Gladiator Beast " Gladiator Beast " , known as " Gladial Beast " ( " Guradiaru Bīsuto " ) in the " OCG " , is an archetype of monsters with various Attribute s ( primarily DARK and EARTH ) and Type s ( primarily Beast , Beast - Warrior , and Winged - Beast ) released in " Gladiator ' s Assault " . They are used by both the Battle Beast and Sanders in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " . Design . Appearance . The archetype resemble futuristic versions of the ancient slave - warriors . Etymology . The archetype ' s name comes from " " , a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena . Each monster is primarily named after types of gladiators that fought in the Roman Colosseum , while others are named after famous fighters from the Roman Empire . Playing style . With a few exceptions , all non - Fusion " Gladiator Beasts " have an effect to return to the Deck during the end of a Battle Phase when it battled , and then to Special Summon another " Gladiator Beast " monster to replace it ( this is also known as ' tagging out ' ) . The newly Special Summoned " Gladiator Beast " monsters usually gain another effect when Special Summoned in this way . " Gladiator Beasts " also have five Fusion Monsters , three of which require a specific " Gladiator Beast " monster and either one or two other " Gladiator Beast " monsters as Fusion Material . However , " Polymerization " is not required to Fusion Summon these monsters . Instead , the correct " Gladiator Beast " Fusion Material Monsters are returned to the Main Deck to Special Summon the appropriate " Gladiator Beast " Fusion Monster . This process is otherwise known as Contact Fusion . Several of the " Gladiator Beast " Fusion Monsters are also able to ' tag out ' to Special Summon 2 or more " Gladiator Beast " monsters from the Deck . Nearly every card in the archetype is capable of being returned to the hand , field , or Deck from the Graveyard by utilizing the effects of " Gladiator Beast " monsters or their support cards . The " Gladiator Beast " Deck includes a mix of destruction , aggro , and toolbox cards and tactics . It is this versatility which landed this Deck as one of the top Decks in the " Shonen Jump Circuit " . The September 2010 Forbidden List caused " Gladiators Beasts " to become more popular , especially with the banning of " Heavy Storm " and Limiting of " Royal Oppression " , both of which were a threat to their strategy . The April 2015 Forbidden List made the previously Limited " Gladiator Beast Bestiari " Unlimited , making the entire deck not as susceptible to having a " Bottomless Trap Hole " or other card that banishes monsters used on " Bestiari " , which would render " Gladiator Beast Gyzarus " inaccessible for the remainder of the Duel . Previous incarnations of thes Deck used " Rescue Cat " to Summon monsters such as " Gladiator Beast Samnite " and " Test Tiger " to make big plays . With the Errata of " Rescue Cat " , however , the Deck changed its strategy . With the release of " Rescue Rabbit " , the new version of the Deck uses " Gladiator Beast Andal " to allow for the quick Summon of " Gladiator Beast Essedarii " , " Gladiator Beast Heraklinos " , " Gladiator Beast Nerokius " or " Gladiator Beast Dragacius " .