Godzilla (Archetype)

Godzilla (ゴジラ) is an archetype in the game, originated from a promo card (Godzilla) released in 2014 along with the sale of the Godzilla [2014] movie Blue-Ray DVD. Then with the release of BSC19, it became a playable archetype. As the name suggests, the archetype is about the famous fictional monster Godzilla, and the base family for this archetype is Ancient Dragon. However, the archetype also contains a few sub-archetypes, each supporting a different family, including MechaGodzilla (Machine Beast), Space Godzilla (Astral Dragon), and Shin-Godzilla (Terra Dragon). Subsequent supports can be found in BSC26, LM18G and PB02.
==Play Style==
When BSC19 was released, the only X-Rare for the archetype was Space Godzilla, so if one were to build a Godzilla deck, it would be revolving around it. The ideal board was to have both Space Godzilla and The Crystal Zone on the field, in which The Crystal Zone can put all your Godzilla cards to the highest level, and Space Godzilla at the highest level can put The Crystal Zone at the highest level. As such, preferably one would want the deck to be filled with "Godzilla"-named cards. Though since the name was not crucial to the functionality of the deck, the player could easily put in generic Red cards to improve the fluidity of the deck and supporting Space Godzilla, the supposed finisher of the deck, further. The set also introduced a few MechaGodzilla cards, but since they were White cards, contrary to the Red cards of the other Godzilla cards, they were not put to use within the Space Godzilla deck.
With the release of BSC26, further support came, including The God of Destruction SpaceGodzilla which could help to dig up The Crystal Zone. The set introduced the sub-archetype "Shin-Godzilla", as well as given further supports for "MechaGodzilla" and tying the sub-archetype with another archetype "Type-3 Kiryu", allowing the White sub-archetype to set up its own deck. The set also introduced a few Godzilla cards with the Green color or Green reduction symbols.
The "Shin-Godzilla" sub-archetype played on the technique of chain-summoning, similar to the mechanics of Digivolution and Super Digivolution introduced later in the card game, allowing the player to summon the Cost 12 Shin-Godzilla (Fourth Form) without paying the cost from the Cost 2 Shin-Godzilla (First Form). With the help of The Crystal Zone, Shin-Godzilla (Fourth Form) can be daunting to the opponent even at one core, as at max level it would have 30000 BP and immunity to Brave/Nexus/Magic effects, as well as Spirit destruction effects on attack and when an opposing Spirit attacks. It was a control deck that could be easily set up.
The "MechaGodzilla" + "Type-3 Kiryu" deck, being a White deck, focused on defence through blocking and preventing opposing Spirits from attacking. It was also one of the few collaboration decks that could react against Ultimates. The play style involved searching for the finisher Modified Type-3 Kiryu and other support cards, as well as summoning them out without paying the cost from deck with the Burst effect of The Anti-G Weapon Super MechaGodzilla. As the deck was not tightly bound to the archetypes, players could also choose to put in generic White cards to increase the deck fluidity.
During God Advent saga, LM18G was released, giving seven more cards to the Godzilla series, with six of them in this archetype. They did not promote a whole new deck, but rather providing further supports to existing Godzilla decks. One noticeable card from this set was Godzilla (vs Mothra), which provide another low cost Godzilla for the archetype which it needed. The cards in the set also contain names for the other archetypes, including "Mothra", "Ghidorah", "Destoroyah", and "MechaGodzilla".
Last but not least, in the saga after, Ultra Advent saga, PB02 was released, introducing The God Incarnate Godzilla, the only Grandwalker Nexus support for the archetype, as well as a new finisher, Godzilla (2004). The premium box also reprinted some of the important old cards, such as The Crystal Zone, allowing players who did not have a chance to obtain the previous Godzilla cards to immediately use a new Godzilla deck with just PB02. A new win condition was also given by building up symbols and attacking with multiple symbols with Godzilla (2004).
== Trivia ==
* "The God Incarnate Godzilla" is not considered in this archetype due to its "Godzilla" name being spelt in kanji, rather than katakana which the archetype is using.
==See Also==
* List of "Godzilla"-named cards
* List of "MechaGodzilla"-named cards
* List of "Space Godzilla"-named cards
* List of "Shin-Godzilla"-named cards
Category:Archetype