Sangen

Not to be confused with "Sangan".

Sangen
"Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion"
Japanese	燦（さん）幻（げん） 燦幻 (base) さんげん (ruby) Sangen (romanized)
Simplified Chinese	灿幻
French	Sangen
German	Sangen
Italian	Sangen
Korean	찬환
Portuguese	Sangen
Spanish	Sangen
Sets Legacy of Destruction The Infinite Forbidden OCG Legacy of Destruction +1 Bonus Pack
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"Sangen" (燦（さん）幻（げん）) is an archetype introduced in Legacy of Destruction. It consists of FIRE Dragon Synchro Monsters as well as Spell and Trap Cards that support the related "Tenpai Dragon" archetype.

Design

Etymology

The theme's name is taken from Sangenpai (三（さん）元（げん）牌（ぱい）), the Japanese term for a group of tiles in Japanese mahjong also referred to as the "dragon tiles", but written with characters meaning "brilliant apparition​". The name of each "Sangen" monster is a reference on a specific yaku, a hand pattern or condition that determines the value of a hand in that game.

Sangenpai in its Japanese form is derived from the original Chinese Mahjong, Máquè (麻雀), where it is written with the same 三元牌 Hanzì, pronounced sānyuán pái in Mandarin Chinese, meaning "Three Fundamental Tiles", sometimes called Dragon tiles. The hand they are most well-known for is often called 大三元 (dà sānyuán), or "Big Three Fundamentals", and consists of 红中 hóngzhōng (Red Centre), 發財 fācái (Find riches), and 白板 báibǎn (White slate). When scoring in the Chinese National Standard Mahjong (国标麻将 guóbiāo májiàng), is worth 88 points, among the highest possible. This is reflected in Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion, being built around this etymology.

The "Sangen" Synchro Monsters appear to be inspired by "Trident Dragion", as indicated by the similar names, Attribute, Type, Synchro Material requirements, and Battle Phase-oriented effects.

Sangen	Yaku	"Tenpai Dragon" components
(Shōryū) Bident Dragion	Shōsangen (小三元)	Paidra	-	Chundra
(Chōryū) Transcendent Dragion	Chōsangen (超三元)		Fadra

Playing style

See Tenpai Dragon § Playing Style