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"Atlantean", known as "Sea Emperor" ( (かい) (おう) Kaiō) in Japan, is an archetype of WATER Sea Serpent-Type monsters. They were first introduced in Phantom Darkness, with "Atlantean Pikeman". They later gained more members in Return of the Duelist and Structure Deck: Roar of the Sea Emperor, which also introduced their first support card, "Atlantean Marksman".

Playing Style

The focus of this archetype is to swarm the field with Level 3 or lower WATER monsters with the effects of "Atlantean Marksman", "Deep Sea Diva" and "Atlantean Armed Soldier" to later Tribute them for the summon of their ace monster, "Atlantean Dragon Poseidra", or to Synchro Summon with "Deep Sea Diva" and "Genex Controller", preferably the "Ice Barrier" Synchro Monsters.

Also, the effects of "Atlantean Marksman", "Atlantean Armed Soldier" and "Atlantean Dragon Riders" trigger when they are sent to the Graveyard as cost for a WATER monster's effect, so cards like "Abyss Soldier" and "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" would be a good add to the Deck.

Interestingly, the Atlantean effects also activate if they are detached from an Xyz Monster (the effect only requires the monster to be sent to the Graveyard, like "Dandylion"), so a great addition to this deck are WATER Xyz Monsters, like "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon". Here is a list of WATER Xyz Monsters that can Trigger the Atlantean's effects (note that all current Atlantean that share this effect are Level 2, 3 or 4. However, you can use cards like Forgotten Capital Lemuria for Xyz summoning some of these higher Rank monsters):

 Japanese nameRankTypeATKDEF
Abyss Dweller深淵に潜む者4Sea Serpent1,7001,400
Aegaion the Sea Castrum魔海城アイガイオン8Machine3,000
Armored Kappaアーマー・カッパー2Psychic4001,000
Bahamut Sharkバハムート・シャーク4Sea Serpent2,6002,100
CXyz N.As.Ch. KnightCX-N・As・Ch Knight6Aqua2,0003,000
Cat Sharkキャット・シャーク2Beast500500
D/D/D Wave High King CaesarDDD怒濤大王エグゼクティブ・シーザー6Fiend2,8001,800
D/D/D Wave King CaesarDDD怒濤王シーザー4Fiend2,4001,200
Daidaratant the Ooze Giant液状巨人ダイダラタント4Zombie2,400400
Epurrely Beautyエピュアリィ・ビューティー2Fairy1,6001,100
Evigishki Merrowgeistイビリチュア・メロウガイスト4Aqua2,1001,600
Full Armored Black Ray LancerFA-ブラック・レイ・ランサー4Beast-Warrior2,100600
Full Armored Crystalzero LancerFA-クリスタル・ゼロ・ランサー6Warrior2,2001,600
Full Armored Dark Knight LancerFA-ダーク・ナイト・ランサー7Aqua2,8001,500
Full Armored Utopic Ray LancerFA-ホープ・レイ・ランサー4Beast-Warrior2,500600
Gagagigo the Risen覚醒の勇士 ガガギゴ4Reptile2,9502,800
Gold Pride - Chariot CarrieGP-チャリオット・キャリー号3Aqua1,9002,700
Humhumming the Key Djinn鍵魔人ハミハミハミング3Fiend1,1001,800
Ice Beast Zerofyne零鳥獣シルフィーネ4Winged Beast2,0002,200
Ice Princess Zereort零鳥姫リオート・ハルピュイア5Winged Beast2,5002,100
Kanzashi the Rikka Queen六花聖カンザシ6Plant2,4002,400
Magikey Spirit - Vepartu魔鍵憑霊-ウェパルトゥ4Sea Serpent2,0002,000
Mermail Abyssgaios水精鱗-ガイオアビス7Aqua2,8001,600
Mermail Abysstrite水精鱗-アビストリーテ3Sea Serpent1,6002,800
N.As.H. KnightN・As・H Knight5Aqua1,7002,700
Number 4: Stealth KragenNo.4 猛毒刺胞ステルス・クラーゲン4Aqua1,9001,500
Number 17: Leviathan DragonNo.17 リバイス・ドラゴン3Dragon2,0000
Number 19: FreezadonNo.19 フリーザードン5Dinosaur2,0002,500
Number 21: Frozen Lady JusticeNo.21 氷結のレディ・ジャスティス6Aqua500500
Number 27: Dreadnought DreadnoidNo.27 弩級戦 艦ードレッドノイド4Machine2,2001,000
Number 32: Shark DrakeNo.32 海咬龍シャーク・ドレイク4Sea Serpent2,8002,100
Number 37: Hope Woven Dragon Spider SharkNo.37 希望織竜スパイダー・シャーク4Sea Serpent2,6002,100
Number 47: Nightmare SharkNo.47 ナイトメア・シャーク3Sea Serpent2,0002,000
Number 71: Rebarian SharkNo.71 リバリアン・シャーク3Dragon02,000
Number 73: Abyss SplashNo.73 激瀧神アビス・スプラッシュ5Warrior2,4001,400
Number 87: Queen of the NightNo.87 雪月花美神クイーン・オブ・ナイツ8Plant3,2002,800
Number 94: CrystalzeroNo.94 極氷姫クリスタル・ゼロ5Warrior2,2001,600
Number 101: Silent Honor ARKNo.101 S・H・Ark Knight4Aqua2,1001,000
Number 103: RagnazeroNo.103 神葬零嬢ラグナ・ゼロ4Fairy2,4001,200
Number C32: Shark Drake VeissCNo.32 海咬龍シャーク・ドレイク・バイス4Sea Serpent2,8002,100
Number C73: Abyss Supra SplashCNo.73 激瀧瀑神アビス・スープラ6Warrior3,0002,000
Number C101: Silent Honor DARKCNo.101 S・H・Dark Knight5Aqua2,8001,500
Number C103: RagnafinityCNo.103 神葬零嬢ラグナ・インフィニティ5Fairy2,8002,400
Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragonオッドアイズ・アブソリュート・ドラゴン7Dragon2,8002,500
Paleozoic Anomalocarisバージェストマ・アノマロカリス2Aqua2,4000
Paleozoic Opabiniaバージェストマ・オパビニア2Aqua02,400
Pendransactionペンドラザクション4Cyberse2,0001,000
Rikka Queen Strenna六花聖ストレナエ4Plant2,0002,000
Shark Caesar牙鮫帝シャーク・カイゼル3Fish1,8002,000
Snowdust Giantスノーダスト・ジャイアント4Beast-Warrior2,200800
... further results

