Tartaros

Tartaros is an archetype of DARK Monster Cards in HCCG. All of its members were made by Hippocampus and are included in Underworld's Balance.

The "Tartaros" comprise one of the fastest archetypes in HCCG at their debut, and as a result they are very prominent in the HCCG metagame today. The goal of a "Tartaros" deck is to beat down the opponent with high ATK monsters, as most of the "Tartaros" monsters have over 1500 ATK. "Tartaros" gain card advantage by sending "Tartaros" monsters to the Graveyard from the Deck, commonly from the bottom of the Deck (a phenomenon which is unusual in the card game because, depending on the effect, it may not require the player to shuffle the Deck after a card has been sent). "Tartaros" decks also rely heavily on their Synchro Monsters, which can only be made by using "Tartaros" monsters, including their signature Tuner Tartaros Bat, as Synchro Material.

The following is a list of various "Tartaros" deck strategies used in the metagame.

Basic Tartaros Deck
This deck revolves around sitting on big beaters, such as Tartaros Giant, Tartaros Pegasus, and Tartaros Golden Dog, while quickly going through the Deck to draw Tartaros Bat, who allows the player to Synchro Summon the bosses of the archetype, Tartaros Echidna and Tartaros Typhon.

Tartaros Lockdown
This deck revolves around running a large amount of Trap Cards such as Foul Move and Tartaros Stone of Sisyphus that attack the opponent's hand, while locking down the opponent's card effects with Tartaros Asp and Tartaros Typhon.

Tartaros Tears
This deck is a hybrid of the "Tartaros" and Tear archetypes, and it uses both archetypes' strategies to wear down the opponent. It is very reliant on Synchro Monsters.

Resource Deck
While not a "Tartaros" deck per se, this deck can use Tartaros Gryphon and Tartaros Pegasus as good floaters that ensure field presence.

Trivia

 * The "Tartaros" archetype is named after Tartarus, a section of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology that bears similarities to Hell. Many of the monsters are named after creatures found in Greek mythology, most notably Typhon, an actual denizen of Tartarus, and his wife Echidna.
 * The initial incarnation of the "Tartaros" archetype was even stronger than it is today, and as such many cards have been errata'd from what they previously were in order to balance the game.