Gameplay

Gameplay and terminology

Primary	Normal Effect Ritual Fusion Synchro Dark^† Accel^† Delta Accel^† Limit Over Accel^† Xyz Pendulum Token Spell^† Trap
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 Genryu Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Zombie Black Magic^† Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† Sea Beast^† White Magic^† Yokai^†
Abilities	Flip Toon Spirit Union Gemini Tuner Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

Other^†

General	Match Duel Life Points Damage Battle damage Piercing Effect damage 3 card rule Spell Speed Face-down Face-up Battle position Attack Position Defense Position Hand size limit
Layout	Deck Main Extra Side Field Hand Graveyard Banished Limbo In Play Attached
Zones	Deck Graveyard Extra Deck Monster Spell & Trap Field Spell Pendulum Banished Column
Turns	Turn player Phase Draw Phase Normal draw Standby Phase Main Phase 1 Battle Phase Start Step Battle Step Damage Step Damage calculation End Step Main Phase 2 End Phase
Actions	Control Possess Owner Pick up a card Look Reveal Excavate Draw a card Add a card Shuffle Summon Set Flip Change battle position Attack Activate Respond Target Negate Resolve Post-Resolution Window Chain Replay Send Discard Tribute Destroy Banish Attach Equip Unequip Return

Types	Condition Archetype Summoning Special Victory Continuous Flip Pseudo-Flip Ignition Ignition-like Quick Quick-like Trigger Trigger-like Unclassified Control only one Field-Unique Match winner Summon monster Unconfirmed Compulsory Optional Lingering
Speeds	Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3 Fast effect Timing
Actions	Activate Activation Requirement Cost Maintenance cost Respond Chain Link SEGOC Missing the timing Counter Target Resolve Negate Destroy Game state

Types	Normal Tribute Gemini Set Normal Tribute Flip Special Fusion Ritual Synchro Xyz Pendulum Contact Fusion^† Transformation^† Double Tuning^† Dark Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta^† Limit Over^† Xyz Evolution^† Rank-Up^† Rank-Down^†
Mechanics	Double Tributer Material Fusion Substitute Synchro Substitute Xyz Negation window Response window

^† 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 Pendulum
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 layout

Card layout	ATK DEF Level/Rank Attribute Type Set Number Card Number Pendulum Scale Effect or flavor text Eye of Anubis Hologram Limitation Text Card backing QR code
Decks	Main Deck Side Deck Extra Deck
Areas	Hand Graveyard 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	Negate Activate Target Resolve Attack Summon Set Flip Change battle position Banish Return Send Tribute Destroy Discard Detach Attach Equip Unequip Add a card Draw a card Look Pick up a card Reveal Shuffle 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 Once per turn
Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH^† LIGHT WATER WIND
Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma^† Creator God Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Genryu Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Zombie Archetype Human^† Immortal^† Sea Beast^† ? ??? Black Magic^† White Magic^† Illusion Magic^† Series
Abilities	Flip 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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