

" Shiranui Samuraisaga" can recycle a banished Zombie monster and restrain the opponent's aggression if it ends up being banished, it can weaken one opposing monster's ATK by 500.With the weakest stats and effects among them, " Shiranui Swordsaga" changes the battle position of a monster upon being Special Summoned and Special Summons a "Shiranui Token" when banished.

The main goal of the theme is to Summon their Synchro Monsters: Both of them can be easily Special Summoned by the effect of " Shiranui Squire". The latter can Tribute itself to Special Summon 2 banished Zombie monsters, including a "Shiranui". Although this Special Summon is not treated as a Synchro Summon, this effect allows the player to unleash monsters that would normally require specific Synchro Materials, notably " Archfiend Zombie-Skull". The former allows the player to Special Summon a Zombie Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck, by banishing itself alongside with a non-Tuner Zombie monster, both from the Graveyard. " Shiranui Spectralsword" and " Shiranui Spectralsword Shade" are the Tuners of the archetype. The second one triggers when they are banished and generally increases card advantage, by either destroying or retrieving cards. The non-Tuner Main Deck monsters have a set of two very versatile effects: the first one varies from the set-up of Synchro/Xyz/Link Summons, as seen in " Shiranui Spiritmaster", " Solitaire", and " Squire", to a boost on offensiveness or field presence, with " Samurai" and " Swordmaster".

The "Shiranui" monsters revolve around the banishment of Zombie monsters, or the interaction with banished Zombie monsters, generally providing card advantage from this. In terms of appearance, "Shiranui" monsters appear to be a clan that forge, bless, and wield swords possessed by spirits in order to gain the spirit's power. This archetype is based after the Shiranui (不知火 " unknown fire"), a ghostly phenomenon from the Japanese Folklore of Kyūshū, as a reference to both their Type and Attribute. All of the English card names are an alliteration of the letter S. " Shiranui" ( 不知火 ( しらぬい ) ) is an archetype consisting of FIRE Zombie monsters with 0 DEF, introduced in Breakers of Shadow.