The spell card of this archetype, Atlantean Roar, allows you to summon up to 3 Level 3 or lower Sea Serpent type monsters from your graveyard, but you can't special summon the turn it is activated, and there must be at least 3 acceptable monsters in your graveyard. Since most of the effects of Atlantean activate when they are sent to the Graveyard, the later shouldn't be so hard, but cards like Skreech can help you dump cards. Atlantean Roar is a Quick-Play Spell, you can activate it during your opponent's End Phase, so you can Special Summon normally in your turn, as long as it was set before.

Atlantean don't have much attack power by themselves, so decks run with cards to clean the field. Genex Undine can destroy any card your opponent controls by sending either Atlantean Marksman or Atlantean Armed Soldier, while adding a Level 3 Tuner to your hand. Abyss Soldier and Abyss Warrior can trigger the effect of the Atlanteans while returning a monster to the hand and a card in the Graveyard to the top or bottom of the deck, respectively.

One of the great support cards for this deck, Deep Sea Diva, can Special Summon any low-level Atlantean monster from your deck. If you choose to summon Atlantean Marksman, every time you inflict battle damage to your opponent, you can Special Summon another Atlantean monster from your deck, like Atlantean Assaultman for a beatstick, while also having monsters for a Rank 3 Xyz Monsters, or Synchro material for Level 4 Synchro Monsters or above.

There are many choices for Synchro Monsters. You can go for Ally of Justice Catastor (Diva + Marksman or Assaultman), Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier (Diva + Dragon Rider), Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier (Diva + Armed Soldier + Marksman) and any other of your choice. The Ice Barrier Dragons discard cards to activate their effects, wich clean the field by themselves. Brionac can return any card on the field to the hand any number of times in your turn, so you can use its effect to return one Atlantean monster in your field, then discard it to return another one to the hand, and since it was discarded, its effect activates.

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