First Five Eras Archetype Set Finder

Here is each archetype by the set in which it was first featured. Some archetypes get support across multiple sets. This is only a guide for 'this is when this archetype was born.' I am sure there are errors here.

Staples for a Link Cube

There are others. These are the ones that have gotten the most use in 2016 and 2017 tournament play. The list below has staples and then archetype staples. There's also Terraforming, Dark Hole, Raigeki and many other staples that are found in various products. Here I am highlighting the ones that can cost me the most money AND are the most popular by the total found in a small sample of 2016 and 2017 competitive winning decks.

First Five Eras Archetypes

This is a first pass. I am missing decks that are not really an archetype, such as TeleDAD, and archetypes not in the core sets, such as, recently, Weather Painters. I am noting here the first time an archetype had a viable deck. Some archetypes are a stretch, like Crashbugs, and others had a card before there was an archetype, such as Batteryman. It's an art more than a science. Overall, we have approximately 180 archetypes during the first five eras of Yugioh. When we add decks that are not archetypes-e.g. competitive decks, tribal decks, attribute decks; I am sure we can reach 200.

Zexal has more archetypes than the previous three eras.

Arc-V sure has many archetypes. Duelist Alliance has the most archetypes of any Yugioh set to date (excluding reprints such as the Mega Packs, of course).

Legacy of the Duelist GX Single Player Duels

1. The Next King of Games (Tutorial)
2. A Duel in Love
3. The Shadow Duelist
4. For the Sake of Syrus
5. Formula for Success
6. Doomsday Duel
7. Field of Screams
8. Duel Distractions
9. A Reason to Win
10. Amnaels Endgame
11. Rise of the Sacred Beasts
12. Magna Chum Laude
13. The Graduation Match
14. A New Breed of Hero
15A. Schooling he Master
16. Blinded by the Light
17A. Duel for Hire
18. Heart of Ice
19. Tough Love
20. The Hand of Justice
21. Future Changes
22. A Jewel of a Duel
23. Hanging with Axel
24. Primal Instinct
25. Head in the Clouds
26. A Snake in the Grass
27. A Dimensional Duel
28. Unleashing the Dragon
29. The Power Within
30. Return of the Supreme King
31A. Darkness Returns
32A. The Legendary Duelist

First Five Era Products

Some genius deleted the Wikipedia list of products. I have recreated it here for my own use. It's not exact, but it's good enough for collecting.

Cyberse Link Structure Deck

This format allows me to read the cards!

Archetypes and Key Cards: LOB, MRD, MRL, PSV

Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon LOB

Archetypes
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Dark Magician
Exodia
Fusions

Key Cards
Umi
Raikegi
Dark Hole
Pot of Greed
Plymerization
Trap Hole
Fissure
Monster Reborn

Metal Raiders MRD

Archetypes
Gate Guardian
Harpie Lady
Dragon Fusions
Great Moth

Key Cards
Summoned Skull
White Magical Hat
Magician of Faith
Soul Release
Change of Heart
Time Wizard
Sangan
Kuriboh
Solemn Judgment
Magic Jammer
Seven Tools of the Bandit
Mirror Force
Heavy Storm

Magic Ruler MRL

Archetypes
Gravekeeper
Toons
Toons-Relinquished
Rituals

Key Cards
Maha Vailo
Cyber Jar
Axe of Despair
Malevolent Nuzzler
Upstart Goblin
Snatch Steal
Confiscation
Delinquent Duo
Rush Recklessly
The Forceful Sentry
Mystical Space Typhoon
Giant Trunade
Painful Choice
Horn of the Unicorn
Giant Rat
Senju of the Thousand Hands
Mystic Tomato
Messenger of Peace

Pharaoh's Servant PSV

Archetypes
Umi/The Legendary Fisherman Combo
DNA Surgery/Insect Barrier Combo

Key Cards
Jinzo
Parasite Paracide
7 Completed
Call of the Haunted
Ceasefire
Magical Hats
Nobleman of Crossout
Premature Burial
Morphing Jar #2
Cold Wave
Limiter Removal
Thousand Eyes-Restrict
Goblin Attack Force
Imperial Order