Torrent Beast

The "Torrent Beast" archetype ( Torento Bīsuto) is an archetype of WATER monsters introduced in Reign of the Duelist. The archetype belongs to a series of archetypes that started from Reign of the Duelist that is based off one case of natural disaster (tsunami, in this case), that works as a deck for starter players. The archetype, as a pioneer of the series, introduces a new Type; the Beast-Mage-Type, which appears for the first time here.

Lore
WIP

Design
The "Torrent Beast" monsters appear ruminant animals with waves emitting from different parts of their body (mostly from their tail or the back), by using a special spell that unleashes their powers. Some of them have short tamers somewhere in their artwork (appeared more in detail in the artwork of "Torrential Stream"), or possess a staff held in their mouth that enables the spell to create their tsunami attack.

They are based off tsunamis of the 21st century, with their Rituals (both being Level 9 monsters) being based off the most remarkable ones (2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Pacific Japan tsunamis respectively).

Playstyle
The archetype focuses on Ritual Summoning, having a variety of hand advantage and effects that activate when Tributed for the Ritual Summon of the monster they produce. The archetype is designed in a way to learn new people how to use and master a Ritual Deck, overshadowed by the assault of "Nekroz" monsters, according to LHK. The Rituals, on the other hand, use the notion that "the more monsters used for their Summon, the better", having effects that second it.