Quintess

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

The "Quintess" comprise a variety of monsters who all have 0 ATK and DEF and, aside from Quintess Omega and Quintess Di-Gamma, are all Normal Monsters each having different Attributes. Of the "Quintess" Normal monsters, all are Level 1 except for Quintess Alpha, who is a Level 5 Tuner monster. Because this lack of stats and effects would make them normally useless, however, the true strength of the "Quintess" lies in their Spell and Trap Cards, all of which either allow "Quintess" monsters to swarm the field or banish "Quintess" monsters from the Graveyard to deplete the opponent's resources. The goal of a "Quintess" deck is to swarm the field with "Quintess" monsters, preferably under the protective effect of Energy Force of Quintess, so as to Synchro Summon the boss monster Quintess Omega, who can protect all the player's monsters with 0 ATK and DEF. Because its effect is not limited to "Quintess" monsters, this can allow for "Quintess" hybrid decks with other archetypes such as Technicals or Antediluvians. In addition, "Quintess" monsters make heavy use of Quintess Di-Gamma and its powerful effect that can surprise the opponent. Being mostly Normal Monsters, "Quintess" have access to standard Normal monster support cards in HCCG as well.

Here is a list of some cards that could be used in a "Quintess" deck:
 * Quintess Alpha
 * Quintess Beta
 * Quintess Gamma
 * Quintess Delta
 * Quintess Epsilon
 * Quintess Zeta
 * Quintess Di-Gamma
 * Quintess Omega
 * Energy Force of Quintess
 * Quintess Diffusion
 * Quintess Sneak Attack
 * Quintess Purification
 * Divine Quintess Liturgy
 * Cloak of Many Eyes
 * Foolish Burial
 * Garbage Can of the Evil Ones
 * Wonka's Compensation
 * Edict of the Plain
 * Antediluvian Bird Cage (along with at least 1 Antediluvian monster with 0 ATK and DEF)
 * Pyrosphere (to use with Eternal Entropy Engine and/or Venusian Lava Domes)
 * Radiant Wanderer/Claire, the Technical Data Miner
 * Normalcy Contract
 * Commoner's Theatre

Trivia

 * The "Quintess" archetype holds the record for the archetype containing the most Normal Monsters in HCCG.
 * All "Quintess" monsters are named after letters in the Greek alphabet. Specifically, the six Normal monsters are named after the first six letters of the alphabet, while the Synchro monster is named after the last letter of the alphabet. Quintess Di-Gamma is named after the archaic letter Digamma.
 * The "Quintess" have their own backstory in HCCG card lore, pieced together from the card descriptions of the six Normal monsters: In ancient times, there was a powerful energy force known as "Quintess" which was taken from its original source and divided among five elementals in order. However, some of the energy became corrupted and retained a DARK nature. It is also said that one can acquire this energy force by reading the ancient scriptures, and only then can the darkness be purified.