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A Type (Japanese: 種族Shuzoku; 族-zoku when suffixing Type names) is a characteristic of a Monster Card. All monsters have one Type, such that monsters of the same Type can be grouped together (in a similar way to Attributes) and support cards can grant various effects to a specific Type of monster.
There are 25 different Types in the TCG and OCG. Two of these types are highly exclusive: the Divine-Beast-Type is shared only by the Egyptian Gods, and was originally considered illegal until their tournament-legal versions were released; and the Creator God-Type is exclusive to «Holactie the Creator of Light». A 26th Type, Immortal, only appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.
«Type» is different from «type» (with a lowercase «t»), which refers to the three main types of cards: Monster, Spell, and Trap.
From «Starter Deck: Link Strike» onwards, the word «-Type» is removed to save space in card texts. However, its OCG counterpart retains the word 族.
Contents
- 1 OCG/TCG
- 2 Non-OCG/TCG
- 3 ???
- 4 Type line formatting on printed cards
- 4.1 Japanese
- 4.2 Chinese
- 4.3 Korean
- 4.4 English
- 5 Notes
OCG/TCG
These Types exist within the OCG and TCG.
| Type | Vector | Sprite | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMR | DDM | DOR | WC09 | YDT1 | TF06 | DG | MD | ||
| Aqua | — | Aqua | |||||||
| Beast | Beast | ||||||||
| Beast-Warrior | Beast-Warrior | — | |||||||
| Creator God | Creator God | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cyberse | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dinosaur | — | ||||||||
| Divine-Beast | Divine-Beast | — | — | — | |||||
| Dragon | Dragon | ||||||||
| Fairy | Fairy | — | |||||||
| Fiend | Fiend | — | |||||||
| Fish | Fish | — | |||||||
| Insect | Insect | — | |||||||
| Machine | Machine | — | |||||||
| Plant | Plant | — | |||||||
| Psychic | Psychic | — | — | — | |||||
| Pyro | Pyro | — | |||||||
| Reptile | Reptile | — | |||||||
| Rock | Rock | — | |||||||
| Sea Serpent | Sea Serpent | — | |||||||
| Spellcaster | Spellcaster | ||||||||
| Thunder | Thunder | — | |||||||
| Warrior | |||||||||
| Winged Beast | Winged Beast | — | |||||||
| Wyrm | Wyrm | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Zombie | Zombie | ||||||||
Non-OCG/TCG
Immortal is a Type appearing in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.
The Duelists of the Roses also lists Power Up, Ritual, Spell and Trap as Types.
Yokai is a Type appearing only in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.
Human is a Type appearing only in a character’s fantasy in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s anime.
Black Magic, White Magic, Sea Beast, Illusion Magic, and Dragon Magic are among the additional Types used in the Bandai card game.
???
??? is used to indicate that a monster’s Type is unknown.
Type line formatting on printed cards
On actual card print, the Type line is the top line in the card text box. All Type and Abilities of the monster are listed on it. The line has different formattings on card print in different languages.
Japanese
- 【<Type name>族】
- Eg:【ドラゴン族】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ チューナー】(obsolete)
- Eg:【ドラゴン族 ・ チューナー】
- 【<Type name>族／チューナー】
- Eg:【ドラゴン族／チューナー】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ 効果】 (obsolete)
- Eg:【ドラゴン族 ・ 効果】
- 【<Type name>族／効果】
- Eg:【ドラゴン／族効果】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ <Ability>／チューナー】 (obsolete)
- Eg:【ドラゴン族 ・ シンクロ／チューナー】
- 【<Type name>族／<Ability>／チューナー】
- Eg:【ドラゴン族／シンクロ／チューナー】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ <Ability>／効果】 (obsolete)
- Eg:【ドラゴン族 ・ チューナー／効果】
- 【<Type name>族／<Ability>／効果】
- Eg:【ドラゴン族／チューナー／効果】
- 【<Type name>族／<Ability 1>／<Ability 2>／効果】
- Eg:【ドラゴン族／リバース／チューナー／効果】
Chinese
- 【<Type name>族】
- Eg:【龍族】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ 協調】
- Eg:【龍族 ・ 協調】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ 效果】
- Eg:【龍族 ・ 效果】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ <Ability>／協調】
- Eg:【龍族 ・ 同步／協調】
- 【<Type name>族 ・ <Ability>／效果】
- Eg:【龍族 ・ 協調／效果】
Korean
- [<Type name>족]
- Eg: [드래곤족]
- [<Type name>족 / 튜너]
- Eg: [드래곤족 / 튜너]
- [<Type name>족 / 효과]
- Eg: [드래곤족 / 효과]
- [<Type name>족 / <Ability> / 튜너]
- Eg: [드래곤족 / 싱크로 / 튜너]
- [<Type name>족 / <Ability> / 효과]
- Eg: [드래곤족 / 튜너 / 효과]
- [<Type name>족 / <Ability 1> / <Ability 2> / 효과]
- Eg: [드래곤족 / 리버스 / 튜너 / 효과]
English
All TCG cards follow the English layout for the Type line.
Since the introduction of «Starter Deck: Link Strike», Normal monsters now have «monster type/Normal» added to differentiate them from Effect Monsters.
