Yosenju " Yosenju " ( " Yōsenjū " ) , also referred to as the " Spirit Samurai " , is an archetype of WIND monsters used by Sylvio Sawatari in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . All members of this archetype are Beast and Beast - Warrior monsters , except for the Rock " Yosenju Shinchu L " and " Yosenju Shinchu R " . Lore . Normally , they confine themselves in deepest depths of stormy mountains training themselves , but once a month each year , they cause a great storm that descends to the lands below . People recognize their power as a natural phenomenon that transcends human understanding . Design . Etymology . The archetype name , " 妖仙獣 " , is composed of 3 Kanji characters . " 妖 " " yō " ( " strange " ; " attractive " ) refers to magical creatures and practices ( such as , , yōki , yōjutsu ) . " 仙 " " sen " ( " hermit " ) refers to immortal spirits that train themselves in hidden places for thousands of years to become magical , usually to turn from minion demons into gods . 獣 ( " beast " ) refers to the beast - like appearances of the archetype . Appearance . The " Yosenju " monsters are all based off of elements of Japanese mythology and folklore — especially yōkai — with wind - based powers . Several of the members are based on the . In folklore these were weasel - like creatures that rode on whirlwinds , looking to cut unsuspecting passers - by with sickles and nails . " Yosenju Misak " is specifically based on a similar creature called the " Yama Misaki " – a demonic wind which takes on the shape of a human ' s severed head riding the air using fallen souls as a wheel . The Pendulum Monsters of the archetype lean more into the realm of Shinto symbolism than Folklore . " Shinchu R " and " Shinchu L " represent halves of a , which are used to mark a boundary between the realms of the profane and sacred with " Mayosenju Daibak " representing an enshrined in a state of destructive anger . Interestingly , " Daibak " draws inspiration from both the " Kamaitachi " Yokai and the notion of " Divine Wind " or " Kamikaze " . Playing style . The " Yosenju " monsters ' primary strategy focus on swarm ing the field through sequenced Normal Summons ; they also can perform Pendulum Summon s . They share a Spirit - esque effect that causes them to return themselves to the hand at the end of the turn when Normal or Special Summoned , with the exceptions of " Yosenju Shinchu L " and " Yosenju Shinchu R " ; these two last ones focus on protecting the on - Field " Yosenjus " from attacks or card effects as well as on setting up Pendulum Summons . The main strategy of the Archetype is to maintain Field control , by removing the opponent ' s cards from the Field , such as with the effects of " Mayosenju Daibak " , " Yosenju Kama 1 " , " Yosen Whirlwind " and " Yosenju Misak " , while also searching for key cards in order to keep control of the game state , with the effects of " Yosenju Kama 3 " , " Yosen Training Grounds " and " Yosenju Oyam " . The previously - mentioned " Mayosenju Daibak " is the current ace card of the theme , and bounces 2 cards on the Field upon its Normal or Special Summon ; this effect can be used to deal with cards that would be difficult to get rid of , such as " El Shaddoll Winda " , " Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons " , " Fire King High Avatar Garunix " , etc , or to recycle its owner ' s own cards , such as " Fiendish Chain " , etc . Despite its high Level normally rendering it too difficult to Pendulum Summon , the Pendulum Effect of " Yosenju Shinchu R " raises its Pendulum Scale to 11 in order to facilitate this task . As a Pendulum Card , " Daibak " can boost the ATK of your attacking " Yosenjus " by 300 during the Battle Phase only . The Support cards of the Archetype also rely on keeping card advantage , by either returning an opponent ' s card to the hand when a " Yosenju " monster do so , or by returning a monster to the Deck , instead . " Yosen Training Grounds " can accumulate Counters — as the " Yosenju " monsters are Normal or Special Summoned — in order to give them even more power , by either boosting their ATK , or by fetching or retrieving the cards needed to keep the player up with the game . In order to protect them against anything that would try to frustrate their offensiveness , there is " Yosenjus ' Secret Move " , a Counter Trap Card that can negate the activation of any card or effect and destroy that card , provided you control another face - up " Yosenju " card . Some off - theme cards that may be useful :