k-Knight

Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetype

k-Knight

A superarchetype of Celestial Warrior Monsters of every Attribute, harnessing every Summon technique (except Pendulum), inspired by the Mekk-Knight archetype. It is supported by the World Affinity archetype, which is also inspired by the World Legacy archetype.

Archetypes

archetype	notes
Tekk-Knight	Lv4 Main Deck Monsters
Hi-Tekk-Knight	Monsters of each Summon technique
Dekk-Knight	upgraded Hi-Tekk-Knights
Ark-Knight	ultimate united finishers
Dark-Knight	upgraded Ark-Knight

Cards

type	count
Tuner	x3
Ritual	x1
Fusion	x2
Synchro	x2
Xyz	x3
Link	x4

Strategics

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Deck

Last updated: June 2023

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Main Deck

Cannot be used as SS Material, except for a ‘k-Knight’ Monster. ❶ [HOPT] If a column contains exactly 2 cards: You can SS this card from your hand to a Zone in an adjacent column, then you can send 1 ‘Tekk-Knight’ card from your Deck to the GY. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 other ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your GY to your hand.

Can be Ritual Summoned with any ‘World Affinity’ card. ❶ [OPT] If this card or another ‘k-Knight’ Monster is SSd to your field: You can shuffle 1 card on the field into the Deck. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is banished, or leaves the field by an opponent’s card: You can add 1 ‘World Affinity’ card from your Deck or Banished Pile to your hand.

❶ ‘k-Knight’ Monsters you control are unaffected by the effects of your opponent’s cards in their own column, also they can attack directly while your opponent controls no cards in that column. ❷ If your ‘k-Knight’ Monster battles, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until after damage calculation.

❶ Excavate the top 6 cards of your Deck, then you can add 1 excavated ‘Tekk-Knight’ or ‘World Affinity’ card to your hand, also shuffle the rest back into your Deck. You cannot SS Monsters, except ‘k-Knight’ or ‘World Affinity’ Monsters, the turn you activate this card. You can only activate ‘World Affinity Discovery’ once per turn.

❶ Banish 1 other ‘k-Knight’ or ‘World Affinity’ card from your hand or field, or if your opponent controls a SSd Monster, you can banish it from your XD or GY instead; Draw 2 cards. You cannot SS Monsters, except ‘k-Knight’ or ‘World Affinity’ Monsters, the turn you activate this card. You can only activate ‘World Affinity Destiny’ once per turn.

❶ ‘k-Knight’ and ‘World Affinity’ cards you control in columns with 2 or more cards are unaffected by the effects of cards your opponent controls, except those that are in that column. ❷ [HOPT] If a card is banished: You can shuffle up to 2 of your banished ‘k-Knight’ or ‘World Affinity’ cards into the Deck, then draw 1 card.

❶ Banish 1 ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Monster you control, and SS 1 ‘Dekk-Knight’ Monster with the same type (Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link) from your XD, then you can attach 1 of your banished ‘k-Knight’ Monsters to it as Xyz Material, if possible. (This is treated as a Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link Summon.) You can only activate ‘World Affinity Ascension’ once per turn.

❶ Banish any number of ‘k-Knight’ Monsters with different types (Ritual/Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link) from your field and/or GY; Negate the effects of that many of your opponent’s face-up cards. Your opponent cannot activate the effects of Monsters with the same type (Ritual/Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link) as those banished Monsters in response to this card’s activation. You can only activate ‘World Affinity Miracle’ once per turn.

❶ This card is used to Ritual Summon ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight Ultramarine Wonder’ from your hand or GY. You must also banish ‘k-Knight’ Monsters from your hand, field and/or GY, whose total ATK equals or exceeds 2500. If your opponent controls a SSd Monster, you can also banish 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your XD. The Summoned Monster is unaffected by your opponent’s card effects this turn.

❶ [HOPT] Set 1 ‘World Affinity’ S/T from your Deck, GY or Banished Pile, but it cannot be activated this turn. ❷ [HOPT] You can banish this card from your GY; Ritual Summon 1 ‘k-Knight’ or ‘World Affinity’ Ritual Monster from your hand or GY, by Tributing ‘k-Knight’ Monsters from your hand and/or field, whose total Levels/Ranks exactly equal the Level of the Ritual Monster. You can only activate 1 effect of ‘World Affinity Wishes’ each turn.