- [ <Type> /Normal]
- Eg: [ Wyrm/Normal ]
- [ <Type> / Tuner / Effect ]
- Eg: [ Dragon / Tuner / Effect ]
- [ <Type> / Effect ]
- Eg: [ Dragon / Effect ]
- [ <Type> / <monster card type> / Effect]
- Eg: [ Dragon / Synchro / Effect]
- [ <Type> / <monster card type> / Tuner / Effect ]
- Eg: [ Dragon / Synchro / Tuner / Effect ]
- [ <Type> / <Ability> / Effect ]
- Eg: [ Dragon / Tuner / Effect ]
- [ <Type> / <Ability> / Tuner / Effect ]
- Eg: [ Dragon / Flip / Tuner / Effect ]
Notes
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Monster Cards (Japanese: モンスターカード Monsutā Kādo) represent monsters that players battle against each other or directly against either player during the Battle Phase. Monsters are the main focus of Yu-Gi-Oh!. Monster Cards are differentiated by their names, Type; Attribute; ATK; DEF; Level (or Rank or Link Rating). Monster Cards can be subdivided into Normal Monsters, Effect Monsters, Ritual Monsters, Fusion Monsters, Synchro Monsters, Xyz Monsters, Pendulum Monsters, Link Monsters and Monster Tokens, each with a distinctive colored card frame to differentiate them.
In extent to the aforementioned classifications, Monster can also be classified as Tuner monsters or Special Summon Monsters, but this classification isn’t a separate division from those above. Also, Effect Monsters, exclusively, can be classified further by Ability. This includes Spirit monsters, Toon monsters, Union monsters, Gemini monsters, and Flip monsters.
Normal Monsters lack effects and are not typically paired with any other Monster Card types (with the exception of Gemini monsters, a class of Effect Monsters which are summoned as Normal Monsters, and some Pendulum Monsters, which can also be Normal Monsters). Effect Monsters cannot also be Normal Monsters (with the exception of the aforementioned Gemini monsters), but they can also be Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz Monsters, Pendulum, and Link Monsters. Some Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters lack effects and are thus not also Effect Monsters, but they are not considered Normal Monsters. Such monsters are known as Non-Effect Monsters.
During play, monster cards can be played in either face-up Attack Position or face-down Defense Position. The importance of monster cards lies in their effects (which usually activate during their controller’s Main Phase) and their ATK and DEF values during the Battle Phase (or more specifically, the Damage Step).
Examples
A Monster Token.
For a list of Monster Token, see List of Token Monsters.
A Normal Monster.
For a list of Normal Monsters, see List of Normal Monsters.
An Effect Monster.
For a list of Effect Monsters, see List of Effect Monsters.
A Union Monster.
For a list of Union monsters, see List of Union monsters.
A Spirit monster.
For a list of Spirit Monsters, see List of Spirit monsters.
A Flip monster.
For a list of Flip monsters, see List of Flip monsters.
A Gemini Monster.
For a list of Gemini monsters, see List of Gemini monsters.
A Ritual Monster.
For a list of Ritual Monsters, see List of Ritual Monsters.
A Tuner monster.
For a list of Tuner monsters, see List of Tuner monsters.
A Fusion Monster.
For a list of Fusion Monsters, see List of Fusion Monsters.
A Synchro Monster.
For a list of Synchro Monsters, see List of Synchro Monsters.
An Xyz Monster.
For a list of Xyz Monsters, see List of Xyz Monsters.
A Pendulum Monster.
For a list of Pendulum Monsters, see List of Pendulum Monsters
A Link Monster.
For a list of Link Monsters, see List of Link Monsters.
Trivia
- Though they are labelled as monster cards, some of the summoned monsters have a human or humanoid appearance. Most likely this is for gameplay purposes.
- Interestingly, except for the illegal Slifer the Sky Dragon card, no monster cards use the color red.
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My memories of Yu-Gi-Oh — the most popular TCG, which for some reason is little known in the post-Soviet space — DTF games
real CCI, with paper cards), but nowadays its electronic versions on the phone and PC are more popular.
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There was a Yugio (Yu-Gi-Oh!) boom in the 2000s.
This is an anime that was created by very smart marketers specifically for gamers and nerds. The cartoon told about a boy with a severe form of schizophrenia, in the attacks of which he turned into a smart and strong … card player. Okay, that wasn’t schizophrenia, but ancient Egyptian magic that gave the boy a magical alter ego. And the cards were not about aces and queens, but about cooler monsters than in Magic The Gathering.
Xs whether this plague has ever reached our lands, but in the States there was a real madness. I lived there then and was in the sixth or seventh grade. According to the cartoon, of course, they released a real card game. All the kids were stealing tons of booster packs from Wal-Mart. One pack for 5 cards cost 5 bucks — unthinkable money for a schoolboy! And it took an unrealistically many cards to make fucking decks.
They stole as best they could — they took cards from the shelf and carried them to the toilets, or stupidly removed the wrapper right at the counter.
I acted more elegantly — I took boosters, went to another department with toys, there I took off the wrapper and hid it in the shelves, and put the cards in my pocket. Then he returned to the stand with boosters and in front of the camera he pretended that I was putting something back.
Not only nerds played at school, but almost everyone played. At recess, in class, after class, everyone had a board, chips, and several different decks with them, with different strategies. The people actively exchanged and traded rare cards. The price of some legendaries reached thousands of dollars on Ebay.
I have accumulated just a few kilograms of stuffed cards. In the evenings, my mother took me to Yugio tournaments all the way to a neighboring city, where I eventually achieved considerable success and even took either second or third place in all of Florida. In the same place, I stupidly gave someone a whole bag of stolen cards.
Harstone and Gwent nervously suck in terms of addiction.
