Paintress

Paintress or (ペイントレディ Peinto Redi "Translated as 'Paint Lady') is an archetype mainly and mostly comprised of LIGHT Fairy female monsters. Most of the Main Deck monsters are Normal Monsters, as well as Pendulums. The archetype's Extra Deck tools is comprised of Link Monsters that are extenders that provide more fodders, facilite Pendulum Summoning and protection, whereas their Evolute Monsters that are most specialised in disturpting opponent's plays and gain field and advantage to accelerate their win condition. They are used by Melissa Meiry in Yu-Gi-Oh! ME. They are supported by "Power Portrait" archetype of Spells/Traps. "Sculptress" is this archetype's sub-series featuring Paintress pre-forms as in immobile scupltures representing the creature/Gods they're designed after.

A Rush Duel series of the same name and theme is set to debut in 14th July 2024, celebrating the archetype's first decade anniversary.

Appearance
"Paintress" monsters' general design are slight reminiscent of "", and based on Arzenal Soldiers from CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon. However, each member has their own unique design aspect which is designed after a Painter and/or their work or Techniques. The card evolutions take similar visual cues to Fate/Grand Order's. The first table of "Paintress" monsters are mostly Evolutes and/or easy to access high ATK monsters, which have more than just 1 form of art. They also include Fate/Grand Order-style card evolutions. Some members might be more sexually suggestive than others as the Painting theme in them was also during 1800 and onwards. Their crest is angel with brush for a hair, which appears on their weapon, or the sole of their stiletto boots, sometimes, their boots come with extra details, or are different in length. See also Designs of the Paintress monsters

Lore
Prior to the events of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ME'', Melissa was introduced to Duel Monsters by her younger sister Amber Hagoromo in the latter's hopes of bonding with her and keeping her company, after few Duels, Melissa managed to win consecutively using a mish mash of female monsters with no synergy with the help of Spells/Traps to keep LP and field advantage, as well as cards that would boost her own LP. Later, as Melissa was sleeping, she imagined spirits of what would become "Paintress Katsushika" and "Paintress Goghi", she could not remember them exactly, but she drew accurate depiction of each, she eventually collected about 20 artworks of those Unnamed "Paintress" card artworks. 2 years later, she painted those 20 drawings, as actual card artworks and crafted an entrie Pendulum archetype accumulating the ideas she had about their image, and what their playstyle would be, giving the birth of "Paintress" cards. The spirits inhabited those cards ever since.

Playstyle lore
When "Paintress" destroy themselves and they go to the Extra Deck face-up or GY, they're technically "dead", as they're reduced to paint, when they're banished to pay up the activation cost of the cards (in a similar vein to "" use "" as bullets visually, such "Paintress" monsters disappear, in a similar vein to how consuming a real life paint simply running out.

Playstyle
"Paintress" playstyle is mostly revolved around Normal Monster plays, in addition to self-destruction for Pendulum Effects, they also manipulate LP, and banish their cards. The Extra Deck is mostly around disruption, protection, and setting up more boards. They also make use of "Power Portrait" archetype of Spells/Traps.

Trivia

 * "", "", and "" were printed in the after this archetype's inspection, but share similar themes with this archetype.
 * This archetype shares similarities with "".
 * Both have a separate archetype of Spells/Traps that support them directly, "Power Portrait" and "" respectively.
 * Both archetypes are centered around banishing playstyle.
 * Each member of "Paintress" has an individual set of colors, similar to how "Infernoid" members have different canister colors respectively.