Harpie

Category:Creatures
Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters
"Harpie" (ハーピィ Hāpyi) is an archetype composed of WIND Dragon and Winged Beast monsters used by Mai Valentine in the anime and manga.
"Sky Scout", originally known as "Harpie's Brother", is not a Harpie card because it does not have 「ハーピィ」 in its Japanese name. It was renamed to clarify this.
When "Harpies" were released (some of the first monsters released that would later become an official archetype), they didn't have much support. From Rise of Destinyonward, however, "Harpies" became more balanced and powerful with occasional support cards released. Structure Deck: Lord of the Storm and Enemy of Justicehave aided this archetype with "Hysteric Party" and "Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon", while also featuring a lot of other Harpie-related cards in it. Afterwards, "Harpie Queen" was released in Force of the Breaker, providing ways to search for "Harpie's Hunting Ground".
With the release of Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy, Harpies got some tremendous boost, while also solidifying the deck's focus of maintaining an upper hand and Xyz Summoning. "Harpie Channeler" is essentially the main card in all Harpie-based decks, as she can Special Summon another Harpie monster from the Deck while also assisting Xyz Summoning of Rank 4 or 7, while "Hysteric Sign" helps searching for either "Elegant Egotist" or any Harpie cards you may need, depending on how you use it. The Xyz Monster in this archetype, "Harpie's Pet Phantasmal Dragon" can protect your other Harpie monsters from attacks or targeting effects, along with a direct-attacking ability as well.
Legendary Collection 4: Joey's World also provides more support for this archetype (while also reprinting important Harpie-related cards as well). "Harpie Dancer"'s effect can be utilized for reaping more benefits from "Harpie's Hunting Ground", or providing more swarming capabilities when coupled with "Divine Wind of Mist Valley". They also have their ultimate Spell Card, "Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation", which can decimate your opponent's field of monsters, but disallows you to Special Summon monsters from your Deck, Extra Deck and skipping your Battle Phase, making it a double-edged sword with hefty drawbacks.
After those, in Crossed Souls the archetype got another support that was "Harpie Harpist", whose second effect is great if used in combination with "Harpie Channeler"s effect.
Duelist Pack: Legend Duelist 4 adds in more support monsters and cards for the archetype, while LINK VRAINS Pack 2 provides Harpie with its first Link Monster support in the form of "Harpie Conductor".