Apocalyptic Knight



Apocalyptic Knight ( Apokariputikku Naito) in Japanese, is an archetypes of monsters that serve as boss monsters for various decks and they were a key part in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Apocalypse and Yu-Gi-Oh! Ω''. Various users use "Apocalyptic Knight" monsters, and there are, albeit scarce, support for them, such as "Reborn of the Apocalyptic Knights".

Style
"Apocalyptic Knight" monsters serve as signature cards for various Duelists' decks in Apocalypse and Ω, thus they have effects that either benefit the deck directly or indirectly supporting yourself in winning the Duel. "Apocalyptic Knight" monsters started as a symbol of LHK and his different personas and they were all Pendulum Monsters, often with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF. Later on, more and more duelists obtained their own "Apocalyptic Knight" monster, which they are not a Pendulum Monster, nor they had 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF (mainly).

When an "Apocalyptic Knight" monster is Summoned, the duelist that Summons it enters in a state called Decima, which makes the duelist being in sync with the monster. Also, those duelists share a special bond with their "Apocalyptic Knights", and they often appear as Duel Spirits when not dueling. The original "Apocalyptic Knights", along with some of the first non-original ones, had "Infinity" in their name, but it was omitted in later "Apocalyptic Knights".

Trivia

 * Proto-Kobalt Calomel is the first "Apocalyptic Knight" Legion Monster.
 * Rainbow-Eyes Champion Dragon is the first "Apocalyptic Knight" monster not created by LHK or being part of one of his archetypes.
 * It is also the first "Apocalyptic Knight" Effect Monster.
 * It is also the first "Apocalyptic Knight" DIVINE monster.
 * 6 "Apocalyptic Knight" monsters so far are s, more than any other Summon mechanic. Two of them (Infernal Infinity Amorph and Cyber Infinity Program) are also s.
 * Superspeed Infinity Dragster and Tork Maddox, the Hyper Accelerator are the only "Apocalyptic Knight" monsters Summoned in a.
 * Interestingly, both of them are s.
 * Snipe Blaster Dragon is the first "Apocalyptic Knight" monster that was debuted in a, that being Structure Deck X: Shots Fired, as a Yu-Gi-Oh! Ω Promotional Card for that Deck.
 * Rachel is the first character that has 2 different "Apocalyptic Knight" monsters.
 * Though, she doesn't enter to Demacia unless both her "Apocalyptic Knight" monsters appear.