Reactors

From Yu-Gi-Oh!

Reactors
Japanese (kanji)	リアクター
Rōmaji	Riakutā
Japanese translated	Reactor
English	Reactor
Appears in (sets)	Crimson Crisis
Appears in (Anime)	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Lists	members support

Reactors are an Archetype from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. They are used by Greiger in the anime. Their effects inflict 800 damage to the opponent when they play a particular type of card. All Reactors except "Summon Reactor・SK" destroy the designated card, but none of the Reactors negate the effect of the card.

The lettered suffixes of "Summon Reactor・SK", "Trap Reactor・Y FI", and "Spell Reactor・RE" spell out "SKY FIRE". Together they combine to Summon "Flying Fortress SKY FIRE". In the Japanese version, the Reactors are called "Summon Reactor・AI", "Trap Reactor・RR", and "Magic Reactor・AID". Their suffixes spell "AIRRAID", while "Flying Fortress SKY FIRE's" name is "Giant Bommer Airraid".

Black Salvo can be used to recover lost Reactor cards.

Visually, they are all based off of WWII-Style aircraft, specifically bombardment-type or fighter/bomber aircraft. They were released in the Pack, Crimson Crisis.

The use of Reactors can force an opponent into a difficult situation, especially when multiple different Reactors are on the field. Simply playing cards will cause the opponent to take damage, and the Reactor's effect to destroy the played card will make it much harder for the opponent to use cards that are intended to remain on the field, such as Equip Spell Cards, or Continuous Spells and Traps. This can be especially detrimental to D.D. Decks, Uria/Hamon decks, Volcanic Decks, and any other decks relying on continuous spell or trap cards, as they would be destroyed without their effects activating. The main weakness of Reactors is that the lower-Level monsters have a survivability issue (partially mitigated by Fake Explosion), so to be effective a deck involving Reactors must rely upon cards that can block or stall an opponent's attacks until Flying Fortress SKY FIRE can be summoned.

Reactors
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TCG/OCG	Spell Reactor・RE ● Summon Reactor・SK ● Trap Reactor・Y FI
Anime/Manga
Support
TCG/OCG	Flying Fortress SKY FIRE
Anime/Manga	Dark Flat Top Delta Reactor
Related
TCG/OCG	Black Salvo ● Dark Strike Fighter Fake Explosion
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