#ARMAGETRON ADVANCED TR.U.E. MOVIEPACK SERIES#
"Vijam" is at the core of the majority of the archetype's strategies, as the effects of monsters from both series are dependent upon Special Summoning copies of it from the Graveyard to fuel their Special Summons. The third effect of the Level 4 monsters instead Special Summon 3 "Cubic" monsters from the Graveyard if the monster is sent there by an opponent's card, and then allow the controller to add a "Cubic" card from their Deck to their hand. The second effect is unique to the series, enabling members of the "Cubic Beast" series (except " Dark Garnex the Cubic Beast") to attack a number of times per Battle Phase equal to one less of their Levels, and members of the "Cubic King" series to inflict 800 damage to the opponent when they are Special Summoned from the hand.įor the Level 2 and 3 monsters, the third effect entails sending themselves to the Graveyard once a condition unique to their series (destroying the opponent's monsters by battle for the "Cubic Beast" series and battling the opponent's monsters for the "Cubic King" series) is met, then Special Summoning from the Graveyard, a number of copies of " Vijam the Cubic Seed" equal to their respective Levels, and finally, adding to the hand from the Deck, the monster in the series that is one Level higher than themselves, setting the controller up to Special Summon the added monster by sending the Summoned copies of "Vijam" to the Graveyard. The first effect is applied if the monster is Special Summoned via its own summoning conditions, bolstering the monster’s ATK by the product of one less than its Level and an amount common to the series (1000 for the "Cubic Beast" series and 800 for the "Cubic King" series). However, all monsters, except " Vijam the Cubic Seed" and " Duza the Meteor Cubic Vessel", are Special Summon-only monsters.Įach of the monsters in both series have three effects with common characteristics among them.
Additionally, the monsters in both series have summoning conditions that require the controller to send from the field to the Graveyard, a number of "Cubic" monsters equal to one less of their respective Levels, before Special Summoning them from the hand. Both series emphasize a strategy of engaging the opponent’s monsters in battle or destroying them by battle in order to fulfill their respective listed conditions and Special Summon their higher Leveled monsters.īoth series are comprised of monsters with 0 ATK and DEF, with each series having a single monster in each of the Levels from 2-4.
In particular, the "Cubic Beast" and "Cubic King" series form the backbone of the archetype, with a few threads of commonality between their members. The monsters in the "Cubic" archetype can be largely divided into three series, the Beast "Cubic Beast" series (with the inclusion of " Buster Gundil the Cubic Behemoth"), the Fiend "Cubic Lord" series, and the Fairy "Cubic King" series (with the inclusion of " Indiora Doom Volt the Cubic Emperor"). The cube and multiple worlds motif is referenced by the film's title, The Dark Side of Dimensions. The English name of the archetype may be based on this. The kanji 方 can be used to form the word "cube" (立方, Rippō), a geometric shape that appears on some "Cubic" cards and that is frequently seen being summoned and manipulated by Aigami. The individual "Cubic" monsters are based on the Dikpāla, the "Guardians of the Directions" in Hinduism. It seems to be a reference to the Buddhist term "worlds of the ten directions" (十方世界, Jippō Sekai), or the "Dasa-Dikpala". The Japanese name of the archetype, " Hōkai", is written with the characters for "Direction World" (方界).