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Link Summoning is the newest introduced method of Summoning in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. Link summoning added two extra monster zones, where only monsters from the extra can be played, and only one can be used by a player at a time. Link monsters are typically used by sacrificing what monsters are required to link summon, such as 2 effect monsters, or 1 normal monster. This creates the link circuit, where link monsters can point to zones to add new zones to summon link monsters to or to help activate certain effects.  Link circuit image provided by:  Link Summon - Yugipedia - Yu-Gi-Oh! wiki  

Generation Stride, introduced in the "G" era of Vanguard cards, is a method of riding in which, by sacrificing cards from the hand, as long as it reaches grade three, you can ride a G Unit from the Generation Zone. This is known as the Stride, where the G unit then takes on the current vanguard's name, power, and skills. Generation Units are typically not played in the current era of vanguard, but are still played casually in friendly matches.  Image of Chronoscommand Dragon provided by:  Cardfight!! Vanguard Trading Card Game | Official Website  

  Other than the lock, there is another skill possessed by the Link Joker clan, known as Delete. Delete is a skill possessed only by the Deletors, a special archetype within Link Joker, who have the ability to remove a units, grade, drive check, power, skills, and everything relating to the card, just leaving it as a grade 0 unit with 5000 Power, making your opponent start all over from square one. This is why Delete is typically not played within tournaments unless allowed, as it usually ends up breaking the game. Delete anime image provided by:  Cardfight!! Vanguard Wiki | Fandom

  The Vanguard card game has not many different mechanics, but one of the most, if not the strongest mechanic, is the Lock. Lock-ing a card is when you prevent the card from standing, attacking, boosting, activating abilities, in short, a card is completely rendered useless when locked. The lock skill is controlled by a single clan in Vanguard, the Link Joker. While several units in other clans may be able to perform a lock, such as the Reverse units, or perform something similar to lock, such as Megacolony's paralyzation ability, the Lock is strongest as it prevents a player from using a locked card until the end of their next turn.  Lock image provided by:  The Cardfight!! Vanguard Anime 

  Dark Necrofear is one of the oldest fiend type boss monster cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! The card was used by duelist Bakura in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TV show, as one of his ace monster cards. Dark Necrofear is a level 8, Dark Attribute, Fiend Effect monster, with 2200 attack points, and 2800 defense points. Dark Necrofear cannot be summoning by tribute summoned, and can only be summoned by banishing 3 fiend-type monsters from the graveyard. When this card is sent to the graveyard by an opponent's monster, it can latch itself onto a monster as an equip card, allowing the player of Dark Necrofear to control the equipped monster.  Dark Necrofear Image and Info provided by:  Dark Necrofear - Yugipedia - Yu-Gi-Oh! wiki

  Xyz summoning is one of Yu-Gi-Oh's many summoning methods. This method requires the use of multiple monsters of the same level (sometimes of the same attribute as well), in order to build the overlay network, combining the monster's powers and summoning a Xyz monster card, who has a black coloring to it. Xyz monsters have abilities that require the usage of overlay units, which are the monsters used to build the overlay network for the summoning of that monster. Overlay Network artwork created by:  Overlay Network by MrCat95 on DeviantArt

  V Cards in the pokemon TCG are cards that are extremely powerful, by having good moves and huge hp totals. V cards can be played at anytime, similar to EX and GX cards of previous sets. However, the V cards come with a new disadvantage. Whenever a V pokemon card is knocked out in a game, the player who defeats it takes two prize cards from the prize card area.  Card images provided by:  Dicebreaker

  The Legend of Blue Eyes set, being one of the first ever Yu-Gi-Oh! sets in existence, is well known for having some of the most expensive cards to ever be printed. Such is true of the Grade 10, 1st edition Blue Eyes White Dragon from said booster set. As previously stated, a grade 10 card is super expensive, not because of the foil printing, but because of how good condition the card is in. A Grade 10 card means perfect condition, period. The card shown above was recently priced at 85,000 dollars, just for a single copy of said card. Image and Information provided by:  The most rare and expensive Yu-Gi-Oh cards in 2022 | Wargamer

      The most expensive pokemon card to ever exist is the Japanese print Illustrator pikachu. The reason this card is extremely expensive is due to the fact that it was graded a 10, hence the nickname 10 Illustrator Pikachu. This card is currently priced at 5.275 million dollars, and is currently held by influencer/boxer Logan Paul, who was known for starting the pokemon card craze of recent years. Image of Illustrator Pikachu provided by:  Pokémon Illustrator (CoroCoro promo) - Bulbapedia

This month's featured archetype are the Ghostrick series of cards. The Ghostricks are a series of cards mainly with the monster types of Fiend, Zombie, Spellcaster and Fairy. The Ghostrick monsters are playable versions of famous and well-known halloween monsters. You can learn more about the playstyle and cards of the Ghostrick archetype here (Ghostrick banner also provided by):  Ghostrick | Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki | Fandom  

      One of the more complicated methods of summoning monsters within the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game is the Synchro summoning method. Synchro summoning is when you tune two or more monsters together, typically a  tuner monster and whatever else the synchro card you are summoning requires. To complete a synchro summon, the card needs what type of tuner and other monsters are needed to summon, who's levels add up to the level of the desired synchro monster. Synchro Symbol provided by:   AlanMac95 on DeviantArt

      Dragonic Overlord the Victory TcgPlayer Price Point: $90,870 Dragonic Overlord the victory is known as the most expensive Cardfight Vanguard card to ever exist. The card was only printed once, and was given as the reward to the winner of the Vanguard Masters tournament, as a prize for first place. The card was in the highest rarity at the time of the tournament, a full-art, no text box, gold-border, rainbow foil card, and was priced at 90,870 due to the rarity and the fact that there is only one copy in existence. Dragonic Overlord "The Victory" image provided by:  Vanguard Wiki | Fandom

      Welcome to the Rare Hunters, players! This is the series where we take a look at the most expensive cards within popular trading card games, talk about their rarities, and their cost according to tcgplayer.com. Tune in, and make sure to not break your wallet.  Glory of the King's Hand art provided by:   AlanMac95 on DeviantArt