't even matter, because they're assuming you're playing with Zombie World on the field. Cause... why wouldn't you? It's just a straight up bonus to Vampires since it doesn't affect them and fucks up a lot of type-reliant decks. Zombie World is also the reason why Vampire Voivode is lvl 8 and The Zombie Vampire is a rank 8. Because Doomking Balerdroch is already lvl8, so you can go into The Zombie Vampire with Voivode + Balerdroch if you couldn't steal two opponent's monsters.

[@joshuagoldsmith7240]

Vampire is actually one of my favorite archetypes to use mainly because the color scheme but still a fun deck to use regardless

[@yourfavoritejojo5235]

In duel links :^/ ?

[@skeletonwar4445]

@@yourfavoritejojo5235 Vampire is actually deceptively strong since their new support. Of course, I'm not gonna be unrealistic and say they're viable in the modern meta, but if they get maybe another wave of decent support, they could be an alright rogue deck. Vampire Ghost is actually an insane value Normal Summon, it's a straight +1 that sets up further plays. The archetype has acces to *three* Normal Summons per turn: 1. Regular NS 2. Vampire Domain's extra NS for Vampires 3. Ghost's GY quick effect to NS a Vampire. As well as Sorcerer's GY effect that lets you NS a Vampire without tributes. Voivode is also a Called By on legs (though he doesn't banish the card) that can recover itself. They have access to most of the generic Synchro options (Baronne, PEP, Chaos Ruler, etc.) as well as the rather new trap "Ghost Meets Girl: A Masterful Mayakashi Shiranui Saga" via the Mayakashi Link-3. This trap disables Special Summons from the hand, deck and extra deck for the rest of the turn for both players.

[@Slayerthecrow]

I kinda wish Vampires had a fusion monster based more closely on Camula. Ps: Vampire Domination is what an in archetype counter trap should be, omni-negate plus bonus effects for playing the deck the way it should, take note Dream Mirrors and Time Thief.

[@akiraishin7141]

Same thing with the Beetrooper counter trap, it's not an omni negate, just monster effects. Yet, it lets you reset the card every turn for playing more Beetroopers.

[@jericmagnaye2705]

I want synchro

[@skeletonwar4445]

I'd love a Fusion that uses a Vampire+1 or more Zombie monsters (so its a banger target for Super Poly with Zombie World up) but could also be summoned by tributing a Vampire+a stolen opponent's monster from the field and gains some bonus if it used a stolen monster as material

[@skeletonwar4445]

@@jericmagnaye2705 For real, they're a zombie deck, so Uni-Zombie is already pretty much mandatory as inclusion and they sync into 7-11 really easily. Chaos Ruler was also insane for Vampires (before it got banned lol)

[@Kmation]

If I had to guess why there is such a thing as a vampire zombie. If you go by Konami’s Castlevania Dracula keeps coming back a lot and will occasionally transform into something bigger even though his initial body was killed off.

[@solidsnivy8394]

Zombie Vampire might be a reference to his Harmony of Dissonance appearance.

[@skipaqua1988]

There is another Xyz card that although isn't necessarily part of the archetype has way too much in common with Sheridan to ignore. Number 24:Dragulas the Vampiric Dragon could easily be the transformed state of Sheridan much like how Vampire Lord transforms into Genesis and how Vampires tend to have shapeshifting capabilities into demon and or dragon-like beings. Not only does it appear in front of a blood moon like other cards of the archetype, but it shares the blonde hair and the same color scheme as well as the glowing red eye. It also shares a similar revival effect as Vampire Bram. The fact that it isn't a zombie monster is the main issue. You also missed Vampire Baby, which shares the same monster stealing ability as the rest of the cards in the archetype.

[@zygas25]

There is also vampire orchis...though technically not a vampire.

[@metalwargreymon9250]

Dragulas is overlooked in my opinion. It makes sense to be the transformed state of Sheridan.

[@TeeheeVlad]

I was just about to say that, thx for doing it for me lol

[@silveramv7686]

I know this archetype might be a very big undertaking but I really wanna see all of Yuya's archetypes(Odd-Eyes, Magicians and Performapals). They can be individual archetype videos but I feel like maybe a full video for every archetype that a protagonist used would be pretty cool. It sounds like a lot of work though...

[@gazerxavier5430]

i know i have been waiting for a pendulum Magician and performapal architype video forever and honestly i can see those working together for a single video because of the dimensional dragons architype video though a remaster on that to cover the new dimensional dragon forms would be great

[@guythat779]

This implies a heroes video.

