Attribute Spirit

Attribute Spirit
"Aqua Spirit", "Spirit of Flames", "Garuda the Wind Spirit" and "The Rock Spirit", as living statues
Japanese	属（ぞく）性（せい）の精（せい）霊（れい） 属性の精霊 (base) ぞくせいのせいれい (ruby) Zokusei no Seirei (romanized)
Sets Labyrinth of Nightmare Soul Fusion TCG Dragunity Legion Structure Deck Onslaught of the Fire Kings Structure Deck OCG Beginner's Edition 2 Duelist Legacy Volume.3 Structure Deck: Dragunity Drive Structure Deck: Onslaught of the Fire Kings Tournament Pack 2007 Vol.2 Tournament Pack 2007 Vol.3 Tournament Pack 2008 Vol.2 Beginner's Edition 2 (2011)
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
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The Attribute Spirits are a group of monsters with "Spirit" 「精霊」 in their name; however, they are not Spirit monsters. They each belong to one of the four elemental Attributes: EARTH, FIRE, WATER, and WIND. Being Special Summon-only monsters, their conditions for being Special Summoned are that you must banish one of your monsters in your Graveyard with the same Attribute. There is another set of monsters with similar effects and conditions, but these do not include "Spirit" in their name, and some require you to remove two monsters of the proper Attribute instead of one. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, these cards were part of Lyman Banner's/Amnael's Alchemy Deck, used as part of the cost for "Elemental Absorber".

Members

Their Japanese names share a naming pattern (Element "Spirit", Name) as follows:

Card	Japanese	Translation	Origin
Aqua Spirit	水の精霊 アクエリア	Water Spirit, Aquaria	Aquarius
Diana the Light Spirit	光の精霊 ディアーナ	Light Spirit, Diana	Diana
Garuda the Wind Spirit	風の精霊 ガルーダ	Wind Spirit, Garuda	Garuda
Spirit of Flames	炎の精霊 イフリート	Flame Spirit, Ifrit	Ifrit
The Rock Spirit	岩の精霊 タイタン	Rock Spirit, Titan	Titan

Effects and stats

"The Rock Spirit" and "Spirit of Flames" have the same ATK and DEF and they have similar effects:

• The ATK of "The Rock Spirit" increases by 300 during its opponent's Battle Phase.
• The ATK of "Spirit of Flames" increases by 300 during its controller's Battle Phase.

"Garuda the Wind Spirit" and "Aqua Spirit" have the same ATK and DEF and have similar effects too:

• "Garuda the Wind Spirit" can change the battle position of 1 face-up opponent's Monster Card monster during the opponent's End Phase.
• "Aqua Spirit" can change the battle position of 1 face-up opponent's monster during the opponent's Standby Phase.

Monsters with opposite Attributes have effects with opposite purposes too:

• "Garuda the Wind Spirit" has a defensive effect, while "The Rock Spirit" has an offensive effect.
• "Aqua Spirit" has a defensive purpose while "Spirit of Flames" has an offensive effect.

Utility

These monsters are good for swarming, Synchro and Xyz Material because they can be easily Special Summoned from your hand.

• You can use them as Tribute Fodder for the Tribute Summon of monsters of Level 5 or higher such as Monarchs. Furthermore, these monsters make it easier to activate effects that require multiple monsters as Tribute, such as the effects of "Gilford the Lightning", "Moisture Creature", and "Beast King Barbaros".
• Tribute Summoning is not the only way to get strong monsters. Since these Monsters are Special Summoned you can Normal Summon any Tuner monster to Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster and get a strong monster in a single turn.

They have different Attributes, so you can use them in an Element Deck or a Charmer Deck. These monsters make the activation of "Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan" easier.

• "The Rock Spirit", "Gigantes", and the related "Gigastone Omega" can be used to raise the DEF of "Lost Guardian" or for their momentum-killing effects. They are also highly compatible with "Release from Stone."
• You can Special Summon 2 of these (or 1 Attribute Spirit + 1 Level 4 Monster) to Xyz Summon a powerful Rank 4 Xyz Monster like "Steelswarm Roach" or "Number 39: Utopia", or Special Summon 1 Attribute Spirit and "Feedback Warrior" to Xyz Summon a Level 3 Xyz Monster like "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon", "Leviair the Sea Dragon" or "Wind-Up Zenmaines".