Elemental HERO " Elemental HERO " ( Japanese : " Erementaru Hīrō " ) is a " HERO " sub - archetype of monsters used by both Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix ( for a period of time until the latter changed to Destiny HEROes ) in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " anime . The former also used this archetype , along with his mentor Koyo Hibiki , in the manga . All members of this sub - archetype are Warrior monsters , except for the following : They were designed by Kazuki Takahashi , and are themed after comic - book superheroes from the anime and are based off natural elements in the manga . " Elemental HERO " Decks focus heavily on Fusion Summon ing . Most of these fall into two primary " Elemental HERO " monsters categories that can be fused with one another . Normal Monsters from the TV series ( Named Materials for Fusion Summoning ) and manga counterparts that are retrained versions with effects ( Fusion Materials are generic ) . See ' Grouping ' section for more information . Grouping . " Avian " , " Burstinatrix " , " Clayman " and " Bubbleman " are often grouped together because there is at least one Fusion Monster for each pair of them ( except " Avian " and " Clayman " ) , as well as " Elemental HERO Electrum " using all 4 as Fusion Material s . " Bladedge " , " Wildheart " , and " Necroshade " are often grouped together because there is at least one Fusion Monster for each pair of them ( except " Bladedge " and " Necroshade " ) . " Sparkman " was introduced very early on and is usually on cards like " Fifth Hope " and " HERO ' s Bond " . " Sparkman " has the most fusions of any Elemental HERO , other than " Neos " , with a grand total of 6 ( " Thunder Giant " , " Tempest " , " Shining Flare Wingman " , " Shining Phoenix Enforcer " , " Plasma Vice " , and " Darkbright " ) . " Elemental HERO Neos " is seen as having his own support , often grouped with the " Neo - Spacian s " . The manga " Elemental HERO " monsters ( unoffically called " Omni Heroes " ) are also grouped together since they don ' t have fusions with the anime " Elemental HERO " monsters . These include " Ocean " , " Woodsman " , " Heat " , and " Lady Heat " . Lastly , " Stratos " , " Shadow Mist " and " Blazeman " are considered a group of their own due to their superiority over others . Design . The Elemental HEROes ' designs are based after superheroes from Western comic books . In the Japanese version , their nomenclature is " Elemental HERO ( term related to its element ) man " ( for the masculine heroes , with the only exception of " Prisma " ) . The only feminine heroes are " Burstinatrix " , " Lady Heat " , " Poison Rose " and " Shadow Mist " ( the first two have " Lady " instead of " Man " in their Japanese name ) . Some of the names are changed in the English version . As the name indicates , the " Elemental HEROes " each represent an element of nature . In Western culture , the main elements are fire , water , air , earth , light and darkness , but in eastern culture , more elements are considered , such as lightning , wood , metal and ice . The manga doesn ' t follow the same theme as the anime , but the heroes are still based around those same elements . Playing style . " Elemental HERO " decks mainly focus on swarming the field with Fusion Monster s , using cards like " Polymerization " and " Miracle Fusion " . For " Elemental HERO " Fusion Monsters with specified names , " King of the Swamp " and other Fusion Substitute Monster s are very useful . They also have access to Rank 4 Xyz Monsters due to cards like " Elemental HERO Bubbleman " and " A Hero Lives " . " Instant Fusion " can also be used to summon " Elder Entity Norden and a level 4 WATER monster , then Xyz Summoning " Bahamut Shark " and using it ' s effect to summon " Toadally Awesome " . Lastly , they can be used as a bridge to the " Masked HERO es " . As with the release of the " Omni HEROs " ( Attribute - specifc Fusion Monsters ) , as well as the 2 Extra Deck " Vision HERO s ( " Vision Hero Adoration and " Vision HERO Trinity " ) , all " Elemental HEROs " can be fused together with each other , as well as other " HEROs " . The " Omni HEROs " basically allow the " Elemental HEROs " to exist in any deck focused on an archetype of monsters with the same Attribute , and each Attribute allows these " Elemental HEROs " access to Attribute - specific support cards , such as " Salvage " . Perhaps the best part of an " Elemental HERO " deck is the search / recovery power . Cards like " Salvage " , " Shadow Mist " , " Blazeman " , " Legacy of a HERO " , " Fusion Recovery " , " Elemental HERO The Shining " , " E - Emergency Call " and " Reinforcement of the Army can be used to go into many pluses . " Elemental HEROes " somewhat lack protection , as they are mostly offensive . " Safe Zone " is useful here , and can cause an easy OTK by comboeing it with " Vision HERO Trinity " . There is a great combo using Mask Change , Elemental HERO Absolute Zero , and Masked HERO Acid . First fuse any HERO monster and a Water Attribute monster with Polymerization , or any card that can fuse monsters , to get Elemental HERO Absolute Zero . Use Mask Change to send Elemental HERO Absolute Zero back to the Graveyard and summon Masked HERO Acid , remember that when Elemental HERO Absolute Zero is removed from the field , it destroys all of your opponent ' s monsters , and Masked HERO Acid ' s effect says that when it is summoned to the field , all of your opponent ' s Spells / Traps are destroyed , effectively clearing your opponent ' s field . This combo works perfectly because Masked HERO Acid only needs a Water Attribute monster like Elemental HERO Absolute Zero and a Change card to be Summoned . Lastly , due to their high recovery and " Elemental HERO Honest Neos " , " Elemental HEROes " won ' t be stopped by disabling Special Summons as their non - Fusion Monsters can stand on their own until Special Summoning is allowed again .