[@silveramv7686]

@@guythat779 he already did one but more Hero cards came out so who knows what he'll do.

[@JackSparda69]

Still waiting for Black Luster Soldier archetype ;-;

[@aroperdope]

Someone loves the shine; the luster...

[@juksleo6257]

BLS is just a misstranslated Chaos monster that Konami was too butthurt to fix.

[@matthewoliveira3782]

I'm still waiting for all the Numbers' archetype

[@JanizMakudomaru]

I was just thinking of making a Bling Luster Soldier.

[@andrewhuerta7168]

Still waiting for the speedroid archetype.

[@bamstarful]

Strange no "Red Moon Baby" as it was the first vampire card but wasn't switch in the TCG to "Vampire Baby" for a very long time or surprised on honourable mentions like "Blood Sucker"Blue,Red & Yellow Oni" which are meant to be vampire in bat form or the silly "Vampiric Koala" it's just so cute 🥺

[@rasmusdegn9690]

One thing i'm surprised you didn't bring up is how Vampire Grace is pretty clearly inspired by if not outright based on the legends of Elizabeth Bathory.

[@proximaeon]

14:40 | That was Ganondorf's blood.

[@Toldoris]

Very nice video but I think it was a little bit short on the background of vampire dhampir Sheridan! A dhampir is the child of a vampire and a human. A half vampire so to speak. And Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was the author of Carmilla one of the most famous Vampire Stories in history and the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula!

[@loganstephenson3458]

I now want to hear more about vampire fascinator seeing as how she might be an enemy to the other vampires. I'm also curious if those link monsters will lead Konomi to make a sub archetype of vampires based off the twilight series?

[@blackbird7781]

Vampire fascinator is based on Lenore from Castlevania the anime, who was a diplomatic vampire that thought humans should be treated... well... humanely. She still viewed them like livestock but actually cared about them.

[@Eshtian]

Found the single mom

[@r3zaful]

@@blackbird7781 this is doesn't seem is the case here, her effect literally prevent other vampire to summon anything from your opponent grave after you summoned her, the previous generation of vampire gimmick is special summon from your opponent grave, you can't special summon anything from your opponent gy because you are locked into zombies, unless you are playing against another undead army, which she is more than willing to help. She's an " vampire-hunting Vampire" concepts seems very clear now.

[@blackbird7781]

@@r3zaful ....? No, im just saying what the inspiration was for the card's art. It is literally a more undead looking Lenore with less human ears

[@r3zaful]

The story might be like this 1. She meet a defeated human then taking him to her castle. 2. She is taking interest with her/him but doesn't harm her/him in any way. remember she doesn't turn the special summoned monster into a zombie. 3. Now she's working with that human to prevent other vampire turning people into zombies. 4. She start killing her own kin "tribute vampire" so she can get more non vampire allies.

[@Raykushi]

I would love to see you cover the World Chalice Archetype, though I admit it's quite a lengthy archetype

[@gliscaradu1424]

World Chalice? not really. world legacy? Hooo Boi

[@dorugoramon0518]

I think he already covered world legacy in a previous video.

[@NoCryinRyan]

I love this archetype, especially the modern cards; the gimmick of paying and gaining LP as well as taking control of your opponent’s destroyed monsters fits with the vampire theme a lot better than the older ones.

[@phitowns]

It's still too funny that vampire dragon was designed by a literal child

[@pulsefel9210]

"boots" ya sure, thats what got changed, her "boots"

[@seth9655]

You know what's weird? When you look at their designs, some of the monsters are wearing crosses, even though in most vampire stories they are weak to crosses.

[@TheChiog]

Yeah, two things come to my mind regarding that: 1) itis some Rosario + Vampire-like thing to intentionally (temporarily) seal their powers. Maybe they even did it to themself so they could lay dormant until their time has come 2) They somehow overcame this weakness and are now wearing them as some sort of batch and/or massive middle finger towards their enemies

[@gamerule18]

Don't believe everything you read fellas This message was brought to you by the illiterate association of illiteracy

[@Bad_Gazpacho]

@@TheChiog Or maybe they go by Vampire the Masquerade rules: crosses and garlic don't actually do anything to vampires (unless you pick those flaws during character creation).

[@RetrospectiveChannel]

I remember in a story that when lesser vampire asked Dracula who his sire (basically who was the vampire that turned him ) was he said that he has none and that he was Cursed by God himself so yeah maybe that's why the cross comes up .

