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all right i'm compiling the list of archetypes. there are so fucking many of them. i started with the list of all the Secret Packs in the game then loosely divided them into eras.

in my mind there's basically four eras that archetypes could be divided into. i'll list some examples within the eras. note that this is almost an arbitrary personal one.

Synchro Era - everything that came out before the release of XYZ. This largely includes archetypes that debuted in DM sets as well but because archetypes weren't as prevalent as they are now, there was not much support or you couldn't actually build a whole deck around it (e.g. Red-Eyes).
Includes: Gravekeepers, Harpies, Toons; Agents, Dark World, Monarchs; Blackwing, Glad Beasts, Lightsworn, Six Sam, etc.

XYZ era - everything after Synchro but before Pendulum. this is where it might get arbitrary because some people lump Pends along with the later half of XYZ because of the anime airing at the time i believe. But the divide in my mind is at the release of Pendulum not only because i happened to quit at that time but also because it was another summoning mechanic that completely changed the game
Includes: Bujin, Fire Fist, Inzektor, lswarm, Madolche, Mermail, Prophecy (Spellbooks), Wind-Up, etc.

Pend era - from Pends to Links
Includes: Burning Abyss, Fluffal, Ghostrick, Nekroz, Shaddoll, etc.

Link era - everything after that

it seems like we're leaning towards the direction of rarity lock early archetypes? would people be interested in including the above-mentioned "XYZ era" for the first pool or limiting to just Synchro era?

either way i'm culling the list down because some of these archetype pages on the wiki are not "real" archetypes and have like three cards or whatever. i'll post "official" archetype lists and rules with the official signup thread later on in the week once we finalize everything.