Photon " Photon " ( フォトン " Foton " ) is an archetype of LIGHT monsters used by Kite Tenjo , Dextra and Nistro in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " , and created by Dr . Faker and Mr . Heartland together . This archetype was first released in " Photon Shockwave " . Most of the monsters in this archetype have armored or scaly bodies that emit blue light . The " Photon " archetype is intimately related to the " Galaxy " archetype . In the anime , Kite ' s Deck was created by using science from another dimension , later revealed to be Barian World , though Astral compared the energy of " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " to that of his own world . In physics , a is an elementary particle , the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation , and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force . Strategy . The goal of a " Photon " Deck is to take control of the field . The archetype features a fantastic variety of Swarm cards , including " Accellight " , " Photon Lead " , " Twin Photon Lizard " and " Paladin of Photon Dragon " – a ritual monster that can be summoned twice with the same Ritual Spell Card . Besides this , many " Photon " cards focus on Summoning their ace monster , " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " , which is a good example of " Photon " field control : its self - banishing Quick Effect allows it to evade Traps like " Dimensional Prison " and bypass other card effects . Another example is " Photon Leo " , which can shuffle cards in your opponent ' s hand back into the Deck . This can be a very disruptive effect in numerous situations . Lower - Level " Photon " monsters have more strategic uses , such as adding different " Photon " Monster Card s to your hand or even multiplying themselves . This can also go hand - in - hand with " Galaxy " cards , though the searching effects of both via " Photon Lizard " and " Galaxy Wizard " . All " Photon " monsters are LIGHT and as such receive benefits from LIGHT support cards such as " Honest " . " Photon " monsters are unique in that they often have effects that play with the Rule of 2000 – many of the archetype ' s low - level monsters feature 2000 + ATK to make them viable sacrifices for " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " , while also augmenting their abilities as beaters . However , because of their incongruously high ATK , low - Level Photons often come with restriction effects to balance out their power . For example , the effect of " Photon Crusher " is mimics early beatdown favorite " Goblin Attack Force " , forcing it into Defense Position after every attack ( its DEF is 0 ) , while " Photon Thrasher " is a Semi - Nomi monster that can only attack if it is alone on the field . The " TCG " / " OCG " original Level 3 " Photon Sabre Tiger " loses 800 ATK if it ' s the only copy of itself on your side of the field , but sports 2000 - point Original ATK score if more than one exists . " Photon " monsters are generally difficult to defeat in battle ( most notably " Galaxy - Eyes " , which can never lose at one - on - one combat due to its effect , if not interrupted ) . However , the archetype focus most of its effort towards offensive plays , and lacks defensive capacity – featuring little to no protection against hostile card effects .