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

I think it might be because the shape itself has nothing to do with it, but holy magic. Crosses are supposed to be sacred, but a fabric cross made by vampires would do nothing to them. Maybe, just spit balling since it's obvious it's just a cool design thing.

[@Abyssionknight]

Honestly it's not that bad using Grace's effect. You want to go first, and when it comes to Fascinator or Sucker, you want a monster in the opponents grave. It also gives you information on what your opponent is playing, which is never a bad thing; and even if they don't have cards that work in the graveyard, they typically dump a handtrap...which is a win in my books. Though I also like to play a small Zombie world package in my vampire deck. So I get scourge and grace to become beatrice, send a necroworld banshee and doomking, and by the standby of my opponents first turn doomking is on the field, so even if the monster I put in their GY is something they can use, I have a negate for it on the field already. Even better if I can get voivode on the field as well and save doomking's effect for their normal or special summoned monsters.

[@r3zaful]

Don't do it

[@number-qx1kw]

Imagine making your opponent sending a tearalement or ageido to the graveyard , imo not worth the risk

[@r3zaful]

@@number-qx1kw usually I want to get handtrapped with ash/urara or veiler so I can use it i as tribute for vampire shadow or voivode in my opponent turn. The real problem is that if you drawn too many level 5 in your hand without any way to discard them and having grace which have no value in hand and field is worth it.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

I had a Vampire deck for a while. I enjoyed playing with it. The vampire has always been one of my favorite monsters. Great job on this.😊

[@Sta_cotto]

Zombie Vampire sounds so awkward; would've gone with "The Risen Vampire"

[@sandrosliske]

Nearly killed me with laughter at 18:48 Had to remind myself that fanny means bottom in America.

[@nintendolife25]

Shame that this and the great animated series is the most we’ve got from the Castlevania franchise for years. Once again, thank you for covering the lore and cards surrounding this archetype, as well as, the trivia TFS Anime. It makes your videos entertaining to watch. Btw, for the pro players out there, how good is the archetype in the meta?

[@1up525]

"THINK" it was justified? Till this day I'm praying that Dracula gets his revenge in the next season.

[@renaldyhaen]

Another fact: Vampire Fraulein is very beautiful.

[@MrDarksol]

Yep can't be Halloween with vampires and the vampire archtype has always been an interesting one, including with the fact that it felt like to me a Castlevania archtype in deck form. All we need now is a Zone of the Enders archtype along with the Gradius archtype and we are good to go! Very nice job on the video TGS as always!

[@adaurysantos]

Don't we already have the gradius archetype?

[@MrDarksol]

@@adaurysantos I did say along with the Gradius archtype since I knew that already existed but not a Zone of the Enders archtype.

[@brandonc5061]

My first guess as to why this archetype has mash ups would be a reference to how vampirism can be spread to anything. While there can be obvious sinister undertones to that, this sort of hybridization has always been interesting to me since it can sort if show how even incredibly different things can have something in common.

[@r3zaful]

Because it does felt like that They are splitted into 3 different faction with each have their own method, remember ghostrick mansion dweller and ghostrick museum dweller have contrast different styles of locking, with nekomusume as the main play. Vampire lord Vampire Alucard Vampire draculean/voivode

[@ZahnGamingx]

It'd be awsome if they made Vampire Fusion or Vampire Synchro support.

[@Olenderman]

4:25 This is only a small mistake but it angers me so much, the effect is NOT you CAN target one card on the field, you MUST do it, so you'll have to destroy your own goddamn cards if you just wanna attack directly with Vampire Lord and Vampire Lady and I HATE it SO MUCH, why isn't it "can" WHYYYYY

[@othavio_oliveira]

I love the fact that there is a card called "Number 24: Dragulas the Vampiric Dragon" that is literaly a Vampire Dragon, but it's not related to the archetype. Also it is a Wyrm monster ._.

[@sev1120]

Vampire Fascinator luring other Vampires is, in all likelihood, a reference to Mina Harker from the Dracula novel. She was bitten by Dracula, but not fully turned, so she is able to sense where he is, and he can sense her location as well. Unlike other spawn, however, she is not forced to obey his commands, and thus she is able to lure Dracula into a trap

[@r3zaful]

Both sucker and fascinator have built in anti undead effect attached. If anything they are basically the daywalker vampire as well like blade franchise.

