Paintress



Paintress or (女の子を描く On'nanoko o kaku or "Paint Babes") is an archetype which focuses on Pendulum Summoning Normal Monsters, including themselves, they have 1 non-effect Evolute Monster and 1 Effect Synchro Monster which is treated as a Normal Monster, along with few Xyz Monsters which they are Special Summoned by "Rank-Up-Magic" cards using the Pendulum Normal Monsters for Rank-ups they were Melissa's favorite cards before replacing them with Qli, this is another archetyoe who is also involved in Vine Wars.

Paintress are LIGHT Aqua-Type monsters (with the exception of Paintress Baconia, which is a DARK monster) their Levels are from 1 to 7, and their Pendulum Scales from 1 to 9.

Appearance:
Paintress monsters features several cute girls with Gradient Hair and outfits, their outfit design is a mold of Arzenal Girls and Leone, they wear short shirt and boots with different gradient color, and a cloak with a Palette placed on it, and they hold Paint Brush, Paintress Amersterdima resembles Wisteria, whereas Paintress Niemöllina's hair is shaped like Jaden Yuki's, they also have Several ATK/DEF values of other monsters.

Etymology:
Paintress Names Hold references to several Painting artists, since they are Painting-themed. Amersterdima and Niemöllina are the only paintress monsters those have no artistic reference, Amersterdima is a pun of an Acrylic product Amesterdam.

Playing Style:
The main focus of "Paintress" monsters is Pendulum Summoning,each monster with its scale is not only to Pendulum Summon Normal Monsters, but also give them enough Support to buypass your opponent's Monsters, Picassudu can destroy your opponent's Special Summonned Monsters and Special Summon 1 Normal Monsters, Goghi boosts their ATK, Cesanno Seals Special Summon of Non-Normal Monsters, Da vinca Destroys cards by effect during the Damage Step, they also allow you to Xyz or Synchro Summon other monsters, Rescue Rabbit and Igknight can give these monsters a big ability to Swarm the field, Heart of the Underdog increases your Drawing chances whenever you draw a Normal Monster, Rescue Hamster can Special Summon High Level Paintress Monsters.

Weakness:
Even though they have good quality of Swarming the field, they have big threat cards and decks those can lock these decks, such as Penduladies, Ally of Justice, Lswarm and especially Evilswarm Ophion that leaves you with chances of Special Summoning Level 4 or lower monsters only, Vanity's Emptiness can stop the Pendulum Summon of this archetype.

Gameplay and Decks:
The following video demonstrates a replay of Paintress Deck, which is based on Normal Monsters.