❶ Shuffle 1 of your banished ‘World Affinity’ S/Ts into the Deck; This effect becomes that card’s effect when it is activated. ❷ You can banish this card and 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your GY; Any damage you take this turn is reduced by that Monster’s original ATK. You can only activate ‘World Affinity Tragedy’ once per turn.

❶ You can SS 1 ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monster from your hand or GY, also immediately after this effect resolves, SS 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your XD, but banish the Materials (unless Xyz Summoning). ❷ [HOPT] If you have not activated ‘World Affinity Descension’ this turn: You can banish this card from your GY; Send 1 ‘World Affinity’ card from your Deck to the GY. You can only activate ‘World Affinity Descension’ once per turn.

❶ When your opponent activates a card or effect, or declares an attack: Banish 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your field or GY; Shuffle 1 card on the field into the Deck. ❷ You can banish this card and 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your GY; 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster you control gains ATK equal that banished Monster’s original ATK, until the end of this turn.

❶ This turn, your ‘k-Knight’ Monsters cannot be destroyed by battle, also your ‘World Affinity’ cards are unaffected by your opponent’s activated effects. ❷ You can banish this card from your GY; SS 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your GY, and if you do, until the end of this turn, negate its effects, also it cannot be destroyed by battle.

❶ [HOPT] Destroy all cards your opponent controls in the same column as ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’, ‘Dekk-Knight’ and ‘Ark-Knight’ Monsters you control. ❷ [HOPT] You can banish this card and 1 ‘Ark-Knight Cerulean Aventurescence’ from your GY; SS 1 ‘Dark-Knight Onyx Arisen’ from your XD. You can only activate this effect of ‘World Affinity Vengeance’ once per Duel.

❶ While you control a ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’, ‘Dekk-Knight’ or ‘Ark-Knight’ Monster, there can only be 1 Monster of each type (Ritual/Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link) on the field. ❷ If this face-up card leaves the field: Banish all Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Link Monsters on the field. ❸ You can only control 1 ‘World Affinity Rivals’.

❶ [HOPT] When your opponent Summons a Monster, while you control a ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’, ‘Dekk-Knight’ or ‘Ark-Knight’ Monster: Negate the Summon, and if you do, shuffle that Monster into the Deck, then if it was a SS, your opponent banishes 1 card from their hand or field. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is banished: You can Set it to your field. You can only activate 1 effect of ‘World Affinity Trepidation’ each turn.

❶ [HOPT] When your opponent activates a card or effect: Banish 1 ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’, ‘Dekk-Knight’ or ‘Ark-Knight’ Monster you control; Negate the activation, and if you do, banish all cards with that name from both player’s field, Deck, XD and GY. ❷ [HOPT] You can banish this card and 1 other ‘World Affinity’ card from your GY; Both players take 2000 damage. You can only activate 1 effect of ‘World Affinity Finality’ each turn.

❶ If more than 5 Monsters are on the field: Banish all Monsters on the field, also after that, your opponent SSs 1 Monster from their Deck or XD, ignoring its Summoning conditions, then you SS 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster with the same type (Normal/Effect/Ritual/Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link) from your Deck or XD, ignoring its Summoning conditions. For the rest of the turn after this effect resolves, neither player can attack with or activate the effects of Monsters they control, except the Monsters SSd by this effect. You can only activate ‘World Affinity Showdown’ once per Duel.

❶ Ritual Summon 1 ‘World Affinity Tyrian Pendragon’ from your hand, XD, GY or Pendulum Zone, by banishing 1 ‘Ark-Knight Cerulean Aventurescence’ from your XD or GY, or if your opponent controls a SSd Monster, you can send it from your XD to the GY instead. ❷ [HOPT] You can banish 1 other ‘World Affinity’ card from your GY; Set this card from your GY.