[@ComingSoonEntertainment]

6:50 It's actually really interesting. You see, the undead as we know them have sort of existed throughout human history. However, during the late 18th century, vampire sightings were happening all over Europe. At this time the common revenant, what would later evolve into other undead ideas we have today, were mostly seen as spectral undead. They would project their image at night in order to spread pestilence and plague. These earliest examples of undead also tend to be where a lot of common vampire weaknesses originated: garlic, running water, and the cross just to name a few. Edit: Also most of the "vampire hybrid" ideas also exist. Witches were heavily associated with vampires early on. Some Slavic myths tell about a horrific vampire werewolf creature that even hell has trouble keeping locked up. Even mummies were very similar to how we see vampires today, sexy, when they were first conceptualized.

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Pretty ballsy for them to take on vampires at night.

[@giornogiovannatheultimateb8553]

Cross+fire Easy combo

[@VixYW]

I thought "Number 24: Dragulas, the Vampiric Dragon" was also considered to be part of the vampire archetype. It even have the blood moon in the artwork.

[@ChampionMarx]

Well vampire is not in the name sooooo

[@blackbird7781]

Well it isnt part of the archetype per se, but is able to be easily gotten out by vampire cards. He is based on seeningly a mix of dracula and alucard

[@Muriuki34]

@@ChampionMarx Archetype cards without the archetype in their names is a thing though, aren't they?

[@ChampionMarx]

@@Muriuki34 yes but this card also does not fall under that ether as it has no listing of the vampire archetype in its effects

[@jesuschristthefirstjojo.7565]

It's not a vampire archetype but a Number archetype.

[@Keyguin]

I do miss when Vampires were focused on milling, but more cards started coming out that had beneficial GY effects so I get why they stopped. Maybe one day they could get a Nopenguin type monster where cards milled by Vampires get banished or negated as well.

[@aleksandaracic7557]

Vampire is only serbien word that are used across world

[@sr.rem444]

also fun fact, its originally pronounced Vampyr

[@icyclaws4022]

Thank you so much for this! This is my favorite deck and my personal one and I like how it got more recognition lately!

[@torazely]

TGS: shows the Vampire Hunter card me: You must be the Belmont

[@KingsKaiser]

Fun fact, the reason vampires never appeared in pictures or reflections is because back then cameras and mirrors were made using silver, a metal that was considered holy. Now in modern times, we use aluminum and other materials instead. So a modern day vampire wouldn't have to worry about those kinda things in this day and age.

[@anthonythomas305]

I would love to see you cover the Fossil archetype someday. Overall, amazing cover up for this archetype. Vampires are so cool

[@dragonmaster613]

Vampire Hunter also resembles Leon Belmont, the one who started it all in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.

[@sirduke0128]

4:45 Wait, that's Peach's castle from Mario!😂

[@LucasColasso]

I think that vampire ghost is kinda of a "reference" to how the term "vampire" was a regional term for any undead creature on some parts of europe in the past, other regions of the world had their own words to describe creatures from beyond the grave: draugr in the northern europe, strigoi/shtriga on western europe, ghoul in the mediterranean, nzumbi on certain parts of africa (this specifically is the root of the word "zombie").

[@Azwraith_96]

Bro, strigoi its from romania striga from poland like in the witcher series. Not western but eastern

[@christopherelizondo318]

yo i love your videos!!! you're very knowledgeable and the well thoughtout scripts keep me coming back :) keep up the good work sir

[@TGSAnime]

I appreciate that!

[@bhull242]

Vampire Lord was released long before that Structure Deck, and Vampire Lady was released after Vampire Lord but before Vampire Genesis. I know because I already owned both Vampire Lord and Vampire Lady before my brother bought the Structure Deck, which was around the time of its release.

[@R0m0n3]

As well as vampire baby

[@TheGreenManThom]

oh man I really love the art in those. Dunno how good a vampire deck is in the grand scheme of things since it has been a while but I kinda wanna play one now

[@blackbird7781]

Ah yes the castlevania archetype. Fun fact, the Vampire Hunter card is actually called Vampire killer, based on the Vampire Killer whip from Castlevania

[@blackbird7781]

Also, Vampire Genesis is based on Dracula's final form in Castlevania, Castlevania Rondo of Blood and second form of the first boss of Symphony of the Night

[@blackbird7781]

Vampire Ghost is based on the cult that tried to ressurect Dracula time and time again. That is shown in their effect. Also, Vampire Fascinator is probably the most interesting one, being based on Lenore from the Castlevania anime

[@blackbird7781]

Also, Vampire Takeover is a reference to Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, which is set in modern day. Also Vampire Scarlet Scourge is based on SotN/anime alucard. (Anime version is based on SotN version as is)

[@blackbird7781]

Vampire Voivode and Undead Vampire are based on SotN Dracula. An interesting thing is that Vampire Fraulein is actually not a castlevania reference, but instead, is based on Rachel Alucard from the Blazblue franchise

[@blackbird7781]

Also, final fact for now, Vampire Killer's character seems to be a fusion of Leon Belmont, Alucard, and Soma Cruz

[@Ramsey276one]

17:30 Noble Phantasm: Kazihkli Vey!

