Geneseed

 Geneseed is an archetype of FIRE Plant/Wyrm monsters(with the exception of the Fairy-type "Geneseed Mecopsteria"). used by Yurie Totsumi in Yu-Gi-Oh! ME.

Design
Early "Geneseed" monsters designs were branch monsters with sharp features, and various flowers, while their later cards shifted their aesthetics to Cherry Blossom - based. Their appearances are based on their Levels in a similar vein to "" monsters. The Extra Deck Monsters represent Plant Dragon/animal hybrids, or Dryads. Most of the Main Deck monsters that can be Normal Summoned/Set have 200 DEF. The Wyrm monsters mostly take form of andromorphic mammal creatures that resemble Dragons, and/or Plants that look like dragons, as opposed to "". The only exception being "Geneseed Sakurarchfiend" as it's not based on any creature.
 * Level 1 (Small seeds/baby creatures).
 * Level 2 Branch animals/creatures. (Level 3 monsters with lower ATK than 1000 also fall to this category.)
 * Level 3 or higher feature Anthropomorphic Branch creatures
 * Additionally, such monsters with 50 in their ATK/DEF feature more humanoid as well as female monsters.

Appearance
After "Geneseed Sharpshooter", "Geneseed Gargorind", "Geneseed Child", and "Geneseed Morphbettle" which do not follow any specific aesthetic, Most of the "Geneseed" monster appearances are divided into sub-series based on their visual cues:
 * "Cherry" Which incorporates the aesthetics of Cherry Blossom and its variant, in addition, these monsters take pink colors into their cues. Additionally, some monsters incorporate animal features and/or based on different mythological creatures. Some monsters are designed akin to archetypes, namely "".

Playstyle
"Geneseed"'s main style is swarm the field with Low Level monsters to Evolute Summon bigger boss monsters, as well as boost their ATK for a singlehanded OTK strategy or strengthen the board for going first. "Geneseed Cherritch" helps circumventing the low ATK and being a Level 4 that aids to Evolute Summoning, reusage a revived Evolute Monster, and more field swarming.

Similar to "", this archetype's playstyle heavily relies on discarding cards, in addition to. "Geneseed Cherrykitten" helps with searching when Special Summon upon discarded, providing a Level 4 when it's Summoned for easy Evolute Summon. 3 copies of "Geneseed Buttercherry" gives instant 3000 ATK boost when it's sent to the Graveyard, making for an easier.

"Geneseed Cherry Tiger" aids by manipulating the opponent's field or Graveyard and inflicts 800 damage to them, in addition to 1000 damage when a card is sent from the hand to the GY. This is made easier when "Geneseed Cherry Queen" mills the Deck for 500 ATK boost for each Plant monster was sent to the GY. "Geneseed" also provides " strategy, by manipulating the opponent's hand and sometimes their Graveyeard.