"Horus the Black Flame Dragon" (ホルスの黒（こく）炎（えん）竜（りゅう） Horusu no Kokuenryū) is an archetype of 3 FIRE Dragon "LV" monsters first introduced in Soul of the Duelist. A sub-archetype of the "LV" archetype, they are one of two groups of Dragon "LV" monsters, the other being the "Armed Dragon" series. "Dark Horus" was later introduced as a Dark counterpart to "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8". The Metaphys Monster "Metaphys Horus" was introduced as a Wyrm Synchro Monster counterpart of "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6". This archetype is used by Daigo Sorano in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.