[@FTMSimba]

3:09 I'm not gonna ignore how nasty that board was

[@dameonwalrath4924]

Vampire Kingdom makes any card that sends a monster / trap / or spell to the grave good allowing the user to destroy things on the field. It also allows the user to send monsters from their deck to the grave yard getting more of the vampire's grave yard effects.

[@sordat2]

Is it just me or does the vampire hunter look like the first Belmont

[@MasterArchfiend]

He forgot Vampire Baby and barely acknowledged Lady, Lord and Genesis.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGKzZ6KZra-Jfbs here you go

[@TGSAnime]

Vampire Baby was called Red Moon Baby in the original Japanese, so it’s not really a part of the archetype.

[@shadowofsecracy]

@@TGSAnime I thought the original name was vampire baby so it was meant to be part of the archetype and that's why they changed it. It got released as "red-moon" first then they updated it in 2013 to "vampire" right?

[@Druid-T]

@@TGSAnime A. It was never called "Red Moon Baby" in the ocg, you can even look at pre PSCT versions of it to confirm this B. Even if I'm wrong and it was at one point called Red Moon Baby, it's been erratad since, and is now officially a Vampire. You can even check in Master Duel, searching the card off of Familiar and Awakening is legal. It may be a worthless, long powercrept part of the archetype, but it is still part of the archetype

[@varkolak7779]

1:37 Camula is so savage.

[@PhantoRoyce]

9:25 actually the reason vampires don’t have reflections is because mirrors used to be made with silver,which is considered a holy metal. Same reason a silver bullet kills a werewolf

[@PrinsaVossum]

Vampire Retainer looks like Monokuma from the Danganronpa series.

[@tonyhamilton7785]

1:50 It looked like whatever took her soul had a personal issue against her cause gawd damn, he almost took her neck along with the soul

[@Galaxy_Broker]

So the actual reason for why a vampire's reflection is not actually that they don't have a reflection, but because the mirrors used to have silver backing to give it reflection, since silver was considered a holy metal things of unholy nature like vampires could therefore not to be seen in the mirror

[@anonymousxiii4780]

I’d love to see the lore behind the Madolche Archetype

[@Ramsey276one]

The older cards that connect to the newer archetype members are a nice touch to this video

[@jameshewitt4706]

I once tried building a Vampire deck. Watching this video kinda makes me want to try again.

[@inkromancer_studios]

Vampire was my main deck way back when, I had no idea it had received so much support recently. Back in the day it played around using graveyard mechanics to avoid paying tributes for high star monsters, a super fun gimick to be sure, but man it was slow. xD

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

8:34 i think this is the most popular card in the archetype 9:02 so in fiction having a shadow counts as having a soul? wonder if there will be a day a fiction work compares vampires with holograms, that don't cast a shadow either

[@UltimatePhantasm]

Fuckonami: censors vampire vamp, bmg, etc Also fuckonami: leaves the often considerably less covered up amazoness monsters completely unedited

[@samwill7259]

One of those classics in the old formats, Vampire Lord especially

[@Goblin_Hands]

It feels very incomplete. All of the old and middle introduced cards are ignored, (very little level 6, etc solid support) and there is no other focus on the Belmont card, if he's just a 1600 anti-DARK battler and nothing more, he'd have no chance against them, no items or whip or abilities or anything. There's very little castle references despite Konami owning Castlevania and where is Alucard? How about a retrain if Genesis?

[@the_apotecary_from_tf2]

Fun fact Italians are immune to vampires Because they're made for 20% garlic

[@roninwarriorsfan]

As someone of italian decent, i concur

[@FatPower2029]

vampire grace and vampire lord was my main cards in the old days, their effect when activated while you have vampire kingdom field spell face up , will destroy any card you want. you forgot to mention Vampire Koala .it's an old card but it worth mention.

[@chrisharte4280]

I can't decide on which Archetype video should come next; the Thunder Dragons or The Gravekeepers?

