The Knights

The Knights (；kishi) are a series of cards with the theme of swordsmen and warriors existing way back from BS01. Each color has at least two Knights. However, the first effect to reference this title was The EighthKnight Alba-Zephyros in BSC25, eight years after the archetype first appeared. Though this archetype does not get much focuses, its sub-archetypes are or were very much active in the game, most notably The Dark Knights and The Fallen Knights, specific to the Evil Shadow family in Purple. During the God-King era, there were also Green Spirits in both the families Ten Crown and Winged Beast that were Knights. Besides those, in the Ultra Advent era, there were also some Knights in the Shellman family and the Makai Knights. And most recently in the Rebirth era and onwards, there are The Dragon Knights rising up, which is also the first to make full use of the "Knight" archetype instead of just the sub-archetypes.
== Play Style ==
As mentioned above, since the Knights are so spread out, there is not a specific play style for it. However, if one wishes to, a Green Winged Beast deck focused on the Knights may be made, relying on Alver-Sephyros to summon the other Knights for free. As most Knights in this deck will also be in the Ten Crown family, one can also incorporate the God-King family Spirits as finishers.
For the Shellman Knights, rather than focusing on the archetype, they work around as a common family to support The Grandwalker Ares. Ares is the first ever card to allow two Spirits to attack at the same time. As so, the deck also stresses on having high BP to ready for BP comparison, and refreshing to allow more attacks. The deck also has a lot of "Burst effects cannot activate" effects. While The ShellGodKnight Knight-of-Gladius is the officially given finisher, some players prefer to rush for early game with braved The PeerlessKnight Centibuild, or use The DoomKnightLord Ragna-Rock (Revival) for core boost and double-symbol attacks.
Besides those, it is best to check out each sub-archetype individually for more detailed play styles from them.
== Translators' Notes ==
In the list of Knights, there will be cards which appear to be non-"Knight"-named in English. This is not an error, but rather a choice of translation. Obviously, since this is a Japanese game, names are referenced in kanji. In this case, the kanji is 騎士. However, the names also have what is called furigana to indicate that the kanji is read outside of its usual pronunciation. The English translation always follows the furigana, which is why often it misses out the kanji meaning.
Vice versa, there will be cards which are "Knight"-named in English, but in Japanese it is actually a different honorary title, or that the name is spelt out in katakana instead of the kanji (e.g. Camelot Knight). These cards are not included in this archetype.
== Sub-Archetypes ==
* The Dark Knights
* The Fallen Knights
* The Dragon Knights
== Related Articles ==
* List of "Knight"-named cards
* List of "Knight" supports
Category:Archetype