Holy Mantis

Holy Mantis is an archetype of LIGHT Insect-Type Monster Cards in HCCG. All of its members were made by Hippocampus and are included in Underworld's Balance.

The "Holy Mantis" comprise a variety of cards whose effects all revolve around banishing and swarming from the hand or Deck. Many "Holy Mantis" cards have effects that banish other "Holy Mantis" monsters, and others have effects that activate when a "Holy Mantis" monster is banished. The goal of a "Holy Mantis" deck is to summon the powerful Holy Mantis Franklin and banish a lot of "Holy Mantis" monsters, then use the effect of Holy Mantis Franklin to destroy all the opponent's cards. The deck also makes use of Mantis Welcomer and Holy Mantis Sacred Temple to recycle banished "Holy Mantis" monsters. Being all LIGHT and Insect-Type monsters, "Holy Mantis" have access to standard LIGHT support cards and Insect support cards in HCCG as well.

Here is a list of some cards that could be used in a "Holy Mantis" deck:
 * Holy Mantis Allie
 * Holy Mantis Benedictus
 * Holy Mantis Franklin
 * Holy Mantis Gregory
 * Holy Mantis Izaya
 * Holy Mantis Roderick
 * Holy Mantis Channeling
 * Holy Mantis Sacred Temple
 * Mantis Welcomer
 * Ancient Sanctuary/Broken Ice Machine
 * Capsule Egg
 * Mogley the Mole
 * Extremely Foolish Burial
 * Gliasco the Ice Devil/Beckoning of the Ice Devil
 * Wonka's Compensation
 * Lampetia, the Embers of the Sun (along with at least 1 Tear Tuner)
 * Aoa Droplet
 * Tour Guide from Nirvana
 * Synthesis Piece
 * The Cat Who Went to Heaven
 * Mesmeric Revelation

Trivia

 * The "Holy Mantis" archetype is the sworn enemy of the Dark Mantis archetype, and both have very many parallels, including the fact that they are both Insect-Type archetypes, they both were created in the same booster set, and they both have the same number of members (combined Monster Cards, Spell Cards, and Trap Cards). However, they also have many opposites, including their Attributes, the areas they swarm from, and many of their cards' individual effects.