[@HaakonTheRayquaza]

I like this archetype, I need to make my own deck based on it some day also, I think Vampire Voivode's revival effect may be based on how, in the Castlevania games, Dracula is brought back every 100 years due to humanity's inherent evil (it fits with Voivode's ability to revive if the opponent summons a monster)

[@cosmo_cat64]

I adore this deck and love playing it both irl and in MD! I love the gothic theme and how the mechanics do feel very in theme of how vampires work

[@Darklord_Betzebub]

11:32 there is just a shadow of his armor!

[@GHJ_AS]

Pretty much the first archetype I started building when I started playing again. And I’ve been loving this deck ever since. Always looking to find ways to improve it.

[@ratioed1438]

Sam why were you bullying that poor DM player at 2:53. xD

[@BartEmbregts]

When you play with a vampire deck and the theme of Simon Belmont starts playing...

[@kingk.d.m4620]

Ironically I was on master duel looking at my cards noticing that I have a fair bit of vampire cards and said to myself it is the spooky month I guess I’ll build a vampire deck and then I open KZbin and find this in my recommended box. The gods have spoken and the stars are aligned

[@floydthegreninja4031]

One thing I don’t understand about Crimson Knight Vampire Bram, the artwork depicts him in armour and having a shield, plus he’s a vampire knight. So, why does he not have any defense points? Maybe he wants to forgo defense?

[@briannamay5459]

AHH you didn't mention the coolest part of Vampire Grace. She's actually a reference to Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who was a Hungarian noble and a serial killer who would bathe in her victims blood because she believed it would retain her youth

[@anthonythomas305]

Vampire archetype is so awesome to both Yugioh and Shadowverse (Bloodcraft)

[@bladeuser619]

Still waiting for that playmarker profile video

[@flame1245]

Also to note that vampire Frauline That the frauline part of her name is german for lady or woman which

[@harryc657]

Vampires made a good leap with the new support, but they're going to need some Hellsing shenanigans to be META.

[@StonedHunter]

Making a vampire hunter archetype that's a mix of Hellsing and the Belmonts would be super fun

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

I like there were Vampire cards in both Ghosts from the Past sets.

[@Negoose]

OMG i was actually waiting for this one Great video man!

[@georgeweir6776]

My favorite Archetype! Been waiting forever for him to do this one

[@willnack5315]

I wonder if anyone from this archetype says “Bleh Bleh Bleh”

[@Netherwolf6100]

Always wanted a werewolf archetype. Vampires always get the most love out of the old monsters and it feels overdone. Gotta give more love to other monsters.

[@Hessobreezey]

As we all know, this means more vampire support is coming after you make this vid lol

[@blackmark2899]

If you look at the monsters, you can tell what generation or bloodline the Vampires belong to. Genesis seems to be the progenitor or Lord, Lady, Grace, Sorcerer, Vamp, and Dhampir. Those that came form Genesis all have those odd chunky purple wing claw appendages that Genesis had. With the exception of the Links, Voivode is the progenitor of the rest as they all lack those appendages but have a pale to undead skin color and glowing red eyes. Sucker and Facinator seem to be of a different line as Sucker has really healthy looking skin, the familiars are different from the other two, and the eyes seem to not be locked to red (Facinator's being blue). Not to mention the ears of the two and that Sucker seems to be in the daylight as opposed to needing the blood moon. So that's at least 3 Vampire bloodlines within the archetype.

[@roxannwinslow6730]

I think one of the vampires in Camulla's flashback looked like the Tanya, the Shadowrider that came after her.

[@WolfEntertainment]

I wonder if Vampire Retainer being dog-like is a reference to a hellhound. Only reason I think this is because in the movie "The Lost Boys", the Vampire expert characters state that a vampire or the head vampire (I forget which) will have a hellhound in its service to protect it. Plus, the hellhound was also white in the movie and Retainer's normal form is that of a white dog as well.

[@bluwzrdphone]

Love my Vampires, thank you for this video!

[@foureyes840]

I think vampire sorceress in vampire takeover is genuine a spellcasting vampire/zombie, she just standing like elemental hero captain gold in the top of lightning rod of a building.

[@natsumaru1stStar]

I keep coming back to this video because I love the vampire's. And Castlevania. But when I seen Camula and her deck both anime and in game, I been searching for and trying to make the deck lol.

[@chiefbawor_thegr8966]

Vampire Zombie is funny because that's like, double undead. Its like Zombie Skeleton.

[@VnZLunatic]

I love vampires