Flower Cardian " Flower Cardian " , known as " Cardian " ( " Kādian " ) in the " OCG " , is an archetype of DARK Warrior monsters used by Chojiro Tokumatsu in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " based on playing cards . Design . " Flower Cardian " monsters look like giant cards . The images depicted in them appear to be parodies of the images depicted in the actual playing cards using " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " cards ; for example , the image depicted on " Flower Cardian Pine with Crane " is a parody of the image depicted in the " " card with " Crane Crane " . Members . Main Deck . Each Main Deck monster ' s Level is equal to the month represented by its suit ; for example , " Matsu " is the first suit , so " Flower Cardian Pine " and " Flower Cardian Pine with Crane " are both Level 1 . The ATK / DEF of each is equal to 100 times its point value in hanafuda ; for example , the " Susuki " hanafuda card is worth 1 point and " Flower Cardian Zebra Grass " has 100 ATK / DEF , while the " Full Moon with Red Sky Susuki " card is worth 20 points and " Flower Cardian Zebra Grass with Moon " has 2000 ATK / DEF . Extra Deck . The Extra Deck monsters are based on " " ( combos ) in Koi - Koi , a game played with hanafuda cards . Etymology . In Japanese , " Cardian " is written with kanji meaning " Hanafuda " and " Protection " . The reading " Cardian " is a pun on " Card " and " Guardian " . In English , the addition of the word " Flower " may reflect the fact that " Hanafuda " is written with kanji meaning " Flower " and " Card " . Playing style . This archetype revolves around performing plays that mirror plays from hanafuda games . Their effects allow the player to Tribute the " Flower Cardian " monsters worth 1 point in hanafuda games on their field to Special Summon the monster of matching Level worth 20 points from their hand , which will then allow the player to draw 1 card . If the drawn card is a " Flower Cardian " who has another of matching Level on the field , the player can keep Special Summoning " Flower Cardian " monsters and drawing cards . This arrangement is meant to gather the right cards on the field to perform a combination named " Yaku " , represented by a Synchro Summon . The archetype uses cards such as " Flower Gathering " to gather cards more quickly . Everything revolves around gathering the right cards to perform a " Yaku " and Synchro Summon the Synchro Monster corresponding to that combo . By using " Flower Stacking " followed by " Super Koi Koi " it ' s possible to summon any Level 4 or 6 Synchro Monster , or a Rank 2 Xyz Monster . The " Flower Cardian " Tuners ( " Flower Cardian Moonflower " , " Flower Cardian Peony with Butterfly " and " Flower Cardian Willow with Calligrapher " ) can treat other monsters as Level 2 for a Synchro Summon , so it ' s possible to Special Summon " Level Eater " with its own effect and use it to summon any of the " Flower Cardian " Synchro Monsters . The Pendulum Effect of " Dragodies , the Empowered Warrior " can be used to help " Flower Cardian Paulownia with Phoenix " , " Flower Cardian Pine with Crane " and " Flower Cardian Zebra Grass with Moon " activate their last effects , and its Monster Effect can add any of the " Flower Cardian " monsters from your Deck to your hand . Weaknesses . While this deck has immense draw power and flows well with the average first hand , it has a number of flaws .