Extra Deck

1 Lv4- ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monster
You can only Link Summon ‘Tekk-Knight Azure Iris’ once per turn. ❶ If this card is Link Summoned: You can send cards from the top of your Deck to the GY, up to the number of cards in this card’s column. ❷ If this linked card would be used as SS Material for a ‘k-Knight’ Monster, you can treat it as a Lv4 Tuner.

2 ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monsters with different Attributes
Can also be Fusion Summoned (from your XD) by banishing the above Materials you control. ❶ [OPT Quick] If this card battles a SSd Monster in another column: You can double this card’s ATK during damage calculation only. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is banished, or leaves the field by an opponent’s card: You can add 1 ‘World Affinity’ card from your Deck to your hand.

2 ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monsters, including a Tuner
❶ [OPT Quick] If this card battles a SSd Monster in another column: You can halve that Monster’s ATK/DEF during damage calculation only. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is banished, or leaves the field by an opponent’s card: You can add 1 ‘World Affinity’ card from your Deck to your hand.

2 Lv4 ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monsters
❶ [HOPT Quick] You can detach 1 Material; SS 1 Lv4- ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monster from your hand or GY, but banish it when it leaves the field. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is banished, or leaves the field by an opponent’s card: You can add 1 ‘World Affinity’ card from your Deck to your hand.

2 ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monsters with different names
❶ [HOPT] If this card is Link Summoned: You can SS 1 ‘Tekk-Knight’ Monster from your Deck, but banish it when it leaves the field. ❷ [HOPT] If this card is banished, or leaves the field by an opponent’s card: You can add 1 ‘World Affinity’ card from your Deck to your hand.

2 ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Monsters with different Attributes
Must first be Fusion Summoned. Can also be Fusion Summoned (from your XD) by banishing the above Materials you control. ❶ Negate the effects of Traps your opponent controls in columns adjacent to your ‘Dekk-Knight’ Monsters. ❷ [OPT Quick] If your ‘k-Knight’ Monster battles a SSd Monster in a column other than its own: You can increase its ATK by that Monster’s ATK, during damage calculation only.

2 ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Monsters, including a Tuner
Must first be Synchro Summoned. You can also use ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Xyz Monsters as Material for this card’s Synchro Summon. (Treat their Ranks as Levels.) ❶ Negate the effects of Spells your opponent controls in columns adjacent to your ‘Dekk-Knight’ Monsters. ❷ [OPT Quick] If your ‘k-Knight’ Monster battles a SSd Monster in a column other than its own: You can reduce that other Monster’s ATK/DEF to 0, during damage calculation only.

2 Lv8 ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Monsters
Must first be Xyz Summoned. You can also use ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Link Monsters as Material for this card’s Xyz Summon. ❶ Negate the effects of SSd Monsters your opponent controls in columns adjacent to your ‘Dekk-Knight’ Monsters. ❷ [HOPT Quick] You can detach 1 Material; SS 1 ‘k-Knight’ Monster from your GY or Banished Pile, but banish it when it leaves the field.

2 ‘Hi-Tekk-Knight’ Monsters with different names
Must first be Link Summoned. ❶ ‘k-Knight’ Monsters this card links to cannot be targeted by your opponent. ❷ While this card is in the Extra Monster Zone, it can attack all SSd Monsters in your opponent’s Main Monster Zones, thrice each. ❸ [HOPT] At the start of the BP: You can increase this card’s ATK by half the total ATK of the ‘k-Knight’ Monsters it links to, also you cannot attack with other Monsters you control this turn.

Trivia

There are several overlaps between the archetypes.
- ‘Tekk-Knight’ includes both Tekk-Knight and Hi-Tekk-Knight Monsters.
- ‘Ark-Knight’ includes both Ark-Knight and Dark-Knight Monsters.
- As a result, World Affinity cards that require a ‘strong’ Monster to activate explicitly specify a 'Hi-Tekk-Knight', 'Dekk-Knight' or 'Ark-Knight' Monster, since there is no better way to exclude only Tekk-Knight Monsters (and not Hi-Tekk-Knight Monsters).

Indexed
Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetypes	Darquess / Lightning / Neuralliance / Next-Gen Code Talker / Next-Gen / Rubic / Soul / Vapour-Eyes / k-Knight