HERO " HERO " ( " Hīrō " ) is an archetype introduced in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " that includes five archetype s and series . In the anime , Jaden uses " Elemental HERO " and " Neo - Spacian " monsters , Aster uses " Destiny HERO " monsters but previously also used " Elemental HERO " , and Jaden as The Supreme King uses " Elemental HERO " and " Evil HERO " monsters . In the manga , Jaden uses " Elemental HERO " and " Masked HERO " monsters while Aster uses " Vision HERO " monsters . " HERO " monsters are often based on comic , cartoon , or movie style heroes . The " HERO " archetype is the second largest archetype in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " franchise , behind " Number " . History . This archetype was originally divided into " Elemental Hero " , " Evil Hero " and " Destiny Hero " , " Masked Hero " and " Vision Hero " , but were later unified as the " HERO " archetype ( with Problem - Solving Card Text renaming these archetypes " Elemental HERO " , " Evil HERO " and " Destiny HERO " , " Masked HERO " and " Vision HERO " ) . " HERO ' s Bond " is the only Spell Card that is part of the " HERO " archetype . " Contrast HERO Chaos " , " Xtra HERO Wonder Driver " and the Illegal Match winner " E☆HERO Pit Boss " are the only " HERO " monsters not to be part of any of the five sub - groups by name alone , though " Chaos " is always treated as an " Elemental HERO " monster . Prior to the Problem - Solving Card Text rename to distinguish between cards in this archetype and cards that simply include " Hero " in their name , cards that support this archetype in the " OCG " instead supported " Elemental Hero " , " Destiny Hero " and " Evil Hero " as a group in the " TCG " ( " Masked HERO " and " Vision HERO " had not been released in the TCG at that time ) . This was done in the old texts of " Elemental HERO Stratos " , " Elemental HERO Ocean " , " Elemental HERO Divine Neos " , " Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy " , " Elemental HERO Absolute Zero " , and " HERO ' s Bond " . The " Masked HERO " and " Vision HERO " monsters made their debut in the fiftieth chapter of the " GX " manga . Naming . The Japanese cards use 「 」 , 「 」 , 「 」 「 」 , 「 」 , 「 」 , 「 」 and 「 」 at the start of their names so only those eight would work with 「 」 . Note that " Elemental HERO " , " Evil HERO " , and " Entertainment HERO " use 「 Ｅ ・ ＨＥＲＯ 」 , 「 Ｅ － ＨＥＲＯ 」 , and 「 Ｅ☆ＨＥＲＯ 」 , and their furigana is different : " Elemental HERO " monsters have 「 エレメンタルヒーロー 」 , " Evil HERO " monsters have 「 イービルヒーロー 」 , and " Entertainment HERO " monsters have 「 エンターテイメントヒーロー 」 . The Korean cards use " 히어로 " to indicate " HERO " . " Elemental HERO " and " Evil HERO " monsters are denoted by " 엘리멘틀 히어로 " , and " Destiny HERO " monsters are denoted by " 데스티니 히어로 " . However , " 엘리멘틀 " doesn ' t mean " Elemental " ; it is a transcription that is pronounced " Ellimenteul " . Furthermore , the only card that shows " Evil HERO " translated into Korean properly is " Evil HERO Inferno Wing " , and only in the of this card . The proper translation of " Evil HERO " is " 이블 히어로 " . In English , originally text supporting HEROes specified " Elemental Hero " and " Destiny Hero " monsters without acknowledging the archetype itself . However , after the " TCG " release of " Evil Heroes " , errata for HERO support cards was issued to include them . With the Problem - Solving Card Text , in anticipation of the Masked HERO and Vision HERO sub - archetypes , " Elemental Hero " , " Destiny Hero " and " Evil Hero " were renamed " Elemental HERO " , " Destiny HERO " and " Evil HERO " , respectively ; they were first printed this way in " Generation Force " . From this booster pack onward , in English HERO has been supported as an archetype rather than a collection of the three archetypes . " HERO " is rendered in all capital letters to distinguish these cards from cards such as " Oscillo Hero " and " Hero Kid " which have " Hero " in their names but are not part of this archetype .