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Japanese (ruby) |
げんりゅう | ||
Japanese (base text) |
幻竜 | ||
Japanese (romanized) |
Genryū | ||
Japanese (translated) |
Phantom Dragon | ||
English |
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Wyrm (Japanese:
A wyrm (pronounced worm or vurm) is a type of dragon that commonly appears in British and Norse mythology. These dragons have no legs or arms and only the long, scaled body of a serpent. They are often given poisonous breath and the ability to regenerate or reattach pieces of their body that have been cut off.
Wyrm-Type monsters resemble dragons, but unlike Dragon-Type monsters, they take more of a spiritual, mythical, metaphysical look. Most of the initial Wyrm-Type monsters were part of the "Yang Zing" archetype, which seems to be based on Chinese dragons and/or other animals within Chinese lore, such as tigers, resembling "Tiger Dragon" and "Orient Dragon" (which are both Dragons, however). "Dracocension", the first generic support card for this type, hints that there is a relationship between Dragon-Type monsters and Wyrm-Type monsters. After the release of the Yang Zing, four more archetypes have been released: "True Draco/True King", "Metaphys", "Tenyi", and "Swordsoul".
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- This monster Type is similar to the Psychic-Type, which usually resemble another Type of monster (such as the Machine-Type "Jinzo" monsters). In addition, they debuted in the first Booster Pack of a TV series (5D's and ARC-V), in which a new Summoning method (Synchro and Pendulum) was also introduced.
- Later, Cyberse-Type follows this similarity, being introduced at the first Booster Pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS that introduces Link Summoning.
- There are currently no Wyrm Ritual Monsters.
- Wyrm support is sometimes grouped alongside Dinosaur and Sea Serpent support (through cards like "Agave Dragon" and "Uradora of Fate") because all three types' names in Japanese contain 竜 ryū:
- Dinosaur: 恐竜 Kyōryū
- Sea Serpent: 海竜 Kairyū