Destiny HERO " Destiny HERO " ( , " Desutenī Hīrō " ) is a " HERO " sub - archetype of DARK Warrior monsters used by Aster Phoenix in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " anime , as well as by his alternate universe counterpart in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . Since their debut , they have been believed to be an antithesis to the " Elemental HERO " archetype , as specific cards somewhat resemble certain " Elemental HERO " monsters . References to British culture . These cards resemble British anti - heroes and there are several references to British culture within the cards . There is also an emphasis in the passage of time in most " Destiny HERO " card effects , as opposed to the more immediate effects of " Elemental HERO " monsters . Naming . In the OCG , the names of all " Destiny HERO " monsters begin with the letter " " D " " and end with " " Guy " " with a few exceptions such as " Destiny HERO - Dark Angel " , " Destiny HERO - Bloo - D " and " Destiny HERO - Dread Servant " . Appearances . The " Destiny HERO " monsters were designed by Aster Phoenix ' s father . After he was killed ( kidnapped in the dub ) , Aster inherited the cards , although one was stolen by the D . It was mentioned by Aster that , just like Neos and the Neo Spacians , the Destiny HERO monsters were infused with cosmic energies . The stolen card was known as the " Ultimate D Card " . Aster made it his business to find this card in order to avenge his father . The " Ultimate D Card " was " Destiny HERO - Plasma " , while the " Final D Card " was " Destiny End Dragoon " . Aster was able to retrieve the former card after defeating the D . " Destiny End Dragoon " was initially stolen by Mike in the fourth season but it was retrieved by Jaden and Esmeralda during a Duel that Mike organized and returned to Aster . Relation to other " HERO " monsters . Currently , the only " Destiny HERO " - related card that involves the " Elemental HERO " archetype is " D - Time " . However , " Elemental HERO " cards such as " Elemental HERO Stratos " , " Elemental HERO Ocean " , " Elemental HERO Divine Neos " , " HERO ' s Bond " , and " Elemental HERO Absolute Zero " all support " Destiny HERO " monsters , as does the " Evil HERO " " Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy " . " Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer " and " Elemental HERO Shining Phoenix Enforcer " can be considered pseudo - " Destiny HERO " monsters as they have only been owned and used to date by Aster Phoenix , and their Japanese name also have " Guy " at the end . " Destiny HERO " monsters are also supported by the " Masked HERO " and " Vision HERO " monsters , such as " Masked HERO Goka " , " Masked HERO Vapor " , " Mask Change " , " Vision HERO Trinity " and " Vision HERO Adoration " Playing style . On the GX TV series , the main focus of " Destiny HERO " Decks revolves around stalling for the effect of " Clock Tower Prison " , and then manually destroying the Field Spell with another effect to Special Summon " Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster " with a gang of other " Destiny HERO " Monsters to beatdown the opponent . With " Destiny HERO - Dogma " and " Destiny HERO - Plasma " as finishers . These two Level 8 " Destiny HERO " Monsters , " Over Destiny " , " Trade - In " and an effect like " Miracle Fusion " can be used to Summon " Destiny End Dragoon " . See the " Destiny HERO Fusion Deck " listed below . The effect of " Diamond Dude " is also used as a centerpiece to build a Deck around : it ignores the Cost of cards to activate ( e . g . " Discard 1 Card " or " Pay 1000 Life Points " ) ; of the three Monsters is the only one still activately used and is the reason why " Destiny HERO " Decks are always Spell Card heavy . " Destiny HERO - Drilldark " can only Special Summon " Destiny HERO " Monsters from the Hand ; as this archetype typically tends to rely on " Elemental HERO Shadow Mist " as a searcher and potentially use " Elemental HERO Blazeman " to either search for " Polymerization " or send " Shadow Mist " to the Graveyard to activate his second effect , it is recommended to run " Goblindbergh " ( for Rank 4 Monsters ) or " Red Resonator " ( Level 6 Synchro Monsters ) instead of " Drillguy " for the same result . At time of their first release , " Elemental HERO Stratos " , " Destiny HERO - Disk Commander " , " Destiny Draw " , " Destiny HERO - Malicious " and " Reinforcement of the Army " were the fastest Draw / Tribute engine bar none , usually with the single Tribute " Monarch " Monsters and " Jinzo " . " Stratos " and " Disk Commander " have no - once - per - turn restriction to their effects and basically been replaced by " Shadow Mist " and " Destiny HERO - Celestial " . Not related to the whole archetype , the combination of " Malicious " , " Plaguespreader Zombie " and " Armageddon Knight " / " Dark Grepher " was commonly used ( when " Reinforcement of the Army " was not on the Banlist ) as a complementary engine to DARK / Zombie Synchro Decks , until the recent release of " Shiranui Solitaire " , which can Special Summon " Uni - Zombie " from the Main Deck and send " Mezuki " to Graveyard , then revive the first Monster , all off of one Normal Summon alone . Using either of the " Discard " or " Send to Graveyard " effects of " Uni - Zombie " restricts the Player to only attacking with Zombie Monsters for the turn . All of these mentioned Monsters can use " Pot of Acquisitiveness " to reload Banish ed Monsters .