Card Decks (Ryuki)

The in Kamen Rider Ryuki, also known as Advent Decks in Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, are special card decks used by the Kamen Riders to transform and battle in the world behind the mirrors. They contain the Advent Cards, which allow the Riders to access a wide range of abilities.
==Functionality==
Card Decks allow holders to sense the presence of Mirror Monsters and see into the Mirror World. They are initially equipped with a Seal Card and a Blank Contract Card. When inserted in a V Buckle, can change the owner into a Blank form Kamen Rider (Ryuki and Ouja are the only ones seen with Blank forms). To become stronger and obtain more cards, the owner must use the Contract Card to form a contract with a Mirror Monster. Each Deck has different weapons and abilities based on the Rider's Contract Monster/Advent Beast. All Decks include an Advent/Attack Vent Card that summons the Contract Monster and a Final Vent in which the Rider and Contract Monster do a combination attack. Besides these cards, there are different categories of Advent Cards, e.g. Sword Vent, Strike Vent, Guard Vent, or Shoot Vent, that multiple Riders have their own versions of. Some Riders also have cards exclusive to them, like Freeze Vent, Spin Vent, and Nasty Vent.
When a user transforms into their Survive Form, their Deck changes color (i.e. Ryuki and Knight'S Card Decks turning from black to red and blue, respectively), increasing the Rider's power, giving them new Visors, and allowing access to new and stronger cards.
==History==
The Card Decks were created by Shiro Kanzaki, with 13 of them being created and given out to individuals to become Kamen Riders, though only 10 appeared in the series' prime continuity. They begin blank, only gaining their golden emblem after Contracting. Any person can transform into a Kamen Rider as long as they possess an Card Deck. As such, the Decks can be handed over from one user to another without any restriction, as shown with the Ryuki, Raia, and Zolda Decks, and with Knight's in an alternate continuity. If a Card Deck is destroyed, the Rider immediately loses all their powers, and the contract made with the associated Contract Monster is broken as well.
Hideyuki Kagawa created the two Alternative Decks, which were a variation of the original Card Decks made from his photographic memory of their design specs.
In the main series' continuity, the Scissors, Gai, Raia, both Alternative, Imperer, Zolda, and Odin Decks were or appeared to be destroyed, with the Tiger, Ryuki, and Ouja Decks losing their user and becoming otherwise lost or left behind. After everything was undone by Shiro and Yui changing their past, the Card Decks were rendered to have never existed. In the movie, the Ouja and Ryuga Decks were destroyed, while Femme's was lost, Zolda's abandoned, and Ryuki and Knight's survived; the others' fates are unknown, but were likely destroyed. In Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders, the Scissors, Verde, Gai, and Ryuki Decks were destroyed, with Raia's being unspecified but lost regardless; in the alternate ending, the same was true before they were all erased, but reappeared.
===In Decade===
In the World of Ryuki, a unique Card Deck not seen before was under the possession of Kamata, allowing him to transform into Kamen Rider Abyss. It is not known how this Deck was created, but it was likely made the same way as the other Decks in the A.R. World and given to the planted Kamata through Narutaki's meddling.
== Gallery ==
==Notes==
*The first three Card Decks introduced are all black, despite their respective Riders having other primary colors that, in the style of later Riders, should arguably have been used instead. This may have been to allow Ryuki and Knights' Decks to turn red and blue when they gained Survive forms later, but raises the question of how the already-colored Decks of other Riders may have changed were they to have gotten onscreen Survive forms.
**The S.I.C. Hero Saga story showed a non-canon example of how there would be no change to the Card Deck's color.
**Another alternative example would be seen via the concept art for Raia Survive, where the Card Deck became gold while the symbol on the Deck would turn into the Rider's main color. This would later be officially demonstrated in canon, with the introduction of Ouja Survive in Kamen Rider Outsiders.
==See Also==
*Advent Decks - Dragon Knight counterpart
==External Links==
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Ryuki).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Ryuki Survive).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Knight).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Knight Survive).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Zolda).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Ouja).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Scissors).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Raia).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Gai).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Odin).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Tiger).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Imperer).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Femme).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Ryuga).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Verde).
*Kamen Rider Zukan page on Card Deck (Alternatives).
==Navigation==
Category:Kamen Rider Ryuki
Category:Arsenal (Ryuki)
Category:Transformation Gear
Category:Item Carriers
Category:Arsenal (Outsiders)