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The Arcana Force monsters are a series of monster that debuted in Light of Destruction. Each of these monsters have "Arcana Force" in their names and their support spell and trap cards. The monsters are based on the "Major Arcana" tarot cards, each possessing a different symbolic meaning while the spell and trap cards come in the form of the "Minor Arcana" tarot cards. The monsters often attribute with coin flips to activate their effects. "Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler" and "Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler" are the only ones which are not based on tarot cards. The cards' appearances are inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

These cards were introduced and exclusively used by the main antagonist of the second season of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Sartorius, and his psychic ability to look into the future. The card text is flip a coin, but in the anime, the card keeps spinning and when the opponent says "stop" the card stops and its effect depends if it's right-side-up or up-side-down.

"Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler" was, at first, the only Arcana Force card to be released. Many of the tarot Arcana Force cards were later released in Light of Destruction, which is considered the "official" debut of Arcana Force monsters. Certain key Arcana Force monsters were put into Tag Force 2 as Game Original cards, as well as many of the support cards.

Most of the Arcana Force monsters whose number is given in Roman Numerals have an ATK and DEF of 1000 plus the respective number in their name x 100; excluding Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler, Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler and Arcana Force 0 - The Fool

There are a few cards that are handy for an Arcana Force deck, such as "Second Coin Toss" to make sure you get the right effect, while "Lucky Chance" can help you draw more cards. As all Arcana Force monsters have equal ATK and DEF, Shield and Sword will have no negative effects to you. The chance taken when flipping a coin during Arcana Force summons can be negated by activating Reversal of Fate. Another handy card for Arcana Force monsters is Athena where tributing your Arcana Force monsters and summoning the same one from the grave would burn the opponent for 600 and your coin flip would go again, giving another chance to get the right effect you want. Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen is also useful, as all Arcana Force monsters are Fairy-Type.

Because you are already using Second Coin Toss, this deck can benefit from all Coin Toss cards, such as Tour of Doom.

Also, Honest, Sky Scourge Invicil, Herald of Green Light, Herald of Orange Light, and Herald of Purple Light can work well with Arcana Force decks.

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