Gameplay

Gameplay and terminology

Primary	Normal Effect Ritual Fusion Synchro Dark Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta Accel Synchro^† Limit Over Accel Synchro^† Xyz Token Spell Trap
Secondary	Toon Spirit Union Gemini Tuner Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†
Alignments^†	Black Magic Demon Magic Divine Earth Fire Forest Illusion Magic Thunder Water White Magic Wind
Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH^† LIGHT WATER WIND
Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma^† Creator God Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Zombie Black Magic^† Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† White Magic^† Yokai^†

Other^†

Gameplay areas

General	Deck Main Extra Side Playing Field Hand Graveyard Banished Limbo Attached
Zones	Deck Graveyard Extra Deck Fusion Deck Monster Spell & Trap Field Spell Banished Column

Turn layout

Actions mechanics

General

Playing monsters

Normal Summon Tribute Summon Set Normal Tribute Flip Summon Special Summon Fusion Summon Ritual Summon Synchro Summon Xyz Summon
Other^†	Gemini Summon Contact Fusion Transformation Summon Rank-Down Chaos Xyz Evolution Shining Xyz Evolution (Shining Xyz Change) Rank-Up Rank-Up Xyz Evolution (Rank-Up Xyz Change) Double Tuning Dark Synchro Summon Accel Synchro Summon Delta Accel Synchro Limit Over Accel Synchro

^† Does not exist or is not official in the OCG or TCG
See also {{Card lists}} and {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}

Gameplay and terminology

Monster	Normal Effect Fusion Ritual Synchro Dark Synchro^† Xyz
Spell	Normal Continuous Field Equip Quick-Play Ritual Speed Spell
Trap	Normal Continuous Counter
Other	Equip Trap Field Trap Ritual Trap-Spell Normal Continuous Trap Field Monster Virus Field

Turn phases

Card layout	ATK DEF Level/Rank Attribute Type Set Number Card Number Effect or flavor text Eye of Anubis Hologram Limitation Text QR code
Decks	Main Deck Side Deck Extra Deck Fusion Deck
Areas	Hand Graveyard Playing Field Banished Limbo Attached
Other	Duel Match Life Points Damage Battle damage Effect damage 3 Card Rule Spell Speed Face-up Face-down Battle position Attack Position Defense Position Hand size limit Activate Chain Cost Counter Target Resolve

General	Summon Negate Battle position changes Flip Send Destroy Detach Discard Tribute Return Banish Attach Equip Unequip Add a card Draw a card Look Pick up a card Reveal Shuffle Suicide Excavate
Monster effect types	Condition Continuous Flip Ignition Quick Summon Trigger Compulsory Optional Lingering
Spell Speeds	Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

General/ Tournament guidelines	Activation & Targeting Eligibility Simultaneous Effects Go On Chain Returning Activated Cards Chains, Activation, and Resolution Maintenance cost Chain Link Winning in a Chain Activation Requirement Counter Traps and Chains Pseudo-Flip Effect Quick-like Effect Trigger-like Effect Ignition-like Effect Fast Effect Timing Priority Summon negation window Summon response window Post-Resolution Window Breakdown of the Battle Phase Piercing Engine Field advantage Hand advantage Victory condition FTK OTK Lockdown Infinite loop Missing the timing Replay Problem-Solving Card Text Simplified Effect Text Status Possess Spell Monster Trap Monster Double Tributer Card evolutions Fusion Material Monster Fusion Substitute Monster Synchro Material Monster Synchro Substitute Monster Xyz Material "Negate" vs. "Destroy" and Continuous Cards
Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH^† LIGHT WATER WIND
Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma^† Creator God Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Zombie Archetype Human^† Immortal^† ? ??? Black Magic^† White Magic^† Illusion Magic^† Series
Secondary types	Toon Spirit Union Gemini Tuner Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

^† Does not exist in the OCG or TCG
See also {{Card lists}} and {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}

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